European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday april 5.1988 . Aid for nato allies angers obey lawmaker storms out of House hearing Washington Al the chair Man of a House appropriations panel on thursday called for suspension of . Aid 10 its three poorest nato allies and angrily stormed out of a hearing to pro test the administration s position. Rep. David obey d-wis., chairman or the subcommittee on foreign opera Tion told slate department and de sense department witnesses that he was fed up with gelling this Mush from you. You must really think we re saps up  he then suspended the hearing after Only 50 Minuit and strode out of the room. At the Root of the dispute arc demands by Congress thai other nato members spend More Money on the defense of the Alliance in what is known As Burden  obey s outburst was prompted by the administration s failure to provide the committee with detailed lists of the sur plus military equipment being transferred to Greece Turkey and Portugal ii scar. Obey said tic had asked for the lists several months ago to help the commit tee decide How to allocate funds for the administration s 1989 spending request of 11.4 billion for the three countries where inc United slates maintains Mili tary bases and some 15,000 personnel. The three Are the poorest members of nato and the administration contends the United states must fund them in order to ensure continued Basing rights. Obey a vocal foe of . Spending on nato allies wid the United states should not be engaged in unilateral Wel fare efforts for these countries. Rather he said the Aid should be a joint nato Effort. My View is that there should be Zero funding this year for base rights coun tries he said obey claimed thai taxpayers in Athens wis. Arc paying More for the defense of Greece than those in Athens Greece. My taxpayers Are fed up with this end so am  the . Taxpayer spends More than si.000 a year on the defense of the free world while British taxpayer spend per capita s488, the French 1511, the West germans $433 and the japanese 1161. Obey said we re being taken for a  obey railed against such nato Mem Bers As West Germany who constantly lecture us on our deficit and on Man aging our Economy but fail to share Hie Burden of maintaining the . Presence in Europe. Deputy assistant Secretary of stale Charles Thomas defending the administration s spending request which is 41 percent higher than the base rights fund ing of 1981 said . Interests clearly lie in a continued . Presence in Europe. Our Border begins there he said. Deputy assistant Secretary of defense John a. Wood onh said in hit testimony thai while . Defense spending grew much More than that of other nato members in the years Between 1981 arid 1986, thai pattern is now  he said several nato countries among Ihm Italy Greece Norway Spain and Turkey increased their de sense spending by about 3 percent in 1987, while the . Increase Wai Only 0.1 Pereen and in ims it will decline More than 3 Pereen. Pact from Page 1 secessionist activities against each other and it provides from the withdrawal of red army troops who entered Afghanistan in 1979 to help the Kabul Bov emment Shultz said the Accord was a goal the world has sought for a Long time and he said he was confident the soviet Union would begin its troop withdrawal on schedule May . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar said the agreements represent a major stride in the Effort to bring peace to  Bui in Pakistan. President Mohammed Zia i Inq said thursday he foresees continued turmoil in Afghanistan despite the Accord because there has been no agreement reached on the insinuation of a new government there to replace the one headed by president Najib. There is no provision in the agreement for an end to the War. And it says nothing about the composition of future afghan government the afghan guerrillas have said they will Eom Muc their War until the soviet backed government is deposed. No guerrilla leaders attended the ceremony. The United nations estimates 1.5 million afghans have been killed in the War. Which began after an april 1978 communist coup. More than 10,000 soviets have died in the fighting. Western sources estimate. Soviet Leader Mikhail a Gorbachev said the Accord May have International implications on a Par with the super Power treaty signed in december to ban medium Range nuclear missiles. Hand president realm Are scheduled to meet for thai fourth Summit May 29 a Moscow. The afghan agreement provides for withdrawal of All soviet troops pledges by Pakistan and Afghanistan of non interference in each other s affairs and the Safe Velum of about 5 million refugees from Pakistan and Iran. Moscow and Washington will guarantee Afghanistan s future non alignment and the United nations will supervise the Sci element inducing the return of refugees. Sovil troops Are to leave Witlin nine months starting May 15, with half the estimated 11s,000 gone by aug. 15. Another Point left Oul of the Accord is military Aid. An informal understanding has been reported Between the Soviel Union and United Stales. Diplomatic source say each