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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                . Embassy hit by rocket on eve of peace conference Beirut Lebanon apr a rocket blasted the Wall of the . Embassy compound in Beirut on tuesday on the eve of the Arab israeli peace conference. There were no reports of injury or serious damage to the building said a lebanese guard who answered the phone at the embassy. The Christian controlled voice of Lebanon radio station said the rocket was fired from a nearby Hill at about 10 . There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Radical shiite Muslim and palestinian groups have promised to attack the United states and others involved in the Madrid peace conference opening today which they oppose because it could Lead to Arab recognition for Israel. Out More and More attacks on the zionist enemy a my Sawi said. A a our aim is to liberate Jerusalem. This is our sacred  in a separate confrontation tuesday five israeli soldiers were wounded in a clash with guerrillas near the Village of Marwa Heen according to israeli military sources. They said two Arab commandos also were killed and one was wounded. Those incidents came a Day after two jewish settlers from the Middle East peace. Talks 1 including 21 those attacks were carried out by islamic jihad or holy War one of the shiite Muslim extremist factions holding kidnapped Western hostages in Lebanon the kidnappers Are believed to be under the Loose control of Hezbollah or party of god. A Leader of the group proclaimed a Day of mourning today to Mark the opening of the peace talks in Madrid and pledged to step up attacks on Israel and its Allied militia. Hezbollah guerrillas earlier tuesday detonated a Roadside bomb near the Village of Aram a on the Northern Edge of israelis self proclaimed Security zone killing three israeli soldiers. The Hezbollah Leader Abbas Muslawi denounced the peace talks As an Effort by Israel to buy time to a bring in More jewish immigrants and create More settlements in occupied  he pledged that More attacks would follow. A your Mujahideen islamic holy warriors will carry West Bank were shot to death in an attack on a bus taking them to a rally. The marxist popular front for the liberation of Palestine which opposes the peace conference claimed see related stories on Page 3 responsibility for the attack on the bus. In Madrid an israeli government spokesman Yossi Olmert accused the Palestine liberation organization of a role in the Aram a attack. A this is not a situation which can be allowed to continue a he said. He added a we Are still committed to talking peace with whoever has peaceful intentions toward us. These incidents Are an attempt to derail prospects for a settlement. An israeli Soldier Points to Bullet holes in a bus that was ambushed monday. Two jewish settlers were , Gorbachev in sync for peace talks Madrid Spain apr president Bush and soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev in a prelude to Middle East peace talks met tuesday to a synchronize our watches about arms control and the soviet Economy and to provide a forceful push to end the hostility Between Israel and its Arab neighbors. At a joint news conference Bush said he and Gorbachev had agreed to renew arms control talks in the Wake of unilateral cutbacks that each announced following the abortive coup against the soviet president last August. A your schedules Are very close a Bush said of the .-soviet arms proposals. He said the two men want to go Forward with ratification of two existing arms control treaties covering Long Range nuclear weapons and conventional forces in Europe. Gorbachev whose Power is being challenged by restive republics bristled when a soviet reporter asked who was in charge in Moscow while he was in Spain. A a in a still the president a he said. A a nobody a taking my  when the news conference was Over Bush complimented Gorbachev on the Way he had answered questions and said a a you re still a  on the Middle East Gorbachev vowed an Active role for the two nations that Are sponsoring the peace talks which begin today. He said he and Bush would use a fall the remedies at our disposal to forge peace in a Region torn by five wars in the last half Century. During More than two hours of discussions the two men also talked about possible food Aid to the soviet Union which is in dire economic Straits. Bush said a no specifics have been agreed on a see Bush on Page 2dutch reveal work to foil attack on americans the Hague Netherlands apr after starring in an unprecedented to expose the dutch intelligence Agency has disclosed a joint operation with the Cia to thwart what it claims is a planned anti american terror offensive. The dutch internal Security Agency bad said the suspected dutch based offensive was aimed at . Targets in Europe and the Philippines. The rare disclosure came after a bad operative was shown on to trying to enlist a philippine Asylum seeker in the Netherlands As an informant. In the hidden camera videotape philippine Nathan Quimpo was asked to provide information on the anti government activities of the marxist new Peoples army in his native country. Bad spokesman Paul de Vries confirmed tuesday that one of the two men with Quimpo in the videotape was a bad agent. Asked whether the other worked Tor the Cia de Vries said a a it a in that  the . Embassy in the Hague declined to comment. Quimpo called the terror offensive claim a a pure  a the dutch bad and the . Cia have been trying to justify their Effort to recruit me As an agent or informer for them a he said in a statement. In an unusual statement however the bad justified its involvement in the operation by saving it a had the suspicion that or. Quimpo could perhaps get information on the new Peoples army. It is suspected that the new Peoples army is preparing attacks on american targets in Western Europe and the  on saturday night dutch to viewers were treated to the videotape of the meeting that Day in an Amsterdam cafe Between Quimpo and the two men who offered Money and dutch residence rights in Exchange for information. Quimpo had arranged for the secret videotaping after a prior meeting with the two men. Quimpo is a member of the National democratic front an umbrella group of communist opposition groups including the new Peoples army. He denied membership in the Peoples army. The fronts main foreign office is in the dutch City of utrecht. De Vries refused to comment on the possible to see dutch on Page 2  
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