European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday september 2,1987 saudi Tanker hit by iranian gunfire Manama. Bahrain a iranian revolutionary guards ruled a saudi arabian i Tanker with machine gun fire from a speedboat in inc Strait of Hor Muz Early sunday. It was the first attack on a saudi Vesselin 18 months and the first iranian attack on merchant shipping since sept. 10, when revolutionary guards hit a by Priol vessel. A speedboat of the Type used by the iranian irregular forces fired on the39.115-ton pct Cosbin bulk at 12 30 . Sunday causing minor damage but no Rii is a reefs injuries said a spokesman for saudi Ara Bia s slate run 1 to Tromin Oil co., which owns the vessel. The Tanker was steaming North through the Strait toward inc saudi red sea port of Jeddah with Oil loaded at the port of Rasta Nurah. Saudi authorities played Down the at tack and Gulf analysts said i hey doubled saudi Media would report ii in full. They arc All minor hits by machine gun. It is not a big Deal the pc Romin spokesman said in a Telephone interview Tram Jeddah. Shipping sources said the most recent attacks wcri1 launched from a guards naval base at Abu Musa Island in the Southern Gulf. One Western Diplomat said the attack May indicate the War of words Between saudi Arabia and Iran is moving into a different  Iran said saturday thai ils Navy seized a vessel carrying suspect cargo in the Strait of Hormuz for the first Lime since . Warships began providing Protection for Gulf shipping in july. The identity of the impounded ship is unknown. Shipping executives speculated i might also have Hcan flying the saudi Flag or be owned by another Arab ally of raq however. Meanwhile in Tunis Tunisia foreign ministers of the 21-nation Arab league started scheduled discussions on Iran refusal to observe , revolution 5�8. The . Security Council ultimatum issued on july 20 demanded an immedi ate cease fire in the nearly 7-Ycar-Oldiran-Iraq War a troop withdrawal to International boundaries and an Independent inquiry into responsibility Tor the conflict. Soviets Greet Cuomo at Start of official visit Moscow up new York gov. Mari Cuomo arrived sunday in Moscow on an official visit Tass  said the new York Democrat who ear Lier this year pulled himself out of Fth 198s presidential race was invited by the Council of ministers of inc russian Republic the largest oath soviet Union s 15 republics. Tass said Cuomo who arrived with his wife would have talks with soviet officials and visit  was was met at the Airport by Vasily Kazakov Deputy chairman of the Council of ministers of the russian Republic and Vladimir Vinogradov. Foreign minister of the russian re Public and other officials Tass said. Arab Summit scheduled for Jordan in november Tunis Tunisia a Arab league foreign ministers agreed unanimously sunday to Call s Summit meeting of Arab leaders in Jordan i november sources close to the meeting said. Their decision came during the second round of an Arab league ministerial Council session held behind closed doors said the  inc Arab league s 21 members 17 foreign ministers attended the sunday meeting called to discuss the 7-year-old persian Gulf War Between Iran and  proposed acting As Host of the Summit in its capital of Amman but an exact Dale was not immediately set the sources added. Navy Calls off search for 2 missing airmen Whitbey Island.  the search for two airmen missing in the persian Gulf was called off and the men declared lost at sea and presumed dead the Navy said sunday. There was no sign of survivor in the aircraft wreckage found in the Gulf Whitbey Island Nas spokeswoman Mariana Grahm  began scouring the seas Friday for the two airmen who were aboard an a-6e in Truder attack bomber that crashed during a nighttime training flight from the aircraft Carrie Ranger. Grahm said the two airmen Are identified a Pilot . Dennis j. Scripel of Gilbert ariz., and Bombadier la. Stephen j. Keaty of Newcastle Del. . Threatened with reprisals Over airline Hijacker s arrest Beirut Lebanon api a caller threatened Sun Day that the Al Hussein brigade will launch attacks in the United states and against . Embassies unless sic United states frees a lebanese charged with Hijack ing a radio station  group was previously unknown and there was no Way to authenticate the Anonymous Call made i the voice of Lebanon radio station. The station run by the right Wing Christian Phalanx party and based in East Beirut quoted the caller As saying the United states must be aware of the consequences of Fawaz Younis detention. The retaliation will be inside the United states an not a single american embassy along the Mediterranean will survive if Fawaz is not freed within a few  caller then Hung up Al Hussein brigade May be named after the shiite moslem main Saint the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. The Jbf arcs leu Younis lost week after luring him aboard a yacht in the Mediterranean. It said he boarded