European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 news updates the stars and stripes thursday april 13,1989 spy Catcher Case London a a High court judge reserved judgment tuesday on the government s con tempt Case against five newspapers that published extracts from the Book spy Aicher when a publication ban was in Force against two Oiler newspapers. Attorney. General sir Patrick Mayhew is seeking unspecified penalties against the Independent the sunday times of London and the now defunct news on sunday. No penalties Are being sought against the evening Standard and the London daily news which has also ceased publication. But their cases Are still being fought to de Termine whether the government must pay their hefty Legal costs. Spy Catcher the memoirs of former intelligence agent pc Lewright alleges the coumarin Lulli gence Agency ml5 eavesdropped on foreign embassies bungled operations. Stole documents and plotted to assassinate the the late egyptian president carnal Abdul Nasser. Railway blamed Washington api Feder Al investigators on tuesday blamed inadequate track inspection and maintenance procedures by the Burlington Northern rail Road for the derailment last sum Mer of an a Merak passenger train in Montana. The train bound from Chic Agoto Seattle derailed. Aug. S near. Saco mon., when. It. Struck tracks that had been warped by tempera Tures near 100 degrees. The Acci Dent injured .165 people about ado ii of them seriously. Hamadi feared . Prison smuggled letters reveal by de Reavis staff writer Frankfurt West Germany confessed Hijacker Mohammed Ali Hamadi fearing he would die in prison if extradited to the United Stales wrote to relatives that he hoped to be sent Back to Lebanon according to information revealed during his trial wednesday. If the germans extradite me to the . I could get the death penalty or a 300 or 500-year sentence said denote which was smuggled to Hamadi s relatives in Beirut Lebanon about two months after his arrest in 1987. If it were the death penalty it would be no problem but a 500-year sentence would mean dying in prison. That would be five smuggled notes intercepted and copied by prison officials were read to the court by sherifa Magdi Hamadi s court appointed interpreter. Hamadi to lebanese shiite moslem is charged with the 1985 hijacking Oft a flight 847 and the murder of Petty offi cer 2nd class Robert Dean Stela pm a . Navy diver on the flight. Hamadi has claimed his accomplice was in charge of the hijacking and responsible for the murder. The accomplice identified by police authorities As Hassan Ezic dding still is being sought. Hamadi was arrested on Jan. 13, 1987, at Frankfurt International Airport when he tried to smuggle liquid explosives into West Germany. He was soon identified As one of the Twa hijackers. The German government decided not to extradite him to the United states after two German businessmen were Kidnap Ped in Beirut. The smuggled notes revealed Hamadi was in Contact with his family during the kidnapping of the germans chief judge Heiner Mflwc Kunberger said in earlier court proceedings. Hamadi s older brother Abbas received a 13-year prison term from a Dols Meldorf court for his role in the Kidnap Ping. The two businessmen were released during the course of Mohammed Hama i s trial. In one of the smuggled notes Hamadi wrote that German authorities had Dis covered he was a member of the Hebo. A or party of Ood. Hamadi hat denied belonging to the Radical fundamentalist moslem group since the Start of the anal last july. The court was also informed about a lebanese warrant for the arrest of Hama i for murder in 1983. The warrant notes Hamadi s nickname "castro.". Several passengers testified the hijackers used the names Castro and the court on wednesday also watched videos of . Television interviews of returning hostages. In one flight Purser Uli Den son said the released Passen Gers told reporters they were Well treated by the hijackers. At that Point Patricia Stethem the Mother of the Vichy indignantly walked out of the courtroom last week she left the court id lean when Arab press reports praising Hama i and his accomplice As heroes of the moslem Faith were read. It Eckenberger said the court hoped to hear the last of the trial s evidence by april 19 and begin closing. Argument from each Side. Former my sentenced to life term for 2 murders in Stuttgart area German police asking for help in finding rapist Schweinfurt West Germany is German police Are seeking Helpin locating a Man believed to be Ameri can who raped a German woman Early sunday morning. According to information released by German police to the criminal investigation come in Schweinfurt the assail ant spoke English called himself Mark and told his victim his father worked for the . Army the rape occurred As a 36-year-old housewife was returning Home from the nightclub Eastside which she. Left at about 2 . The Man grabbed the woman near a bus Stop near the City park.1 a filled her through some Bushes and raped Hoffr German police reports said. The woman escaped from her attacker. And two american servicemen who were