European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes Friday november 13,1992 tourist bus shot up in Egypt 8 Hurt Cairo Egypt a gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons thursday on a minibus in Southern Egypt wounding six German tourists and two egyptians the German embassy and a doctor said. The attack at Lena a provincial capital 300 Miles Southeast of Cairo was the 11th on tourists this year i Egypt it came less than a month after Muslim militants claimed responsibility for an oct. 21 attack on a tourist bus in Southern Egypt which killed a British woman and wounded two britons. At that time the militants took responsibility in a statement released through a lawyer who was arrested later. The statement said tourists were second on the hit list after government leaders. The first nine such attacks this year were blamed on extremists. There was doubt about a subsequent attack on russian tourists and there was no definite word on responsibility for thursdays shooting. In Cairo a spokesman for the National tourist police said a suspect was arrested but gave no information about the Man another police official said four gun men attacked the bus which carried 20 tourists. Quot they brought us six wounded germans and two egyptians a said a doctor at Lena general Hospital speaking on condition of anonymity. A five of the germans and the egyptians had Only slight wounds from gunshots and broken Glass and they were Given first Aid and taken on a military plane to Cairo. Quot but one Young German woman had Bullet wounds in the stomach and we performed exploratory surgery on her. She is of now and with us at the Hospital a the doctor said. The government Agency said bicycle Riding gunmen sprayed the bus with automatic weapons fire on a Lena Square where a famous mosque dedicated to the provinces Patron Muslim Saint is located. After the attack the Agency said the assailants fled in a car. Security forces searched for them it added. A few Days after the oct. 21 attack on British tourists an assailant stabbed three russian tourists in the Mediterranean City of port said but authorities denied extremists were involved and said the attacker was a Vendor. For years government leaders police and members of the coptic Christian Community about a tenth of the nations 57 million people were the targets of extremist violence. T tourists were added this year in an apparent Effort to damage the governments image abroad and damage the Younst Industry which last year pumped 13 billion into Egypt a foreign Exchange hungry Treasury. Thursdays attack came a Day after violence in syut province North of Lena in which six people were wounded. Security officials said More than 220 suspected extremists were detained in a dragnet in syut on monday and tuesday. Croatian army warned to halt Eastern drive Belgrade up a yugoslav president Dobrica Cosic threatened thursday to order the serb dominated yugoslav army Back into War torn Bosnia and Herzegovina unless croatian forces hatted a drive into the overwhelmingly serbian Region of Eastern Herzegovina. Cosico a warning came in a letter to . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali copies of which were sent to British prime minister John major the current european Community chairman International peace mediators Orrus Vance and lord David Owen and Indian Gen. Satish Nambiar the commander of the . Protection Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. A copy was also transmitted to right Wing president Franjo Tadjman of the erstwhile yugoslav Republic of Croatia. Cosic the president of the Rump federation forged by the remnants of former Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro accused the regular croatian army of mounting an a fall out Quot two pronged offensive at Nave since and Treen be the main towns of the serb dominated Eastern Herzegovina Region. He said troops Loyal to the Muslim slav led bosnian government were also involved in the drive which he said began sunday and was reinforced on wednesday by �?o16 brigades and units Quot of the croatian army in Advance of a cease fire that went into effect at one minute after Midnight. The official Tan Jug news Agency said there were no reports of shooting in the Region thursday morning. . Armoured unit in Croatia vows fight if convoys attacked us Row Mory Sony rho Noring native americans capt Karl Gohlke of the 196th ordnance in in Grefrath Germany looks at Indian artefacts on display at the 54th area support group Headquarters in Schinnen Netherlands last weekend. The Tepee headdresses Bead work and other objects were provided by the Fox society a belgian organization dedicated to preserving native american Cul lure. The army Community sponsored the three Day exhibit along with handicraft demonstrations and lectures in Honor of native american heritage month. Split Croatia apr British Armor has rumbled into Croatia for Quot operation grapple Quot which could see . Peacekeepers striking Back at anyone who fires at Relief convoys. Some 45 heavily armoured Quot Warrior vehicles and 26 lighter armoured personnel carriers rolled out of a ships hold and into a warehouse wednesday. They will be used to scout potential Aid routes and to escort convoys. British officers stressed that the vehicles role will be peaceful but said that they will have the right to return fire if they or the convoys Are attacked. Some of the new armoured vehicles Are equipped with multiple mortar launchers which suggested readiness to move against Large groups of infantry. Quot it adds weight to the . Mandate a said capt. Tim her cock. Quot its saying there is a sizeable . Force Here and you must respect  Hircock said reconnaissance missions planned northwards from Vitez 40 Miles West of Sarajevo would begin within the next few Days. Capt. James balls told a reporter that Only a a heavy ambush Quot would provoke a response. But he suggested that the Force of More than 2,000 men would risk confrontation rather than fail in its task of seeing that Aid is delivered. Quot if a commanding officer promises to deliver on a particular Mission then whatever resources Are required to accomplish that Mission will be used Quot he  army major fired after suggesting coup Tokyo apr the defense Agency on thursday fired an army major who had proposed a coup to Dean up Japan a scandal stricken politics Agency officials said. The major Shinsaku Yanai had written in the oct. 15 Issue of the Magazine Shukan Yunshun that a it is no longer possible to Correct injustice through elections in a legitimate Way that is the basis of  Quot a coup d�?T6tat or revolution Quot is the Only option Yanai wrote in the right leaning newsmagazine which has a circulation of 700,000. Agency officials said it was the first time a self defense forces officer had been fired because of a published article since the forces were established in 1952. Defense Agency director general Sohei Miyashita said thursday that Yanai s publication of a View favouring a coup and denying the democratic system Quot is never permissible under any circumstance and extremely inappropriate Quot Miyashita said Yanai s action raised misunderstanding and concern among the people about the self defense forces and impaired their prestige. Government leaders had criticized a nails views immediately after publication of his article and promised Strong disciplinary measures. Yanai 45, an instructor in War history was dismissed after sessions in which Agency officials questioned him about the article said officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. The article was published a Day after Shin Kanemaru Japan a most powerful political Kingpin resigned in disgrace from parliament for accepting $4 mill0 in illegal donations from a mob linked trucking company