European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday july 20,1988 Hamadi s tirade throws trial into tumult by de Reavis staff writer Frankfurt West Germany the fifth Day of the trial of alleged lebanese terrorist Mohammed All Hamadi ended in tumult tuesday with the accused threatening not to participate in the rest of the hearings which Are scheduled to last another 11 months. Hamadi a shiite moslem standing trial for the 1985 hijacking of a Twa Jet and the murder of a . Navy diver made the threat after judge Heiner Guckenberger ended Hamadi s tirade against israeli and . Involvement in Lebanon and Vietnam. Guckenberger had asked Hamadi to explain his motive for smuggling High explosives into West Germany and the defendant launched into accusations against Israel and the United states. Guckenberger told Hamadi to consult with his lawyers overnight to determine if such an outburst and excursion into the history of the world would really help your  earlier in the Day Hamadi speaking through his interpreter denied knowing the identities of most of the people listed in his own address Book. The Book was confiscated by German police when he was arrested at Frankfurt International Airport while attempting to smuggle High explosives into the coun try. It contained names and addresses of mainly arabs living in West Germany France and Lebanon. Hamadi claimed other pe9ple made entries in his notebook without his knowledge but then admitted one of the names in the notebook Hussein Izzedin was a Good  court spokesman Falk Thomas told reporters during a recess the prosecution considers the name identical to that of Izz Al Dine one of the alleged Twa hijackers. Three of the suspected air pirates re main at Large. During the hijacking 39 american were held hostage for 17 Days. . Navy diver Robert Stethem of Waldorf md.,was shot and killed in Beirut Lebanon. Two expert witnesses testified the explosives smuggled by Hamadi were so sensitive that if a bottle had fallen one fifth of an Inch there probably would have been an explosion. Hamadi is accused of transporting three bottles in his hand Luggage from Beirut via Cyprus to Frankfurt. Two Airport custom officials involve Din Hamadi s apprehension said they caught him during a random Check. Cus Toms officer Horst Wegener called re ports that they had received a tip about Hamadi s arrival from . Or West Ger Man sources  we Check planes arriving from the near East More carefully for drugs we Gener said. I saw the sediment at the Bot Tom of the bottles and tested them for drugs. When those tests came up negative i made a test for explosives and it was Posi Tive. Then i called in the experts Rainer Hamm lawyer for the victim Sand their families announced the Addi Tion of three More co plaintiffs in the  said they were Pilot John l. Testrake of Richmond to. Chief flight attendant Uli Derickson and flight Engi Neer Benjamin Zimmermann of Cascade Idaho. None of the three was present. Derickson is credited with preventing More passenger killings by diverting the hijackers attention by  added plaintiffs bring to 14 the number of pe9ple who have joined in the prosecution including the slain diver s parents who have been present since the opening Day of the trial. On wednesday the court is schedule to hear testimony from Hamadi s brother Abbas. Abbas was Given a 13-Yearsentence by a Disseldorf court for involvement in the kidnapping of two West German businessmen in Lebanon in an attempt to free his brother. News updates ship collision London a the Royal Navy said monday it will hold an investigation into a collision in the Irish sea Between conqueror the submarine that Sank the argentin Cruiser Gen. Belgrano in the Falk land islands War and an army yacht. The yacht dal Riada Sank within five minutes of colliding with the nuclear powered submarine s Peri scope on july 2, said a Navy spokes Man speaking anonymously i keeping with British custom. The yacht Sank within five min utes he said. A frigate exercising with the submarine recovered Al four occupants of the yacht in  afghan attack Moscow a afghan re Bels fired rockets into the Afghani capital of Kabul tuesday mornings residents went to work and one exploding projectile killed eight people and wounded nine others the soviet news Agency Tass re ported from Afghanistan. It was the second bombardment of Kabul by the insurgents reported in five Days. Tass said rockets rained Down on City streets and Crossroads. The Only known casualty toll was from the rocket that exploded in the afghan capital s Khairkhah District it said. On Friday 21 rockets were fired into residential areas of Kabul killing 20 people. Joint .-soviet space Mission Feas be air Force chief says by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington a joint .