European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 / j the stars and strikes thursday. September 3,19b7 iranian gunboat attacks Spanish Tanker Manama up1 an iranian gunboat attacked a Spanish Tanker in or just outside saudi arabian Territo rial Waters in a daring raid tuesday and Iraq said it redoubled its air attacks on persian Gulf sea traffic and hit four Oil tankers. The ,2 77-ton Munguia portugese owned and Spanish registered took a direct hit from a missile on its engine room. The Tanker was set ablaze and spewed Bunker fuel into the Ocean a few Miles off the main saudi arabian Oil terminal or Ras Tanura 35 Miles Northwest of Bahrain it was the second merchant vessel attacked by iranian two Days. On monday iranian revolutionary guards in speedboats sprayed machine gun fire end launched rocket propelled grenades at a kuwaiti freighter the pc bal All. That was the first such direct attack on the emirate s shipping since Kuwait obtained . Naval Protection july 20. Gulf analysis said both attacks showed Iran s reluctance to confront . Navy vessels. A Convoy of . Warships and two re flagged kuwaiti tankers was hundreds of Miles away from both incidents. The two tankers in the Convoy the surf City an Chesapeake City both 80,000-ton Oil product carriers arrived safely in Kuwait tuesday evening at the end of the 650-mile voyage the Pentagon said. The attack on the Spanish vessel in which there were no casualties was the first of its kind in Waters so near saudi Arabia and apparently was carried out by a regular iranian Navy vessel. Some Gulf experts have speculated that iranian revolutionary guards attack shipping without authorization from Tehran. Others say the guards activities Are controlled by Iran s supreme War Council. Saudi iranian relations have reached an All time Low since hundreds of pilgrims died during disturbance near Mecca s grand mosque july 31. Each country blames the other for the incident. Shipping executives said it was not Clear whether the iranian gunboat was in saudi arabian Waters when it fired two missiles at the Tanker. In Baghdad an iraqi military spokesman said iraqi warplanes went into action against Gulf shipping for fourth Day Hilling four tankers. Pilot from Page 1 flying an Al Mirage Jet fighter and had participated in raids on iranian targets before he ditched at sea. According to the Pentagon the Pilot was flown earlier tuesday from the Guadalcanal to Dhahran in Crnalic " 1j" port in saudi Arabia what if was turned Over to the pm rotational red Crescent society the islamic counterpart of the International red Cross. The Pentagon said the Pilot was not hurried to Iraq because under interim in itch states is a Neutral party in Iee a met he Loran and Iraq and under the geneva1not return country to ave an obligation under International Law to ensure that any member of the belligerent forces who is taken aboard one of our warships does not re turn to the hostilities the Pentagon said in its statement. We had operational requirements four own to meet and the saudi arabian Airfield provided the most Sui Ujj Jilb Uny specific actions i May have been planned or per already undertaken by the internal Hejl Crescent society or  the Pilot the Pentagon Addron we would have done same thing if this had been an Pilot said one Pentagon source. The Pentagon said it had teen notified by the government of Iraq on aug. 30 that it was making a request for human irian assistance and asking All Navy _ run to keep a Lookout for a downed airman. Although the Navy Shim assigned to the Middle East Force did not mount special search Crew members on the Guadalcanal spotted the Man Drifting inthe High seas during the tale afternoon on monday As he flashed a Mirror at the ii the sources said. Mysterious toxic Cloud sweeps parts of England Margate England a a Cloud of what was believed to be toxic Gas swept Over part of Southeastern England on tuesday and 20 people were treated for Eye Throat and skin irritation authorities  source of the Cloud was not known police said. All of the victims were treated at Thanet District general Hospital and released police advised people to keep windows and doors shut As the Cloud crossed the coastline and moved across Kent county toward the Isle of Shepley in the thames Estuary 30 Miles Northwest. Israeli workers protest cancellation of Lavi Jet Jerusalem a thousands of workers tuesday blocked Airport runways and stormed the defense ministry and the . Embassy to protest Israel s decision to abandon the .