European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 8 the stars and stripes world Friday january 29,1993israeli court backs deportation government ordered to let palestinians Appeal Jerusalem a the supreme court on thursday upheld Israel s deportation of the More than 400 palestinians stranded in Southern Lebanon but or dered the government to let the men appear in person before military appeals committees. The ruling leaves Israel still facing political and diplomatic problems set off by the dec. 17 deportation of the men it accused of inciting Muslim fundamentalist violence in israeli occupied lands. Palestinians Are refusing to reopen peace talks unless the men Are returned and u n. Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali has threatened sanctions. Hanan Ashrafi spokeswoman for palestinian peace negotiators said thursday that the Only recourse was now the United nations Quot because we feel the Legal system in Israel has never served the interest of Justice but served the interest of  the deportees encamped in a no Many a land because the Beirut government has refused to let them past an  checkpoint reacted harshly. Abdul Aziz Rantisi told reporters that he had expected the court to uphold the decision of prime minister Yitzhak Salt bins government and called Rabin and the israeli judges  Rantisi addressing the other deported men gathered on a Mountain slope near their tents asked Quot do you have any other Choice than return a Quot no. No. No a they shouted. Lebanon has refused to take the men whom Israel accuses of leading roles in groups blamed for the killing of six israeli troopers in a Span of 10 Days. The seven judge panel cancelled an Overall deportation order but refused to overrule individual orders. The appeals had been mounted by human rights organizations and families of some of the deported men. Its ruling was interpreted by some lawyers As meaning Israel could not in the future Issue a mass deportation order without first allowing for Appeal. But other lawyers said that in upholding individual expulsions before Appeal the court did not Rule out deporting hundreds or thousands of palestinians As Long As each was issued an individual order. Quot what prevents the if  from issuing 4,000 individual deportation orders the supreme court did not say that this was forbidden a said Leah Tze Mel a lawyer for some of the deportees. The court also ruled that individuals who want to Appeal will have to appear personally before a military committee. It said such a committee could meet anywhere and that the deported men should have a Chance to meet with their attorneys before a hearing. That seemed to open the Way for the committees to Convene in israelis self proclaimed Quot Security zone in Southern Lebanon. To sue 2 magazines Over stories of alleged affair a Story in the new statesman amp society Magazine has brought a libel suit from John major. London apr prime minister John. Major intends to sue two magazines for publishing allegations that he had an affair with a caterer a Downing Street spokesman said thursday. The libel writs would be the first from a sitting prime minister the British broadcasting corp. Said. Downing Street sources said major would pay his own Legal costs. A a a. A the prime minister has today instructed Biddle and company to Issue writs for libel against the new statesman and society and Scallywag a said a statement issued by majors press Secretary Gus of Donnell. The announcement was made in Muscat Oman where major is meeting with the omani ruler on his Way Home from a state visit to India. Major married his wife Norma in 1970. They have a son and a daughter. Scallywag a monthly satire Magazine speculated that major had had an affair in an Early january article headlined Quot rude feasts at no. 10. Recipe for disaster a the respected weekly new statesman and society which printed its article in this weeks edition said it had no evidence to Back up the Rumor. It said it believed its Story a headlined a the curious Case of John majors a mistress a a would help kill the  the suggestions covered in the article that there May be any association Between the prime minister and the lady in question Are completely untrue. That is a statement of fact a major s office said in a statement issued thursday. New statesman and society describes itself As an Independent Radical journal of investigation social analysis and comment. It is widely read by lawmakers journalists and others interested m politics. Reports about the new statesman and society article were featured prominently on the front pages of the times of London and other newspapers thursday. The daily Mirror which supports labor splashed its report across its front Page under the headline Quot majors fury at mistress  it described the woman to whom rumours have linked the prime minister As Quot a top Downing Street Cook. Bachelor girl Clare Latimer 41.�?� it reported Quot Clare who runs clarets Kitchen caterers in North London has done the cooking for Downing Street parties for More than 12  it said the Rumor has been circulating for two years. The British press has been threatened with muzzling after a yearlong spree of speculation about the intimate lives of britons from Cabinet members to Princess Diana and her estranged  gets 20 years for sexual assaults by Chuck Roberts staff writer bad Kreuz Nach Germany a 1st  div Soldier was found guilty in a general court martial Here thursday of sexually assaulting three other mate soldiers last year while they slept. The three assaults occurred Over a period of eight months. Spec. Lloyd w. Mundell a truck Driver assigned to the 123rd support in in Dex him Germany was described by prosecutors As a Quot sexual predator Quot whose three victims were a targets of  Mundell 28, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for convictions on two counts of forcible sodomy with male soldiers one count of indecent assault of a male Soldier and one count of communicating indecent language to a Soldier. The sentence also Calls for a dishonourable discharge forfeiture of All pay and allowances and demotion to the lowest enlisted rank. The three incidents occurred in bad Kreuz Nach and a Cheim Between Jan. 25 and aug 8 of last year. The three victims whose names Are being withheld to protect their identities told the jury they were asleep when they woke up to find Mundell either performing Oral sex or fondling them. All three victims knew Mundell and were assigned to the same unit. Prosecutor maj William f. Condron jr., accused Mundell of stalking younger smaller and More timid soldiers and assaulting them while they slept after bouts of heavy drinking. Two of the victims testified they Are alcoholics and have each suffered is to 20 blackouts. The other victim testified he had drunk about 15 whiskers with Coke on the night he was assaulted by Mundell. Defense attorney capt. Jeffery d. Pedersen claimed the Only other witness apart from the victims was unreliable because he Only met Mundell briefly once upon arriving in Germany just prior to the last incident and suffered from Jet lag during the period his testimony covered. Before going to bed the night of the aug. 8 incident the victim said he had been to the Rheinlander club in Dex Heim where he drank 13 Beers Mundell danced with the victims Girlfriend there which the victim said caused him to be Quot a Little  a the victim left the club at about Midnight walked to his Barracks room and went to sleep. Ilis roommates were not in the room. About 3 30 a.m., he told the jury of five officers and one chief warrant officer that he Felt a hand going Down into his night clothes and fondling his genitals. The victim said he pushed his assailant away and yelled a a who the hell is this Quot the attacker tried to disguise his voice and said it was the victims Girlfriend the victim said. The person then scurried across the room and opened the door to the hallway allowing Light to reveal a profile of his face. The victim told jurors it was Mundell he saw. However Mundell testified that he and the victim argued at the Barr about Mundello shaving danced with other Soldier s Girlfriend at the re Lander club earlier that night. The two men later drank Beer watched to together in the vict room Mundell said a victim who testified that he wok after a hard night of drinking to disc Mundell performing Oral sex on him the jury the incident has Hurt his real ships with women. Quot before this happened i knew w was and what i wanted. Now i c know Quot he said. Mundello a wife who has been liver the United states while attending Sci defended her husbands sexuality in testimony. A tie is a Normal Man a she told jury Quot we have a Normal sex relay  court officials revealed while the was out of the room that Mundell piously had been acquitted of sir charges in a court martial at another cation in Germany