European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Thes Feis 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 255 350 is tuesday december 29,199 b d 8693 a Iraq charges aggression retaliation vowed for . Attack on plane Nicosia Cyprus apr Iraq vowed monday to retaliate for the Downing of one of its military aircraft by . F-16 fighter jets patrolling the no Fly zone Over Southern Iraq. Baghdad a government controlled Media denounced sundays interception As Quot insolent but most Arab countries which have been aligned against Iraq since president Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in August 1990, were silent. Arab analysts said the two iraqi migs that flew into the zone below the 32nd parallel were apparently deliberately probing the Allied air shield protecting shiite Muslim rebels. In a related development monday the Pentagon dispatched the . Aircraft Carrier Kitty Hawk from somalian coastal Waters to the persian Gulf. It originally was scheduled to be in the Gulf providing warplanes for operation Southern watch before the buildup of . Forces in Somalia began earlier this month. The . Defense department said the iraqi pilots ignored verbal warnings to get out of the zone then a turned to confront the . two f-16 fighting Falcons shot Down one if the intruders. The other fled. The iraqis were intercepted just below the 32nd parallel the Northern limit of the zone 20 minutes after two other iraqi a it crop d that line then darted northward . Officials said in Washington. The official iraqi news Agency monitored in Nicosia quoted Baghdad s state run Al Jum Huriya daily As saying a this insolent aggression. Was not justifiable because our aircraft attacked the iraqi army daily Al a Dasiyah said the attack was a blatant Daggres. Ion and a flagrant provocation by the .-led allies. The Al Iraq daily declared a if the criminal Bush imagines that this crime \ of unpunished then he is deluding an iraqi military spokesman said earlier that Baghdad reserved the right to retaliate Quot in the appropriate manner and see Iraq on Page 2 warlords meet say fighting is Over Mogadishu Somalia apr the two warlords who destroyed this once pleasant Seaside capital embraced and announced that their clan War was Over monday As thousands of their followers mingled to celebrate the announced reunification of the capital. The warlords pledged to dismantle the Green line that has split the City but it was unclear How soon that would become a reality. Shooting incidents around the edges of the rally Indi Tys of Plu and mayhem might be ending. . Military officials catch gunmen were angry that their Days of plunder gave no indication How fast they could get troops into Northern Mogadishu to keep the peace. Dressed in civilian clothes Gen. Mohanie Farrah aided and Ali Mahdi Mohanie met for about 20 minutes and tried vainly to address the Seething crowds see related Story on Page 3 who clapped hooted and blew conch shells in Eele bration. The meeting took place on a Hill offering a 360-de-Grce Vista of the devastation the two leaders had wrought fighting with artillery and heavy machine guns in a clan War whose origins go Back centuries. Straining to Sec the rivals people clambered atop the roof of the old parliament building and other structures All looted and riddled by hellfire like virtually every building in a City once graced by mosques and Villas from italian colonial Days. Nearby was the Green line that has split the capital into a Northern zone controlled by All Mahdi and a Southern one held by aided since fighting began in november 1991. Northern Mogadishu teeters on the Edge of anarchy and Light weapons abound in the entire City. Several rounds were fired As the two warlords met sending hundreds into a temporary panic. Several journalists were fired at robbed or threat see warlords on Page 2 warlords Mohamed Farrah aided left and Ali Mahdi Mohamed hug at a Friendship rally in Mogadishu Somalia. Weinberger claims prosecutor tried coercion Washington apr escalating a War of words a newly pardoned Caspar w. Weinberger has accused the Iran Contra special prosecutor of trying to Force him to falsely implicate Ronald Reagan in Exchange for lenient treatment. A yes he was trying to coerce false testimony a the former defense Secretary said sunday in a Strong attack on special counsel Lawrence e. Walsh. Weinberger a lawyers reportedly told . District judge Thomas Hogan on wednesday that they were thinking about calling president Bush and former president Reagan As witnesses at Weinberger a trial. Bush pardoned Weinberger the next Day Christmas eve along with five other Iran Contra figures. Walsh who has said he was turning his investigations focus to Bush after the pardons disputed Weinberger a assertion. A Walsh did not ask Caspar Weinberger to incriminate anyone a said Mary Belcher spokeswoman for Walsh. A false testimony is the last thing a prosecutor wants. All he asked Weinberger for was the truth a Walsh a assistant James j. Brosnahan suggested saturday that Bush May have granted pardons to avoid being a witness at Weinberger a trial. Bush vacationing in Texas declined sunday to answer questions on the Iran Contra affair which involved secret sales of missiles to Iran with profits going to buy weapons for the anti communist Contra rebels see coercion on Page 2 a breast cancer Success a
