European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and strikes wednesday october 1988 world today fight involving soldiers probed in Northern Ireland Belfast Northern Ireland a police tuesday said they were investigating a sniffle involving off duty Eri Riih soldiers in which six people including members of an Irish stale or cd Clra. Were slightly injured. Police refused to give any details Aboul the disturbance sunday at a hotel near the town of Omagh. 50 Miles West of Belfast. The Royal Ulster constabulary Northern ire land s police Force said three soldiers were questioned Aboul the incident involving members of the Rte orchestra Northern Ireland s television and radio orchestra. Policeman in Madrid killed by 3 terrorists Madrid Spain Dpi three terrorists shot and killed a policeman on duty at a crowded identity card Center in the first fatal terrorist attack in inc capital in 17 months authorities said. Police said the victim Bernardino Ortega 47, died India Nelly. The two other attackers one of them a woman opened fire to make their Way past a crowd of people standing in line to renew their National identity cards. In the gunfire a second policeman was slightly injured in the leg. Witnesses said the assailants picked up a pile of Blank identity cards before fleeing on foot. State Security officials identified the three As members of the near defunct left Wing terrorist movement known As Grapo the Spanish acro nym for october first anti fascist resistance groups. Rifle armed poachers kill 10 elephants in Kenya Nairobi Kenya up heavily armed poachers killed 10 elephants with automatic rifles. The Slaughter was carried out close loan exclusive Lodge and it brought inc total killed in four months in the area to 42, travel sources said tuesday the Ivory was hacked off the animals on the spot with machetes before the gang disappeared into inc vast tract of open Ranc land near one of the world s biggest game reserves. Support for coup attempt Down Aquino claims Manila Philippines up president co Razon Aquino tuesday said the arrest of scores of rightist extremists showed a new plot to topple her has lost support and she expects the capture of coup Leader Gregorio Onasan in due  Aquino expressed satisfaction Over the Cap Ture of 73 rightists by the military capital com Mand. Among those arrested in a monthlong drive called operation Pac Man were two top aides of Onasan la. Cols. Eduardo Malilla no and Francisco Baula. Most spaniards believe nuke arms entry possible Madrid Spain a spaniards think nuclear weapons could enter into Spain according to a poll published sunday in a Madrid daily newspaper. The final obstacles of a new eight year bilateral defense agreement Between spam and the United Stales were cleared in a 45-Rninule meet ing in new York wednesday Between . Secretary of stale George Shutlz and foreign min ister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez both attending the . General Assembly. The nationwide poll conducted oct. I by the demo Scotia Institute and published in Spain s leading daily the left of censer Al pais indicated that 64 percent of those questioned said they believed nuclear weapons could enter into Spain White 24 percent said after this new agreement thai nuclear weapons would not enter Spanish territory and 12 percent had no Opin soviet shake up concludes with minister s appointment by be Baltimore Sun Moscow As inc final act of Mikhail s. Gorba Chev s shake up of the soviet leadership minister of internal affairs Alexander v. Vlasov monday was made prime minister of inc russian Republic the larg est by far of the soviet Union s is republics. Vlasov. 56, replaced Viliy i. Voro Mikov 62, who was moved to the largely ceremonial Post of president of the Republic. But both Gorbachev and Voro Mikov referred in their speeches to a political reorganization planned for next Spring that May give the presidential Job More Power. Vlasov who worked with Gorbachev in the Cauca sus in the mid-1970s, is thought to be a Loyal Backer of per Stroika inc soviet Leader s Reform program. A career party official he had served As internal affairs minister since 1986 and was promoted to a non voting position on the ruling politburo Friday. His replacement As head of the. Ministry of internal affairs which oversees the police has not been named. To Sotnikov joined inc politburo in 19s3 under for Mer Leader Yuri Andropov who brought him Home after he had served three years As ambassador to Cuba. A career party worker with extensive experience Over seeing Industry he is considered neither a fervent sup Porter nor an enemy of Reform. Opinions of Western analysis Here were mixed monday on whether Gorbachev was easing him out or genuinely foresees a major role for i m. I n the russian Republic s presidency. Monday s shuffle completed the most extensive shake up of the politburo by a soviet Leader since Nikita s. Khrushchev purged his enemies in 1957, it took place at hastily summoned lightly controlled meetings of inc communist party Central committee Friday the .s.r. Supreme soviet saturday and the supreme soviet of the russian federation monday. Overall assessments were virtually unanimous in saying that Gorbachev had strengthened his hand by retiring president Andrei a. Gromyko and four other senior soviet leaders pushing politburo conservative Yegor k. I Gachev aside loan agricultural Post and Alexander v. Vlasov promoting four younger officials of the 12 current full members of the politburo All but two achieved full membership since Gorbachev look Power in 1985. The Only question Mark seemed to be the new status of politburo member Viktor m. Chubrikov who was removed As head of the Kab but Given the new jobs of Secretary of the party s Central committee and chair Man of a new commission on Legal affairs. While most Western analysts suggested that Cheri Kov had lost Power because he is no longer in direct control of inc Kab some soviet observers said thai they believed he might continue to oversee the Security police As part of his party role. Those sources suggested that he May have gained rather than lost Power in the reorganization. . Of resume withdrawal from afghan Sfern envoys think Islamabad Pakistan a Western diplomats said tuesday that they arc certain the soviet Union will Complete its military withdrawal from Afghanistan on schedule despite the current Lull. Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze said last week Al the United nations that half the red army was out by aug. Is As called for under a .-Sponsorcd Accord but that the second phase had yet to begin. The Kremlin repeatedly has hinted in might alter its pullout schedule because of alleged violations of the Geneva pact by Pakistan. Despite Saber rattling by the russians and inc afghan communist regime we have no reason to believe the withdrawal will not be resumed in due course one diplomatic source in Islamabad said. Under the Accord the Kremlin agreed to remove its More than 100,000 combat troops from Afghanistan Between May 15 and feb. I s. Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev has made Public assurances that his country s 1979 involvement m the civil War was u mistake. Another Diplomat Purdi Clad that soviet command ers might Speed up the withdrawal so All troops Are out by year s end when Mountain passes Are snowbound and main roads impassable. The diplomats reported a week earlier that their East european counterparts told them that the next major soviet units would begin leaving around nov. Officials in Moscow and Kabul have complained bitterly that Pakistan continues to uric As a pipeline for . Weapons to afghan moslem rebels despite Islamabad s pledge Al Geneva not to interfere in afghan internal affairs. However Washington and Moscow also agreed to the principle of symmetry in which both can c