European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday August 8, 1990 a rebel Leader shoots liberian liberian rebel Leader i Rinee Johnson left Friday stands Over an unidentified liberian he had just shot for alleged profiteering seconds later Johnson shot the liberian again killing attack from Page 1 in Liberia a what this country really needs is the peaceful intervention of the United states or the economic Community of West african states Johnson told rebel fighters outside his Headquarters on Monrovia a Bush Rod Island. A if they Don t intervene i will attack the american marines a the Bush administration has said the marines Only Rote in the conflict is to evacuate endangered nationals and protect . Installations and a skeletal staff remaining at the . Embassy. The . Mission in Liberia included staff and families numbering More than 500 before rebels invaded dec. 24 from liberians northeastern Border with the Ivory coast and advanced to the Atlantic Ocean capital. West african leaders decided monday to Send troops into Liberia saying the War is affecting the entire Region which is supporting nearly 400,000 refugees from the nation of 2.3 million people. Sources at the Summit said a naval task Force to include ships from Nigeria Ghana Sierra Leone and Guinea will go to Monrovia and troops will be sent across liberians land Borders with Sierra Leone and Guinea. Not represented at the conference was liberians third neighbor the Ivory coast which has supported rebel Leader Charles Taylor. Johnson a former Captain in liberian president Samuel Doe s  was Poneot Taylor a chief commanders before him. The victim is handcuffed to French Relief worker Jacques Montouro who was later safely evacuated from Johnson a base Camp outside the liberian capital of Monrovia. He set up a splinter rebel faction in february. Taylor declared he opposed any foreign intervention and said he would attack any foreign peace enforcers. But tuesday Taylor a National patriotic front said it might accept such a Force. The fronts defense minister Tom Woewiyu flew to Bangui Gambia to meet with representatives of the West african nations that arc considering sending in troops. Woewiyu appeared to indicate that As Long As the Force remained Neutral it would be Welcome. Refugees behind Taylor a rebel lines at the . Ship tracking station near Paynesville gave a letter to the associated press appealing to the United states or any other government to help end the War. Quot we Are beseeching you to make the International world come to our Aid. We Are being slaughtered like pigs by our government the Freedom fighters and anyone who feels we should not live a the letter said. Johnson said his men executed liberian sen. Fred j. Blay on sunday night. The rebel Leader claimed Blay a former minister for youth and sports had been sent by Doe to spy on his Headquarters. He said Blay was shot dead by a firing squad. Then he presented to journalists rep. William Jabrah and said he too would be executed for spying. The legislator was led away with his hands bound. The foreign hostages presented at the news conference identified themselves As Terry Good 67, a British mining Engineer Seymour Grann 32, a British businessman Paul Temple 36, a British Timber merchant Dieter Riech 53, a West German Klaus of Fer 58, West German managing director of a soap factory Chris Mendes 27, an american mining contractor from Sacramento Calif. Abraham Lokker. 57, a dutch mining Engineer and Enrique Mansilla 32, an Argentine mining Engineer of Jet Cessna collide but no one is badly Hurt san Antonio apr an air Force Jet and a single engine Cessna collided monday sending the military aircraft plunging to the ground in a fireball authorities said. Two military crewmen ejected from the t-38 Jet As the aircraft collided shortly before 3 . The crewmen whom the air Force identified As 2nd it. James Kline 23, of Freemont Ohio and 1st it. Steven Perlman 25, of East Chester n.y., were not seriously Hurt said Charles Metzger chief of the Sandy Oaks Volunteer fire department. A flight instructor and teen Ager in the private Cessna escaped injury after the instructor landed the Small plane minus its front nose Section. 