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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday August 10,1987 news up la merger decision London up British Cale donian Airway saturday said in has decided to go ahead in seeking merger with giant British airways despite a government decision to investigate the i 380 million Deal. The British caledonian Board of directors met to decide on its re action 10 the referral to a commis Sion on monopolies and mergers and afterwards a spokesman said the decision was unanimous to co operate with the investigation and to go ahead with the merger. British caledonian officials have stressed that financial difficulties of the company make a solution urgent. And Trade Secretary Lor Young promised that the commis Sion win Lake a quicker than usual three months to determine whether or not the Deal is in the Public inter est and can be carried out. No Marcos return Manila Philippines up the government of president co Razon Aquino has no intention or allowing Ferdinand Marcos to re turn from hawaiian exile and face criminal charges for plundering some 110 billion during his 20 year cute a senior official hat hid. The present feeling is that he should not be allowed to com Home now Ramon Diaz chair Man of the presidential commis Sion on Good government told the foreign correspondents gub of the Philippines the. Pugg formed by Aquino after the february 1986 revolution to recover Swu Marcos allegedly stole last month filed civil charges to recover the ill gotten wealth stashed abroad. Chadian forces counterattack seize occupied town from Libya n Ndjamena child up Chadi an forces have seized Amouzou a town that has been occupied for 14 years by Libya. Hours after he chadian gained control libyan fighter jets bombed troop positions in the Northwestern Chad town. The chadian ambassador to France Allam i Ahmad said in pahs that the bombardments began sunday morning hours after the chadian had gained control of oui of. Ahmad described the bombings As in Lens with the jets Hilling chadian positions at Amouzou and elsewhere in the to Busti mountains of extreme Northwestern Chad. The Diplomat gave no word on casualties. The chadian government instatement read Over radio Chad on sat urday night and sunday said the Battleford oui of began saturday morning when chadian troops repulsed an attack by the forces of libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi on the Oasis town of Bardi 45 Miles South of Amouzou. The report said the libyans retreated and the chadian followed and coun  government said that by saturday night chadian forces had gained control Afao Yoou 11 is the administrative capital for the 1,000-mile Amouzou strip. The taking of oui of would give Chad effective control of the strip. But Libya maintains a Large air base just inside its territory about 30 mite North of the Village of Amouzou which could be used to launch attacks against a Dian forces. Libya claims it owns the strip a 44,000-Squarc-mile area said 10 a Rich in uranium and minerals because of a world War ii treaty Between France and Italy. At the l Faya Lardeau i Fada Chad j Oum Chalaba part in the Battle although France maintains a 1,400-Mcmbcr Force in Chad. The Soldier Are largely based at n Ndjamena Airport and at Mous Soro. Which is about i so Miles to the Northeast. On March 27, the forces of chadian president Hiss Cne Llabre drove libyan troops northward from the desert. Libya had been supporting opponents of Habric claiming he was illegally install Din Power with the help of . And French forces. French officers described Habric i Vic tory in March As the worst defeat suffered by Libya since Qadhafi took Power in a 1969 coup. The libyans left hundreds of millions of dollars of military equipment behind when they fled taking Refuge in the Amouzou strip according to Western military sources. The March Victory occurred amid i time of the Accord Chad was a French col ony and Libya was ruled by Italy. Italy never ratified the agreement an France has also held in invalid. Qadhafi s forces annexed the ouzo strip in 1973, a move not recognized by other governments. The associated prow reported that no French troops were said to have taken temperatures 1 a u n 44 a n too a h ohm Tel h Dpi n � ennui 78 h Homah a incr n Init k l h 79 a Mun a m n 11 Inq b Nurt ctn i 12 Ida Prawur w ., Israel reportedly had Beirut hostage Rescue plan government increased legitimacy in world opinion. In january Western diplomatic an military sources estimated the number of libyan troop in Northern Chad to num Ber Between 8,000 and 10,000. On sunday embassy sources in Paris said 15,000 libyan troops were based in the North of Chad. There was no Way to independently verify the figures on the number of libyan  Chad said Libya wanted the re Gion for uranium to use in building nuclear weapons the a reported. Oui of has just fallen to the chadian government after 14 years of illegal occupation information minister Toumine Togo Ham Idi said. Soldier charged with murdering pregnant wife Austin Texas a a Soldier was charged saturday with murder id the slaying of his wife who was seven months pregnant. The wife s severed head and arms were bund in a trash bin a week earlier. Lisa Marie Chappelle 19, was identified late Friday As he victim Tod pit. Ernest Jack Chappelle 22, was arrested saturday in kill can where he is stationed at fort Hood said Austin police sgt. Jim  cause of the woman s death is not been determined but Austin police spokeswoman Kellye Norris said the county medical examiner had concluded that a knife with a 3-Inch Blade was use to dismember the body. The body parts were discovered by transients aug. I i n a dumper at a convenience store near the University of Texas , to a saturday news conference at police Headquarters did family Mem Bers reported the woman missing thurs Day and Killeen police notified Austi homicide investigators Friday of her Digap  was in custody under ii million Bond. Autos Vars babysitting services trucks computers pcs garage sales personal messages to find your Coupon in stripes Magazine � a a it kit Psi Jacv additional coupons May be picked up 5_ t a my Al our focal slain and stripes Bookstore. Z lost & found tvs household help birth announcements birthday messages instruction q � 71 u 79 b Sajun h ii Hung in in rope  her. 0-1 pm sunup mor my 1b of of took Tartu Kov it nth off Rwjr it to to tog re Gnu 6i-. Owl 4mfl Rai rec arc Sun Tif. I n t of i flow Urt t do London m i n bund. P i u met Chi. P i 61 4 it t i 61 to i i in. A Tilv Ira 5q to vat 411 in a m m j 64d6 1m 1 a Tutt d jew Quot. 1 in butt i 01 to Uji i u 41 aha. U oho cd 70 to Xii r u Washington a the United slate and Israel planned a joint operation to Rescue . Hos tages in Beirut in september 1985 Ifan arms Sale to Iran did not result in Freedom for the hostages according to a published report the Rev. Benjamin Weir was the Only hostage released after Israel ship Ped 508 .-Ade Tow anti Lank missiles to Iran. However an attempt to Rescue the remaining hostages never took place because the .-ls Rae i team could not locate them de spite efforts to Trace the movements of Weir s captors the washingtonp.1 -. Reported sunday. The newspaper cited informed sources and state department meet ing notes supplied to the congressional Iran Centra committees. The Tower commission reported earlier that former National Security Council aide la col. Oliver non was in Beirut shortly before Weir s sept. 14,198s, release. Secretary of slate George Shult told the commission that the . Ambassador in Beirut had said that North was handling an operation that would Lead to the release of All seven hostages and that a . Team had been sent to Beirut. According to the newspaper the commission did not connect the North operation to the israeli arms shipment. The newspaper noted that while president Reagan has described the arms shipments to Iran As an attempt to create an opening with moderate there the use of the arms Deal and release of Weir to facilitate a Rescue operation of the other six hostages a cold have heightened .-lramantc.isions and possibly endangered the i pcs of the iranians associated with the arms Deal. The september i9ss Rescue plan Laid the groundwork for future . Israeli operations the Post said including a june 1986 Rescue plan de scribed by the Tower commission. In hat operation retired maj.  Secord was Taid to have been working with a 40-member Force of the lebanese druse sect  
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