European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes sunday August 12,1990 Berlin apr one of West Germany Stop leftist terrorist suspects has urged her comrades to end their violent attacks. Sigrid St Mebick whose statement was released saturday by a newsmagazine is in jail and awaiting trial on numerous terrorist charges for her role in the deadly red army faction. She allegedly took part in the 1985 bombing of the . Air forces Rhein main a outside Frankfurt prosecutors say. Since her capture in East Germany in june there has been widespread speculation that will turn states witness. She claims St Arnebeck to have renounced any links to the terror gang. In a statement in the upcoming edition of Der Spiegel St Arnebeck said the dozens of red army faction members still at Large and their supporters should abandon their armed Campaign. A War and destruction a these Are not the instruments for political arguments on the threshold of the year 2000,�?� St Arnebeck wrote. The 40-Ycar-old prisoner added that the a concept of Urban guerrilla warfare has the statement will appear in Spiegell a editions reaching Newsstands Magazine released excerpts in Advance. The Hamburg based publication said Steve Becky a Appeal is aimed at the a hard cores of the red army faction. West German radio and television news programs featured Steve Becky a comments All Day saturday. The red army faction has been waging a deadly Campaign against West German businesses and nato installations since the 1970s. Victims include Deutsche Bank chief Alfred Herr Hausen who was killed instantly when a bomb ripped through the influential financier s car last november. Red army faction members on july 27 triggered a bomb that badly damaged the car of Hans Neusel the Bonn governments top anti terrorism expert. He escaped serious injury. Many of the still Active red army faction members reportedly receive instructions from their imprisoned comrades. However Sterrie Beck is believed to be seeking a reduced sentence in return for her cooperation with prosecutors. Several of the seven other red army faction members rounded up in East Germany this summer reportedly also Are planning to become prosecution witnesses. In the Spiegel statement Stembeck denied having any role in the bombing at Rhein main a that killed two people. She also claimed she was not involved in killing a . Soldier whose identity card was used to gain Access to the . Facility. However Stembeck has admitted she helped Stock terrorist depots with guns and ammunition in the 1970s. The once dreaded East German secret police maintained regular contacts with her after she moved to East Germany in 1980, Stembeck wrote. The relationship came to an abrupt end Afler a peaceful revolution swept out the communist regime. A we can to do anything More for you a she quoted her secret police Contact As saying. East Germany a new government has accused the former hard line communists of harbouring red army faction allegations Are the subject of a widespread criminal probe and could result in prosecutions against members of Erich Honecker a ousted from Page 1 de saturday that additional warplanes were sent to bases close to turkeys Border and its ground forces were in a state of readiness. Turkeys nato allies promised Protection after Ankara imposed economic sanctions on Iraq including the virtual shutdown of twin Oil pipelines that pump iraqi Oil through Turkey. Britain s foreign office said saturday that 21 British citizens escaped from iraqi occupied Kuwait. It said they had contacted British embassies in Bahrain and saudi Arabia but did not say How they had left the emirate. President Bush on Friday expressed concern about the 3,500 americans do Tai cd in Iraq and Kuwait As Well As the a very disturbing reports of violence against the citizens of several . Forces saturday continued to converge on the desert kingdom of saudi Arabia a Day after european Powers agreed to bolster the . Flotilla in the persian Gulf. The multinational Force was deployed to protect saudi Arabia the worlds big Gest Oil exporter after iraqi forces massed Over the Northern Border in Kuwait. The troop deployment set off another demonstration saturday in Yemen. Thousands of people rallied in front of the the american saudi arabian and egyptian embassies in the yemeni capital of san a in support of Saddam. Baghdad radio on saturday accused some Arab league countries of deciding to Send troops into saudi Arabia because they were More interested in doing what the United states asked than in finding a Means for reconciliation. Y at their meeting Friday in Cairo 12 Arab leaders decided to Honor the worldwide . Trade embargo on Iraq. But Jordan and seven other states of the 20 Arab league members present did not support the anti Iraq moves. Egyptian officials said the plans would be binding Only on the 12 nations that voted yes. Iraqis government run a Jou Huriya newspaper quoted by radio Monte Carlo said saturday that saudi Arabia a takes full responsibility for any attack against Iraq because it invited foreign forces most of them american into its Saddam on Friday urged arabs to overthrow the regions a Oil Emir a drive . Soldiers from saudi Arabia and a bum the soil under their Bush on Friday dismissed Saddam s statements As a a rather frantic ploy by a Leader a backed into a he indicated that the United states is ready to impose a naval blockade against Iraq if it tries to evade an International embargo by shipping Oil abroad. A i would advise iraqi ships not