European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Fees amp is 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 255 350 tuesday december 29,1992 d 8693 Iraq decries . Attack questions arise Over jets move into no Fly zone Nicosia Cyprus apr Iraq on monday denounced the attack on two of its warplanes by . F-16s in the no Fly zone Over Southern Iraq As a blatant aggression and a flagrant provocation that would not go unpunished. Meanwhile observers differed Over the intent of the iraqi jets. One of the planes was shot Down in the sunday incident the other escaped. Two Arab analysts believe the iraqis were deliberately probing the Allied air shield declared by president Bush and endorsed by the United nations in a gust to protect shiite rebels from iraqi air attacks. But some military analysts suspect the iraqi jets might have strayed into the nobly zone because of navigational or Pilot errors. The interception occurred Only 20 Miles South of the 32nd parallel the zones Northern limit. And Paul Beaver editor of Jane a defense weekly in London said the . Pilots might have misinterpreted a Standard Man Euver by the soviet trained iraqi fliers As an aggressive action. The Pentagon had said the iraqi pilots ignored verbal warnings to leave the no Fly zone then a turned to confront the . the iraqis were intercepted 20 minutes after two other iraqi aircraft crossed the line . Officials said in Washington. The sunday incident was the first known clash Between iraqi aircraft and Allied fighters patrolling the no Fly zone. The official iraqi news Agency monitored in Nicosia quoted iraqis government run daily newspaper Al Jum Huriya As saying the a insolent aggression. Was not justifiable because our aircraft attacked the iraqi army daily Al a Dasiyah said sundays incident was a blatant aggression and a flagrant provocation by the .-led allies. The Al Iraq daily said a if the criminal Bush imagines that this crime will go unpunished then he is deluding an iraqi military spokesman said earlier that Iraq reserved the right to retaliate a in the appropriate manner and at see Iraq on Page 2warlords meet say fighting is Over warlords Mohamed Farrah aided left and All Mahdi Mohamed hug at a Friendship rally in Mogadishu Somalia. Belet Huen Somalia apr . And Canadian soldiers took Over this famine racked town monday the final target of their Campaign to make Somalia secure for food shipments. Meanwhile the capital Mogadishu was awash in Celebration As two warlords promised to reunite the City. Mohamed Farrah aided and Ali Mahdi Mohamed the two warlords who control the divided battered capital met at a Public gathering for the first time in More than a year and announced their War has ended. Thousands of their followers howling clapping and blowing into conch shells celebrated the Promise to reunify the capital but it was unclear How soon Thesee related Story on Page 3 pledge would become a reality. Shooting incidents around the edges of the rally indicated gunmen were angry their Days of plunder and mayhem might be drawing to an end. Journalists in the area were harassed and robbed and one was shot at As aided and Ali Mahdi met for about 20 minutes amid the Shell shattered buildings around the old parliament. American marines exchanged fire with three somalis who tried to Rob a television Crew from Britain a vis news outside the main Gate of Mogadishu a International Airport now a military base. One of the bandits was killed and a South african to Crew member was slightly injured in the Elbow. The two members of the visness Crew said they were accosted by three armed somalis As they approached the Airport Gate. Some 200 members of the 2nd in 87th inf regt and 40 Canadian soldiers entered Belet Huen unopposed As was the Case in seven other cities secured by the .-led Force since it began arriving in the country dec. 9. The .-Canadian Force swept onto Belet Huens see warlords on Page 2weinberger 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 Lve 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 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 2a breast cancer Success Story a see pages 14�?16
