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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, August 13, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes tuesday August 13,1991 slur May have Zamboanga Philippines up a police Are looking into reports that anti islamic remarks May have prompted the grenade attack on a cultural show by a visiting foreign religious group that left two dead and 50 others wounded officials said monday. Two women a Sophia Sigfridson of Sweden and Karen Goldsworthy of new zealand both aged 19 a were killed in the grenade blast saturday night in Zamboanga a port City 550 Miles South of Manila. Five americans were among the injured. Police maj. Emiliano Buyco said a member of the Good books for All company based in Mosbach Germany was reported to have told Muslim students of Western Mindanao University Here on Friday that the a Prophet Mohammed is a  Buyco said in his report to police Headquarters in Manila that the remarks were uttered by a German missionary identified As Frank Michaleck one of some 300 volunteers from 30 countries aboard the 6,000-ton Bookstore ship Doulos. Michaleck who was wounded in the attack was unavailable for comment. Of the 50 injured 41 were from the Doulos staff. The five injured americans were identified As Brian marrow Queen Joseph Parker Cynthia Smith Joe Erken arid Nathaniel Fawcett. Of the victims 21 were airlifted to a Manila Hospital by a philippine air Force c-130. Buyco said the remarks apparently angered islamic fundamentalists in Zamboanga Headquarters of the Southern command which has been battling a Muslim separatist insurgency in the largely roman Catholic country for two decades. However a spokesman for the visiting interdenominational group said a no one on behalf of Doulos would say anything like  some of the 50 people injured in a grenade attack wait at Zamboanga Philippines to be airlifted to Manila. University president Erdulfo Fernando also denied the vessel said the group was putting on a cultural the report saying no one from the group spoke except show on saturday night at a sem open terminal when a for the vessels Captain Pertti Merisola. Grenade was thrown. A second grenade did not sex Tim Wilson the chief Engineer and spokesman for lode police  evacuated after mount Unzen erupts Tokyo up a trembling mount Unzen belched scorching rocks and sent dense smoke soaring 3,300 feet skyward monday prompting police to close highways because of the debris. Nearby residents carried umbrellas to protect themselves from Ash and authorities gave evacuees one hour to return to their Homes and then depart to safer  baggage the meteorological Agency a mount Unzen Observatory issued an emergency warning following the first eruption at Midnight sunday. A second rumbled through the Mountain Early monday. No injuries or severe damage were immediately reported from the eruption 600 Miles Southwest of Tokyo but residents of Shimbara reported some rocks Landing in the streets. A spokesman said the Observatory detected 107 mild earthquakes and 154 volcanic tremors during a 16-hour period starting at Midnight. Mount Unzen dormant for nearly 200 years erupted in May and june spewing hot Gas and rocks Down its slopes. At least 39 people died. Three other people Are still missing As a result of the deadly combination of hot Rock Ash and Gas racing Down the flanks. All of the 6,141 residents previously evacuated from the danger area to Shimbara have stayed away from their Homes devastated during the previous eruption and Are staying in shelters. The government and Nagasaki prefecture Home to mount Unzen agreed to build nearly 600 Homes free of charge for displaced families. Per Ibers Offenbach Germany a warehouse sonnet Are trying to match up service members and civilians in Europe with their unclaimed baggage a v corps spokesman said. Baggage left unclaimed after 300 Days is subject to disposal. No further storage is authorized. The following persons should Contact the Offenbach warehouse Ito Box 44, Frankfurt military Community Apo 09710, or Call ets 320-5008 or 7309. The German civilian numbers Are 069-1515008 or 069-1517309. By Gge a unclaimed after 60 Daya Kara Barbara Sool John Nold , Whitney Anthony baggage unclaimed after 120 Daya Alleman. Ronald Johnson Andrew Berlin. Laura Braunt Clarence Britton Dinah Carr Brian Deese Cardelino Grear. Stanley King Andrew Purington Alan Sawyer Alexander Vanfossen Michelle Viator Erica 32 of Noriega s followers still await trial in Panama lightning strikes jetliner 2 Hurt during turbulence los Angeles apr lightning broke a transatlantic jets Windshield and turbulence buffeted the plane injuring two flight attendants officials said. The american trans air plane a chartered l-1011 with 276 people aboard was hit by lightning Over Denver while in route from Paris to los Angeles on sunday officials said. The plane landed at los Angeles International Airport at 9 50 p.m., about 35 minutes late. The Federal aviation administration said the Pilot did not declare an emergency with the Faa. Dale Harris operations superintendent for the Airport said the Crew members injuries were minor. Panama City Panama apr thirty two former members of Panama a military remain in prison still awaiting trial 20 months after a . Invasion deposed their commander Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega. While the slow wheels of panamanian Justice turn the 32 pass the time at Menacer prison a special Jungle Camp near the Panama canal playing soccer and baseball or making handicrafts. Visits Are normally restricted to attorneys and close relatives. The prisoners ranged in rank from sergeant to colonel in Noriega a panamanian defense forces now disbanded. They were captured or surrendered during the invasion of december 1989 and later turned Over to panamanian authorities. Noriega was taken to the United states where he awaits trial on charges of drug trafficking and Money laundering. Hundreds responded when the government asked people with complaints against the prisoners to come Forward. Newspapers printed unconfirmed reports of crimes ranging from embezzlement to murder. Many complaints were dismissed and there is Little evidence for some of the others. According to the attorney general a office the trials have been delayed because the charges still Are being investigated. Ramiro Fonseca a defense lawyer said the government does no to want to prosecute because the cases Are weak but cannot free the men for fear of Adverse Public reaction. A they done to have Noriega a he said a so they have to take it out on those who worked under him. The military know they have to pay for  Public sentiment against the military and Noriega is so Strong that for More than a year Panama would not allow associates of the former dictator to leave the embassies of Mexico Cuba and Peru where they had taken Refuge. For that major break with the near sacred latin american traditions of Asylum and Safe conduct a ranking official said Panama paid a High political Cost abroad. Judge Luis Zuniga created a National scandal recently by allowing col. Marcos Justines Noriega s second in command to go free on bail while awaiting trial. President Guillermo Endara other High officials and the press criticized the judge. The attorney general ordered Justines Back to prison after Only two Days and has asked the supreme court to investigate Zuni Gas  to buy military gear used by East German army Helsinki Finland a Finland will buy military equipment used by the former East German army for $50 million the defense ministry said monday. Finnish and German defense ministry officials signed an agreement in Helsinki on monday providing for Finland to receive ammunition anti aircraft weapons and mine Clearing equipment left by the East German Peoples army after German unification. Most of the Materiel was made in the soviet Union and is similar to equipment already used in Finland the defense ministry said  
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