European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside tripes d retraction letter smooths Way for talks Page 3 g Border seizures up ins chief says Page 5 d army s Roth program gets More choosy Page 9 the stirs vol. 46. No. 95 wednesday. July 22, 1987 d 8693 a Poindexter has no regrets says actions were in . Interest. Tonal Security adviser John i him monday denied misleading members of Congress when the Iran con Ira affair be came Public last fall defiantly idling investigators i Don l have any regret about anything i did As a top aide to president Reagan. In an extraordinary count Craitic while under harsh question ii publican members onh a fire and sen ate commit Cess a Kutler also accused former hoj peaker Thomas p. O n St of holding up final approval of Contra Aid last year while men in righting or poin Dexler said he was nil change his mind about the act Ion authorized and the Sec not going lot Etc yer he did was in the test of the United states. Even As he denied misleading con Gress about the affair Poinc Jiler in his fourth Day in the witness chair told the nationally televised Iran Contra hearings that much Loo much information is provided to Congress about the do fails of Covert Poinc Eicr is Tina App Wynn celtic committees p v. Either bluntly or implicitly in reply he conceded Liat lion officials weren t telling everything they knew last fall As the Iran Contr affair became Public in Hopes thai the hostages remaining in Lebanon might still be released. But he denied Hal hide liberally mis led members of Congress after the Deci Pibil in. Reason for not misleading the Congress is a very practical said rep. Richard Cheney a Wyo. It s Slu pid. It s self defeating. Eventually of do Elroy the president s Jen. William Cohen a Maine. Said would be suicidal for the if con Gress and the he no Tomah continue to lie to each other i Marion or. Alter or shred Yocun he said thai administration officials sae p01ndexteh on Page 26 Alpine Campground inundated debris and wrecked campers surround the Lodge of a Campground in Slu Baital Austria South of inns Bruck. The Northern Alp Haie Noi escaped the heavy rain and flooding shut Haie plagued Italy and Switzerland in the past week causing 19 deaths and est Enrite proper Daman see Story. Page Iran dismisses . Resolution to end Gulf War Kuwait a Iran Siirid midday that the laity United nations Effort to end the persian Gulf War is not Worth a Penny and told the United slates that it will retaliate fur any attack. The . Security Council unanimously approved a Resolution demanding a cease fire in Iran s 7-year-old War with Iraq bul Iran said ii would ignore it As ii has ignored several previous resolutions . Navy warships Are stationed Jim outside the Strait of Hormuz. The narrow Southern Entrance to the a Jiff preparing 10 escort Kiev Iii tankers that will sail under the american Flag. Kuwait is Iraq s Western neighbor at the gulfs North Ern end. Iran accuses it of serving As a conduit Faram shipments to the iraqis whose ports have been closed since soon Afier the War parted in september i so. Iran has attacked ships owned by or serving Kuwait frequently since last september and Sass it will not be deterred by Navy escorts for 11 Reilag cd kuwaiti tankers or by a growing soviet naval presence in the persian Gulf. Kuwait has leased three tankers from the soviet Union. In Washington defense department officials said the first . Navy escort operation Lead Heen tentatively scheduled to begin tuesday night. The officials sneaking on the can Jilin of anonymity said two kuwaiti Oil tank ers flying the american hag were 10 gel under Way handpick up Navy escorts either tuesday a ening or Early wednesday morning. Persian Gulf Lime. Exact Liming for the first escort has been a i in rear add. Harold a Dersin. Commander of the Mideast see Iran on Page 23 building new Tow missiles by Norman Black a p military or tit Washington the army Antic paling the Sovil Union s embrace of j new defensive technology for us tanks. Hai begun producing a new Type of Tow anti Lank missile that officials say a coslor is . Military capability in Europe. The new version of the Tow 2 went into production last four years of development Worl Conne to maj. a j aspects of the program Are still cat Jjck Cidad Las week to release some in pan to respond to a rising cd concerns expressed by . And defense experts. What we pc been Esi in reactive1 some Soucy Laid Mon Jay. And for less than s500 More in production Cost we believe we Hae a missile Hal can Deal with Hal the technology known As reactive Armor is not new and has been studied by various Armie i around the -13T " pm Phillip a. Army us Ficini lrrt1 rapid fashion. Mam Battle tanks in just the in months. I can t to Lent of a Sinitt conventional technology in the last to years Hal a come in so fast with Suu h profound implications for lie Tim hurl nor cannot Prole i a Una. From a Liutti velocity round fired a in other Lank. Hul affording to Kasher and diner defense experts it can proud Protection against the Mobile anti tank mis Siles earned by nato soldiers such As n. As vat Las against the Era for which Are normally 1 ired Frum Small in outward equipped my i Rea Earmor see Tow on Page 28
