European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday March 11,1990quayle wraps up talks in Caribbean Bridgetown Barbados apr vice president Dan Quayle ended talks with Caribbean leaders saturday pledging greater . Assistance to the Region before heading to Santiago to help celebrate Chile s return to democracy. Earlier in Lima Peru at least 10 bombs exploded near the . Consulate at the state run communications company an colonel s Home and other buildings police said saturday. One person was wounded in the was no claim of responsibility for the attacks Friday night. Police did not say whether they believed the attacks were connected to the inaugural away from the . Consulate. Quayle said he had no details of the explosions but added a i done to believe its anything to be terribly alarmed about. Otherwise i would have been the vice president on a wee Kiong tour to Shore up . Relations in the Region will attend the inauguration of Patricio Aylwin. Whose Victory Over a former finance minister backed by Gen. Augusto Pinochet marked an end to the military presidents right Wing Rule. Chile became the last country in South America to return to democracy. A potentially troubled future looms Tion of a civilian president after 16ears of Gen. Augusto Pinochet a military re the blasts within 45 minutes of each other damaged some of the buildings police said. The wounded Man a night maintenance worker was Hurt by a blast in a Park near downtown about 200 feel with Pinochet insisting on retaining control of the country a 60,000 troops. Vic Tims of human rights abuses have vowed to file thousands of criminal complaints against the military Pinochet called the dec. 14 election that Aylwin won after voters rejected a referendum in october 1988 that would have extended his Rule to 1997. Joining Quayle in the . Delegation to the inauguration Are his wife Marilyn and sen. Edward Kennedy a mass. Quayle on saturday met with six Caribbean leaders in a session hosted by Barbados prime minister Lloyd Erskine Sandiford. Quayle said the meeting focused on economic development issues concerning Barbados St. Kitts Saint Lucia Antigua Dominica Saint Vincent and the grenadines. Quot i had it pointed out to me very clearly. The Lack of adequate contribution this year a from the United states to the Region he said. A i believe next year we will be Able to do better a he added but refused to give any Dollar amounts. The talks covered educational opportunities and a reforms in. Agriculture a and other economic development issues Quayle said. They touched Only briefly on anti drug cooperation said Quayle a press Secretary David Beckwith. The meeting came a Day after the Pentagon announced it was boosting aircraft and warship patrols in the can bean to step up drug interdiction efforts. Quayle repeated what is becoming a refrain for his trip to the Caribbean and South America. He said people in the Region should not believe the United states is overlooking them because of the intense i marcs in the Eastern european reforms. A we Are interested in the world and we Are particularly interested in the Western hemisphere a he said. A we Are All americans a he said add ing the Caribbean is a priority with president Bush. Kennedy who joined Quayle Smectic saturday at the Home of . Charge do Al Faires John Clarke told reporters Frida that Quayle strip proved the import am the administration places on relations will the Caribbean whose nations often slighted in american foreign policy. Of a . Forces join panamanians in crime sweep Panama City up a panamanian forces supported by . Troops raided several neighbor Hix Els in the capital detaining 736 people and conducting House to House searches for drugs weapons and fugitive criminals. About 450 panamanian police and 260 . Troops supported by panamanian helicopters set up roadblocks Friday and swept through the crime infested areas of Hollywood Viejo Vernillo and Brooklyn Cito said Ramon Lima the Deputy minister of government and Justice. I Lulu till. In Puli a i u i Ukia my were being held for questioning a cynical police building in Panama a spokesman for the . Southern come said it was the largest joint operation since the invasion of Panama on dec. 20, which ousted former president Manuel Antonio Noriega. . And panamanian forces have conducted Small scale joint police patrols since then. Lima said that american troops were not involved in the House searches. He said about half of the 736 people detained had been released by 4 . Others including wanted criminals prison escapees and the Leader of a Panama City Street. A at the judicial City. Shots were fired during the operation which lasted from 6 . To 11 ., but there were no injuries Lima said. The panamanian official said the forces found cocaine marijuana and an assortment of weapons including 67 guns. Quot it was an operation to try to clean the area of drug dealers and known criminals a a presidential spokesman said. The spokesman added that the area has one of the highest crime Rales