-fi a minced Lavi Jet lighter project. Fifteen protesters were arrested and five peo ple were injured in the second Day of demonstrations against the government action. Protesters met with police later tuesday and promised to Stop illegal demonstrations police minister Chaim bar lev said. He said he had initially Given the protesters a free hand be cause he understood their disappointment. Cabinet members voted 12-11 on sunday to Stop development of the israeli fighter called the Lavi hebrew for lion the United states which was financing the plans said it was to expensive and the israelis should buy american planes already in  decision is expected to bring Moss layoffs in the israeli aircraft Industry. Italian inmates give up free hostages unharmed flue a six inmates armed with Pis Tols Kulbes and homemade bombs surrendered tuesday cd released unharmed the 2ft to they had kid for a week in a prisoner the Island of Elov authorities said. A the in Malev who had been hoj Lnig the hos tages in the Pritta infirmary suffer aug. 25 in an Effort to win  to give up after meeting  in the presence of an italian  of the London based human rights Groop fun to International. Five of the a Fin Mata arc serving life terms for murder a kidnapping. They  threatened kill the  did not provide them with a heti Courto leave the Island Oft he tuscan coast. Merchants predicts no delay Becci ites of Amelco Protey Washington is America protest Over the loss of its military i s Bank s Niram Tor Germany the Netherlands and Greece so delay a switch in services to merchants National a merchants spokeswoman said tuesday. It s a matter Between american express and department of defense said merchants surf Man Lisa Hendrickson. We  unusual for a protest to be filed. Weim0nin a wait and see attitude right now we Don t anticipate Albrit should delay Mer chants plans to beef Irving Germany the nether lands and Greece Jimmary Hendrickson said. John Barb of the Dod comptroller s office said it was Pra Otelure to say whether merchants planned r the european operations will be delayed. He said attorneys into  of fice Are reviewing Blefari express protest and the history of detection process to determine if the rms any Merit. If the selection of merchants t a Green Light by the attorneys Dod will fight oldest he said. Urr to Tori Yiew is completed he said it is futile to speculate " american  in new York announced the protest monday7norptest charges deficiencies in the Dod selection proc Rafial awarded merchants the contract aug. 22. The defense department is legally bound not to proceed with the new contract until the american express protest is settled. Libya shows off its military muscle Tripoli Libya a Libya showed off its Mili tary muscle tuesday with a massive display of Arma ments some of which were used in its desert Victory Over Chad last week. A uniformed col. Moa mar Qadhafi reviewed the two hour Parade at Central Green Square from behind sunglasses on a canopied stand flanked by the leaders of Ghana and Uganda and accompanied by two of Libya s lop military leaders. The Parade featured More than 2,000 soldiers hundreds of tanks and three soviet made Mig fighter Jet streaking Back and Forth across a cloudless sky to Mark the ibid anniversary of Qadhafi s coup that deposed King Idris on sept. 1,1969. Qadhafi in a 2w-hour speech at a rally later in the Day expressed sorrow for chadian lives lost during Friday s recapture of the disputed desert Village of oui of but said he was forced to use War and called Chad a . Puppet. An estimated 7,000 spectators cheered the 45-year old colonel As he called for arabs to develop a nuclear bomb and for the soviets to evict the United slates from the persian Gulf. Arabs should work Day and night to develop the nuclear bomb to counter Israel he declared. Hundreds of tanks mostly soviet made and dominated by this t-s4s and t-629, rumbled by Belchin exhaust on spectators sweating under a burning Sun. Pow from Page 1 at a news conference will ill in Mulhat the defense intelligence Agency sent him censor no Al goes of the documents that were released monday by theum although laotian leaders have reaffirmed a to provide information on the Fate of missis us cans . Officials privately told rep Dpi Merna tonal Security Council official Rickun Childress visited the country last month that Nerc is no evidence that living .  in Laos. Officially 549 Amai rans arc listed As missing in that country children Raj non coincided with the trip to Viet Nam by go Nohn w. Cesscy president Reagan s per Sonal Pisa by on the pow Issue. I m going to ask preside a Reagan to turn Vessey around and Send him to Laos said the elder Donahue. One of the reports about his son originated with a laotian immigrant who wrote the defense intelligence Agency to say a lao resistance Friend in Thailand had told dim that a Monzu Jeferson Donaho an live other amen Cag of told at a prison Camp at  of i Hamm Ouan. _ also related Donahue s Date of birth numbers which he thought were related to the american s aircraft which crashed near the to Chi Trail in 1968. The birth Date matched that of j. Donahue. Numbers was 123, and Donahue was aboard a a boat Rich collided with another american plane. His Pilot Towas rescued reported seeing the Parachute of another Unzem Bertho never was found. The third number pro up be the zip code of his parents address. That numb enter turned up in a Sepa rate report from a laotian informant in Thailand who also claimed that Donahue had been seen in a laotian prison. It was unclear whether the two reports might have stemmed from the same person