European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 15, 1993 world the stars and stripes b Page 9 Rabin claims Victory on deportees Issue Jerusalem up prime min ister Yitzhak Rabin declared Israel the Victor sunday in the Battle with the United nations Over the mass expulsion of 415 palestinians and he said he expected the International focus to shift to the stalled Middle Eastern peace talks. But palestinian leaders continued to Call for the immediate return of the remaining 396 men banished to Lebanon in december and said most residents of the israeli occupied West Bank and Gaza strip had soured on the peace process. Rabin said he was pleased a Compro Mise on the Issue had prevented the . Security Council from imposing sanctions against Israel. Under the plan struck with the United states Israel would let the deportees return gradually before the end of the year. When the end is Good everything is Good Rabin said in an interview with state run Israel  proves. That we arc capable to Gether the United states and Israel to prevent any actions by the Security coun cil of the United  the Security Council voted unanimously Friday to support Israel s plan to repatriate All the deportees by the end of the year and called its decision to allow 101 of them to return immediately a step in the right  in Cairo Egypt however the Arab league said sunday that the . Endorsement of the Compromise cannot solve the Issue. This statement by the United nations is hot a substitute for the Resolution that must be passed to Force Israel to implement the International legitimacy said Adnan Omran assistant Secretary general of the Cairo based organization. Rabin also expressed Confidence that the Middle Eastern peace talks broken off after he announced the deportations during the ninth round would resume in april with All sides participating. I believe that the parties that arc interested in peace will come to the peace negotiations he said and i believe that the palestinians will do the  classic Competition a photo fan gets one last shot of this 1954 my As it de parts Berlin for sunday s Start of the Monte Carlo old timers rally. Driver Dieter Berinsky and navigator Gunther Pilz Are among of Iso teams that started the 3,000-Kilometer-Long 1,860-mile Competition from seven european cities. Afghan rebels take pause for negotiations Kabul Afghanistan a after nearly a month of fighting Afghanistan s rebel factions agreed sunday to Stop shooting Long enough to give pakistani negotiators a Chance to broker a permanent peace. I would t Call it a Casc firc i would Call it pause said retired it. Gen. Hamid Gul Pakistan s peace envoy and architect of the Muslim rebels 14-year War of resistance against communist  afghan capital of Kabul had its quietest Day in weeks sunday with Only sporadic machine gun fire heard in the Western  in Kabul estimate that at least 1,000 people mostly civilians have died since dissident rebel chief Gul Buddyn Hematyar and his shiite allies launched an As Sault Jan. 19 to unseat president Burhanuddin Rabbani. Gul refused to say Why Hebe Zahadat an Alliance of eight shiite rebel groups heavily financed by Iran agreed to a truce aiming at a More permanent  sunday. Gul met Hematyar at his heavily fortified base in cd Afrasyab about 8tt Miles South of Kabul. He refused to say what the two  has vowed to destroy what remains of Kabul already littered with the gutted remains of hundreds of unbaked mud Homes unless Rabbani Steps Down and agrees to hold elections within six months. Several rebel leaders including Hematyar have accused Rabbani of rigging last december s presidential elections. Rabbani vehemently denies the charge. Since taking Power from Afghanistan s communists last april rival rebel factions have waged successive Battles against each other killing More than 3,000 peo ple and wounding thousands More. United Arab emirates buys 436 French Abu Dahabi United Arab emirates a the Oil Rich United Arab emirates on sunday announced the Purchase of 436 Leclerc Battle tanks from France in a Deal Worth $2 billion to $4  decision to buy the French Armor marked a major setback for Britain s challenger 2, one of the Leclerc s main  French also beat out the . M1a2 Abrams. The americans have sold nearly 500 of these tanks in recent months to saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Jamal Soueidi spokesman for the United Arab Emi rates defense ministry declined to give an exact Pur Chase figure for the Deal but said that it did not nonet exceed a reported total of $2 billion to $4 billion. He made the announcement hours after the opening of a major arms exhibition in Abu Dahabi attended by 350 military manufacturers from 34  the next 48 hours the . Will announce major deals with Britain and the United states so Wejuli  gave no details but the seven emirate federation like other Arab states in the persian Gulf is carrying out Amajor multimillion Dollar military upgrade program after the persian Gulf War pointed out military weaknesses. Soueidi said the French won because they were pre pared to reinvest 60 percent of the Cost of the Leclercq into the country As Western arms suppliers have done in saudi Arabia and Kuwait in major deals Over the last few  United Arab emirates had earlier invested a re ported $50 million in haying France s Giai industries install German diesel engines used in Germany s Leop Ard 2 tank in the Leclercq for desert operations. Jacques Gentgen director general of Giat said in Paris on sunday that the order represents 390 Battle tanks and 46 maintenance tanks. The Abrams and the challenger 2 Are among the major weapons systems on display at the five Day Abu Dahabi exhibition actor Savage beaten in s. Africa Johannesburg South Africa a _ american actor John Savage whose roles include a White Man living in a rough Black neighbourhood in Spike Lee s do the right thing was attacked and beaten in the Black township of Soweto last week. Savage told the sunday times that he was rescued by several members of the militant pan africanist Congress and by army soldiers who protected him from a gathering crowd and took him to a Hospital. Savage 43, was treated for minor injuries. The actor moved to South Africa six years ago and works with world vision a Christian development group with projects in Soweto and other Black townships. Savage said he was attacked last week when he stopped to help some schoolchildren caught up in unrest Between striking taxi Drivers and police. A Young Man with a Large Rock beat him repeatedly on the head until he was knocked unconscious Savage said. He said several Young members of the Pac a Black nationalist group came to his Rescue. Arms found at Belfast shipyard London up police have arrested a Man following the Chance discovery of an arms Cache at a Belfast ship Yard the Royal Ulster constabulary said sunday. Firefighters discovered some ammunition and part of a weapon in a locker at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Bel fast on saturday evening. The firefighters were tackling a Small Blaze at the ship Yard a spokesman for the constabulary said. Fire officials called police who uncovered three pistols a sub machine gun and 1,000 rounds of ammunition in another locker during a search of the premises. The constabulary spokesman said a Man was Luter arrested at his Home and was being questioned by police. Forensic tests were being carried out on the weapons to establish whether they had been used in terrorist attacks he said. The majority of the staff at the ship Yard is protestant but police refused to comment on whether they thought Loy Alist paramilitaries had stored the arms. In a separate incident police recovered 1,000 rounds of ammunition sat urday night at a West Belfast Bowling club. Children discovered the ammunition in a storeroom at the Bowling club