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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday. May 30,1988 foes of Low level flights vow to Block nato bases by Joe Mapother Breitter Baten Burean Drochter sen West Germany opponents of military Low level flying said sunday they Wilt Fly barrage bal loons to keep jets away from nuclear Power plants and blockade nato air bases in a slipped up Campaign 1o Star this tall. In the fall there will be More balloon actions with areas surrounding nuclear Power plants meriting special attention said Werner May West German Coordt Nalor Tor Yiluen initiatives against Low level military flying. The act Ucman Umbra let Rump also condemned proposed plans to expand nato Low level lying facilities near Karn mar Turkey. According to a turkish spokesman atthe gathering the plans would include relocating More than 30,000 Farmers from 28 villages to set up a 120.000-acre facility where Low it Vel supersonic flying could be practice. The facility would also Host Aerial live fire exercises. The project which would involve j280 Mil lion in . Aid could be completed in the Early 1990 a the turkish spokesman said. Claiming to speak on behalf of is initiatives throughout West Germany May said blockades will be thrown up m the fall to keep pilots from getting from their Barracks to the bases where their aircraft Are stationed May spoke at the conclusion of Athree Day gathering near Hamburg at tended by representatives of More than 30 groups working against Low level Fly ing. The third annual gathering of the Citi zen groups follows recent crashes of two . F-16 fighters and a French Mirage jul. Two of the jets crashed near nuclear Power facilities fears surfaced after the crashes that nuclear Power plants particularly older ones Are not built to with stand the crash Impact of a modern Jet fighter. Aces ruins to statistics kept by the Mil itary ecology group in Dortmund 179 military aircraft have crashed in West Germany since 1980. The country has about the same land mass As Oregon. Of those crashes 113 were military Jeu i regroup said. The activists called on nato and Warsaw pact pilots to refuse to Fly Low level missions bar bal Lechel. The North German regional spokeswoman for Low level flight initiatives also called for the fighter aircraft of both european Alli ances to be included in current missile reduction talks by inc superpowers. She said the aircraft should be included because of their missile carrying capabilities. Reductions of Low la vol rights in Europe Are welcomed by the citizen groups bul Noi at the expense of moving the elsewhere Lechel said. Or. Re a Ersoy a member of the turkish social democratic Peoples party said he Mcl late last week with members of West Germany s social democratic and Green parties in an at tempt to forge an Alliance against nato plans for expanded Low level Hying nearer soy s Hometown of Kenya speaking through an interpreter Ersoy said the Kara Pinar project win expand existing facilities by ten times and will include the building Afat least three new airbases. The turkish at Force operates existing bases near Kara Pinar Ersoy said. West Germany and Italy Are among the coun tries that Send fighter pilots la train in the area Ersoy said. Additionally i reunited slates flies Azacs Early warn ing aircraft from a Bate in Kenya 56 Miles from Kara Pinar he said. The turkish National Assembly has been presented with 10,000 signature from people opposed to inc spans Lon Ersoy said. The turkish government has prom ised to relocate the Farmers but Ersoy said past experience indicated the farm ers would be relocated into Urban areas where they would be poorly equipped Tod at with the new environment. News updates nicaraguan folks Managua Nicaragua a the leftist government and rebel leaders suspended peace talks saturday but agreed to maintain current mice m least until the two sides meet again in 10 Days. Gen. Humberto Onega the Bead or the government delegation blamed Enrique bin nude the rebel military commander for la failure to reach a definitive cease fire agreement during the three Days of talks. A spokesman Tor the rebel delegation in Managua said the Compro Mise suspension came after the re Bels rejected a government proposal for a 30-Day cease lire Extension a plan for delivering humanitarian Ajeto rebel units and a new round of talks Starling on june 15. The 60-Day cease fire in the 6-year-old War Between the . Backed rebels known As contras and the sandinista government was to expire monday. Bhagwan Rumo Lake Oswego. 0T. Api a spokeswoman in the United states for Bhagwan Shree Rajnesh has  thai the Indi an guru was being Qutul lured to work in a Mercedes Benz. We would never dream or asking Bhagwan 10 ride in a Mer cedes. Only a Rolls Royce will do a yoga Neelam personal Secre tary to Rajneesha Sard in a statement. Cleric again pledges to help free hostages is is �d5su1sys mass so  Beirut Lebanon a an Esti mated 2,100 syrian troops patrol Letl bet nit s Southern slums sunday and a senior Shi if moslem cleric renewed a pledge to work for the release of foreign hostages believed to be held there. Although i possess no great Means of pressure i shall exert continuous a torts to resolve the question of the hostages said Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlal Lah. Spiritual guide of the pro iranian Hezbollah or party of god. "1 View the hostages Issue from Bolh humanitarian and it Amie standpoints. Ilis hurting our credibility Fadlallah said in an interview published sunday by a conservative Beirut daily newspaper. Fatal Ash has made several pledges in the past three years. Although Hezbollah has publicly denied involvement in the kidnappings the group is widely regarded As an umbrella for underground actions holding the hostages in Damascus a syrian source said sunday that the hostages were