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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 o the stars and stripes tuesday March 1,1988 israelis ordered to watch film of beatings Jerusalem 1ap a senior commander ordered his officers sunday up View film footage of troops Bru tally beating Arab prisoners and said the israeli army must not become a rabble  maj. In Amram Minna head of inc Central command Hiil is in charge of the occupied West Bank Filic Jordan River gathered All officers Over the rank of platoon commander sunday and showed them the fool Ige Sho by chs news in the West Bank town of Nablus Israel radio reported i m against those who think we can sweep internal problems under the Carpel just because they re no  Mitina said earlier on Israel radio. We have to make sure we Don t become a rabble army the ilm. Which showed four soldiers in Nablus kicking and beating 10 palestinians last thursday shocked Many israelis who believed violence by sol Diers during three months of palestinian demo Nous Lions had receded after new army orders last week limited the use of Force. Some members of prime minister Yitzhak Shamir s right Wing liked bloc defended the soldiers. I m against the Lynch atmosphere said liked legislator Pinchas Goldstein. There was no need to arrest the  transport minister Chaim kor ii also of liked told inc Cabinet sunday the press should be barred from Trie occupied lands for three months. We Are in a conformal Ion Corfu later told Israel army radio. We must take these minimal measures when we know for certain he Media is responsible for some of the  according to , figures 74 arabs have been killed by the israelis during the violent in the occupied West Bank and Gaza slip since dec. 10. Hundreds have been wounded and there have been Many eases of soldiers severely beating palestinians. The lbs film showed four soldiers members of a tank unit kicking inc palestinians whose hands were tied behind their backs and smashing them on inc legs and arms with fist sized rocks. The four were arrested and their Deputy unit com Mander a Captain was suspended. It was announced saturday that the four soldiers would be tried by a military court Minna ordered the release of the two arabs. Amalia Harpa the Mother of one of the four sol Diers filmed by lbs said her son had changed since he began serving in the occupied territories 10 weeks ago. I educated my son to go the army Lake responsibility and defend the country she told Israel radio what has happened is thai he has turned into a beater of women and  she is a resident of Kibbutz go scr a communal settlement. Israel radio said several lawyers have offered to rep resent the soldiers without charge. It reported the Law yers said if anyone was responsible for a crime it is Israel s leaders. New wove of strikes curtail italian rain Rome a a travellers a new wave of Airport and railway personnel a italia. Italy s stale run airline cancelled hundreds of flights to and from Rome s airports because of a 2� hour strike by ground personnel. It was the " series of walkouts to proc Suaco " " tract renewal Sceolia flight Sand its connections to ill of a lands operated normally As did rights by other airline s. Passengers however often had to wait for More than hour for their i Nain Sta Rcd disruptions from a t Way employees that started at 9 . Meanwhile Italy s major daily newspapers did not publish sunday As a result of a 48-hour nationwide walkout by journalists protesting stalemated contract talks. Only a few regional papers exempt from the strike came out sunday. Iston and radio ran limited news broadcasts sunday without film reports and were to cancel All newscasts on monday. Journalists strike prevented most italians from my exploits of Italy s olympic skiing hero Alberto Tara Bdil on his second Gold medal saturday. To i acre Sera one of the Tai Littow Obj com to strike ran a front Page headline saying Tomba is already a legend British Jet aborts flight because of malfunction London api a British airways jumbo Jet in route to Washington and Pittsburgh with 281 passengers sunday returned to Brilain and made an Emer gency Landing because its Wing slats Mal functioned an airline spokesman said. A piece of a Wing Flap fell from the Jet As it landed .11 Heathrow Airport and two runways were closed temporarily for inspection but no debris was found. Press association the British Domestic news Agency said. Shortly after the Boeing 747 took of Tusl after noon he Pilot found he could not retract the slats on one Wing the Airt in spokesman said. The Pilot dumped the air Craft s fuel and returned to London Wing slats project at an Angle at the Edge of each Wing. By increasing the area of the Wing they increase a plane s lift. The Wing slats would not go Back in but the problem would not have caused any serious control difficulties the spokesman said. The Pilot decided to return is a precaution and because he did not want to Fly the Atlantic with a fault on the aircraft. There was no danger and the aircraft made a perfectly Normal  British airways said inc passengers were put on another of its aircraft or rebooted on another airline. Delvalle in hiding pledges to return to office Panama City Panama a deposed presi Dent Eric a  remained in