European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday May 3t, t9b8 ran an urges arms buildup so notion con confront . Nicosia. Cyprus a an iranian Leader Friday it Caird statements that his nation is at War with Trie United states and called for an arms buildup to con front America. The americans have officially entered into a War with us said parliament speaker Hashemi Raf Sanja in. We Are really at War with the United Stales at the present  a Sfanjani. Quoted by Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency made the remarks during meeting with officials of the revolutionary guards corps. The Agency was monitored in Nicosia. Later in the Day he told moslem prayer worshippers that if the United slates fought Iran they must Wail to receive tots of their youths dead  it was not the first time iranian leaders have made such statements. They have said before that their country is at War with the United slates especially after american military strikes against iranian off Shore platforms in inc persian Gulf. A Sfanjani. Who is Clow 10 iranian revolutionary patriarch Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini also repeated previous accusations that the United Stales participated in a recent iraqi attack on Iran s Larak Bland Oil terminal. ". Ships guided iraqi farces and caused trouble for our defensive forces he said Iran and Iraq have been at War since september 1980. A Faniani said the United stain had been Active in providing financial and propaganda support for Iraq since the beginning of the War he said Iran was no longer just at War with Iraq but also with global arrogance a common reference to the United slates. We too should increase our military strength in order to Lake More effective and important Stepson the War fronts he said. Art valued at up to $52 million stolen from Amsterdam museum Amsterdam. Netherlands a three 19th Century painting. Including works by Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Cezanne Cre stolen from the Munici pal museum Friday. Officials said the works were Worth up to so million. U was the largest Art roti cry in Modem dutch his tory. Stolen were  an is80 work by Van Gogh the House of Maine Billaud in Nevers by dutch Painter Johan Jungkind from 1874 and bottle with  an 1894 still life by Chianne the French impressionist. Officials from the museum also known As the Side tick museum valued the paintings at up to $52 Mil lion. The theft was discovered after 5 . When someone broke a window in inc museum and an alarm went off said police spokeswoman Hal can Van Der a Cijan. A police patrol responding to the alarm did not notice anything missing. An hour later a Security guard on a routine round realized the paintings were gone she said. Van Der Wei Den said All the painting had been hanging in the same room several Chambers inside the museum. She said Interpol and customs services around the world have been alerted. Museum director Willicm acc run told a news Confer ence that the museum which has an extensive collection of i in and 20th82 and has killed More Isan 26,500 people. Airline head Calls for fewer military corridors Frankfurt a the chairman of Luft Hansa the Welt German airline warned Hurt Day of overcrowding in Europe s skies and called for a reduction in air corridors reserved for Mili tary aircraft Over Central Europe. Lufthansa. Chairman Heinz Ruhnau said that increase i in airline indie in recent years have filled the skies Over Europe s major cilia and stretched Airport a pacify to the breaking Point. Ruhnau said the amount of airspace reserved for military aircraft must be reduced if civil Avi align authorities Are to Cope with he growing demand for air traffic. Large portions of the sky Over Wesl Cormany and other european nations arc reserved for Mil itary flights and Maneu vers. Ruhnau speaking at Lufthansa s annual pros conference also called for better integration of air traffic control facilities of Wesl european nations. Minorities in Albania want Federal Protection Belgrade Yugoslavia a More than 100 people Tram minority ethnic group marched thursday to demand Federal Protection from majority albanians in a Southern province an official report said. The Tan Jug news Agency said the marchers represented about 50,000 people mostly of ser Bian and montenegrin nationalities. Stud end rediscovers King Tut food insect Cache London a a student rediscovered a forgot ten Hoard of Grain dried fruit spices and insects from inc 3,300-year-old Tomb of the egyptian Pharoah tutankhamen archaeologists said thursday it obviously is extremely important Archa logically because it s a very Large amount of material said John Evans director of the University of London s Institute of archaeology. Very Little work has been done on material of this period in Egypt and i understand that some of inc species which have been identified Are in fact the earliest occurrences Evans said at a news conference. Most of the discovery consists of inc food placed in tutankhamen s Tomb to sustain him on i journey to the afterlife. Scientists said the material is Well pre served and could provide Best evidence to Dale of the diet and lifestyle of the egyptians at the time of tutankhamen s death in 1323 . For More than 50 years the Hoard has lain Undis Turbed in 30 cardboard boils in a Musty storeroom at the Royal botanical gardens. The specimens were sent in 1932 by Howard Carter the British archaeologist who discovered tutankhamen s treasure Laden Tomb in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings. They were to have been catalogued by botanist Leon Ard Doodle. But Boodle and Carter both died in the 1930s before the work could be completed and the specimens were stored in boxes labelled from ancient  in february of this year the material was turned Over to a French graduate student Al the Arenac logical Institute 73-year-old Christian Tutundjian do Varta Van for research leading to a master s degree in a Chac botany the Institute s speciality. He recognized notations on the boxes As those of Carter providing the first clue that they might be from tutankhamen s Tomb. Scientific analyst confirmed his theory and eventually fragments were matched with photographs taken by Carter. Gordon Hill run displays seeds from King Tot s Tomb. It All fit in. It was beyond coincidence Taid a Chae botanist Gordon Hirmann who supervised the student s work. Tutundjian de Vartavan did not attend the news conference. Professor David Harris director of the Rich Stolow Institute s department or human environment said the announcement was delayed until u had completed scientific analysis. We were Aiu Ioui to announce it As soon at Povsi-1 ble lest in should leak Cut but we fell it had to keep it under wraps As Long As possible so that we could get As much wort accomplished As we could hams said. He acknowledged that one reason for the a wreck was concern that the egyptian government might de Mand Possession before the Institute had completed its analysis. The Institute has informed the egyptian embassy in London about the discovery and offered to return the material. As of thursday the Institute had received no reply Harris said. The Hoard includes fragments of funeral wreaths and More than five pounds of seeds fruits Andt ices placed in tutankhamen s Tomb hams said. Among identified a he re Emmet wheat for Mal ing bread on the journey Barley for brewing Beer a Large Quantity of Watermelon seeds to Chew on coriander fenugreek Black cumin sesame seeds two kinds of Juniper berries grapes and � a Telic fruit known As a Jujube. The grains fruits and seeds were intended As raw materials that figurines known As us habits represent ing agricultural workers would cultivate into food needed by the a the King s soul in the land of the dead Harris said. Or. Ken Thomas a specialist in insects. Slid the remains of thousands of beetles also had been identified. The food were of sustain the boy King through eternity Thomas did but the insects got through first and had a pretty Ood crack Al them