European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday. April 9,19b8 anti Noriega forces appear split Panama City. Panama a the roman Catholic c Hurch has suspended its Effort to mediate Panama s political Emu As intr first major Snail appeared in the opposition to Gen. Manuel Antonio no Riega. Marcos g. Mcgrath. Inc Catholic archbishop of Panama. Mid in a statement he is withdrawing his mediation offer for three reasons opposition groups refused to talk to the govern ment until u showed in was willing o discuss he de parture of Noriega. The archbishop had no received Noriega s i Pricil and personal hacking of the initiative in writ ing. There were no assurances thai the four International leaders who proposed the talks could be present. The breakdown came a Day after Noriega ordered the arrests of several leading opponents. The general has defied . Efforts to Force hts resignation. Panama s Banks were not open Friday and arc expected to remain closed next week. The government said last week it had hoped o have Banks functioning again Friday. A major rift appeared late this week in the anti no Riega movement As iwo parties split from the opposition Alliance to form their own anti government move ment. Their leaders argued thai . Economic sanctions arc hurling Panama s people More than they arc dam aging Noriega and the civilian government he controls. Roberto Arosemena and Mauro Zuniga leaders of the popular action party announced formation of the popular civic movement in a break with Ine National civic crusade an Alliance of about 200 organisations thai has led the 10-Monlh-old Effort to oui Noriega. Washington has supported the civic crusade in us Effort to remove Noriega As chief of inc i  bar defense forces which include the military an police. Noriega is under indictment in he United states on drug trafficking charges which he denies Zuniga Laid the new movement rejects any . In fluence. The last of 1.300 additional . Soldiers arrived thursday at Howard a outside Panama City com pitting a buildup meant to provide greater Security for the Panama canal american installations and us. Citizens. Bomb parts seized in route to Iraq italian police say italian Polk Bow reporters some of the bomb hardware they so lid. Rome a about 180 tons of a trial presumed to be components for Cluster bombs were shipped from it Lylo Iraq since june police said. Italian Law forbids Sale or Supply of arms to Iraq or to Iran which have been at War in the persian Gulf since septem Ber i9ko. Officials Here said two men were uric std and a third was sought. The shipments were halted with the March 24 Sci ure at Komi s Leonardo a Vinci Airport of nearly 27 tons of bomb parts about to be loaded on an iraqi air ways Jet bound for Baghdad said officials of the Carabini Cri Italy s paramilitary Poi inc Force. An added 33 ions of parts wailing to be transported to the Airport and eventually to Iraq also were seized recent Yin Italy the police said. Customs declarations were falsified to describe the components As pans for furniture or pare parts for Home appliances or plumbing repair the police said speaking on condition of anonymity. They said documents examined by police showed the iraqi ministry of plan Ning ordered the shipments and the iraqi government provided for a Pori agents in Rome a letter of credit for s8 million to cover dealings with italian factories manufacturing the pans. Cluster bombs designed to spread shrapnel Over a wide area Are an effective anti personnel weapon. Iraq has used such bombs to break up mass Irani an ground assaults Iran says Ira dropped Cluster bombs in Kurdistan against villages which in toys were Al obit by chemical bombs March 16-17. Police reported finding iraqi govern ment documents outlining which components were needed for the Cluster bombs. A police official sail other bomb components 16 tons in All were seized at 27 Small a clerics that received inc iraqi or Ders. A few factories arc in the Milan arc of hrs Are in Tuscany. No one answered Ai the iraqi embassy in Rome when called for comment Gav a inspects Spanish forces Alcala de Henares Spain a Gen. John Calvin commander of . And Nat forces in Europe observed an exercise by Span ish army paratroopers thursday on the second Day of the first visit by a nato chief to Spain. Calvin s three Day visit came As Spain and its 13 nato allies Oculi Iii negotiations to deter mine the permanent Spanish military contribution to the North Atlantic treaty organization., c Ulvin compared Spain s proposal to defend its air land and sea space and serve As a rear guard logistics platform for is nato Ajjie in Lime  French Model. France pulled out of the North Atlantic treaty organization s military command Structure in \9bo, but Mai Mains close political and military tin. Galvin called Spain s presence in nato primarily political and nut integrated into the nato military command Structure although Spanish annl forces will be linked through cooperation and coordination accords still to be decided. He said he ill confident thai in Case of War the Spanish armed forces will be  in a March 1986 referendum called by socialist prime minister Felipe Gonzlez on whether Spain should remain in nato spaniards overwhelmingly supported membership on condition that Spanish armed Force remain outside theato command Structure that . Forces in Spain be substantially reduced and Spain remain free of nuclear v. Capone. Sex hostages land in Kuwait 55 still held by terrorists Kuwait a the 57 hostages freed by the hijackers of a kuwaiti Airliner held in Iran arrived in Kuwait Friday and were immediately whisked of tothe Airport vip lounge apparently for debriefing. Reporters wailing for inc former hostages arrival atthe Airport were nol allowed to talk to them directly but could Sec them entering the lounge. The former hostages 31 men and 24 women of Var ious nationalities appeared tired and dam from their three Days aboard the hijacked jumbo Jet. A reporter should Welcome Home and one hos Tage a Man in a Green sweater turned and grinned. Diplomats relatives and friends met the group which included 22 britons and people from 16 other countries. Iritis ambassador Peter Hinchliffe told reporters the former hostages were on a tremendous  Buthe said he had no Chance to ask them How they were. Austrian ambassador Wolfgang Slininger mid she hostages intruding three austrian Are very very  but arc quite Ailious about the fat of he 55 people still aboard the kuwaiti airways Boeing 747. The group arrived Early Friday aboard a Kuwait airways Boeing 727 Ilia flew to Kuwait from the northeastern iranian cily of Mashhad in a i rec hour flight that included a Brief Stop at Bahrain. The British included o family of four who live in Kuwait. The of hrs were to Fly to London aboard a British airways plane leaving Kuwait a 10 45 . Simon suspends Active campaigning ii cd pros sen. Paul Simon  Campaign on hold thursday reducing the Peiu Krantic quartet 10 Atrio. Michael Dukakis and Albert on inc awhile zeroed in on Mideast issues seen As a Liker to pol for Jesse Jackson in the upcoming new York Riml Simon who has lost everywhere except in Tisho slate of Illinois suspended Campaign  Short of dropping out  make a final decision on tin can Djuja Tafur the final Pri Mary on june 7. The three  Democrat were All campaigning thursday in new York which holds ils Pri Mary april 19. At stake Are 255 delegates in what will be the biggest slate contest to Date. New York gov. Mario Tuiai Pron an interview published i Iii Kiln i i unlikely la make an in Htman rare the primary. And he warned he go crate singling out Gore thai negative Cam s terribly  on Uit ii lican Side vice president George Bush inc Nom Inrig All but name met win former rival sen. Bob Dole we pledged to work to gel Bash elected