European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes saturday february 1,1992 France fires 3 for letting terrorist chief into country Paris apr the government on Friday detained George Habash at a Paris Hospital after firing three officials who allowed the palestinian guerrilla Leader to enter France for treatment of a stroke. The move however did Little to quiet criticism of the government abroad and at Home. Palestinian officials demanded Habashy a release and algerians state radio said the detention was a violation of human rights inspired by a the pro israeli  even Frances governing socialist party deplored his arrival saying it was a a stupefied to learn of the a inexcusable decision a made when the French president and foreign minister were away. French jewish leaders called for Habashy a arrest and about 50 supporters of a jewish youth group protested near the Hospital where he was under guard. The demonstrators facing scores of riot police chanted a the jews will have your  describing Habash As one of the masters of International terrorism a social affairs minister Jean Louis Bianco said that Habash was in custody and that investigators would interrogate him about terrorism cases As soon As his health permits. There was no talk of filing charges which Are needed before a suspect can be arrested. The 65-year-old Habash Leader of the Radical popular front for the liberation of Palestine suffered a stroke in Tunis on monday. He masterminded a series of hijackings in the 1970s to proclaim the palestinian cause. Judicial officials said Habash was placed under guard at the red Cross Hospital thursday night at the initiative of Frances Domestic intelligence Agency. Judge Jean Louis Bruguiere Frances top anti terrorism investigator has opened a file on the palestinian Leader according to Bianco who said Habash a must answer before the courts for a whole series of  it will be up to two doctors appointed by the judge to determine whether Habash is Well enough for interrogation Bianco said. Habash was in Good condition thursday said Wafa the Tunis based palestinian news Agency. ,. The popular front is the second largest faction in the Palestine liberation organization and the . Government considers it one of the most violent palestinian terror  with other hijackings it was responsible for the june 1976 hijacking of an air France Airliner to Entebbe Uganda where four civilians were killed during a daring Rescue by israeli paratroopers. Habashy a followers have been blamed for Airport and other attacks in countries including Israel and Belgium and for hijackings involving German japanese and French airliners. Habashy sentry into France was approved by senior civil servants without consulting president Francois Mitterrand or foreign minister Roland Dumas who were abroad Bianco said. It was arranged through contacts Between the palestinian red Crescent and French Habash red Cross. Three government officials were fired thursday for their roles in the affair and the head of the French red Cross said she resigned As an adviser to Mitterrand. Mitterrand on thursday left open the possibility that France might take Legal action against Habash for terrorist activities but noted that neither Paris nor Washington had issued a warrant for Habashy a arrest. The judicial officials said Habashy a interrogation would be part of the Long term probe by Bruguiere into the 1986 discovery of an arms Cache from Denmark in the Forest of Fontainebleau outside Paris. Investigators linked it to Habashy a guerrilla faction. Germany turns Back ship loaded with czechoslovak tanks for Syria Bonn Germany apr a German warship in the Mediterranean turned Back a German freighter that was headed for Syria with t-72 tanks the government said thursday. A government spokesman said the freighter lacked a permit required under a German Law aimed at reducing the Export of weapons. Bonn has been tightening its Export control Laws after being embarrassed by revelations that German companies supplied iraqis atomic weapons program and a libyan Poison Gas factory. The 16 tanks Are among about 200 that Czechoslovakia agreed last year to sell to Syria. Czechoslovakia a War related industries developed under four decades of communist Rule form one of the strongest segments of its Economy although Many in the Post communist government find the exports objectionable. Norbert Schafer a spokesman for Chancellor Helmut Kohl said the freighter god wind was being escorted by a warship Back to Germany after its interception wednesday night. The German vessel took on the cargo in Szczecin Poland. Prosecutors in the German state of Schleswig Holstein where the ships owners Are based alerted the government to the vessel and its contents wednesday. Even though the tanks Are czechoslovak property their transport by a German ship requires a permit which the freighter did not have Schafer said. On orders from Kohl a special staff worked for hours before finally making radio Contact with the go Dewindt a Captain Schafer said. A was a purely cautionary measure a German warships in the Mediterranean were dispatched to make sure the freighter had reversed course As ordered the spokesman said. A helicopter from the German