European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Friday. May 29.1987page 24 � a Pilot contacted Stark crewman says Meridian miss. Apr a member of the Stark s Crew says the Pilot of the iraqi plane made Contact with the frigate before launching an attack that severely damaged the ship and killed 37 sailors newspaper reported. . Officials have said the Stark is sued two warnings to the fighter but got no response Iraq says the Pilot did no receive he signals. The Meridian Star in a copyright Story quoted Seaman James c. Booth of Meridian As saying Contact was established with the fighter. They told us who they were and we told them who we Sailor Dies in shooting on St. Crox Frederiksted . Virgin is lands a a 26-year-old american Sailor on Shore leave was killed tuesday night in an apparently drug related shooting at a housing project outside thirst. Croix town police said wednesday. Two St. Croix men identified As Peter Elmour 24, and Micheal Rexcis 25, who were wounded in the shooting put the Sailor into their pickup truck drove to Fred eksted and smashed into the police station seeking help said police capt. Ohanio Harris. Police took All three to a Hospital where the Seaman was pronounced dead on said the Sailor who had so Days left on his four year enlistment Washin by bullets from a .38-caliber revolver at Marley Public housing project. His identity is being withheld until his family in Soto 29, a resident of the housing project was charged with first degree murder in . District court and was being held in St. Croix. The Sailor apparently met Elmour an Reheis at a Frederiksted bar Harris said. He said the shooting was apparently drug related but that the Sailor May not have been involved in any crime. Man shoots 2 recruiters Augusta a. A a Man walked into a . Navy recruiting Sta Tion wednesday and hot and wounded two recruiters one critically before flee ing authorities said. The gunman said nothing As he walked into the office at a shopping Cen Ter about 12 40 p in. And shot the recruit ers As they Sal in their cubicles said Richmond county sheriffs maj. Ronald strength. Nathaniel obey 29, of Augusta suffered a Chest wound and was in critical condition at the medical College of Georgia Hospital said Hospital spokeswoman Christine Deriso. Mark Watson 24, of Hephzibah Wasin fair condition with a hip wound. Both men Are Navy Petty officers Saidt. Cmdr. Catherine Cummings of the Navy recruiting District office in Colum Bia . The gunman apparently ran away. Reappeared to be a foreigner strength said without elaborating. Authorities were questioning a shh Recruiter on duty when the shooting occurred but would provide no other de tails of their investigation. Were twice he , who spoke to the newspaper by Telephone from Bahrain said his information came from quartermaster 3.c. Dan Davis who was then on watch on the Bridge and said he heard Contact made with the iraqi sources told the associated press on wednesday that they have see nothing from the investigation to Indi Cate the Stark received a response fro the fighter and that they Don t know whether the iraqi Pilot heard the frigate two warnings. In Iraq the chief of the american team probing the attack said wednesday the confidential joint investigation had hit a Snag. Rear adm. David Rogers would no elaborate but diplomatic sources said the hitch arose from Iraq s refusal to specify what weapons they have adapted their French built Mirage Jet fighters to carry. Members of the Pentagon stale department team do not comment on talks with iraqi officials but when pressed for comment Rogers told reporters wednes Day there was a Snag in technical he is Deputy director of operations for the joint chiefs of says a single Mirage Al was involved in the attack on the Stark. Nav officials question How two missiles one a surface skimming exec cd could hit the Stark if Only one plane was involved. Officials have said the other weapon could have been an As-30 laser guided bomb which a Mirage can carry but no usually in tandem with an exocet. Ditto trots said earlier the american Sand iraqis were working on a system for preventing further attacks in the said there was a lot of Good iraqi nato of the Alliance member meet this year. Weinberger said he defense ministers also a Greece on the strategic importance of preventing the Iran Iraq War from restricting shipping in the persian go through which much of the Hows. He said he did nol Flett any specifications to he Nofle in itch states patrol the Gulf but stressed thai . Effort would be enhanced if More nations would lend assistance. All things that Are done Are improved by a cooperative response and by a num Ber of different people participating said. Helpful to Hajj vhf us Liddi vere made. No on tuesday the nato ministers expressed regret at the toss of 37 american sailors in the iraqi attack on the frigate Stark in the Gulf. None of the nato allies offered firm commitments to Weinberger on his suggestion of a broader Western response Odihe escalating Gulf War. Nato secret jul general lord car