European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 norwegian vessel crippled by Iran in latest Gulf attack ap0iuio Crew Mumby of the Pdro bulk ruler Are seen standing before a Hole in Flidr ship canted in a Allucy lib iranian vessels in inc persian Gulf. Manama. Bahrain a an Irani an frigate tuesday attacked n norwegian Oil Tanker in the persian Gulf then iwo iranian speedboats fired on the stricken vessel when it radioed far help shipping executives mid. The Gulf based executives quoted the Captain of inc 13,000-ton pc Robuck ruler As Savin several Small fires broke out aboard his ship but were extinguished by the 25-Membcr filipino Crew. He reported a Tensive damage to the Crew quarters the officers deck and radio room. He said he and the chief officer suffered minor injuries from dying Glass the executives said. I am not surprised Only a Little shocked the filipino Captain. Florenzio Dign was quoted As saying by radio to a company called Osco shipping in Manila. But i am of he added. The attack was the second in iwo Day by the iranians in Hie Tanker War and came in apparent retaliation for a string of iraqi raids on iranian Oil Tanker routes on tuesday an iranian Jet fighter believed 10 be a  f-4, fired two missiles at the dutch operated Tanker pc Robuck Pilot in the same area of the Southern Gulf but the missiles landed in he water and Only one a imploded. The 39,008-ton pct bulk Pijot which Dies the liberian Flag was sailing out of the Gulf with it Load of kuwaiti Petroleum products when it was attacked. It was the first Lime in two years that the iranian air Force has gone into action against Ankers in the waterway and he shipping executives said they believed rough Winter seas prompted the iranians to resort to an Aerial strike. The iranians whose air Force consists mainly of aging phantom and other . Built aircraft from he Days of Shah Mohammad Keza Pahlavi have depended Pri Marily on speedboats to raid Neutral com Mercial shipping in the Gulf for 1 i years. Fur some Lime before that they used Heli copters operating from makeshift bases some on offshore Oil platforms. Iran and Iraq have been ill War since september 19so. The pct abut ruler was sailing into the Gulf when it was attacked. Its Destina Tion was not immediately known the shipping executives said. Speaking by radio to a helicopter borne american television Crew Diga said hat before the attack he saw an object about two Miles away but it was Loo dark to make out what it  he told the Abc to team that when they started shooting at us i called at once sos and Hen More More they shoot to  at first the executives reported Only one iranian Craft involved in the attach. They later established the Tanker was at. Tacked firs by a frigate then by iwo speedboats. They said Cannon fire rocket propelled grenades and machine guns were used in the raid. Associated press photographer Greg English who later flew Over the anchored Tanker said machine gun fire destroyed All windows on the Bridge. He counted Sis Large Shell holes including one each on the deck and Bridge and he rest along inc Hull. English also saw 10 Golf Ball size holes apparently caused by machine gun fire with Oil leaking from the area Cav ing a mite Long Slick the vessel was anchored 10 Miles off the Southern Gulf port of shariah a Gulf emirate. Salvage tugboats were trying to plug the holes. The distress signal of the norwegian Tanker was picked up by the radio Monitor of Marine Salvage executives when the vessel was off shariah. Radio Contact then ceased. Salvage tugboats which rushed out to scout for the vessel found the Petr bulk ruler dead in he water according to the sources. Beirut gunmen kill Frenchman As he drives car Beirut  a1 gunmen in a Speed ing ear killed n  As he drove his automobile wednesday in a residential neighbourhood of Chris Tian cast Beirut police said. A police spokesman identified the victim As Jac ques Meurant. 11. He said Meural died from three Bullet wound in the a Atli chit and  the spot Ecsi Lari who could not be identified in line with regulations said police did not know Meu rant s Home town or occupation. However. If voice of Lebanon a radio station based in East Beirut and run by the Christian Mili Tiamen who com to the streets in that sector of the City said he worded for the French embassy Secu Rity apparatus. The police spokesman said Meurant was killed at 12 55 . Near the hotel Dicu Hospital in he Ash March neighbourhood he said the attack involved three assailants who sped off in their Blue Peugeot and that my ural s car skidded off the Road and hit a Utility pole. They fired from 9mm automatic weapons equipped with a Silencer the police spokesman added. No one answered Telephone Calls at the French embassy. In Paris Premier Jacques Chirac in pressed Dis May Over the killing. He told television an Lynne i thai France had received no information about the identity of the gunmen and no claim of Rispon Sibily for the at tack. "1 can Only say that initiatives taken outside Leb anon have dramatic consequences and Hal the Solu Tion will not be found exclusively inside Lebanon but by mastering enl Cal forces that permanently destabilize this unhappy country Chirac said with out elaborating. It was the fourth attack against frenchmen in cast Beirut since september 1986, when the embassy moved to a suburb of cast Beirut because of a wave of kidnapping and assassinations of foreigners in moslem West Beirut four frenchmen arc believed still held hostage. House rescinds funds for jewish refugees in France Washington ii n the House responding to an Avalanche of  voted overwhelmingly tuesday to rescind is million approved late last year for construction of religious schools Lor jew ish refugees in i runic. The Money had been appropriated at the request of sen Daniel Ino Itye. Dha Waii. In a 1606 billion catch Alt spending Bill passed in he hectic final hours just before Congress adjourned for the year in december. The action did not come to Public at Tention until some weeks later and was widely criticised because the Money was included without the knowledge of most members of Congress. In a speech to the Senate monday the Hawaii Democrat conceded he had nude an error in judgment and supported the move to withhold the is nillion. That action started tuesday in inc Home which voted 3s4--1 to rescind the Money. The Senate is expected to act quickly on the measure. In his speech Inouye strongly denied suggestions that he sneaked the Money into the Bill but if this Avalanche of criticism is allowed to continue con Gress would suffer from a toss of Public support. Rep. David r. Obey. D-wis., con ceded however that Little Lime a de vol Cit to the $8 million item because members were concerned with larger items primarily president Reagan s re quest for Aid to the nicaraguan rebels. Inouye said Bis primary motivation in seeking the appropriation was la protect North african jewish refugees who were forced to leave their Homes when France abandoned their lands from persecution in France critics noted that the French jews arc not classified As refugees by the United nations. Even if they were the funding of jewish schools is inappropriate be cause it violate inc principle of separa Tion of Church and stale hey said. The slate department had opposed the fund ing request