European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a the stars and stripes sunday october 27,1990israeli probe clears police in killing but panel faults their insensitivity Jerusalem apr the israeli investigation into the Temple mount killings said Friday that police opened fire in self defense but it severely criticized their commanders for ignoring Advance signs of trouble at the holy site. The three Man commission said palestinians provoked the riot but police showed virtually no sensitivity to the Temple mount As a holy place for jews and for moslem who Call it Haram Al Sharif. Prime minister Yitzhak Shamir named the commission two Days after the rioting on oct. 8 to examine what led to the confrontation in which 19 palestinians were killed and More than 140 were wounded in israeli gunfire. The Jerusalem police command a took routine measures without being aware that the situation on the Temple mount was extremely difficult and explosive a the report said. The massacre prompted two . Resolutions both of which brought the United states into conflict with Israel its closest ally in the Middle East. The United states was the chief sponsor of a Resolution approved oct. 12 by the . Security Council that condemned Israel for the shooting deaths of the palestinians on the Temple mount and called for a . Investigation. The United states voted against Israel again on wednesday for refusing to admit . Investigators. One reason Given by israeli leaders for rejecting the . Investigation was that the Security Council had already reached its conclusions finding Israel at fault for the slayings. Israel also said its internal investigation would be adequate. Israel fears that accepting the . Mission would be tantamount to accepting world objections to israelis annexation of predominantly Arab East Jerusalem captured with the West Bank and Gaza strip in the 1967 War. The Resolution approved wednesday a deplores the refusal of the israeli government to receive the Mission and a a insists that Israel a permit the Mission. To proceed in keeping with its the United states had been under intense pressure from Arab and other states not to veto the Resolution and risk eroding the fragile coalition arrayed against Iran which depends on moderate Arab s2 such As Egypt saudi Arabia and mors co israeli Security forces trying to quell a not opened fire and killed 19 pales on the sacred Temple mount. Arabs had thrown a Volley of stones on jews a raw Sarges Erna a Isota a of Israel has since seen a spate of Arab israeli revenge attacks. In response h Rae i authorities sealed off the occupied territories wednesday preventing pm winians from getting to jobs in Israel More than 750 palestinians have been killed by israeli troops and civilians in the 34-month-old palestinian uprising against israeli occupation. A jail Matron escorts Lawrencia a a Bambi Bembenek left from a court in Thunder Bay Ontario after an immigration hearing thursday. Bembenek 32, a former Playboy club waitress and Milwaukee police offi Ontario hearing for fugitive a cer was captured in Canada last week three months after she escaped from a Wisconsin prison. She had been serving a life sentence for the first degree murder of her former husbands . Draws fire from Germany for delay in returning nazi files a Germany up a German deputies criticized . Authorities for moving too slow in giving Germany control of millions of nazi files parliamentary sources said thursday. In a closed meeting wednesday the committee on Domestic affairs said that control of the Berlin document Center a Large underground Archive of former nazi records should be quickly returned to the Federal Republic. Since Germany has regained its full sovereignty and the occupational rights of the United states have expired the files of the Berlin document Center must be returned to the authority of the Federal Republic of Germany a committee members said. . Authorities said earlier that the files would not be handed Over until they have been microfilmed. German officials reportedly said the americans have shown Little sensitivity to German rights to have Access to documents concerning an important Era in their National history. They said that . Authorities in charge of the Center should not be worried that the files would be suppressed if returned to German control. But Elan Steinberg executive director of the world jewish Congress said recently that the files should remain in mood of american Ollers a Quot he he cd a a with in the final Days of world War ii . Military forces confiscated More than 30 million files. Some like the 11 million nazi party membership cards were nearly destroyed. Since the wars end the documents have been used by historians prosecutors and researchers documenting Adolf hitlers third Reich. Center librarians 5 000 rec guests a month for information. The parliamentary committee wants the Center to remain in Berlin but to come under the control of Germany s Federal archives. World today it was t a suicide try student just lost his keys Helsinki Finland a an apparent suicide attempt turned out to be a matter of lost keys and Cost the survivor of an eight floor fall Over $1,300. A 20-year-old student who misplaced his keys in Oulu Northern Finland fell while trying to climb in through the eighth floor window of his apartment do lice said Friday. A v a the fell onto the roof of a bicycle shelter 25 meters 821/2 feet below but incredibly survived the fall a said police sgt. Tapio Perala. A Perala said the a relatively soft corrugated Metal roof of the rain shelter saved the students life. However the owner of the apartment is Billing the student 5,000 Markka $1,380 for damaging the roof a spokeswoman for the Oulu students housing association said. The police at first mistook the incident which occurred m August As a Case of attempted suicide Perala general honoured with . Legion of Merit Paris apr . Joint chief of staff chairman Gen. Colin Powell on Friday presented his French counterpart Gen. Maurice Schmidt with the . Legion of Merit Grade of commander the . Embassy announced. Colin said efforts by Schmidt chief of the general staff of the French armed forces at working toward cooperation a in the face of Saddam Hussein is Daggres Sjon is Only the most recent example of the fruits of his labors a according to an embassy statement. Powell noted that Schmidt a has shown an extraordinary appreciation of the need for a Strong France a secure Europe and a credible Alliance a the statement said. A a the . Government is grateful for his consistent efforts to improve military to military relations Between France and the United states a the statement quoted Powell As saying. France has sent 13,000 troops to the persian Gulf Region in the Wake of iraqis invasion and annexation of Kuwait in Early journalist freed after 20 hours of quizzing Rangoon Burma up a a burmese journalist working for the japanese newspaper Asahi Shimun has been released after 20 hours of interrogation by military Security authorities about his coverage of events m Central Burma sources close to the journalist said Friday. Journalist be win was detained by Security officials Early wednesday and questioned for 20 hours before his release said a source close to the journalist who asked not to be identified. Asaichi Shimun officials in Bangkok Thailand con ii release and said be win had not been formally arrested Only held for questioning. The sources in Rangoon said Security officials seized copies of be wings stories and questioned him on his reporting about events in Mandalay