-Sovi it space Mission involving separate spacecraft is feasible the Secretary of the air Force said following a tour of soviet aviation and space facilities. I think there is the possibility to have a joint Mission of some Type Edward  said in a Pentagon news Confer ence monday. I Don t think we can do i from. The same spacecraft. But i think there is the possibility of a Mission i which one country leaves off a payload on Mars and the other one picks it  Aldridge s tour of soviet aviation and space facilities Early this month at the invitation of the soviet minister of de sense marked the first official . Air Force visit to the soviet Union in 31 years. He said a joint Mission suggested by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev during the signing of the intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty with the unite states is being studied by the Reagan administration. The Secretary said he and his part heard a very very Strong Appeal for space  and Aldridge said he believes there Are two motivations for the soviets interest in joint space exploration. One would be financial. If we and the soviet Union would agree to a join space Mission then you tend to lock up the funding. The Money would be com  he said the soviets Are having the same problems As the United states in funding space exploration. A second motivation he said would be technology. They re looking for How the United states does that. They clearly understand the technology we have and they re  Aldridge estimated that the soviets Are behind us on the order of 10 years in computer types and capacity. But they have very Brilliant people working the  but he said he saw examples of highly advanced equipment that indicated that despite the fact they Are behind us i technology they Are Able to use their technology in a very innovative  the . Delegation did not get to see the new soviet space shuttle but Al Dridge said they re haying difficulty with their shuttle. They did admit tech Nical problems and they did admit their shuttle was More expensive than they thought  politics came up Only briefly Aldridge said when a soviet Host pointed out that his country is committed to the peaceful exploration of space a statement the Secretary read As a veiled criticism of Star wars the administration s space based strategic defense initiative. I said we also use space for peaceful purposes. Our space program is based on deterrence Aldridge said. 20 soviet inspectors arrive in Britain to Check missile facilities at 2 bases correction a recent Story on the dependent Stu Dent travel program incorrectly stated that air Force family members May have to Fly space available on military flights rather than on commercial flights be cause of an air Force funding shortage. The Story also incorrectly said that Stu dents flying space available on military flights would have priority above every one except personnel on emergency leave. The Story should have said that air Force students now May have to wait for a space available seat on military Airlift come flights rather than using funded Mac tickets that guarantee reserved seats or government seats purchased on commercial flights. Also the students rank third in priority behind emergency leave personnel and Active duty members and their families travelling on Normal leave. By Dave . Bureau Raf Greenham common eng land an Aeroflot Jet carrying 20 soviet inspectors touched Down an hour ear Lier than expected tuesday some seven years after the first demonstrators set up what has become a permanent Camp pro testing ground launched cruise missiles Glam in Southern England. The soviets were greeted at 1 . . And British military officials and a horde of press and their escorts at the base the Home of the so 1st tac missile Wing. Beginning tuesday the soviets have four Days to make their initial inspections of the missile facilities at Green Ham and at the 303rd tac missile Wingat Raf Molesworth the other Glam base in England. However the americans will no know exactly what the soviets intentions Are until they state them according to it. Col. Bob Brus a 3rd air Force spokesman. Under the terms of the intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty the soviet must wait four hours but not More than 48 hours to announce which bases the will inspect. Tuesday marked the first visit to a Glam base since the treaty s signing june 1. Amid Little fanfare and after the offi Cial welcomes the soviets were boarded on a bus and taken to military dormitories for an overnight stay. . Officers mostly from an on sit inspection Agency based at Rhein main a West Germany were to accompany the soviets As they examined the missile Sand launchers. Soviet inspectors arrived in Western Europe july 4 to Check mis Siles at two West German Sites housing Pershing ii rockets. The current visits Are part of a 60-Dayperiod of Baseline inspections to deter mine the accuracy of data exchanged by the two sides. The soviets Are visiting 30sites in the United states and Western Europe while . Inspectors Are visiting133 soviet Sites. So far no violations have been discovered . Officials say. Travis takes Over army s 7th medical come Heidelberg West Germany maj. Gen. Richard t. Travis assumed command of 7th medical come tues Day. Travis is the 18th commander of the unit which was established in 1946 As the . Army medical come Europe. He replaces it. Gen. Frank f. Led Ford jr., who left in june to assume the position of army surgeon general in Washington . Travis an orthopaedic surgeon is a graduate of Marquette University school of Medicine in Wisconsin and completed his orthopaedic surgery Resi Dence at Walter Reed army medical Center. His most recent assignment was As Deputy commander of the . Army medical research and development come at fort Detrick my