European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 14, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 3 . Tank Landing ship runs aground in Norway during nato exercise by Randy Mcclain staff writer the 8,450-ton . Tank Landing ship Boulder ran aground Early tuesday during a nine country naval training exercise in the norwegian sea spilling 1.000 Gallons or i Csc fuel into coastal Waters . And nato officials said. The Boulder struck rocks while attempting to move into position for a mock amphibious Landing during teamwork is a nato exercise involving 45,000 sailors 200 warships and 340 aircraft inc officials said. The Boulder 522 feel in length remained stranded in Inland Waters tuesday night just Northeast of the Island of Froya awaiting High tide. The Navy Reserve vessel is the fourth ship participating in the month Long nato training exercise to suffer a mishap during the past three Days. Two British ships and a Canadian vessel were involved in a pair of minor accidents. The accidents come at a time when norwegian naval and defense ministry officials have complained that nato training exercises Are held Loo often in their Waters and place undue burdens on their coun try s relatively Small armed forces. The Boulder ran aground at 2 . Tuesday. A Pri vate norwegian tug was summoned to the scene but was unsuccessful in budging the american ship from ils Perch said . Air Force maj. John e. Peters spokesman for the Allied press information Center in  said a second attempt to re float the Boulder freed hostage arrives Home in w. Germany Bonn West Germany a freed hostage Rudolf Cordes arrived Home in West Germany tuesday night ending a 20-month ordeal at the hands of pro iranian shiite moslem kidnappers. A Canadian built twin engined West German military Jet with Cordes aboard touched Down at Cologne Bonn Airport at 10 20 Pra. Afler a five hour night from Damascus Syria the Luftwaffe Jet taxied to the military area of the Airport where Cordes and his wife mar Lene were greeted by West German officials. They were taken directly to an undisclosed location near , 55, manager for the Hochst pharmaceutical company in Beirut Lebanon was free Din Beirut at Midnight monday by pro iranian shiite moslem extremists who kidnapped him in january 1987. He was escorted to Damascus by syrian  was reunited with his wife Early tuesday after she flew to Syria from West Germany with senior government officials to take him Home. Cordes in his first Public appearance in dam ascus said he Felt bom  m rejoicing at being a free Man again. I feel i m bom again Cordes said. It is As if i be been granted a new life. I m feeling perfect and i m in very Good  his tearful wife Cordes was escorted by syrian Security officers to the syrian foreign ministry late tuesday in Damascus and turned Over to West German government envoys. Cordes captors said his release was linked to a lebanese shiite Mohammed Ali Hamadi on trial in West Germany for the 1985 hijacking of a Twa Jet and the shooting death of . Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem. Autumn forge was scheduled for 2 . Wednesday the next High tide. Two tugs were to be used in that attempt. The Boulder which makes its Home port in Little Creek va., normally has a Crew of 290. Pct re said about 200 Crew members were transferred from the ship to other vessels to make it lighter and More Likely to be re floated. The ship was transporting tanks engineering equip ment supplies and other heavy vehicles when it ran into the rocks. Peters said. The vessel also can carry 400 troops but it was carrying Only the military cargo at the time of the Accident. Officials said the spill of diesel fuel was minor and . And norwegian seamen had it contained within seven hours. A floating Collar was placed around the Boulder to contain and absorb the spilled f-76 i Csc fuel which Peters noted is a Light fuel that readily evaporates. No estimate of damage to the Boulder had been made. Peters said that if the ship is re floated divert could be deployed wednesday to inspect it. A decision will be made later on whether inc Boul Der can continue to participate in the exercise which is scheduled to last until sept. 27. The Boulder is one of 23 . Ships taking part in teamwork 88, one of nato s autumn forge exercises. Another mishap late sunday night involved the 8,400-Lon sir go rain a British logistics Landing ship to ran aground on rocks near the Mouth of the a conc fjord and suffered propeller damage that forced it to withdraw from the exercise a spokesman for the Royal Navy said. No injuries were reported. A norwegian tug and two