European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july 20, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 style of attack on greek cruise ship Points to Abu Nidal . Officials say Washington a american officials sifting through several claims of responsibility have concluded that the palestinian Abu Nidal organization probably conducted the july 11 attack that killed nine people aboard a greek cruise ship. But the United states is not certain whether Libya Abu Nidal s main Benefactor commissioned the attack on the City of Poros cruise liner sailing in the Aegean sea. The method of operation the style of the attack All Point to Abu Nidal one official said. But we have to be cautious about the linkage to Libya added the offi Cial who spoke on condition of anonymity. Abu Nidal whose real name is Sabri Al Banna gets much of his funding from libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi and maintains Headquarters in Tripoli. American counter terrorism officials contend that since the . Aerial bomb ing on Libya two years ago Qadhafi has been using surrogate groups to carry out terror attacks against the United states. But the official said that in some terror attacks it s not Clear Cut whether Libya ordered them or maybe it was just a Wink and nod kind of thing in which Qadhafi gave implicit approval. Callers have claimed that at least three groups carried out the gunfire and Gre Nade assault on the City of Poros in Abu Nidal Abu Nidal the guerrilla code name for Sabri Banna is believed to have been born in 1935 in Jaffa now part of Israel. In addition to his suspected link to Friday s Rome and Vienna Airport attacks he has been blamed for the following slayings of moderate palestinian leaders and assassination attempts against Yasser Arafat chairman of Palestine liberation organization which condemned Abu Nidal to death in absent a in 1974 attacks on hotels in Syria and Jordan on israeli and jewish officials in Europe and on saudi Ara Bian Oil Field in 1977 that killed 12 and caused $100 million in damage near fatal shooting of Israel s ambassador to England Shlomo Argov june 3, 1982 Israel cited assassination attempt As reason for its invasion of Lebanon 3 Days later 1983 killing in Portugal of Plo Abu Nidal in 1976 moderate Issam Sartai who was close to Arafat and advocated dialogue with israeli leftists hijacking of egyptian Airliner to Malta in november 1985 57 people were killed in hijacking and Rescue attempt by egyptian commandos Chicago Tribune Chart source Chicago Tribune news reports which 98 people were wounded. The groups Are the organization of the martyrs of the popular revolution in pales Tine the islamic jihad group believed to be holding some Western hostages in Lebanon and the jewish defense league whose spokesman has denied an Anonymous claim of responsibility. None of these ring any Bells. They sound like hoaxes said the american official. Another official also speaking on condition of anonymity said the attack was similar to those carried out simultaneously at the Vienna and Rome airports in december 1985, in which 19 people were killed and More than 100 wounded. There is also similarity with the 1986 attack on an Istanbul Turkey synagogue in which More than 20 people were killed he said. Running in shooting and throwing grenades seems to be the method in All these cases the first official said. He discounted reports that the cruise liner attack was intended to gain free Dom for a palestinian arrested in Greece last month whose extradition is being sought by the United states in connection with the 1982 bombing of a pan am jetliner in Hawaii. This has the earmarks of a Long planned event not something put together on the Spur of the moment he said. Pentagon to extend probe to Downing of Airbus Washington up the Pentagon monday said the completion of its investigation into a Navy ship s Downing of an iranian Airliner will be delayed until the end of the month at the request of the probe s chief. Rear adm. William Fogarty has requested additional time to Complete his investigation the Penta gon statement said. The estimated completion time is the end of  the formal investigati9n into the accidental july 3 shooting Down of the Airbus Airliner in the persian Gulf which killed All 290 on Board had been scheduled to be completed monday. A Public report will probably not be made until sometime in August. Last week the Pentagon said a Navy Laboratory had completed its interpretation of the electronic tapes from the guided missile Cruiser Vincennes which shot Down the Airbus and had forwarded them to Fogarty for use in his investigation. The Pentagon has said capt. Will Rogers the com Mander of the Vincennes did the right thing in de fending his ship Given the facts available the Airliner did not answer 12 separate warnings was giving off an electronic signal identifying it As an iranian f-14 fighter plane and appeared to be descending in Altitude As if to attack the Vincennes. Initially