European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 51, no. 245 35$wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmfriday, december 18,1992 8 d 8693 Acourt oks Muslim deportations Jerusalem apr the israeli supreme court thursday cleared the Way for the government to Deport 383 suspected Muslim fundamentalists in a sweeping retaliation for attacks on israeli Security officers. The court voted 5-2 to lift a restraining order issued overnight after buses took the palestinians handcuffed and blindfolded to the lebanese Border before Dawn. A statement read by chief Justice Meir Shamgar said the government had 30 Days to explain Why it had issued a deportation order unprecedented in its scope and swiftness. This Means that if the court was not convinced by the government the expelled arabs could come Back lawyers who brought the Appeal said. The court did not immediately give its reasons for permitting the deportation. Minutes after the ruling was announced the buses were seen moving toward the Border Gate leading into the israeli occupied Buffer zone in Southern Lebanon. In Beirut military sources said the lebanese army was ordered to Block entry by the deportees. The sources who spoke on condition of anonymity would not say what troops would do if the deportees were forced into the no Many a land separating the army from the israeli occupied Buffer zone. Twenty two buses carried 418 palestinians to the Frontier but later the army removed 35 and sent them Back to prison. The defense ministry blamed Asee court on Page 2 troops escort food to villages Black Hawk ready to ride 5&s John Bomor at Ramstein Alt Germany soldiers from the 7th and 9th battalions of Hanau a 227th aviation regt use Elbow grease to fold Back the Blades of a uh-60 Black Hawk helicopter being readied thursday for deployment to Somalia. By Bob Klose staff writer ba1doa, Somalia a american marines and French legionnaires greeted and cheered like a victorious army escorted a truck Convoy of food thursday to a number of isolated villages that had been Cut off from famine Relief supplies in recent weeks. It was the second such Mission the . And French forces led since arriving in this Central somalian town on wednesday and establishing an operations Headquarters at the Airport. Fresh food supplies were delivered to local warehouses in Central Bairoa on wednesday and the arriving army was Given a heroes Welcome. On thursday smiling somalian waving and shouting greetings lined the Road see related stories on Page 9 out of town when the second Convoy headed out into territory that until recently was the target of repeated looting by gunmen the outlaws of this War torn nation who Are called a technic also for the special assistance they provide from behind automatic weapons. The Convoy consisted of a half dozen trucks loaded Down with Grain and guarded front and rear by heavily armed marines and legionnaires aboard armoured vehicles. It stopped at several Remote villages whose residents stared in astonishment at the show of Force. A the last time we sent a Convoy Here was Dee. 3," said Warner Passanisi a 27-year-old australian who represented see troops on Page 2 Kohl in switch wants German Force in Somalia Bonn Germany apr Chancellor Helmut Kohl said thursday that he plans to order 1,500 armed troops to Somalia to help with the Relief operation a reversal for the German military. Germany has previously stayed out of International military missions saying its Constitution prevents its armed forces from deploying on non nato turf. Friedrich Bohl Kohls top aide said the .-led humanitarian Mission in Somalia is not covered by the Constitution if there is no actual fighting going on. Germany a troops Are to help distribute food. The United states last week sent in the first of a promised 28,000 troops to help deliver Relief supplies past looters to starving somalis. France and belgian soldiers Are supporting the Mission. Unarmed German militai7 personnel also Are already involved in the somalian Aid Effort though they Fly missions with the world food program and Are not officially part of the operation. Kohl said he would recommend to his Cabinet that a Supply battalion engineers communications specialists and infantry troops be sent to Somalia. He said his decision was a hugely important for Ger Many a image in the Germany was criticized for slaying out of the persian Gulf War in 1991. But the opposition social democrats said they would Challenge the decision in Germany a constitutional court. A it is the first time since the end of the world War 11 that German soldiers Are to be sent to other parts of the world outside the Alliance and this without a Clear Legal basis a said Bjorn Engholm National Leader of the social democrats Bohl said the troops would be sent in about months after stability has been restored in Somalia
