European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. June 4,1988 the stars and stripes p . Envoy s car hit during Beirut gunfight Niri Nii it inc am her Tuhn Ilie Awn on cd fire in 1 j3cm9hhib had scheduled a news conference for this week Beirut to Fanon bodyguards and a Chris Tian militia patrol in Easi Twat a thursday police reported ii a . Embassy spokesman who spoke lion of anonymity said the ambassador and All escorts arc he refused to elaborate. In another development the shiite moslem amal militia on thursday denied it has custody of three american professors and an Indian professor Kidnap Ped in 1987. A police spokesman speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations said one Bullet hit the Hood of Kelly s Armor plated dark Blue Chevrolet in an accidental Exchange of automatic he said the gunfire occurred around noon when Kelly s lebanese and american bodyguards inc Ort cars fired into the air with automatic a parcel by to make Way for he Convoy Ina traffic jammed Street in . Kelly s motorcade Watt trading to the heavily guarded . Emby compound in the suburb of Aukar North of a fut. The so nun said a militia patrol from s rightist phalanges party which was in inc area open fir ithe air Loo in an Effort to Stop Kelly s Convoy Tochek what was happen Kelly s bodyguards three bullets at the gifts in a White Mer the patrol fired were Militi said. Kelly s Carpl Felt with one bulge Inge Hood and continued on Kelly Jay to the embassy the spokesman added. It Youssef foreign relations spokesman for the syrian backed amal militia said a report by the times of London that the four kidnapped professors were believed to be in amal s hands was untrue and totally four arc americans Robert Polhill Jesse Turner and alarm Stycn and Indian Mikhil Schwar Singh they were kidnapped Jan. 24,1987. The times also said that amal Leader Nabih Bernha new of an that there is understandable speculation Utah this May be to announce the hostages ran underground islamic jihad for the claimed to have a and has demanded Israel Rab prisoners. In another development police said three members of the iranian backed Hezbollah or party of god. Were wounded in a Brief firc fight with rival Shi Ite mos Lem militiamen in South Beirut on wednesday night. Another police spokesman said the three Hezbollah is were injured in a five minute Exchange of fire wit members of the amal militia in South Beirut s Shaiyah District. Syrian troops intervened and brought the firefight to an end the spokesman said. The clash was the first reported Between the two since Syria deployed 2,400 troops in South Beirut y and saturday ending three weeks of clashes acc two rival militias that killed nearly 300 people ass Gudld 1,000. Amal . Accused Hezbollah of provoking the clash Ahji done three wounded Shi Ite militiamen were a quipped pistols. Hezbollah said amal fire at the three unarmed Hezbollah is As Nawf Jidi a to Shaiyah to Check on their apartments. Meese Hopes accused Hijacker Hamadi gets life Munich a . Attorney Gen eral Edwin a Csc says he Hopes a Man accused in the 1985 Twa hijacking gets life in prison. Meese was in Munich to at tend a meeting of european economic Community Interior and Justice ministers. In an interview Mcnese was asked about Mohammed Hamadi a lebanese shiite moslem who goes on rial july 5 i Frankfurt on charges of air piracy and murder in the Twa Hope thai he Hamadi will be successfully prosecuted and appropriately sentenced me Csc said. We believe that because of the severity of the Crim that Hamadi should receive the Maxi mum life . Navy diver was killed during the hijacking and 39 americans were held hostage for 17 Frankfurt juvenile court hearing Hamadi s Case could give him a life sen tence. It also could Rule that Hamadi was under age 21 at the time the hijacking began and try him As a juvenile. In that Case he could receive a maximum of 10 years in prison. When he was apprehended Hamad gave his birth Alc As june 13, 1964, but later maintained he was two years was arrested at Frankfurt air port on Jan. 13, i9b7, after custom agents found liquid explosives in his lug Gage and discovered his identification papers were thursday me Csc met with european ministers representing the 12-na-lion trev1 group which meets to coordinate anti terrorism efforts. Trevi Isan acronym for terrorism radicalism extremism. Violence United slates is not an official member of inc group but for years Meuse has met with ministers within the framework of Trevi Laid he would present a number of . Proposals to improve anti terrorist efforts. . Bid to ban spy Catcher rejected by australian court London a prime minister Margaret Thatcher s government thursday lost a three year court Battle to Block australian publication of a former intelligence agent s s expensive crusade against Peter Wright s spy Catcher had prompted protests that inc govern ment was infringing on Freedom of inc press. Australia s highest court the seven judge High court in the capital of Canberra ruled against Britain in its final bid to suppress the