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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, February 6, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                V inside stripes ". Q Bush Dole squabble d ruling could Benefit some dodd5 teachers. D Wes Unseld joins basketball elite. Page 2 Page 9 Page 21 authorized Uno Fuci a ruh.icati0h for thl u.4. A amt . 46, no. 292 saturday february 6, 1988 db693a panamanian dictator indicted Miami a Federal prosecutors Friday unsealed an indictment accusing panamanian strongman gun. Manuel Antonio Noriega of accepting s4.6 Mil. Lion to porn Lcarl cocaine shipments launder Dru Anil provide a Safe has in in his country for lop colom Bian smugglers. The indictment was handed Down thursday and Noriega dismissed it As strictly a political act Legal experts Lias e agreed it s u by unlikely he will Ever land trial. The indictment details involvement of cuban presi Dent Fidel Castro who allegedly mediated a dispute Between Noriega and Colombia s Medellin Cartel after panamanian Irons raided a drug Laboratory the Gener Al had been paid 10 protect. Bui Castro is Noi charged in the indictment. This indictment details for the first Lime allegations of the Central rate played by Manuel Antonio Noriega in inc International narcotics Trade and How he sold his official position to further narcotics trafficking through  . Attorney Leon kill nor said Friday. Also charged in the 12-Cojnt indictment were is others including Cartel Leader Pablo Escobar Gaviria and a top Noriega aide capt. Luis Del Cid. Canel Leader Jorge Ochoa Vasqucz is mentioned in the document but was not indicted. Fidel Casino was not indicted because Uherc was insufficient evidence to charge him said kill nor. Noriega could face up to 145 years in prison and fires of More than $1,1 million if convicted on All charges said prosecutors who concede it s unlikely Noriega could be extradited. But Kellner said there l always a Hope that no Riega could be brought to trial. Efforts to bring Nonenn from Panama for prosecution were in the hands of Federal officials in Washington and inc International police Agency Interpol. He said. A second indictment unsealed Friday in Tampa accuses Noriega of conspiracy to import distribute and attempt to import in excess of i million pounds of marijuana. The three count indictment charged Noriega and a close associate panamanian businessman Enn Guc pre see dictator on Back Paga Kohl urges further arms control talks Bonn i d West German Chan cellar Helmut Kohl Friday pressed . Secretary of in sense Frank Carlucci for negotiations on chemical conventional and Short Range uni car weapons in inc Wake of the superpower agreement to eliminate medium Range missiles. Carlucci who is on the last ice. Of a three nation european tour after a Deci Sion to withdraw . F-16 fighter planes from Spain was whisked to the Federal chancellors immediately on Arri Val to discuss Wilh Kohl the next Steps in the arms control process. He Hen met for three hours Wilh his West German counterpart Manfred Wisner. The Chancellor pointed out that the Central problem in european Security is the Warsaw pact superiority in conventional weapons and the future negotiations must address the existing inequality spokesman Kritil Helm Ost said. He said Kohl also pointed out West Germany s Strong interest in the elimination Ofchar tical weapons. Kohl lot Carlucci the conventional forces reductions must be made in connection with a chemical weapons ban and negotiations on the Short Range Battlefield weapons no covered by the inf treaty. Osl said. However Ost said. Wisl German clan cullor Helmut Kohl Carlucci in Bonn in Friday. App Holu of sol meets is. Defense Secretary Frunk there can be no question of a third lera  a statement issued by the defense ministry said Carlucci and Wumer agreed thai redressing the Warsaw part Superior it in conventional forces was crucial to european Security. The statement said there was agreement on All items  Carlucci arrived from Rome where italian defense minister Alcrio Zanone told him Italy would consider accepting 72 u.5. Tighter jets slated to leave Spain in three years. Morocco has offered to Lake the fits but the United slates would like to keep them in Europe to defend he Southern flank. The . Congress has refused to fund the Transfer so Carlucci has been seeking support from the 16-Nalion nato Alli Ance. Carlucci also visited Portugal but said it was not considered As a base for the planes. After leaving Bonn Carlucci was scheduled to travel to Munich o attend the 25th annual Chr Kundic seminar where about 200 lop nato officials and experts including . Congressmen will discuss nato strategy and the Impact of the treaty to remove medium Range nuclear missiles from Europe Royal red nose Prince Andrew wearing a red nest taken part la comic Relief  British cum inns sold red now and Orennia Tiki Blim no Nihon to raise Hinds for Sun Ink people in Sudan and Ethiopia. Sly he 3. White House now Waif ing of see democratic plan to Aid contras Washington a with the de feat of military Aid for Contra rebels in Nicaragua the White House Friday said it was anxious to see the package of humanitarian assistance being drafted by congressional democrats the firs step is in tee what they have in mind said presidential spokesman Martin . We will be anxious to see what inc democrats propose. Show us something to respond  a Day after the House dealt a fatal blow to inc administration policy of sup plying the rebels with some military Aid the while House salvaged a purely sym Bolic Victory when the Senate voted 51 48, in favor of the s36.2 million plan. The earlier House vote meant the Mea sure already was dead and the Senate action thursday had no practical effect. Filz Waitr said we re certainly very gratified by the Senate vote. We think in sends an important signal to Nicaragua to the sandinista that the uni cd states government is watching very closely what happens there. Referring to two congressional critics of Contra Aid Filz water said the administration would be watching closely to Sec if nicaraguan president Daniel one a docs indeed live up to the standards or. Tony Coelho a Calif and or. Christopher Dodd a Conn and others have told us that he will be Mecl  asked Why he mentioned the two members of Congress Filz water said i just think it s important that we not for gel the advocates who have put so much Confidence in or. Ortega and inc Sandi nistas and Hal we keep thai in mind As we judge the peace  House speaker Jim Wright a Texas said an alternative Aid package limited strictly to humanitarian Aid would be put together with bipartisan support Over the next three weeks Fiu Waler said any humanitarian Aid Bill has to be More than a thinly veiled plan of surrender. It has to be More than a refugee Aid package. Ii has to be serious and  Filz water also expressed the presi Dent s deep  at the 219-21 rejection of his Aid plan by the House on wednesday night in a statement Reagan asserted my commitment to peace and democracy in Cen trial America is  after meeting with Secretary of slate George Shutlz at the slate department Contra political Leader Adolfo Calgro raid be planned to approach foreign countries in an Effort 10 solicit replace ments for . Aid  
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