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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, January 23, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 23, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3u.n. Tells Libya to give up . Resolution on Libya a Greece the Security Council passed a Resolution urging Libya to surrender two libyan nationals for trial. The men Are sought in connection with the bombing of pan am flight 103 and French Uta flight 772. The Resolution sponsored by the United states Britain and France a condemns the destruction of pan am flight 103 and Uta flight 772. Kumkey up w Sudan a deplores Libya s failure to establish responsibility for the terrorist acts. A urges immediate cooperation with such requests. A we j. Costello United nations a the Security Council has demanded that Libya hand Over intelligence agents wanted in the Downing of pan am flight 103 and a French Airliner. Libya indicated it would not turn the suspects Over but did not explicitly say so. Libya had tried to dissuade the Council from passing the Resolution saying British and . Indictments charging two libyans with the pan am bombing were baseless. It said the matter should be submitted to International arbitration. But the 15-member Council voted unanimously against Libya. It was believed to be the first time that the Security Council has taken sides in a Legal dispute among member states. Although tuesdays Resolution did not use the word a extradition a that was clearly its intent. It condemns the 1988 bombing of flight 103 Over Lockerbie Scotland which killed 270 people and the 1989 bombing of a French Airliner Over West Africa in which 170 people died. France seeks four libyans in the second bombing. A the Resolution makes Clear that neither Libya nor any other state can seek to hide support for International terrorism behind traditional principles of International Law a said . Ambassador Thomas Pickering. A we now Hope that Libya will respond effectively and do so  the United states has Long accused Libya of sponsoring terrorism and there is also concern in the International Community Over libyans chemical weapons program. Security Council resolutions Are considered legally binding. However tuesdays Resolution on the plane bombings contains no enforcement measures. The United states and Britain have said that if Libya defies the Resolution another Resolution imposing economic sanctions will be taken up within two weeks. These could include denying Landing rights to libyans airline and prohibiting sales of aircraft and parts to the airline diplomats said. A there is a tremendous feeling of satisfaction at this moment Quot said aphrodite Tsairis a spokeswoman for the families of flight 103 victims. She said she hoped for a a stronger Resolution Down the Road for economic sanctions against  Tsairis 20-year-old daughter Alexia a student at Syracuse University of new York was killed in the  on West Bank net dozens of palestinians Jerusalem apr the army arrested dozens of palestinians in the occupied West Bank on wednesday As part of a widening Campaign to halt attacks on jewish settlers. The raids came a Day after the army said it increased troops in the West Bank by 20 percent and was seen As another gesture to appease the settlers. Five israelis have been killed in shooting attacks in the past three months. In response settlers have rampaged through Arab villages blocked roads and demanded the resignation of defense minister Moshe Arens. Settlers Are key players in israelis political crisis. They Are the main backers of two far right parties that pulled out of the coalition government sunday Over the Mideast peace process wiping out the cab Inett a parliamentary majority. In wednesdays pre Dawn raid hundreds of soldiers secret service officers and police raided Homes in the West Bank towns of Nablus Ramallal and Jenin palestinian reporters said. Most of the detainees Are supporters of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine a marxist faction of the Palestine liberation organization opposed to the Mideast peace talks in Washington the reporters said. Popular front supporters have claimed responsibility for most of the shooting attacks on israelis saying they hoped the violence would derail the negotiations. No one has been charged with any of the slayings. Fayek Awad a resident of Ramallal said dozens of soldiers raided his apartment building shortly after Midnight and arrested five people including his daughter Ghadir a 28-year-old teacher who had to leave behind her 2-year-old son. Awad said eight soldiers entered his apartment and demanded to see identity cards but did not explain their presence. A they went into every room and turned everything upside Down a Awad said. The army said it arrested dozens of palestinians in Ramallal and Nablus but gave no specific figures. Palestinians said 22 people were rounded up in