European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 27. 1988 the stars and stripes 2 arabs die As clashes Mark Shultz visit Jerusalem a israeli soldiers killed two arabs and wounded several others thursday As strikes and violence in the occupied territories punctuated the Start Tif secretory of state George p. Shult s peace Mission. Shult arrived at Ben Gurion International Airport to Start five Days of talks with israeli and Arab leaders. He will use Jerusalem As a base for Brief trips to Syria Egypt and Jordan. Israeli authorities braced for further violence on Friday. The underground United National leadership of the uprising distributed leaflets last week end calling for a Day of popular uprising in the West Hank and a a strip. The Jerusalem police Force has been doubled and the military called in to help. Soldiers and police have been patrolling Jerusalem s Arab villages Check ing palestinian cars and Homes in the Days preceding Shult s arrival. The occupied West Hank and Gaza were Paral de a second straight Day by a general strike with shops and schools closed streets empty and few palestinian workers leaving their Homes for jobs in Israel. An army spokesman said demonstrators in Niin 60 Miles North of Jerusa Lem threw stones building blocks and bottles at soldiers. Soldiers first tried to disperse the pro testers with tear Gas and rubber bullets the spokesman said. The soldiers then opened fire with live ammunition killing one Man and wounding another. The Arab run Palestine press service identified the victim As Issam said Abu Khalifeh. 18. Hospital officials said he was shot in the head and Chest and that four others were hit by gunfire. In Nablus 40 Miles North of Jerusalem. Israeli soldiers shot and killed 14-year-old Hassam Al Wajeh and wounded four palestinians one seriously Hospital officials and Arab reporters said. The two deaths increased to 65 the number of palestinians killed by israeli gunfire since the current wave of unrest began dec. 8. According to a United nations count. An Arab reporter and a Nablus doctor said israeli soldiers stormed Nablus Al ill had Hospital thursday night breaking furniture and beating people. An army spokesman said the report was being checked. The Arm said riot police were forced to use live ammunition during demonstrations in Halata refugee Camp near Nablus. Where one Arab was shot in the Secretary of state George Shult left and israeli foreign minister Shimon Perez Exchange views upon Sulu arrival in Israel. Leg and a policeman injured by stones. At Yalta 20 Miles South of Jcruz Alum. Two palestinians were shot and wounded after protesters used stones and bottles to attack an army truck the army said. In tul Karym 60 Miles to the North West another demonstrator was shot in the leg it  military spokesman said the army arrested 100 people suspected of involve ment in the Lynching wednesday of an Arab suspected of collaborating with israeli authorities. The Man Mohammed Al Ayad fired into a crowd advancing on his Home in a Baliya. Near Jonin killing a 4-year-old boy and wounding 13 others. His House was burned Down. The crowd later hanged him from a Utility pole. Shultz was met at the Airport by for eign minister Shimon Peres Leader of the left leaning labor party. Reagan s Israel comments clarified Washington a the White House in attempting to clarify some of president Reagan s news conference an Swers played Down his claim that outsiders arc stirring up trouble in israeli occupied territories and brushed aside an apparent difference with Secretary of state George Shutlz. During a news conference wednesday night Reagan had been asked about Vio Lence in the israeli occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. He replied that there is every Evi Dence to believe that these riots arc not just spontaneous and Home grown we have had intimations that there have been certain people suspected of being terrorists outsiders coming in not Only with weapons but stirring up and encouraging the trouble. However. Shultz had Given a different slant on the cause of the problem blam ing the violent unrest on longtime israeli occupation of the territories. Shultz said intelligence material showed a mixed picture with interaction with outside  but he added. There is an underlying problem consist ing of a Large number of people in occupation who Haven t had the Basic rights of  White House spokesman Marlin Fitz water said the comments by Reagan and Shutlz Are totally  the president said the same thing As Shutlz. That they were partly influenced by outside  Reagan did not use the word  . Oil firms registering Gulf tankers with Britain Manama. Bahrain a major . Oil Compa Nies doing regular business with saudi Arabia Are turn ing to Britain for Protection of their tankers against iranian attacks Gulf based shipping executives and diplomatic sources said thursday. The sources All speaking on condition they not he named said the move by such corporations As Chev Ron and Mobil was apparently prompted by loss of Hope that the . Navy s escort operations would be expanded to cover .-Owncd or operated vessels that do not Fly the american Flap. Thuv said Chevron and Mobil recently registered a total of five supertanker in Bermuda under the red Ensign Flag of the British merchant Marine and Exxon corporation had brought its Bahamas registered Esso Atlantic out of four years retirement to carry crude to the United states. The 516,893-ton ship is one of the world s three or four largest. Exxon already has about a do in supertanker flying the British hag and another five sailing under the French Flag. France Britain. Italy and the soviet Union also have naval escort contingents in the Gulf. Two Chevron owned vessels the 413.158-ton Chev Ron South America and the 264.000-ton Chevron Edinburgh were shifted from liberian to bermudan Regis try in december. The vessels routinely operate Between saudi Arabia s Ras Tanura terminal and Chevron s refinery in Pascagoula miss. The Chevron Fleet is estimated at 48, mainly under liberian registry. Mobil with a 28-Vcsscl Fleet has transferred three liberian flagged tankers to bermudan. They arc the 277 000-Tonmobil Falcon the 280,428-ton Mobil pet Rol and the 138,496-ton Mobil Acme which also routinely carry saudi crude to the United states. The . Navy s Middle East Force mainly protects 11 state owned kuwaiti tankers re registered last year in the United states. Only one of the kuwaiti ships is a crude Oil Tanker and none of them sails regularly to the United states which derives Only six percent of its Oil imports directly from Gulf sources. Although the . Navy May escort any .-Flag vessel few enter the waterway where nearly 500 ships have been hit or damaged since the Iraq Iran War began in september 1980 and spread in Earnest to the Gulf four years ago. Iran strikes at Neutral vessels in the 600-mile waterway in retaliation for iraqi raids on its own Tanker routes. Following an increase in iranian attacks last year american shipowners with vessels registered under other flags of convenience for tax and other Pur poses or carrying cargo to and from the United states under other flags urged the Pentagon to let the Navy escort their vessels. The pressure increased just before the new defense Secretary Frank Carlucci visited the Gulf last month to reassess the Navy s role. However the policy of escorting Only .-Flaggcd vessels was subsequently reaffirmed at the same time that Carlucci announced a slight cutback in the num Ber of . Warships in the Gulf and nearby Waters. The . Escort operations for re flagged kuwaiti tankers have been a Success and the americans do not want to poll it said one of the shipping sources. Expansion of the role would not fit with the Fine Tun ing to which they Are now  the Reagan administration apparently has stressed to shipowners that Protection would be Given Only to ships flying the american Flag and therefore subject to . Taxes and Laws requiring american Crews. Under British registry vessels must have British captains but arc sheltered from taxation. As Britain s Gulf Force known As the armilla patrol sails Only As far North As Bahrain Halfway up the Gulf ships it escorts would be on their own if heading to Ras Tanura. 50 Miles further North or to saudi or kuwaiti ports farther North. Although shipping executives at Ras Tanura Saj they have sighted an occasional British warship in their Waters it is not a regular occurrence. We do not know that the British have any intention at present to change the area of  said one Diplomat. As far As we arc aware there is no change arid the vessels would have to make their own Way upward from  a knowledgeable shipping source who is in regular Contact with Oil companies in saudi Arabia said there was no need for British escort beyond Bahrain be cause saudi Arabia s Navy had made the area secure. He refused to elaborate