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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday. January 7,1988 i med when israeli troops fire on rioters Khan Zounis occupied Gaza strip a israeli soldiers fired tuesday on hundreds or Arab riot in who would not dispense despite volleys of rubber bullets and tear in the army said. One person was reported killed and eight wounded. By official count 24 palestinians have been killed and More than Fitt wounded by army gunfire since unrest began dec. 8 in the Gaza strip and West Bank. About 1,5 million palestinians live in the areas which Israel captured from Egypt and Jordan respectively inthe 1967 Middle East War. An army spokesman in Tel Aviv said a crowd in the Khan Younis refugee Camp pelted soldiers ii rocks and honks at midday. He said the israelis used tear a rubber bullets and fierce Jcu from water cannons before resorting to live ammunition. There were hundreds of demonstrators and the were especially violent that s Why so Many got Hurt. He said speaking on condition of anonymity. Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Mordochai commander of israeli troops in Gaza visited the scene and concluded him soldiers acted properly i Hearty said. Israel radio quoted it. Gen Dan Shimron military chief of staff As telling the parliament s foreign affairs and defense committee he had Given express orders to fire Only in self defense. Israel has been criticized in Many quarters including the United Stales for using live ammunition to quell violence in the occupied territories. Military spokesmen said Stone throwing arabs rapped an israeli patrol of about half a dozen men in a Street in Khan Younis ind soldiers opened fir when the use of tear Gas and a water Cannon did not disperse the crowd. One protester was reported kilted and fou were wounded. Palestine press service an Arab run Agency identified the dead Man As Ali Mohammed Dahlam z5, of Khan Younki it said his 16-year-old Cousin Basil Dahlam was wounded seriously. Protester surrounded member of another patrol and a rack hit one Soldier in the face the military said after using warning shots and tear Gas the command ing officer ordered his men to fire a the arabs legs and three were wounded he spokesman said. Another palestinian was slightly wounded during a protest at the Nus Seurat refugee Camp near Goia City the military said. A spokesman for the army s Tou Hern command said five israeli soldiers were injured in Stone throwing incidents tuesday. He said some of the Khan Younis trouble began when arabs set out from the Home of Hassan Abu shastra one of nine palestinians ordered departed and encountered soldiers White marching toward a mosque. Israel from Page 1 lion that the expulsions Are Legal. Frankly we were disappointed with the american Vole Netanyahu said after the meeting. We think this was Day of hypocrisy in he United nations. This Resolution merely will encourage the forces behind the violence who wan More riots More bloodshed to continue their  the Council met tuesday evening at the request of Jordan Israel s neighbor. They cannot be deported from their own  Shaker Arabia a jordanian representative to the United nations said of the nine palestinians. At least four of he palestinians Are appealing the deportation orders which were Issue sunday. The Resolution also says the deportations would violate the 1949 Geneva conventions on the treatment of civil ians in occupied territories. That document says individual or mass forcible transfers As Well As deportation of protected per sons from occupied territory. Art prohibited regardless of their  the United Stales Hai called Public Lyon Israel id refrain from he deportations. Arab diplomats said they saw these purity Council Resolution As a test of . Sincerity. In Light of he Many official statements by the a administration itis sort of logical to expect a positive re action id the Resolution said Riyadh Mansour one of he Palestine liberation organization s observers at the unite nations. Israel rejected the measure passed 14 0 on dec. 22 deploring its handling of the rioting in the occupied territories. It ii not expected to change its course faction because of the latest Resolution. On May 8, 1980, the United slates abstained from voting on a Resolution calling on Israel to allow three expelled West Hank mayors � return Home. Later the same year the United suites voted i favor of a Simitar Resolution. According to the . Mission the last Lime he United states voted against is Rael in the Council was in 198l.lt joined the rest of he Council in endorsing resolutions condemning Israel for bombing an iraqi nuclear reactor and for imposing israeli Law on the occupied Golan Heights. Lebanese denies role in germans kidnapping Dusseldorf Germany a a lebanese on trial for kidnapping two West germans in Beirut Leb anon denied any role in the crime and he issued a statement in court tuesday calling for the release of the one hostage still held. The statement by defendant Abbas Ali Hamadi was read to the it Riili trim he attorney Eck hard Hild. It i Nulli ill n tin no i Iii i ill Uii West German businessman held hostage in Leo since Jan. 17.1987. White the defense rejects any direct or indirect