European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The i onisime stripes Utho Idieo Uno Miculs Vlk ton Fri vol. 46, no. 154 saturday september 19, 1987 d Foi acct c��.it-, d 8693 a terrorist Leader snatched by Fri Washington up Fri agents captured a accused shiite terrorist in the Mediterranean and brought him to the United slam on thursday to face charges of hostage taking in a 198$ he jacking attorney general Edwin Meuse announced. The suspected Mastermind of he 30-hour hijacking Fawaz your is was grabbed in International Waters sunday by the Fri agonis who held him aboard the aircraft Carrier Saratoga before he was flown to Washington to be arraigned. Meese said the operation was unaided by any other government and Younis arrest on Board a ship in the Mediterranean sea went without incident. This represents the first overseas arrest by . Law enforcement officials of a suspected terrorist being sought under . Laws Meese said. This unilateral action by the United slates is an important step in our policy of bringing terrorists to Justice according to the five count indictment released by the Justice department Younis was charged under ihc1984 crime control act with hostage tailing conspiracy and destruction fan aircraft. The crime control act extends . Jurisdiction Over Huslage taling when it occurs outside the unite states in circumstances where the people seized Are . Citizens officials said. Meese Saiu four americans were aboard the aircraft when it was hijacked. Any terrorist attack on american nationals or american properly will be investigated and prosecuted whenever there is a basis to do so under . Law Meese said. Acts of terrorism Are criminal acts pure and simple. The world must Deal Wilh them As Crimi Nal acts. It is the first such operation but it Wilt most certainly not be the Justice department officials declined to reveal Many details about the apprehension of Younis say continued on Page 28 or or a Pope John Paul ii continues . Visit Page 28 d 3 killed 76 Hurt so far in Maneu vers Page 2 g Doo orders special pay for some hostages Page 8 q Upshaw says nil strike inevitable1 sports Page 21 Dod studies repugnant abuse of women by William j. Babi a Washington Bueno ,. Washington Only hours after a Sci port on mistreatment of female sailors and my overseas went Public defense Secretary Caspar Wein Berger thursday announced the creation of a task for eco tackle the Issue of sexual harass men. The defense advisory committee on women in the services or dacoits said it found the Navy and marines promote a Macho image that conto to behaviour that is at Best inappropriate i morally -tr"1members of the monitors women s issues for the defense made their report following a Lour of military installations in in Pacific and far East. David Armor the Pentagon s acting manpower chief and chairman of the new task Force said the Matts August tour resulted in the most i has i the Field a As a rc$uu4to0rmiiscompaml, the Navy is mtg charges thai 11 Imbi Iii mini i n Sal lip safeguard engaged in Public sell female sailors to South koreans and Frater sized with enlisted women. Dacoits said such allegations against the commander were cited repeat edly by a majority of the 94 females civilian pay pm prance based plan eyed a Walczak writer All army civilians in Europe could late changes in pay Job Security and performance a Aires by 1989, a Penta gon personnel official said thurs a. It. Col. Bill Jersey said the army civilian personnel modernization project will Viv tested seven . Sites beginning oct. I mated 12,000 employees. If the program there he said in could be applied to avg ploy get in two years. Jersey who worked on the pro pfc t that woul overhaul the army s civilian two incl practices spoke to equal Opportunity atut personnel official on the fourth Stop of a Lively five City tour of Vii corps communities. We re looking Al of managers developing their own own performance Indica tors and hiring to fair work Force he said. If they save Money Oyer a year s period of time a portion of that savings would be returned in the form of bonuses n what we Call profit non appropriated fund employees in Heidelberg and Stuttgart will work under similar conditions beginning in 1988iflart of a test. Usarek officials plan tour tag the command s 14,000 n of employees in Eft he plan by 1990, the appropriated fund plan would re Tain a Vance procedures including equal oppor. Provisions. But supervisors and military Nanders will come under closer scrutiny As part of the project. If a supervisor is not a supervisor Well have to remove him from a supervisor position Jersey said. We be never held people accountable. By allow ing the military to rotate and not take any action Twe be allowed people to remain who Are income it we want that next supervisor to Grade the one to leaving on Why he left that incompetent per Sonwa the proposed changes affecting a Propri aled fund ploy yes require congressional Jersey so Home pans of the plan will be implemented even in ingress fails to go along with the proposed civil Serwe simplification act. The it would Ati for performance pay and ease restrictions on employee transfers. He said thai under present statutes employees can t be moved continued on Page 23 Armor said it was his undemanding hat the Sale of female sailors to the South koreans was announced Over the ship s Public address system. There is in or five been done As a joke but information he said. Some of the findings in the dacoits report. Armor said Are about Basic treatment of human be Ings not just defending the task Force As something More than just another special panel ready to study a known myth Lannor said the group will look at Why sexual Arason Fml it much bigger problem for the military at overseas assignments than in the United states and continued on Page so go wounded by soviets in e. Germany Washington a a . Soldier was wounded thursday in East Germany when his two Man Liaison team encountered a group of soviet sol Diers and was fired on by at least one of them the Pentagon said thursday. One Pentagon official asking for anonymity said the incident appeared to have been sort fan defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger has Al ready called for Strong immediate protests to in soviet embassy in Washington and to military Liaison officials in Europe Pentagon sources said. The incident is the first reported shooting by forces of any of the four Powers with military Liaison Lea i in East and West Germany since Mai. Arthur d. Nichol son was killed by a soviet sentry in East Germany on March 24,1985. The Pentagon said the unidentified Soldier in thurs Day s incident was treated at a West Berlin Hospital for an Arm wound and was released shortly afterwards. According to it. Alice Nicha a Pentagon spokeswoman the two . Soldiers were detained for about 20 minutes before being allowed to leave
