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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 f the stars and stripes tuesday. April 12.1986 jewish settlers demand army general quit Jerusalem a jewish Salt Lars sunday demanded thai the army chief of Salt resign to or an army report that a 15-year-old israeli girl was killed Acci dentally by a settler s Tan. They insisted she was shot by an Arab. The settlers and right Wing legislators including some from prime minister Yizhak Shamir s liked bloc condemned the army Tor leaking details be fore the probe of wednesday s clash was finished. They demanded Tough sanctions on palestinian rioters including the Cupul Sion of Stone throwers from Israel and called for the destruction of every Home in Bella the West Bank Village where 1 i year old Birta poral was killed during a Holiday Outing last wednesday. Poral was killed during a clash be tween arabs and jews outside the own. Two arabs also died in the Melee and 15 people including 13 jewish teen agers Anil two arabs were wounded. Israel s supreme court barred the army from destroying any More Homes in Becita pending an Appeal from a civil rights group. The army says it already has destroyed 13 Homes belonging to people it says incited last week s clash. Defense minister Yitzhak Rabin told a weekly Cabinet session sunday that an army autopsy showed Porat was apparently killed by a shot from them to rift of Romm Al Dubi a jewish settler accompanying the Len agon As a guard on their hike miracl radio said. Israeli Media quoted if unpublished report As saying Al duh Mav have fired the fatal Bullet accidentally As he struggled with he Rimers. A senior military official confirmed that the fatal Bullet came from Al duh s weapon. Hut the official to spoke on condition at anonymity said the army had not yet determined who fired the shot. Outraged settlers and right Wing legislators challenged the army s finding sunday and accused the military of act ing on political motives. Geula Cohen 3 legislator from the nationalist Ichiya parly demanded that chief of staff it. Gen. Dan Shimron resign. She contended he base statements about the clash on Arab re ports and not on interviews with teen agers who had accompanied poral since palestinians began violent pro tests against israeli rate in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip in Early de Cember 141 arabs one israeli Soldier and one israeli civilian have been kilted. Terrorists from Page 1 have Kilk done passenger since seizing the plane tues Day threatened to kill their captives but a noon dead line a sad without any additional sayings one minute before a second deadline expired four hours later the Engineer relaying the hijackers Mes sages to Lavaca Airport control Tower said they veal ready started to hurl one of the passengers he gave no details. Later the hijackers offered to free 20 of the Passen Gers in return for fuel but that was rejected Al Kuwait s insistence. Negotiators talked with the hijackers for 20 minute slate sunday and cypriot government spokesman Akis Fantis said there was an important Contact right now and by tomorrow morning we shall know the result that we would Hope to be what we wish to  it s the same offer always the release of the hos tages for fuel he snid. There is no change in inc Oiler. We want the hostages to be released then we refuel. Hut in arc is a new Clement not changing the offer but maybe changing their attitude. The element is Good and gives a certain Hope and that s All in a morning statement one of the hijackers old the control Tower we hereby re announce our refuelling request due to our Inie lion to go to Kuwait the concerned country. And if Kuwait refuses us a crash Landing will take place on the. Prince s  speaking in broken English he urged cypriot authorities to Send fuel to prevent the slow and quiet massacre taking place in this  sunday night the hijackers put on the radio a Mon they said was fade Khaled Al Sabah a member of Kuwait s Csc Sivc ruling family in a faint voice the Man recited a verse from the Koran islam s holy Book saying we depend on god for our Fate. The lower a skid is that it one of the hijackers replied yes that s it because he s  the Hijacker said the Man could not hold Down food and was vomiting. Asked if a doctor was needed the Hijacker said he would advise the Tower monday morning. Senior Palestine liberation organization officials in Cyprus met with the hijackers four times sunday. The 1 to is believed to be a key Factor in negotiations. App Lolo to error Isle we anew they May kill Terry