European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 05, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d contras deny connection with death of american nun Page 2 d Blacks Boycott Selma ala., Public schools Page 5 d packers Infante named nil coach of the year Page 19 d some . Troops May be withdrawn from Korea Back Page the stars and tripes author iced unofficial publication Fob the . Ahmed Fok Cei Noriega surrenders taken into . Custody after leaving embassy Washington not Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega surrendered peacefully to . Military authorities in Panama wednesday night giving president Bush the final Victory he had been seeking in the inva Sion of Panama. Noriega who had defied american efforts to drive him from Power for More than four years was re moved under cover of night from the Vatican embassy in Panama where he had taken Refuge More than to additional Noriega Story photos on Page 3 Days ago and then flown by helicopter to nearby How Ard fab. Thanking the Vatican for its Cven handed states manlike assistance Bush said the deposed panamanian strongman would be brought to the United states and arraigned in Federal District court in Miami on drug trafficking charges. Bush smiling As he made the announcement in the White House press room at a hurriedly called briefing for reporters said Noriega had turned himself Over to . Authorities at about 8 so . He said the general did so with the full knowledge of the new panamanian government that was swim int the Start of the dec. 20 invasion. Noriega was arrested at Howard fab by agents of the drug enforcement Agency and was then put aboard an air Force transport plane to be brought to the United states. There he will face trial on the drug trafficking charges that were filed against him in 1988,Bush said. He said the United states was committed to giving general Noriega a fair but he said the general s arrest sends a Clear signal that the United slates is serious in its determination that those charged with promoting the distribution of drugs cannot escape the scrutiny of after Reading his Brief statement the president turned and left the briefing room without taking an questions. Noriega s arrest marked a critical Lurn in the largest american military operation since the Vietnam War an invasion that had threatened to bog Down in pro longed negotiations Over the talc of the deposed strongman. The general s thwarting of an attempted coup in october had put intense pressure on by h to make Good on his often repealed vow to bring Manuel no Riega to even though military resistance to the american invasion had died out administration officials have repeatedly expressed the fear that if Noriega remained at Large it would severely hamper efforts to establish the Legal and diplomatic authority of the new Panama Nian government headed by resident Guillermo Endara. The governments of inc world have been slow to Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega in . Custody recognize the new government a process that May have been slowed by Noriega s continued Freedom. The general s surrender marked the culmination of intensive negotiations among officials from the United states Panama and the Vatican since Noriega took shelter in the Vatican embassy in Panama City on see Noriega on Back Page soviets Send More troops to riot area by the Baltimore Sun Moscow the soviet Union rushed More troops to the Southern re Public of Azerbaijan wednesday after three Days of vandalism arson and at tacks by protesters on Soviel troops guarding the Border with Iran. The government said it had to reinforce Border troops because azerbaijani rioters planned further attacks on Bor Der installations. But azerbaijani activists accusing the Kremlin of distorting the events said frustrated crowds had acted Only because officials had Lone ignored demands that they be permit Edlo visit relatives in Iran. It s exactly like East and West Ger Many said Mehdi Mamedov a historian and activist in the azerbaijani peo ple s front. The Northern part of Azerbaijan is under soviet occupation and the Southern part of Azerbaijan is under iranian occupation. We re a divided millions of dollars Worth of property see soviets on Back Page Unitive damages barrel n am flight 1 new York a a judge ruled wednesday that families or the victims of pan am flight 103 which exploded Over Scotland a year ago cannot sue the airline for punitive damages. . District judge Thomas c. Plait found that the Warsaw convention which governs International flights bars such claims whether or not will Ful misconduct a lawyer for the victims Stevena pounian said we re i Sappin with the result but this is not go g to be the last word on the Matte. Lawyers for the vice Jeff families would Likely file an Ianc Ditc Appeal of the ruling by plan pounian said than 150 lawsuits each $5 million and $25 lion Daman find $5 million to damages had crash. Under the Convent in brn Pensato Daf due Surju hits is generally limited to a waver said pounian we can Jet around any limits if we can prove wilful misconduct which we think we can in this the pan am jetliner was in route from London to new York when it exploded Over Lockerbie Scotland on it 21. 1988, killing 259 passengers Crew members and 11 people on the ground. The lawsuits allege pan am and its Security service. Alert management systems inc., did not provide adequate Security to protect flight 103 and its passengers from Ronal bomb attack. Was negligence in not Alert ing Passwa to to Telephone threats against the Ain pan am and Ini or ii service Alert management sysrefcttlnc., did not provide adequate scum we protect flight 103 and its Passyn Germima terrorist bomb attack
