European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday december 18,1993 a a . Carrier Back in Gulf to enforce flight ban on Iraq from wire reports Manama Bahrain a the . Navy aircraft Carrier returned to the persian Gulf with a Fleet of warplanes to enforce a no Fly zone Over Southern Iraq a Navy spokesman said. It was the first . Navy Carrier in the Gulf after an absence of two months. The Abraham Lincoln sailed out in Early october to provide reinforcements for . Troops in Somalia. On its Way in wednesday the Independence carrying 75 aircraft dispatched nine warplanes to simulate a Long Range strike Over the no Fly zone it. Cmdr. Bruce Cote said. The zone is South of the 32nd Rar Allyl. It is designed to provide air cover for shiite muslims who arc being attacked from the ground by iraqi president Saddam Hussein a army.2 More held in bombings Vienna Austria a authorities on Friday announced two More arrests in connection with letter bombs that injured four people including the mayor of Vienna this month. The arrests thursday of two people who were not identified brings to six the number taken into custody. Those previously arrested Are believed to have links to extreme Neo nazi groups. The attacks were aimed at people known to be involved in or to support programs for refugees and other foreigners in Austria. At least 10 letter bombs were sent. Four exploded and six were detected and base is closed Beja Portugal a a German air base in Southern Portugal once the planned Point of last resistance for nato fighter planes should the soviet Union have swept Western Europe was closed thursday. German defense minister Volker Rilke presided Over the final lowering of the German Flag at the base in Beja after 27 years of Active service. The base 84 Miles Southeast of Lisbon was constructed in 1966 As the strategic Retreat Point for nato jets if soviet led forces had pushed through Germany and penetrated toward the Atlantic coast. The base has been used since 1974 As a training Center. / Germany decided to withdraw its 50 Alpha Jet fighters and close the installation because of new portuguese limits on bombing practice and the use of airspace said a portuguese do statement. Defense . Jet fighters collide Tokyo two . Marine fa/18 Jet fighters collided in midair Friday and crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa . Military officials said. One Pilot was rescued but efforts to find the second were suspended Friday night because of darkness the officials said. The aircraft were on a training Mission when they collided at 10 25 . Between 130 Miles and 150 Miles Southeast of Kadena a on Okinawa the officials said.2 die in training crash Manila Philippines a an air Force training plane crashed Friday killing the Pilot and a student. Two others died when a private Jet crashed in the fourth aviation Accident in the Philippines this week. On wednesday at least 24 people were killed when a c-130 transport carrying supplies for typhoon ravaged areas of Southern Luzon crashed on a Mountainside in heavy rain. On thursday an air Force helicopter broke its right Landing gear when it skidded on a runway in Cebu. There were no casualties. The military s joint operations Center said the air Force Trainer a single engine italian made Marchetti crashed soon after Takeoff near the town of Mataxas a ahoy in Batangas province 45 Miles South of Manila. No other details were immediately available. Demanding change in Romania protesters rally thursday in Bucharest Romania to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the uprising that ended in the overthrow and death of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Demonstrators called for the removal of president Ion ill Sci and the return of King Michael who was forced into exile by the communists in 1947. The protest was the latest in a series of demonstrations reflecting disenchantment with Post communist society. Romanians face annual inflation of More than 300 per cent and about 10 percent unemployment move to install Aristide dead official declares by the los Angeles times port a Prince Haiti the United states and the rest of the International Community have Given up efforts to return ousted president Jenaii Bertrand Aristide to Haiti diplomats and other sources say a the whole process is dead a one International official said. A any Chance of restoring democracy in Haiti is Over. We two years trying to solve this. That Effort was buried when Malval gave up he was referring to the failed attempt this week by Robert Malval Aristides prime minister to Convene a conference of haitian political military and business elements to form a plan to restore Aristide to office. The proposed conference supported by the Clinton administration and the United nations As the last Chance to resolve the crisis was never accepted by either the military or Aristide. One source reported that Aristide saw the proposal As a a plot by the United states to install Melvaj As a puppet and reduce his Aristide s a a a rime Over Malval a moderate businessman was named p minister As part of an agreement reached in july at go norms Island . The agreement was supposed to restore Aristide to the presidency and remove the Leader of the revolt army commander it. Gen. Raoul Eldras. . Ambassador William l. Swing denied thursday that he had Given up on restoring Aristide a Radical Catholic priest driven from office in september 1991 by the army. A we Are firmly committed to restoring democracy Here and the return of president Aristide a swing said. A we Are going to see this thing through a however he acknowledged that there were no new initiatives under consideration and said . Policy remains dependent on an agreement that both Aristide s supporters and his military opponents say is seriously if not mortally wounded. While swing said Aristide can be returned most of his colleagues in port a Prince disagreed. A i Don t know of any informed person Here who believes Aristide will return said an official in the foreign ministry of one of the More heavily involved nations. A i expect my own government to withdraw from the process and Call or new Ira backers want clarification of peace plan for n. Ireland Belfast Northern Ireland api a sinn f6in, a Legal political party that backs the Outh. De Irish Republican army has signalled that peace will have to wait while it seeks clarification of a British Irish initiative. A there Are no Quick fixes in this situation a sinn flings president Gerry Adams said in a statement thursday. The Ira which is fighting British Rule in Northern Ireland has not yet responded to the a framework for on thursday it claimed responsibility for two unexploded bombs found on train tracks near London the times of London reported Friday that the iras supreme body the general army convention1, will meet this weekend to consider its response to the two governments initiative announced in London on wednesday. A fall the organizations units including some 300 in Ulster jails Are to be consulted a the paper reported without attribution. A the general army convention is the Only body in the Ira which can decide to Call off a military in their joint declaration this week prime minister John major of Britain and Irish prime minister Albert Reynolds called on the Ira and other paramilitary groups to renounce violence and join talks about the fun. Lure of the province. They pledged to support any settlement acceptable to a majority in Northern Ireland. More than 3,100 people have died in the sectarian and political violence there since the conflict was rekindled in 1969, Adams said thursday that sinn f6in is committed to peace. But he said a proper and full consideration will take some time and will require clarification from Dublin about aspects of the he did not specify which aspects but added a sinn feints peace strategy took years to evolve the joint declaration was the product of frenzied activity by both governments after we had focused them on this sinn f6in spokesman Richard Macauley said thursday that the release of convicted Ira members from prison would be among issues to be discussed in the event of negotiations. A no one is setting preconditions a Macauley said but added a if we Are going to have a Resolution to this conflict then we must consider where the prisoners will fit into
