European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 jews Brit for the stars and stripes wednesday. September 23,1987 Germany reports arrests of terrorist suspects Karlsruhe Germany up police Las week arrested a number of alleged terrorist suspects in raids in five cities inc Federal prosecutor s office said tuesday. Spokesman Alexander Park Hafl said police raided suspected hideouts in West Berlin Ham Burg Freiburg. Karlsruhe and Offenbach thurs Day after a 25-year-old alleged left Wing terrorist who had lost incriminating documents on a i rain gave himself up. In the hideouts police found plans for arson and bomb attacks on government installation Sand materials to make bombs. The number of people arrested was not disclosed. The Man who was not Iden lied told interrogators he and others formed a terrorist Organiza Tion in August to cooperate with the red army faction an Urban guerrilla band thai has carried out a series of murders bombings arson attacks and Bank robberies since the Laic 1960s. Surgeons perform bypass in pancreas of Hirohito Tokyo a surgeons performed a by pass tuesday around an egg size obstruction in the pancreas of 86-year-old emperor Hirohito and refused to Rule out he possibility of cancer. Yasuhiko Morioka the chief surgeon in the i to hour operation said the Mast Likely cause of the obstruction was chronic inflammation or the pancreas tests on a tissue Sample from the pancreas will determine whether the emperor has cancer he said and the test results should be known in a week. We can t say absolutely that the operation was a Success until we know the final results. Morioka old reporters but he added he is doing  he said the world s longest reigning Monarch was recovering normally and had awakened from anaesthesia a the Imperial household Agency Hospital. Barring complications he said Hirohito could return to the Palace in four Days to a week. Official claims Gorbachev is in excellent health Moscow a a foreign ministry spokesman responding to reports that Mikhai Gorbachev had been hospitalized because of food poisoning said tuesday that Gorbachev is on vacation and in excellent  Boris by Adushev was asked at a regular news brie ing about a West German news report that the communist party Leader was hospitalized for serious food poisoning contracted in a Possi ble attempt to kill him. The Bild newspaper which cited no sources said the incident occurred while Gorbachev was on vacation near the Black sea. It said Gorba Chev 56, returned to Moscow on Friday. By Adushev was asked several limes about the report. In response to the final question he said. I would like to repeal again that the general Secretary is on vacation and that he is in Good health excellent  Reagan Costa Rica Leader discuss Rofe of contras Washington a Costa rican presi Dent Oscar Arias agreed Wilh president Reagan tuesday thai  rebels in Nicaragua should have a role in negotiations fora cease fire in Ihal country a senior american official who attended their meeting said. The official who spoke on condition that he not be identified said Arias also supported an interim appropriation of $3.5 million to continue humanitarian Aid to the rebels for to Days after the new fiscal year which begins oct. I. He said the administration s plan to ask Congress for continued military Aid was not discussed. Arias however gave a different account of the conversation at a news conference on Capi Tol hid where he addressed members of the House and Senate in inc House chamber. He said he asked president Reagan to postpone any new request for Contra military Aid until aft Eric nov. 7 deadline for arranging a cease fire. The senior american official said that did t come  Reagan says . Attack was authorized by Law from Page 1 anyplace in International Waters Reagan said. Asked if his policy of policing the persian Gulf ship Ping lanes hid made the area More explosive. Reagan said the Only one who has contributed to the Polo Sivc tendencies in the persian Gulf is Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and the government of  asked whether the iranians would respond 10 his demand for an immediate cease fire in inc War with Iraq Reagan said thai s up to  but he also said i Don t think anyone can predict How Long hostilities will continue in the Region. Meanwhile inc Pentagon said tuesday afternoon that an iranian hovercraft had approached the . Frigate jarred which was lowing inc crippled iranian ship at High Speed at approximately 10 30 . Not  the Pentagon said the hovercraft which rides on a Cushion of air just above inc water ignored a radio command to stay away. The Jamil fired warning shots at the hovercraft which then Lumc away the Penta gon said. While House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said we see no change in the administration position that it was not necessary to invoke congressional notification procedures of the War Powers act but it was continuing to review the situation. However ii Zwaller said we will report to con Gress. We have continually kept them up to Date on every aspect of this. There have been More consultations in our persian Gulf policy than i think even Congress can  the spokesman said Reagan personally approved the derision to Board the iranian vessel and that the president had been actively involved Al several  Filz water said the iranian personnel will be re turned to Iran. As soon As possible adding that the United Stales had