European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes 0 kidnappers kilted Higgins report says Page 2 d overcoming a child s fear 01 water pages 14,15 d Baltimore loses still 0-and-whate. Ver sports Page 21 d f-16 crash draws Quick reaction from Bonn Back Page the stars and stripes vol.47, no. 2 tuesday. April 9, 1988 Good morning it i d 8693 a . Strikes Back against Iran by destroying 2 Oil platforms Manama Bahrain a the . Navy monday destroyed two offshore iranian Oil platforms Sank a defending iranian patrol boat and bombed two Ira Nian Navy frigates Iran attacked Oil facilities out shariah and fired on at Leas two . Vessels the american attack on the persian Gulf Oil platforms came in retaliation for a mine explosion that Tore a Hole in an american frigate last week injuring 10 crewmen. Also monday Iran said that the United states has entered the Iran Iraq War charging that . Helicopters support an iraqi and offensive in the Faw Peninsula. There was no immediate response from Washington. Trie while House said three . Warships blasted each iranian platform. No american casualties were reported in the . Attacks and the iranians fled before inc shelling he White housemaid. Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci said an american helicopter also was fired upon during the raid but was not hit. A , warship fired missiles at two approaching iranian Jet fighters but the fight ers reversed course and it was unclear whether they were hit Carluci said. He said an iranian patrol boat fired on the . Guided missile Cruiser Wain Wright which took pan in the attack on one of the platforms. The Wainwright was not hit. He said the guided missile frigate Simpson re turned fire and Sank the patrol boat. About seven hours after the Oil plat see strikes on Back Page / Frankfurt bomb damage x firemen inspect the saudi arabian airlines another hit the of dict a of the freq Kurt jewish Cut mum offy cts monday following two Early morning bombings Nulty Center. No group ins for the Feldes the bbl that a Ronget the downtown building bombings St Eloryon Page 2. Acts of terrorism won t intimidate ., Galvin says it stall Wilder or garm1sch. We a Germany the it find slates will not be intimidated by acts of Terr ruin such As the recent bombings of Uso clubs in Spain and Italy nato s lop Europe so to monday. We live in an age wifi Fri tar Ronsom has become a Way to make a political talc Rnell said Gen. John , the supreme a lica\c0nimandcr in Europe. We therefore have to keep Flor eyes open to the fact that terrorism indeed exists Tia has to be fought. And we will fight terrorism an we will show determination that we will not be intimidated by tar runs from any political but Calvin slopped Short of saying what specific Security measures of retribution the United slates might take As a Resit of of the recent bombings. Well you Knob you Don 1 Telegraph ahead your punches on those things. We re going 10 do some things but i Dart Wani to say what they Ana he said. Galvin spin to to the stars and Stripe after speaking before the association of the United stale army s annual Contention in Garmisch. Galvin Viola the convention that the military faces several critical years ahead because of diminishing Public for caption of the threat from the soviet Union and tightening budgets that will Challenge the or Clivi by of military leadership. Military leaders will Havel Lem to train smarter he said. / you arc going to have to be creative first of All. And where there arc times now that you re Able to see Galvin on Back Page childhood Days end Early for Feeny rooms by Dave Walczak ,. T Ducolon writer third in i fire Purl series. There won t be Many football games or Friday night disco parties for at least one 15-Ycar-old. "1 Don t have a social life like i used
