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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes Friday july 13,1990 arrive in West Germany Berlin apr two alleged red army faction terrorists were handed Over to West German authorities thursday after years of Sanctuary supposedly provided by East Germany Snow disbanded secret police. Inge Viett and Werner Lotze arrived in the West German City of Karlsruhe where they will appear before an investigating magistrate said Rolf Hannich a spokesman for the West German prosecutors office. They were among nine alleged red army faction members arrested in East Germany in a series of raids last month. One alleged terrorist was released because the arrest warrant against her had expired. The arrests caused an uproar in both Germany after one of those seized said she had been Given Sanctuary and a new identity by the old East German secret police Force known As the Stasi. News reports in West Germany have also alleged that deposed communist party chief Erich Honecker and Stasi Boss Erich Mielec were personally responsible for hiding the purported terrorists. In East Berlin prosecution spokesman Dieter Plath said Viett had been extradited a against her will and in Defiance of an article in the East German Constitution which bans the extradition of criminal suspects to a a foreign  Plath said prosecutors had acted on the a a Assumption that the article no longer applied to West Germany after the two Germany effectively unified with the july i merger of their economics and social welfare systems. An East Berlin court confirmed that Reading Plath added. Viett is suspected of the attempted murder of a Paris policeman who stopped her during a routine Check in 1981 Lotze has said he wanted to cooperate with West German prosecutors in order to possibly qualify for a program that offers lenient punishment for former terrorists willing to testify against their organization. Lotze who has said he made a a deliberate decision to quit the red army faction and move to East Germany in 1979, is suspected of involvement in the 1977 kidnapping and shooting death of Hans Martin Schleyer chairman of West Germany a biggest employers group. West Germany had warrants out for the arrest of both suspects for their alleged red army faction membership. They Are the second and third terrorist suspects to arrive in West Germany. On july 5, Susanne Albrecht another red army faction suspect was handed to West German authorities after saying she wanted to testify for the prosecution. Plath would not confirm recent reports that another of the suspects Silke Maier Witt had also asked to be sent to West Germany. West German authorities have said they weren to planning to seek formal extradition in any of the cases because West German Law will come into Force in East Germany after the two nations formally unite most Likely in december. The red army faction has waged a terrorist Campaign inst West German capitalism and nato since the 1970s. British Cabinet member stirs uproar Over German remarks London apr a British Cabinet Secretary has created an uproar by telling a Magazine that West Germany is a a uppity and its economic policy is intended to a take Over the whole of  Nicholas Ridley the Secretary for Trade and Industry. Also condemned what he called the a breathtaking arrogance of the european Community. A a in a not against giving up sovereignty in principle but not to this lot. You might just As Well give it to Adolf Hitler frankly a he told the Spectator Magazine in an interview published  magazines cover carried a cartoon of Ridley a in a not against giving up aver eighty in principle it not to this lot. You Soverel but might just As Well give it to Adolf Hitler  a Nicholas Ridley painting a Hitler Mustache on a portrait of West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Several members of the British and european parliaments demanded thursday morning that prime minister Margaret Thatcher remove Ridley from the Cabinet. "1 think the prime minister has no Choice but to ask him to resign Quot said Hugh Dykes a conservative party member in the House of commons. Thatcher speaking at a Rowdy session in the House of commons this afternoon said Ridley a remarks did not reflect government policy nor her own views but she rebuffed demands for his dismissal. In Bonn West Germany Lutz Stavenhagen a High ranking aide to Kohl said the attacks were  by accusing Germany of seeking to dominate Europe  said Ridley a discredits the entire european  a unless mrs. 1 Hatcher gets rid of him today one can Only take in that she secretly endorses his  said Gerald Kaufman the opposition labor party a spokesman on foreign affairs. Ridley issued a statement thursday morning regretting the remarks and saying that a on reflection he Quot unreservedly Quot withdraws them. He was in Budapest Hungary with a British Trade Mission and the statement was issued in London. In Strasbourg France leaders of the european parliaments 180-Strong socialist group the largest in the 518-Seal body sent a letter to Thatcher demanding rid Leys resignation. In the interview Ridley said the West German governments support for european monetary Union a is All a German Racket designed to take Over the whole of Europe. It has to be  a this rushed