no interest in keeping them. Our main purpose at this Point is to document the laying of the mines he said. The  of inc . Government would be to offer the evidence of mine a i Reg in the United nations to buttress the administration s arguments for a Security Council Resolution bringing sanctions against Iran he said. The iranians apparently already had deployed six mines before icy were attacked and . Helicopter were searching inc Gulf tuesday in an Effort to locale them said Pentagon spokesman la. Col. Arnold Wil Liams. Al least one mine was observed floating in the water nearby the Pentagon added. Williams said thai according to one English speak ing crewman from inc iranian vessel who was picked up by . Officials 31 Crew members were aboard the vessel when ii was hit. Ten were picked up from a Lifeboat by . Officials 16 were recovered from the water and two still were missing Williams said. Most were being held aboard inc Lassalle flagship of the Navy s flee in the Middle East but three who were in serious condition were taken to the amphibious As Saull ship Guadalcanal for treatment. The Pentagon initially announced thai four dead bodies had been found on the iranian ship but later reduced the number to three. Pentagon and White House officials said the iranian amphibious Landing ship Iran Ajr was attacked and briefly set afire Al 10 55 . Local time monday or 3 55 . Edt after it was discovered dropping mines in International Walers about $0 Milts Northeast of Bahrain. The ship was left dead in the water and was boarded by american personnel about 6 a hours later. Pentagon officials said there was no indication the iranian ship attempted to tire on at least iwo american helicopters flying in the area but added that the ship clearly demonstrated hostile intent by dropping mines in International Waters. Revenge from Page 1 laying mines near International shipping lanes off the Qatar coast to said . Nov forces found 10 mines on Board. Iran on state run Tehran radio acknowledged that the ship was a iranian Navy vessel but denied it was laying mines. The radio report came a few hours after Irna said the ship was an unarmed cargo vessel Tehran radio said five sailors died in the attack. In Washington the Pentagon said three iranians were confirmed dead and iwo were missing. The . Attack was the first against an iranian vessel since the United states began escorting kuwaiti tankers through the Gulf to protect inem from iranian attack Irna quoted a Sfanjani As saying the attack was Navy from Page 1 Joseph Mckittrick. We Are saying however. How can we Trust these people after they be been doing this for All these years we want a court order cementing this in Stone he said. Donald i. Mros who is handling the government s Case said thai because Webb has decided to allow the women aboard the submarines for the sea trial there is no Point in further court proceedings on Celli i complaint. We re moving for  mros said. The Navy also said monday that it is changing berthing requirements for females aboard submarines. There won t be any structural modifications to a submarine or to any vessel for that matter a Navy spokesman said there May be curtains in areas As deemed necessary but there won t be any rigid bulk  Webb said earlier this year that female civilian employees would have full Opportunity to embark in naval vessels on non operational Short term sea trial son the same basis As male civilian  the change in no Way alters the ban on military women serving on submarines. Timed to coincide with a Visil to new York by iranian president Ali Khamenei who addressed the . Gen eral Assembly tuesday. Raf Sanjam said the attack was politically significant designed to overshadow Khamenei s speech and divert world attention. Because the United states fears that Iran s voice will Echo from the United nations and Fiat Trie americans will hear things they have never heard before rna reported. The Agency did not elaborate. But it quoted re san Jani As adding thai the . Attack was a mistake by the americans which betrays their  in i speech Khamenei told the general Assembly that the . Account of the attack on the iranian ship was a pack of lies the six member american delegation then walked out a Sfanjani. Considered the most powerful figure in Iran after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is the revolutionary patriarch s representative on the supreme defense coun cil which decides strategy in Iran s War Wilh Iraq. Apologies from Page 1 action hoi been taken against the soldiers involved. The generals were not available to answer questions. Frankly due to the importance of the exercise that precludes them from granting. An interview at ibis Lime Mcdowell said two knowledgeable sources Lold the stars and stripes that the Soldier was stripped his eyebrows were singed and he was. Suspended from a tree. Mcdowell declined to elaborate on what happened to the lieutenant. The sources also said a this were damaged in the incident but Mcdowell said that is the first we have heard of it and it is unknown to us at this  Mcdowell also declined to comment an a report that the Queen s company of the Grenadier guard was involved. British military officials declined to comment on the incident. Radiation monitoring Katmandu. Nepal up Nepal his install edits first nuclear radiation monitoring system that will be Able to detect any abnormal radioactivity in the atmosphere it has been announced