2 engines catch fire after Jet with 439 lands at Gatwick London apr two engines of a Boeing 747 charter Jet burst into flames tuesday shortly after the plane landed at Gatwick Airport from Montreal Airport authorities said. The 439 passengers and Crew on nation air flight no a124 were evacuated Down emergency chutes and 15 passengers suffered minor injuries authorities said. Two firemen overcome by smoke and fumes were treated at East Surrey Hospital and later discharged the Surrey ambulance authority said. The two engines caught fire As the plane turned off the runway toward a parking Bay at 11 12 a.m., said a spokeswoman for Gatwick  from Page 1 few Miles of the saudi Border raising fears they would try to occupy the kingdom the worlds no. I Oil producer. Travellers in the Region tuesday said saudi Arabia had deployed a Large number of missiles along the kuwaiti Border. On the other Side of the Border were a Large number of iraqi tanks they said. The publisher of a lebanese newspaper Talal Salman of the leftist As Safir in Beirut said in a frontage article tuesday that the iraqis Quot have installed missiles to strike at saudi Arabia s Oil Wells in the event of an attack from saudi Arabia. In Jordan iraqi . And jordanian officials said Iraq was considering allowing foreigners including . Embassy staff and dependents to leave Iraq and Kuwait by land through Jordan a senior jordanian official said in Amman a any foreigner who wishes to depart Iraq or Kuwait through Jordan is More than  an iraqi airways Jet carrying 78 foreigners mostly japanese tourists and a number of iraqi citizens arrived tuesday in Amman the first commercial flight allowed out of Iraq since it invaded Kuwait it was not immediately known if there were americans on  from Pago 1 military presence and naval muscle flexing in such a very tense and very Complex situation is not the Best line of action a a foreign ministry spokesman said in Moscow. Bush who on monday called for Quot full and total implementation of the  Trade embargo went to Cia Headquarters later in the Day for briefings on the Middle East and other matters but he sidestepped questions. Earlier White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Quot this blockade talk is premature a and added that the administration is committed to carry ing out the Trade embargo approved monday. Quot we expect them to work a Fitzwater said of the . Sanctions. Also monday Bush met with prime ministers Margaret Thatcher of Britain and Brian Mulroney of Canada and Manfred Werner Secretary general of the North Atlantic treaty organization. Asked if a naval blockade would be needed to enforce the sanctions Mulroney said Quot it certainly   Thatcher said the West would have to consider a blockade of the Gulf if the . Sanctions proved ineffective. Quot ruling nothing out at All Quot Bush said when asked about a possible blockade. Quot these sanctions will be enforced whatever it  As Iraq announced a 100,000-troop increase in its 1 million member armed forces the . Military moved aircraft carriers into position outside the persian Gulf. Carriers Are outfitted with a Range of Fa-18 Hornet Jet fighters f-14 tomcat attack aircraft and a-6e intruder bombers including specially outfitted Ka-6d jets to handle Aerial refuelling missions. The aircraft Carrier Saratoga was leaving Mayport fla., on a we Klong voyage to the Gulf Region. The battleship Wisconsin was to leave Norfolk va., for the same area. They would join the carriers Independence and Eisenhower which Pentagon sources said had moved within Range to launch warplanes Down the persian Gulf to reach iraqi targets. Diplomatic contacts continued Between Washington and Baghdad. The Washington Post quoted an unidentified administration official As saying Saddam warned the . Charge do affaires Joseph Wilson that he would attack saudi Arabia if iraqi pipelines through that country Are closed. But state department sources speaking on condition of anonymity denied the published report. Fitzwater would not give details of Wilson stalks with Saddam or confirm that the iraqi ruler had delivered such a warning. Asked if Saddam is intent on permanent occupation of Kuwait Fitz water said Quot he did no to give any indication  Nunn the Senate armed serv ices committee chairman said a naval blockade of Iraq is Quot very Likely unless the iraqis Back off and Start moving out of  Quot we need to get their military forces out of Kuwait Quot the Georgia Democrat told lbs news. Quot i think that is the most important thing now because they threaten saudi Arabia. In doing that though we have to have the cooperation of the saudis in terms of helping with the blockade or embargo a and that cooperation itself makes it More Likely the iraqis will take some  Nunn said the Quot Ideal situation would be for Arab nations particularly Egypt to participate in a ground Force protecting saudi Arabia and for the United states to be joined by Britain and France to form an air deterrent