judges accepted Britain s Contention that Wright was bound by a lifetime oath of silence about his 25 years with the mis counter espionage Agency but they said australian courts had no jurisdiction to enforce a British Security regulation. They unanimously rejected the British government attempt to seize All profits from spy Catcher to prevent further publication of the Book in austra 240,000 copies of the Book had been sold in Australia Afler lower courts ruled in Wright s favor an publishers William Heinemann released 200,000 paperback copies immediately Afler thursday s verdict. The judgment also releases nearly s3.g million i royalties to the 73-year-old Wright who lives on a horse farm in Tasmania and is said to be in poor publicity from Thatcher s Campaign against the Book accounts for much of the Book s stunning com Mercial Success. More than 1.4 million copies have been sold in 40countries, including the United states despite inc government s continued ban in Britain and Hong Kong the British taxpayer is left with a Legal Bill Esti mated at $3.6 million. In the australian Case alone he government was ordered to pay an estimated j900.000 in Legal costs. Wright s Book frequently smuggled into Britain by tourists and britons resuming from overseas describes his 20-year career in the mi5 counter espionage service. It alleges that the Security service eavesdropped on foreign embassies burgled offices stole documents plotted assassination attempts and discussed How touring Down Harold Wilson s labor party government in the 1970s.Thatcher s attempt 10 suppress the memoirs Dales front september 1985 when an australian court granted a temporary injunction against the Book. The subsequent hearings prompted newspapers i Britain to publish extracts of spy Aicher and the government immediately clamped Down creating a confrontation Over press Freedom. The government maintains in has pursued the Casto uphold the principle that former Security officers Are bound by a lifetime oath of silence about their work. The government still Hopes to Block spy Catcher in Britain where it has banned the Book and brought half dozen court cases to prevent newspapers from publishing extracts. Tremor shakes Island off Greece Athens Greece a a Strong earthquake Shook the Western Island of cephalonia thursday forthe third Lime in two weeks but there were no reports of damage or injuries. The Athens Seis ologies Institute said the tremor measured 5 on the Richcr scale. Its epicentre was in the ionian seabed off cephalonia about 195 Miles fro Mathens. We fell the tremor around lunchtime but people did t bother to leave their Homes and there were no damage reports a police officer on cephalonia said tremors measuring 5.8 and 5.3 on the Richter scale Shook the Island on May 18 and May 21, but caused no damage. Buildings on cephalonia have been constructed to withstand tremors of 7 on the Richter scale Ever since the ionian islands off Western Greece were bit by devastating quake in 1953. The Richter scale is a measure of the Energy released by an earthquake As measured by the ground motion recorded on a Seismograph. Every increase of on number Means a tenfold increase in magnitude. A quake measuring 5 on the Richter quake can cause considerable damage and a quake measuring 6 can cause severe damage. Journalist held in Afghanistan returns to Italy Rome a an italian journalist who was jailed in Afghanistan for 6 a months on espionage charges returned Home thursday and said he was whipped after being caught entering Afghanistan with Bilo Slavo 26, told reporters he spent three or four months in jail near the afghan capital of Kabul before receiving the first of two letters from his , who looked weary but healthy said he would describe his time in Captivity at a news conference on to confirm news reports that he was whipped after his arrest in november he journalist said yes it happened when i was first taken prisoner about 100 Kilometres 62 Miles from journalist smiled broadly when he stepped off a special private plane at Rome Ciampino Airport after a night from Kabul. Bilo Slavo who worked for the tiny Trieste based Albatross news Agency was greeted by his Mother Grazia who hugged and kissed him. A crowd of Well wishers including former socialist Premier Bettino Praxi welcomed a journalist when he got Cut the aircraft. Also present was Bruno Boulai Secretary general of the italian foreign ministry who had delivered a plea for clemency to afghan president Najib fro italian president Francesco Corsiga. The request was granted on wednesday. I want to thank president Corsiga and , who literally came to pull me out of the prison said Bilo Slavo who was wearing a Bluet shirt Gray jeans and sneakers. Bilo Slavo was arrested nov. 14 while travelling with moslem guerrillas battling the soviet backed afghan government he was convicted i March of espionage and sentenced to seven years in shared a jail cell with French free Lance photographer Alain Guillo who was freed Las week after an Appeal from French president Francois Mitterrand