superpower will phase out such Aid while reserving the right to resume it i Fth other Side docs. Bomb from Page 1 area shortly after the bomb went off and could not get close to Hie scene because of police cordons. He said italian television broadcasts have been showing a Small car a Fiat 117, ripped apart As if by a bomb. The car was parked near the Entrance to the  of the bomb victims were taken to nearby italian hospitals especially to the Pellegrini Hospital in the downtown Section. The Southern european broadcasting television network and italian television stations began appealing for blood donors shortly after the bombing. It Dave Morris a Navy spokesman at Naples said the Uso facility was very crowded Al the time the explosion occurred. He said some kind of special function was going on there and alot of folks were inside he said that Crew members from the us. Navy frigates Capodanno and Paul were attending the function. Each ship a a complement of 288 sailors aboard. They and the Supply ship Kaiser a a Maui ship chartered to the Navy were the Only . Navy vessels in Naples at the Lime. Both the comma Dirie officers and the we Culive officers of both frigates were attending the function Al the Uso according to Morris. He said one of the injured was Laken to the . Naval Hospital in Naples. We have report of one dead and 14 injured but i have no Confidence id those figures Morris said. Immediately following the explosion increased Security measures went into of feel Al the naval support activity on the outskirts of Naples Giles were closed to All but official traffic. Figures from Page 1 the Commerce department s report. Throughout the Day the Federal Reserve Board and european Central Banks bought Large amounts of Dol Lars in unsuccessful att mils to push the . Currency Back up to higher Levels. Al the dose of new York trading the Dollar mastered heavy declines Overall although in managed to rally above its tows of the Day. Common not Pige 10. The Dollar finished at 1.6605 West German Marks Down from 1.6945. In Frankfurt the Dollar ended Al t.6625,Down from 1.6929. Hike from Pana 1 2 percent Overall for fiscal 19s9, he would prefer growth in defense spending if possible. But he said taxpayers want military expenditures Cul. Although his committee wants an end to an ongoing program to reduce the number of officers in inc Mili tary Aspin believes there Art too Many officers in the services. Bui he said he has reservations Over an ongoing program engineered by sen. John Glenn a Ohio to reduce the officer corps 6 percent Over four years. Aspin s committee suggested the Cuiba Eki be ended now at the program s iwo year Point after the army and air Force agreed 10 further cuts in die officer corps through 1990. If the Senate accepts the House argument officer cuts for services would be Eileen pm Flo replace would have. ,._. Time and the army would have at least a 3.b percent reduction. Since the reductions began the Pentagon reportedly has tried to protect the Navy and manner from the cuts at the expense of the other two services. Kuwait from Page 1 among the passengers believed to num Ber 32, and four Crew members aboard the plane. The hijackers thought to number six or seven Are demanding the release of 17 pro iranian extremists imprisoned in Kuwait after Eon Villion on terrorism charges. Kuwait has steadfastly refused to free them my name is Ahmed Zayid the Pai Singer told the Tower in a radio Call from the aircraft monitored by reporters. Hello. Hello to my family. I am in Good health. I ask my Golem men to release the 17 islamic jihad prisoners. If not they will kill us  in Cairo. Egyptian foreign minister Esmat Abdel Meguid accused ran of being behind inc hijacking. His comment to reporters echoed a statement wednes Day by Palestine liberation organization chairman Yasser Arafat who said the iranians arc behind the whole opera Tion Anil thai some of the hijackers be Inngle the iranian  an algerian official who spoke on Condi Tion he Noi be identified said a doctor had gone on Board the plane thursday afternoon to examine inc hostages at the request of Hie algerian government. The plane first was diverted to Mashhad in northeastern Iran then to Lavaca Cyprus where two of the passengers were killed a arrived in Algiers on wednesday. The hijackers Are armed with guns and grenades and eartice threatened to blow up the plane and kill Uteri hostages. A Hirisi a Csc kuwaiti delegation is on the scene headed by Deputy foreign minister Mohammed Al Saimi. Thursday morning the Hue and while plane was moved to tic end of the runway to permit the Safe Landing of a plane carrying zambian president Ken Rui Kaunda who arrived on a suite visit. Faisal a Manouk chief editor of Kun Wail s a Anba newspaper attended the funeral in Kuwait Thun Day of the two Mur dered Pusc Nicra. He said Kew ii will never give in to blackmail simple Astral late news Washington a the senile on ten Vur in i m $1.1 trillion budget thai Alto for by Suir but fill s deficit reduction pitl with pm Tail it a to expand the or on drug. 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