European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday july 2,1987 May Send copters to find Gulf mines Washington uple underwater mines have been Kuwait s Oil port and inc United Stales May Send helicopters 10 Kuwait 10 keep the area free of such explosive penal on officials said tuesday. To ensure thai Navy warship escorts of 11 re flagged kuwaiti Oil tankers do not run into mines the Pentagon Send five Mh-53 mine so lers with 200 support Personne Toj to tonne officials said. Lies were not free floating they moored to the Bottom of the 30 Hannel in International Waters Kanal Mimm Drahm Adi. That indicates that lhe1tnnmmtiilftil crate by planted and did not Drill from Waters Oft Iraq with we been at War nearly to Marir of the Channel Between to engulf and. Ahmadi until it can be assured that it has been swept Clear of mines the officials said. Four ships recently struck mines in inc Channel and the Navy team was sent to Kuwait to determine if mines deliberately were being sown in inc Wal Craw there had been Swiere a a Briard had in moorings and drifted caters. At Cait Itman Ili soviet design which one source said Len la made in North Korea were foul Channel by an 18-r-Ian . Navy team of mine warfare specialists equipped with sonar devices operated from Small boats the officials said. All were disarmed without incident they said. Kail _ ft6 . Plan a a Seoul. Speech. Government Par office la indicated wednesday they wanted Tonjec the Constitution by August to Clear the Way fam november eve Lions. They said the revisions would probably be a to the nation in an october referee Mamchun s coat scions amounted v an agreement to dismantle a enough political contras his government has exert Etezadi if thai proves essential to the investigation committee spoke Aba said investigators will rely instead on the narrowly focused first paragraph which requires nah to produce All male rials relating directly or Indian to the Sale of United states manufactured military Elmon enl to Iran or support for the Ami government fool Fijn North was 10 be questioned in wednes Day after committee members and Lawuna study the documents he provided. The questioning was to Center on what no., about any knowledge president Reagan had Reading the diversion of Iran arms Sale proceeds to Aid tigua i Contra rebels. North s Public testimony a expected to begin on july 7. Glass from Page 1 Dent is the first of its Fadlallah a bodyguards returned the tire and the Convoy moved on without further incident or injuries the sources said. The lebanese hostages including the defense min ister s ton were freed a week after their abduction which occurred Only 500 Yards from a syrian Check Point Inlo Beirut s Southern suburbs a hotbed of extremist activities where neither the syrian nor Leb anese Armicie have control. There has been no word on Glass a Veteran Middle East correspondent and Abc television network re Porter on leave of absence to write a Book i a strongly believe that these talks and diplomate efforts Wilf result in freeing or. Sluts. I Don t think Force will be used. These diplomatic a from will bal enough a source in Lebanon told United press inner a National tuesday. I 1 in London Independent television news reported thai Church of England envoy Terry Waite and iwo americans kidnapped in Lebanon associated press correspondent Terry Anderson and american univer sity of Beirut official Thomas Sutherland have been moved id Iran in Decem weeks. In quoting shiite moslem sources said Waite 48 Anderson j9 and Sutherland 55, Dean of the Ameri can University of Beirut s agriculture school had been transferred to Iran in recent weeks. Terry Waite and the two american hostages Are almost certainty being held in the iranian holy City of qom in said. But the syrian connected source termed impossible a recent report by the local Magazine Ash Shiraz that some of the americans have been smuggled to Iran. He said they can t Lake them out of Lebanon by land sea or air without syrian knowledge unless they have supernatural Glass was the Firtl Westerner kidnapped since the syrians moved into West Beirut in february to end militia Rule and his abduction is considered a slap in the face to Damascus which claimed to have the Situa Tion under control. Glass is one of nine americans believed held hos Tage in Lebanon. Hezbollah has denied allegations by the syrian news Media and pro syrian politicians the it is holding Glass and has discounted the widely held belief that it is holding other Western hostages. But in remarks published tuesday Al Amin defended kidnappings As a legitimate a tic in the lebanese people s Baute Wilh the colonialist Stales and our people who suffered from the 1982 israeli invasion of Lebanon have the right to face America France and Israel Wilh the relevant methods they choose Al Amin said. In the United Arab emirates. Abu Dahabi s Al ill had newspaper reported that a number of the French hos tages will be freed la said the release will be part t i of a Deal rut in provided few details. I Al Iasi six frenchmen Are missing in Lebanon Bull kidnappers claimed to have killed one of them Michel iseral Sturat s body however has not been found
