European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse The sad ulpts vol. 50, no. 301 350 monday february 10,1992 d 8693 Quayle warns Trade dispute could Hurt european Security stalled negotiations May prompt crisis from Santt and wire reports Munich Germany a vice president Dan Quayle elevated the Trade dispute with Europe to a Security Issue sunday and warned of a crisis in trans Atlantic ties if global Trade talks fail. Quayle discarded the prepared text of a speech solely on Security matters and used Sharp language on the Trade dispute to an elite audience of european politicians diplomats and military figures. Other american diplomats and members of Congress also injected Trade into the final Day of a two Day conference on Security issues while european speaker see related stories on Page 2 concentrated mostly on such Post cold War concerns As nuclear proliferation instability in the former soviet Union and the future of the Atlantic Alliance. A i cannot Over emphasize the importance of the economic Issue because it is a Security Issue a Quayle said. Quayle told the delegates that the Bush administration supported plans for a stronger defense identity in Europe out insisted that a a an integrated european foreign policy should be built on the Security foundation of the Atlantic he said a Success of current negotiations on Trade liberalization known As the general agreement on tariffs and Trade a remains absolutely critical to the Security of sen. Richard g. Lugar r-ind., said there were grow see Quayle on Page 2 vice president Dan Quayle and his wife Marilyn Are surrounded by . Athletes saturday while visiting the olympic Village in brides Les Bains France. At left is figure skater Amy Peterson of Maplewood say Bush avoiding Saddam s ouster Cairo Egypt up the . Embassy in Cairo decline a comment sunday on reports that Cia director Robert Gates was consulting with a number of Arab Leaden on . Efforts to remove iraqi president Saddam Hussein but Arab officials opposed to Saddam accused Washington of trying to put responsibility on them for the iraqis ouster. A spokesman at the . Embassy in Cairo declined to say if and when Gates would visit Egypt and saudi Arabia despite unconfirmed reports that the american intelligence chief had arrived in Cairo Over the weekend. A i done to known anything about that a one embassy official said. A Why done to you ask the egyptians a Egypt on saturday denied a new York times report that cited . Officials As saying president Bush dispatched Gates to the Middle East to consult with anti Saddam arabs on ousting the iraqi Leader. Saddam has retained Power almost one year after .-led multinational troops liberated Kuwait from Iraq. An egyptian foreign ministry spokesman reiterated that Cairo did not interfere in the internal affairs of other nations and especially fellow Arab states. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait however have spearheaded Calls for the United states and its allies to topple Saddam saying he still poses a serious threat to the Security of the Oil Rich but vulnerable persian Gulf states. While Egypt has publicly proclaimed opposition to All attempts to interfere in iraqis internal affairs a number of egyptian officials have made no secret of their desire to see Saddam replaced by a a pragmatic iraqi leadership. One government official in the Gulf however expressed dismay at the times report and said the apparent leak smacked of a Bush administration attempt to spread the responsibility for toppling Saddam away from Washington. A president Bush is hesitant about ordering an effective operation to oust Saddam if this is seen As a purely american attempt to get rid of the iraqi dictator a the government official in Kuwait who asked that his name not be used. A Bush ideally would like to see Saddam ousted either by the iraqis themselves. Or in cooperation with As Many Arab and other nations As possible so no one will Point the Finger Only at America Quot he said. Club med plane crash kills 28 Paris apr a chartered Airliner carrying tourists to a club med resort crashed sunday in Senegal killing at least 28 of the 56 people on Board the company said medical officials in Senegal said 30 people were killed. The crash occurred before Dawn in Good weather and investigators were sent from the West african nations capital Dakar to begin an inquiry. Survivors told senegalese and French radio stations that the plane crash landed in mud almost immediately after the Pilot announced it would land in five minutes. Club Mediterraneo which had chartered the plane for a 45-minute Domestic flight from Dakar to its Atlantic coast resort at Cap stirring said at least a third of the survivors were seriously Hurt. Aviation officials in Dakar said it was possible the Pilot was disoriented and thought he had reached the Cap stirring Airfield located about 30 Miles South of the crash site. Paris based club med said the plane carried 50 passengers All French except for a belgian couple and six Crew members. The . Embassy in Dakar said it was sending a representative to the scene to investigate unconfirmed reports that at least some of the Crew members were americans. The plane took off from Dakar about 4 30 . For a 45-minute flight southward to Cap stirring. Club med operates a 350-bed vacation Village there one of its 110 resorts worldwide. The plane crashed near Dio Loulou 120 Miles South of Dakar. A a Guinea Bissau \ Guinea aps amps
