European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday july 3,1990 e. Berlin files sought in �?T86 disco by Edre Avis staff writer West Berlin authorities Are seeking a Cess to East Berlin police files for evidence in the 1986 disco bombing that killed two people and sparked the . A Libya. Bombing of Libya. Although no one was charged in the bombing the . Government claimed it had proof that libyan Leader foam mar khad Afy was behind it. Dieter Piete a spokesman for the Berlin state Security police Staats Schlit declined monday to say whether his office has seen the . Evidence but he did say he is sure a file exists in East Germany. A if there a evidence the East Berlin file will prove helpful in Clearing up the background of the bombing a Piete said. Piete said his office is working on two Levels to obtain the East Gentian files on the bombing. A a we be taken the formal Steps through our Justice department and also through official police channels a Piete  said the file would shed Light on who actually planted the bomb who supplied the explosives and who provided cover for the attackers in the Western part of the then divided City. Cities especially with those in charge of disbanding the secret police. On saturday night april 5, 1986, a bomb exploded in the Middle of the asked la Belle disco a nightspot popu a with . Soldiers. The blast killed 21-year-old sgt Kenneth Terrance Ford of Detroit mich., but never charged. Calling khad Afy a the mad dog of the East a president Reagan ordered p la Middle the bombing of two libyan cities 10 Days after the disco explosion. The Reagan administration said the action against Libya was in response to a of Kha a who was assigned to the Berlin brigade. A 28-year-old turkish woman Nermin Quot nothing happened in East Germany without knowledge of the ministry for state Security. It was almost omnipresent in East Germany a Piete said. The United states has claimed the bombing was handled through the libyan embassy in East Berlin. Since the fall of the East German communist regime there has been increased cooperation Between West German police and the East German author Haney also died. More than 230 people were injured 63 of them americans. . Ambassador to West Germany Richard Burt said at the time that the . Government had a a irrefutable evidence that Libya planned the attack through its East Berlin embassy. . Officials said they had intercepted a message from Libya to the embassy offering congratulations for the attack. Four arabs were held by Berlin police series or Tui Adafay provocations against the United states. In March of that year the United states attacked libyan naval and land based missile forces in retaliation for an attack on . Warplanes which had crossed khad Afy so line of death in the Gulf of Sidra. I on april 3, a bomb planted in Luggage exploded on a Twa Boeing 727 Fly a at a Ece. The 11,000 feet Over Southern Greece blast killed 124 people including four americans. The United states said evidence pointed to a libyan terrorist attack. A birthday wish come True supporters of Imelda Marcos line up in Manila to sing a Happy birthday and express their support for the former first lady of the Philippines who turned 61 on monday. Marcos received the present shed been hoping for. Acquittal of racketeering and fraud charges in new York. Related Story on Page 4. Nato from Page 1 dated military Alliance into line with a changing world. Bush asked monday if he expected major changes in nato policy said a what i expect is document that is unanimously agreed to that will set the course for the future. As conditions have changed nato will change. Some will Call it dramatic policy changes and others wont. A there will be some changes but 1 done to happen to believe its Bombshell dimension a Bush said in Kennebunkport Maine where he is preparing for the London conference. The Allied leaders will examine the aging nato War machine and make some preliminary judgments about bringing it up to Date a but with considerably less firepower. The Bush administration in pre Summit planning has urged the nato allies to reaffirm the strategy of keeping nuclear weapons in Europe. The Washington Post and the new York times reported monday that Bush is proposing that the United states and its Western european allies make nuclear arms a weapons of last  that would be a switch from the current a flexible response Quot strategy in which nuclear weapons could be used Early in a Battle if Warsaw pact conventional forces appeared to be gaining the upper hand. The new York times also said Bush has proposed Ilo Mats to accrediting Eastern european and soviet dip a a nato although they would not be permitted to be come members. Hungary whose parliament last week voted in a non binding Resolution to leave the Warsaw pact has quietly proposed to nato that it be allowed to participate As a a observers in political or non military committees a . Official said monday meanwhile . Officials who spoke sunday on condition of anonymity said the Bush administration Limina Quot would consider eliminating . Nuclear stockpiles including the artillery shells now deployed in West Germany Only if the soviets withdrew their troops completely from foreign soil in Europe. The shells have a Range of about 18 Miles. The proposal is designed to reflect the warming cold War tensions and the weakening of the soviet led Warsaw pact. News briefs rebels launch major attack sealing off liberian capital Monrovia Liberia apr rebels attacked Monrovia on monday in a two prong offensive cutting All major land routes out of the liberian capital. Heavy automatic gunfire and artillery fire erupted in the Eastern and Western suburbs. People streamed from the City Center to escape the fighting and headed lied by the for areas presumed already controlled by the rebels. State run Elwa radio a Christian missionary station said in its 7 . Broadcast that the government was imposing a curfew from 6 . To 6 . Throughout the country. The radio also said diplomats were advised to stay in their missions or residences. The radio was monitored in Abidjan Ivory coast. In response to the rebel attack president Samuel Doe rebroadcast his june 25 proposal to include the Dpi a rebels in a Broad based interim administration to govern the country until Early elections next january. Def cd a proposed National Unity government would elude the rebel National patriotic front and All Polit include. Ical parties. Rebel Leader Charles Taylor earlier rejected similar proposals. Scores killed in Stampede of moslem pilgrims to Mecca Mecca saudi Arabia apr scores of moslem pilgrims suffocated to death or were knocked unconscious monday in a Stampede in a congested pedestrian Tunnel linking Mecca and Mina an official announcement said. Witnesses said the Stampede prevented an accurate casualty count but that about 100 people being carried away into ambulances or lying were seen unconscious on the ground. Ambulances and Security forces rushed to the exits of the 500-Yard-Lqng Tunnel that joins Mecca and the nearby tent City of Mina according to state run Riyadh radio which quoted an Interior ministry spokesman in Mina. People were smothered Quot As thousands of the pilgrims thronged through the Tunnel of Mon Essem causing severe congestion within the Tunnel As the pressure was beyond its capacity a the radio . Germans from Page 1 bankruptcy As Early As monday. One company Elek Frowerk Electron icon of Gera was Quick to announce that a Quarter of its 5,000 workers would have reduced shifts beginning monday the sobering reality contrasted with the outburst of euphoria that greeted the economic merger. At the stroke of Midnight saturday the West German i Var l Iva it m a 4 l a. A at a 1 j w i. J a 1. Mark became the official East German currency and the West German Central Bank took control of East Ger Many s Money Supply. Border controls were eliminated. East germans cheered honked Homs and set off fireworks to Welcome the currency they had Long coveted. West German businessmen rushed in to tempt them. Although full political Union with West Germany remains months away sunday was for most East germans the Long awaited Day of unification ending a Laded Experiment with socialism