us reporters thai raising the Gulf Issue pointed out that this was not just an american matter or even primarily an american isaid that no nato Initia Tive or i Gulf could be expected or Cven i Teisah the Gulf is outside the area out in the founding nor Trtatyan tic treaty students from Page 1 really Don t have any plans to r. We Don t have any aggressive e Don t want to Starta nato exists to Prev Felland to Beso Strong the 16 nations i could be a successful attack them he told the children of american assigned to nato Headquarters . Government agencies in Brussels. Weinberger spent 15 minutes an swering questions from the students including senior Keith Phillips who wanted to know Ubai budget strains would be caused by convening from nuclear to conventional forces. Weinberger said conventional Cost More than nuclear forces big Phil we have to ask ourselves Fie Basic question of what will a Jan after an agreement going Down Ortero in any category of the no Cleft weapons. Is there going to be Knouft left to deter the Sovi ets from launching a successful attack on nato or the United slates Weinberger said that whatever disagreed upon in arms reduction will be expensive but we Are going to have task ourselves How much is Freedom Worth Weinberger told seventh grader Matt Sondak that nuclear disarmament is pos sible and is one of president Reagan highest priorities. Arms negotiations Are being Airn living the United states the Obj compliance the secret ild have to by to go onion Facto Ries and a nil Buji find things like that be Empen we never Given that Ida Ftp permission Taf but it is. _ believe it is 3obing we 71 one of the Best ways of dealing the threat Weinberger told the students to make soviet missiles useless. Ski is another of the president highest priorities and that s where he got the idea that if we can t Trust people a least we can try to get systems to destroy missiles before they even get into the atmosphere of the Earth he said of the strategic defense initiative also know Nas Star wars. President Reagan is convinced that ski is a lot better because it will the Means of destruction on and not destroy the iraqi Mif Imp Ron the .Navy was discussed by the Jim Noiin Siers. Brussels senior Eaton who will attend West _ in the fall asked Weinberger Why the United slates defends other unions shipping. Weinberger acknowledged the risk but he said we Don t want to ice our friends and allies seriously weakened Bya situation because we did t protect heir shipping. The persian Gulf 11 Vita to the Oil going to other countries in nato to Japan or to oar other Friendson whom we have to rely for a lot of the a Lity to protect Gulf Ever fell into soviet control f the Oil for Europe and 70 percent of Japan s Oil would be Cun Weinberger said. Such a Cut would Greatt Hytt their ability to defend themselves Ana item in a position to be intimidated t Reagan from Page 1 american retaliation against Iran arose in wednesday s interview when Reagan said now it is True that the iranians have placed missiles on Shore that can reach targets at sea. That has to be considered with regard to More than just shooting at another vessel or shooting at an earlier he had said the United states would attack ships or planes that fired on its ships. I Don t see the danger of a War Rea Gan added to Don t see How it could pos Sibly Start. As a Mailer of fact we redoing everything we can to try and bring about an end to the War that we North from Pagan get a medal for this but so president will shake your hand thank another Point Dutton said he re Lumen from Central America and gave North an album of photographs of nicaraguan drop zones where Aims been delivered by air to the Cal North was pleased and said ribbed to show the photo Boss whom Dutton Assn Mowas Saiu Ferth and Secord had emphasized bar we were working with donated arwids for the Contra opera Tion pot two years from october 1984 to october 1986, direct and indirect .military Aid to the contras was forbid Den by Congress. According to Dutton North had a Cess to super secret communications of the National Security Agency one of i guarded deeply inv Day Jolo ring Day to nor example Dullon said tidied Asa intercepts of Telephone or radio conversations in Central americ and then summoned former Cia opera Tive Felix Rodriguez the Liaison betwee american air Crews and salvadoran air Force officials to his Washington office in june 1986. He rebuked Rodriguez for violating the secrecy of Field communications and talking to unauthorized people Dutton said. Dullon said North was concerned that Rodriguez who used the alias of Max Gomez was speaking on encoded Chan. A River Csuppay Dutton also indicated dose Cia inter est in the Contra operation. He said North had told him of discussions with Bill referring to the late Gua director William j. Casey about about what we were doing Juilu end when we were looking of the operation Over to the a see Dulton also quoted Job few saying he had talked to attorney general Edwin Meese about Dutton s Hope of getting the investigation turned
