European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday May 29, 1990 shiite Leader hints at Dea if Britain deports Rushdie Beirut Lebanon a a shiite moslem Leader sunday said at least one of four British hostages in Lebanon could be released if British prime minister Margaret Thatcher deports writer Salman Rushdie for allegedly defaming islam. Hussein Muslawi also said the May 19 killings of seven palestinian labourers by an israeli gunman will have a negative effect on efforts to free six american hostages in Lebanon. I believe and Hope that some of the British hos tages could be freed if Margaret Thatcher deported Salman Rushdie from England Muslawi said. The late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in february 19k9 ordered the murder of Rushdie an Indian born Natu Rali cd Benton for allegedly blaspheming islam in his novel the satanic  she does t have to hand him Over to us or Send him to Iran or Syria he added. It would be enough if she gave us proof that he has left the country. She can Send him anywhere she  Muslawi s comments were in a Telephone interview with the associated press from his Headquarters in the Bekaan Valley City of Baalbek in cast Lebanon. The britons and americans arc among 16 Western ers missing in Lebanon. Most arc held by pro iranian shiite factions. Iran severed relations with Britain in february 1989 after Britain accused the iranians of terrorism and protested Khomeini s incitement to murder. Rushdie has been in hiding under guard Ever since. The iranians say Khomeini s Fatwa or religious Rul ing cannot be tampered with and that All moslem have the right to kill Rushdie for defaming their religion. Britain broke relations with Syria Iran s main Arab ally in october 1986 after its intelligence services were linked to an attempt to Plant a bomb aboard an Israel jetliner at London s Heathrow Airport earlier that  and Syria were instrumental in obtaining the release last month of american hostages Robert Polhill and Frank Reed As Goodwill  the iranians have said there will be no More americans freed until the United states makes a reciprocal gesture. President Bush has refused citing his administration s policy of not negotiating with terrorists and those who support  believe that the British unlike the americans Are now behaving in a positive manner that May encourage the hostage holders to free a British hostage As a Goodwill gesture Muslawi said. We hear that a Brit ish delegation May visit Iran and Syria to discuss the Issue of their  however a British foreign office spokesman in London told the a that there were no plans to Send a government team to Iran to discuss relations although the idea of sending a parliamentary delegation has been floated. Muslawi Heads islamic amal a pro syrian faction within the iranian backed Hezbollah or party of god which is believed to be the Parent movement for the extremists holding  is also the reputed Mentor of islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine a shiite faction that holds american educators Jesse Turner and Alann  British captives Are anglican Church envoy Terry Waite who disappeared Jan. 20, 1987 journalist John Mccarthy kidnapped april 17, 1986 sex Royal air Force Pilot Jack Mann kidnapped May 12, 1989 and writer Alec Collett kidnapped March 25, 1985. Rolling across a new Battlefield a reconditioned tank uses its newly mounted plow to Hungary. The nation s press Agency said a decision on shovel debris recently at a dumping ground in Northern the tank s future at the dump is expected in june. World today hundreds hospitalized by smog in Athens area Athens Greece a More than 700 people were hospitalized with heart and breathing complaints Over the weekend As dense smog and intense heat took their toll in Athens and the port of Piraeus Hospital officials said sunday the greek capital was deserted As residents fled to the Countryside to avoid the Yellowish Gray pall that regularly descends on the City. The government advised the sick and the elderly to stay at Home and asked car Drivers to Cut travel Down to a minimum. Atmospheric pollution approached emergency Levels late saturday but a Light northerly wind on sunday was visibly dispersing some of the smog. The temperature which soared to an unusual sea Sonal High of 93 degrees fahrenheit is worsening Athens pollution problem said a spokeswoman for the panhellenic Center of environmental studies. Greece Bulgaria open new Railroad service link Athens Greece a Greece and Bulgaria have opened a new rail link to meet a 30 percent Rise in travel Between the two countries. The summer service linking the Northern greek port City of Salonica to Sofia Bulgaria s capital will operate throughout the year if demand is High enough spokesmen for the two countries state railways