European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sex head of Algeria ends 9-year exile urges Aid for Iraq Friday september 28, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9 Algiers Algeria apr former president Ahmed Ben Bella returned Home thursday after a decade in exile and urged tens of thousands of cheering supporters to Volunteer to fight in support of Iraq. He also called on algerians government to resign. Many people in a throng that greeted his ferry after an overnight voyage from Spain waved posters of iraqi president Saddam Hussein along with portraits of Ben Bella Leader of the algerian War for Independence against France. A Iraq needs support a Ben Bella 73, said in a fiery hour Long speech after coming ashore. A Telephone the iraqis Send telegrams and Tell them you Are with them. Go by the hundreds of thousands to the iraqi embassy and done to leave until they sign you up As  he urged supporters to stage a protest at the . Embassy denouncing the american military deployment in the persian Gulf. More than 100,000 people massed along a Seaside Boulevard chanting Ben Bella a name As the car ferry Hoggar arrived from Barcelona Spain. Other boats in the Harbor blared horns and sirens in Welcome. Ben Bella said he hoped to Weld a new political coalition that would defeat the Long ruling National liberation front a to which he once belonged. Legislative elections Are scheduled for Early next year but Ben Bella said the government should resign immediately. A a in a nervous to come Back but in a very moved a he said As the boat docked. A we have huge problems in Algeria and i Hope i can do something to restore our  he embraced his wife and children who made the voyage with him. Supporters on the ferry tossed posters and Boole Over the railing to people gathered on the Dock. Bodyguards then escorted Ben Bella to Shore his first time in Algeria since he went into exile in Europe in 1981. He became Algeria s first president in 1962 after the eight year Independence War against France but was overthrown in a military coup in 1965, he was imprisoned until shortly before he went into exile. In his speech delivered from a platform erected outside the National Assembly building Ben Bella described the International mobilization against Iraq As a a zionist plot supported of the United states. A if they strike Saddam that Means they strike at us a he said. A we will hit Back at  one of Ben Bella a former comrades in  Abde Khadir Hadj rejoiced As the ferry docked. A the country is free again a said Hadj 50. A i knew one Day democracy would  As the Best known Leader of the War for Independence Ben Bella adds a volatile ingredient to algerians Experiment with democracy. He returns Home As islamic fundamentalists stand poised to win legislative elections in six months. With or without them Ben Bella Hopes to forge a a common front of dozens of disparate opposition parties against the ruling party. Ben Bella had disappointed partisans former president Ahmed Ben Bella and his wife Zhora wave As they arrive in Algiers. By not returning for local and regional elections june 12, algerians first multiparty balloting since 1962. He advocated a Boycott of those elections claiming they would be rigged by the National liberation front. The fundamentalist islamic salvation front swept a majority of local and regional councils in the vote becoming the country a dominant political group. Ben Bella has since raised his profile. He recently flew to Iraq for talks with Saddam and has appeared on televised news shows in Algeria and France. Ben Bella told Saddam that thousands of algerians were ready to fight on behalf of Iraq a moroccan newspaper reported last week. Despite his erratic three year Rule Ben Bella retains an immense personal stature among algerians. Admirers say he alone can unite political factions and lift the country out of economic misery marked by 25 percent unemployment. But critics note that he gave Algeria the marxist command Economy secret police and one party Rule it is Only now shaking off thanks to political reforms that began after october 1988  defense Leader denies coup rumours Moscow apr fear of a military coup spilled from the streets into the soviet parliament on wednesday and rumours reached such a Crescendo that the country a defense chief Felt obliged to declare a no  should use  against its own people. In a speech to the supreme soviet defense minister Dmitri Yazoo responded to two weeks of reports in Liberal newspapers and accusations by politicians that the military is plotting to overthrow the ave moment. His 10-minute speech was or National broadcast. Such rumours have circulated sporadically throughout president Mikhail Gorbachev a 516-year Rule. These have been fuelled in part by his supposed alienation of the military brass because of his moves to Cut troops Ana the defense budget and his use of soldiers to restore order in restive republics. Such theorists hold that the military a fed up with soaring crime growing shortages and ethnic unrest a would ally itself with the Kab and orthodox communist party apparatus and move against Gorbachev. Only recently have newspapers such As Komsomol Skaya pravda Literat Maya a Zeta and Moscow news a freed from strict official supervision a begun examining the possibility of a military overthrow. The reports have spoken of paratroopers wearing combat gear bulletproof vests and helmets arriving at a military Airfield near Moscow. Some have even reported that the military leadership has a plan to take control Region by Region. Embroiled in confusion protest and economic hard times the soviet Public has leaned toward believing the rumours even though the soviet Union has never had a military coup. The latest publication prompting a Zoves appearance before the supreme soviet was in Komsomol Skaya pravda a youth newspaper on wednesday. It spoke of alleged military plans to move against democratic forces plotting to take Over strategic Points such As Power stations television offices and railway terminals. Troops from Ryazan and Tula both in the russian Republic were reportedly put in a state of combat readiness. The article ended by asking readers a who a by design out of fear or guided by dangerous political ambitions a issued the order to a take measures a the sooner we find an answer the safer we shall  Yazoo told the supreme soviet that there were troop movements in Moscow in recent weeks but said they were related either to soldiers preparation for the traditional nov. 7 revolution Day Parade or to their help in this years record Harvest. He said it was Normal for certain types of troops to travel with ammunition and in military vehicles and denied that soldiers were put in a state of military readiness. A fall facts spelled out in this article Are made up a declared Yazoo wearing his drab Green uniform emblazoned with a dozen rows of medals. A i again report fully and officially that our paratroopers and other troops received no  he then quoted from a statement by some legislators expressing concern about the reported troop movements. A no  should use  against its own people a he said. A i agree with  at the same time however Yazoo did not take the Opportunity to reiterate his support for Gorbachev who was not present for the speech. Supreme soviet chairman Anatoly Lukyanov spoke for the political leadership. A passions Are now being fanned deliberately a said Lukyanov who holds Powers similar to those of a vice president. A the passions arc connected with some kind or plots and so  found at terrorist experts meeting London apr police on thursday defused a bomb that had been planted under a lectern that was to be used by a government minister London a police chief and top British and american experts addressing an International conference on terrorism. Commander George Churchill Coleman head of Scotland Yards anti terrorist squad said the device contained enough explosives to cause death and injury and was probably planted by the Irish Republican . No group claimed responsibility for the bomb. The plastic lunch Box containing the bomb was discovered by Security guards As delegates arrived for the conference at the Royal overseas league building on Park place near Piccadilly in Central London police and conference organizers said. The conference was postponed As police searched for a possible second device said Frank Brenchley chairman of the research Institute for the study of conflict and terrorism. The Institute organized the conference. Scheduled speakers at the one Day conference included foreign office minister William Waldegrave metropolitan police commissioner sir Peter Imbert and professor Richard Shultz from Tufts University in Boston. Churchill Coleman told a news conference that he did no to believe the device was aimed at a particular individual. A the target of the device was the conference a he said. The Ira has targeted government officials and Security forces during its fight to end British Rule in Northern Ireland. Churchill Coleman said the lunch Box a contained a sufficient High explosive that had the device exploded which we believe would have been around 10 30 a.m., it would have caused death and serious  he appealed for information on anyone seen in the area and warned potential Ira targets a if you want to live you must continue to look and keep on looking. Joan Bates spokeswoman for the research Institute for the study of conflict and terrorism said the package had been found underneath the lectern where speakers would have delivered their addresses