European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 50, no. 309 350 tuesday february 18,1992 c d 6693 israeli attack brings Calls for revenge Beirut Lebanon apr tens of thousands of mourners Many shouting for revenge against Israel thronged Beirut a Southern slums monday for the funeral procession of a pro iranian shiite Muslim Leader killed in an israeli raid. Sheik Abbas Muslawi 39, head of the pro iranian group Hezbollah was killed sunday along with his wife Siham 33 his son Hussein 5 Ana four bodyguards in a rocket attack by israeli helicopters. About 50,000 male mourners some wearing Black headbands took part in the procession some brandishing posters Reading a mus Ali Prince of martyrs or chanting a you shall be avenged a the coffins were car i ried by the mourners through the main streets i of South Beirut a shiite Muslawi slums and thousands of wailing women waved White handkerchiefs and tossed Flowers from balconies and rooftops onto the wooden caskets. Schools Banks and businesses were closed in Muslim areas throughout Lebanon As they observed a Daylong protest strike. Muslawi supporters clenched their fists and chanted a death to America and Israel a after the Beirut procession the coffins were driven to East Lebanon a Bekaan Valley town of Baalbek where another funeral procession was planned for today before burial in the neighbouring Village of Nabi Sheet Musawir a Hometown. The March in Beirut was led by Ayatollah Ahmad Vannati dispatched by iranian president Hashemi a Faniani to represent Iran Hezbollah a founder and primary bankrolled a we Are struggling for martyrdom. We will see israeli on Page 2 668 vow Crawley a russian offers to sell a bottle of Vodka to american Servic members unloading Aid at the Airport in St makes Saint Pete see americans in a new Light by Vince Crawley staff writer the russian City of St. Petersburg a formerly Leningrad formerly Petrograd formerly St. Petersburg is now being nicknamed a Saint Pete by the american aircrews flying emergency supplies into the former capital of the czars. American uniforms were a novel sight at the Airport passenger terminal sunday As a handful of . Service members walked through the Busy concourse one wearing a furry russian hat he had received from Street vendors outside. In the former communist nation capitalism was practice everywhere. A russian woman was Selling inc Cream from a makeshift stand and sales were brisk de spite the 21-Degrce temperature outside. One american handed out chewing gum to two russian children also wearing fur hats and their Mother looked Back and remarked with a thick accent a Santa . Troops traded Candy cigarettes and Dollar Bills for souvenirs. A confused Airport worker said foreign currency could be officially changed Only downtown. But private citizens desperate for Western Cash exchanged at a rate of so to 100 paper rubles to the Dollar. Russian coins were More expensive costing about $1 for a 1-Ruble piece which is slightly larger than a Quarter. Some were minted in 1970 to commemorate the see Aid on Page 2dahmer gets life without parole Milwaukee a serial killer Jeffrey l. Dahmer was sentenced to life in prison without parole monday after telling a judge a i take All the blame for what i although Wisconsin has no death penalty Dahmer speaking in a Low Monotone told the judge he really wished he could be it to death for the a a holocaust he created y killing and dismembering 15 Young males to fulfil his sexual desires. By sentencing Dahmer to 15 Consec univ a life terms Milwaukee county Cir i Cuit judge Laurence c. Gram or. Effectively made it impossible for him Ever to be eligible for parole because if Dahmer were Given parole in one sentence the next sentence would then begin. The judge issued the sentence after hearing dramatic in one Case hysteria pleas from relatives of Dahmer a victims and from the killer himself. A your Honor it is Over now a Dahmer told Gram. A this has never been a Case of trying to get free. I did no to Ever want Freedom. A frankly i wanted death for myself. I did what i did not for reasons of hate 1 hated no one. I knew i was sick or evil or both. Now i believe i was a jury decided saturday that the 31-year-old Dahmer was sane when he killed the 15 victims he had lured to his Home. Dahmer had pleaded guilty but insane. On monday he told Gram he has turned to god since his july 22 arrest. A i should have stayed with god a he see Dahmer on Page 2 philippine leftists kill 37 in Convoy Bagayan de Oro Philippines up a communist guerrillas ambushed a military Convoy in the Southern Philippines leaving 37 soldiers dead in the biggest government setback this year the military said monday. Maj. Albert Mabagiao spokesman of the philippine army a 4th inf div said 22 other soldiers were wounded in the attack saturday in Marih tag Surigao Del sur province 500 Miles South of the Manila. Mabagiao said the soldiers were aboard three military jeeps and were negotiating a Sharp curve in a mountainous Village when some 180 rebels led by former Catholic priest Frank Navarro opened fire. Mabagiao said that among the fatalities were three officers. He said four other soldiers were missing and May have been captured. Rebel casualties if any were not known. The ambush which lasted 30 minutes was the largest rebel attack this year and came a Day before president Corazon Aquino told military cadets that her government has broken the Back of the insurgency. Virginia slim meets the Marlboro Man Quality product
