European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 50, no. 322 350 monday March 2,1992 a d 8693 advice defused in Londo bomb explodes earlier near government office London apr an explosives expert defused a device found in a North London train station sunday hours before thousands of fans were expected to pass through the station for a soccer match nearby a Scotland Yard spokesman said. It was the third explosive device planted in London since Friday. The Irish Republican army said it was responsible for a bomb that injured 28 commuters at London Bridge station during the Friday morning Rush hour. The Ira has targeted London train and subway stations in its Campaign to end British Rule in Northern Ireland. The second bomb went off outside a government prosecutors office saturday evening. There was no claim of responsibility for that bomb. The latest device was found at mid morning at British rails White Hart Lane station following a warning a police spokesman said on condition of anonymity. The station is near the Tottenham hotspur soccer filed where a semifinal match was scheduled sunday afternoon before 30,000 spectators. An officer from Scotland Yards Antiterrorist squad defused the device within an hour the spokesman said refusing to provide additional details about the warning or the device. The explosion at the government Crown prosecution service building saturday evening slightly injured a woman who was running to catch a bus police said. A policeman was treated for Shock. The bomb which contained 2 pounds of explosives shattered windows of the four Story edwardian building nearby offices and parked cars. A policewoman at the scene said authorities had received a warning of a bomb in the area and were searching when it went off. A Large part of the area called Holborn was evacuated. No one see device on Page 2slide hits cafe in Jerusalem kills at least 23 front wire reports Jerusalem a Arab and jewish Crews on sunday dug bodies from the ruins of a coffeehouse that collapsed under a mudslide killing at least 23 people with authorities expecting the death toll to climb. Other victims were believed buried under the rubble which included skeletons and gravestones swept Down from an adjacent cemetery saturday said City police spokeswoman Anat Granit. Mayor Teddy Kollek called the incident in Arab East Jerusalem the worst building disaster in the City a modern history. At least 22 patrons were treated for injuries. Mud and debris crashed Down on the cafes roof and a Wall after a Hillside retaining Barrier at the cemetery gave Way police said. Jerusalem has been hit by unusually heavy rain and Snow during much of the Winter. Between 40 and 60 customers were inside when the roof caved in at the Al Rawdah cafe located just outside Jerusalem sold City Walls according to police inspector general Yaacov Terner. A it was like a Nightmare. We were All seated and playing poker a said Farhat Abu Madi 45, who Esti see cafe on Page 2 East Jerusalem residents Are pushed Back by police near the Al Rawdah cafe inundated by a mudslide saturday. Reduced naval Force to maintain role in persian Gulf Admiral says we Are not a hollow Force. We Are not a Bluff. Our efforts Are a continuing series of measures trying to Force Iraq s compliance rear adm. Raynor a. K. Taylor Dubai United Arab emirates up a the United states has scaled Down its naval forces in the persian Gulf but still expects a role in regional Security a senior . Navy commander said sunday. Rear adm. Raynor . Taylor commander of . Naval forces Central come said he did not expect further cuts in the . Military presence until Gulf Security is established. A we do not want to leave before other elements of stability have risen to take our place a Taylor told United press International. He said those elements would involve Iraq As Well As the Gulf cooperation Council whose members oppose iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Council foreign ministers met in Riyadh saudi Arabia on sunday to review postwar Security plans partly in response to iraqis invasion of neighbouring Kuwait in August 1990. The . Security Council on saturday proposed a two week deadline for Iraq to comply with cease fire accords mandating the scrapping of its weapons of mass destruction. The United states has refused to Rule out military options to Force Baghdad to permit . Experts to destroy equipment capable of modifying scud missiles. Taylor who spoke aboard his command ship the la Salle said the United states naval presence in the Region meant the county was committed to any a contingency action in enforcing Security Council sanctions. A we Are not a hollow Force. We Are not a Bluff. Our efforts Are a continuing series of measures trying to Force iraqis compliance a the commander said. A each of the episodes of non compliance require our ships and people to get involved in what the . Is the . Naval presence in the Region see Admiral on Page 2democrats get vicious in debate from wire reports a week of attack politics in the democratic presidential contest boiled Over saturday in Denver during an angry and emotional debate in which former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas and Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton hurled personal insults at each other Over character and policy. The 90-minute encounter turned bitter when Clinton challenged Tsongas support for nuclear Power triggering a series of exchanges that caused the two rivals for the nomination to explode in fury at each other. A no one can argue see debate on Page 2
