European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 b the stars and stripes sunday october 27, 1991 Turkey pressing attacks on kurdish forces in Iraq Ankara Turkey apr Turkey launched a second Day of attacks saturday into Northern Iraq saying it was determined to wipe out turkish kurdish guerrillas who killed at least 17 soldiers in a Border raid. The operation was Turkey s second in a month and third this year into Iraq. It was apparently triggered by attacks by guerrillas of the outlawed pkg or kurdish labor party on Border outposts with heavy weapons. Iraqi kurd said late Friday that the turkish air Force had used napalm bombs and struck civilian areas not pkg bases. Earlier this month the turkish air Force dropped napalm on civilian settlements in Northern Iraq during an operation against the pkg according to witnesses and local officials. A at least three civilians were killed and dozens of people including children were wounded local doctors said. Western Relief workers have expressed concern that the turkish raids May disrupt the resettlement of refugees. At least 1.5 million iraqi kurd fled to the iranian and turkish Borders after their uprising was crushed following the persian Gulf War. A Allied Force helped resettle hundreds of thousands of them and Many Are rebuilding their Homes. The iraqi kurd Are at Odds with the marxist pkg which has been fighting an eight year Battle for an Independent kurdish state in Southeastern Turkey. Southeastern Turkey is Home to about half of tur Quot Athens Greece a More than 1 h self proclaimed anarchists occupying Athens polytechnic Institute set fire Friday to several University buildings following overnight clashes with riot police. Police reported More than 40 arrests and said some officers and teen agers were slightly injured when they broke through makeshift barriers to oust the occupiers. Club wielding police backed by tear Gas and water Cannon entered the University grounds Early Friday to arrest the self proclaimed anarchists who used gasoline bombs to set the buildings ablaze. Many of the Neo classical buildings that make up the Institute were seriously damaged before firefighters extinguished the Blaze. Police gave no damage estimate. The clashes erupted thursday during a March by about 1,500 High school students demanding the abolition of comprehensive written exams. More than 100 Black Clad teen agers some wearing keys 12 million kurd. A communique from the turkish military s general staff said warplanes flew 24 sorties on Friday and 10 on saturday. Helicopters and ground troops were also involved in saturdays assault it said. The sem official Anatolia news Agency reported that about 4,000 soldiers and government armed Village guardsmen were engaged in the operation. A statement from the turkish military on Friday said that no civilian settlements had been attacked and that Aerial photographs showed heavy rebel casualties. A government spokeswoman said Friday that the attacks had killed 17 soldiers and wounded 40 soldiers and villagers. But in a statement the Kurdistan democratic party or Kip a major iraqi kurdish opposition group said three villages had been attacked by turkish planes on Friday afternoon. Fridays communique from the turkish military a general staff said the strikes began after hundreds of guerrillas attacked two Border outposts Early that morning. The statement said the targets were the Cay Irli National guard outpost just East of Cuk Urca and another outpost three Miles to the East. The pkg has raised tensions with turkish forces since the persian Gulf War. Its membership is believed to have swelled As popular support has increased in Southeastern Turkey for the outlawed group. Ski masks and helmets to hide their identities broke from the demonstrators and taunted police by throwing rocks and gasoline bombs. Black Clad youths also used gasoline bombs to Burn a Public bus a television broadcast Van and an armoured truck. Dozens of storefronts were smashed. It was the second time in a week that clashes have broken out during demonstrations by High school students. The students have occupied about 50 High schools around the capital in the past two weeks to demand that the recently introduced comprehensive written exams be abolished. The exams to be Given twice a year arc required for students to Advance to a higher Grade. The government has refused demands to retain a previous system under which students were Given separate course examinations. World soviet Navy concluding training on new Cruiser from wire reports Moscow a the soviet Union is conducting its final training exercises on a new aircraft carrying Cruiser to be launched in the Black sea a newspaper reported Friday. The Cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov will carry Mig-29 and Su-27k fighter planes and is the third in a series of new ships built by the soviet Navy. More than 250 landings were made by the jets during the training period the newspaper said. The report did not say when the ship will be launched but said its task will be to protect strategic sea ports where nuclear submarines Are based. It gave few other details. The soviet Union has said it will remove nuclear tipped missiles from some of its submarines As part of its unilateral disarmament measures announced last month with the United limiting traffic Rome a City officials trying to combat worsening air pollution Are for the first time limiting traffic based on an Odd even system. As of saturday night cars with License plates ending in an even number will be allowed to circulate every saturday from 5 . To Midnight in the historic Center As Well As a Broad Swath around it. Cars with Odd numbered License plates will be permitted to circulate sunday during the same time period. Taxicabs Public transport and emergency vehicles Are excluded from the emergency measure. Previous attempts at blocking off inner City traffic have been abandoned. Officials did no to say what measures they May take for weekday evenings if there is no marked reduction in pollution which has been damaging the City a Many historical monuments and buildings in addition to residents to get shoes Manila Philippines a the government of president Corazon Aquino has decided to return Imelda Marcos collection of 1,700 pairs of shoes a major attraction at the Malac Anang presidential Palace museum. Presidential executive Secretary Franklin Dri Lon said All of Marcos shoes and personal effects such As a bulletproof Bra and underwear will be Given Back to her when she returns from exile next month. A even if she does no to claim them we will give them Back to her a Drilon shake India new Delhi India a two new tremors Shook regions in the Himalayan Foothills where the death toll from an earthquake now stands at 744, an official reported. The senior official in the town of Dehra Dun 70 Miles from the disaster site said Friday that at least 680 people have died in it Takashi District which bore the Brunt of the quake oct. 20. He said 64 More people were killed in the Terri Garwal mountains bordering it Takashi. Fridays tremors were reported to have caused no spy not wanted London a Britain will not seek the return of master spy George Blake who escaped from prison in 1966 and fled to the soviet Union according to a letter from Home Secretary Kenneth Baker. In the letter released Friday Baker wrote fellow conservative lawmaker sir Teddy Taylor that such a request would give soviet authorities an Opportunity to demand reciprocation. He said Britain has no cofidence that any returned soviet would be treated according to the Rule of Law. Blake a former British Diplomat now 68, was sentenced to 42 years in jail in 1961 after admitting spying for the soviets. He broke out of jail live years later and now works in Moscow at an Institute for foreign relations. Blake has said in Moscow that he believes he betrayed up to 600 British agents. Smoke rises Friday above soldering buildings that form part of the polytechnic Institute in Athens. 7 00 anarchists in Athens set University buildings on fire
