European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday. May 15,198b 5 guards seized in Oklahoma prison riot Stringtown Oka. A in Niles rioted at an overcrowded slate prison saturday taking five guards hos Tage and setting three dormitories on fire authorities said. One officer was treated for a slab wound. The inmates believed to be armed Wilh crude knives had threatened to kill their hostages if authorities attempted a Rescue said Jerry Massic spokesman for the stale department of corrections their demand Are unclear. We re negotiating with them right now. It news briefs seems like the negotiator is Calm Rig the inmates Down said Anita Trammel a spokeswoman for the medium Jec airily Mack Alford correctional Center. The uprising began tale Friday night when officials Wen trying to move in mates who believed other inmates were Healing from hem officials said. White smoke still Rose Tram the burned roof or the torched dormitory alter the Sun Rose saturday As Oklahoma Highway patrol tactical teams in Camou Flage clothing gathered outside the prison Fence along with lire trucks and emergency response learns from the corrections department. Authorities had scaled olt a Section of Itie prison that held about 90 inmates but believed that Only a Tew were involved in the uprising according to Trammel. She said officials were negotiating by Telephone and through a Fence. The inmates started it fire that destroyed the East dormitory at the prison then moved to another dormitory with their hostages Massic said. Trammel said three of the hostages were being held in one building and two in another. Their identities were not re leased. One of the hostages had been allowed to make Telephone Calls Trammel said. We re Fine. They re feeding us. They re taking care of us she quoted the hostage As saying. Family members of some of the hos tages garnered at a secluded area outside the red Brick in Rural Southeastern okla homa near the Texas Border 130 Miles Southeast of Oklahoma City. Iraq sets 5 ships ablaze at iranian Oil terminal Manama Bahrain a iraqi planes sat Uray attacked and set ablaze five ships including two of the world s largest supertanker at an offshore Oil loading terminal that belongs to Iran shipping executives reported. One strip was reported sinking and 20 Crew members were reported missing. An iranian Jel lighter was overheard by radio monitors As it warned an unidentified . Navy ship to stay away from the area said the executives who spoke on condition they not be identified. A Large number of iranian Salvage tugboats were reported battling fierce flames aboard the liberian Flag 564,739-ton so wisc giant the world s biggest ship from which Oil was leaking. The 457,341-ton Burmah endeavour a Brit ish Flag vessel that also ranks among the world s five largest vessels was the least damaged. Meese against dismissing Noriega drug charges Washington api attorney general Edwin use Iii has told president Reagan he shares objections by prosecutors to dismissing drug trafficking charges against panamanian military Leader Manuel Antonio Noriega one of the prosecutors says. A Csc told me that he also opposed any dismissal and he would convey my thoughts to the president . Attorney Leon Kellner of Miami said Friday after meeting Wilh the attorney general in Washington. He did that today. Kellner said. . Attorney Robert w. Mark la whose office in Tampa obtained one of two drug indictments against Noriega in february said from Florida that if he were ordered to sign an order dismiss ing charges against Noriega they would t have to fire me i would resign i could not myself sign an order of dismissal but 1 May not be in a position to Stop it Merkle said Friday in i first Public comment about the negotiations reportedly going on to remove the military Leader from Power. Reagan administration officials have said they were plea bargaining with the panamanian military chief and de Facto ruler Over the possible dropping of drug smuggling indictments resumed in february by grand junes in Miami and Tampa  state department apparently believes that dismissal of the indictments is the Only Way to induce Noriega s departure but the Justice department sees that Concession As too High a Picc to pay fire damages Castle As gis train in area Giessen West Germany a fire broke out in the . Kranzburg Castle Friday evening a v corps spokeswoman said saturday. The fire began in the attic of the unoccupied Castle about 6 30 p.m., said Sec. Sunny Taylor. Soldiers from the 3rd pit. 72nd Ord in 59th Ord brigade were training in the area but were not inside the Castle she said. The soldiers on the grounds alerted firefight  to the Castle was estimated at 5600,000. Said Manfred Polh Giessen Public affairs  fire officials arc investigating the cause of the Fik. Drugs from Paga 1 acceptance of the Senate s approach and is expected to support it both measures Are amendments to a Bill establishing or continuing military programs costing up to s299.5 billion for he next fiscal year. The House passed its Bill wednesday and the Senate is expected to pass its version next week. The approval of the Senate amendment came de spite the Pentagon s resistance to widening its current anti drug functions which mostly involve surveillance and despite vociferous opposition from a few senators. I know when i see a steamroller going Down the Road said sen. John Glenn a Ohio who called the amendment absolutely ludicrous adding Here we Are Wilh great drug hysteria  sen. Lowell p. Weicker r-conn., accused his col leagues of trying to Light the War on drugs on the  he said that if the Senate really wanted to fight a drug War it would spend $2 billion to s3 billion to educate american children and halt the demand for drugs. Weicker and Glenn both warned of serious Legal questions that they said were raised by