European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 6, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9rebel Leader offers to give up Camp Bagayan de Oro Philippines up a As philippine troops prepared to attack a rebel held Garrison rebel Leader col. Alexander Noble on Friday offered to surrender the Camp on the Southern Island of Mindanao. Government warplanes earlier on Friday blasted the rebels out of another Garrison after president Corazon Aquino ordered her army to quash the Day old rebellion in Mindanao. Noble said the government misunderstood his intentions adding that he merely wanted to talk to military officials about reforms and genuine reconciliation. Armed forces chief Gen. Renato de Villa said in Manila that two t-28 tora tora planes bombed the brigade Headquarters in Butman 500 Miles South of Manila sending rebels running for cover. De Villa said troops were poised to strike in Bagayan de Oro where Noble and opposition politician Reuben Canoy Are holed up in Camp Evangelista. A for All intents and purposes the rebellion of Noble and Canoy is finished a de Villa said noting rebel Hopes that other government forces would defect had not materialized. De Villa however confirmed news reports that a platoon of soldiers in Iligan near Bagayan de Oro had apparently defected to Noble. A at first i was overwhelmed by the spontaneous crowd which expressed support for my cause. But now those people who promised to be by my Side have left me a Noble told the most Rev. Ray Monsanto the vicar general of Bagayan de Oro. Noble told the priest that he had never intended to occupy the Bagayan de Oro Garrison and that he had found it abandoned. Noble told Monsanto that he was a willing to leave this Camp peacefully if the military asked him to. He said he would return to the armed forces if Aquino granted him amnesty. Noble and his Force of some 600 soldiers and militiamen began the uprising thursday by taking Over Butman and Ca col. Alexander Noble seated poses Friday with heavily armed fellow rebels at Camp Evangelista in Mindanao. Gayan de Oro. Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos flew to Mindanao and inspected the cities of Zamboanga cot Abato and Davao where there had been reports of a possible uprising. Ramos said the situation in Mindanao was serious and should not be played Down. He added he did not think the rebels would succeed because they lacked the Peoples support. Noble who declared Mindanao an Independent Federal state on thursday offered to negotiate at a news conference Friday. He said he Only wanted military reforms and genuine reconciliation. He denied taking control of Bagayan de Oro saying it was abandoned when he arrived thursday. A my sole purpose in coming Over Here is to initiate a dialogue and Start a crusade or a movement for peace and Unity among the military Here in Mindanao and our people in general a said Noble Aquino a former Deputy chief of presidential Security. Asked about Nobles offer to negotiate a grim faced de Villa said a no  after Noble seized the garrisons Aquino placed the 159,000-member armed forces on maximum Alert and vowed to end the crisis swiftly. A we will crush these pretenders As we did before for our people will never sup port their naked attempt to grab Power a she said in a speech Friday to the annual philippine business conference. Aquino has survived six coup attempts. The worst Challenge to her four year Rule left 119 people dead and More than 500 wounded in december. The Cash strapped nation Over the past year has been hit hard by a major earthquake typhoons bombings and finally the persian Gulf crisis which forced Aquino to raise Petroleum prices. Rising Gas prices and fears of a recession have triggered unrest among workers. Air and sea services to Mindanao have been suspended since thursday and schools and offices have remained  remark called rubbish Stockholm Sweden apr some swedes were in an uproar Friday Over their Kings comment that the swedish work ethic leaves something to be desired. A i suppose that we maybe should think about the swedish work ethic and try and improve it in one Way or the other. I assume we re All aware that it is not the Best a King Carl Xvi Gustaf 44, told Dagens Industry in an interview thursday. The swedish Monarch very rarely Speaks out on political or controversial Public matters. Reactions came swiftly. Some people agreed with the King but others suggested he was speaking about himself and his acquaintances. A i wonder if he Ever tried to work himself a said librarian Anna is Skutte Labelling the Royal comment As a utmost  a i suppose that the King makes his statement from the circles where he dwells himself. In that Case that san interesting insight into those circles a the afto bladet newspaper quoted labor federation spokesman Staffan Keller org As saying. A shoe repairman who did not give his name said he agreed with the King to some extent. I7?Ere Are supp sed to be people who can live Well Between four to eight years without lifting a Tiger a he said. A but i think that the majority  a Sipics  that the generous system for sick leave holidays and unemployment Murance encourages absenteeism and makes some swed Ash made products too expensive. The Kings duties include travelling abroad to promote swedish industries. He owns Large estates and holds mostly a symbolic function As a constitutional Monarch. 2 terrorist suspects face court on charges of attacking trains cd amid Ttorp a a to in. I ,. Frankfurt Germany apr two suspected members of a palestinian terrorist group possibly linked to the pan am flight 103 bombing went on trial thursday charged with attacking two . Military trains. German officials say they have no evidence linking the two suspects Hafez Kassem dal Kamoni and Abdel Fattah Ghazanfar to the pan am bombing. Both men were arrested in Germany two months before flight 103 exploded Over Lockerbie Scotland on dec. 21, 1988, killing All 259 people aboard the new York bound Boeing 747 and 11 on the ground. Dal Kamoni 45, and Ghazanfar 49, Are believed to be members of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine general command pulp Goa Radical group led by Ahmed Jibril. Scottish officials investigating the pan am bombing say the group is one of the targets of their probe. Dal Kamoni and Ghazanfar were arrested in a Frankfurt apartment on oct. 26,1988. They Are charged with attempted murder in the two bomb attacks on . Military trains in Germany in August 1987 and april 1988. They Are also charged with forming a terrorist organization. Court records show dal Kamoni As stateless while Ghazanfar is a jordanian who previously lived in Damascus Syria. In the first bombing on a stretch of Railroad track Between Kassel and Gottinger about 90 Miles North of Frankfurt a bomb exploded under a freight train slightly injuring a woman in the area of the attack. Prosecutors allege the target of the attack was a . Military train carrying passengers and supplies. The . Train had been delayed by several minutes by the freight train which was running behind schedule. The second bombing on the same stretch damaged a . Military train and the tracks but no one was injured. Most of thursdays session of the trial involved the defense arguing for replacement of the two suspects court appointed arabic translator who they claim was working against them and for German investigators. The Case was adjourned until oct. 15, when a decision on a new translator is expected. The trial is expected to drag out Over several months with sessions normally scheduled two Days per week. If found guilty dal Kamoni and Ghazanfar could receive up to life imprisonment. When the two men were arrested investigators found a Large Cache of weapons in the apartment including anti tank grenades six Kalashnikov rifles 10 hand grenades explosives detonators and More than 2.2 pounds of plastic explosives. Police also found a portable radio casette recorder containing plastic explosives similar to the device which officials believe caused the fiery explosion on flight 103. Scottish police have said the radio cassette recorder bomb hidden in a suitcase was probably put aboard flight 103 in Frankfurt. The flight changed from a Boeing 727 to a Boeing 747 at London a Heathrow Airport. German officials say they have no evidence to support that theory. In a later search of the suspects car and a terrorist hideout near Dusseldorf Germany in april 1989, police found two More radios and a television set rigged with explosives. A policeman was killed attempting to defuse one of the radios. Despite the similarity of the radio bombs found after the arrest of dal Kamoni and Ghazanfar German officials say they have not been Able to link the two suspects to the pan am bombing