European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday August 8,1990israelis riot after 2 jewish teens found slain Jerusalem apr the discovery of the bodies of two slain israeli teen Agurs prompted thousands of jews to take to the streets monday hurling rocks and Yelling threats during anti Arab riots. At least 22 people were reported injured. Earlier in the Day search teams discovered the Slabbed and bound bodies of the two israeli teen age hitchhikers in a dry River bed in Jerusalem. Police said they suspect the two were killed by Arab nationalists. The riots that followed were the worst anti Arab unrest since Spring 1989, when two israeli soldiers were kidnapped and killed by arabs. Israel army radio estimated that 10,000 jews were involved in rioting around Jerusalem. Most of the anti Arab attacks were carried out by groups of dozens or hundreds including Many teen agers and women. Hundreds of angry israelis a some chanting a death to the arabs a a blocked main highways in several Jerusalem neighbourhoods hurling rocks and cinder blocks at Arab owned cars. The rioting continued into the night with scattered Stone throwing incidents and fist fights. Police said 20 to 30 arabs were injured and a jew was also Hurt. They said a police officer was injured in an attack by an angry mob. Seven israeli rioters were detained. Security forces clamped a curfew on one palestinian Village and searched other villages near where the bodies of the teenagers were found but there were no reports of arrests in the slayings. Prime minister Yitzhak Shamir vowed that Quot our hand will reach these mean killers a a this cruel and evil murder. Is an expression of the deepest hate and despair of criminals who wanted revenge because they cannot kill All the people of Israel a Shamir added. Teen age volunteers discovered the bodies of Ronen Karamani 18, and Lior tubal 17, near the jewish neighbourhood of Ramot in Arab East Jerusalem. Both bodies had multiple Stab wounds said National police commissioner Yaacov Turner. Tubal who had a Pink Towel tied around his Mouth ran for about 70 Yards after being stabbed then collapsed and died Turner said. Karamani who had his hands tied behind his Back was pushed after being stabbed. He fell and died. A the Way they were tied Down the Way they were stabbed Points definitely to a political murder Turner said. A there was no reason to think that these two Normal Good teen agers were murdered for any criminal reason a embargo from Page 1 Pond Cnoc near the persian Gulf and Eisenhower in the Mediterranean sea a moved within Range to launch warplanes to the Gulf and As far As iraqi targets Pentagon sources said. Iraqi tanks and infantry poured into Kuwait on thursday after president Saddam complained that the kuwaitis violation of open production quotas had driven Down world crude prices lowering iraqi Oil revenues. Saddam also accused Kuwait of stealing Oil from a Border Oil Field both countries claim. Together iraqi and kuwaiti output equals 9 percent of world daily Oil production. The United states led the worldwide condemnation of the invasion As a threat to International order and mobilized world governments to Cut off Oil and other business with Iraq. Bush said iraqis a naked aggression. Will not stand a and White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said monday that a the defense of saudi Arabia is of Paramount but Iraq defied the diplomatic economic and military pressure. In Baghdad Saddam summoned the . Charge d affaires Joseph Wilson and a warned against any act that might endanger the regions peace and Security a the official iraqi news Agency reported. Iraqi army commander Saadi Mehdi Saleh was quoted by the Al Iraq newspaper As saying americans a should understand that the people of the great Leader Saddam Hussein cannot be members of Saddam a ruling baath party said preparations were under Way to evacuate All of Baghdad a 4 million people in Case of . Air attack. They also said the party distributed weapons to tens of thousands of people throughout Iraq. State radio said Saddam had ordered formation of 11 new iraqi army divisions adding 100,000 troops to his i million Man military Force the strongest in the Arab world. Iraqi officials continued to dismiss suggestions Iraq has any intention to strike against saudi Arabia. But the vastly outnumbered saudi military was taking no chances. Oil executives in the northeastern saudi City of khat i an Oil loading port near the Kuwait Border said saudi ground reinforcements were moving into the area. The iraqi invasion Force had set up a checkpoint just a half mile from the Border near khat i. In addition saudi military aircraft were sighted Landing and taking off at airfields on the fringes of Riyadh the saudi capital said local residents reached. By Telephone. Americans and britons were among an estimated 366 people who were rounded up from hotels in Kuwait City by iraqi forces and put aboard buses. They were apparently mostly passengers from a British airways flight stranded in Kuwait a British foreign office spokesman said. A there is no evidence that they Are in any Way in trouble Quot he said. The iraqi move did not appear to involve foreigners who reside in Kuwait including about 3,000 americans the spokesman said. The state department said 28 americans were among those rounded up and said Iraq would be held responsible for their safety. A a it a premature to Call them hostages a said spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler. Bush said sunday he would a do whatever is necessary to protect