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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, September 9, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 i d Benefit to raise fund for Ramsten victims Page 2d Yellowstone fire threaten old faithful Page 5 d Garrison beats Navratilova at . Open Page 17 d classified ads today stripes Magazine is and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Futa of butt bb93a Hamadi bragged he wielded the fatal gun witness testifies by to Reavis Stu it writer Frankfurt West Germany an american who was a hostage on hijacked Twa flight 847 testified wednesday hat Mohammed Ali Hamadi bragged this is inc gun that killed the Marine after the shooting death at a . Sailor. Hamadi is on trial for murder and air piracy in the 1985 hijacking he keeled in the Row in front of us with the gun dangling inches Tram my acc while he talked in German to or. Traugott and myself former passenger Peter William Hill 60, said. I noted inc make a 9mm by Rolta with Chrome Metal and a White handle very  Hill was one of the 39 american bos Ages held for 17 Days Afler the Twa jetliner was hijacked in route to Rome and diverted to Beirut Lebanon. Navy diver Robert Secl him was shot and his body dumped on the runway at Beirut. Hamadi has admitted to being one of the hijackers but has denied shootings Letham. Hilt testified that Hamadi told him and another passenger Ralf Traugott about the killing Long after he event when the three were engaged in conversation. When confronted by it statement by Traugott that Hamadi never said he killed St them Hill said or. Traugott is wrong. He has a bad  Hill worked As Midwest manager of West German travel Agency and was directing a holy land tour group of 33 Chicago area residents who were aboard he hijacked plane. He told the court he Sal next to Hama i and his accomplice in inc last Row of the plane just before Takeoff from Athenson june 13, j9s5. Hamadi went to the toilet before refinished loading passengers. I thought it strange that he took his Large Duffey Sebag with him. Then there was a loud noise As if Hundred Crystal glasses were being Bra Ken. Then he returned to his  Hilt later found two Glass Sharris on the floor of the toilet. He saved the Glass for he Fri investigation certain that it was a clue to How the hijackers got weapons on Board. After Takeoff but while the plane was still climbing with its 149  said Hamadi and his accomplice Hassan Izza Al Dine reached into inc Duffel bag came out with three hand Gre Nades and a pistol jumped Over him an stormed the cockpit during inc first six hours of the or Deal. Hill said passengers were forced to keep their Heads Between their Knees at the risk of being shot. As inc plane eventually was taken to Beirut three times and Algiers twice Pas sengers were rotated in their seals and Large men were forced to sit in window seats to keep them from attempting at tacks against inc hijackers Hili said. Before Landing in Beirut he first time inc hijackers emptied the first class Sec lion then separated the six Navy Menand Kurt Carlson another military member. Hill recalled. Hill said he saw Carlson return from inc first class Section where he was horribly beaten his head  after the second Landing Hill said he heard what he interpreted to be a  our third stay in Beirut i was allowed to go Forward saw blood All of Eric place and the Pilot capt. John Testrake said hey killed a Young Man there soyuz Pilot criticized by soviet newspaper Moscow a the commander of a soviet space capsule stranded in space for a Day May have worsened equipment problems by not inking manual control the government newspaper said after the soyuz to a landed safely. The government daily Izvestia said reporters questioned Deputy flight chief Viktor Blagoev of the soviet space program on whether the commander Vladimi Lyakhov made mistakes tuesday during attempts to fire braking rocket aboard his soyuz capsule. The Liny capsule parachuted to a Landing at 4 to . Wednesday Moscow time 100 Miles Southeast of  in the Kazakhstan Republic of Sovie Central Asia. Despite a problem with the guidance system the spacecraft landed within a few dozen Miles of the in tended target and Only 24 hours late Izvestia reported. Television showed the tiny spherical soyuz capsule floating Down on a White Parachute with Orange stripes against a Reddish Dawn sky. A puff of dust Rose front the ground when the capsule landed. Abdul Ahad Mohmand the first afghan in space and soviet arc mate Lya Jidov spent 26 hours aboard the cramped capsule that had enough air for Only two Days dwindling food supplies and no toilet. Of course it was not an easy thing to sit in space suits for 24 hours Lyakhov 47, said in an interview see soyuz on Back Page afghan research cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Mohmand and soyuz Pilot Vladimir Lyakhov smile after difficult Landing. Autumn forge emphasizes Burden sharing Byda Miessau. West from fort Bliss to mini tanks onto a Day ready to whisk twin Northern Bavaria. The soldiers meal regl Are among 17, Europe this year to commitment Lorei ing a crisis. But even in to forces to Germany a i on both sides of the a duet on. Of us troops european journalist forces from Germany. Senior . Militarily oppose such a move ing months of the i which helped author an military buildup poli ing to put the brakes on and for America s All a haute committee nations to assume Moat. With the deployment of tries from military cons of living allowances and reassignment of .countries. If the allies believe ical for their defense then pay for All of these ported bit month. If fully carried out _ reduce the 113. Defense$7.7 billion per year meanwhile delegates to arrant r writer by the soldiers carefully inched their i German rail can tues or to an exercise area i of the 3rd army cav1 . Troops flown Lonor a 20-year-old . Western Europe Dur this year s return of ing number of Voic Silic 11 calling for a re i seas. A sentiment one the return of dels said they wrong i Helm in Thwan  nutation i year trillion-dollar1 pressure is mount defense pending to pick up the alack. Try called for Allie the Centt associated forces in their coun Down to Cost Ven travel costs for in and from Allied . Forces Are Crit should share or committee re i would help in by More than the House an see Force on Back Page  
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