European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday july 19,1987 Iran warns of graveyard for gis Nicosia Cypris a Iran will turn the persian Gulf into a graveyard Tor . Troops who intervene to protect foreign shipping Iran s Interior minister was quoted As saying saturday. A huge number of defenders of the persian Gulf with thousands of vessels each one capable of sinking a Lanze . Feel have been fit lined at the persian Gulf coast Iran s official islamic re Public news Agency quoted Hoja Toles Lam Ali Akbar Mohtashami As saying. Islamic revolutionary guards and basins volunteers will turn the persian Gulf into a graveyard for the americans or any other aggressor  it was the latest of a series of iranian threats against a . Plan 10 ref Las 11kuwaiti tankers with the american Flag and give them . Navy escorts through the Gulf. The escorts Are expected to begin this week. On Friday. Irna quo cd parliament speaker Hashemi a Sfanjani As saying that Iran will kill columns of . Troop sin the Gulf and will require survivors to swear allegiance to Iran s Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Stale run iranian television also monitored in Nicosia showed a picture of battleships and aircraft carriers super imposed with raws of crosses depicting a Christian cemetery. Irna which is monitored in Nicosia said Mohtashami spoke saturday la a seminar of senior officials in Tehran. It quo cd him As saying that the United states and its Western allies were using heir fleets in the gulfs scarecrows to lest whether Iran would stand steadfast. A Sfanjani was quoted As laying that the United states decided to increase its naval task Force in the Gulf because presi Dent Saddam Hussein of Iraq could not defeat Iran himself. Washington says it takes neither Side in the tul War and has called for a negotiated end to the conflict both fran and Iraq have attacked for eign merchant ships during their nearly 7-year-old War. But the United slates considers Iran the greater threat despite an iraqi attack May 17 on the Stark which kilted 37 sailors. Iraq said the at tack was a mistake and the United states accepted Iraq s apology. Iran has concentrated in attacks on kuwaiti ships and tankers calling at kuwaiti porn. Iran regards Kuwait As an ally of Iraq. Iran has been using Small speedboats to attack commercial snipping m the Gulf with machine guns and rocket propelled grenades. The speedboats which Are hard to detect on radar operate from iranian held islands and often hide among fishing fleets making retaliation difficult Iran says it trained thousands of combatants in preparation for suicide attacks on american warships. Navy guard on North s Home nearly doubled Washington tiie Navy guard on it. Col. Oliver North s Home in great Falls va., has been nearly doubled since his appearance before the Iran Contra committees according to a Marine corps letter. Peter m. Murphy counsel for the Marine corps commandant said the Normal coverage is Between 15 and 20 agents but it was increased to 35 lost week when North began testifying before the con Gressional committees. Sen. Warren Rudman r-n.h., re leased Murphy s july 9 letter which was in answer to committee questions about North s Security. North a former National Security Council aide testified that the govern ment took no action on his april 1986 request for Protection at his Home after he was threatened by terrorist Abu Nidal. North then had a private Security system installed at his borne. Head fitted to the committees that he did t pay for it and that he tried to cover up that fact with phony documents. Murphy said records show no request from North to the Marine corps for such Security. A review of our records indicates that Headquarters . Marine corps., never received such a request however it. Col. Noah was assigned to the National Security Council and we have not conferred with other Federal agencies to determine if a request was made of them he said. The current 24-hour Protection by Navy intelligence service agents came Aboul Murphy said when North s attorney reported Fri information on threats against North. These threats were evaluated and brought to the attention of the assistant commandant. And the undersecretary of the Navy with a recommendation that Protection be provided Murphy  final decision to protect North at his residence was made Lasi april 8, Mur Phy said. He said North and his family went to Camp Lejeune , for Protection from april 13-17 this year. Exodus of South clogs autobahn Frankfurt a thousands of germans spent the first night of their summer vacations branded in their cars As a tidal wave of southbound tourists got stuck in traffic jams up to 48 Miles Long police said saturday. The massive exodus for the beaches in Southern Europe coincided with the beginning of school holi Days in nor Rhein westfalen the Mosi populous Ger Man  traffic and a series of minor accidents caused a Jam 48 Miles Long Between Wuerzburg and Munich Laie Friday police said. No serious injury were re  of vacationers were stuck in their cars for five hours until the traffic started moving again slowly at 4 30 . Saturday police said. Traffic also crawled to a Stop Between Munich and Salzburg Austria one of the busiest expressways to Southern Europe causing a Jam 36 Miles Long. At least nine other autobahn jams stretching up to 18 Miles were reported in other parts of the country. We keep