European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday october 12,1987 49 die As jetliner explodes in flight Rangoon Burma a a Burma airways Jet exploded in the air and crashed sunday near the Central Burmes City of Pagan killing All 49 people aboard including 36 foreign tourists the government said. The official news Agency of Burma said the jetliner crashed 20 Miles South cast of Pagan after in had bunt into flames. It said the victims included 36 foreigners nine burmese passengers and four Crew members. The Brief announcement did not give the cause or any other details of the crash the second fatal Accident involving the Flag Carrier in less than tour months. Airline sources who refused to renamed said the Fokker Friendship 27 Jet was on a two hour regularly scheduled flight to Pagan from Rangoon the National capital about 306 Miles to the South. They said the foreign victims included 14 americans seven Swiss nationals five britons four australians three Ger mans two French citizens and one that All 45 burmese on Board were killed june 2t, when another Fokker Friendship 27 crashed into a Mountain in Eastern Burma minutes Afler Takeoff from the Shad slate town of hero. About 280 Miles North East of Rangoon. The cause of the crash has not been publicly announced. Iron maintains it has  stinger missiles Washington up Iran said sunday it has the shoulder fired stinger missile and May mass pro Duce copies but America s ambassador to the United nations said he doubts the iranians have the sophisticated anti aircraft weapon. If they had them they would have used them against the iraqis ambassador croon Walters Saidon the Abc television program meet the press re Ferring to inc 7-year-old Gulf War Between Iran and Iraq. But the official iranian news Agency monitored in Nicosia Cyprus reported that iranian prime minister Mir Hossom Musavi said Tehran has begun serious studies aimed at manufacturing copies of  stingers the islamic Republic news Agency quoted Musavi saying after a Cabinet meeting serious studies Are under Way to manufacture stinger missiles. Thanks to the creativity of our  Musavi s remarks came a Day after 1rna quote revolutionary guards commander Mohsen Rezai As laying Iran s moslem combatants have obtained an successfully copied the stinger. A Tehran newspaper sunday Kayhan quoted Rezai h saying Iran has a Large number of the missiles and had imported them. On Friday defense Secretary Caspar Weinberge said he believes Iran possessed the stinger alter parts used with the missiles were found in the debris of iranian boats destroyed thursday by . Helicopters. Arabs still rampaging in 5th Day of violence Gaza City occupied Gaza strip a hundreds of arabs chanting god is great set fire to tires and pelted israeli cars with Stone sunday. It was the fifth Day of violence following a shootout that left five people dead at least 10 palestinians were arrested Accord ing to military sources. No injuries were report Gaza cily a City of 150,000 on the Mediterranean sea appeared to be under siege wit streets deserted at midday except for chanting protesters some wore the traditional Arab headscarves. Israeli soldiers stayed largely Oul of sight speeding through town Only occasionally in army jeeps. Many of the 2,000 jewish settlers who live in the Gaza strip along with 600.000palestinians also stayed borne. Israel captured the Gaza strip from Egypt in the 1967 Middle East War. Tic protests in the occupied Gaza strip began last wednesday after four palestinian guerrillas from a fundamentalist organization islamic jihad or islamic holy War and an israeli secret service agent were killed in a gun Battle. Appearing with wallers on abcs meet the press was the iranian ambassador to the United nations said Khorasani who was less direct than Rezai about the stingers. We might have Access to them Khorasani said. Let us suppose that we have them. Contradicting a report in saturday editions of the Washington Post Khorasani said Iran did not necessarily Purchase the missiles from afghan rebels who received them from the Cia. I Don l believe that. There Are other ways of getting  he said. We could have gotten them from certain american  in other developments sunday according to the associated press iranian prime minister Hussein Musavi on Sun Day accused the United states of laying siege to his country and warned thai iranians will fight to the last drop of blood Tehran radio reported. The state radio monitored in Nicosia quoted Musavi As saying after a Cabinet meeting in Tehran thai Iran will resist the intervention in the Gulf by the United Stales and ils european allies even if the War lasts 20 years charging that last thursday s . Attack on iranian patrol boats in the Northern Gulf was an impudent act Musavi declared the United slates will suffer for this  at least two Crew members were killed and sour others were reported missing sunday when iraqi War planes continuing their Blitz of iranian Oil targets severely damaged a liberian Flag cd supertanker. Two exec cd missiles crashed into the engine room of the 239.435-Lon Rova kiting the ship ablaze Gulf based shipping sources said. Ii was one of three raids announced by Iraq against Large maritime  meaning tankers along the iranian coast in a 24-hour period beginning saturday morning. Shipping sources