European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes thursday. April 21,1888 Terrons Hamad convicted in German court Dusseldorf. West Germany a a court tuesday convicted Abbas Hamadi and sentenced him id 13 years in prison for helping abduct two Wisl germans in Ikiri in Hopes of forcing the Bonn  Toffee his lip Lucr. Hijacking suspect Mohammed Hamadi. Presiding Jud a Klaus Aren said Abbas Hamadi. 2fl. Was guilty of inc charges of kidnapping. Coer Cion and po5si on of explosives. Alfred Schmidt one of iwo Festge Njaro Kirb prod in for week after Mohamet cd Hamadi s angst has been freed Arend appealed for the release of the second business Man Rudolf Cordes. Who has been held since Jan. 17 1987. Arced mid that after Moham med Harmadi s attest at Frankfurt International Airport in january 1987, Abbas Hamadi talked by Telephone with people in me Leb anese capital including another brother. Abdul Hadt Karnadi. After the capture of Mohammed Hamadi these men Farmed a Circle in Beirut who  do some thins to Wock 1tlc possible extra i Liori to the United states of to Han med Hamadi Are Al said. Abdul Hod Hamadi pc Beirut Security thief of Hezbollah a Radical iranian shiite most pm groups believed to be an us Bicolla Nii Alion for the group holding. Foreign hostages in Leba Prosku lors said Himadi participated in the abductions it an at tempt to Force the West Mlennan government to release Mohammed Hamadi who is being bad on charges summing from he 198shijacking of a Twa jetliner be Bei rut a . Navy diver was lulled and 39 americans were held hos Tage far 17 Days in the hijacking. Thursday. April terrorism expert warns bases in i Kope to beef up Security Futon Doke . And iranian forces. Extra military a Skwere stationed a x most Liker. Further iranian reaction to a do in "i?T1 a. Of Deedee Arrington Dok staff writer v while calling uie possibility Florani an backed attacks against . Farl Jesin Germany unlikely an expert on Tnie National terrorism said tuesday thai base commanders in Europe would be prudent to beef up Security in Light of recent events in the persian Gulf. It would be imprudent not to do it step up Security said Richard Gold Berg who teaches seminars on International terrorism for the University of Maryland in Germany. The base com Mander Musl assume the worst Lake the dimmest  . Sailors and marines destroyed two iranian of platforms in the Gulf monday after a mine damaged a . Guided missile frigate in the Region Tail week injuring 10 sailors. The . Action sparked further fighting Between . Mos Likely n the . Moves would be limited to the Gull. Goldberg said. The response will be not in Ger Many but in the immediate persian Julf Are by iranian naval Parsowith a do or Date attitude toward . Scattered . Installation sort Ger Many stepped up ?mea5ure� tuesday. A Rhein Mai if additional personnel win placed Aure Bast s main Gate and on  carriers at inside the eds Raabb. A portable Metal stairway of Tejkl used As gangways served As an Ufau Posl for one armed Security pojlcewodia1lu.parlung ipod were Blocha by Contrer and steel bar Rien aloft the tide and in Coly in front of Iha ask Exchange Feu com Headquarters Artst Ulgart . Medica Feam aids by Joe owe staff Miter six medical specialists Iron the .army s 7th medical come pc West Ger Many Are in Pakistan taming victim burned in an april 10 eat Losion and fire at a munitions depot. Army official say. Department of Dpi Ense spokesman 14.col. Keith Schneider said the team consists of two surgeons one of whom steam chief Aat anaesthetist a clinical nurse a Para Cal nurse and an opera Tion officer the the in arrived in Pakistan Friday Europe Afi come spokesman master Stu Ralph Monson said Monson said  is or. Col Thomas p. Chis i but he declined to identify the rest of the team. The United states also has dispatched an eight person explosives ordnance disposal team to help pakistani authorities clean up after the catastrophe which killed at least 100 people and injured1,100 in or near Islamabad. The ordnance team from fort dis.nj., replaced five Navy explosives specialists from the air Nul Carrier enter prise who were tent to Pakistan shortly after the blast Schneider said. " we offered this assistance and the gov Erna Cut of Pakistan accepted our offer Schneider said. He said be did not know when the teams would leave Pakistan. A 7lh medical come source however said the team is due to return to West extra of wer atthe Gate duri Aprie morning Rush. At a Adobas in Kaiser Lautem. Secu Rity pop extended usual id card checks filgate to include Drivers licenses a registrations. A Pentagon spokesman said tuesday that although a specific Security level had not been ordered regional com Manders around the world had been briefed on the existing terrorist threat commanders were to Lake necessary Steps to safeguard personnel and facilities the spokesman said. Goldberg characterized a danger  the current level of tension bet Fri the United slates and  danger is thai uie United. Stales gels drawn into a War he said compar ing it to previous instances of us. Intervention in International conflicts. I their Iran s eyes the United Stalo it favouring  Vistani victims 1 on saturday. The source said team May bring Back pakistani Chil suffered bums in the Mart Stuhl army  includes