European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday april 3.1988 israeli troops open fire kill 6 palestinian attackers Jerusalem a israeli troops opened fire saturday on palestinians who attacked them with rocks bottles knives and Metal bars in the West Bank and Gaia strip and six protester were killed the army said. Two israeli soldiers were injured Trie bloodshed broke out As jews celebrated the first Day of passover the we Klong festival celebrating the exodus of the jews from Egypt and a Day after christians marked Good Friday. In Gaza City protesters hurled knives and Metal rods a patrolling troops and tried to seize their weapons an army spokesman said. Soldiers opened fire on the attackers killing three he said. One Soldier suffered sub wounds and was Token to a nearby Hospital the army spokesman said. His Condi Tion was not described As sinous. Another Soldier was slightly injured the military official said. There were conflicting reports on the number of wounded protesters. The army said iwo protesters were wounded by gunfire but palestinian journalists set the number As High As 13. Officials at Gaza City s Ahli Arab and Shifa Hospi tals said they admitted three palestinians with gunshot wounds and Arab reports said another was transferred to an israeli Hospital. In the biblical West Bank own of Bethlehem troops fired at hundreds of protesters who attacked them with rocks and empty bottles in the town s main Market and one Arab was killed the army said. Witnesses in Bethlehem said the violence began in the morning after soldiers forced shops in the main Market to close in violation of  orders that they stay open in the morning but observe a strike in the afternoon. Protest leaders Ihnn arrived and forced shops id reopen the witnesses said. Hundreds of youths Gath ered and began moving through the Market streets 10 Central Manger Square where troops were stationed. As the protesters hurled Nocks and empty bottles at the troops some soldiers turned and began chasing the youths through the winding cobbles once streets fir ing tear Gas rubber bullets and finally live bullets the witnesses said. They said several demonstrators were wounded. An army spokesman confirmed the a Cash but said troops Only fired at the Man when he approached them with an object thai resembled a firebomb. According to . Figure the killings brought the palestinian death toll to 13 since unrest broke out dec. 8 in the West Bank and Gaza strip one israeli Soldier has died. With fewer holy week visitors than usual because of the Arab uprising in its occupied lands Israel sought to ensure the safety of thousands of christians who had come for easter sunday observances the violence came on the Day before Secretary of state George Shultz was scheduled to arrive for talks in Jerusalem As he pushes a Middle East peace plan. Police and troops were reinforced in and around Jerusalem s holy Sites to protect participants at easter ceremonies by christians celebrating their belief that Christ was resurrected two Days after dying on a Cross. Early Friday the government lined the order that scaled off the occupied lands for three Days. Foreign journalists and israeli arabs among others had been barred from the occupied territories. W photo hanging Tough attorney general Edwin Meese Iii appears at Newt conference at inc Jas race department Fri Ujj in Washington. Mme uld be would not re sign dept to the outcry oter Hli role i u incl pipeline Deal and alleged links to lit Hudal . . Military options to oust Noriega rejected Santa Barbara Calif. F a the Reagan administration has considered a number of military alter natives to oust panamanian strongman Manuel Anto Nio Noriega but they have been rejected,1 president Reagan s chief spokesman said saturday. Ailed about a flurry of news reports thai Secretary of slate George Shultz was pushing a bold military or Covert move to gel Noriega out Filz Walcer said inc panamanian problem has presented Fertile ground for a Rich imagination about possible solutions. Dut the United Stales intentions Are to protect our citizens and our assets la re he said. There have been any number of offensive plans raised but to this Point they have been rejected he added. The los Angeles times reported saturday thai Shultz hat recommended kidnapping Noriega and a Cia Coor Dinald military coup As ways of unseating the general. Shultz and Elliott Abrams assistant Secretary of state for latin America also suggested Landing More than 3,000 . Soldiers in Panama o encourage Pana Manian military officers opposed to Noriega the times said. The proposals were strongly opposed by the Cia and defense Secretary Frank c. Cartucci who labelled them