European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday april 12,1988 Panama s financial system seriously harmed Washington pals. Steps intended to of narc panamanian Fin Manuel Aatonio Noriega from poor Hac Trinu a damaged thax pation s financial i Stem. Prev Donl Reagan s Spok Eim. Acknowledged Monitas. But he cup Rcd optimism Noama s econ omy ill re Cuiji. St to or Latuf lorpitt3. We Dun i hmm it 15. Irreparable Haft it it is Van uni while Huu spokesman Martn Filz water told Repi tril a. He was qum a at it Cenaj Raj expressed by Leai panamanians thai the several weeks of Finar lure my inspired i . Attempts to pressure Trina in attn Dawn have Fui de permanent a Naff to inc country s not Floii Risling financial system 1-Ittwaier d that the . Is which included fr7ing panamanian ass Curin inc United states have been effective Cven Maugh Noriega has nol my Ppd Down. The spoke Stiron also contended thai the . Government has Nof intended to harm in general is under Indk Lmont in Florida for allege drug trafficking . Officials have Isis cd thai he should Raclin Quier Power and leave the country. In an Effort Urfer Reasch pressure on Noriega Reagan on Friday invoked the International emergency Tco nomic Powers acl fur inc tint Lime since invoking i against Lroya iwo years ago that action banned All Trade Wilh Libya. The Law prohibits payments including lanes by Arp crimans and . Corporation to the panamanian government. One official estimated last week that roughly a to 50 subsidiaries of . Corporations Youj Tow Al Ccecil. the Steps As attempting to deny Noriega a. Money thai could be used to perpetuate his staff have tried to design those sanctions to a Fucci Jhc banking and financial system of the country and Ynot the general Economy. And tried to minimize damage 10 the general Public and general Economy while at the same Lime attacking the Points of Power Hal constitute inc base for Noriega staying in men Jfhn Walcer said. Vit Hyrc is serious damage being done in terms of the financial system but we think inc banking system will be Alfrlo recover he added. Earliest Treasury Secretary James Baker in an inter View on in enc to today program said he s optimistic Hal tie new economic sanctions will Force no Riega from Power without permanently damaging the Economy. if the administration is considering even Ster Ner moves 10 Force my Rice from Power. Baler said he believes the new sanctions will be Reagan s executive Ord ii on Friday stopped Short Ofa full economic embargo of Panama but violators can be prosecuted for non compliance Wilh administration policy for the first Lime since v, relations began to sour. Violators can be sentenced to up to id years in prison and 130,000 in fines. Hijack from Page i a if cd without incident after malay Abdo Deputy hcs of the Palestine liberation organization office Herc and Michael Herodoto head of Cyprus civil aviation department conducted Brief neg Ablations with Hitt hijackers. The hackers then set a 2 30 . Do Adlle and told the Contra lower refuelling must sum or you will receive the forty a ctn minutes later the Man yeas Thrawn out Folh Cuci. \ the hijackers have been demanding the release of 17 crr oriols held in Kuwait for bombing Llie . Embassy and tic French embassy Iacre in 1983. But sources close a the negotiations said the Hijack ers monday demanded Freedom for the three men among the 17 ice Rousis mho arc to death. Kuwait apparently rejected the modified de Mand. \ on sunday a Orraj Rantisi group in Lebanon threatened to kill amen can and French hostages if any attempt was mad a to storm the plane. A statement from the Tesla och jihad terrorist group was delivered to a Newry Ncncy in West Beirut along with photographs Iff journalists Terry Ander son an american an i Jean Paul Kauffmann a Frenchman. J \ in Kuwait s i give Inlo the hijackers demands. In Kuwait pro government newspapers rezoned monday that additional gunmen boarded the hijacked jetliner a Iran s Mashhad Airport and arms and ammunition also were supplied. have blamed Iran for the Fate of the hostages because Iran allowed the plane to leave Mashhad. Iran has denied involvement in the hijacking. News brits Israel deports arabs suspected As activists Jerusalem up Israel Jan Day expelled Etthel arabs suspected of Canning Anli Israel violence in the West Barf and Gaza strip and issued deportation order against 12 others including six residents of �6 West Bank own where an israeli Len age girl was killed fas week the army Laid. J the eight were urn Loose in Southern Leb anon monday aft Nikon said stale run Israel radio which described the deportees As senior activists in Turro St organizations who Are involved in Incisi cinch and several of Nam were Wpc Clad of being the chief Urgani ices of the palestinian uprising in the territories the radio reported. An army spokesman said 12 Oiler palestini ans were served with deportation orders including four resident of the West Bank Village of Bella where the 15-year-old israeli girl was shot to death during a clash Between Arab villagers and two armed adults protecting a group of Pas sover Holiday hikers. Gorbachev proposes to end Central american arms Aid san Jose Costa Rica a Mikhail Gnu Bachch said in a letter to president Oscar Arias of Costa Rica that the soviet government is pre pared to Stop sending arms to Central America if the United states agreed to do the same. In the idler the soviet communist party general Secretary also said he had proposed to the United states to embargo All arms ship ments to the Region except for firearms for police forces. The soviet Union is a major arms supplier to Nicaragua s sandinista government. Three members opt Al Sabah Royal family Are among rec 52 people believed to be aboard the Boeing 747, including at least half a dozen hooded Hijos Kors armed with grenades and guns. / the plane was hijacked tuesday on a flight from Bangkok to Kuwait carrying 112 people and forced Down in Northeast can Iran where 51 people were freed. After if Tulane left Iran on Friday Beirut and Damascus refused to Lei it land. Another captive an ailing 32-Ycar-ow kuwaiti was freed in Warnaca apparently after to intervention. I one member of the Royal family Fauci Iti baled Al Satiah loll the Tower by radio sunday evening in a faint Voic. We depend on god for our the other two Royal family members Are his Sisters be Lesa and Anbarc. On sunday the hijackers threatened to Start a slow,4nd quiet massacre of Fth 47 or so remaining noses unless Kuwait released the pro Lra Niin Pri Nacri in Kuwait. The Plo is believed la be a key Factor in the negotiations. On sunday Plo chief Yasser Arafat joined other moslem leaders meeting on other is sues in Kuwait in supporting Kuwait s refusal to terrorists sunday sent photos of american try a. Anderson mid French Agency in Beirut along with a naming hey will be killed if the Kuwait air we Jean Paul Kauf Nunn in � new Ilane in Cyprus la stormed. Of from Page 1 passing the culs and information to the air Rffie Well after Ifie fiscal year was under Way. Or so that gave us half inc fiscal mfr id Ca with about 12.5 billion Worth of Chang for Welch said. To maintain combat Cadi pass under inc budget the air foe is the Force by 27,000 enlisted members officers reducing flying hours cacti Vahog ome fighter wings freezing or fur. Loughm Civ life workers and allowing the backlog maintenance at depots to grow. A will have a temporary Impact on readiness we o be very undesirable Welch said. Well acc of. Fairly quickly but nonetheless thai j an a remely undesirable thing to do. But it s not As undesirable u taking All of that Money out of All the people pro recovery from the effects of the backlog of equip ment awaiting maintenance May not be As Quick in coming. In fact the effects May nol materialize for Foi Irmi five years air Forte officials said. Backie Juji equipment Are Cipta cd to grow from s150 million e44s37 to More than boo million at the end of fiscal 1988.le decision to allow this equip ment to pile up is baser of the Hope that the budget picture will nol always be so Bleak we would be mortgaging the future if we let this trend continue Welch said
