European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday july 21,1988 news updates philippine talks Manila Philippines a communist rebels rejected new peace talks with president Corazon Aquino As a farce monday charging her government and the military merely wanted to trap leaders of the 19-year-old insurgency. Self styled communist rebels meanwhile killed a provincial offi Cial monday and a guerrilla spokesman warned of More kill Ings As Long As the government fails to prosecute human rights violators in the military. The general command of the communist new people s army in a statement sent by courier to news agencies claimed Aquino s govern ment lost its credibility following the collapse of peace talks last year. Aquino has said she would agree to new peace talks if the rebels made the first move. Intelsat fraud Washington a the former second ranking executive at the global satellite communications network Intelsat is the fourth person to be charged in a scheme that allegedly defrauded the com Pany of $5.4 million. Jose l. Algretta fired As Deputy director general of Intelsat in de Cember 1986, was arrested in Aruba last week and charged with conspiracy to defraud the organization of $3.8 million according to a criminal complaint unsealed monday in Federal court. The scheme said to have been carried out Between april 1984 and september 1986, revolved around the construction and financing of the second phase of the Intelsat Headquarters in washing ton and allegedly included a combination of unauthorized pay ments bid rigging kickbacks and phony commissions. Melon madness Beijing a thousands of peasants rioted in a Ripe Watermelon Field and hundreds of Urban dwellers looted a Melon stand official reports said in the latest re play of the Melon madness that hits China each summer. Participants in similar Melon looting sprees last summer received heavy prison terms and growers and Sellers this year have resorted to hiring police guards apparently to Little Avail. Marsh to begin visit to army units overseas Washington is Secretary of the army John o. Marsh or. Was to embark on a four Day trip to West Ger Many thursday to visit training areas and talk with soldiers about the army s ongoing year of Marsh plans to make stops at the Vil Seck Hohenfels and Grafe Wohr train ing areas and is scheduled to make a Short trip to Chi Emsee. He also is expected to visit with troops of the 8th inf div 1st army div and 3rd army div a Pentagon spokesman said. During the trip Marsh will receive briefings from various unit commanders regarding their general state of readiness. Correction an article yesterday incorrectly said the soviet inspection team s visit to Raf Greenham. Common England was their first to a ground launched cruise missile base. It should have said it was the first visit to a Glam base in England. Congress wants detailed study of nato Reserve forces role by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington worried about the difficulties nato would face in get Ting reinforcements to the Central Europe front in the event of a Warsaw pact attack lawmakers on Capitol Hill want the Pentagon to draw up a major study addressing All aspects of the Issue. Within six months of president Rea Gan s signing of the fiscal 1989 defense authorization Bill recently approved by Congress the Pentagon must provide a study concerning the length of time required for the military forces of the United states and the Warsaw pact to enter combat at the inter German Border in a major conflict in Europe the report accompanying the Bill states. It s a reflection of the reality that most assessments say we will lose a conventional War in Europe before we even get to the front a House staffer said. Lawmakers Are interested particularly in the role of Reserve forces in a euro Pean land War. The View from our Side is pretty pessimistic but from the Warsaw pact Side it s optimistic the staffer said. We d just like to know Why they feel their re serves would get into the fight so much faster than lawmakers Are looking for the Small est details judging from the Bill s Lan Guage. For example they want separate time estimates from decision to mobilize to entry into Battle for each Divi Sion separate brigade and major combat service support element in both the Active and Reserve components. Lawmakers also want information on Manning Levels of those units and equip ment inventory for both Active forces and reserves average number of training Days for Reserve personnel in the pre Vious year and the transit time from those units peacetime locations to the East German Border. In addition the study must include the same kinds of Best estimate assess ments for the ground and air forces of Belgium Canada Denmark West Ger Many the Netherlands Luxembourg the United kingdom and France As Well As for Poland Czechoslovakia East Ger Many and the soviet Union. We re simply looking to get All the facts Down in one reference source the House staffer said. There have been a lot of studies done on this but we d like to wrap it All up in one package