European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes thursday february 6, 1992iran reportedly Aims to control Gulf by Richard . Sia and Mark Matthews the Baltimore Sun Washington . Intelligence reports indicate that Iran is buying at least two newly built russian attack submarines with the apparent aim of controlling the narrow Straits leading into the persian Gulf. The Prospect of Iran a trying to control the Strait of Hormuz and All shipping traffic entering the Gulf has so alarmed . Officials that Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii raised the matter with russian president Boris n. Yeltsin and other top russian officials at a meeting in Moscow last week. The russian officials a Yeltsin foreign minister Andrei Kozarev and defense minister Yevgeny Shaposhnikov a did not confirm the submarine sales but neither did they Rule them out a senior state department official said tuesday. World2 former Border guards convicted in Berlin death from wire reports Berlin a a Berlin court on wednesday convicted two former East German Border guards of killing a Man As he tried to scale the Berlin Walt in 1984, the second such convictions since Germany reunified. Judge Ingeborg Tepperwien sentenced defendant Uwe Hapke to one year and nine months in prison and Udo Walther to one year and six months. The judge then suspended the sentences and placed each Man on two years probation stipulating that they would have to serve their time if they violated the terms of probation. The two former Border guards were accused of manslaughter in the dec. 1, 1984, death of Horst Michael Schmidt who was shot As he tried to clamber Over the Wall into what was then West Berlin. Mussolini enters politics Naples Italy a Alessandra Mussolini following in the footsteps of her Grandfather Benito is going into politics As a Neo fascist candidate for parliament in april selections party officials said tuesday. Mussolini 29, is the daughter of the fascist dictators son Romano a jazz pianist and Maria Scicolone sister of italian film Star Sophia Loren. An actress and recent medical school graduate she will be running in Naples for the Neo fascist italian social movement or Psi. Mussolini chose to become a candidate for the party because Quot it is closest to the ideas of my ban father a she was quoted As saying in the Ilan daily corriere Della Sera. Parliamentary elections Are april 5.Cuba, Iran forge ties Mexico City a Cuba seeking to replace the Oil and Trade it lost with the soviet unions dissolution has signed an agreement with Iran to strengthen ties Between the two countries. The Accord signed by the countries foreign ministers was reported tuesday by the official cuban news Agency Prensa Latina. The protocol a expresses the intention of our governments to develop a nexus in a larger and multifaceted form a cuban Deputy foreign minister Alcibiades Hidalgo said. The agreement Between hard line communist Cuba and the islamic Republic commits the two nations foreign ministries and embassies to Exchange information through 1993.Fiat to Cut work Force Milan Italy a the italian automaker Fiat said it plans to trim 10,300 workers from its payroll this year through attrition and Early retirement because of sluggish Market conditions. Fiat planned to ask the government to let it put 4,9j0 workers on Early retirement a move that would Cost the company the equivalent of about $250 million. Italian labor Law requires the government to approve requests for Early retirement that Are partially subsidized. A Fiat spokesman said the figures came out of continuing talks Between Union leaders government officials and the company about proposals to trim the labor Force. Iran has been purchasing other weapons namely tanks and fighter aircraft under contracts signed before the collapse of the soviet Union according to recent Western news accounts. Rear adm. Edward d. Sheafer jr., chief of naval intelligence was expected to raise the military a concerns about the Prospect of russian submarine sales to Iran when he met behind closed doors wednesday with the House armed services subcommittee on sea Power. He was expected to Tell lawmakers about the submarines and about Quot particularly worrisome statements from the commander of the iranian Navy that his Fleet a plans to control the Strait of Hormuz a according to a senior Pentagon official. A Iran has ordered a couple of submarines already a said the official who insisted on anonymity. A and the Crews for the first two Are believed to be already in Algiers Algeria apr five people were killed and 28 wounded outside a courthouse As activists and police fought in the bloodiest clash of the governments crackdown on Muslim fundamentalists officials said wednesday. The struggle was one of several tuesday outside Eastern algerian courtrooms where islamic salvation front leaders were on trial for allegedly violating new Laws Banning political activity at mosques. Also tuesday the government widened its 3-week-old crackdown on the