said. According to the bulgarian spokesman the new route could also help transport greek goods to euro Pean Community countries. Neighbouring Yugoslavia s reluctance to Grant More transit permits for greek trucks carrying goods to european Community nations has sparked an acrimonious dispute Between the two countries. Chinese officials launch anti imperialist drive Beijing up China has launched a monthlong anti imperialist indoctrination Campaign that Western observers warn carries dangerously xenophobic overtones. The Campaign has been slowly building since the violent crackdown on peaceful democracy advocating protesters last june around Beijing s Tiana men Square. Chinese officials charge that the massive nationwide protests were a subversive Western plot. The charge follows a centuries old chinese pattern of lashing out at external enemies during periods of Domestic instability. With a flurry of speeches photo exhibitions and films publicized in the stale run Media China has declared the month ending june 15 patriotic education month. Stu dents from secondary school to College attend mandatory lectures to Mark the 150th anniversary of the opium War. China s first Battle against Western influence. Swedish party removes communist from name Stockholm Sweden a Sweden s major communist party Vanster parties Tommu Cisterna responding to the fall of communism in Eastern Europe monday re moved the word communist from its name party officials said. The decision was taken by 157 votes to 83 at the end of a party Congress. The new name is Vanster parties and the acronym is a instead of Vuk. Responding to critics of the name change Herman Schmid a prominent party ideologists said our actions will show that we Are a socialist party  Vuk has about 6 percent voter support and is one of five parties represented in the parliament. The current social democratic minority government is heavily de pendent on the communists to stay in Power. Soviet film paints graphic scene of party s crimes Moscow a the film this is no Way to live documents 72 years of communist party Rule in the soviet Union and has become a sensation even before it opening at Moscow movie Heaters. It begins with scenes of criminals who rape and murder without mercy or regret and argues that the communist party has been doing the same thing to the people since 1917. Stanislav Govoruhin s film depicts famine the deaths of millions in stalinist Camps and All the humiliations of daily soviet life and Rolls them into an indict ment so powerful it once seemed authorities would ban the film. But the authorities have changed. The foreign ministry staged a screening Moscow City Council deputies have pledged to bring the movie to the capital s cinemas and Govoruhin said president Mikhail  himself proclaimed it wonder Ful after a private viewing. For the life of me i can t understand How Gorbachev could like it the director said sounding distressed. This is no Way to live covers the 1918 murder of Czar Nicholas ii and other Mem Bers of the Royal family and presents viewers with one bolshevik crime after another the mass Slaughter of the bourgeoisie under Lenin the artificially created famines the tens of millions of deaths and imprison ments under Stalin the destruction of churches and liquidation of the Priesthood the distortion contained in ideological propaganda and the impoverishment of the vast Rich country through mismanagement. The scenes then shift to what Govoruhin Calls the disgusting humiliation of current soviet life with its lines shortages and poverty. The crimes of Hitler s regime cannot begin to measure up to All this in scale and cruelty especially if you consider that it was done against one s own people Govork Hin says in the film s narration. Showing footage of the postwar trials of nazi leaders he raises the possibility of a similar trial of communists and says it is the organizers of a crime who should Bear the punishment. The Moscow news weekly predicted that Govoruhin would be accused of malice mockery and painting every thing Black by the very people whom he proposes for a National  judging by two preliminary screenings and commentaries beginning to appear in the soviet press however it is mainly go Borukhin s unrelieved gloom not his political views that upsets audiences. A viewer at the foreign ministry showing said we All already know we can t live this Way. What we need to know is How we should  Govoruhin offered no apologies for his views at question and answer ses Sions after the screenings. I m a Pessimist he said. I have no basis to think everything will get better quickly. There s no one in this whole coun try except absolute idiots who does t think tomorrow will be worse. And when people have no Hope and god has been taken away from them what can you expect