European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Theofas Iriks vol. 50, no. 258 35$william Buckley saturday december 28,1991 a d 8693 a b a i. Oil ?  Pitt age 55, bom in Bedford mass. It was head of the Cia station in Beirut Lebanon. A kidnapped March 16,1984, in Beirut while on his Way to work. Tel held by group calling itself the islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine. Believed to have died june 3,1985, As a result of torture. Body found by Road identified As Buckley s a amps Beirut Lebanon a a body dumped overnight near a Highway was identified Friday As that of american hostage William Buckley the Cia station chief kidnapped by  iranian shiites in 1984. The discovery by a police patrol came hours after . Secretary general Javier p6rez 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 associate 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. Higgins a . Observer was dumped on a Beirut Street last weekend. Police acting on an Anonymous Telephone tip fonday 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 i 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 build Eye a remains were no More than a a cheap of disjointed Bones a and that identification was based on medical and dental records. Tooth fillings and a Bridge matched those in but Dey 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 Harati concluded his re Eort. The remains were taken out of the Ospital morgue in a casket draped with the american Flag and whisked away in a White . Embassy Van. There was no immediate . Com see Buckley on Page 2germany reflects hostage Trade from wire reports 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 Page 2 3 political prisoners sprung in Georgia Tbilisi Georgia a opposition forces who have besieged the parliament building for six Days attacked the Georgi Kab Headquarters Friday and freed the Ian ree political prisoners georgian radio said. The move was another blow for president Oviad Gamsa Hurdia who has been holed up inside the parliament vowing to fight to the death because one of the freed prisoners is a key foe the radio said. Fighting outside the parliament building bad stopped for a time thursday amid speculation that a cease fire May be in the offing but witnesses said gunfire broke out there again before Dawn. The rebels then switched their attack to the Kab building also in downtown Tbilisi the radio report said. At least 42 people have been reported killed and 260 wounded in the georgian capital since sunday when several Hundred troops of the republics National guard began battling to remove Samsak Urdia from Power. Radio reporter Lyubov Tchenkeli reached by Telephone from Moscow said the opposition troops freed Georgi Chan Turia a former ally of Gamsa Hurdia who became his leading challenger in presidential elections this year. Chan tuna immediately planned to address an opposition rally in the City s main Square. Rebel troops also released Dehaba Iose Liani a playwright and humanities professor and Georgi Haindrawa a documentary filmmaker Typ Nikeli said. All three men were imprisoned after political disputes with Gamsa Hurdia who is accused by the opposition of taking dictatorial control Over the Republic of 5.4 million people since winning the presidential election in May. Gamsa Hurdia remained Friday in a Bunker under the parliament building defended by an estimated 1,000 loyalist troops. News reports said the shooting near the parliament stopped after the release of the political prisoners at about 7 . In a television interview wednesday Gamsa Hurdia reiterated that he would not surrender. He called his opponents a liars and terrorists but repeated earlier pledges that he was ready to open talks with them if they stopped fighting. A i m not against talks but in a against their criminal methods criminal violence and civil War a he told Cable news network. Telephone and Telegraph communications to Georgia were working Only sporadically and the opposition continued to keep local television off the air. Radio reporters and technicians managed to resume broadcasting intermittently on thursday and Friday on a shortwave Channel. Besides the three Baltic states which became Independent earlier this year Georgia is the Only former soviet Republic that has not joined the new Commonwealth of Independent states. The Power struggle began months ago Long before the Commonwealth was proposed. Both sides say the fighting is not directly related to the Commonwealth formed last weekend by 11 former soviet  129 on Sas jetliner survive Miracle Landing gottr0ra, Sweden apr an Sas jetliner with 129 people aboard crash landed and split apart in a snowy Field Friday moments after the Pilot reported both engines failed officials said.a___._1 ull9 a in turd at least 42 people were injured but no deaths were  a. _ the Pilot also reported ice on the wings but an Sas executive said the aircraft was sprayed with anti icing liquid before leaving Stockholm a Arlanda Airport. The plane came Down three minutes after Takeoff. The Mcdonnell Douglas md-80 plunged from nearly 2,000 feet into the Field about 10 Miles North of the Airport. The plane reportedly clipped treetops hit the Field split into three pieces and stopped just Short of 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 and near roads a said John Tulin chief of Sas flight operations in Stockholm. A it seems to be a Miracle that everything went so Well a said prime minister Carl Bildt who interrupted his Christmas vacation in Southern Sweden to Fly to the crash scene. The National news Agency to said the Pilot reported ice on the wings and loss of Power in both engines shortly after Takeoff. He was unable to restart the engines and radioed to the control Tower a a in a going to crash however Tulin said a the Pilot must have been flying the plane until he set it Down a indicating at least one engine was functioning. Scandinavian airline systems flight sk751 to Copenhagen Denmark was carrying a full Load of 122 passengers and seven Crew members said . Skatt the Airport s chief spokesman. Its final destination was Warsaw Poland the 8-month-old aircraft scraped through the Snow for about 300 feet and split apart. The front of the aircraft was Bent sharply to the right at an Angle of 30 degrees to 40 degrees. The right engine was a gaping dark mass. Sas officials said they would not speculate on the cause of the crash until they interviewed the Pilot and reviewed the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. Officials said at least 42 people were injured. Bertil see jetliner on Page 2 Arlanda Stockholm s4s Susan Harris