European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes world Friday january 29,1993israeli court backs deportation government ordered to let 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 them a 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 . 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 a 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 Man s land because the Beirut government has refused to let them past an army checkpoint reacted harshly. Abdul Aziz Rantisi told reporters that he had expected the court to uphold the decision of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin a 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 Quot Quot no. No. No Quot 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 Hun to sue dress or thousands of palestinians As Long As each was issued a individual orders Quot what prevents the if army from issuing 4,000 individual deportation orders the supreme court did not say that this was forbidden Quot 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 Quot in Southern Lebanon. 4hb it Wilhm a socialist Issum Apoc Afram diet ten to the pm a Story in the new statesman amp society Magazine has brought a libel suit from John major. Over stories 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. Quot the prime minister has today instructed Biddle and company to Issue writs for libel against the new statesman and society and Scallywag Quot said a statement issued by major s 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 a crude 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 Quot the curious Case of John majors a mistress a a would help pair to alleged falklands War crimes London apr Scotland Yard is sending two officers to the Falkland islands As part of a probe into allegations that British paratroopers kilted . Mercenaries and other enemy prisoners in the 1982 War with Scotland Yard statement wednesday night said detective superintendent Alec Edwards and detective inspector Dave shipper Lee both from its International Ana organized crimes squad will arrive there tuesday for a four Day visit. Quot a prime purpose of the trip is to Liaise with local authorities a the statement said. They will also question islanders and examine the possibility of exhuming bodies of prisoners of War the statement said. Allegations that captured enemy soldiers were shot dead in contravention of International conventions safeguarding the rights of pos appeared in a 1991 Book about the War excursion to hell by a former British Soldier Lance Chi. Vincent Bramley. On aug. 19 last year prime minister John majors government ordered an investigation into Bramley a allegations. Bramley who served in the falklands War with a support company of the 3rd in of the Parachute regt said in the Book that members of the battalion killed pos following the Battle of mount Longdon on june 11-12,1982. Bramley alleged that some of those killed were suspected mercenaries from the United states who were shot on orders of senior British officers. Bramley said he saw a British Soldier Bayonet an Argentine Soldier who was lying on the ground clutching a Chest wound and that he was involved in killing three prisoners. According to a report published in the Independent on sunday newspaper on aug. 16 last year Bramley described the three prisoners As americans and said he was told they were killed to protect the Reagan administration from embarrassment. Scotland Yard officers have already interviewed serving and former members of the battalion about the allegations and investigations Are continuing. The 74-Day War in which Britain regained Possession of the Falkland islands followed an Argentine invasion of the South Atlantic archipelago off the Argentina coast. Britain has held the islands As a Colony since 1833. Argentina claims them under the name Las Malvinas As an inheritance from the Days of Spanish colonial Rule and says Britain stole them. Kill the gossip. _ Quot 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 Quot majors 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 in 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."a. 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 Prince. Study finds Tokyo children Corner Market on toys Tokyo apr a study of children in Tokyo found Many could Stock their own toy shop a the kids averaged 41 toys that together Cost $1,530. The product science. Research Institute said wednesday its Survey counted related toys individually such As each car in a toy car collection. And the study of children up to the sixth Grade was limited to 59 Volunteer families so the results were not scientific. Still its hard to disagree with the institutes conclusion Quot children have a surprisingly Large number of one sixth Grade boy had 1,736. The institutes chief researcher Keiko Nagata attributed the numbers to japanese women averaging a record Low 1.53 children each. That Means there Are fewer children to be doted on by the generous Quot six pockets of the typical child s parents and four grandparents he said. Canadian politician Sauve Dies Montreal up Jeanne Sauve who became Canadas first female governor general after a career m journalism and politics has died following a lengthy illness. She was 70
