European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday. May 1 088 syrian army gets order shoot to kill in Beirut Beirut Elhanon a the syrian army said sunday ii is ready to move into embattled slums in the Southern area of Beirut with a shool-1o-kill order and warned warring Shi Ilc moslem militias 10 Lay Down their arms. The announcement was made by Brig. Gen. Ghazi Ccnaan Syria s military intelligence chief in Lebanon. As Iho Vanch of Lank supported syrian troops massed around the slum where Western hostages arc believed held. Ccnaan did not set a deadline fur the syrian deploy ment in the i i Square mlle enclave but he warned that our forces will shoot at once any gunman on the streets or in the buildings Kennan spoke Ai a news conference held at the West Beirut residence of Assem Kansou i Iid of Lebanon s pro syrian baath party at 2 . Ii was imperative Tor Syria to Lake the decision to Rescue the people of the slums from the Bloodbath. So orders have been Given to the syrian Arab forces to enter the Southern suburbs and enforce Security in the Ccnaan declared. We tall on the gunmen in the suburbs to Lay Down arms. And warn them without exception of the consequences of firing a single Bullet at our forces Ccnaan added. Ccnaan interrupted a reporter who began to ask whether the syrians would seek to free the foreign hostages once they move into the Region. There is a disaster in the area. People arc suffering a distress that we will iry trend Ccnaan said. He did not elaborate. Most of the 18 foreign hostages Are believed held by Eitrem isl factions affiliated with the iranian backed Hezbollah or 1 arty of Ood. Prisoners set h holding hostages Stringtown okla. Up knife wielding in mates holding three guards hostage at a medium Secu Rity prison threatened la Cut off the captives fingers until the inmates were Given ice Cream and soft drinks and later Sci fire to a band room roof following an impasse in negotiations. At least 10, and As Many As 32, convicts seized part of the Mac Alford correctional Center Sci fires and took eight guards hostage at knife Point when a conflict Between a guard and a group of inmates led to a rampage just before Midnight Friday. On saturday the rebellious inmates released five hostages unharmed but continued to hold three As talks continued into the night officials said sunday prison authorities said inmates earlier had threat ened to kill inc hostages if officers stormed their stronghold at inc prison in Southeast Oklahoma 120 Miles South of Tulsa. Prison officials reported saturday night that they were close loan agreement with the inmates. They said the agreement would involve transferring the convicts to a Federal prison. But the Deal fell through and the inmates threw taming material on the roof of a building where the prison band practices in a Section of inc facility s cast dormitory. The fire was quickly doused earlier the inmates who were holding inc guards in the South dormitory of inc prison threatened to Cut off the guards fingers until officials delivered ice Cream and soft drinks to the unit saturday afternoon said Larry Beard. . Marshal for inc easier District of Oklahoma. Beard said the inmates arc complaining about Pris on conditions particularly overcrowding in the state facility and arc demanding transfers to Federal prisons. The burned remain Tif a Church bus from had lift ky., and the truck that slowed into it sit in interstate 71. Appt to bus from Page 1 of death to be smoke inhalation he said. At least fight of the injured including the truck Driver in in critical condition sunday according to police and Hospital officials i Jum heard a crash Felt the Impact of the car truck and looked up and saw flames said 14-year old Wayne pm. An asthmatic who suffered smoke in Hal Ilion. They spread pretty fast. I was pinned. Every thing was pretty wild. I was under a lot of people. Thars probably what saved me from getting burned the flames quickly worked heir Way from the front 10 the rear of the bus survivors said leaving Only the Back door and windows As escape routes. Cox. A Radcliff Middle school eighth grader said he lost his shoes while wriggling out of the bus. His Blond hair was singed by the fumes and his shirt was charred. Jason Dooher 13, also an High la grader at Radcliff Middle school said he and another youth helped pull people nut of the bus lion her said he assisted sur Mort on the ground outside the Back door while Jamie hard sly. A Mcade county High school student stood just inside the door and pushed people out. Jamie he pushed everyone Booher said. He was up in the bus. And i was out the Back door of inc bus helping those who were Hoo her said Jamie played a big Nan. He saved a Patrick 1 Reiley a truck Driver from Dallas and one of the first on the scene said a second explosion tilled the bus with flames and smoke and prevented More rescues after the initial Impact. News briefs soviets to publish letters from . To Gorbachev Moscow a americans sent More than 80,000 letters to Sovil Leader Mikhail s. Gorba Chev last year and the most characteristic of the messages will be published in a Book a soviet newspaper reported saturday. Savitskaya Cullura published Etc Crete of 13 letters from across the United states along with an Ninx Duclion that will be included in the Book. The Book will be tilled americans write to which was also the headline on sat urday s newspaper Story the letter excerpts mostly expressed the writ ers concerns about world peace and the threat or nuclear War. But they also touched on topics like stalinism and the Aims or socialism. Student kills himself at Seoul protest meeting Seoul South Korea a a University student Slabbed himself in the stomach sunday and jumped off a three Story building in front of hundreds of anti government protesters and a radio television network reported later that he had died of Bis injuries. The Mac network said the student identified As Cho Sung Man 24, was declared dead about three hours after he was taken to nearby Paik Hospital but doctors declined to comment on the report italian police foil go s try to smuggle illegal aliens Como Italy up Border police saturday caught a . Serviceman trying to smuggle 12 filipinos into Italy from Switzerland in the Back of a camper Van officials said. They said inc . Soldier whose name was not released was reported to italian magistrates for violating the country s immigration Law. A Border Gaud who was checking the Soldier s identity documents became suspicious when he noticed that All the windows of the camper Wen screened Oil. He ordered inc american to open the Back of the Van and found 12 Young filipinos without Legal entry papers hiding inside. Since inc beginning of the year. West Ger Man immigration officials and . Military authorities have stepped up efforts to identify unauthorized filipinos working in West Germany Many employed by . As housekeepers and nannies and living in govern ment quarters bodies of crewmen killed in iraqi raid Are picked up Manama Bahrain up tugboats Early sunday picked up bodies of crewmen killed during a raid on inc world s largest ship and three other tankers shipping sources said and Iraq claimed it jets hit a fifth ship in iranian service hours later. In its first reported acknowledgement of the raid Iran sunday accused . Forces in the Gulf of As sisting iraqi planes during the attack the Tehran radio said. Gulf based shipping sources said the tugboats picked up the bodies of a number of crewmen killed during an iraqi air strike on the Schwise giant a liberian registered 564,739-ton Tanker and inc largest operational vessel in the world 3 die 6 injured in Belfast As gunmen attack bar Belfast Northern Ireland up gun men firing semiautomatic weapons sunday sprayed bullets into a crowded downtown bar frequented by human catholics killing three people and wounding up to is More police said. They were admitted to the crowded bar stepped inside and opened a police spokes Man said. Sunday s baseball mind toit2
