European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 3,1989page 28 the stars and stripes sunday september Jishua Rafic Mani quits As Iran military chief Nicosia. Cyprus a president Hashemi Raf Zanjani has resigned As commander of Iran s armed forces saying he is too Busy with other matters Teh ran radio reported saturday. A Sfanjani resigned in a letter to Ayatollah a Kha Menei who took Over As the islamic Republic s Spiri Tual Leader after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini died june 3. The state run radio said in a report monitored in Nicosia. Khamenei accepted a Sfanjani s Resig nation the radio said. It gave no other details. Khomeini appointed a Sfanjani As the army s com Mander in june 1988 after iranian forces were Defeated by the iraqis in a series of offensives during the persian Gulf War. A Sfanjani s main task was to reorganize Iran s military badly demoralized by Battlefield setbacks in nearly eight years of War. The disarray in the fractious military the shortage of weapons and growing War weariness among Iran s 50 million people after suffering horrendous casualties led him instead to persuade Khomeini to unconditionally accept a 1987 . Security Council cease fire Resolution. That took effect aug. 20, 1988. News briefs Ling Ling s baby fighting life threatening infection Washington a a Newborn Panda cub is fighting for its life in an incubator sat urday As National zoo officials remained Hope Ful the tiny animal would overcome the infection that left it in critical condition. It s in a guarded state but it s alive and holding its own said zoo spokesman Mark Bretzfelder. The 4-Ouncc cub confined to an oxygen filled incubator since late Friday was being fed a milk like formula through a Tiibi that was inserted Down its Throat and into its stomach. Ling Ling gave birth to her fifth cub Friday morning and zoo officials determined hours later that the offspring had a fever too Many White blood cells and fluid in its lungs. Azerbaijan protesters hold rally plan strikes Moscow a thousands of people ral lied in the Azerbaijan Republic on saturday to demand control of a disputed Region that is also claimed by the neighbouring Republic of Armenia an activist  activist group people s front of Azerbaijan staged the rally and also called for strikes monday at factories offices schools and Busi Nesses throughout the Southern Republic said front member Aidyn  said i Milton people turned out for sat urday s rally. Nazim Ragimov an Independent journalist said about 500,000 people  said the protesters Are demanding that Moscow lift its direct control Over the a Gorno Karabash Region of Azerbaijan. The re Gion has been the site of clashes Between ethnic armenians and  in neighbouring Armenia want to Annex the Region where about 75 percent of the population is ethnic armenian. Gunmen the resignation fran Zanjani. 55. As Iran s military chief indicates he will focus his priorities on his declared policy of revitalizing Iran s sagging Economy and the huge task of postwar reconstruction. Khamenei will presumably take Over As commander. Khamenei 50. A Sfanjani s political ally made it Clear soon after he was elected that he intended to control military affairs. A Sfanjani. With wide support in the 350.000-Strong revolutionary guards will retain considerable influence in military1 affairs. During his tenure As military commander he also served As parliament speaker at the time he merged the command Structure of the regular army and the revolutionary guards to eliminate parallel and often conflicting chains of command that seriously hampered military operations during the Gulf War. Akbar Torkan the minister of defense and armed forces logistics in a Sfanjani s new Cabinet will Wield More control of military affairs than any of his predecessors following parliament s approval of the merger in july. Torkan a close a Sfanjani aide was head of Iran s defense industries organization during much of the War and was a driving Force behind building it up to produce surface to surface missiles and other weapons to counter a  arms embargo. He will now try to expand the defense Industry. A Sfanjani s Interior minister Hojatola islam Abdul Lah Nouri. Controls the internal Security forces. He was Khomeini s powerful representative at the Headquarters of the revolutionary guards and wields consider Able influence in the corps. His influence with the guards might counter any Challenge to a Sfanjani the Leader of Tehran s so called pragmatists from Radical rivals. A Sfanjani was elected july 28 in a landslide vote to succeed Khamenei who had been president since 1981. A Sfanjani was Given unprecedented executive pow ers through constitutional reforms aimed at eliminating competing Power centers that had paralysed the decision making process. Bakker from Page 1 pc slant  is no reason at All for Jim to be in prison mrs. Bakker said after meeting with her husband for six hours. He just literally had More medication than he could handle. 