European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes o Reagan says . Industry leaner meaner1 than Ever Page 2 d 50 arrested in Texas sting operation. Page 5 o College football results sports Section the so Andi tripes us to unofficial Puli tin Fob vol. 46, no. 142 monday. September 7, 1987 0 8693 a Webb reportedly opposed buildup Paje Cifes memo to Weinberger Miami up Navy Secretary James webb1 challenged the buildup of . Ships in the persian Gulf in a strongly worded of secret memorandum to defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger inc Miami Herald reported. Webb argued thai american military forces should not be committed id the Region without a Clear military objective support from the Public and strategic cooperation from . Allies Condu Toru Weinberger set out for military actions it a 1984 speech the newspaper said saturday the Herald quoted a source  the july memorandum As saying Webb tried to convince or that the United states should Plaj " in the Gulf. The  a of met no said Webb challenged  when do we know we   said Webb Dpi Wal Are our  do we know Sye achieved our objectives Weinberger answered that the United staffs scores a Victory whenever a commercial ship passes safely through the Gulf the Herald s sources said. It came across As almost a reprimand that Webb to join the Cam and support the Ria n policy the Pentagon source said. Webb a Well respected military Leader who graduated from the . Naval Academy and was Doco med in Vietnam has remained silent on the administration s persian Gulf policy seeking to avoid embarrassing the president the sources told the Herald. The administration in an Cuffori 10 keep sea lanes open for Oil shipments from the Middle East has stationed 28 ships in the Gulf to escort kuwaiti tankers flying the . Nag. Kuwait prefers iranian diplomats out Manama Bahrain a Kuwait on saturday told five iranian diplomats to leave the country accused Iran of fir ing a Long Range missile into a populated area of Kuwait and asked the United nations for urgent action. Meanwhile . Warships on High Northern front. To Jan Iraq War began in september 1980 and re died Over into the Gulf with both nations Mcking foreign commercial shipping. On july  . Navy began escorting 11 kuwaiti rankers to protect them from Iran. Iran  j Alert escorted the latest Convoy of re ally of Iraq. Kuwait maintain sol flagged kuwaiti tankers through the per shipping sourccsi�h7j comic Rij Sian gulfs exit at the Strait of Hormuz. Vessels  by both sides since where Iran has deployed chinese built Iraq Conawa six week Lull in the Tanker silkworm Ami ship missiles. Or an aug. 29, Iraq said is warplanes  the kuwaiti foreign ministry sum ships off Iran s Gulf Cosmu muffin said Money iranian charge d affaires Moham ils forces  opera med Hussein Faroughi on saturday and Lions deep Juride iraqi Erri Lory on the old him he and four other iranian Diplo Mats had a week to leave the country said inc official kuwaiti news Agency Kuna. It gave no explanation for the move. It was not known whether the Exna was related to Ilii minion my f a in a Lin Jam  dispute resulting Rah attack on the kuwaiti embassy in Iran s capital of Tehran on aug. 1. Kuwait sent a message to . Secrce  Javier Perez de Cullar a Cusi if Bijj of firing a missile at Dawn Friday Fiwel on a residential and Industrial  said there was no mention of casualties it asked Perez de curl Law pc Sten. To bar Iran from pursuing its agr Sions against  Kuwait based shipping officials and a senior government official in the Gulf Tertic missile was a silkworm that came from iranian occupied territory on Iraq s Southern Fao Peninsula. They said it hit in coastal Waters about two Miles from he Al Ahmadi Oil Termi Nal where two .-Rcftaggcd kuwaiti tankers were moored for loading. In Washington Pentagon sources de manding anonymity were sceptical that it came that close but said it landed about two Miles from another kuwaiti ship. The silkworms can carry a 1,000 sae Kuwait on Page 28 dozens die As israeli jets Pound Plo Sites Beirut Lebanon not israeli air Force planes attacked palestinian areas near the Southern lebanese port of Stdon on saturday and reports said up to 41 people had been killed and 40 others wounded. The Palestine liberation organization said 41 had been killed while local police put the number of dead in the three consecutive air strikes in and around the Ain Khilke District at 38. Other reports from Sidon said hospitals there were overflowing with casualties and repeated appeals for blood donations were issued the dead and wounded were the largest number of casualties in 20 air attacks by israeli jets in the Sidon area this year and a statement by the Plo denounced he attacks As causing  a moslem radio Sta Tion voice of the Homeland described the action As  an israeli army spokesman quoted by the state radio said that the targets hit were used by terrorist groups hat were planning raids against Israel. The spokesman said that All planes had returned safely to base and that the pilots had reported accurate hits. Witnesses said that three buildings used by Yasser Arafat s Al Fatah group had been destroyed and that several people were buried under the debris. The buildings were Al the Edge of Ain Kii Weh the largest palestinian District in Southern Lebanon and the main guerrilla stronghold in the area. Al Fatah is the largest of several guerrilla factions of be Plo of which Arafat is chairman. The police said that several civilian Homes near Ain Kii Weh East of Sidon had also been struck by rockets and bombs dropped by israeli planes. Fires started and explosions continued to be heard after the planes had resumed to Israel the police said a Plo spokesman accused the israelis of dropping time bombs designed to go off Long after the raiding aircraft had left. The spokesman issued a warning to civilians to watch out for unexploded rockets. Although the israeli army spokesman said that the raid was not in retaliation for any particular guerrilla action it coincided with an increase in Arab attacks in israeli occupied Arab territories. The police attributed the Large number of casualties in saturday s a sucks to Surprise. Two palestinians search far survivors in the ruins of a building bombed by israeli pluses to Sidon Lebanon a photo