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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 28  Brief Gorbachev to attend meeting in East Berlin Moscow a Kremlin Leader Mikhail Gorbachev will head the soviet delegation to a Warsaw pad meeting in East Berlin on thurs Day and Friday foreign ministry spokesman Yuri remits sikh announced the meeting of the pact s Politi Cal consultative committee during a briefing tuesday for journalists. He said the session would consider the Situa Tion in Europe and the world Al Large including questions of defusing tension in Europe promoting the All european process measures of nuclear disarmament and issues of strengthening further foreign policy cooperation within the framework of the Warsaw treaty there has been speculation that the soviet Union could use he meeting to mate another proposal on anus control. Gorbachev head of the soviet communist party is on an official visit to Romania and is expected to Fly directly from there to Berlin for the meeting. California area shaken by 2nd quake in month Oakland Calif. A a mild Earth quake and an aftershock Shook the East Bay area tuesday setting off Calls to police and radio stations from residents jittery from a larger temblor thai struck in the area earlier this month. Tuesday1 first earthquake so Rucic at 12 01 . And had 3.4 Reading on the Richter scale of ground motion said Anthony Lomax of the University of California  station in Berkeley. An aftershock measuring 3 an the Richter scale followed at 12 59 . The quake and aftershock were entered in the san Leandro Hills about 10 Miles Southeast of Berkeley and two Miles North of Lake Chabot. The temblor took place about five Miles fro Mihe Center of a May 10 earthquake that measured 4,3 on the Richter scale Lomax said. 8 ministers replaced in s. Korean shake up Seoul South Korea a president Chun Doo Hwan dismissed his prime minister and seven other ministers tuesday As the govern ment tried to defuse a National crisis Over the police killing of a dissident student. Chun announced he had accepted the Resig nation of prime minister who Shin Yong and other key ministers after All 26 Cabinet member offered their resignations to atone for the death of the student. The Cabinet had been asked to submit the resignations official sources indicated. The government immediately announced re placements. The new ministers Are Chun loyalists and the government shake up is expected to have Little Impact on government policy. There has been a National outcry Over the killing in january of student Park Chong chop while he was under police interrogation. Two police officers were charged �1 the time. The Issue erupted again last week after charges of High level cover up led to More arrests of police officers and questioning of five top police com Manders. Polish issues dominate Kennedy s talks with Pope Vatican City a sen. Edward Ken Nedy and Pope John Paul ii tuesday discussed issues in Poland during a private audience at the Vatican a Kennedy aide said the Massachusetts Democrat arrived in Rome on monday from Poland where during his four Day visit he met with Lech Walesa a founder of the outlawed Solidarity Trade Union and polish Leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski. On june 8, John Paul begins his third trip Louis native Poland since becoming Pope. The Kennedy aide who spoke on condition of anonymity said the senator and the Pope spoke for about 20 minutes about Poland and Kennedy seemed satisfied with the conversation. The Vatican refused to give details of the Dis Cussion. Wednesday May 27,1987 . Team probing attack meets with iraqi officials Baghdad Iraq a a Pentagon and slate department team probing the iraqi air strike on the Navy frigate Stark met with iraqi officials tuesday hoping to find out Why the frigate was attacked in the persian Gulf with the loss of 37 lives. The eight Man team led by rear . David Rog ers Deputy director of current operations for the joint chiefs of staff was driven in a motorcade to he iraqi defense ministry for the closed door talks. . Officials said no details were available on who the . Group was meeting or the discussions. Iraq officials declined All comment. But . Sources have said the . Investigators seven defense department officers and the state department s Iraq expert Greg Berry Are pressing he iraqis to explain Why the Stark was attacked May 17 inthe Central sector of the Gulf Well South of where Iraq usually attacks iranian ships. Iran and Iraq have been at War for 61/ years. Bot sides have attacked about 230 commercial vessels in the Gulf seeking to throttle each others economics. The Stark was the first american vessel to be hit the investigators also will be asking Why the Pilot of the iraqi Mirage Al fighter bomber that attacked the Stark ignored two radio signals from the ship identify ing it As american. Iraqi foreign minister Tariq am said last week that the Pilot who fired a French made exocet missile received no warning that the frigate was a . Vessel. Aziz also Iraq s Deputy prime minister has said Only one iraqi plane was involved in the at tack. But there have been indications that to planes May have fired on the Stark. Iraq repeatedly has said the Stark attack was carried out by one French made Mirage f-1 Jet. But . Naval officials say two planes May have been involved. The said the warship was hit by an exocet missile a wave skimming radar guided weapon widely used