in Panama City and that local residents afraid to leave their Homes at night had requested action because of a series of robberies. Crime a mostly muggings car thefts and Bank robberies a has increased dramatically in the capita since december. Many residents have Little Faith in the Public Force built from the ranks of Noriega a panamanian defense forces. Tensions have also increased following a March 2 bomb attack that killed a . Service member at a nightclub in downtown Panama City. Berliners hear Graham preach Berlin apr the Rev. Billy Graham look his crusade against excessive worldly pleasures to the Berlin Wall saturday aiming his Appeal at East germans whom he secs cast adrift spiritually As communist ideology fades. In a one hour Sermon at the Berlin Wall the . Evangelist warned of materialism and the lure of a hedonism and self gratification at Quot this time of rejoicing Quot referring to democratic changes sweeping the communist world. A the people in be met in Germany Are living in both Hope and fear Quot Graham told a rain soaked rally of about 10,000 people on a vast Grassy Square in front of the imposing Reich Stag the prewar German parliament. He noted that while Many germans arc hoping for renewed National Unity and Prosperity worries about the future abound. A Many people Feci insecure. The old roots Are shaking everywhere Quot Graham said. Graham 71. Said earlier that he had accepted an invitation from religious leaders in both Germany to address a gathering because he feels Germany is Quot on the verge of a spiritual rally organizers set up a giant video screen and Public address loudspeakers on the Reich Stag Steps where Graham spoke under a portico inscription that reads a to the German however turnout smaller than had been expected. Down to Earth a with an instructor As his guide East German communist Leader Gregor Gysi left makes his first Parachute jump saturday at Friedersdorf near East Berlin. Haiti a military ruler Steps Down port a Prince Haiti apr the nations military ruler it. Gen. Prosper Avril resigned saturday and his temporary successor said a government led by a civilian would be named within 72 hours. Maj. Gen Herard Abraham appeared on television at 3 05 . And said he had been temporarily placed in charge of Haiti. He promised to Transfer Power to a panel led by the supreme court president by monday. The general wearing his uniform and speaking in French said a it was the duty of the to defend and serve the thousands of people waving symbolic tree branches demonstrated in downtown port a Prince to celebrate. It was the fifth change of Power in Haiti since february 1986, when dictator can Claude Duvalier fled to exile in France following popular uprising. Tele Haiti reported that Avril left the Palace Ati . And that he will return a to private life maj suburban port a Prince Home. A coup brought Avril to Power in sepi Cibl 1988. He promised to hand Over Power to a Civi if government after elections this fall. But critics Sal a brutal crackdown in january against go can Sci critics made Clear that Avril intended to renege that Promise and make himself a dictator. The state department on saturday and i Eil i citizens to avoid travel to Haiti because of Pillin unrest. The department said that although 11 f1 geared to be no threat to americans in ,�?o1 i citizens should exercise caution and avow pm and areas affected by current immediately use its substantial Trade muscle to show How shocked we arc at these from Page 1 lawyer to help defend him. He said he was refused permission to go to Iraq and no news organizations were allowed to cover the trial. The sentences provoked outraged protest in Britain. Opposition labor party lawmaker George Robertson said a Britain must Trelford called on Britain to withdraw its ambassador from Baghdad and cancel offers of Export credits to Iraq. He urged International press and human rights groups to Campaign for the release of Bazot and Parish and he called on news organizations to just Quot Trelford said in a statement. Bazot appeared on iraqi state television in november and said he had been spying for Israel and Britain. According to Trelford Bazot said during the trial that the to confession was made under duress but it was admitted As evidence. Ments and had talked openly about to press colleagues when he Lei ugh i Baghdad after the visit to Rellard Vuu. 1 the explosion at a military i was reported in London to have k to 700 people but the iraqis later people were killed in a fuel depot Boycott Iraq until the safety of Jour a finalists can be guaranteed. A the sentences arc Barbaric and in Trelford said the observer was certain that Bazot was not a spy. He had sought official permission to visit the Al Iskandarian in Baghdad the British anti Issai Iraq Harold Walker contacted m idol military Complex South of Baghdad had told the papers foreign desk of his move Iraq Naruis f foreign affairs ministry to presentations almost Lime Daix _ the sentences were pronoun need. L eign office said
