European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages wednesday. September 20.1989 s. Korean report releases details on . Forces Seoul. South Korea a the United states keeps 42,000 troops and 100 air Force Jet fighters in South Korea under a Mutual defense treaty a govern ment report said sunday. It was unusual that details of the . Military pres ence in South Korea were officially made known since both South korean authorities and . Officials have refused in the past to provide precise information on the matter. The report submitted by the defense ministry to the National Assembly also said the . Military presence in South Korea consists of 26,000 ground troops. 10.000 air Force members and 6,000 support personnel. The report estimated the total value of the . Military property in South Korea at $15.9 billion. Under a new South korean Law adopted last year government agencies must submit any information re Quested by members of the National Assembly. Indian Diplomat ordered to leave by Pakistan Islamabad Pakistan a Pakistan has expelled an Indian Diplomat accused of activities inconsistent with his status a diplomatic term that often refers to spying a foreign ministry official said sat urday. I . Panday employed in the visa Section of India s Islamabad embassy left for new Delhi on thursday said a ministry spokesman who cannot be named under government rules. We have declared him Persona non grata for his activities inconsistent with his status the spokesman said. He refused to elaborate. However pakistani newspapers reported that pan Day was believed to be a spy. The action followed the detention on aug. 23 in new Delhi of Abdul Shakoor a pakistani embassy official allegedly for carrying some secret Indian documents. Pakistan has denied Shakoor possessed any illegal papers. Chlorine Gas leak forces evacuation in Jordan Amman Jordan a More than 103 people were Hospi Lali cd and thousands were evacuated from their Homes when poisonous chlorine Gas leaked from a Fulfur factory on Amman s outskirts the civil de sense department said sunday. Gen. Khaled Taraneh the civil defense director said the leak saturday night was caused by bad maintenance on three Gas valves at the Plant on the Zarqa Highway in northeastern Amman. He ruled out sabotage. Among those hospitalized were 28 civil defense personnel including the department s operations director their Al Maani. Zarqa s police chief Abdul Hamid Ersheid was also treated. Watching Over motorists Pope John Paul ii blesses a lofty statue of the Virgin mar that was unveiled sunday at the de c of a Highway in Orte Italy a Small town North of Rome. The sculpture is intended to watch Over motorists. A Hiery fire kills 2 near Beme of Hezbollah Beirut Lebanon up to r an artillery bombard ment monday destroyed Parva building just Yards from the Home of the Hezbollah Bure Mist group s spiritual Leader killing two pc pc cd trapping six sources and witnesses said. The renewed violence took place desp Eljie presence in Beirut of Arab league special envoy lakh Datil Ibrahi Jim who arrived from Syria late sunday on a is designed to formulate the mechanics of a peace plan Relief workers sifted through the rubble wrecked building adjacent to the House of Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah a Juhr of the pro iranian Hezbollah or party of god Jan the shiite suburb of haret Hurcik the witnesses s two bodies were recovered and of least six people were believed trapped under of the build ing moslem Security sources spa. Fadlallah later was Acca fan cd by armed body guards inspecting the Dag pc. The top four Foo Refl the seven Story building still stood above three Job Ltd doors leading analysts to speculate the was caused by a bomb in the lobby or basement. But a he Bollash spokesman reached by Telephone said the Wilding was hit during night bombardment and he Ccu cd the forces of Christian military Leader Gen. Michel Aoun of aiming for Fadlallah s Home. The build Al was directly hit by two 240mm shells during Thoj Junt by the criminal gunners of Aoun who have Barf targeting the residence of Ayatollah Fadlal Lah Tuple 20 Days ago the spokesman said. By hours earlier 130mm shells scored direct hits Tayoun s base the presidential Palace in the Baab a District Southeast of Beirut sparking retaliation by Christian army gunners who fired shells into the Slouf mountains where syrian and lebanese mosle druse warriors opened fire with Large Caliper cannons. It was not known if the bombardment of Fadlallah s orc was linked to the earlier attack on Aoun s base. Ells believed fired from the Christian enclave str clime House of Fadlallah last week wounding fad Lallah s5k.and information adviser. guarded residence has been targeted shells and rockets since March when the current tide of violence Between Christian troops and syrian bawl moslem militias erupted. Christian gunners in god in fierce overnight Artil Lery and rocket Exchange uth syrian and moslem forces in and around Beirut Poil said. The Arab league plan Calls Abr dip of a lebanese Christian moslem panel to enforce a Centre reopen air and naval traffic and to halt stockpiling terms. The panel would Convene the parliament to elect a new president and tackle political reforms. Relatives Honor . Fliers killed in Poland in 44 i Poland a Ameri can a Claritt a leered sunday for a 50th anniversary a . Air Force Crew War ii while airlifting supplies to pm Tiesis Tancic fighters. It is a great Honor. If our relatives had to die i am glad they died for Poland said Garnet Akins Rainey the widow of 1st it. Francis Akins the Pilot of the plane. The american b-17 with a Crew of 10 was trying to Airlift supplies to the fight ers of the Warsaw uprising when it was shot Down sept. 18, 1944, by nazi Artie cry about nine Miles out Jdc Wai All but two members to wic Crew whose flight be Antii Uneland were killed. Until rec try their relatives knew Only that Thymen had died somewhere near War so Happy to be Here said Suzanne Haney whose Uncle Tail gunner sgt. Paul Haney survived the crash Only to be shot on the ground by an German soldiers. No one knew that there were american airmen killed in no one except local residents who for fought their own Battle to have a mum erected to the . Airmen. They Sui. Str Clion of the the names of All 10 Haney accompany it her thur 75, Bra _ his for the first appeared to be no Barrier and he elder Haney was Busy trying to talk to surviving members of the Home army from the Home army an underground Force of polish fighters led the 63-Day uprising against the germans from a gust until october of 1944. Also sunday poles marked the 50th anniversary of the sept. 17, 1939, soviet army invasion from the cast that divided the country Between the soviet Union and nazi Germany. Germany had invaded Poland fro the West to Start world wife ii. It was a warm Celebration sunday wit the american Flag raised High Over the 1986 with the con military cemetery in a Field outside the int which Jears a Village of Lomi Anki and a polish army band playing the . National Anthem. Speaking polish . Ambassador Davis paid tribute to the polish War in English addressed the families of two Tynon who gave their lives to help Polan . Marines stood next Dicks and polish scouts in front of monuments in the cemetery. The Crow was full of children some of whom began to cry when a polish army Honor guard fired a live Salute in Honor of the dead soldiers. There were also members of the Home army,.wearing a variety of medals Soli Danty badges and pins joining the Amer ican and polish flags. The families arc not the first Ameri cans to visit Lomi Anki. President Bush Laid a Wreath at the Monument in the fall of 1986 on a trip he made to Poland while still vice president. That ceremony was attended by Marcus Shook the Only living survivor of the said Shook had an ill relative and could not attend this year s ceremony the american group which included relatives of three of the airmen were in item by a polish veterans organization. Jef Ion to visiting Lomi Anki and icy plan to travel to Krakow and Tel. Tion Camp which is hour away. Jiz concent a Aboul an
