European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news update the stars and stripes monday August 3,1987 tourist shortage Venice Italy a re ports that Venice officials in tended to limit the number of tourists frightened so Many away that the Lagoon City is now suf Fering from a shortage of Visi tors tourism officials have said. In May Venice s tourism commissioner announced he would push for a quota of 90,000 tourists a Day. But the proposal reported worldwide was never formally enforced. The reports caused a reaction abroad like the situation after the 1966 flood when people were calling to Sec if Venice was still submerged Roberto car rain the new head of Venice s tourism promotion Agency told a news conference. This year the City received hundreds of letters Telephone Calls and Tel exes requesting per mits to enter the City he said. The tourist quota docs not exist never existed car rain said. 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Intelligence sources told United press International it appears iraqi air Force commanders sent the two pilots on the sortie after being duped by doctored intelligence from a neighbouring Arab nation. The commanders apparently had no idea they were ordering an attack on an american ship the sources told up. In addition according to a number of intelligence sources familiar with the incident the two air planes May have been flown not by iraqis but by foreign mercenaries who routinely flew special at tack missions against iranian maritime targets. The Reagan administration s official position has been to accept Iraq s statements that the May 17 exocet mis Sile attack that Cost 37 american lives was accidental and perpetrated by a sin Gle inexperienced iraqi Pilot. The attack ended the careers of two Stark officers capt. Glenn Brindl and gunnery officer it. Basil Moncriff. The administration analysts who spoke to up now say the iraqis official version is full of holes and  the United states acquiesced in Iraq s apology because of political expediency these officials said. Any hint of a deliberate attack could have jeopardized the . Plan to use . Ships and men to protect Kuwait a close ally of Iraq one official said. The United states stepped up its naval forces in the Region following the attack and in mid july began to escort kuwaiti Oil tankers bearing . Flags. Another analyst said we were about to take a tilt toward Iraq and two attack ing aircraft were a lot harder to explain. We simply took Iraq s word for  when asked for comment a Pentagon spokesman said last Friday we have no comment on  one intelligence source interviewed by up said the attack was not the result of a navigational error As the iraqis insisted. Whatever the attacking Pilot saw it matched what he was told an other Pentagon official said. Several analysts described Iraq Asun Witting and probably Sloppy in it maritime  but others suggested it May have been set up by its Arab allies. Though not previously made Public it is common knowledge in the . Intelligence Community that two planes were used in the attack on the Stark according to Edward Lutwak a former National Security Council consultant. Lutwak also said that both saudi Arabia and Kuwait had a stake in hav ing Iraq attack the Stark. Joseph Churba. A former chief Middle East intelligence analyst for the . Air Force known to have excellent Intelli gence sources said the attack was deliberate designed to embroil the . More deeply in the Gulf crisis in order to promote an armistice that would not favor  Churba currently president of the enter for International Security a non profit think Lank in Washington said the plan was part of Long term Arab strategy in All More than half a dozen Intelli gence sources agreed the firing of the exocet was not an Accident and that two planes were involved. All agreed however that the iraqi commanders had no intention of shooting at an american ship. The iraqis seemed deeply concerned and even frightened at what the . Re action might be one said. But they were helpful and  one state department analyst said most people reject any conspiracy As too sophisticated. It was probably just an Accident and the arabs got what political advantages they could from  Iraq has refused to let the unite states interview the Pilot in charge Al though a Board of inquiry travelled to Baghdad sparking speculation that the Pilot might have been a French Paki Stani or jordanian mercenary. Pilot co Pilot of plane that crashed killing 40, Ore detained in Mexico Mexico City a the govern ment saturday detained the american Pilot and co Pilot of a cargo plane that crashed on a Highway just outside the capital killing at least 40 people. Pilot Frederick Morr 49, of Hialeah fla., and co Pilot Robert Banta 61, of North Bay Village fla., were placed under guard at the american British Cowdray Hospital where they Are recovering from injuries suffered in the crash. The move apparently was an Effort by the government to keep the two men from leaving Mexico before an i Vestiga of couple s infant son Dies at children s clinic we Bruecken a Germany the 6-week-old son of an air Force Cou ple assigned to we Bruecken a died Early sunday morning of unknown causes. William Moon son of staff sgt. Wil Liam j. And staff sgt. Kathryn , died at about 12 20 . At a civilian children s clinic in Neunker Chen said master sgt. Barry Grossman Public affairs  is about a is minute drive from the base he said. The infant s father is assigned to the both military Airlift so and his Mother is assigned to the 26th component repair so. Lion can be completed. They were not arrested or formally charged Alfredo Araugo Vargas a spokes Man for the Federal attorney general s of fice said. But he said the office was consid ering possible charges of manslaughter bodily injury and property damage. The 35-year-old Boeing 377, loaded with 18 hones from the mexican Eques Trian federation came Down in a Light drizzle thursday afternoon on the mexi co City Toluca Highway. The Miami bound flight had taken off less than 10 minutes earlier from the International Airport 13 Miles away. Most of those killed and injured were in cars or Homes truck by the aircraft. At least 26 vehicles were destroyed by the plane which was operated by Belize air International a charter cargo service. Thirty bodies had been identified and turned Over to relatives by Friday night and two More were identified saturday leaving eight still unidentified. Twenty five people injured in the crash remained hospitalized. Agustin Garcia Tellez chief of inspection for the civil aviation Agency said i investigators were checking the wreckage of the fuselage Cabin and other parts to deter mine the probable cause of the crash. He did not say when the investigation would be completed and the attorney general s office made a plea for witnesses to come Forward. Some witnesses said the plane s Tai was on fire As it went Down while other accounts placed the fire in the Forward part of the. Craft. The Airport director Carlos Padilla told reporters Friday it seems a Short circuit in the plane caused the fire. The Pilot then tried to make an emergency Landing and the plane  airman killed 4 Hurt in two car collision we Bruecken a Germany a two car Accident sunday morning on Highway b-10, about two Miles from base killed an air Force member and injured four people. The airman who was killed and an injured air Force staff sergeant were Bot assigned to we Bruecken Abaid Mas Ter sgt. Barry Grossman Public affairs spokesman. Three German civilians also were injured. Staff sgt. Raymond e. Matthews of the i oth military Airlift so was in Crit ical condition at the Homburg univer sity Hospital. The name of the dead airman was not released pending notification of rela Tives. The names and conditions of the German victims were not available. Military and German authorities Are investigating the cause of the Accident which occurred at 10 30 . Near cont wig. You lube amazed with the results you get when you advertise in the new stars & stripes classified ads Section. Find your order form every week in stripes Magazine