1 think judge Potter is being very  Bakker s psychiatrist or. Basil Jackson had told Potter he prescribed the sedative Wanax for Bakker when the evangelist began hallucinating wednesday after a witness fainted. However the Charlotte observer on saturday quoted Jackson As saying the amount of medication Bakker had been Given was infinitesimal because i recognized his concern about  Jackson had tried to persuade the judge to allow Bakker to enter a private Hospital rather than the Pris on . Bakker a gospel Singer who has co starred with her husband on their talk show style religious to pro Grams denied that Bakker faked his attack. If you had seen or. Bakker you would know he does t perform. He s just Jim not a performer she said. Don Hardister. Former Security chief at the Multi million Dollar pal television ministry said the col lapse was not Bakker s  recalled that Bakker suffered an emotion Al breakdown after his resignation from pal in March 1987. Bakker called his bodyguard to his Palm Springs calif., Home at 3 . And was convinced that Jerry Falwell had stolen the ministry from him. Falwell temporarily ran the ministry after Bakker left. He was slumped Over looking real bad Hardistr recalled. He just kept saying he stole it. He stole it " Hardistr said he stayed up with Bakker for three nights keeping razors and knives away from him. "1 think he will recover but i Don t think it will be Quick Hardistr said. Asked if he thought Bakker was faking Hardistr replied. No  Potter suspended the trial at least until wednesday telling the jury nothing about Bakker s condition. Assistant . Attorney Jerry Miller was sceptical when Bakker s psychiatrist testified that Bakker could not continue the  wednesday defense lawyer George t. Davis had called Bakker to the witness stand to Pray for prosecution witness Steve Nelson a former pal vice presi Dent who collapsed after giving incriminating Evi Dence about his Boss. On thursday Miller told Potter. It s hard to interpret it in any other Way than or. Davis has once again this time he did t summon his client up to Pray this time he summons a psychiatrist up to say that his client can t go Forward with the defense and it s awfully  Tammy Faye Bakker. Shows How husband was shackled from Page 1 three attackers reportedly spoke with Irish accents. The Ira has repeatedly attacked British troops stationed in West Germany in recent years in an Exten Sion of its guerrilla War in Northern Ireland a British province. The Barracks at monster is the Headquarters of the British army s 4th army brigade in West Germany. More than 4.000 British soldiers Are stationed there the British defense ministry said in a statement that the two soldiers were off duty at the time of the attack. Two car bombs have exploded at British military housing areas this summer and one Soldier was killed in an attack in Hannover the Ira claimed responsibility for the fatal attack and is suspected by police in the other. A third car bomb planted in a Soldier s car was found last month and defused without incident. Airlift from Pago 1 and grenade launchers. Meanwhile the associated press reported that a bomb exploded saturday near the Plant of a Bogota newspaper that has openly opposed drug traffickers killing one person and injuring at least 12. The bomb exploded in a truck parked outside Al a Spectator the second largest daily in Colombia. There was no claim of responsibility for saturday bombing. But drug lords recently launched a Campaign of bombings and assassinations in a bid to Force Colombia to reverse a decision to extradite suspects to the United states. On dec. 17, 1985, Al esp celador s editor Guillermo Cano was assassinated by men firing sub machine guns As he left in his car from the newspaper. It is on of the most respected newspapers in latin America because of its staunch opposition to government corruption and human rights violations. The paper had been calling for stronger action against drug Trall ickers. On Friday Colombia s defense minister said for i eign troops were not needed to fight the War against drug lords. We can face this Challenge alone Gen. Oscar Bolero said. He said 100 police officers were sent to Mcd Calm Home of the world s most powerful cocaine Cartel to strengthen the 4,000-member police Garrison there. Drug lords based there Are believed responsible for 80 percent of the cocaine that is smuggled into the United states. Bolero said the army already has sent a special elite unit and an anti Guella battalion to the City where authorities said police defused a 40-Pound bomb left at a Bank Friday by terror squads working for drug lords. A High ranking . Drug official who spoke on condition of anonymity told american reporters in Bogota that Colombia s 12 top drug lords May be hid ing in Colombia and perhaps have bribed Security forces to protect them. All Are wanted m the United states the associated press said