European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The St is and stripes a inside stripes authorized unofficial fut Lician for vol. 46. No. 1 1 b Friday August 14. 1987 to we f d 8693 a Reagan takes Jerme in Iran Contrer affair president Reagan said wednesday his Stumm Pursuit of an arms sales ploy to win Freedom for spawned inc Iran Contra scandal and is nothing can say that will make the re stories. Page 2j. " although stressing he did not know of the of profits from the ran arms sales to the Petra rebels in Nicaragua Reagan was self hews ultimately accountable for . In assuming responsibility Farow scandal Reagan referred la statements by his Torru Tiati onal Security adviser adm. John pot Dexter we Gold congressional investigators that the Buck Stoj Wilh me for approving and Riding the Contra disc Ami from the president in order to give Reagan yet the Buckars not Stop with Admiral Poindexter As he Stavin his testimony. It stops with me Reagan ssh a Theja Fech delivered from the Oval office Lasle just if minutes unusually Short for a presidential a judicious application of makeup covered evidence of he recent minor surgery performed on i Cagan s spoke deliberately and committed Only one slip of the Tongue saying in he 10 years democrats have been emerging All Over the world when he meant to say ugh his tone was unemotional some of the was not As when he said i heard someone the old Yask Why i was t outraged. Well Al time i be been he called Ine Tudal confusing and painful for America and said a the mistrust Between the White House and shows up As lies leaks divisions and made several direct App Orinc nation to shift its focus from the scandal lowaflnj3roblcms and opportunities of the future. The Way the scandal has pointed up the Neci for better cooperation Between him and Congress May be inc eventual Blessing in disguise to come out of the continued on Page 24 re forever Elvis stripes Magazine d Lonetree trial underway Page s d Randy Barnett s car Comer Page 13 d russians form baseball federation Page 17 fifth floating mine four to in pm chop re in gun of Ort fam Manama Bahrain a floating mine has been found in the chorale squib of inc persian Gulf whine blew a Hole in inc . Pc Tanker Texaco Caribbean said wednesday. Iran has been accused Flay hajrie mines in the Gulf of Oman but in Tehran blamed the Unildo Jelatis. Iranian officials have offered Talend mine sweep ers to help dear that Tea about 30 Miles South Oft Hesira Hormuz. Iran said item decision by Brilain an France to scar mine sweepers to the Gulf Brt for the United Stales inthe Var by aggressions it has Corn mine radio comic nary threat _ j repeat of terrorist bomb attacks killed about Joo . And French military personnel in Beirut in 1983. In n ales o a creasing Enson n Ibe Raul Law of mounting pressure on the . Sicily Council to adopt sanctions against i. The Security Council i United states accused Iran of of acting United nation peace efforts and said the world body should impose Lions quickly if the negative Alti does not change. Us ambassador to the . Accused in in hot stale f increasing tension in Lluc in of Matt Ortli Iri ii Icci Iff cart the lion against issued a Call Foll cease fire on july 20,but ran has Sain Kneipher accepts nor rejects Hal resold shot one of the five Mirskoff the unit Darab emirates port of re birth was exploded by gunfire from a Nicolier and divers defused another aft i bricking it officials in Abu Dahabi repoll. They said inc mines were found by Upsal teams operating from coast Guanor patrol boats. Crewmen work on French submersible mine destroyers curried on British ves a. Marine Leader includes North in get Tough policy Washington a Gen. Alfred Gray jr., the new commandant of the . Marine corps vowed wednesday to take a no nonsense approach to the corps and one of its More noted officers Oliver North. Gray in his firs meeting with Pentagon reporters since assuming his position on july i defended he marines ability to protect . Embassies despite recent espionage scandals. He also said that during his term. Marine officers will be assigned to jobs based on a determination of where they Are needed without regard to personal preferences. He Taid thai policy includes North a Marine lieu tenant colonel who oversaw he diversion of Iran arms Sale profits to Contra rebels. North fired fro the National Security Council when the diversion became Public remains on Active duty. The general was not specific Aboul his Plain for North but he said As Long As North remains in the Marine corps he has a new career planner Gray 59, a tobacco chewing former enlisted Man who shuns dress uniforms for camouflage fatigues made it Clear he want the corps to fit his Lough image. I believe the nation expects us to be the premiere Force in readiness and preparedness he said. They expect us to be warriors. I think the nation loves our Marine corps and i think they Pray for us and they support us. Bui icy also place some very special demands on us and Oneis thai we be the premiere military organization in the world. I m not sure if we re that Good but Hal exactly where we re going to go if we Aren while refusing to discuss the specific cases of Marine embassy guards accused of espionage Over inc Pas eight months. Gray declared Hal if any of the allegation Are True then clearly there s been a Little breakdown in self discipline on the pan of some of our Gray was appointed to the four year Job by presi Dent Reagan in june to replace the mining Gen. . Kelley. He is a combat Veteran who served in Korea and Vietnam