passing by escorted her Home police said the victim described the assailant As a slender american about 20 Yean old with Blond hair he was wearing a Light Jeun jacket and dark pants. Police said his clothes probably were soiled during the attack. German criminal police Are seeking any information on the assailant who was presumed to be in the Vicinity of the Cit Park s Fountain before the attack. They also request that the to american servicemen who assisted the woman re port to the police. Anyone having information about the crime i asked to Contact the police at German civilian 09721-2020 or the army criminal investigation come at ets 354-6628 or civilian 09721-8020ss. By Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart West Germany a former . Military policeman was sentenced to life in prison by a Ger Man stale court wednesday for the 1987 murders of i of women in the Stuttgart area Carlos r Rodriguez was found guilty of inc strangling death of spec. Wal ska Marrero 24, in her room in the enlisted quarters at Patch Barracks on feb. 9. Wateska had been in West Germany on temporary duly from fort Hood Texas. He also was found guilty of the july i stabbing death of Gerda Rakoczy 30, on a Street in suburban by bling in. Rodriguez now 23, was a Soldier As signed to Patch Barracks at the time of mar Rurby death he was discharged a few months later military police detained the native of Tacoma wash., a month after Rakoczy s death while he visited a Friend at Patch then turned him Over to German authorities. Two soldiers who served with Rodriguez testified in december that he had admitted to. The killings. Rodriguez whom other witnesses described As prone to making up fanciful stories testified later that his admission of the crimes was a hoax and that he had Learned about the crimes Only in the newspaper. However the prosecution argued that the. Supposed fabrications included de tails of the crimes that had not appeared in the paper. According to one soldier1 testimony Rodriguez had described re moving a Sheet from Marrero s bed be cause he had inadvertently stepped on it and left a footprint a detail that did Tut appear in news accounts until the trial was under Way. The Many sessions of the complicated trial were scattered Over seven months often because of difficulty in locating witnesses. Judges and lawyers made two trips to the United states to solid wit Nesses to testify. The judges said they were unable to find Many witnesses of others declined to make the Tnp to wot Germany. A court spokesman said Rodriguez a a week to Appeal the verdict to the wed German Federal court in Karlsruhe Frankfurt Stock Exchange another site in w. Germany targets of firebombs fran Kurt West Germany a masked youths hurled firebombs into the niacin trading Hall of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange wednesday and a Simi Lar attack was made against an electronics firm in Munster. Police said Law enforcement officials said both attacks were apparently carried out by sympathizers of jailed red army faction terrorists. Two employees were slightly injured in the Stock Exchange firebombing which occurred More Inan an hour be fore trading was to begin. Employees grabbed three suspect Frankfurt police spokesman Horst Neitzel said. Nitzel said two Security employees atthe Stock Exchange were slightly injured when they grabbed two women and Aman who allegedly participated in the 10 . Attack which damaged a computer and slightly delayed trading. At least three other attackers escaped he said in Munster police found a note near the scene saying that the attack on the four Story offices of the age electronics firm was to support jailed red army faction members who Are on a hunger strike. A Silzel said. " the 3 30 . Firebombing of age a subsidiary of the Daimler Benz Tola motive and his Lechno of conglomerate caused millions of dollars in Dumi debut no injuries Nettie said. No arrests were made immediately he least 34 imprisoned terrorists have joined the fast to demand a separate ecu Block for jailed members of the red army faction a Radical organization that seeks to undermine the West Ger Man government through assassinations Bank robberies and other attacks government officials have said hey Are concerned that the Fasti will Spur fur Thor attacks by sympathizers. 1,750 greeks on strike at . Bases Athens. Greece a about1,750 greek employees at american bases throughout the country on wednesday went on a two Day strike to demand higher pay and increased Funge benefits Giorgos Latex Androu . Forces employees Union president claimed shortly after the strike began that it is 100 per cent a spokeswoman at the . Embassy said wednesday afternoon that no information was immediately available on How Many Greet employees joined the walkout there arc two military installations near the greek capital and another two on the Southern Aegean Island of Crete. About 500 of the 900 greek who work at the air base at heu Nikon Adja cent to Athens International Airport staged a protest outside the base holding banners thai read no firings Perma nent employment. Higher wages.",
