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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world sunday november 15,1992 per 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and 15 armoured personnel carriers were deployed in front of the government Palace to prevent the coup then were withdrawn at Dawn witnesses said.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. Quot 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 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 troops. British author David Irving who says the holocaust is exaggerated is led away in Handcuffs after Canadian officials ordered him deported. Egyptians net second suspect in shooting attack on tourists Cairo Egypt apr 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 in he dragnet in the Village Hugai rat and elsewhere in Lena province. Opening a new session of parliament on saturday president Hosni Mubarak renewed a vow to smash terrorism but said the entire nation not Only police should join in the Effort. A 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 Hadt Al Saghir. He was seized at Hugai rat Hometown of a teen age suspect nabbed minutes after thursdays attack on a tour bus in downtown Lena. The 18-year-old, 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  ousts author who doubts holocaust Niagara Falls Ontario up controversial British author David Irving who claims the holocaust was exaggerated and the Auschwitz Gas Chambers a hoax was ordered deported from Canada on Friday. Irving who was taken into custody after adjudicator Ken Thompson made the ruling was to be deported on the first available flight Back to Britain said government spokesman Milt Best. Best said Irving did not indicate if he would exercise his option of asking Canadas Federal court to review the deportation order. Irving author of hitlers War and other books on world War ii two weeks ago violated a Canadian ban on his entry allegedly by lying to a customs official. Irving is barred from entering Canada because of criminal convictions in Germany related to his writings in which he claims the holocaust was exaggerated and the Auschwitz Gas Chambers where nazi Germany exterminated thousands of jews is a tourist attraction built after world War ii. Irving was arrested on Canadas West coast oct. 28 during a dinner in his Honor and was Given until Midnight nov. 1 to leave the country. Irving said he and Brian Fisher of Blaine wash., went to Fishers Home for several hours the Day before the deadline. Fisher reportedly took Irving to his Home to autograph pornographic lithographs once owned by German nazi Leader Adolf Hitler. Fisher produced Lon distance Telephone records that supposedly prove Irving was at his Home. However Irving a passport was not stamped and . Border authorities have no record of the menus trip. Canadian immigration officials said he 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. Had to be deported because he did not comply with their order to leave voluntarily. Irving attempted to enter the United states on nov. 1 but was turned Back at the Rainbow Bridge which connects Niagara Falls Ontario and Niagara Falls . Irving was bailed out of detention for $20,000 Cash last week by Lewis Martens 76, of Thorold Ontario a self described Irving fan. Irving is staying with Martens. Hollywood views somalian chaos Bayd Habo Somalia apr a a so Star Mike Farrell and a group of screenwriters touring the heart of Somalia a famine zone  have come up with a better scene to illustrate the chaos that is hampering International Aid efforts. As Farrell and the others Rode around the town of Bayd Habo on tuesday a fight broke out Between two of the Young men hired to guard their cars. Riding in the Back of a machine gun equipped pickup the two youths wrestled Over a Rifle until it bounced out into the Road. The . High commissioner for refugees invite the Hollywood group a including Farrell who played or. , Hunnicutt in the Long running to series a a so and Paul Robinson who wrote and directed the movie Field of dreams a to tour Somalia in the Hope that one of them would make a movie about the country. The United nations is seeking to draw More world attention to the famine in Hopes of bolstering donations. Given How Many nations face economic problems the United nations has not been Able to raise As much Money As it did for the e 1984-85 drought and famine in Ethiopia. Farrell for years has worked on behalf of refugees around the world  
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