European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 8, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 11israel had spies in Iraq paper says London apr israeli intelligence agents operated in Western Iraq during the persian Gulf War trying to spot scud missiles aimed at Israel the sunday times  newspapers front Page Story also said the five israeli soldiers killed by a stray missile during a training exercise in november were rehearsing a plot to assassinate iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Previous reports have said the soldiers were training to attack the my dim fundamentalist group Hezbollah in South Lebanon. Yasser Arafat Leader of the Palestine liberation organization claimed they were trying to kill him. Soldiers involved in both the assassination plot and the Hunt for scud missiles belonged to say Eret Natkal a Branch of military intelligence specializing in reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines the sunday . Accused of ignoring beating death Jerusalem a . Officials failed to intervene in the Lynching of an israeli main in the occupied Gaza strip and did not report the attack immediately an army commander said saturday. An official of the . Relief and works Agency for Palestine refugees said officials did try to intervene. Israeli government officials were keeping quiet until a full report was available Israel to reported. But the television quoted people close to prime minister Yitzhak Rabin As saying he was outraged by the incident especially in Light of . Pressure on Israel after its december deportation of 415 palestinians to Lebanon. A crowd of youths used stones and bricks to beat to death Yehoshua Weis Brod on tuesday when he mistakenly drove his car into the Rajah refugee Camp in the Southern part of the strip the army said. Brig. Gen. Yom Tov Samya the Gaza strip commander told Israel radio that Camp residents told him they urged passing Unhwa officials to intervene or to Alert the army. Instead the officials led by Katharine striker the . Agency a Gaza strip refugee affairs officer left the scene Samya said. Rolf Van Uyco an Agency spokesman said that the Agency team arrived Well into the Lynching and that efforts to intervene were rebuffed by a hostile crowd. Van Uye said striker then sped off to a . Installation to raise the alarm Over the phone but that the lines were Down. When she returned the army had arrived he said. The army was investigating the incident and May Lodge a complaint with the United nations an army spokeswoman said. Times said. The report was based on unnamed sources. The newspaper gave no other details of the previously secret israeli search for soviet supplied scud missiles inside Iraq. Iraq is believed to still have about 200 missiles of the Type that were used against Israel and saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. It said Israel has intelligence from inside Iraq that made military commanders �?o100 percent sure they would be Able to hit Saddam. A that Accident saved Saddam s life a a it said quoting an unnamed source. Five soldiers died during the training exercise at the Remote Tzey Elim army base in the Negev desert on nov. 5 after being struck by a missile that reportedly misfired. The sunday times said it was a newly developed body heat seeking missile that was to have been fired Bovine break a cow Waits along a Highway near Anglet in southwestern France on saturday after he truck that was transporting it overturned. A dozen cows had to wait until the truck was righted before continuing their journey. 49 indicted for attacks on tourists in Egypt Cairo Egypt a the military indicted 49 suspected Muslim extremists saturday in attacks on foreign tourists. Extremists meanwhile said foreign investors will be their next targets. Charges filed against the militants six of whom remained at Large ranged from joining an illegal organization to attempting to overthrow the government. Some could face execution if convicted by a military court that convenes tuesday the government however was under no illusion that the extremist movement whose aim is to install an islamic fundamentalist regime had been dealt a death blow. A this indictment does not mean that the organization has been destroyed Quot said maj. Gen. Mohamed Abdallah who signed the indictment. A we do not know How Many members they  in fact the violence continued saturday in Aswan a popular tourist resort gunmen killed a policeman guarding a Church and seriously wounded another police said. In Assiut an officer was killed in a shootout when police searched an area for suspects in wednesdays murder of a senior state Security officer and his 8-year-old son. The militants Campaign of violence has resulted in the slaying of 94 people and wounding of 164 in the past 14 months. Militants began targeting foreign tourists last summer As a Means of damaging Egypt a Economy. A briton a swede and a Turk have been killed and two dozen other foreigners wounded. The nations tourism revenues Egypt a main source of foreign currency Nave plunged More than 50 percent. Now the extremists Are threatening to attack foreign investors. In a statement transmitted by fax Friday from Peshawar Pakistan to the British broadcasting  office in Cairo the Al Gamma Al isl Amiya or Muslim group said All foreign investors should leave Egypt As soon As possible. Omar Abdel Rahman an egyptian Sheik living in new Jersey is the spiritual Leader of the group. That same group is responsible for the attacks on tourists Ana one of the sheiks followers is under arrest in the bombing of the world Trade Center in new York. At Saddam. It said the soldiers were killed during the final rehearsal for the operation. The Accident resulted in the assassination attempt being Cance cd the newspaper said. The plot was based on a single specific Opportunity to kill Saddam and could not be completed without the soldiers killed in the Accident it said. Several foreign newspapers reported in late november that the nov. 5 Accident was a rehearsal for a military Mission. The Miami Herald quoted sources As saying the aim of the Mission would have been to assassinate Sheik Hassan Nasrallah Leader of the lebanese shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah or the party of god. The incident caused a controversy because israeli newspapers were censored from publishing the names of High ranking officers who were present when the Accident occurred. S. Africans to resume negotiations Johannesburg South Africa apr leading Black and White groups agreed saturday to resume multiparty talks on ending apartheid by april 5, after months of bitter stalemate. The agreement could Lead to the country a first no racial elections and a new Constitution that would end decades of White minority Rule. A this planning conference has been an unqualified Success the Torch of Hope has been lit for our country a said african National Congress Secretary general Cyril ram Phosa. Major issues such As details of a proposed Power sharing agreement must still be resolve tit was not immediately Clear what form the next round of talks will take. President . Do Klerks White government and Nelson Mandela Sanc arc anxious to resume the negotiations As soon As possible and backed the meeting of 26 groups to try to revive talks. Despite the agreement there Are a number of Black and White parties who feel the government and the Anc Are cutting private deals and they May raise objections. Also 10 Blacks were kilted Friday night when gunmen fired on a minibus in Eastern Natal province the second massacre in the Region in the past four Days. Police said they thought those killed were Anc supporters. Responding to the attack the government and the Anc urged political leaders to show restraint and All the parties showed up As scheduled saturday at the conference Center just outside Johannesburg. A Resolution approved at the conference saturday morning called for constitutional talks to be a reconvened As a matter of National urgency not later than the 5th of  the Resolution proposed by a committee consisting of several parties called for groups to a move As speedily As possible towards attainment of our primary objective which is the drafting and adoption of a new  if negotiations resume in coming weeks they could produce the final breakthrough needed to abolish apartheid. The government and the Anc whose differences have blocked agreements previously now agree on a plan to replace apartheid with a multiracial multiparty interim government. The plan still in Broad outline Calls for the country a first All race election Early next year. A parties getting at least 5 percent of the vote would have a place in the new government that would Rule for up to five years