identified the second vessel As the Merlin a 25,925-ton cypriot Flag supertanker under charter to Iran. An exocet missile crashed into the ship but did not explode. Damage was minor they said. The unexploded missile was Hill aboard. The identity of the third ship was not known sources said. A Convoy of four re flagged kuwaiti tankers was moving up the Gulf under . Escort the 11 the since inc United states began the operations in mid july. A . Spokesman said the Convoy bad passed the Strait of Hormuz without incident. Other sources re ported it off the United Arab emirates coast at mid Day. The Convoy included the tankers sea Isle cily and Ocean cily and the Gas carriers Gas King and Gas Princess. They were escorted by four . Guided mis Sile frigates and the Dock Landing ship mount Yemen entering the Gulf for the first time. Demo from Page 1 Agenda that s pretty much what the extreme right wants in our country sen. Joseph Biden d-del., the chairman of the sen ate judiciary committee was asked whether the Long Battle Over Berk might mean that picking a new Justice could fall to the next president. In the past there have been suggestions they democrats adopt the Strom Thurman tactic which As you remember As of june of the year before Carter left office the announcement went out no More judges he Laid in an interview on lbs to s face the a  but Biden said he hoped democrats would avoid such a move. Asil is the High court could face months without a ninth Justice he said. If the Republican Are going to fight this Oul and the administration wants to continue to beat a dead horse and we move this ii Flag until after thanksgiving i think there s no possibility of a confirmation Ofa new nominee until Well in the next year he said meanwhile the while House and Bork supporters in the Senate were working on ways to gain political Points from the floor showdown even though the consider the nomination itself a lost cause. We re not going to win the Bork nomination said gop Leader sen. Bob Dole of Kansas. We re going to convince a lot of americans though that inc process was not fair. ,.they did a political Job on judge  Dole interviewed on the Abc program said he hoped for a Senate vote this week. We d like to expedite in get in Oul Tif the Way he said. Cranston said he too hoped for speedy action on Bork. I m ready to Vole any Lime he said. Senior Justice department and while House officials held a weekend meeting la discuss strategy in the final round of the Bork fight an administration offi Cial speaking on condition of anonymity said sunday. The official said the meeting saturday was one of several that administration officials have held to help Frame the debate although there is link Hope of Victory. The chances of winning Are the longest of shots the official said. It s important to have the debate to form arguments about the future of the nomination process and not just to focus on the next  a presidential address on the Issue has not Bee ruled out and Reagan intends to keep speaking Oul Between now and the Senate Vole he said. The official said the president plans to talk about the importance of the Insl Tulion of nominating supreme court  no names of future nominees have been entertained at the while House the official said bul a list of Possi ble contenders is always on file at the Justice depart ment. Nessie from Page 1 sonar contacts on Loch Ness. Bul i Don t think they add up to your Nadia monster he said. A Large fish would satisfy me very much perhaps a very very Large fish he said there is nothing outrageous about a Large fish predator Al the lop of the food Chain Here. Some of our expectations May be  Darren Lowrance president of Low Ranee electronics inc. Of Tulsa oua., which supplied the sonar equipment and helped underwrite the expedition said the strength of the sonar Contact at 620 feet near Urquhart Castle a favorite spot for Nessie sightings made him believe there is something mysterious in Loch Ness. Describing himself As a Doubter Lowrance said he was surprised that the expedition found some mid Waler sonar contacts beyond the strength of those Given off by fish but he was somewhat disappointed there weren t More be cause if the Loch Ness monster has been around for 1,400 years As legend says in must have been reproducing. Hotel owner Ronnie Bremner who owns the Loch Ness Center and has a considerable interest in perpetuating in Terest in Nessie said i m not totally convinced in s a big fish or an eel be cause unlike Adrian i be seen it and i still go for the Media  tourism is big business in this sparsely populated and spectacularly Beautiful area of the scottish Highlands. Nearly a million of the 13 million tourists who come to Scotland every year visit Inver Ness and Loch Ness and spend about $250 million according to the scottish Tou isl Board. For Shine at least the scientific Chal Lenge now is even stronger. He registered 40 sonar contacts in mid water in 1982 and has now confirmed thai such contacts exist Wilh the latest state of the Arl equipment. He said he would like to do some night scanning find Oul what the numerous objects Are on the Bottom of the Loch and most importantly try to determine what the Strong mid water sonar blips really ate. Nil football scores cd Toga 27. 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