European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 28 the stars and stripes monday february 8.1988 Noriega hires 3 lawyers to fight charges Miami up1 panamanian strongman Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega indicted on Federal drug charges earlier this week has hired three attorneys 10 represent him in any Legal proceedings in the United slates one of the lawyers said saturday. Miami attorneys Frank a Rubino. Raymond to gift. And Neil sonet met Wilh Noriega in Panama City on Friday and saturday to review the charts. Rubino Laid by Telephone from the panamanian capital. Noriega is Dolatly shocked and sure id that the government has resorted 1o a criminal indictment Ole by for the purpose of influencing political decisions in his  Rubino said the general shall come out of his fighting. He will nol Lake this lying Down a statement issued by Rubino s Miami office ale saturday said Noriega categorically denies All allegations against him. The three attorneys have been retained to represent him in Federal court and at any congressional hearings in Washington Rubino said. Noriega. 50, was indicted thursday by Federal grand juries in Tampa. Fla., and Miami. The Miami indie Mcnol charged him Wilh taking millions of dollars in bribes from drug smugglers to turn Panama into a Haven for traffickers allowing them to use the country As a shipping Point. The Tampa indictment charges Noriega with arranging to smuggle nearly 1 million pounds of marijuana into the United Stales Over two years. Haiti swears in first elected Leader after 3 decades of dictatorial Rule port a Prince Haiti up1i former professor a Telic f. Mani Gal was inaugurated As Haiti s first elected president in 30 years sunday marking the end of a violent transition to civilian Rule in the army led Caribbean Nalion. Manigat. A 57-Ycar-Olij former political scientist look the oath of office in French in Bright Sun in front of the National Assembly building from chamber of deputies president j acquis Sai no Louis. Dressed in a dark suit and striped lie a grim faced mania at accepted the red and Bluc Sash of office with a handshake Irani la. Gen. Henri Namphy. Head of the military led interim government. Manigat who faces obstacles of bitter opposition army involvement in politics and Iii Remc poverty in the Black Caribbean nation was to address the country in an evening television and radio broadcast. Man Igal s in Augu rat Ion ends a iwo a car transition to civilian government following the collapse of the Duvalier dictatorship in february 19s6. He is the first elected president since Francois papa Doc Duvalier look office in october 1957 and began a 29-year family Rule the transition overseen by Namphy s three Man Junta and backed by the United states has been Markol by violent political unrest thai left scores of civilians slain h Security forces and Duvalier St gun men.  was elected in military run elections Jan. 17 character a a by widespread  Ond a Boycott by Foi a presidential candidates was were favored in november polls. Leslie Mani Gal Carlucci from Paga 1 nato s War fighting pos Uri which could Force an Early Choice Between surrender or escalation to the use of nuclear  Nunn said. Among the most glaring deficiencies according to Nunn arc inadequate stockpiles of ammunition Shel ters and refuelling capabilities for . Aircraft thai would be deployed to Europe in a crisis. Nunn said nato should seek ways 10 exploit its advantage in technology to Render soviet tanks and other armaments obsolete and the Alliance should is pand programs involving cooperative research and development. I believe that the modernisation of our remaining Battlefield and theater nuclear forces is a necessity he said. I want to make that absolutely  but Nunn also warned that failure to adequately educate the Public about the need for nuclear deter rence and Well stocked conventional forces could re Mit in nato falling Down a Slippery slope to euro can . American disengagement and Pentagon from Page 1 other cause of deaths accounting for 11,191. Illness and disease have caused 3,2 3 s deaths. A total of 1 930 Stem from suicides while homicides account Tor 942. Hostile deaths total 324, while 259 Are Wiiri Butch to other  the Man hazardous pay Grade in the 190s has been e-4, with 3,723 casualties in that Grade. Close behind soviet  Severn european defense ministers also spoke Al the conference which generally dealt Wilh the a Meri can soviet disarmament negotiations and their implications for nato. Ian Stewart minister of stale for armed forces in England said the allies could draw an important lesson from the disarmament negotiations. We will succeed if we negotiate from strength Stewart