Anderson. The plane landed in Lavaca on Friday. Flight 422 was commandeered tuesday in route to Kuwait from bang Kok with 112 people aboard and forced to land in Mash had in northeastern Iran where 57 people were released. The Jet left Iran and landed in Warnaca after being refused permission to land in Lebanon and Syria. An other captive an ailing 32-year-old kuwaiti was freed in Warnaca apparently after Plo intervention. On saturday the Hijacker killed a 24-year-old kuwaiti Security guard aboard the plane. His body was tossed onto the Tarmac after the cypriots refused to refuel the  meetings with Plo officials several hijackers wearing Blue hoods ripped out inflatable Orange escape chutes inside the Jet and dumped them on the Tarmac. At 1 p.m., the Engineer radioed the Tower if the h hijackers Don t get a positive response in one hour and i5minutes regarding fuel and services they will Start hurting occupants of the  Appow Frenchman Jean Paul Krauft Mann also potential f i Calm. One of the hijackers said they would release their Cap Tives immediately if the it pro iranian extremists convicted in Kuwait for bombing . And French embassies there in december 1983, were freed. Cypriot officials said the kuwaitis refused. The nationalities and identities of the hijackers have not been disclosed. Released passengers said they spoke arabic with a lebanese accent. But their demand for the release of the 17 men All but one shiite moslem imprisoned in Kuwait is identical so that made by shiite cult mists holding two americans and Al Leas three frenchmen hostage in Lebanon. The american hostages Are Anderson 40, chief Middle East correspondent of the associated press and Thomas Sutherland 56, acting Dean of agriculture Al the american University of Beirut. Both were kid napped in 1985 by the islamic jihad. The islamic jihad or islamic holy War is linked to Lebanon s Hezbollah or party of god. Pilots from Page 1 practice of releasing figures on airlines flight delays and customer complaints. Many said their airlines were distorting inc statistics. Lir or Efraime i -j8 oct to reduce delays by keeping statistics is or publicity stunt the transportation department has undertaken to make inc general Public believe something is being done when hey Are actually doing Noth ing to so Lac he problem a us air Pilot wrote 0,.about two thirds of the pilots re-5porr3wftto a Survey work for Pas Senger airlines or private Charters. The others work for corporations Over night package or freight services or identified themselves As general aviation pilots. A questionnaire produced 87s responses and an additional 485 Pilot were interviewed by Lel phone the news papers said. Pravda from Page 1 a tit military Laiks ranging from civilian Road repair to Grain harvesting. Popov said the Effort to restore discipline in the armed forces is beginning with his office. We arc now ruthlessly getting rid of procurator and investigators who Lake bribes of Drun Kud Rutm workers in the procurator s office vhf of Layoff Cir eyes to the violations of Mil nary Law Papov said. According la Western  there Are 5.2 Mil lion men in the get armed forces which arc equipped with 5800 warplanes 53,000 tanks and 29,000 Artil Iarj Piccus. The soviet army celebrated its 70lh anniversary last february. Since coming to Power three years ago soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev has replaced Al least seven of he top is soviet military figures. He has demanded that the armed forces considered inc bastion of sonet con tary after years of stagnation. We have to face the truth some of us have lost a sense of duly and responsibility for their Job and task Yazoo said in one of his first speeches Ai do Servat ism go along with the Rusl of society and in Jim barrister  a us an example of Lougher army discipline came Las term pumice. September with the execution of two soviet soldiers who killed four Young East German civilians in an Auto Accident near Berlin. The soviets had been drunk on  also has vowed to improve morale by finl improving food and housing conditions in the military corruption within the military is rarely admitted it there have been frequent reports of other problems " Ling combat readiness. The official Media have a major problem is that Many conscripts from asian republics outside european Russia Are unable to speak the russian language Well enough to Lake orders and Converse with officers. It his Reform  half Kwh pc Arr Rich forces have been Ilow in nit   minister Cher vr3etgci Sokolov and in 1ac  
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