minesweepers re floated the vessel at midday monday. The British spokesman said the sir go rain was heading Back to its Home port of Portsmouth. Also sunday the Penelope a British frigate armed with exocet missiles and the Canadian operational support ship preserver collided during a refuelling operation in the pcs fjord. No injuries were reported but the Penelope has been withdrawn from further participation in teamwork 88. The spokesman said the ship will Velum to England for inspection in dry Dock. Teamwork 88 is being staged in Waters Between the United kingdom and Greenland and Iceland As Well As in the norwegian sea. Hamadi judge says release shows trial s Independence said the release of German businessman Rudolf Cordes ends speculation of outside influence on the Case. We have always intended to conduct this trial in accordance with the German Law Guckenberger  Are not conducting a diplomatic trial and shall continue in the manner in which we have always con ducted this  Hamadi is charged in the 1985 hijacking of a Twa jetliner and the murder of a . Navy diver. He was arrested while attempting to smuggle explosives into West Germany on Jan. If 1987. Cordes was kidnapped in Lebanon four Days after the arrest of Hamadi in Frankfurt. On Jan. 20, 1987, Alfred Schmidt another German businessman was kidnapped. On the same Day the . Justice depart ment filed for Hamadi s extradition. Critics have said the German government bowed to pressure from extremists in Lebanon for refusing the extradition request. Other key dates in inc Hamadi Lebanon chronicle include Jan. 24, 1987 a pro iranian underground group threatens to execute Cordes and Schmidt if Hamadi is extradited. Jan. 26, 1987 Abbas Hamadi a brother of the suspected Hijacker is arrested upon entering West Ger Many. A raid of his residence in the Saarland reveals a Cache of explosives june 15, 1987 Hamadi is identified by Passen Gers of Twa flight 847 As one of the hijackers. June 24, 1987 the West German government decides to try Hamadi in West Germany. July 8, 1987 the kidnappers in Lebanon re lease statements showing satisfaction with the West German decision. Aug. 25, 1987 Schmidt asks the West German government via  to Exchange Hamadi for himself. Aug. 29, 1987 Syria assures West Germany that it will do everything it can to free the hostages. Sept. 7,1987 Schmidt is freed. Mid september 1987 a message from Cordes to his family claims he is doing As Well As might be expected under the conditions in which he is living. Jan. 5 the trial against Abbas Hamadi begins in Delss Oldorf feb 8 the District attorney in Frankfurt brings charges against Mohammed Ali Hamadi for murder air piracy and smuggling explosives. April 19 Abbas Hamadi receives a 13-year sen tence in dus Waldorf for kidnapping Schmidt and Cordes and for illegal Possession of explosives. July 5 the trial against Mohammed Ali Hama i begins in Frankfurt aug. 3 Cordes writes letter to his family. His health is waning. Aug. 23 syrian sources claim negotiations for Cordes release have failed sept. 12 Cordes is released after 605 Days in Captivity. Fifteen foreigners still arc being held hostage in Leb anon by extremists groups nine americans three Bri tons one irishman one Indian and one italian. De reams German colonel dismissed for not cancelling party from Stair and wire reports a German air Force colonel whose Squadron went ahead with an officers gala after receiving news about thera Stcin air show disaster was relieved of duty tuesday the associated press reported. Meanwhile the death loll from the catastrophe increased to 61 tuesday when a43-Yar-old Man from Baden a Flem Berg died in the Ludwigshafen Burn clinic. According to the a German air Force col. Joachim Hoppe was dismissed from the service and faces a disciplinary in Quiry for allowing a dance to go on As planned after learning about the Accident in rams tin the world s worst air show disaster Hoppe commanded a fighter bomber Squadron at Nur Mcnich a near Cologne. On Friday German air Force . Klaus Wilhelm rimmed resigned Afler facing bitter criticism for not can celing the party. The aug. 28 crash of three italian jets at Ramstein which killed Many air show spectators in subtly sent hundreds of people mostly germans to area Hospi tals. . Medical officials told the stars and stripes tuesday that foreign citizens Are not being charged for treatment received As outpatients at . Military medical facilities in the aftermath of the Accident. And medical officials arc working with local German hospitals to process the payment of most of the medical Bills incurred by the . Citizens