takeover by the germans on the worst possible basis with the French behaving like poodles to the germans is absolutely intolerable a Ridley was quoted As saying. Following Ridley a remark about Hitler Spectator editor Dominic Lawson. Suggested Kohl was much less threatening. A a he a not going to bomb us after  Ridley reportedly replied a a in a not sure i  rather have. Or. The shelters and the Chance to fight Back than simply being taken Over by. Economics. Hell soon be coming Here and trying to say that this is what we should do on the banking front and this is what our taxes should be. I mean hell soon be trying to take Over  Ridley was asked if his views were coloured by the fact that at age 61, he could remember world warily Jolly Good thing too a Ridley was quoted As replying. A about time somebody said that. It was pretty Nasty. Only two months ago i was in Auschwitz Poland. Next week in a in Czechoslovakia. You ask them what they think about the second world War. It s useful to  Britain a historic role had been to play the balance of Power in Europe Ridley said Quot and never has it been More necessary than now with Germany so  in his remarks Ridley criticized the 17 members of the european commission which governs the european Community. A seventeen unelected reject politicians with no accountability to anybody who Are not responsible for raising taxes just spending Money who Are pandered to by a supine parliament which also is nol responsible for raising taxes already behaving a Vii an arrogance i find breathtaking a the idea that one says a of Well Gie his lot our sovereignly a is unacceptable to  us Christopher Prout Leader of conservatives in parliament. Disagreed with Ridley that economic and monetary Union among the european Community member states w Ould be a guarantee of German domination. A economic and monetary Union will ensure that Germany is properly integrated into a wider Europe Quot he said. Ridley world today lock of hair removed from Auschwitz exhibit Overlook Netherlands apr a National War museum wednesday removed a lock of an Auschwitz victims hair from an exhibit after a protests by jewish and resistance groups a my scum spokesman said. The National War and resistance museum had planned to include the hair in an exhibit of artefacts on loan from the Auschwitz museum on the site of the former nazi death Camp in  a wednesday ceremony the artefacts were officially handed Over to the museum by polish ambassador Wladislaw Gwiazda organizations of jewish holocaust victims and resistance fighters had voiced their outrage following Media accounts of the contents of the exhibition scheduled to open saturday. Also on exhibit Are inmates clothing bunks and containers that held the Zaklon a Gas used in the Gas Chambers. . Alien permit cards to be produced in France Paris apr the Green cards issued to aliens living in the United states henceforth will be made in France a French company announced wednesday. Thomson Csc a major manufacturer of military equipment said it had been selected by the . Immigration and naturalization service to produce a new generation of resident alien permits commonly known As Green cards. A the new system meets the demanding Security and Quality standards for identity papers specified by the ins with a View to minimizing the risk of falsification forgery and Assumption of false identity a Thomson said. No financial details of the Deal were disclosed and Thomson did not say what company previously produced the  said the new cards would be produced using advanced electronic color imaging and digital processing techniques so that a color photograph of the individual and a Black and White photograph of the signature and fingerprints Are processed together onto the card. 2 suspected terrorists die in Battle with police Istanbul Turkey apr two suspected terrorists were killed and two others captured in a shootout in a residential District Here thursday the sem official Anatolia news Agency reported. It said police had surrounded a House reported to be a terrorist cell and ordered those inside to surrender. Police opened fire and used tear Gas after they were fired upon the Agency said. The shootout lasted four hours the Agency said. One of those killed was a woman Anatolia reported. Other details were not immediately available. At least 30 killed by bite of mysterious insect Dhaka Bangladesh apr a mysterious Diamond shaped insect whose bite can kill within four hours has claimed the lives of at least 30 people and attacked hundreds of others in the past month doctors and newspapers said thursday. Panic stricken villagers Are destroying the Bushy fast growing plants that Harbor the insects. The Ipomoea Crassi Carlis Plant is found in flood prone Bangladesh where its roots help Check soil erosion. The Plant usually grows up to 10 feet but has no food value a government owned newspaper Daminik bang a said the Diamond shaped insect that feeds on the plants leaves has killed at least 30 people nationwide Many of the victims were children w to played in the Bushes. Scientists in the government s agriculture department Are trying to determine the insects species and origin. Newspapers have suggested it arrived from Africa via India  
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