several bum the  Locktu flying into Islamabad Andre neighbouring City of Rawalpindi six Thiles from the depot forbore than Halfa Ahour. A bomb that Lul Oded at the depot sunday killed an Etc Plosive expert and wounded several Olfier people working on i cleanup Effort tote according to news reports. The pc Rafflo said no .military experts were Kite Oulu injured in sunday s explosion. A. In no  Bull Iwho a Kiln till my in Italy killed in Cycle Accident . Base negotiations begin in Greece Italy a militant policy a to the 13th my co at feed after a a or Cycle a evening by the military i Man Assi Camp da., cadent Mam installation. The 25-Ycar-Jld sold for was trying to pass an axiom comp Ynn inc Auto Sud Donly turned a Viny spokesman  Cavazos 5aja\uesday. The motor Cycle struck  the Road an crashed into ult Side v a building about 8 . / the sold fir was pronounced dead at a local . The Accident is being investigated by military police and authorities. The Soldier s name is being with held until the family is notified. Athens Greece api greek an american negotiators on monday started a fifth round of . Base talks hat greek officials say have made no Prog Ress so far. The talks which started last novem Ber aim at renewing a five year operating agreement for four american facilities in Greece that expires dec. 31,1988. Government spokesman Yiannis Rou Batis told greek reporters after the 90 minute Memling that monday s Dis Cussion focused on issues of principle. By issues of principle Roubanis was understood to mean the greek Side s insistence that a new Accord be linked wit Progress on greek turkish disputes and the Cyprus problem. Last week Roubanis said the talks Are essentially where they started because of american reluctance to get involved in regional  american embassy declined to comment on the walks. . Officials i Washington want a new agreement to be wrapped up by the end of the year. But Diplomat in Athens say it seem increasingly unlikely that Premier Andreas Papandreou will malic a final decision on the base Accord before the National elections lint Are due by mid-1989. It looks As though the Premier wants Togo into the elections with the base Issue still pending said a Western diploma concluding a base agreement before the election could mean that Papandreou loses crucial support from left Wing Back ers of i panel picnic socialist move ment Pasok. The Premier already has said be will stage a referendum to approve a new base agreement before in can take a elect Papandreou came to Power in 1981plediung to shut Down the american bases and pull Greece out of nato. But two years later the government signed new base agreement and Papandreou now says thai leaving nato is a Long term policy objective. The United states has operated fou main bases and 20 other minor communications installations in Greece since the 1990s. The bases two near Athens and swoon the Southern Island of Crete pro vide support and communication serv ices for the . Air Force and 6th Fleet plus monitoring soviet activity in the Eastern Mediterranean. Express mall has new Money Saemg category i _ _ _ of nil in pm. I nn4 or is lofi7 Etuin  rheingau West Germany express Turners can Send Small items such As letters at a i rate than before despite recent postal rate increases an army postal group spokesman said. Items up to 2 pounds had Cost 110.75, said spokes Man Cape. Gary Way. A new category allows custom ers to mail items up to 8 ounces for 18.75. The Cost of mailing a letter first class it from 22 cents to 25 cents april 3. Items Between 8 ounces and 2 pounds Cost 112, a items Between 2 pounds and 5 pounds Cost a postage for items weighing Between 5 pounds fid 70pounds varies. A 70-Pound item themas Murn Al Lowed for express mail costs j89jjt prices include insurance which is limited tool Selron express mail. Express mail is available at most military Post offices in Europe Way said. Packages mailed before the Post office daily dead line Are Guara sced to be delivered the second a Yafo he package is mailed or the Cost of Sjulli ""13n�jfd, he said. The Only exit pm. It cd anti held if Thep tac in Flawd Krone the daily cutoff that  is we Way said. On  two the  postal service  estimate Fiat less than i percent of All  to a refund apply for one. Way said. It could be that most people Are just Happy the package there in three or four Days that s falter than regular mail he said. But they Are entitled to a refund and should apply for  Between sept. I and dec. Is 1087, More than25,000 pieces of express mail bound for the United stated left military Post offices in Europe. During there birr of furl almost 5,500 express mail items from the United states arrived at military peal offices waylaid. During uie Christmas mailing season december through january military Post office in Europe processed More than 12,000 outbound we almost5,500 inbound pieces of express mail he said. If express mail Atri Vei late Ibe sender can file Tat refund Between seven and 90 Days after the pulling Dale by com Klinc forms available at military pos offices. The customer s copy of the nailing Tab snut accompany the refund application. People receiving express mail should let the sender know when the item arrived so the sender will know if they May be eligible for a refund. Way said