European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday. January 31,1990 Noriega s Row claim won t help experts say Miami not the assertion by Gen. Manuel an Tonio Noriega s lawyers that he is a prisoner of War is part of 3 wider defense strategy to Jar and even Embarrass the government As it prosecutes the Case but it will be of Little help for him. Legal scholars said monday. From a political Point of View it s quite  said Ralph Steinhardt. A professor of International Law at George Washington University in Washington. And it s not the Only Arrow in the embarrassment  Noriega s lawyers have already said they will seek classified documents detailing his Long association with . Intelligence agencies. But a Linhardt and other Legal experts said calling no Riega a prisoner of War would almost certainly have no effect on the criminal Case against him. It does t spare him on the other  he said. Hell have to stand  among the charges against Noriega is accepting $4.6 million to protect cocaine shipments from my Dullin Colombia through Panama to the United states. The prisoner of War Issue was first raised by a co defendant. Luis Del Cid. Judge William m. Hock Clur of Federal District court who is hearing the cases delayed a decision monday on a Bond request from Del Cid and another co defendant. Daniel Miranda. Noriega whose Bond request is also pending spent his first Day in a new cell at the metropolitan correction Center Here. Noriega s lawyers have said they would seek a hearing England hit again by rain wind floods London up winds and rain monday lashed England s Southwest anew toppling Trees and causing landslides and floods in the area already battered by last week s ferocious storm officials and reports said. Authorities issued Hood warnings to people living near three Rivers in North Wales the Conwy the Sovcy and the a Wodach. All have been swollen by rain melting Snow and unusually High tides. They said the Severn River had risen 12 feet As Well reporting Banks had breached in several locations along All the Rivers. The counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire were stricken by the worst floods in 20 years they said. An intense storm hammered the British Isles last thursday leaving 45 people dead in a swathe of destruction which caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage and disrupted transport communications and electricity across the nation. The Southwest was one of the areas hardest hit by the tempest and reports said monday s storm was frustrating efforts by municipal workers to restore essential services in the Region. The British broadcasting corp. Reported some 100.000 household remained without electricity. Bbl said winds reaching 70 Mph were preventing workmen from climbing Utility poles to repair broken lines. Many Farmers were forced to throw out thou Sands of Gallons of milk spoiled because their refrigerators were not functioning reports said. Fresh winds toppled Trees and blocked roads in in several places in Devon county said the bbl which televised reports from Constock Village in Cornwall where a Large landslide caused a Wall to collapse and prompted authorities to evacuate 25 residents. Before the world court in the Hague but prof. Louis b. Sohn. A longtime authority on International Law at har Vard Law school who now teaches at the University of Georgia said the general would be unable to secure a hearing there. Among the reasons Sohn said is that International tribunals like the world court hear the disputes of nations not individuals. And the United states renounced the International court s jurisdiction in 1984 after it ruled in Nicaragua s favor against Washington. In such circumstances Sohn said the world court will immediately reject the claim which is what it has always done when a charge is made against the soviet Union another country that rejects the court s jurisdiction. The . Attorney in Southern Florida is expected to file a response later this week to Noriega s assertion that he is a prisoner of War. A White House spokesman has said the Issue would not hinder the prosecution. Sohn said it made Little difference How the onetime panamanian strongman had been brought to the United states to face charges. It s a Long standing principle that if a prisoner is brought to the United Stales the court does t care How he got Here he said. Stephen Kollin. A lawyer for Noriega said monday that he believes that the general easily qualifies As a prisoner of War under the Geneva conventions. Kollin also suggested that a finding that the general k a prisoner of War would make it More difficult for the . Government to prosecute him on drug trafficking charges. Kevin High front and Steve Gibbs remove items from the Worcestershire Cricket club on the Severn River. Turkey criticizes Greece Over attacks Ankara. Turkey a Turkey accused greek authorities on monday of failing to take effective action to Stop attacks against the turkish moslem minority in the northeastern town of Kom Otini. The greek police and authorities remained spectators when our ethnic Brothers and their property were at  a foreign ministry statement said. Turkey maintains that the 120,000-Strong minority in Greece is both turkish and moslem. Greece recognizes Only their religious identity. The ministry summoned greek envoy Dimitris Makris on monday and told him Turkey expects Security Mea sures to Slop the  also said Turkey demanded that compensation be paid for turkish minority shops that were destroyed and  Greece must take Steps to tackle serious problems in Western Thrace to prevent serious injuries to our relations which will be very difficult to set  the ministry statement said. It accused Kom Otini radio stations of calling on Chris Tian greeks to prevent and to protest a special moslem ceremony at the mosque. News briefs turkish girl killed from staff and wire reports Dot yol Turkey a 10-year-old turkish girl was killed sunday afternoon when she ran Mlo the path of a ear driven by a Scricc Momb or. The Driver. Tech. Sgt. Gerald Braddock. Was not injured air Force spokeswoman tech. Sgt. Marty Davis said monday. Braddock is assigned to the 39th explosives ordnance disposal flight. Davis said that about seven people were at tempting to Cross the e-5 Highway from both directions when the girl ran onto the Road and was hit by the car. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene of the Accident which occurred about 45 Miles South of in Ciurlik a. Turkish and . Officials arc investigating. . Navy ships sail Istanbul. Turkey two . Navy warships on monday sailed through i the bosporus Strait into the Black sea on a show the Ilag Mission in the Waters dominated by the soviet Fleet an Istanbul port source said. The source identified the vessels As the de Stroyer Thorn and frigate Capodanno. Both attached to the Mediterranean based 6lh Fleet. The source said the Ocean a soviet Navy intelligence and support ship also passed through the bosporus into the Black sea together with the . Warships. The United states dispatches ships to the Waters to reaffirm its commitment to the vital turkish Straits and renew its stake in navigational rights in the Black sea. Berlin Wall gallery West Berlin East Germany will allow artists to turn part of the Berlin Wall s Bare East Ern face into an outdoor gallery a West Berlin Art promoter said monday. David Monty said plans Call for a nearly i mile stretch in East Berlin to he set aside for painting and sculpture by 120 artists. Monty said he hoped to enlist famous names to work on 20 percent of the 33-foot-tall con Crete panels making up the Wall. Pope Speaks in Africa Ouagadougou Turkina faso Pope John Paul ii on monday exhorted developed nations to help poor african countries by treat ing them As equals and sharing the resources and knowledge needed to escape poverty. How would history judge a generation that having All the Means to feed the Earth s Popula Tion refused to do so in fratricidal indifference the Pope asked in what the Vatican de scribed As the major speech of his five country african trip. Rifle disarmed in nyc new York a sawed off .22-Calibcr Rifle loaded and set to go off. Was delivered monday to an assistant . Attorney who prosecutes drug cases authorities said. A briefcase containing the gun was delivered by mail to the Brooklyn Federal courthouse of fice of Catherine Palmer an experienced prosecutor who has investigated major asian heroin drug traffickers. It could have killed the person opening it said Andrew j. Maloney the . Attorney for the Eastern District of new York. The gun was disarmed by Federal agents work ing with the prosecutor on another Case authorities said. Museum expansion Washington the smithsonian institution announced on monday that it had selected Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia for a proposed expansion of the National air and space museum. The museum would have room to display a space shuttle a supersonic concorde and other historic aircraft. The planned $300 million Complex would be a series of vast hangars and other display areas expected to cover 27 acres at the Southeast Cor Ner of the Airport