European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                N Clearing fallen Trees has taken toll. Pa9e2 n Pentagon scandal figure pleads guilty. Page 7 n Vanderbilt beats St. Louis 74-72 for nit  21 a russians offer amnesty to lithuanian  28 the  authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 48, no. 347 Friday March 30, 1990 254 daily and sunday d 8693 Libya tests in flight refuelling Pentagon says Long Range fighter threat a serious Washington apr Libya has conducted inflight refuelling tests for Jet fighter bombers a step that could help extend the Range of such aircraft throughout the Middle East Pentagon sources said thursday. Quot they be been working on this for quite some time a said one source who spoke on condition of anonymity. The source described the situation As a Quot serious  worries about libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi a a military obtaining such capabilities have been compounded in Light of recent reports that Libya has been producing chemical weapons. Last year . Officials reported that the soviet Union had sold Libya 6 Su-24 fencers High performance fighter bombers that can be refuelled in flight. This would allow the jets to conduct Long Range strikes posing a threat to libyans traditional enemies Egypt and Israel. Libya has Long been at Odds with Egypt and Qadhafi contests the existence of the israeli state. According to a report published thursday in the new York times the recent libyan lest involved a Mirage Al and an american made c-130 transport plane that had been converted into a refuelling Tanker. During the test the report said a refuelling probe mounted on the cd 30 was connected to the Mirage on four out of six attempts but it Wasny to Clear whether the fuel was actually transferred during the Man Euver. Libya has also tried to obtain an Aerial refuelling system from the soviet Union for the Su-24s, the report said. A a we be expressed our concerns Aboul it a to the soviets the Pentagon official added. According to a publication of the International Institute for strategic studies the libyans have a dozen French made of is a lightweight fighter bomber. Another official who also spoke privately said the development has prompted renewed expressions of concern inside the Bush administration a a we a be worried about any Long Range refuelling capabilities the libyans acquire a the official said. Libya under Gad Haffy a leadership has been a major purchaser of soviet military equipment in the past 15 years. Following reports of last years weapons purchases. State department spokesman Richard Boucher said the administration has a Long been concerned with Qadhafi a a erratic and dangerous behavior.,. Libya continues to act in an unacceptable fashion particularly in its support for terrorism and International  he said the United slates had talked to the soviets about arms sales in the Region. With soviet bombers a Libya could threaten All of its  Boucher  plot indictment disclosed Washington apr five people and two British companies accused of illegally exporting electronic devices to trigger nuclear warheads were acting As agents of Iraq according to an indictment unsealed thursday. The indictment returned last month by a Federal grand jury in san Diego charges that euro Mac London Ltd. And Atlas equipment . Ltd. Acted on behalf of the iraqi government to illegally obtain the devices which were made by a . Defense contractor. The indictments description of iraqis role in the scheme contradicts denials by iraqi officials that their government is seeking to develop a nuclear Arsenal. Two of those arrested in London on wednesday were among five individuals named in the five count indictment released by the Justice department after it was unsealed in san Diego. Ali Daghir identified by British authorities As the Leader of the alleged smuggling operation and Jeanine Speckman a frenchwoman released on Bond thursday by a British magistrate were charged in the indictment. Daghir was identified in the indictment As managing director of the two companies which allegedly acted As agents for Al Qaq a state establishment a division of Iraq s ministry of Industry and military industrialization speck Tan was named As a participant in the negotiations in her capacities As an Export executive for Turovac and As Secretary of Atlas equipment. The three other defendants believed to be in Iraq were identified by customs service authorities As engineers Lor Al Aqaba an iraqi government Agency that s pc Quot pc a / f a Gosf part of one of the nuclear bomb triggering devices seized at London a Heathrow Airport is displayed. A Abc nightly nows was developing missiles and rockets. Customs commissioner Carol Hallett expressed doubt that the three would Ever be arrested because they Are believed to have returned to Iraq. A obviously there is very Little likelihood we will see them  Hallett said customs investigators determined that euro Mac was an official purchasing office of the iraqi Overn mint a which had done millions of dollars of business in procuring mat Eric for the iraqi government during the Iran Iraq  the indictment charges that the companies and the see Iraq on Back Page Appalachia folks riled Over �?~3rd world tour Charleston . Apr a Enon Csc travel Agency a plans to sponsor a me Day a third world in tourism direct5 appalachian Nari?hirl50�?T global Exchange will take Virs 0n an. Excursion through ohm Vire in it a and Tennessee ice i or t0 see impoverished Fame Ann Vijh. 8 Coal mining towns and App acc strewn streams. Let ju88cst t131 those folks could save ass Quot p-smd0&Quot-of walking Quot West Virtina a Tuno m los Angeles a West 8 a Commerce commissioner John Brown said wednesday. Global Exchange which has been in business for 1 la years specializes in a a awareness Tours to such countries As Haiti the dominican Republic and Brazil. Appalachia will be the Agency a first Domestic  what brings a place alive and what makes it so interesting Are the people who live there and the problems they re confronting a tour coordinator Laurie Adams said wednesday. A people would want to see How they Are dealing with unemployment and environmental  Adams said global Exchange participants Are usually students Community volunteers or government officials interested in meeting grass roots activists trying to solve social and environmental problems. A one of the reasons we focus Don Appalachia is there Are people working hard to solve their problems a Adams said. The tentative itinerary includes a visit to a Coal mining symposium in Knoxville Tenn., talks with members of the commission on religion in Appalachia in Tennessee and a final Stop at the Highlander education and research Center in new Market Tenn. Adams said she also was considering visiting Camp Solidarity the former Headquarters for Union Coal miners in West Virginia during their 10-Monlh strike against Pittston Coal group inc. Don Wick director of information for the Tennessee department of tourism development said he a afraid the tour will reinforce stereotypes. He said the a real South includes the a sophisticated and prosperous cities of Nashville Knoxville and Chattanooga. And Brown said a if they want to visit West Virginia they can come for the Whitewater rafting or to visit one of our state Parks. It might be a Chance for them to breathe clean