European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Side strip d counterfeit bolts May pose threat Page 2 d leadership in today s army Page 13 d Mike Tyson decisions Tony Tucker sports Page 21 the stars and ripes vol. 46, no. 107 author Rico unofficial publication monday August 3. 19b7 aimed Forcet 0 8693 a Gas Prince quietly leaves Kuwait slower supertanker is left behind Kuwait a the Tanker Gas Prince slipped quietly out of Kuwait on saturday without the mine damaged supertanker fridge Ion and sailed under . Navy escort through persian Gulf Waters thought Rifi with iranian mines the Navy called off a search for the three men miss ing after a Nivy helicopter crashed thursday in the Gulf bringing the death loll to four. No mines were sigh cd during the Gas Prince s Pas Sage through the danger zone near Farsi Island where the fridge us struck the mine july 2j. Laid rear adm. Harold j. I Ernson commander of the us. Mideast Force that has been assigned escort duty for the kuwaiti tankers. The of .72.1-Lon Oas Prince left Kuwait bemused it was already fully loaded Wilh volatile liquid Petroleum Gas and Ean sail faster than the Kri Duclon Annuli or kuwaiti vessel flying the . Flap. Pentagon sources in Washington said the United slates does not have any mine sweepers in the persian Gulf where the Ridge Lon struck a mine annul 130 Miles Short of Kuwait while under . Escort. The Navy s missile destroyer Kkt and missile Rig. Ate Crommelin were shadowing the Oas Prince on sat urday. Rot i had served As is Earls in the to jag through lieu Milf to Kuwait. The Joi,ib2-inn Fri Duclon was Side in Kuwait on saturday taking on crude Oil before beginning ils re turn trip Down the Gulf. Shipping sources gave differing estimates of when it would depart. Some said it would leave As Early As see Gas Prince on Page 28 hundreds die in iranian saudi clash Nicosia Cyprus a demonstrators ransacked the saudi and kuwaiti embassies in Tehran and stoned the French and iraqi missions saturday in u Day of rage sparked by clashes that killed hundreds in the holy saudi City of Mecca. Officials in Tehran claimed More than 200 iranian pilgrims died and thousands were wounded when saudi Riol police opened fire Friday a a March in Mecca the holiest of islam s civics. The saudi government said that 402 people had died including 275 iranians and 85 saudi Security officers. It said 669 others were injured. Saudi information minister Ali Al Shaer denied that saudi Security forces opened fire on iranian demonstrators stressing not a single Bullet was fired at the pilgrims. Al Shaer said the Fatali ties occurred in a Stampede precipitated by the clashes with anti riot squads. Iranian president Ali Khamenei denounced the killings As a "-designed plot bom of american frustration Over its disastrous defeat in the persian Gulf. In Washington the . Slate depart ment said. Iranian charges that the United Stales is responsible for Fri Day s violence against pilgrims in Mecca Are totally baseless and the government in Tehran knows  iranian leaders vowed Revenue or dered three Days of mourning Anc called nationwide demonstrations for sunday. Hojatola islam Mahdi Karrumi an aide to iranian Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini claimed in a news conference in Mecca that the saudi government planned in Advance to massacre de senseless pilgrims Llic official islamic Republic news Agency reported. Irna quoted witnesses us claiming the saudi Security forces killed several women pilgrims and threw their bodies Imo adjoining garbage dumps la added that police clubbed to death sonic wounded pilgrims after the victims arrived at hospitals. Iran television broadcast a program saturday called lil Oody Friday in iranians wave flans and chant dul Siik i he Kun Wall embassy in Tehran i saturday. Mecca but the program a in hugely a diatribe against the United Stales. Irna said the French embassy was taken Over but a Freni of foreign ministry spoke so m in Paris denied the report. There were no injuries among diplomats in the assaults on the saudi arabian and kuwaiti embassies uni the saudis said four til their diplomats were detained. Iranian television monitored in Nic Osia showed demonstrators Nii Iside the saudi embassy shaking their Llsms in the air and waving banners Wilh anti saudi slogans. An Irna dispatch said Stone throwing demonstrators attacked and tried to storm the iraqi embassy in Teh ran but were repelled by Security forces. Despite its 7-year War with Iran Iraq still maintains an embassy with minimal staff in Tehran. Iranians also have an embassy in Baghdad he iraqi capital. The iranian Cabinet held an extraordinary  Irna reported Afier which Khamenei warned that if any More iranian pilgrims were mistreated in Mecca Tehran would retaliate. Khamenei said an iranian commis Sion comprised of representatives of Khomeini and various ministries was appointed to investigate the event Teh ran radio said. Irna reported the team had left for saudi Arabia. Many of the casualties among these purity forces were caused by knife slabs to the chests and Abdomens Tehran television reported. Many of the Vic Tims were old men and women who were trampled in death when he demonstrator began retreating chaotically the iranian Media have reported 155.0 1 1 iranians Are taking part in this Jear s pilgrimage to Mecca. Iran s foreign ministry issued a statement same saudi Reuters Are in is  incapable of holding Hajj rituals and thus should in ousted from islam s huh Sham sin  and nearby Medina. Iraq s ruling Resolution command Council called or the expulsion of iranian  Mcva Aspin sees iranian threats As Low-tech1 problem Washington up House armed services committee chairman Les Asp warned saturday that the pc lagon must be on Alert for unsophisticated Low Lech iranian threats against persian Gulf ship Ping. Aspin d-wis., in a speech prepared for delivery to the House on monday but released m Advance by ins Washington office caution cd against concentrating too much on a current Fren a Over mine sweeping he said the Pentagon should he on guard against tactics thai Are simple and cheap. The iranians have Kamika a volunteers hut these people Aren t computer  the us flagged kuwaiti Tanker Bridget was dam aged by a mine during the first , Navy escort i Hough i Mcguir. Analysts believe the mine could Hac Ihl ii plated h Iran which has oae alter kuwaiti shipping because of Llie Aid Kuwait has Nen Ira in tin1 Iran Iraq War. But Asp said while Atil Tii Iuo is Fot used on mine sweeping , in Tehran. I guarantee of there Are moms file i with planners scoping out the lactic lies will use after we hive Neu Irali Vej the mine threat and there Art pro hams planners working on the Lai us the will use alter we have Tieti Truli de the lactic see Aspin on Page 28