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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, June 24, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 0 the stars and stripes wednesday june 24,1987 Qadhafi says Arab world needs nuke arms London up the Arab world must obtain the atom bomb As n defensive weapon and then if anyone threatens ils Independence or existence we should drop it on them libyan Leader Moa Ramar Qadhafi has told Stu dents. In a report monitored by the British broadcasting corp., libyan television said monday that Qadhafi told univer Lity students that nuclear weapons Are essential for the defense of the Arab world. The arabs must possess the atom bomb to defend themselves until their number reaches one thousand million and until they Itam to desalinated sea water and until they liberate Palestine Qadhafi said in a lecture sunday on the Arab world. The lecture was the last of three he gave at an unspecified univer sity. We undertake not to drop it on any one. But if someone is going to drop it of us or someone is going to threaten our existence and Independence even with out the use of atomic weapons we should drop it on them. This is a defensive weapon that is Essen Tia he said. The five confirmed nuclear Powers Are the United states the soviet Union China Britain and France but several of hrs including Israel Are widely believed to possess them. Intelligence sources in recent Yean have said that Qadhafi has made unsuccessful attempts to gain nuclear technology. Qadhafi said that great efforts should be made by arabs to study an invest in the Means to control nuclear Energy. But he charged that arabs have been intimidated by Western pressure to refrain from doing so. Qaddafi charged the West with being hypocritical about atomic weapons say ing that whenever the subject i broached by the arabs they automatically become criminals yet they themselves Are making it every Day and they develop it and put weapons in outer space he said. But when it comes to us they say you must not make atomic Energy. It is forbidden to run electricity from it. You must not make the atom bomb daily they make atom bombs Why not us Qadhafi charged that libyan efforts to develop nuclear Power Static ins with pos sible soviet help have been Pul Back four to six years by Western pressure. With the use of the atom we can provide infinite possibilities in order to create a source of life in the Arab Home land he  sail thai although China u t poor country it possesses nuclear weapons and is therefore respected in the world China is very poor he said. But today he chinese who can afford Only a Donkey is respected by the american who flies an Al 11 Jel fighter. An Arab can ride in 3 Cadillac and yet the american comes along and spits at him and strikes him with whatever ii Handy. I Fol. F of Hub i ".-?& � ii town  Yoho to and a mighty wet Tow it May be say fide Bat Tideo film maker Michael Paezold rams to be Tartag his ship Royage in stride. Joal for. Fan a Etwald of Ems Barren Germany hitched ride sunday on the Remote controlled Model Pri Actu Kag Tild which is Tow ing him on like near Lingen Germany. Bhopal Plant spews ammonia causing 200,000 to flee Homes Bhopal India up about 200,000 people some shouting run run the killer Gas has come again fled their Homes tuesday when ammonia fumes gushed from an ice factory a tto the Union Carbide Plant where a 1984 Gas leak killed More than 2,500 people. Police said ammonia fumes which cause Eye irritation but Are not otherwise ionic spewed from a valve on Cooling equipment in the ice factory shortly alter Midnight and engulfed nearby neighbourhoods. Several people were injured As residents rushed out of the area which witnessed similar scenes in the Early hours of dec. 3, 1984, when toxic Gas leaking from the now defunct Union Carbide Pes Eide Plant sided More than 2,500 people in history s worst Indus trial disaster. Thousands of people roused from their sleep by the Gas were seen fleeing their Homes in their nigh clothes. Shouting people jammed the roads urging others to join the flight hundreds of residents crammed onto buses to near by towns while others fled by scooters cars motorized rickshaws and horse drawn carts and on foot borne were seen driving their cattle before them. Police responded by deploying Loudspeaker equipped vehicles that broadcast appeals for Calm say ing everything is under control. Do not be afraid. In is a harmless  first i thought that once again the Gas had leaked Rickshaw Driver Kamal Singh said i a decided to Nin away from  Sheela Devi a resident of Jaya Prakash Nagar one of the neighbourhoods hardest hit by the Union Carbide disaster said "1 was sleeping outside my hut when 1 heard the Calls of people asking us to run  she said she grabbed one of her three daughters and jumped on a bus heading out of Bhopal about 375 Miles South of new Delhi. Police arrested four employees of the ice factory including the manager on negligence charges then sealed off the  factory worker Dhani ram said one of the Plant operators tried to plug the leak by tying Gunny Sac Sand rubber hoses around the faulty valve. The Union Carbide Plant where the 1�84 leak occurred has been closed since the disaster. World today Egypt gets Mirage fighters despite payment default Cairo Egypt up France has agreed to re sume the delivery to Egypt of advanced Mirage 2000 warplanes held up because Egypt defaulted on pay ments the egyptian defense minister Field marshal Abdel Halim Abu Ghazala said  Ghazala who returned late sunday from a tour of Turkey Romania and France said he reached agreement with French prime minister Jacques Chirac that the delivery of the warplanes and the payment of instalments should be separated after meeting with egyptian president Hosni Mubarak the defense minister said that eight of 20 mirage2000 jets ordered by Egypt remained to be delivered. Belgian priest elected to Lead Catholic order Rome a a 53-year-Oid priest from Belgium has been elected As new Superior general of the Congre gation of the immaculate heart of Mary an International roman Catholic religious order of 1,441 Mem Ben the order announced on  said the Rev. Michel Decraene was elected at a meeting of 53 representatives working in 17 countries. Founded in 1862 Al Schreul Belgium the congregation is a missionary religious and International Institute Active in educational work also elected As officers of the older were the Rev. Paul Van Paris the Rev. Jan Hanssens and the Rev. Jaak Janssens All of Belgium the Rev. Car Tito Cerason of the Philippines and tie Rev. Kasanda Uro Einbu of Zaire the order said. Italy seizes ship used to dump toxic wastes Lecce Italy a after the death of 38 Dolphin off tie coast of Apulia in Southern Italy authorities have seized a ship used to dump Industrial Wattes in the Adriatic sea a prosecutor said monday. Ennio Cillo a magistrate of Iran to who issued the seizure order said he also has notified officials of pm chem agr Coltura the company that hired the ship the Isola Celeste that they were under  refused to provide details but newspapers have cited Laboratory tests which purportedly show that among the Industrial wastes unloaded by the ship was phenol an unauthorized poisonous chemical which apparently had caused the death of the 38 dolphins since january. The ship had been dumping 3,000 tons of chemical wastes every five Days at a designated area off la coast the reports said. Suspected italian terrorist arrested by Athens police Athens. Greece up police arrested an ital Ian suspected of being a red brigades terrorist during raid late sunday on an Athens apartment the Semi of facial Athens news Agency said  also arrested two greeks a French woman and a japanese an italian named Muncio Foroni 34, allegedly sought by italian police for terrorist activities was arrested in Athens late sunday night the Agency said. The Agency also said a greek civil Engineer a greek woman a French woman and a japanese were arrested with him but were later released after questioning  
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