by Iraq and a second missile possibly a laser guided As-30. The is Eccl did not explode but the second missile did and triggered an intense fire killing Many of the victims As they slept. Mirages usually Are capable of carrying Only one exocet. It is not known if they can also carry As-30s with that payload. The americans have demanded to question the Pilot of the one plane the iraqis say carried out the attack. But it was not known whether the iraqis will produce Hie flier. Queen helps Berlin celebrate 750fh Berlin up Queen Elizabeth ii of Britain arrived in Berlin tuesday for a 36-hour visit to Mark the City s 750th anniversary. The Queen and her husband Prince Philip aboard a Royal air Force plane arrived in the late afternoon at he military Airport in the British gatow sector of Ber Lin. The Royal couple was greeted by British ambassador Julian Bustard and the British military Comman Dant in the City maj. Gen Patrick Brooking As Well As Berlin mayor Eberhard Diepgen bathed by warm Bright Sunshine the Queen in a yellow dress and Broad brimmed hat walked past military Honor guards of the United states Britain am France. It is the third visit to Berlin for the Queen who spent one Day visits in 1965 and 1978. She was to spend tuesday night at the residence of the British Comman Dant and participate wednesday in several events including the colourful annual Parade of British troops snoring the Queen s april 21 birthday. The Queen is i i second head of stale of the three Western allies to visit Berlin to celebrate the City s anniversary. French president Francois Mitterrand visited the City May 1, and president Reagan is scheduled for Ajune 12 visit. Ambush from Page 1 shooting we be heard about it. We re familiar with in. But we Don t have anything to say about it at  about five hours after the attack a Western news Agency in Cairo reported Recci Vinga phone Call from a Man speak ing perfect Oxford English who Sai this is Egypt s revolution. Have you received our statement we Are responsible for the shooting in  later an egyptian undercover policeman told the associated press that someone handed a letter to an errand boy in the Street outside the news Agency s of fice and fled. The detective refused to say what was in the letter. Egypt s revolution is the name used by a shadowy group that has claimed responsibility for three attacks on israeli embassy employees in Egypt in the past three years. In the last attack in 1986, a woman on the israeli Mission staff was shot to death. In claiming responsibility for one of those attacks the group said it was protesting the .-mediated1979 egyptian israeli peace accords. It accused Egypt the United slates and Israel of joining a conspiracy. To liquidate the palestinian cause. Two of the attacks occurred in Maadi which is located about seven Miles South of Cairo. Many Diplo Mats of the United states and other countries live in the suburb. The ministry said Williams and Hucke suffered superficial injuries and were released after undergoing first Aid treatment at a Hospital. The embassy spokesman in keeping with embassy regulations refused to identify himself further or to identify the third american in tie car. Mohammed redo a egyptian member of the embassy Security unit said at the scene that the assailant were driving a Green Peugeot station Wagon. Reda said we do not know whether they followed them the americans or were lying in wait but it appears that it was planned in Advance. Until now Wedon t know who they Are but they did not look like  Reda said witnesses described one assailant As  the attack occurred As the americans were driving to work from Maadi to the embassy in downtown Cairo. As reconstructed by embassy officials the assailants pulled alongside the american vehicle tried to Force diem to the Side of the Road and then opened lire. The gunfire shattered windows on the passenger Side of the american vehicle and Ore holes in its roof. The americans car wound up faring South opposite from where it was headed originally suggesting that the americans used evasive Man Euvera. The right front fender showed evidence of a sideswipe. Blood smeared the seat. Police maj. Gen Bahaa Eddie Ibrahim the Interior ministry s chief spokesman said a routine Roundup of suspects began after the  he said no one was charged. The attack occurred at 7 1 s . And by 7 30, police had sealed off the area and roadblocks were in place no embassy source said. Allies from Page 1 lion process without of course Ever sacrificing the. Means to deter the soviet Union from aggression be said. A chief concern of european governments wary of the proposed superpower nuclear Accord is that remo Val of . Perching ii and cruise missiles could leave the Alliance More vulnerable to the threat of attack by numerically Superior soviet non nuclear forces. This is of particular concern to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl who has resisted most strenuously a soviet proposal to ban not Only medium Range nuclear missiles but those of Shorter Range As Well. Virtually All other nato members have indicated they could Back the plan. Although Kohl is believed to have moved toward reluctant acceptance of the soviets double Zero for Mula the nato defense ministers meeting was not expected to produce a joint response to the of Flor officials said. Kohl has said he would pronounce his government position on june 4  
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