Nablus and 10 in Jenin. Figures from Ramallal the focus of the sweep were not immediately available. An army official who spoke on condition of anonymity linked the sweep to the shooting attacks against the settlers. A we have taken different measures to safeguard the civilian traffic. This is part of the Effort a the official said. Settler leaders praised the Campaign. A any action aimed against Arab terror that murders american citizens jews and druse is appreciated a said settler spokesman Aharon Domb. He referred to a member of israelis druse minority killed last week and to american Albert Glock a professor shot to death sunday in the West Bank. Glockl a killers or their motives Are not known. Meanwhile israeli peace activists said jewish settlers arc inflating their number to increase their political clout. Settler officials have said about 115,000 jews live among 1.7 million palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza strip. But Amiram Goldblum of the peace now group said a Survey of the settlements showed the figure was 98,500 or possibly  find Snow just barely enough Princeton . A about 65 Princeton University students threw aside their books a and their clothes a for an annual Romp in Light Snow Early tuesday. In a two decade tradition students bared All but hats and footwear at the stroke of Midnight to run amid the flakes of what they declared was the years first significant snowfall. The White dusting was enough for Sophomore class organizers who had fretted that a mild Winter would deprive them of the revealing Romp. Participants promised there would be a repeat performance because of the Low turnout in 20-degree cold. Usually several Hundred of Princeton a 4,600 undergraduates cavort in the raw. In the Buff students ran laps around Holder courtyard on Campus and did calisthenic. Some ran downtown. The a nude olympics usually begins when a freshman carrying a Torch leads a shivering procession onto the courtyard but tuesdays fun featured neither a torchbearer nor olympic theme music. About 300 of the runners schoolmates watched. The event Drew attention last fall when worried parents of a prospective Princeton student wrote columnist Ann Landers. She advised that the tradition Wasny to harmful. The University administration generally looks the other Way. Sex no jailed As War objector says he s running for president by Ron Mckinney staff writer a former army sergeant who was jailed last year for refusing to deploy to the persian Gulf unless the United states threatened to use nuclear weapons said he will run for the . Presidency. Perry Mitchell who was a nuclear biological and chemical no refused to deploy with he co 4th in 18th inf regt from Gellhausen Germany on dec. 24, 1990, because the United states would not Rule out the use nuclear weapons against Iraq during the persian Gulf War. He said his actions reflected his concern for fellow soldiers. A i was serious about it because i was concerned about protecting american soldiers in a real War a Mitchel said referring to his refusal to accompany his unit to the Middle East. Mitchell 37, served eight months and 10 Days of a 15-month sentence imposed at a court martial in Hanau Germany last March. He was released from the fort Knox ky., regional confinement facility on dec. 10. His Case is being appealed and Mitchell Hopes his conviction will be overturned. Speaking in a Telephone interview from Orlando ida., Mitchell said he would have handled the persian Gulf War differently if he were president although he admitted Hindsight is much clearer. A a Saddam Hussein is attempting to rebuild his nuclear capability a Mitchell said. A any time i am the president we will completely and totally defeat any enemy we would have to go to War with and not leave them any kind of threat at  Mitchell who said he has a Bachelor s degree in occupational technology from Jacksonville Ala state University said he plans to focus his Campaign on the Economy education and a National health plan. A a in Myoung enough to see change coming and if we done to protect our interests then America is just going to be a marketplace to other countries a Mitchell said. A a the world Mitchell Market is getting where its taking advantage of the United states its a major dumping ground for producing  Mitchell plans to run his Campaign As an Independent from his Headquarters in Orlando which he described As the a vacation capital of the  his Campaign will Lead him to such tourist attractions As Disney world where he will do a lot of handshaking with vacationers. He will also talk about problems and hand out Campaign literature he said. Despite a Lack of financial backing and a Campaign manager Mitchell said he a confident. A campaigning is a sales Job and in a going to have to sell them that in a the Best candidate for the Job a he said. A a in be got a Good   
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