participation of Abbas Hamadi in the abduction of Cordes the Dot toe Callsen the kidnappers to set him tree immediately kind said. Asked by one of the judges whether it was his postmaster general Sas Ell leave office in up Cogin ton a Post Asli Genera Preston r. Tisch announced tuesday j6 will leave office Viuf Spring but has nol set a Oft Tisev completing is months Mhead of the . Pokal service said he inters to return la private by incas in new York a Jay where be was an Etc Culive with Loews corp Tisch Loo Yover the Agency Yak Lime of confusion and  proc Kmell that eventually led to prior terms Lor Seal postal officials. He has help bring Stawitz to the Agency but he leaves with a Sciryk facing severe budget problems As a a Csukor ask in Federal spending. Squeaky of crime indicted on charge escape Charl Erdt. A a Federal grand jury tue Fly in diced would be pc Sidcup. Hal Assassin Losette Stu by Fromme on a escape charge prosecutor a. Fronic wiped away for Orthe Ald can fed eral Correl Deal Zinsli ution � dec. 23, roam Login tagged West virginia\ltsfor40hoursbefore Buji caught on Chris Imide 1 two Milet from the Janton. \ in Fly straightforward is Island .Kirk Brandfass said of . In 39, is serving a life sent Watfor by Anglo Lent Ford on sept. 5,197s. Iford was in when a secret service agent grf bed a .45-Putol aimed by him by Fromme. Statement Hamadi responded in German i authorized him Hild to read that  court officials speaking to the associated press on the condition of anonymity confirmed that the statement was Abbas Hamadi s. Abbas Hamadi is charged with kidnapping Cordes and another West German to win Freedom for his brother Mohammed Ali Hamadi. Hamadi was arrested in Frankfurt i Jan. 17,  in the hijacking of a a jetliner in which  died Lucja eing held in Frankfurt and will be to Snir shortly before Abbas Hamadi s writhe group that claims to be holding Berdes in 1 released a statement in Beirut Cusing West authorities of mistreating Muhammed Karnadi. The statement Whit Oid not offer evidence of mis treatment was delivered to a Western news Agency along with a snapshot of Cordes. Herbert it Dau a spokesman for the Husien slate Justice a misery. Which oversees Hamadi s imprison ment Aid the allegations of mistreatment Are total f in  the trial will explore midds filst terrorism an May provide  the hijacking of the Twa jetliner Only is to Beirut.morammed3wmndi we allegedly involved in the cd led an american Sailor dead. Thirty Nin he scans were held hostage for 17 Days before released. The Jet was flying from Athens Greece Rome when it was hijacked. West German authorities refused a us. Request to extradite Mohammed Hamadi but Lay they will try him on hijacking charges in Frankfurt. No trial Date has been set and no indictment has been issued. Mohammed Hamandi was arrested at Frankfurt in Alponat Airport on Jan. 13, 1987, for carrying sex then allegedly helped arrange the and the Jan. 20 abduction of Schimidt was freed sept. 1. Abbas Hamadi was  International Airport on Jan. 26, 1987, afle Hiuming to Wes Germany on a flight from Beirut. Kidnapping Alfred Schmidt in u peace from Page 1 of aiding Iraq. Iran has also fired at least seven silkworm missiles Al Kuwait and its rulers have been calling for the overthrow of the saudi monarchy. As a very vague and inappropriate 41 this stage say pc  touted in Tuimil Law ing All efforts should now be focused on trying to is missile Fng ales began Shep Henling a 23rd a Nice n cease fire through a second Resolution impose to of T hmm Kuwalu ing an arms embargo on Iran. The Gulf War threat to shipping heightened last year with a record number of 178 iraqi and iranian attacks on commercial vessels. Iran concentrates on vessel trading who Kuwait and saudi Arabia which in accuse through the 600-mile Gulf. At the news conference Carlucci also stressed that the Reagan administration was committed to these purity of its Gulf Arab friends and denied that the United Stales wanted military bases in the area. Fleet from Page 1 need for her to be there  the Rimini of the nut move has not been finalized but will Likely involve the battleship Iowa which Isabl rolling in the Gulf of Oman and Northern arabian sea the sources said. We mustered a lot of Power just in  said on source referring 10 the Early build up of american might in the Region. The battleship was something to give the iranians pause and it was insurance because no one was sure what was going to flare up Over Here. We think the Iowa can come out. Not in the immediate future  another official said he Navy would continue to keep an aircraft Carrier in the Northern arabian set to provide air Protection to convoys transiting the Strait of Hormuz further reducing the need for the Battle ship. The Navy began building its presence in the Gulf Region last summer when president Reagan agreed to extend . Military Protection to 11 Refl gtd kuwaiti tankers. Kuwait it a key ally of Iraq in the 7-year-Oldiran-Iraq War and had seen in tankers become a Spe Cial target of iranian Force. Currently the Navy has to ships inside the persian Gulf seven in the Gulf of Oman or Northern arabian sea and another eight nearby in the Indian Ocean  
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