on giving traffic advisories but no one is listening complained bavarian traffic police spokes Man Leo Kline. Last weekend a Jam 60 Miles Long slopped traffic for hours on the autobahn to Salzburg. There was also Busy air traffic. The major Airport inner Rhein Wesl Falia at Dusseldorf reported 402 takeoffs and landings Friday and estimated that More than 42,000 tourists flew off to their vacations. Bradley from Page 1 vehicle that resembles a tank equipped with a 25mm Cannon and a machine gun. Made by the fac corp.,the vehicle has room inside to Cany seven infantrymen into combat in addition to its three Man Crew. Last april 13, the army s chief of staff suspended All swim training with the vehicle saying he had decided to order modifications to certain critical hinges on the from of the personnel Carrier. That followed an incident the week before in which a Bradley Sank during aquatic training at fort Ben Ning ga., because of what investigators said was operator error in erecting the vehicle s swim  the Bradley is designed to Ford Rivers or lakes by pulling up a rubberized Canvas skirt around its Bull and by Locking into place a Metal plate in the front that serves As the prow. There have been at least seven documented Bradley sinking of which six have been blamed on improper erection of the prow and skirt to reduce the likelihood of Crew error the army ordered All Bradley modified with a special safety device to help ensure the Metal prow is completely locked in place. The vehicles at fort Benning where the army pro Vides initial training to All Bradley Crews have already been modified with the new safety devices according to officials at that Georgia base. Although the army has described the Bradley As significant improvement Over its aging personnel car Rier the vehicle his been criticized on Capitol Hill As being too tightly armoured to protect soldiers in combatant As being too heavy and unwieldy to safely Ford streams and Rivers. The army already has More than 3,000 Bradley in its inventory. Iran from Page 1 status so he can be stopped and taken to court when the Paris embassy is evacuated. It also says the accusations against torn were a false bid to match Gordji s plight. Mohtashami told an administrative seminar that deaths from Page 1 Camp supervisors Between 3 and 4 . Friday to warn against crossing the swollen River Seale said the bus with 32 passenger. Stalled in Aboul a fool of water on a Guadalupe River Ford. Two other buses bad successfully crossed but the thud was caught in its predecessor s Wake and stalled momentarily he said. Kyo is said that he could not Back up the bus because the  which also stalled was dose behind panic mounted As a Flash flood sent water Rushing at the vehicles. The water Rose As High As the bus steering wed and Koons told the teen am to get out and hold hands in in Effort to bring everyone to dry land. The Swift current Laden with tree limbs and other debris pushed the bus. And  downstream and scattered the youths. Some frantically grasped at Trees. Stale and National guard helicopters began Airlift res cues Darling Between the Trees to drop ropes to the stranded youngsters. Melanie Finley. 14, of Mesquite apparently was too weak to hold on and fell to her death scale said. Tonya Smith 13, the sister of Stacy Smith was found dead three Miles downstream her body tangled in a wire mesh Fence. Issod Hernandez 13, of Dallas said a Friend rescued him by using a Branch to pull Hernandez to a tree. He saved my life. I said several prayers Hernandez said. Many of the children suffered bruises and Small cuts on their arms and legs from dinging to tires said Betsy Cox a nurse at Sid Peterson memorial Hospital in nearby Kerr Ville. Two were still hospitalized late Friday but were not seriously injured. The empty twisted Moss covered bus was found As the flood Waters began to recede late in the Day and the sub merged  also was spotted officials said. Stale trooper Tom Mobley said investigators will deter mine this week whether any chains should be filed against the bus Driver. The people of Iran would never allow a handful of people to commit crimes and espionage acts under the pretext of diplomacy Iran s news Agency re ported. He stressed that any espionage activity Vio lated International regulations. Announcing the break in diplomatic relations Iran Early saturday threatened countermeasures if France did not treat Gordji believed to be the second ranking official at the embassy in Paris As a Diplomat. The vows from Mohtashami were apparently the countermeasures on Friday France severed relations with Iran pre Empting Iran s ultimatum to Cul relations by sunday unless French police lifted their Siete of its embassy and punished police who allegedly beat up an iranian Diplomat. Iran made no reference to thursday s ultimatum when a foreign ministry statement was read on Tehran radio Early saturday announcing that Teh ran had severed relations with Paris after the French move. A foreign ministry spokesman said Tehran made the decision after illegal measures by the French government against French diplomats trying to leave France on thursday and the continued siege of its embassy building. The radio quoted him As saying that France was holding Gordji hostage in the embassy. Fears were expressed in Paris Friday that iranian fundamentalists would storm the French embassy in Tehran Laking the staff hostage