European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                British officials seize cocaine in record bust London up smashing an Inie Nalion a drug smuggling ring. British authorities seized Marc than a Quarter of u on or cocaine the larg est cocaine seizure Ever in Europe officials said cd Nasjay. Police in the Netherlands arrested eight peo ple five of Ihm dutch As they unloaded a columbian registered ship in the port of roller dam. The suspects were unaware thai authorities Hod relied the More than 440 pounds or cocaine in a raid weeks earlier in Southampton. Eng land. Police substituted the drugs with a Dummy cargo officials said. Authorities in France Germany and the Netherlands traced the ship As it made its Way from Britain and said the cocaine would have been delivered to drug dealers across Europe never before have we had such Good Fortune to find such a Large consignment of dangerous drugs. We Are elated said a smiling British customs officer Arthur Ribgy who helped in the seven week operation code named Harbinger he said the seizure of the 4 so pounds of co Caine with a Street value of so million pounds 190 million is the biggest Ever in Europe and exceeded All of the cocaine hauls made in Britain last year. Friday november 13, 1987 the stars and 3tripes s. African troops helped Unita win Battle in Angola Johannesburg South Africa a South african troops fought soviet and cuban forces in South Ern Angola and helped angolan guerrillas drive Back a government attack the military said wednesday. Defense Force chief Jannie gel Denuys said the Unita rebel movement recently inflicted heavy losses and stopped angolan Govch Mcnol troops in the South Eastern  province. The Union for the total Independence of Angola is backed by South Africa and the United Stales. The leftist government of Angola is backed by the soviet Union and  angolan government had said the fighting which look place in Early october was the biggest Battle in he 12-year-old civil War. When Unita began to push angolan forces Back. Soviet and cuban forces using tanks sophisticated ground to air missiles and fighter aircraft including Mig-23s" entered the Battle Gelden Huys said in a statement. South african forces Trier joined the Battle Gelden Huys said. Angola said in Early october that South african forces participated in the righting and had bombed and shelled government positions at Cuilo Cua Navale North of the Lomba River where most of the fighting took place. Angola s official news Agency also said its troops killed nearly 100 South african soldiers in the fighting. South Africa refused to comment directly on the charges and claims until wednesday. On oct. 4, minister of defense Magnus Malan said South Africa maintained a limited presence in an Gola to protect South Africa s interests against Gerrit fas who Cross the Border to fight in South Africa and South West Africa. Malan never said South Africa was militarily sup porting Unita the defense minister s personal spokesman. Das Herbst said at the time. Bui wednesday South Africa admitted fighting alongside Unita. Unita lost out in a civil War following angolan Independence from Portugal in 1973, and has since fought for a Power sharing agreement with the marxist government of president Eduardo Dos Santos. There arc an estimated 37,000 cuban troops in Angola As Well As soviet military advisors. According to previous reports the october Bailie involved thousands of angolan troops led by a soviet general in heavy fighting just North of Havinga a Unita held town in Southeastern Angola. Unita said it forced the government troop to re treat after killing hundreds of angolan soldiers and several soviet nationals. For the past several years Angola has mounted a dry season offensive against Unita in Hopes of taking Jamba Unita s Bush capital. This year s offensive was described by both sides As Angola s biggest Effort to Date. The . State department commenting on the offensive two weeks ago said it appeared that Unita had repelled the attack and inflicted substantial losses of men and equipment. Department spokesman Charles Redman said at the time that the outcome of the offensive underscored he . View thai Angola s internal divisions cannot be resolved on the Battlefield. The United states believes a settlement can be achieved Only through negotiations among the rival factions once the cuban troops have been withdrawn. Prophet set example for War Khomeini says Manama Bahrain up Iran s aging Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini declared in a rare appearance in Tehran marking the birth of Mohammed that the islamic Prophet made War so we should make  Khomeini 87, who is rumoured to be ailing sounded firm and Clear during the Brief speech broadcast tuesday on state radio and television to celebrate the birth in 571 of islam s founder. The Ayatollah made no direct refer ence to the . Persian Gulf Armada thai Iran has vowed to attack but he called on iranians to imitate the moslem Warrior who brought islam from the Ara Bian Peninsula 13 centuries ago. He set up a government so we should Sel up a government Khomeini the spiritual Leader of Iran s islamic fundamentalist revolution said during the 10-minute speech in tre Tehran suburb of Amaran. A crowd silting Cross legged on the carpeted floor of the Hossei Nieh religious Center fell silent As the Leader mounted a platform and raised his hands in Benediction. He made War so we should make War. He defended so we should defend Khomeini said of Mohammed who led Early legions of moslem warriors from his Home in Mecca. Do not think the holy Prophet used to sit at Home and Only Pray and  Iran has threatened to strike at the . Naval Force protecting kuwaiti ship Ping in the Gulf and to continue attacks against Kuwait the target of three Irani an silkworm missile attacks. Kuwait is an ally of Iraq in the 7-year old Gulf War. Crown Prince Abdullah of saudi Arabia another opponent of Iran said tuesday his country would be in the forefront of those defending Kuwait if something  Britain refuses of join project for Esa manned space flight the Hague Netherlands a Western Europe tuesday forged ahead toward a manned space flight before the year 2000 by adopting a mull billion Dol Lar space program but Britain refused to join the Effort calling it a  the British government also used the two Day meeting of the 13-Nalion euro Pean space Agency Esa 10 Block an attempt to Grant the Agency an automatic s percent annual increase in its Genera research budget for the Nel decade. Dubbing the project to put a european in space aboard a european rocket by 1999 a hugely expensive Indus Riat frolic British Trade and Industry minister Kenneth Clarke told reporters Here that it s not justified to use British taxpayers Money just for imitating the United Stales some 30 years after he first american manned space flight in 1%l it s rather too much smacking of my Taoism " Clarke said. The British failure to link up with the other 12 Esa nations in the ambitious manned space flight project was seen Here As another sign of prime minister Margaret Thatcher s dec Roo cd reluctance to fully commit Britain to euro Pean integration conference sources said. The Central Issue at the conference of Esa technology ministers was a pro posed 12-year, $31 billion Dollar budget Ary program of which More than half would be dedicated to the manned space flight project. Joust a minute the White Knight Martin Well left urn the Blick Kiihl. 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