hiding sunday in Defiance of Gen. Manat Abu Pio Noriega the Mili tary strongman who ousted him atffl1  of the count n. His whereabouts were a closely guarded secret but family members said he was in a Safe and secure place in Panama in goad spirits and determined to regain his Job. _ i and going to stay Here and Slick Itous do Tiu told acc television in a  saturday night. I m going to fight it tin the  Roderick b Equivel Delvalle s vice president also was in hiding. Both men were ousted from office Early Friday in an action by the National legislative Assembly orchestrated by Noriega after they tried to have him removed Cense forces. Vallec was ice Chonin  Hopes of regaining inc presidency suffered a setback saturday night when the permanent Council of Lii organization of american Stales meeting in Washington declined to take any action on Panama. Delvalle and the Reagan administration had hoped the Oas would agree to impose Trade sanctions a Pinsl Panama or at least approve a Resolution condemning the president s ouster by the military. On the eve of a planned nationwide protest strike priests   throughout the. 0mwprrfflluiiiljue to parishioners from Arch of Marcos g. Mcgrath that decried the actions of Asi few Days but urged followers not to resort to i to resolve what he called the Brave nation Braih by  problems facing Panama. A ,., the strike was called by inc National civic crusade a coalition of about 200 professional business labor and political groups that has been seeking Noriega s ouster since last june. Maine from Page 1 City and town caucuses were scheduled on one Day. In log air to the party convention will choose 23 pledged delegates to the National nominating convention with an additional four going As uncommitted. Gop care us arc scattered Over Sev eral weeks wills 7h continuing sunday and 20 scheduled for later in March. These caucuses pick 1.506 delegates to the gop mate convention where the 22 gop National delegates will be chosen. Four of the six democrats mean while gathered for a debate in Houston where the absentees Dukakis and rep. Richard Gephardt came under fire for skipping the event. At a Republican debate in Atlanta the first full scale gop face off of the Southern Campaign Dole took aim at Bush for the Reagan administration s decision id Trade arms for hostages in the Iran Contra affair that he said was a big mistake. We never should Trade arms for hos tages. We should t Issue these reports and say we should t Trade arms for hos tages the vice president s report and then later go to a meeting and say it s All right. We should t do those things Dole said holding up a report on terrorism thai was written by a presidential commission headed by Bush. Bush did not respond directly but did say mistakes were made in the ran Contra affair. Kemp whose Campaign has been faltering alter poor showings in Early con tests accused Bush and dote of support ing la increase. They sound alike. They talk alike. They be supported every single la in crease Over the last eight years the new York congressman said if they re nominated the Reagan revolution is Over gone  Dole hit Back saying Jack s never met a deficit he did t  and Bush told the new York congressman you Don t care about deficits. You never have and they re Public enemy no. 1," the gop contest was sponsored by inc Atlanta journal Constitution news papers which also organized o demo cratic fact Olson saturday. There Duka Kis made stinging attacks on rivals Gephardt and sen Albert Gore or. Of Tennessee Gore who largely bypassed Early con tests in new Hampshire and Iowa is pinning his Hopes on a Strong showing on super tuesday March 8. On that Day 20 Stales mostly in inc South will hold Pri Maries or caucuses. Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia who Dis appointed Many democrats when he decided to sit out the presidential race said sunday he still has t decided whether to lend h is backing to his fellow southerner. "1 like Al Gore Nunn said in an interview on Abc tvs meet the  i like what he says on National Securi  but he said i also like pick Gep Hardt. ,., i m not ducking it. I just Haven t decided whom j m going to vote for  Gephardt and Dukakis responsible for the sharpest sparring among the democrats lately did not attend sunday night s democratic debate in Houston. Gar Hart attacked the absentees. Apparently they Don t care much about Texas and the South inc former Colorado senator said. Those who did attend the debate however admitted they re getting a bit tired of such gather Ings. We really arc kind of trapped in these 90-second sound bites trying to say a thing that makes a difference said Jack son. There really is a problem in these debates in that we have to answer in 60 seconds or 90 seconds and in some de Bates 30 seconds,1 said Paul Simon. Jackson in Tampa Fla. Visited a crime Ridden neighbourhood and decried the despair and frustration that has led to clashes Between residents and police. Jackson has pledged to raise the mini Muni wage provide Long term health insurance Lor All americans and to make fighting drugs his top priority. The sandinista Are not threatening the streets of Tampa this morning he said the no i threat is Coke crack and   
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