European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 in is brits the stars and stripes monday june 22,1987 Iraq reportedly has new arms in its Arsenal Baghdad Iraq apr Iraq s air Force commander says his nation has bought new weapons to launch More devastating raid against Iran a newspaper reported sunday. The next strikes will be More powerful anymore effective and will be carried out with new weapons and Means air Mars Alhamid Shaaban told Al thaw a mouthpiece of the ruling baath party he gave no details of the new arms. His remarks were published a Day after Iraq attacked Iran s Khare Island Oil terminal Anda Tanker bound for the loading Dock the first such raid since the May 17 attack on the  missile frigate Stark that killed 37 America in. Shaaban was quoted As saying the Lull in the Tanker War had Only been temporary and was deliberately designed to take the enemy by Surprise when the raids resumed. He reiterated Iraq s warnings that its War planes will continue attacking iranian Oil and economic facilities so Long As the iranian rulers remain intransigent and reject All peace Effort to end the War. Iran has demanded the ouster of iraqi president Saddam Hussein puerto rican statehood endorsed by Bush Ponce puerto Rico a vice president George Bush said saturday thai he favors statehood for puerto Rico which would Grant ill citizens representation in Congress and the right to vote in presidential elections. I would be remiss if i did t say again Fromm heart How strongly i personally feel about statehood now. Estad Idad agora the Vic president told a crowd of several Hundred people from he City Hall Balcony of this Southern coastal  want to see that 51st Star in the . Nag and i want hat to represent puerto Rico Busl isaid. Puerto Rico is now a . Commonwealth  vice president on a Caribbean our spent four hours in the . Virgin islands on Fonda before flying to puerto Rico aboard air Force  said his Campaign committee was paying the expenses for the political part of the in. Saudis help to finance . Policy paper says new York a saudi Arabia has secretly helped finance . Foreign policy by contributing Bil Lions of dollars in the past 20 years to movements an governments in a dozen countries to further Western anti mantis interests it was reported sunday. The saudis have helped further . Policy in area where the executive Branch has been unwilling or unable to gain congressional support for its goals the new York times said citing interviews with Diplo Mats intelligence specialists and lawmakers. They have been terrific in lots of places a former Diplomat told the times. Anytime we needed them to pay for something we always turned to the saudis reviewed them As this great milk cow saudi Money has gone to movements or govern ments in such countries As Afghanistan Yemen Soma Lia the Sudan Pakistan Zaire and Nicaragua. The times said the saudis have Felt some regional political or religious slake in these countries and their interest coincided with american interests. The estimated $32 million in Aid to Nicaragua rebels disclosed at the Iran Contra hearings was Parton a Well established pattern of saudi diplomacy thai can be traced through the last four administrations the times  takes King fahd about 10 seconds to sign Check. It takes Congress weeks to debate the smallest Issue of this sort said William b. Quandt a senior fellow at the Brooking institution and a Middle East specialist who was formerly on the National Security Council  you can gel somebody else to pay for it it s Nice and convenient he said. The times said the contributions generally have furthered saudi National interests by opposing communism and promoting stability in moslem countries the saudis want to cultivate american Friendship and military support the newspaper said. The saudis acknowledge giving about s3 billion year in Public foreign Aid programs and i hair Secrel contributions have amounted to an additional billion dollars in some years the times said. I View Ilas a very cooperative mutually beneficial relationship built on an identity of views a senior administration official said adding that the contributions were done according to Law t runway mishap damages 747s Vienna Austria a a South african boeing747, taxiing toward the runway saturday afternoon Hil a stationary jordanian jumbo Jet causing considerable damage and one injury an Airport spokesman said. In an austrian radio interview sunday Herber Kreis a director of the Airport operating company seemed to put the blame on the two pilots for allegedly failing to carefully study special traffic instructions. The directives were issued after space on the air port s apron was narrowed by construction of a Dock ing pier that will allow passengers to reach planes from the Airport building on movable Bridges. An Airport spokeswoman said the pier under construction takes up about one third of the entire proc Essing area although the apron had been enlarged be fore building work started. � basically All have been informed that there Are extraordinary Burcum glances in parking planes at Vienna now said Kreis adding that was apparently disregarded on  Kuntner an official at Vienna s Schwechel Airport said the right Wing of the South african air ways jetliner sliced into the Forward left Side of the Boeing 747 of the jordanian