European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday december 23,1989 Noriega loyalists sporadically strike . Troops continued from Page 1 Sohn also was missing after being abducted wednes Day from the Marriott hotel. . Officials said 122 panamanian soldiers were killed and 45 wounded. But or. Elmer Miranda Deputy director of Santo Tomas Hospital in Panama City said there were 200 dead bodies in the basement and that he heard from a colleague there were about 60 More in Gorgas Hospi Tal run by the . Southern come. Miranda appealed to latin american nations and Europe to Send medical equipment because the United states is Only giving us . Air planes made occasional bombing runs on san Miguelito about six Miles Northeast of the City Center which has been a Center of pro Noriega resistance. .helicopters and air planes flew Low Over the City. Snipers were reported in Many areas of the City. Gunshots Many of them fired by shop owners and private armed guards trying to prevent looting rang through virtually every neighbourhood. Two wounded men Lay in a parking lot behind the associated press office. The loyalists also attacked . Soldiers at the secret police Headquarters and the building that houses Panama s transportation department in Ancon adjacent to the . Headquarters compound at Quarry Heights. But along the Border with Costa Rica members of Noriega s defense forces abandoned their posts in the province of Chriqui. Costa rican official Juan bar rantes said the loyalists scattered after rumours . Troops were on their Way. It s Clear that the gringos Are in control of every thing. We Don t have the strength they have said a pro Noriega municipal official in san Miguel its president Bush formally notified Congress of his reasons for the military assault As required by the War Powers act whenever military Force is used. In his message Bush accused Noriega of directing vicious and brutal acts on americans and asserted that the lives and welfare of 35,000 . Citizens i Panama had been increasingly at although most organized opposition has ceased it is not possible at this time to predict the precise scope and duration of the military operations or How Lon the temporary increases of . Forces in Panama will be required Bush said. The president offered a is million Bounty for Noriega and reports of sightings poured in across Panama City. Panama City a City of i million was littered with garbage Glass and rubble As thousands of looters plundered stores stealing air conditioners televisions i cocas sctt recorders refrigerators and cars. The sacking of hundreds of stores went on unabated despite a curfew ordered by .-backed president Guillermo Endara who was inaugurated wednesday. Endara conceded in an interview with Abc to that he cannot safely walk the streets but claimed he had the wholehearted support of the people. . Army soldiers cordoned off the nicaraguan cuban and libyan embassies following reports Noriega might seek political Asylum. Brandenburg Gate opens continued from Page 1 nov. 9. But the freeing of the Brandenburg Gate was the emotional Climax of the coming together of a peo ple divided since the end of world War ii. In addition to being Cut off from West bar liners the Gate also was inaccessible to East bar liners until Friday because it was in the off limits East German Border zone. Flags of Berlin West Germany and East Germany flew above the huge crowd. Several people who climbed the Wall held up a sign saying come hundreds of people climbed atop the thick Section of Wall that remains directly in front of the Gate dancing and hugging in chaotic scenes reminiscent of november. Kohl called the opening of the Gate a fantastic he and Modrow met at 3 . On the Border Shook hands and walked together to a platform to address the crowd. They were nearly mobbed by the exultant crowd. Modrow said the historic Brandenburg Gate s new function should be to serve the the speeches were drowned out by the mass of peo ple Many with tears in their eyes shouting with Joy. Several signs carried by the crowd called for Ger Man Unity a demand made by a growing number of participants in East German demonstrations. Berlin one City one nation said one sign. The Brandenburg Gate its Battle scarred columns Are lopped with a Bronze Chariot of the goddess Victory in a Chariot was the backdrop for Adolf Hitler s Rise to Power and his last stand. It also was where East German workers began an uprising in 1953 that was crushed by soviet tanks. In East Berlin the Unter Den Linden Boulevard ends at the Gale. On the Western Side the Avenue that leads to the Gate was renamed the Avenue of june 17, for the Date of the uprising. In the final Days of world War ii. The six column Gate five stories High was badly damaged when soviet tanks closed in on Hitler s Bunker in the chancellery. It marked the Border Between the soviet and British sectors when the victorious allies divided Berlin into