said improved relations Between the East and West should not be misconstrued As a signal that the soviet Union is no longer the military threat to nato said Senate majority Leader Robert c. Byrd . In the end it would be ironic if we allow our Brief Victory with the inf treaty id conclude that our adversary has abandoned its historic goals on the world scene Byrd said " rather our course should be one of new Initialise to constantly test the Confidence and the willingness of the new soviet leaders to expand the Pace and radius of peaceful  said Nunn deterring War and preserving Freedom is not like building a dam. It is nol something that slays put once you do it i e-3. Wanh 3,198 casualties. Ess arc net. Followed by e-6s, e-2s and ets. The most dangerous officer Grade is 0-3. Wilh 694 deaths. That s followed by is 0-2s, 0-5s and 0-ls. Deaths of personnel in the general offi cer and Flag ranks total 1s for the decade. Not to the United slates Germany wish the highest concentration of . Troops abroad has the highest casualty count in this decade Wilh 1,674. Followed in descending order by Canada Lebanon. Japan. South Korea Italy the Philippines the United kingdom and Spain the Only other location to total triple figures is the North Atlantic Ocean Wilh . Noriega who is head of the armed forces has been the country s de Faculo ruler since 1983. He has faced mounting opposition in Panama and has been the subject of congressional hearings into his alleged involve ment in drug trafficking. Us. Attorney Leon Kellner in Miami said thai no Riega is the most powerful foreign Leader Ever indicted on . Drug charges but that it is unlikely he will stand trial in an american court. I would assume that the Only Way he could be brought to this country is if he s no longer the head of the panamanian defense forces Kellner said at a news conference. An extradition treaty Between the two nations Doc not require either to extradite its own ii Lens. News briefs Franco s widow buried in cemetery near Madrid Madrid Spain a King Junn Carlos and Queen Sofia joined several thousand mourners sunday at the burial of Carmen Polo do Franco widow of the late Spanish Niter fran Cisco Franco at a cemetery in the Village of Al Pardo outside Madrid. Mrs. Franco died saturday at her Madrid Home from complications resulting from Bron Chial pneumonia. She was 87.the government of socialist prime minister Felipe Gonzalez made no Public statement on mrs. Franco s  estimated 5,000 mourners lined the Street leading to the cemetery behind he 18th Century Palace where the Francos lived As Spain s first family from 1939 to 197 the mourners waved red and yellow Spanish flags bearing the Black Francois Eagle and shouted Long live Franco As the funeral Cor Tege passed by. Several do in mourners booed the King and scuffled Wilh his bodyguards. Mecham says lawyers will tear accusers to bits w1llcox, aril. A impeached gov. Evan Mecham said saturday thai has lawyer will tear his accusers to bits during his Ina in the stale Senate and that he still was not sure who was entitled to act As governor for now. The 63-year-old Republican who was impeached by an overwhelming House vote Friday told a Friendly town Hall audience he believed House members wanted to impeach him because they thought he would win his May 17 recall elec  embattled governor said House members also know darn Well that the criminal court in t going 10 convict me on the trumped up charges of concealing a 1150,000 Campaign loan the governor is scheduled to go on trial this Spring on sin felony charge including fraud perjury and filing false documents.  stoic Rose mofford a Democrat became acting governor As soon As the House passed the impeachment Resolution Friday Tiete attorney general Bob Corbin. A Republican said saturday. Iran s main Oil terminal bombed by iraqi planes Manama Bahrain api iraqi warplanes defied iranian air defences sunday to raid their foe s main Oill criminal in the Gulf for the first Lime in More than three months the government in Baghdad and Gulf based shipping sources said. Iranian gunboats attacked a .-owned Tanker flying the liberian Flag near the Strait of Hor Muz Bui May have broken off the assault prematurely when a foreign warship answered the Tanker s distress Cal the . Navy s 9lh Convoy of the year apparently was approaching its base in Kuwait. As Wilh most .-csconed convoys in 198j, it included Only one Rel based kuwaiti Tanker the 294,739-ton townnd7escorted by the guided missile frigate Mcclusky when it entered the Gulf two Days ago. Iraq s official news Agency monitored in Manama Bahrain called the mid Oming raid on Harg Island a new gloriou.1 deed in Iraq s Campaign to destroy Iran s Oil based Economy