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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday june 2,1987 copter bomb kills lebanese prime minister Rashil Kanmi a photo Beirut Lebanon a a bomb hidden under a Seal of a military helicopter exploded monday killing prime min ister Roshid Karami and wounding Sev eral others on Board a presidential Palace source said. Military sources said he bomb concealed in an attache Case under Karumi j seat went off As he was travelling to Bei rut from a 10-Day stay at a summer Resi Dence in Baa serine about 60 Miles North of the capital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility or indication of who planted the bomb. The 66-year-old sunni moslem had been Lebanon s longest serving prime minister holding office 10 times in 32years. He was backed by Syria the main Power broker in Lebanon. Military sources said Interior minister Abdulla Rassi a Christian suffered Crit ical  three others among the 12 aides or crewmen aboard also were wounded in the mid Oming explosion. Alt the sources spoke on condition of anonymity. Maj. Antoine Bustani Pilot of he stricken Puma helicopter landed the helicopter at the fatal military air base in the Christian heartland the source said. The victims were rushed to a Hospi Tal in Byblos 20 Miles North of Beirut sources said. The moslem controlled voice of he nation said Karami died on he operating table. But there was no official announce ment As to the Liming Ochis death. Radio stations broadcast solemn music after the news broke. President Amin Gamay cd a maronite Catholic ordered an immediate investigation to determine the cause of the explosion according to radio reports. He took charge of the arrangements to bring Kara i s body to his Hometown the Northern port of Tripoli the Palace source said. The source said Karami s two Broth ers Maan and Omar arrived at St. Mar tin Hospital in Byblos to accompany the body. Karami will be buried at the family cemetery near i father Abdul Hamid Karami who was Lebanon s prime minister in 1945. Karami was prime minister when Leb anon s civil War broke out in 1975. He said last month he was resigning because philippine right Wing dissidents monitored As votes Ore tallied Manila Philippines a the government run news Agency said the military was monitoring right Wing dissidents As late election returns cast doubt monday on whether former defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile will win Senate scat. The Philippines news Agency quoted unidentified intelligence sources As say ing the dissidents belong to a faction of the guardians brotherhood a military fraternity whose members have been linked to previous coup plots. Meanwhile Ihrcke former officers charged in a january coup plot asked the supreme court to nullify arrest orders against them because they have Bee dropped from Active duty Rolls. The three former Brig. Gen. Jose Zumel former col. Rolando Abadilla and former it col. Reynaldo Cabauatan said in a petition filed by their lawyer that a military arrest warrant no longer applied because they were removed from Active duly rosters last month. All three have been in hiding since january. Pan said he latest plot May involve attempts to prevent the commission on elections Comeleo from proclaiming winners in the May 11 congressional balloting which the opposition claims was rigged by president Corazon Aquino s government. Comeleo suspended its official bal lot canvass sunday but results from the previous Day showed Enrile in 22nd position with about 7.2 million Voles 243,000 votes ahead of the no. 24th candidate. The lop 24 in the 84-member Field win seats in the Senate. Only one other opposition candidate actor Joseph Estrada remains in the top 24. In a related development the philippine daily inquirer quoted Comeleo sources As saying late return from Central Luzon s Sampanga prov Ince threaten to drop Enrile in the stand Ings. Some 2 million votes nationwide re main uni Allied. They include up lo200,000 cast saturday in the largely moslem Sulu province and some 28other communities where violence forced postponement of the May 11 balloting. Early returns from the Sulu balloting showed most votes going o two administration moslem candidates Santanio Rasul and former sen. Mamintal Tama Nao. Both Trail Enrile in the most recent National count. Administration Senate candidates told reporters monday they expected Enrile fired last year after an attempted coup by his followers to serve As a constructive opposition if he wins a seat i Don t think he poses a threat to in Emory government Teofisto Guingona said. He would be a Welcome addition to the opposition if he makes it and we know How to handle the  Enrile retains considerable support among the armed forces Many of whose members resent the government s peace overtures to communist and moslem re Bels. Fears of possible action have in creased recently with the appearance of letters circulating around military Garri sons denouncing chief of staff Gen. Fidel v. Ramos for his ban on soldiers joining right Wing protests. Three other open letters have also appeared. Due accused air Force com Mander Mai. Gen Antonio Sotelo of repressive  the others claimed a conspiracy Between the military com Mand and the Aquino government to muffle election fraud charges. Meanwhile chief military spokesman col. Hongslo Isleta expressed concern that communist rebels will intensify at lacks around the country before local elections expected in november. Isleta told reporters that the poo showing of leftist candidates in last month s election showed the communist party of the Philippines had been re buffed we Are expecting More armed As saults and harassment against the Mili tary and other symbols of government now that the May 11 elections Are Over Isleta said. The military will expect More intensified mass based activities by the cup in the Urban  of the failure of his half Christian half moslem Cabinet to Deal with the coun try s economic crisis which stemmed from inc War. However Karami later said he would not submit his resignation to Gemayel As required by the Constitution and Gem Ayel refused to accept it. The Veteran politician had refused to talk to Gemayel Ever since the president scuttled a Syri an brokered peace plan for Lebanon i december 1985. Karami first began his prime minister career in i95s when at the age of 34, he became the youngest Man to hold to deposition. He became prime minister for the 10th time in april 1984. In an interview at the Lime he said he knew that reconciling the nation s War ring Christian moslem and druse Mili Tias would be difficult. _ it s going to be a commando mis Sion he said. Karami was born dec. 30, 1921, in the Village of Miriam Iri Northern Lebanon and grew up in Tripoli. He attended roman Catholic elementary school in Tripoli a French College in Lebanon and University of Cairo Law school. He never married. World today up Union activities before and during the Pope s visit to  police warn Union not to organize protests greek radio station Breaks longtime state monopoly Warsaw Poland a police held seven Solidarity activists in wroclaw Southern Poland an warned hem against organizing anti government demonstrations during Pope John Paul la i seven Day visit to Poland one activist has said. The polish bom pontiff arrives in Warsaw next monday. Jozef Pinion said police detained him and three other former leaders of the banned Solidarity free Trade Union s underground Structure in wroclaw. Abo detained were three Solidarity sympathizers he said in a Telephone interview after his release from police custody. Pinion said the police warned us against taking Athens Greece a a local radio station operated by Athens City Hall went on the air sunday in the first Challenge to a 30-year-old state monopoly on broadcasting in Greece. The Athens 984" station Aims at serving both the City and the surrounding Allica area where More than 3.5 million out of Greece s 10 million residents live. Conservative mayor Muli Ades Evert said in a five minute opening address that the station would offer multifarious Points of View in a 12-hour daily program of music news and discussion. Purged scientist s wife wins seat on chinese Congress belting a students it Beijing University have elected As their local government representative the wife of a scientist purged in a government crack Down on liberalism. Of four candidates vying for three Delegate season he District people s Congress i Shuxian 52, received the most Voles in unofficial results Accord ing to officials at Beijing s Vaidian District govern ment office. She is the wife of astrophysicist Fang Lizhi Olio last Winter became known among student protesters for his outspoken advocacy of More democracy an Independence for intellectuals  
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