European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside and plus magazines the Sims and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 49, no. 120 sunday August 12, 1990 25c daily and sunday d 8693 a Egypt sends troops to bolster saudi Arabia against iraqis by the associated press Egypt on saturday became the firs Tarab nation to Send troops to deter iraqi aggression. Egypt has begun sending Advance units of the egyptian forces that will participate in an Arab umbrella to safeguard the Region Cairo radio quoted presi Dent Hosni Mubarak s office As saying. The deployment came one Day after dozen Arab leaders agreed to Send troops to saudi Arabia. Their decision followed iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein s refusal to end his nine Day occupation of neighbor ing Kuwait. Related stories photos on pages 6 and 7. Saddam also called for a holy War against Rich Oil sheiks. Meanwhile a group of americans including a California girl trapped while travelling alone in the persian Gulf Region made their Way into Jordan on saturday. Officials said 12 americans including Penelope Nabokov of Albany calif., arrived after a 660-mile Overland journey from the iraqi capital of Baghdad. The girl had been flying unaccompanied from France to India when she was taken into custody by iraqi soldiers i Kuwait during a Stopover there at the time of the iraqi invasion last week. Shews later brought to Baghdad along with other americans in Kuwait. The americans who crossed into Jor Dan on saturday included nor essential . Embassy staff and dependents Bor Der officials said. Iraq has detained thousands of . Citizens and other foreigners who were caught by the lightning invasion of Kuwait on aug. 2. Tension was High in countries Bor Dering Iraq. Turkish newspapers report see Egypt on Back Page Barry convicted on just 1 charge Washington a mayor Marion Barry was convicted Friday on a single drug charge and acquitted on another. The judge declared a mistrial on 12counts, including More serious perjury charges after jurors said they were deadlocked. An elated Barry took what amounted to a Victor Lap around the courthouse grounds surrounded by supporters chanting four More  it was a stunning end to a six week trial that Fea tured an Fri videotape of the mayor smoking crack cocaine in a sting operation. Asked Why the jury deadlocked Foreman Edward  said never forget that famous phrase in Law beyond a reasonable doubt. That s a very very Toug Standard to  Barry insisted ail along that he had been singled out by vindictive Federal prosecutors. He and others argued that the government spent millions going after him in part because he is Black and the Case exposed deep racial divisions in the nation s capital. The jury found Barry guilty of charges that he possessed cocaine in november 1989 with longtime associate Doris Crenshaw. Crenshaw testified that she snorted cocaine with the mayor in her hotel room. Barry was found innocent of charges that he possessed cocaine on sept. 7, 1988. The jury was Hung on the three most serious counts felony charges that Barry lied to a Federal grand jury about his dealings with Charles Lewis a convicted cocaine dealer who was one of the government s chief witnesses. It also could t agree on a verdict on the cocaine Possession charge stemming from the Fri sting opera lion. In the Fri videotape Barry was seen smoking crack cocaine with former Girlfriend Rasheeda Moore at the Vista hotel on Jan. 18, juror Johnnie Mae Hardeman said the panel deadlocked 6-6 on the charge arising from that night. The single cocaine Possession conviction carries a Max mayor Marion Barry leaves the court in Washington on Friday after hearing the verdict in his trial. Mum penalty of one year in jail and a $ 100,000 Fine. , attorney Jay Stephens said he would review the Case before deciding whether to seek a new trial. . District judge Thomas Penfield Jackson scheduled a hearing sept. 17. In a statement that reflected the racial concerns raised by the trial Benjamin Hooks executive director of the a act urged the government not to try Barry again. We Hope that this brings this sad sad Saga to a close he said. A few hours after the verdict was rendered Impromptu celebrations broke out in predominantly Black areas of the nation s capital. A Short distance from the mayor s House motorists were honking their horns and shouting Barry Barry and four More years several churches opened for unscheduled services As word spread of the outcome of the trial. All told Barry was charged with 10 counts of co Caine Possession three counts of perjury and one count of conspiracy to possess cocaine and conceal its use. The mayor said repeatedly that he never used co Caine except for the night of the Fri sting last Jan. 18. It was t until closing arguments that Barry s lawyer r. Kenneth Mundy acknowledged that Barry had used the drug. Even so Mundy said the government had failed to prove the specifics of its Case. As he left the courthouse Barry was mobbed by supporters urging him to seek re election. Barry had said that he would not run for a fourth term but there has been speculation in recent Days that he would change his mind and run As an Independent. He is relieved obviously and this is his 202nd Day chemical free his press Secretary Lurma Rackocy said. Barry who sought treatment earlier this year for what he said was addiction to alcohol and prescription drugs planned to make a statement saturday. Stephens was heckled As he defended the prosecution of the mayor. He said that on the single conviction the jury had see Barry on Back Page Noriega plotted Panama canal sabotage Miami a Manuel Noriega Drew up plans during the 1970s to sabotage the Panama canal and attack . Mili tary Headquarters to guarantee compliance with the treaty giving the waterway to Panama according to confiscated documents. Notes by Noriega on the plan portions of which Are printed in the septem Ber Issue of the new York based details Magazine were found during last year s . Invasion. The files Are now in a warehouse guarded by the . Army in Corozal Panama. The Docu Nientsu indicate Noriega was behind a series of Small explosions in the old .-cpntrolled canal zone during 1976, when Panama was trying to hasten negotiations with the United states Over the canal. During the 1970s, Noriega was a rising officer in the panamanian military intelligence service. Panama s Leader Gen. Ornar Torrijos died in 1983 in a plane crash and Noriega eventually took control of the military and de Facto control of the country he was ousted last de Cember after . Troops invaded. In this operation of placing the bombs i personally received orders from my it. Col. Noriega a report by an unidentified officer said. My Colo Nel told me he wanted 14 bombs placed As a Symbol of the 14 . Military  one of the bombs failed to explode and Noriega was asked by the United slates if he knew anything about the de vice but he denied it the Story said. The details article was written by Doug Vaughan a free Lance reporter who was hired As an investigator by Michael o kanc a defense attorney for Noriega co defendant Daniel Miranda. Miranda is out on Bond on charges of helping to try drug Money from fort Lauderdale to Panama. Lawyers for Noriega who is being held in Miami on drug trafficking charges since his surrender Jan. 4, Dis missed the reports. I would be very very surprised if there were any such document with Jen. Noriega s  Noriega attorney see Noriega on Back Page