american lives. The . Navy was dispatching another Carrier Force led by the Saratoga from the . East coast to the Mediterranean. A French missile frigate was in route to the Gulf to join two French warships already there. There was no immediate confirmation of diplomatic reports that units of the . Rapid deployment Force organized for crisis duty in the Mideast had been sent to the Region. Meanwhile Kuwait a ambassador to Britain said a resistance Force was being organized among kuwaitis living abroad. Quot we will get Back Quot ambassador Ghazi Al Rayes told reporters. The growing anti Iraq economic embargo produced its first results monday when turkish officials reported that the iraqis fast losing customers for their Oil stopped pumping Petroleum through one of two pipelines that Cross Turkey and reduced the flow in the second. A total cutoff of iraqi Oil flow through Turkey and saudi Arabia a is key Quot to squeezing Saddam a government economically the British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said in London. In an interview with Abc news before the embargo vote turkish president Turgut Ozal indicated Turkey would close Down the pipeline completely if the . Sanctions were ordered. A we will obey the . Embargo a Ozal said. A flurry of diplomatic contacts continued among Middle Eastern governments trying to defuse the explosive situation. Prime minister Mudar Badran of Jordan whose King Hussein is trying to mediate a peaceful end to the crisis arrived in Damascus to discuss the impasse with syrian leaders. Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat was in saudi Arabia bearing a proposed peace plan under which egyptian newspapers said Iraq would withdraw from Kuwait in Exchange for Western financial Aid. But More ominous notes also emerged. Iran a foreign minister Ali Akbar Velamati delivered a letter to syrian president Hafez Assad from iranian president Hashemi a Sfanjani and said upon departing from Damascus a a we cannot remain Idle toward this Iran fought an 8-year War with the iraqis in the 1980s, and Syria has Long quarrelled with neighbouring Iraq. The Palestine liberation organization chairman Yasser Arafat was shuttling Between Arab capitals on a private iraqi Jet monday night with a plan apparently acceptable to Baghdad that might conceivably provide a face saving Resolution. Arafat flew into Alexandria on monday evening for discussions with president Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. Arafat then left for saudi Arabia and was to go to Baghdad later according to Mena the official egyptian press Agency which also reported that a saudi arabian envoy had arrived in Egypt for talks with Mubarak. Arab news reports say the palestinian plan which is backed by Libya Calls for the withdrawal of iraqi troops in return for a supporting the iraqi Economy a which appears to mean a Large payoff or a share of the kuwaiti Oil Fields. Under the plan free elections would be held in Kuwait to choose a new government. According to some reports Iraq would continue to hold Babiyan Island a strategic mud Flat Long coveted by Iraq that controls Access to the Shatt Al Arab waterway and iraqis two main ports at Basra and umm Qasir. Arafat was uncharacteristically taciturn refusing to answer reporters questions As he left Alexandria saying Only a it is better to be prudent when you want things Mubarak a key political adviser Osama a Baz said that a the purpose of these contacts is to explore the available options in order to find a Way out of the iraqi kuwaiti from Page 1 evacuating americans and other foreigners. The five ships of amphibious Squadron 2 a the amphibious transport Dock Nashville the amphibious assault ship Inchon the Dock Landing ship Whitbey Island and the tank Landing ships Fairfax county and Newport a left Norfolk on monday morning for Morehead City the Atlantic fleets Mueller said. Meanwhile spokesmen at fort Bragg and the defense department refused to comment on speculation that forces were being massed for possible use in the Gulf Region. Some fort Bragg soldiers said units at their base have been on standby. Pfc. Cheryl Curtis of the 17th military intelligence co said her unit has been on one hour recall since Friday afternoon meaning soldiers have one hour to report to duty stations if called. Members of the 82nd airborne div also were on one hour recall said spec. David Lykens of the military intelligence from Page 1 land. In East Anglia a Region where several . Bases Are located the 96 degrees registered at Wyton equated a 1911 temperature set at Cambridge. Temperatures measured a close second at 95 degrees at Huntingdon near Raf Alconbury and at Bedford a few Miles from Raf Chicksands in Central England. While temperatures May be returning to Normal however Britain is still measuring below Normal rainfall. Average rainfall for july and August is about 2.5 inches but last month the country received Only 40 percent of that Hardy said. A a we re steadily getting a deficit. In Southeastern England and East Anglia it certainly is a very dry period a he said. Currently there Are few water restrictions in place Hardy said. A but if we done to get anything soon that May across the Channel temperatures hovered in the Low to mid-70s in the Frankfurt West Germany area monday and dropped into the Low 60s monday night a Welcome Relief from the broiling 90-degree readings that prevailed Over the continent last week. Only a few showers were reported As the cooler air mass moved southward however. Contributing to this report Start Antof Dave Wanciak in West Germany