destroyer molders spotted the god wind heading West about 7 . Wednesday Schafer said. Another warship joined the freighter on the voyage Back to Germany he said. Sch amp Fer said prosecutors in Schleswig Holstein would decide whether to temporarily impound the tanks As evidence or Send them Back to Poland. World remains from Cambodia not mias official says from wire reports Bangkok Thailand a two sets of remains retrieved from Cambodia in january proved not to be american mias a . Officer said Friday. The phenom penh government gave the remains to . Officials on Jan. 11 and said they might have been those of marines killed in the 1975 Rescue of the Mayaguez merchant ship captured by the Khmer Rouge. But army Brig. Gen. Thomas h. Needham new commander of the . Mia task Force said a they did not turn out to be .  Needham was in Bangkok accompanying . Presidential envoy retired Gen. John w. Vessey or. Tiey left for Vietnam to discuss mias with foreign minister Nguyen Manh Cam. 3 British soldiers killed Oslo Norway a three British soldiers were killed and 12 people were injured thursday when a British army tracked vehicle slammed into a truck on an icy Road in Western Norway authorities said. Happ o said. Ened a norwegian army a it was a tragic Accident and we Are still trying to find out what a maj. Blame Nermo i Nermo said that four British soldiers were in critical but stable condition. The crash took place near Ulvik 50 Miles East of the Western norwegian port of Bergen during exercises by the logistics support in of natos rapid deployment Force. The battalion arrived in Norway in Early january and is due to return to its British base in mid March. Rare greek Coin found Nurnberg Germany a a 2,400-year-old Gold Coin has been discovered in a collection stored at the Nimberg Erlanger University Library the school said thursday. The rare Coin originally came from an ancient Region in Greece called Pisa. Up to now Only two other coins with similar inscriptions have turned up worldwide the University said. It is part of a collection obtained by the University in 1916. A professor who had been cataloguing the collection discovered the Coin. The coins size is about 0.16 Square Inch. It weighs 0.52 ounce bears the head of zeus crowned with a Wreath on the front and three lightning bolts and the inscription a a Pisa on the Back. Saudis ban economist London a saudi Arabia has banned the economist Magazine following a report that alleged that some muslims considered the saudi monarchy in islamic the Magazine said Friday. In an article in the current Issue titled a politically incorrect a the economist noted that 1991 had seen fewer bannings than usual. A Only 11 issues out of 51 were banned outright by a total of 18 countries of which 17 were Arab and the 18th was Malaysia a the Magazine said. In 1970, it said about 50 issues were banned by a total of five countries with Iraq Libya and Francois Spain Topping the  shot in head at swedish newsstand Stockholm Sweden a a Man in a ski mask shot an immigrant thursday apparently As part of attacks directed at non White foreigners. Police said the victim was a palestinian working in a newsstand in the Fagersten Tasens subway station South of the City. He was shot in the head and his condition was not immediately reported. In Lerum in Southern Sweden police said three men tied up an iranian shop clerk and set the shop ablaze late wednesday. A neighbor saved him. Assaults on dark skinned foreigners have increased in recent months reflecting a Rise in anti immigrant feelings. A new political party new democracy entered parliament in september on a platform including restrictions on immigrants from the third world. Police said 10 previous attacks on foreigners by a masked gunman were probably the work of one Man. One immigrant was killed in the incidents which have resulted in the largest manhunt in Sweden since the assassination of prime minister Olof palme six years ago. Swedish governments have welcomed Middle Eastern and african refugees seeking political Asylum. As Many As 10 percent of the country a 8.5 million people Are foreigners. The violence began last year with Doz ens of attacks on refugee centers around Sweden. Later came a series of bomb scares attributed to Neo nazi sympathizers. Airports and railway stations were evacuated in january during bomb scares connected to the robbery trial of Klas Lund Leader of the White aryan resistance group. An appeals court upheld his six year prison sentence. Dark skinned immigrants have told journalists that they Are afraid to go out at night. In thursdays shooting the gunman left the site on foot. Police said dogs and helicopters were used in the search. Police said the shooting followed the pattern of the previous incidents a a masked gunman approaches an immigrant and fires without warning. On tuesday a gunman wounded sales clerk Isa Aybar 34, in a suburban Stockholm food store. Aybar was shot four times including once in the head. Earlier last month a masked Man attacked a club for somali immigrants. Three people were wounded. Volvo is among several companies and individuals posting rewards. The automaker has offered 25,000 Kronor $4,170 for information leading to the arrest of the gunman