to go out with Oil a he said. An effective blockade could strangle the iraqi Economy with its heavy dependence on Oil exports most or All of which have already stopped. Secretary of state James Baker at nato Headquarters in Belgium on Friday won new backing from . Allies for the Mideast military operation. Canada said it would Send three ships France was preparing to expand its Force to seven ships and Australia said it would Send naval units. The British and soviets also have a handful of warships in or near the Gulf. The Western forces were sent to coordinate with a growing . Navy Armada soon expected to impose an economic blockade on Iraq. Washington has dozens of warships led by three aircraft carriers in the area. The iraqis say their lightning Conquest of Kuwait was aimed at redressing old and new grievances. The kuwaitis recent overproduction of Oil had deflated world prices and iraqis Oil revenues they complained. Iraq also owed Kuwait $ 15 billion of its $70 billion foreign debt. Baghdad reasserted old territorial claims Over Kuwait and on wednesday annexed the country. Kuwait a Leader Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah fled to saudi Arabia the Day of the invasion. Iraqis moves have drawn worldwide condemnation. The . Security Council ordered a global economic embargo. Up to 50,000 . Troops Are expected to pour into saudi Arabia in the coming weeks. Pentagon sources Sav contingency plans Call for As Many As 250,000 to be sent eventually depending on whether a grave iraqi threat develops. At least 2,300 paratroopers landed in saudi Arabia As the deployments first wave. The air Force was deploying about 140 f-15 and f-16 fighter jets and other warplanes. The Pentagon said Friday that a Pool of journalists was to be sent during the weekend to cover the deployment. Many of the . Troops were taking up positions in saudi arabians far Northeast near the Kuwait Border facing an iraqi occupation Force in Kuwait of Between 130,000 and 170,000 from Page 1 held a emr. Barry accountable for his criminal conduct and he must now accept responsibility for that thirteen witnesses testified during the trial that they had seen the mayor use cocaine marijuana and opium some 200 times. Mundy conceded that the mayor was an occasional cocaine user but said the prosecution had relied on liars a a Little Lucifer so a to make its Case and had failed to prove the charges. Several Black leaders suggested that Barry was prosecuted simply because he is a High profile Black politician. Among them was nation of islam minister Louis Farrak Han who at first was barred from attending the trial. The 12-member jury consisted of 10 Blacks and two Whites. The jury Foreman was White. Barry came to the City in 1965 As a civil rights worker. Three years later after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King jr., the City erupted in its worst racial violence. Barry was often credited with Cooling tempers in the aftermath. The verdict is the culmination of a criminal investigation that began in december 1988 after the mayors visits to Lewis hotel room in Washington. Lewis testified that Barry used cocaine and crack repeatedly on two trips to the Virgin islands. He said that they also smoked crack in a Washington hotel room and that they conspired to cover up their drug use when police began investigating a complaint that Lewis had offered crack to a hotel maid. Lewis began cooperating with the government a year ago after he was convicted of drug charges in the Virgin islands. Bands lawyers depicted Lewis As a liar who fabricated allegations of drug use to shorten his time in prison. Moore the governments Star witness testified that she and Barry used drugs together a at least 100 times in hotels boats and Homes around the City from 1986 to 1989. They were lovers for two years then simply partners in drug use she said. The defense attacked Moore a credibility and motives. She admitted that she was nearly broke and in trouble with the police when the Fri asked her to cooperate in the sting from Page 1 Jon May said Friday. A i done to believe it. But of course it has nothing to do with our the canal treaty was signed in 1978, but Only after Torrijos asked Noriega to draw up plans to sabotage the anal and attack the . Southern come head quarters at Quarry Heights. A note in Noriega a handwriting referred to a plan called a smells Burnt which called for a series of commando teams to attack and sabotage the targets. When . District judge William Hoeveler who is presiding Over the Case was informed last wednesday that of Kane had hired a reporter he chastised the lawyer in court and ordered him to get approval for future investigators. _ prosecutors said of Kane violated professional ethics by allowing the documents under military guard to be distributed publicly. In its article the Magazine said the the plan was continually updated even after Noriega became head of Panama a military in 1983. One team was to attack the lock Gates and another the locomotives that pull ships through the canal his memo showed. A document marked secret said a Amis Sion make inoperable the Panama canal and areas of defense of six commandos disguised As civilians were to attack the underground command Center at Quarry Heights killing a Sentinel then igniting a 5-gallon gasoline tank. Others were to hit the canal itself. A a we la wait until Zero hour to open fire against some ship passing through the locks if no ship passes we will fire on the control Tower a the document said