fundamentalist opposition and shut Down the Headquarters of the islamic labor Union which organized strikes in june that led to unrest costing 55 lives. The islamic front whose imminent electoral Victory was blocked last month by the crackdown called on the International Community tuesday to refuse to Deal with the new military backed government. Quot we ask All partners with Algeria to conclude no agreements. With the Junta in Power until it returns to free elections cancelled last month it said. A police communique wednesday said that in Batna about 250 Miles East of Algiers violence flared outside a courthouse tuesday after a Muslim cleric inside was  the current iranian naval Force includes destroyers frigates patrol Craft and mine warfare ships but no submarines a Survey by the London based International Institute for strategic studies shows. Last month air Force it. Gen. James r. Clapper jr., director of the . Defense intelligence Agency told Congress that Iran and Iraq were locked in an arms race. Quot Over the next 10 to 15 years Iran and Iraq will continue their Competition for Hegemony in the Gulf and will seek to strengthen their military capabilities a he said. A a secular state in Iraq and a religious state in Iran Are inherently at Cross purposes a the general said. A this enmity is Likely to Lead to situations in which War is a distinct possibility. The renewal of warfare in the Gulf would once again threaten world Oil  sentenced to two months in prison for disturbing Public order with provocative statements. Riot police units called in army reinforcements to Ward off repeated attacks by fundamentalist supporters Many throwing stones and others firing shots from balconies of surrounding buildings police said. Some attackers tried to set fire to armoured vehicles the communique said. At least one policeman was wounded by a gunshot the communique said. It did not give a breakdown of other casualties. The Security forces initially used tear Gas but then fired warning shots police said. One Soldier was injured in Constantine algerians third largest City in clashes tuesday around the courthouse Between Security forces Ana about 200 protesters the radio said. The incidents were the latest Between authorities and fundamentalists since the military seized Power Jan. 11 and cancelled democratic parliamentary elections that the islamic front had virtually won. New Laws bar political activity at algerians 10,000 mosques and ban crowds from gathering outside to hear political speeches in the form of prayers. Ulster Constable kills 3, self a troops and police gather at the scene where a Constable shot three people to death and wounded two tuesday in Belfast Northern Ireland. Belfast Northern Ireland a a policeman distraught Over a comrades death killed three people and wounded two with a Shotgun tuesday at the offices of the sinn fein political party which supports the Ira police said. Constable James Allen Moore 24, of the Royal Ulster constabulary later committed suicide authorities said. Moore had telephoned police from a North Belfast pub to claim responsibility a constabulary statement said. His body was found three hours later near his car by the Shore of Lough Neath about 20 Miles West of Belfast a Shotgun by his Side. Moore was described As an anti terrorist officer who won a commendation for bravery. The statement said Moore was arrested monday after drunkenly firing shots Over the grave of a Comrade buried earlier in the Day. How the Comrade died was not Clear but it apparently was not in a terrorist incident. Moore was released Early tuesday after surrendering his handgun. He failed to appear for a scheduled medical appointment. Sinn fein is a Legal political party that supports the Irish Republican army. The shootings took place at its offices on the Falls Road the main Street of a Catholic area. Killed were Doorman Patrick Loughran 60, and Patrick Mcbride and Michael of Dwyer whose Ages were not Given police said. One victim was shot Point Blank in the Chest while his 2-year-old son sitting in his Lap escaped unscathed reported Richard Mcauley the sinn feints chief news Media spokesman. Authorities said another Man was critically wounded in the Chest and a woman a face was grazed by Shotgun pellets. Irish president Mary Robinson who was making a rare official visit to Northern Ireland on tuesday said a this kind of violence and loss of life is a tragedy that seems All too common in Northern  Belfast a pro British lord mayor refused to meet her in protest Over the Irish constitutions claim of the whole Island As its territory. So far this year 21 people have died in political and sectarian strife in Northern Ireland. Sinn feints president Gerry Adams said two gunmen were involved tuesday but police said they had no evidence of a second person. The killings coincided with a demonstration organized by the Irish trades unions Congress in the City Center to protest a recent wave of sectarian murders. 5 die As algerian activists fight police