not part of a syrian iranian Deal under which inc syrian army intervened Friday to halt a three week Bloodbath Between rival Shine militias. The syrian source insisted thai he not be identified. Syria s information minister Moham med Salman on saturday also hinted that the hostages were not part of the Deal. There is no timetable for the re lease of the hostages he said. We Are still in the first step which is stopping the fighting Salman told re porters. We Hope that through dialogue and political action and cooperation with friends we can obtain the release of the  Salman said Syria is seeking to establish a Central authority in Lebanon Rev aged by 13 years of civil War. Unless we reach thai there will not be presidential elections he said warn ing of a constitutional vacuum after in silent am in Gamay cd s term ends september. A syrian command source said sat urday that syrian we dicta in inc suburbs would remain outside the May Modi District which harbours the main Barracks of the Hezbollah. Many of the hostage were believed to be held in the Hezbollah Barracks. Lebanese Security source speaking on condition of anonymity said the syrian deployment around Hay Madi was Munnt to tighten the noose on Hezbollah and inc kidnappers will nol be Able to move the hostages from one place to  the syrians moved into South Beirut after the lighting Between their ally amal arabic for Hope and Hezbollah. The righting killed 300 people and wounded 1,000. During the Battles Hezbollah wrested control of More than 90 percent of the16niiare-mile enclave from anal. The syrian infantrymen were armed with automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenade launchers. Both amal and Hezbollah have tanks mortars and howitzers. Salman said syrian troops would with draw Wishia i few Days and leave Secu Only m the hands of lebanese police. But he said syrian troops would re Mam m eight Points on the perimeter prepared 10 move in if necessary. He also said the syrians have no Plant to disarm either faction. In Bahrain Vemon wallers washing ton s . Ambassador said saturday during a Middle East tour. The syrians have assured me Iney will do everything they can to help and preserve inc lift an health of the  Walters was in Damascus last week end and held talks with syrian president Hafez Assad. Scores of arabs Hurt by rubber bullets tear Gas jfbi1cat pm Sadt a  _ i u _ _ _ Jerusalem apr a palestinian Man was shot in inc Chest and about 60 Oiher arabs were treated for injuries from rubber bullets and Lear Gas in clashes with israeli soldiers in two Refu gee Camps in the occupied Gaza strip. In the West Bank classes resumed for Aboul 70,000 Arab Junior High school students in the second stage of Israel s plan to reopen 1,200 school shut Dow nearly four month ago because of the palestinian uprising. No major trouble was reported As classes resumed for Stu dents age 1210 15. A new poll also showed israelis Are slightly is confident Noui their coun try s future bul More willing than their political leaders to hold peace talks with the Palestine liberation organization. We find that two thirds of israelis under certain conditions were willing to hold a dialogue with the Plo polling Ripen Yossi Alper said on Israel army radio. There is no zionist party thai holds such a position the injuries in the Gaza strip came during clashes saturday night and Sun Day morning according to official at Gaza t Shifa Hospital where inc casual lies were treated. A 29-year-old nun was in serious condition after being shot when israeli troops opened fire sunday it tone throwers in the so to refugee Camp near Gaza City the officials said. An army spokesman confirmed a wounded Man was brought to the Hospi Tal but said the military is investigating the circumstances. The night before youths threw hones and firebombs in nearby Jab Aliya Cun pand israeli troops responded with tear Gas and rubber bullets Arab news re ports said. About 60 people were treated at the Camp clinic for injuries from the bullets and the effects of the argue the reports said. Tension have been ugh in inc Gaza area since Friday when a 3-year-old Girt was brought dead to a Gaza City Hospital. Her family said she died after tear Gas was fired outside their Home. The army maintains no tear Gas was used in the area the girl s death brings to 198 the number of arabs killed since the pales Tinian uprising began nearly six months ago. Two israelis also have died. In the West Bank about 300 Middle or Junior High schools opened sunday a week alter classes resumed in elementary schools and kindergartens. Simeti official have said they Are reopening schools because the uprising has quilted they plan to open High schools next week. At one Middle school for girls in eur Birch a woman principal showed a reporter damage she said was done by israeli Sta Diers who used the school As a Headquarters. She spoke on condition that neither she nor he school be identified. In one room obscenities about arabs were written in hebrew with an Orange Crayon on Walls. The jewish Star of David and the word Israel in hebrew also were scrawled on several Walls. There were new window throughout the school and a maintenance Man said 77 windows were broken by the  officials have said they will repair any damage done by soldiers the poll published sunday in israeli newspaper reported 89 percent of respondents fell certain of Israel continued existence. In a similar 1986 poll 96 percent responded they were cd Tija of the country s survival. 1.7". Dav re i a newspaper reported thai two thirds of those questioned would talk to the Plo if it renounced terrorism. In did not give comparative figures for two years ago. The poll when in december and Jan uary for the Jaffe Center for strategic studio at Tel Aviv University questioned 1,180 israelis  
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