European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8the stars and stripes tuesday june 4, 1991 French spell out plan for global disarmament Paris apr the French government on monday unveiled u global disarmament initiative under which it pledges to adhere to the 1%8 nuclear non prolife ration treaty. The plan which has been submitted to members of the . Security Council Calls for global consideration of nuclear chemical and conventional weapons. It said the Security Council members a the United states Britain the soviet Union and China would meet in Paris in the coming weeks to refine the plan. A a our objectives Are Clear a the Initia live said. A chemical arms must be eliminated. Bacteriological weapons should not be produced nuclear arsenals should be brought to the minimum Levels Compa world Tilc with a the five Page plan considers weapons in three manner categorical regional and global. A a a 1. A a a a a France while not a signatory to the non proliferation treaty has basically adhered to its principles. The treaty is aimed at containing the number of countries that posses nuclear arms by can obtain material to manufacture them. It is nevertheless a symbolically significant gesture As France has maintained its Sowri Independent nuclear Force free from even North Atlantic treaty organization control. According to the initiative France will abide by the treaty a and Hopes that All states will adhere to the move leaves China As the Only major nuclear Power outside the constraints of the treaty signed by 140 nations. The French plan supports the Banning of chemical weapons and Calls on the Geneva based special committee on chem ical weapons to codify such a ban by. Years end. /. A France a Calls on All states to become part of this convention from the outset a the initiative conventional weapons the plans says that a it is appropriate to maintain or put in place everywhere Region by Region an equilibrium of forces respecting nations right to Security. Arms exports will be strictly controlled and ear ried out so As not to contradictrestraints.�?�. A Quot a France a is ready to subscribe to All improvements of existing agreements a it a id. V./. Quot the newspaper be Monde said in its weekend edition that French officials see their initiative As going beyond president Bush s plan which concentrates on the Middle East. Bush a plan a freezes the situation in the Middle East leaving a slight superiority to Israel and placing the Arab countries under control a la Monde quoted an aide to French president Francois Mitterrand As planes kill two at palestinian rebel base from wire reports. S1don, Lebanon a israeli warplanes blasted a palestinian guerrilla base in Southern Lebanon on monday demolishing the building and killing two rebels witnesses and sources said. I he jets scored a direct hit on a position of the Al Fatah movement of Palestine liberation organization chairman Yasser Arafat near the ref Zugec Campol Mich Mich on fhe outskirts of the port of Sidon. The sources said. T he midday air strike 24 Miles South of Beirut coincided with a visit to Beirut by syrian foreign a minister Farouk Al syrian was m Lebanon to Exchange copies of a strategic coordination Accord Between dam. Ascus and Beirut with his lebanese counterpart l ares Bueiz. A two israeli jets roared across Clear skies firing six rockets in the direction of the palestinian shanty town of Mich Mich. Dark smoke billowed into the sky As the rockets crashed into a two Story building used by Fatah the largest Plo tation. A. A. A a a a a a a -. A a a. Chevrolet exhibit Burns Kuwait. A a tire burned Down a Section of the Chevrolet exhibit at a Trade show sunday causing no injuries but destroying three vehicles. A tent covering two Chevrolet sedans and a pickup truck on display outside the Kuwait International hotel caught tire in the late eve lung. ,.large sections of the blazing tent blew across arabian Gull Street setting shrubs on fire and shooting Barnes 80 feet into the air. The tire also ignited a Small Cache of ordnance left on the Beach by iraqi firefighters brought the Blaze under control within 20 minutes. 1 he cause of the Blaze is not yet known. Pfoh to visit . Korea a president Roll Tae woo will travel to the United states and Canada in july it was announced monday. A presidential spokesman said Roh will visit the United states on july 1-3 at the invitation of president Bush. While in Canada on july 3-5, Rob will meet prime minister Brian Mulroney. They will discuss ways to expand bilateral relations and promote cooperation in the Asia Pacific Region the spokesman said. Koh will leave Seoul on june 29 along with 15 aides and return Home july 7, the spokesman said. A former terrorist gets 12 years in banker s death Haig Stuttgart Germany up a Foshier red army faction member was sentenced on monday to 12 years in prison for Partick Pating in the