European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday april to. 1968 israelis convict Demjan Juk of War crimes Jerusalem api one of the three israeli judges who convince John Domjan Jirik of Nairi War in film a Iid the Farmer Ohio autoworkers killed mass of human beings Wilh his own hands and exceeded the atrocities ordered by death Camp commanders. He look pan in inc murders. And did so willingly enthusiastically judge Dov Levine said during the 12-hour Reading of the 450-Page judgment Mon Day. Applause nip cd when the court ruled that dem Manjuk was Ivan inc terrible a guard who operated Gas Chambers Hal killed about 850,000 jews at the Treblinka death Camp in nazi occupied Poland in 1912-3. The court convicted Demjan Juk of War crimes crimes against the jewish people crimes against humanity and crimes against persecuted people. Domjan jut. It will be sentenced april 25 and faces the death Penally he was the second person to be convicted of nazi War crimes in Israel Adolf Eichmann architect of the Holo Caum was convicted and hanged in 1962. I m an innocent Man. I will Appeal and i m sure til win Demjan Juk old reporters u he walked from the courthouse his Hud bowed and his  clasped sur rounded by in guard. Throughout the 14-Moaih trial Demjan Juk maintained he was 8 victim of Misu Ven identity. Do Manjuk a lawyers and relatives accused the judges of Bias. As far As i m concerned this was nothing More than a soviet show trial said do Manjuk i son John or. 22. He and other family members stormed out of court in protest Midway through inc Reading of the judgment. But holocaust survivor Eliyahu Rosenberg hugged a prosecution assistant after the verdict and exclaimed i feel better  said the assistant who would not give his name. Rosenberg was one of five try blink. Inmates who identified Demjan Juk u  a a Manjuk Beard the verdict from a cot in a court House cell where guards carried him feet first after he complained of a Back injury. Defense attorneys said he was in too much paid to sit in the courtroom. Ships from Page 1 and we arc  defense department officials said a search had begun for the cobra a Marine aircraft that was based on the Tren ton an amphibious transport Dock and operating Oft the guided missile Cruiser Wain fight but there had been no radio Contact with the missing gunship. The hostilities began about 8 a.m., when . Forces destroyed two iranian Oil platforms the Sirn and the Sassan used As military command Posis. Then fired on iranian naval vessels and War. Planes in defending themselves against a succession of apparent retaliatory Ai lacks pm Licals said. In ensuing actions two 310-foot Irani an frigates were hit by . Ordnance with one left ablaze and the other Riding Low in the water. An iranian gunboat and two smaller Craft were sunk. Reagan said the military moves were a measured response to Iran s use of military Force against . Ships in inter National Waters As Well As ils continued military and terrorist attacks against a number of  we be taken this action to make cer Tain the iranians have no illusions about the Cost of irresponsible behaviour Rea Gan said adding n warning id the regime of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini we to deter further iranian aggression nol provoke it. They must know that we will protect our ships and if they threaten us they la pay a  while Reagan and White House spokes Man Martin Filz Walcer described the . Actions As a measured response to Iran infringement on free navigation of International Waters Iran s response to the . Attack on the Oil platforms was More aggressive than in the past. Iranian forces subsequently fired on a .-Fbfkd tugboat the Willi tide a fully loaded Oil Baree the British flagged York Marine several us. Aircraft on combat patrol and one of the six warships involved in the assault on the Oil platforms. The Pentagon said the Willi tide was hit but defense officials were unaware of the cd fit of damage. A York Marine spokesman Aid the Barge was set ablaze facing the Crew to abandon the vessel. No injuries were reported. In a clash hours later near the Strait of Hor Nuz and about 200 Miles from the sight of the Oil platforms inc iranian frigate Sahand was hit by . Fire and left listing and apparently disabled a Pentagon spokesman said. Just Over an hour later a second Frig ale inc Sab Alan. Was damaged by a laser guided . Bomb. We do not intend to renew Al lacks on the Sab Alan unless she exhibits further hostile intent a Penta gon statement said. Monday morning almost sin hour Inlo the operation. Carlucci told report ers with apparent satisfaction we re Gard the million ordered by the presi Dent As having been accomplished but Carlucci made Clear further use of Force was possible. We Hope thai Iran will draw the appropriate lesson from this and cease in attacks on peaceful International shipping in the Gulf he said. We stand prepared to defend this ship Ping. As we have in the  hour later inc Pentagon revealed the clash with inc Sahand. Which was pounded after steaming in the direction of three american warships refusing warnings to move Tiwa and then firing on three a-6 intruder aircraft. We have repeatedly told Iran thai we do nol desire military  Laid. But the government of Iran should understand that we will protect our ships and our interests against unprovoked  standardization vital to nato Alliance Otis says stuff Garmisch Wisl Germany tons have made great strides in overcoming i in pcs in weapons and communications systems fuel and even food the Usa eur commander said Mon Day. Bui Gen. Glenn k. Olis said that As nato enlers a period of modernization it should nol lose such compatibility which is essential in wartime being Able to talk to one another on the fast to and understanding each other s Doctrin Wiot Trust and Confidence through  nato ought to be going in the l9sfl�r