four sectors. For 28 years Berliner could not reach the Brandenburg Gale. On Friday they danced beneath it. Ceausescu from Page 1 announced the end of censorship and promised truth Ful reporting in the future said on Iliescu a forme Central committee Secretary ousted by Caus Csc in 1971, had announced on television that a National salvation front had been set up. Speaking from a Balcony of the Central committee building in Bucharest Iliescu told a jubilant crowd there were reports the ousted ruler had been arrested. If these reports arc confirmed he will be arrested and submitted to Public Justice Iliescu said. Several senior military commanders appeared on television to announce Ceausescu s ouster indicating that the army had joined pro democracy demonstrators. While still in Ceausescu s hands romanian radio reported Early Friday that defense minister Vasilic Milea had committed suicide and blamed him for the National unrest. This reflected Ceausescu s distrust of the army reinforced by a reported coup attempt against him in1984. Several generals were executed. The army is reportedly outnumbered nearly 7-1 by the secret police and other Security forces Ceausescu built up. An unidentified general denied that Milca had taken his own life but said he indeed was dead. Calls of support for the uprising came from Bot Washington and Moscow. President Mikhail s. Gorbachev presiding Over the soviet Congress proposed a Resolution to Send romanians a Vole of support for the changes there and the motion passed overwhelmingly. President Bush called the upheaval in Romania a dramatic his chief spokesman said a Terri ble Burden appears to have been lifted with the ouster of Ceausescu. There were conflicting reports on the Fate of Mccau a Csc. Ceausescu was the last hard line soviet Alliance Leader. With his family he strictly controlled the spar Tan society he had built and refused to adopt reforms despite chronic shortages of food and Energy that Madeline miserable for most romanians. He apparently Felt so secure with his Power that he rave led to Iran earlier this week during the growing pro tests and held a pro government rally on thursday that turned into a huge chorus of denunciations of his Rule. State run romanian Media late Friday reported that Caus Csc and his wife Elena fled by helicopter from the presidential Palace Early Friday but were later caught and put in detention. Ceausescu s son Nicu was in custody and was shown on to with a bloody face his arms held by a Ceausescu Manescu civilian and a Man in a uniform. He was then led away being jostled by his captors. The reign of the East bloc s harshest regime col lapsed in one breathtaking week of protests that began with a Small rally for a persecuted pastor in Timisoara and led to Friday s nationwide uprising by millions. Hundreds of thousands of jubilant romanians ral lied in the capital for hours after Ceausescu fled even As there were reports of fighting Between sympathetic army troops and pro Ceausescu forces throughout the country. Friday evening about 2,000 pro Caus Csc forces attacked the City romanian television television said pro Caus Csc troops attacked at dusk Friday and fighting raged throughout the Capi Tal. It said troops opened fire with sub machine guns on demonstrators who gathered for a meeting. Dead and wounded Are reported from All parts of the City the czechoslovak news Agency ctr said. Yugoslavian to reported hundreds has appealed to everyone to remain in the streets and to fight against the murderers until thievery end the hungarian news Agency Mai said. It said the Central committee building was partially blown up. Romanian radio reported fierce Battles betwee troops and pro Ceausescu forces. Eventually the terrorists surrendered but there Are other attempts to crush our revolution in other parts of the City including the radio an unidentified Man said. The radio is now the heart of our nation. We must defend it at any Price he added. Romanian to showed demonstrators waving the Flag in the Square in front of the Palace As fire raged overhead. On a live radio broadcast from the Square an army commander was heard ordering demonstrators to disperse so the army could finish its television reported that Bucharest jails were opened by Anli Caus Csc supporters. Engineer Nicu Stefanescu one of those released said thousands of people had been arrested when the protests swirling through the country finally reached Bucharest thurs Day night. Even children were detained he said reporting that there were so Many wounded in jail that blood was seen in the corridors. In Timisoara the entire City seemed to fill the streets in Celebration. Crowds built bonfires fuelled by 1portraits of Ceausescu that had been ripped Down. This is something we never expected to happen. Ithe dictator is gone Ingeborg a Piraska said in front of the local Cathedral where she said More than 30 children were gunned Down on sunday. I
