European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 news update the stars and stripes wednesday january 13,1988 basques agreement Vitoria Spain a representatives of nearly Alt major Basque political parties readied an agreement Early tuesday condemning Basque terrorism and rejecting any political negotiation with Basque terrorists parly officials said. The agreement based on a document drawn up last october by Basque regional government head Jose Antonio Ana a slates that the Basque separatist organization Eta lacks any legitimacy As a political mov Mcm the officials said. The agreement was reached alter More than 45 hours of negotiations since Jan $ and was id be formally signed later tuesday officials said. Temperatures atom it. 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Discotheque bombing suspect being questioned in w. Berlin Berlin a authorities tuesday began interrogating a West German woman accused or bombing n West Ber Lin discotheque hoping to Clear up ques Tion about suspected libyan involve ment in the terrorist attack. The april 5, i9b, blast killed iwo american servicemen and led to a . Retaliatory attack against Libya that killed at least 100 people however West German officials have not directly linked the bombing to Libya. Christina Gabr telc Endri Keit 27, was arrested monday in the Northern port City of lab cock and flown lowest Berlin for questioning. Volker Kaehny West Berlin Justice department spokesman said Endri Keit also Mode a Brief appearance in court where officials read the formal arrest warrant. The interrogation has started but we can t soy More until it s finished Kachner told the associated press he said the questioning of the woman by police and Justice department officials could last several Days. Kaehny said Endri Keit is being investigated for murder in the bombing. Be tides the two Amerlia turkish woman was killed and 229 people were injured in the explosion at the la Belle discotheque. The nightclub was popular with american servicemen stationed in West Berlin. The United slates accused the libyan regime of col. Moa mar Qadhafi of complicity in the attack and 10 Days later american warplanes raided the libyan cities of Tripoli and Benghazi. West Germany mentioned possible syrian links with Arab terrorist attacks in West Berlin but did not support the . Contention of libyan involvement. Security sources speaking on Condi Tion of anonymity said in an interview hat police suspect an Arab connection with the la Belle bombing including Libya or Syria and that such possible links arc still under investigation. Kaehne said a palestinian confided of another bombing had visited Libya before nil arrest bul he declined to say if officials had determined any libyan connection to the la Belle Cit onion. Secretary of slate George Shulti who was in Ottawa on monday responded strongly when he was asked if the United Stales had trumped up the accusation against Libya As a reason to attack Tripoli and Benghazi. It s Clear enough from the evidence that s been made available Hal Libya was directly involved m Hal bombing he Taid. The fact that somebody hoi a connection with another country that May also have been involved does t in any Way Lessen the libyan involvement to use a word like trumped up in the face of direct evidence thai has Long ago been made available is astonishing. It s a very direct libyan complicity and it Wai a very direct response and what s More it has Kaehne said Endri Keit and an unidentified German Man were arrested monday in Lubeck after police traced a Trail of documents from West Berlin to Lubeck. He would not elaborate or name the Man. Customs agent details capture of suspect in Twa hijacking djs Meldorf West Cem Tany a Hamadi by Chance after he got offa mid hijacking of a Twa jetliner to Beirut. Jal l a stones. Officer die East Arlin is flight from Beirut on thirty nine americans were held hostage for 17 Days and a . Navy diver was killed. Abbas Hamadi 29. Is accused of kid showed the passport to another customs napping West germans Rudolf who agreed that the passport no pc Rcd to be forged. Wegner said he first suspected that Mohammed Hamadi who was carrying tuesday testified How i suspicions led to the capture of Mohammed Alt Hama i accused of masterminding a Twa hijacking in which an american Sailor Jan. In 1987. The passport looked suspicious la me we incr testified. He said he the testimony came on the third Day of the trial of the suspect s brother Abbas Hamadi who is accused of kid napping two West germans in Beirut in an Effort to Force West German officials to free Mohammed from prison. Abbas and Mohammed Hamedl were arrayed in january 1987 Al Frankfurt Airport in separate incidents. Mohammed Hamadi had passed through the passport and Luggage control when 1 spotted him horse Werner an Airport customs officer testified in the heavily fortified dds Oldorf courtroom. Wetter said he was on routine duty at the Airport and potted Mohammed three bottles of liquid might be smug gling drugs. He Taid he opened the bottles to Check for drugs. It sure did t smell like alcohol to me he said. Earlier tuesday customs officer Klaus Papit testified that Mohammed Hamadi was found to be carrying three bottles containing liquid explosives when he was arrested Mohammed Hamadi 23, is in a Frankfurt prison awaiting trial on charges stemming from the june 1985 Nappin Corde and Alfred Schmidt in the lebanese Cap ital shortly after his brother was arrested in Frankfurt. Schmidt was released in september but Cordes is still being held. The specific charges against Abbas Hamad accuse him of taking hostages of blackmail and of ferrying explosives. On saturday a Christian radio station in Lebanon quoted unidentified Diplo Matic sources Ai laying Cordes would be released within Days afar 11 months at hostage a group calling itself holy warriors for Freedom has claimed it is hold ing Cordes. Abbas Hamadi has denied the Kidnap Ping charges. . Extends sanctions against Libya Washington a the United Statcy has extended us two year old eco nomic sanctions against Libya contend ing that there is no evidence that country has abandoned support of International terrorism the stale department said monday the . Believes that the appropriate goal ii id continue our policy continue to isolate libyan Leader Moa mar of Adnall diplomatically and economically in order to limit his ability to cause harm Deputy spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley said accordingly she said the administration recently approved the Etc Nikon or sanctions against Libya until 1989. Oakley Laid Libya has shipped arms to the Irish Republican army has sponsored attacks against libyan dissidents in Europe and has engaged in aggression against Chad. In addition she said a pro terrorist palestinian group under the control of Abu Nidal has established a presence in Tripoli and Libya continues to provide funding and training for various subversive groups. All this. She said demonstrates thai Qadhafi s goals have riot changed. In january 1986, president Reagan or dered a ban on direct . Trade with Libya. He also barred transaction involving travel to Libya or Camm Ercul activities in Libya by . Citizens. Also prohibited was the Purchase of goods by , companies and american citizens for Export from Libya to any country. All american in Libya were asked to leave immediately those who ignored the Appeal were warned they would be prosecuted upon return to the United slates. Nazi Hunter adds 10 to investigative staff Frankfurt a West Ger Many s chief nazi Hunter said tuesday he had added 10 stale prosecutors to his staff to help Speed up investigation of 4,500 War crimes suspects. Prosecutor Alfred Streim Heads West Germany s office for nazi War crimes investigations which is located in the Southern City of ludwigs Burg. The office has conducted about 100,000 War crimes investigations since the end of world War ii with More than 6,000 ending in convictions and imprisonment. Streim said his office now it probing a list of 30,000 names obtained from the , War crimes commission archives at the end of 1986. We started analysing the list at the atari of 1987 and have since hired 10 extra state prosecutors to help in the investigations he said. Streim said that one of the new protectors to been assigned to each of West Germany Stales and West Berlin with the exception of Schleswig Holzlein. He said he hoped to add an 1 lib for Schleswig Hostein the country s northernmost male in the very near