dangerous and ill timed said the times quoting unidentified administration officials on both sides of the discussion. However actions still being considered by the cab inet include fomenting u coup against Noriega and Landing More than 3,000 soldiers at . Installations in Panama in a show of Force the times said. A group of panamanian officers Attim plod a coup last month but failed. Stale department spokesman Charles Redman travelling with Shutlz in Rome would not comment on the report. Cagan who has started a 10-Day easier vacation at his Mountaintop ranch near Here is monitoring the situation closely. Fiu water said As the Pentagon prepares to Send 1,300 . Military personnel to strength i Hie american military presence there. Shortly after Reagan arrived in California Friday the defense department announced that the addition Al troops would be deployed beginning this week to improve the Security of 0.5, military installations in the troubled country. The Reagan administration for weeks has been applying economic and diplomatic pressure to Force no Riega out of Power. Noriega has been indicted by a Federal grand jury in the United states on drug trafficking charges. Filz Bier asked last week if the administration was considering seizing Noriega said  but the spokesman told reporters accompanying Reagan to California on air Force one on Friday thai the administration was still reviewing options aimed at securing Noriega s departure. The Pentagon decision to Send additional manpower Many of them military police came in the Wake of a March by panamanian Iro Opl on a Panama City hotel earlier in the week. During that Inci Donl several . Journalists were detained briefly and authorities confiscated videotapes of four . Television network. Iii water said Reagan would be kept abreast of Sci Cral matters while the president and his wife Nancy relax at Rancho Del Cielo in the Santa Ynez Moun Tain. Reagan also will be kept informed of any Progress thai Shutlz makes As he Renews the administration s Middle East peacemaking efforts with visits to several countries in tie Region. The president also will be briefed on events in Nicaragua where the marxist sandinista regime is scheduled to resume talks with inc Contra or Buls tuesday. Panama from fags 1 commission workers employees of . Firms their families and others. Also Friday As the Long easter weekend began . Military authorities cased travel restrictions on Ameri can military personnel based in Panama. The Southern com j said soldiers and their dependents could travel within Panama City As Long As they exercise caution and avoid potentially dangerous crowds and dem  the streets of the capita were virtually deserted fridays panamanians marked Good Friday. Opposition leaders said a 12-Day-old general strike against Noriega remained in effect despite supermarkets and other stores thai reopened wednesday and thursday. The strike also was weakened when . Corporation paid More than $3 million in taxes Export duties and other fees to Noriega i Cash starved regime his week. The Reagan administration thursday said it set up special escrow accounts to hold such funds so . Firms could voluntarily avoid paying Noriega s regime. . Officials have already Frozen some Iso million in panamanian assets deposited with . Banks and suspended payments for use of the Panama canal. Noriega s government closed Public offices and ministries thursday for the easier Holiday sending most of Panama s stale workers Home without a paycheck for the second time in a month. Officer from Page l efforts and again try to Divide the military. Defense Secretary Fidel v. Ramos said the military was taking every possible action to bring Back Hona san and minimize or neutralize any further damage that he can  he and his group really have very Little capability to sow violence and terror on our population but per haps the biggest setback will be propaganda propaganda to recruit a new following for himself mini civil ians especially those disgruntled with the government. And also from the armed forces of the Philippines Ramos said. Onasan former defense m i Nishry chief of Security played a key role in tie feb. 22. 1986, Mutiny and popular uprising that toppled president Ferdinand Marcos Bui he became disillusioned with Aquino accusing her of weak and inept leadership thai fortified inc 19-year-old communist Insu Rocney. On aug. 28, Onasan led a farce of 2,000 men who attacked the presidential Palace and seized several Media and military installations in the capital before icy were driven off by pro Aquino forces. The coup attempt left i3 people dead and wounded hundreds and Aquino said it was aimed at killing her and her family