for use when we consider future authorization Greece says they know identities of Leader 3 others who attacked ship Athens Greece a the govern ment wednesday said it has identified the ringleader of a massacre aboard a greek cruise ship and it linked him to a slaying claimed by the Abu Nidal terrorist group. Public order minister Anastasios Sehiotis said the Leader was Hijab Jaballa who holds a libyan passport. Sehiotis said Jaballa was involved in the slaying of an egyptian newspaper editor 10 years ago in Nicosia Cyprus which was claimed by Abu Nidal. He said three accomplices to the ship attack also were identified. Sehiotis identified them As Aboul aloud Adnan Skjod and Merhi Mehieddine. Terrorists fired guns and threw grenades aboard the ship the City of Poros in the Aegean sea on july 11. Nine people were killed and at least 98 were wounded. Police matched fingerprints found in an Athens apartment rented by Jaballa with those uncovered in 1978 in Cyprus. They belonged to the same person Sehiotis said. Abu Nidal whose real name is Sabri Al Banna gets much of his funding from Sehiotis who read a Long statement to journalists refused to say whether Jabal la and his alleged accomplices were dead or had fled the country. Sehiotis said police speculated that at least one of the gunmen May have been killed by an explosion that rocked the ship s Bridge. Two of the bodies have not been identified yet. Hours before the attack two men believed to be arabs died in a car explosion near a Marina where the City of Poros was scheduled to Dock. Their car contained automatic weapons and explosives. Police said they believe the occupants of the car were waiting for the cruise liner to arrive at the Marina and planned to Hijack it. Sehiotis said Jaballa arrived in Greece by air from Denmark on june 1. He was libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi and preceded by his three accomplices who maintains Headquarters in Libya. . Arrived in Athens Early in May from you officials have said Abu Nidal probably Oslavia after starting out from Beirut conducted the ship attack. Lebanon Sehiotis said. Hijab Jaballa North sea of fighter Range proposed by Dave Diehl . Bureau British aerospace is offering to build a High tech Jet fighter training Range Over the North sea that company officials say will give american British and dutch pilots More realistic training. The computer controlled Range Simi Lar to one now used by nato pilots in the Mediterranean off the coast of Sardi Nia mainly would be used by fighter Crews practising simulated air to air combat minus live weapons company officials said wednesday. A said its bid to build the Range at a site 80 Miles off the coast of Eastern eng land is unsolicited. Company spokes Man Andy Bunce said his firm believes a Range Over the North sea would not Only provide better training for european based fighter pilots but also would be cheaper for air Crews to get to. One of the main reasons we want to build this Range is that the one in Sardi Nia is so Distant Bunce said. It s expensive to get there and it s a false environment Sunshine and Clear Bunce said his firm believes fighter pilots could Benefit from flying in the often murkier weather Over the North sea. It s a bit More of a realistic environment he said. The firm also maintains that the Sar Dinia Range the Only one of its kind in Europe is in constant and heavy de the proposal to build the Range is in the hands of the British ministry of de sense Bunce said. A is waiting for the government nod and some Type of Assur Ance that the Range will be used he said. A spokesman for the Royal air Force in London said wednesday that the government is looking at the proposal. He could make no further comment. The North sea Range which could be completed in 1990, would be available on a pay As you go basis according to Bunce. He said the total Cost of building the facility will be in the tens of Mil Lions of dollars. Sensors mounted on six waterborne towers in a 30-mile Circle would be Able to track Monitor and record the Maneu vers of up to 36 planes within it the company said. Computers would store the flight information giving pilots the Chance to relive their performances after Landing. Navy identifies Sailor who died in Naples Naples Italy is the Navy wednesday released the name of a 29 year old Sailor from the aircraft Carrier Eisenhower who died july 14 at the Naples naval Hospital. Petty officer 3rd class Gilbert Moon show of new York City had been brought to the Hospital by ambulance after being discovered unconscious in his room at the naval support activity bar Racks in nearby Cap Dichino. Morrishow who worked in the air Craft maintain Ance department aboard the Carrier now on a Mediterranean deployment was temporarily assigned to Naples while undergoing medical testing according to a Navy spokesman. An autopsy found that the Sailor apparently choked to death on his own vomit but the spokesman said full re sults of the autopsy Are not expected for several More weeks. Morrishow is survived by his wife Kendle of Gladstone to