murder of a family Friend and the1979 attack on nato com. Mander Alexander Haig. Susanna Albrecht 40, was also found guilty of attempted murder / in three cases and attempted kidnapping in one Case. Albrechta a attorney had requested a maximum of nine years imprisonment arguing that she had volunteered incriminating evidence that had helped the investigation of the Albrecht extreme left Wing Raf. The state prosecutor had also asked that Albrechta a cooperation with authorities be taken into account. The presiding judge of the Stuttgart court sentenced Albrecht to 12 years in prison after finding her guilty of the charges. A a �., a the judge said Albrecht had participated in the 1977 attempted kidnapping and subsequent murder of Dresdner Bank head Jirgen Ponto a Friend of a Brecht a parents Ponto had apparently let Albrecht and two other Raf members into his heavily guarded House before he was shot to death. The attack on Haig occurred on june 25, 1979, in Belgium while he was the commander of natos forces in Europe. Haig his aide and Driver were uninjured when a land mine exploded seconds after tie general s car crossed a Bridge. Albrecht is the second Raf terrorist to be convicted in the attack on Haig. Two others have been charged in the . A /. / Quot Albrecht a former schoolteacher joined the Raf in. 1977, Biu abandoned it after the failed assassination at tempt on Haig. In 1980, she sought Refuge in East Germany where the now disbanded state Security police of the communist state gave her a new identity. \ eight months after the opening of the Berlin Wall on nov. 9, 1989, Albrecht and nine other alleged Raf members were arrested in East Germany and handed Over to the West German authorities. / Albrecht is the second 10 to be sentenced. Werner Lotze was also convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison for murder attempted murder and blackmail. Commandos ambush kill 3 Ira suspects. Belfast Northern Ireland apr British commandos on monday shot and killed three armed Ira guerrillas who were on a Covert Mission British news reports said. 11. Police Woi ild say Only that three men believed to be connected with the Irish Republican army were found dead in a burned out car after encountering an army patrol in the Village of cough 30 Miles West of Belfast. Sinn fein the iras Legal political Wing identified the dead men As Peter Ryah Tony Dorris and Lawrence Mcnally. Press association the British Domestic news Agency said that Security forces regarded the three As leading Ira gunmen. Police said that they were not involved in the operation and that uniformed soldiers fired the shots. Security sources said a special air service common. Do unit had staked out location in anticipation of an ambush press association reported. British news reports said the three men were on their Way to attack protestant workers in the Village when. They were intercepted by the British commandos. Two rifles were found beside the charred remains of the stolen car press association said the soldiers fired up to 200 shots. The car caught fire when one of the bullets hit the Gas tank news reports said. Quot a a woman who lives nearby said she heard the shoot ing. Quot it seemed to go on and on. It was terrible and when 1 went outside i could see the smoke coming from the car Quot she said. Quot. In other violence monday a spokesman for the Brit ish army said a Large explosion occurred at the Bally Cassidy Sawmill next to the army base at St. Angelair Field. 70 Niles West of Belfast. A a. There were no reports of any injuries at the base used for helicopter patrols the army spokesman a said. The blast shattered windows in Homes several Hundred Yards away. Press association said terrorists drove a truck into the Sawmill but it was not known if mortars were fired j from the truck or if explosives were concealed inside. The Agency said the trucks Driver escaped. Police said a family living near the base was held captive during the night by two armed men. The armed men left Early monday in the family a car which was later found burned out a few Miles away police said. The killings came less than 24 hours after a Northern Ireland civil servant was seriously injured by a bomb placed under her car. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack but police said the Ira was a prime suspect. The Ira claimed responsibility saturday for a truck bombing the night before that killed three soldiers 11 and demolished an Ulster defense regt base 40 Miles South of Belfast. Violence has increased since april when talks were supposed to Start involving the British and Irish govern Quot ments and the main roman Catholic and protestant parties on restoring a degree of self Rule for Northern a Ireland. A. More than a month into the process however the four parties have yet to meet and talk to each other. Sinn. Fein has been excluded from an negotiations
