European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes i world sunday november 15,1992 Peru reportedly foils coup attempt Lima Peru apr a Small group of army officers tried to seize army Headquarters and the National Palace in a plot to kill president Alberto Fujimori Early Friday but the attempt fizzled the government said. About 250 loyalist soldiers and 15 armoured personnel carriers were deployed in front of the government Palace to prevent the coup then were withdrawn at Dawn witnesses said. By afternoon activity on the streets of the capital was Normal. The attempt May have been precipitated by a decree published Friday that gave Fujimori control Over the firing and assignment of All military officers above the rank of lieutenant. Previously officers could be removed Only at retirement age or for misconduct. Experts on the peruvian military said there was some perception Fujimori had trespassed on the traditional autonomy of the Force. In a seven minute speech late Friday Fujimori said he was informed about the coup beforehand and was not in the presidential Palace. He said the coup plotters also planned to capture Nicolas Bari Hermoza the army chief. In one operation maj. Hugo Ormeno attempted to enter the government Palace with 35 men Fujimori said. A the most important thing the authors of this mad adventure achieved was to come out of their discreet anonymity a Fujimori said. A government statement said the military plotters led by three retired generals had been arrested and would be tried immediately. There was no immediate word on How Many soldiers or units might have been involved. A a minuscule group of army officers. Tried to take Over army Headquarters and the government Palace with the intention of capturing the army commander in chief and killing the chief of state a a government statement said. Retired generals Jaime Salinas Sedo Jose pastor Vives and Luis Palomino Rodriguez were arrested As conspirators along with army commander Marcos Zarate Rota who the statement said was under investigation for drug trafficking. Pastor Vives denied he was involved and said a military operation of the kind the government claimed was plotted could not possibly have been carried out. A this is madness. Both the Palace and the army Headquarters Are surrounded by massive Security against which a group of officers would have been Able to do absolutely nothing a pastor Vives said minutes before he was escorted from his Home by a military officer. Fujimori apparently was warned of the alleged plot during a three hour meeting with army officers and left the presidential Palace in Central Lima about 3 . Under the guard of Loyal  Canada ousts author who doubts holocaust British author David Irving who says the holocaust is exaggerated is led away in Handcuffs after Canadian officials ordered him deported. Toronto a a British historian who claims that the holocaust is exaggerated and the Gas Chambers at Auschwitz were built after world War ii As a tourist attraction has been deported from Canada. David Irving was ordered out of Canada on Friday by immigration officer Ken Thompson in Niagara Falls Ontario. He was deported not because of his views but because he told Canadian authorities that he was in the country on personal business when in fact he came on a speaking tour. Irving a historical biographer of the nazi Era recently was retained by the times of London to examine the diaries of nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels. But his work has been overshadowed by the controversy Over his views of the holocaust. He contends that if the holocaust occurred at All it did so on a vastly smaller scale than reported and that Adolf Hitler was unaware of the a final solutions to exterminate world jewry. Irving 56, was defiant As he was taken in Handcuffs to Toronto a Pearson International Airport where he boarded an air Canada flight to London. Holding up his shackled hands he accused Canada of a handcuffing writers and called his deportation a blow to Freedom of expression. A i have every intention of returning to Canada a he said. Irving had been Given 4s hours to leave Canada voluntarily last month after admitting he had lied about the purpose of his visit. But he waited until the last minute to try to Cross into the United states where Border officials turned him away his failure to comply with the earlier order led to the hearing and deportation. Irving has requested a judicial review court convicts German rightist Mannheim Germany apr a leading German rightist was convicted of incitement to racial hatred Friday because he had translated the speech of an american extremist who disputed the existence of Gas Chambers in the Auschwitz death Camp. The Mannheim District court convicted Gunter Deckert head of the National democratic party of Germany fined him 10,000 Marks about $6,500 and gave him a one year suspended prison sentence. Allegations against Deckert stemmed from a speech Given last november by Fred Leuchter an american extremist in the town of Weinheim. The court was told that Deckert translated the for about 120 listeners spreading Leuchters notion a illegal under Germany a anti nazi Laws a that the holocaust did no to happen and that there were no Gas Chambers in Auschwitz. Of the deportation order. If his Appeal is successful he could be flown Back to Canada at taxpayers expense immigration officials said. Jewish groups were pleased with fridays  Canada has led the Way in showing that or. Irving is a liar a said Marvin Kurtz the Legal counsel for by Nai brith in Ontario. Mash worker Hurt in Croatia Zagreb Croatia a . Army medical personnel moved into action a Day Early when a civilian worker was injured saturday by a land mine while helping prepare a Mobile Hospital at Zagreb a Airport. Dane Hodak 43, suffered leg and head wounds when a mine exploded under his Bulldozer As he was helping Clear a parking lot for the 212th Mobile army surgical hospitals nearly completed facility the Hospital consisting of tents and prefab units was to open today to provide medical care for More than 20,000 members of the . Peacekeeping Force in former Yugoslavia. Hodak received emergency treatment from army personnel then was accompanied by an american doctor and nurse in an ambulance to a Zagreb Hospital according to . Spokeswoman Shannon Boyd. He was reported in Good condition. Warrant officer Stefan Anderson a . Policeman from Sweden said authorities had thought the area where the explosion occurred was Safe. Two members of the . Congress sen. Dennis Deconcini p-ariz., and rep. Frank Mccloskey ddnd., were scheduled to preside at today a opening of the Mobile Hospital. Egyptians net second suspect in shooting attack on tourists Cairo Egypt a police conducting a massive search with armoured vehicles in a Southern Village arrested a second suspected trigger Man in an attack on tourists police said saturday. In addition police at Lena 300 Miles South of Cairo said Friday night that 170 Muslim extremist suspects were arrested m the dragnet in the Village Hugai rat and elsewhere in Lena province. Opening a new session of parliament on saturday president Hosni Mubarak said he p r t0 smash terrorism but said the entire nation not Only police should join in the Effort. P a Quot everything has a solution a Mubarak said of the attacks against tourists but he announced no specific measures. A spokesman at the Interior ministry in Cairo which controls police nationwide identified the suspect arrested Friday night As Abdel Hadi Al Saghir. He was seized at Hugai rat Hometown of a teen age suspect nabbed minutes after thursdays attack on a tour bus w downtown Lena. The 18-Yearold, Bastawi a. Abul Magd had told interrogators the other three gunmen also lived in Hugai rat 10 Miles North of Lena. Five germans and two egyptians were wounded in the 11th attack on foreign tourists since june