the boat after being promised a Large amount of drug which he could then sell. Women agents were aboard the Fri rented yacht to simulate a parly  is accused of hijacking a jordanian Airliner to Beirut on june ii 1985, and blowing up the aircraft after releasing the passengers and Crew. He pleaded innocent when he appeared before a . Magistrate i Washington d.c., on thursday. Lebanon s Justice mini scr Nabih Bern on Friday denounced Younis arrest As an act close id piracy against International  Berri who Heads the mainstream shiite amal militia said the arrest was an aggression against the dignity of  package Deal in the works to free captives report says Beirut Lebanon a a weekly Magazine re ported sunday that backstage negotiations had made considerable Progress award a package Deal for free Ingall foreigners held captive in Lebanon. Ash Shiraz the Magazine that broke the Story of secret american arms sales to Iran said the first to be released would be German hostage Rudolf Cordes an anglican Church envoy Terry Wail the report which look up two thirds of a column on Page 23, could not be independently confirmed. Ii quoted an unidentified highly informed source �5saying Waile 48, and Cordes s3, would be freed by the end of this month and lheother22 foreign captives later Ash Shiraz quoted the source escaping considerable Progress has been made in efforts to free Wane who disappeared after leaving a hotel in moslem West Beirut on Jan. 20 for talks with kidnappers holding american  positive is expected so thai he will be freed this month. As part of a Deal under which the kidnappers will receive $5 million Ash Shiraz said. The Magazine said that the Ransom was for Wail Ealone but it did not say who would pay it. The Church of England did not immediately comment on the  Waile Deal was to be concluded last month but sudden snags appeared Ash Shiraz said. Renewed negotiations have now accomplished wide strides to free the anglican Church  Magazine gave no details of inc alleged contacts to free Cordes who was kidnapped Jan. 1 tas he drove into West Beirut from the Airport. But the Christian controlled voice of Lebanon radio station said sunday that syrian and iranian Security officials held a secret meeting in West Beirut two Day earlier to discuss details of Cordes release. The syrians Are Lebanon s main Power  maintain 7,500 troops in West Beirut to curb militia anarchy As Well As 25,000 troops in Northern and Eastern Lebanon under a 1976 Arab league Man Date to smother the civil  said local regional and International panics were negotiating with the kidnappers for package Deal to free All the hostages especially the american and  it did not  s publisher and editor Hassan Sabra if known to have close tics with ranking iranian  kidnappers in Lebanon arc Shine Mosick Funda mentalists backed by . 38, is recovering from wounds he sustained sept. 14 in an attempt on his life. His reporting on inter Nal iranian affairs and the plight of hostages in Lebanon have won him Many enemies among hard line  addition to wait and Cordes the missing for Eigners Are eight americans six French men two Bri tons an Irish Man an Indian an italian a South korean and two unidentified men. Sunday s pro football. Mana 21. Wishing 20 Khomeini s wife injured in Mecca riot paper says London a the wife of Irani an Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was among those injured in july s rioting in Mecca in which at least 400 people were killed the observer newspaper re ported sunday. The British weekly quoted an egyptian physician who it did not identify As saying he witnessed the arrival of Bayou Khomeini at a Hospital in the saudi Ara Bian holy City. It reported iranian sources said mrs. Khomeini 62, was leading the women Section of the iranian procession to the grand mosque in Mecca when she was struck on inc forehead by a Stone. The observer said the procession was attacked by saudi onlookers who were angered when some iranians began Chan Ting anti saudi slogans Al reported the iranian sources said mrs. Khomeini suffered cuts and Shock but her injuries were superficial and Shehas since made a full recovery. According to the newspaper both the iranian and saudi governments refused 10 disclose mrs. Khomeini s presence Atixhe pilgrimage and her injuries because they feared it would exacerbate the Al ready tense relations Between the two countries. Iranian pilgrims held Ami american demonstrations in Mecca july 31, defy ing a saudi ban on such activities. Saudi Arabia has said that during he demonstrations 402 people including 375 iranians were killed when iranian attacked saudis and pilgrims of other nationalities outside the grand mosque prompting Security forces to restore  said 320 iranians were shot to a Cash by saudi Security forces 5.000were injured and 200 were arrested. The saudis denied that there was any shoot ing. Most iranians Are shiite moslem while the saudis Are predominantly sunni moslem