European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse The Fatt vol. 50. No. 258 350 saturday december 28,1991 d 8693 a William Buckley body found by Road identified As Buckley s age 55, bom in Bedford mass. It was head of the Cia station in Beirut Lebanon. 61 kidnapped March 16,1984, in Beirut while on his Way to work. Al held by group calling itself the islamic jihad Tor the liberation of Palestine. Believed to have died june 3,1985, As a result of torture. A amps Beirut Lebanon apr a body dumped overnight near a Highway was identified Friday As that of american hostage William Buckley the Cia station chief kidnapped by pro iranian shiites in 1984. In Washington the state department said arrangements were being made to ship the remains Back to the United states and that the casket was expected at Dover fab in Delaware today. The discovery by a police patrol came hours after . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar said in new York that he hoped Buckley a remains would be returned by the weekend bringing a close to the american hostage Saga in Lebanon. Terry Anderson the associated press chief Middle East correspondent was the longest held hostage. On dec. 4, Anderson was the last american to be freed. The body of . It. Col. William r. Liggins a . Observer was dumped on a Beirut Street last weekend. Police acting on an Anonymous Tele phone tip Friday discovered Buckley Sody near the Airport Highway before Dawn. Police said the body was wrapped in Cotton and bandages shrouded in a Blanket and placed in a plastic bag a As were Higgins remains. The Coroner general or. Ahmed Harati examined the remains for two hours. He said afterwards we have established that its 100 percent he later told the associated press that Buckley a remains were no More than a a cheap of disjointed Bones Quot and that identification was based on medical and dental records. Tooth fillings and a Bridge matched those in Buckley a dental records and the scar from a broken right Pelvis also matched Harati said. All that remained of the clothing the body was buried in were two White buttons he said. Or. Ghoson Ghoson Deputy director of american University Hospital said the remains were turned Over to the . Embassy after Ila Rati concluded his re see Buckley on Page 2germany rejects hostage Trade from wire reports a a Beirut Lebanon a a group holding two German hostages in Lebanon released a videotape showing the captives sipping fruit juice in front of a Christmas tree. The videotape delivered thursday night to the Beirut newspaper an Nahar was accompanied by a Handwritten statement in arabic calling on German Chancellor Helmut Kohl to release two shiite Muslim Brothers in Exchange for the two German hostages kidnapped in May 1989. However Germany stood firm Friday on its refusal to release to see Trade on Pago 2russia takes control of biggest Carrier Moscow apr defense ministers of the new Commonwealth agreed Friday on a common military policy but Russia first took control of the largest and most sophisticated soviet aircraft Carrier news agencies reported. The ministers signed four documents on a unified armed forces a Commonwealth defense Council a military oath and the status of servicemen the inter fax news Agency reported. No other details were released. The agreements will form the basis for mondays key meeting in Minsk Belarus of the presidents of the 11 republics in the Commonwealth of Independent states. Underscoring the struggle Over the future of what was the mighty soviet military Russia sailed the aircraft Carrier Kuznetsov out of ukrainian Waters in the Black sea thursday and reassigned it to the Northern russian port of Murmansk the Tass news Agency reported. Military rivalries were growing in Advance of the Minsk meeting. Ukraine defense minister Konstantin Morozov has issued decrees subordinating troops on its territory to Kiev a command Ratner than the Central Commonwealth commander the inter fax news Agency reported. The Agency also speculated that Russia May not be Able to Salvage much of the military hardware on ukrainian territory. Ukraine has also claimed Juri diction Over the main Black sea naval base in Sevastopol and part of the Fleet. The Black sea has Many modern missile warships and escort snips and has been responsible for training forces for duty in the Mediterranean. Yeltsin also issued a decree taking control of soviet Central television and radio Tass said. It quoted the decree As saying the to and radio will broadcast news from Russia and the rest of the new Commonwealth. As part of its military reorganization Russia has announced it is bringing Back former soviet troops from some trouble spots around the former Empire. The last soviet Interior ministry troops were withdrawn Friday from the disputed enclave of Pagonio Karabash whose control is disputed by Azerbaijan and Armenia Tass reported. Soviet troops were also withdrawn from Georgia the Only Republic that did not join the Commonwealth. On Friday in Georgia rebel forces seeking to overthrow president Oviad Gamsa Hurdia seized Georgia s Kab attack on the secret see Russia on Page 2all 129 on Sas Jet survive Miracle Landing Gott Rora Sweden apr in a crash Landing the prime minister called a a Miracle Quot a disabled Sas jetliner with 129 people aboard plunged 2,000 feet into a snowy Field Friday injuring at least 42 people but causing no deaths. A a the Pilot who reported both engines failed shortly after Takeoff said he glided the aircraft into a vacant Field. He said he skimmed tree tops to slow Down the plane which skidded into a Meadow and split into three pieces before stopping just Short of a Forest. A i tried to Glide As far As possible. I used All my skill a 44-year-old Stefan Rasmussen who suffered head and neck injuries said at a Stockholm news conference. He believes he Glt to help saving the 129 people inboard a because its . Airline officials credited Rasmussen and his Crew with wrestling the plane and farm houses. The Mcdonnell Douglas md-80 went Down about three minutes after leaving Stockholm s Arlanda Airport and came to rest 10 Miles North of the Airport. A the Captain did a tremendous Job. Setting Down the aircraft As he did because he apparently managed to Fly it to a reasonably Good emergency Landing site and near roads Quot said John Tulin chief of Sas flight operations in it seems to be a Miracle that everything went so see Sas on Page 2 the twisted wreckage of an Sas jetliner lies in a snowy Field after it crashed Friday shortly after Takeoff
