European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday september 24,1990 news briefs West German protesters carry banners during a rally outside Patch Barracks front test activists arrested at Patch protest Stuttgart West Germany a amps a German police arrested four protesters who Laid Down in front of Patch Barracks main Gate sunday As part of a demonstration against . Nuclear weapons testing. The four were charged with intimidation for their 10 30 . Action which blocked the Entrance lanes and contributed to a minor traffic Jam. They and some 30 other a peace test campaigns protesters failed to Block the exit Lane however so traffic continued to pass in and out of that Side of the Gate. The group wants the . Government to support a total nuclear test ban at a . Conference next january said Uwe Paine one of the demonstrations organizers. The United states already is a signatory to a 1963 treaty that limits nuclear weapons tests to underground Sites. The protesters chose Patch Barracks As the site of their demonstration because the Headquarters of the . European come is located there. Participants in the two hour event also staged a mock debate of the . Security councils permanent members at a table set up in front of the Gate and danced to Folk music played by a seven piece Basque Leader captured after car Chase Bayonne France up Jose Javier a balata Elosegui believed to be chief of logistical operations for the Basque separatist group Eta was arrested by police sunday following a car Chase through the streets of Biarritz in Southwest France police said. Zabaleta Elas Guj better known As a Waldo a gave up without firing the gun he was carrying after a Chase with police that began As he emerged from a friends House near the Biarritz Airport police said. Zabaleta Elosegui was believed to be the last major Eta Leader living in the French Basque country that had not been captured by police in recent years. In october 1987, Zabaleta Elosegui escaped a police raid on a farm in Southeast France that served As logistical Headquarters for Eta operations across the Border in Spain. He had not been seen since. Eta which Means Basque Homeland and Liberty in the Basque language has carried out numerous terrorist acts in Spain for More than a decade As part of its violent drive to gain Independence for the three Basque provinces of Bortnem Spain. Waite to be freed soon shiite Leader speculates Tyre Lebanon up a a ranking shiite cleric sunday said anglican Church envoy Terry Waite would be set free very soon As part of Iran a efforts to improve its image in the world. A the British hostage would be released very soon a Allanah syyed Ali a1 Amin said during a rally that was held in the Village of Bedias near the port City of Tyre 46 Miles South of Beirut. The gathering was arranged by the pro syrian shiite amal militia in homage to three senior aides to amal chief Nabih Bern who were killed two years ago Daoud Daoud Hassan Sbei Teh and Mahmoud a1 Fakih were assassinated near Beirut by gunmen believed affiliated with Amales shiite rival the iranian backed Hezbollah group. A1 Amin who has the Power to Issue religious decrees to members of the country a estimated 1.5 million shiites did not specify whether his speculation was based on information or clues. There have been a series of reports in the country indicating that Waite or the two other British captives John Mccarthy and Jack Mann would be freed in the near future. The expected release was seen As a result of conciliatory gestures by Britain to Iran Over the controversial Issue of Salman Rushdie whose novel a the satanic verses was deemed blasphemous by the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Khomeini Iran a former spiritual Leader order execution of Rushdie feb. 14,1989. Britain has said that revoking the threat Acain Rushdie was a precondition to resume iranian Britis ties but the iranian capital of Tehran has Welcome recent gestures by London reiterating its respect of islam. A emr. Terry Waite was a faithful Man who came to Beirut on a humanitarian Mission a Ai Amin said in i speech to the rally a crowd. He added that a the is la i sharia Law prohibits the abduction of a messenger o a mediator. Al Amin accused Iran of involvement in hostage Tak ing saying a Iran has sought to improve its image in that world after its embroil ment in the kidnapping of citizen for political purposes and certain transactions that Havi become Well known in the the remarks by Al Amin were one of the stronger attacks by shiite figures against Iran Over the Westen hostages plight. There Are More than 100 lebanese shiite clerics what have not proclaimed loyalty to Iran since Tehran a intervention in Lebanon in 1982. Waite the assistant to the archbishop of Canterbury disappeared in Beirut in january 1987, while negotiating for the release of some . Hostages. The three British nationals Are held hostage along with 10 other foreigners including six . from Page 1 telling Saddam the United states was concerned by the buildup but was not taking sides in the dispute. Two Days before that meeting state department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler was asked whether the United states had a commitment to defend Kuwait. She said a we do not have any defense treaties with Kuwait and there is no special defense or Security commitments to Glaspie told Saddam a we have no opinion on Arab Arab conflicts and on your Border disagreement with appearing sunday on no cd a Quot meet the press a Baker branded As a a retrospective scapegoating and �?o20-20 Hindsight speculative news stones that Saddam believed the United states would not resist his invasion of Kuwait. In Tehran iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rassan Jani said at a banquet for syrian president Hafez Assad that Iran is steadfast in its opposition to the .-led multinational military Force in the Gulf calling it an a arrogant scheme a according to a report sunday by the iranian news Agency Irna Assad who made his first trip As president to Tehran to persuade Iran to modify its stance toward . Policy in the Gulf said he also favors withdrawal of Western forces but Only after the crisis is Over according to Irna. Saudi Arabia said sunday it expelled dozens of jordanian iraqi and yemeni diplomats because they were engaging in unspecified activities that undermined Thi kingdoms Security. Saudi authorities said in a statement that the Diplo Mats and embassy employees expelled saturday had Vio lated the a code of conduct and rules of diplomatic scr ice a but did not elaborate. Relations Between the kingdom and Jordan Yemen Are strained because the two countries have no condemned iraqis invasion of Kuwait although b have called for Iraq to withdraw. The move came two Days after saudi Arabia Cut the 35,000-barrel-a-Day flow of its Oil to Jordan. Jordan which had received 90 percent of its Importe it Oil from Iraq and 9 percent from saudi Arabia before the invasion said saturday it would have to import o through its red sea port of Aqaba. A the saudi decision is an attempt to pressure Kin Hussein to adopt a Clear stand either with Iraq o against a Well connected Arab Diplomat in the Region Scull Pweze de Cuellar said sunday on abcs a this wee with David Brinkley that he was troubled by saddam1 warning. I. Say that a at i have just heard is not Vei helpful for those who want a peaceful solution of the problem a he said. A at the same time we have to Kee trying. We have to make every Effort to find a just an peaceful solution to the As to the Security councils plan for an air embargo re j naval blockade Perez de Cuellar Sai it i think it is in the making. I be surprised if i a couple of Days a few Days such a Resolution cease fire holding in Liberia details on Doe s death emerge Abidjan Ivory coast a details came out sunday about the torture slaying of former liberian president Samuel Doe As a cease fire continued to hold in the capital of Monrovia Between two rebel factions a West african army and soldiers of the deposed Leader. Liberians Leader of 10 years was tortured and killed sept. 10 by rebel Leader Prince Johnson a men and vengeful citizens hacked parts from his body the observer newspaper of London reported sunday. The 9-month-old War a launched to oust Doe a intensified after the presidents death. Johnson a rebel faction battled desperate remnants of Doe s army As Well As rebels of guerrilla chief Charles Taylor who also fought a five nation West african army sent to impose a cease fire. Taylor declared a unilateral cease fire that took hold saturday. The French news Agency Agency France Presse re a few sets were heard during the n that Calm prevailed in the War Rava Dent behead runs Agea Ltd by a a a cd Psi fiun4deratorm moved through the car ?.lp0 kit. And As the Sun by i rebels ambled Down the rred or ref card Rohey walked a within a few h a Isiam amps rim Sion we who battled Taylor a rebels y morning appeared t0 have were from the rebels f men bet Cen betwee Quot Tay