the Pentagon said the Airliner was 4 /2 Miles outside the 20-mile-wide air corridor normally used by passenger jets to Fly across the Gulf from ban Dar Abbas Iran to Dubai in the United Arab Emi rates. However it later said the aircraft was Only 4 / Miles off the Center line of the corridor noting that Commer Cial aircraft usually Fly in the Center of the corridor. Arab americans fleeing israeli occupied areas Jerusalem a about 2,000 Arab americans have moved out of the occupied territories because the Palestin Ian uprising has threatened their safety and the education of their children a . Official said tuesday. . Consulate spokesman David Good said the 2,000 Arab americans represent about one Quarter of those who lived in the West Bank and East Jerusa Lem before the uprising began dec. 8. On monday night some 3,000 palestinians in beit Savour Village turned a funeral into an anti israeli demonstration after 17-year-old Admon Elias Hilal was killed by a Brick that fell from a fourth floor army Lookout Post. Earlier in the Day dutch foreign min ister Hans Van Den Broek toured the Kalan Dia refugee Camp North of Jerusalem setting off a protest by Arab youths who chanted slogans and hurled rocks at reporters. Maneu vers in  Berlin a the soviet and East German armies will conduct Maneu vers in East Germany from next sunday through july 30, the official communist news Agency adn said monday. The exercises will take place in areas near the cities of new Brandenburg Lucken Walde Eisenhutt Wenstadt Peitz Jessen and Moe Kern adn said. After Van Den Broek left troops fired rubber bullets to break up crowds who raised outlawed palestinian flags and pictures of Yasser Arafat chairman of the Palestine liberation organization. Good said the main reason the Arab americans Are leaving the occupied lands is the unsettled conditions caused by the palestinian rebellion. Many people Are concerned about their children s education or about them being caught up in Vio Lence he told the associated press. The israeli military administration closed arabs schools in the West Bank for four months during the uprising and Cut Short the school year by about a month. The administration believes the schools Are centers of unrest. Many of the 224 palestinians who have been killed since the unrest broke out Are teen agers. Four israelis also have died. Fans Bouhafa spokesman for the Washington based american Arab anti discrimination committee said some departing Arab americans planned to re turn once conditions Are Calmer in the occupied territories. Bouhafa who said his 8-year-old organization has 61 chapters and 20,000 members in the United states is in Israel to expand the role of the group s East Jerusalem Branch which was established three months ago. . Not represented on list of top 25 Banks worldwide new York up for the first time in 31 years the United states failed to win representation among the world s top 25 Banks in an annual Survey published by american banker the Trade newspaper said tuesday. Japanese Banks overwhelmed american ones taking the no. 1 through no. 10 spots. Citibank the largest Bank in the United states with $101.1 billion in deposits ranked 28th on the list of the 500 largest Banks in the world based on deposits. Citibank ranked no. 17 last year and was the Only . Bank among the top 25. Dai Ichi Kingyo Bank Ltd. Of Tokyo with $275.3 billion in depos its was ranked no. 1 for the fourth consecutive year. American banker said the 24 per cent growth in yen denominated de posits and the 22 percent appreciation of the yen against the Dollar Between sept. 30, 1986, and March 31, 1988, helped japanese Banks move into the first 10 positions on this year s list. Japanese Banks held the top seven spots last year. Analysts however said the size of a Bank s assets or deposits is not necessarily an indication of its importance and Power. Some of the japanese Banks on the list Are not terribly powerful or Well known outside of Japan said Christopher a Honey a banking Industry analyst for Moody s investors service inc. On the. Other hand Mahoney said . Morgan & co. Is extremely important  but its principle subsidiary Morgan guaranty Trust company of new York is 69th on the american banker list with deposits of $45.8 billion. Japanese Banks have always placed a High Premium on asset size for various structural and cultural reasons said Mahoney who is vice president of Moody s financial institutions group. But this emphasis on assets is slowly being eroded by a desire by japanese Banks to have a higher return on assets and to improve their capital ratios. Ann Treimann a senior banking analyst with Nomura research Institute inc., said Japan s big Banks need to improve their capital ratios to meet new International capital guidelines that were designed to create a More level playing Field among the world s major Banks. Over the next few years we would expect the asset size of japanese Banks to level off or shrink to meet the guide lines she said