involving flip military in what have Long been civilian Law enforce ment functions. One major difference will be the anti drug provi Sion. The House measure orders president Reagan to have the military substantially Hall the flow or illegal drugs into the United slates. "1 think we have a chemical War being directed against the United slates said sen. Sam Tiyunn d-ga., chairman of the armed services committee. In Selling out the rationale for further involvement of the military in halting the drug flow the Amend ment states that the transport of drugs across the Bor Ders of the United slates constitutes a threat to the National Security and stipulates that a Mission of the armed forces will be to assist Federal Law enforcement agencies responsible far the interdiction of illicit drugs entering the United slates by an aircraft or vessel it also slates that the additional funds and resources necessary to carry out these duties should be made available to the department of defense but it makes no mention of How much Money that will take or any explicit guarantee that Congress will provide it last year the defense department spent s9i.j Mil lion on activities related to its current Rote in the fight against drugs including training and other assistance to foreign  arrest provision was the key humbling Block la two Days of negotiations among senators sponsoring varied approaches to the new military role and be tween those senators and the Pentagon. The final Lan Guage senators said appeared to be acceptable to the White House the Justice department and the defense  would permit members of the armed forces As signed to duly on naval vessels 10 which a member of the coast guard has also been assigned to assist or perform any of he Law enforcement functions of the coast guard under certain specified circumstances. The military1 personnel would have to be specially trained in he Law enforcement functions of the coastguard and would have to be designated by an authorized member of the coast  Pentagon has resisted a larger role in the War against drugs saying the military is not trained or equipped for the assignment. The Senate Ami drug plan was hammered out m three Days of meetings by senators who put together parts of two competing proposals. Also involved in the talks were defense Secretary Frank Carlue i and attorney general Edwin me Csc 111. Sen. Dennis Deconcini d-ariz., said we have reached a Point where drugs Are becoming an enemy equal to any foreign . Pete Wilson r-calif., said he formally opposed involving the military but said he changed his min because the drug How has reached flood  Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas said the plan shows that we re serious about  1878 Taw he posse com talus act prohibits the military from enforcing civilian Laws although it was amended in 1981 to permit the military to provide More help to civilian Antidrug agencies. Military planet and ship now pass along surveillance information on suspected  to Law enforcement officials. But the posse com talus act is Only effective inside the territorial Borders of the United  of the Pentagon s main objections to permitting military personnel to be involved in drug arrests was concern that they would then be required to make court appearances in any subsequent prosecution and could themselves become the subject of Legal claims by those who had been  an Effort to address this concern the amendment would permit the attorney general to treat any Legal action against a member of he armed forces arising from such an arrest As an action against the United Stales and the United states would thus be substituted As a defendant. Blast from Page 1 the bomb was planted was badly mangled. Last month six people were killed and 49 wounded in another bomb blast along the River on the i oth anniversary of the april 1978 revolution that brought a marxist government to Power and triggered vide spread insurrection. Anti communist guerrillas also were blamed for a May 4 attack on a soviet Convoy North of Kabul that killed a photographer for the soviet newspaper Istia and an undisclosed number of soldiers. It also wounded Sevruk s son who also works for Izvestia. Soviet troops entered Afghanistan in december 1979 to help the soviet Allied government put Dow the insurrection. About 115,000 soviets have been assisting afghan Leader Najibullah s troops but they were to begin Leav ing the country sunday in Observance of a peace agreement signed in Geneva on april 14. Half of the soviets must be Oul by aug. 15, and Hie rest Are a infected to follow quickly although the Accord gives them nine months to Complete the pullout. At a new conference saturday the head of the soviet military contingent a. Afghanistan said that the guerrillas were taking their loll on soviet and afghan troops but that rebel attacks would not deter the withdrawal. The opposition May have some effect on us Bat not much and certainly they will not be Able id frus trate the timetable it. Gen. Boris Ramov told re porters. Troops Manning soviet Armor in Kabul have Bee Selling out gasoline pumps and supplies along the route of Retreat. For Security reasons soviet officials have been tight lipped about the exact number of troops who will begin the move North on sunday the soviet National news program Eremya reported Friday night that soldiers were ready for toe withdraw Al but gave no figures. Eremya reported thai 157 soviet encampments would be left behind for the Afghani to use but that some of the facilities would be Pul to civilian use As hospitals and schools. Information for Ihil account was based in part on a news Agency Pool report from Kabul by Reuters and on Moscow monitoring of soviet news broadcasts. The associated press was not allowed logo to Kabul be Ciuc of questions it asked Najibullah in the capital last month