airline Alia preparing to depart for new  said one woman sitting in the jordanian plane s first class Section directly behind the cockpit suffered a Bruise on her left thigh and was taken to Hospital As a precautionary  a police spokesman reached by Telephone at in Airport identified the woman As an american citizen Patricia Terry Holland 45, but he said he did not know her Hometown. The spokesman who declined to give his name Saidie victim also suffered a slight Shock but she was released after being treated at Vienna s Lorenz Boehler  loan Airport press release the South Afri can plane was bound for Johannesburg via Zurich Switzerland. It said the South african Jet hid 20 passengers and Crew of 17 while the Alia plane had 232 passenger and a Crew of 21. The report said the Alia passengers would be flown to new York on another plane but plans for the Johannesburg flight had not been completed. Kuntner said a commission is investigating the cause of the Accident and both planes would be grounded for repairs. Korea from Page 1 representatives of the main opposition reunification democratic party but re ports indicated no Progress was  rep has been demanding a meeting Between its president Kim Young Sam and  has Evjen widespread speculation that the government May resort to extreme measures such As ruling by emergency decree or martial Law to re store order. . Assist it Secretary of state Gas Ion Stour washington1 top asian policy maker is to arrive in Seoul on tues Day to study the situation. The United Stales which has some40,000 hoops based in South Korea under a Mutual defense pact has been urging the government to take a Moder ate stance in dealing with the political unrest. Secretary of state George Shultz has called for a resumption of talks Between the government and the opposition. Chun announced april ii he was sus pending talks on opposition demands for political Reform until after the 1988seoul olympics to safeguard National stability and the games. Officials said sunday More than 8,000people had been arrested in the lost 11 Days since the protests began. They also said 5,011 people had been injured including 4,900 not police. The injury figure appeared inaccurate As hundreds  Are known to have been Hurt during the protests Al though no figures Are available. Hospi tals report a steady Stream of injured. One person has died a riot police Man who was killed when he was hit by a bus driven by a protester in the Central City of Taejon last Friday. North from Page 1 Magazine said they have information Hai North told a military official last year of his plans to assassinate iranian officials. It did not name the military official. North s attorney Brendan Sullivan declined saturday to comment on the report. Congressional investigators also plan to look into reports that the Cia and the National Security Council staff which included North i liaised several Covert operations in 1985 and 1986 to destabilize the Khomeini regime. The Magazine said iranians got $600,000 in $100 Bills in an attache Cas Efrom the s5.i million the iranians paid for Tow missiles from Israel in augustan september 198 5. In All More than si5 million in kick backs went to iranians involved in the arms Sale operation the Magazine said. North has so far refused to be inter viewed by the congressional investigators in private even though he has been Gran cd limited immunity. That leaves open the possibility lha North will be questioned for the first time in Public hearings by the select House and Senate committees investigating the arms sates to Iran. But North s conditions for testifying May also jeopardize that. In addition to the demands that the hours of Public testimony be limited and that Norih not be recalled to testify after he has completed one round before the committee the House committee spokesman also confirmed other conditions mentioned in the lbs report. Those condition were thai North have Access to committee document about him before he turns Over documents being sought by the committee and that any testimony about his meet Ings and conventions with his superiors president Reagan and former nation Al Security advisers John Poindexter and Robert Mcfarlane be made in Public Only. The hearings resume tuesday after a 1 a week recess. In other developments the los Angeles times reported saturday that North and the late director of the cd a William j. Casey met secretly with Contra leaders in a government owned Washington town House in 1984and 1985. The initial encounters in the town House which had a conference room for highly sensitive meetings by senior administration officials were in 1984, the newspaper reported. Those first meetings were used to hand the Agency s program of support forthe contras Over to North then a mid dle level staff member at the National Security Council the newspaper quoted sources As saying. The news of the meetings tells us that North s relationship with Casey was More intimate than we knew and thai i was under Way at an Early stage one congressional investigator was quoted assaying. In Dublin Ireland a newspaper re ported sunday Hal congressional Iran Contra investigators believe thai false Irish passports used by while House officials including North and Mcfarlane on an undercover Mission to Iran were provided to the Cia by British intelligence