European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 20, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 9plo to grab seniors Home As base Jericho West Bank apr the Plo has decided to commandeer a Long awaited Center for the elderly and disabled by making it the Headquarters of Yasser Arafat a self Rule administration. The decision brought dismay to 40 patients and the Small staff who must remain in squalid Barracks next to the nearly completed building of Sandstone and Marble in Jericho. The move also highlighted some palestinians concern that the hardships of israeli occupation might be giving Way to somewhat authoritarian Rule by fellow arabs. A we fought the israelis for years to get the approval to construct a Well equipped House a said Abdel Aziz Mahmoud the supervising nurse at the facility. A and now when it is almost completed palestinian officials visited the site a few times and decided to take  Palestine liberation organization officials said the decision last week was a temporary consequence of financial and logistic problems plaguing the transition to self Rule which began in the Gaza strip and Jericho last month and is later to spread to other parts of the West  sets Back Hopes of patients in Jericho they promised that a different site will be found in six months. But Many people done to believe them noting that officials have ordered a Wall built around the new building to Block the View of the unsightly Barracks and their disabled residents. The facility housing a mix of physically and mentally handicapped  throughout the West Bank simply As the disabled Center. A we Are facing a lot of problems in establishing the offices for the palestinian authority a said Saab Ere Kat minister for municipal affairs in the 24-member self Rule authority. He said six ministries including Arafat a equivalent of the prime ministry could be housed in the building which Many consider one of the nicest in the sleepy Oasis that is becoming the capital of self Rule. A we have promised them to renovate their place and help them a Ere Kat said of the Barracks residents. A they will not be removed.�?�. He said the palestinians received a pledge of $500,000 from the Spanish government to Start building 50 new offices for the self Rule government in Jericho. Arafat who has yet to set the Date for his arrival is expected to bring up to 1,000 Plo bureaucrats with him in transferring his Tunis Tunisia Headquarters to Jericho. The loss of the new Structure comes As a severe blow to the residents of the three Barracks whose Asbestos roofs make them broiling hot in the 120-Dcgrce summer temperatures and cold in Winter. Residents live five to a room and there is not enough refrigeration space to keep meals on hand. For the past year and a half the main topic of conversation has been the new building rising less than 50 Yards away. One patient who could not walk would haul himself on his hands to look at it. European nations donated $1.5 million for the 26,000-Squarc-foot building which could have housed More than 100. Israeli planes attack shiites in Lebanon guerrilla bases blasted on islamic holy Day Nab Atiyeh Lebanon a israeli warplanes pounded iranian backed guerrilla bases sunday As shiite muslims marked the 7th-Century martyrdom of their most revered Saint with parades self flagellation and the slashing of their Heads with swords. Two fighter bombers fired six rockets on Hills around the Village of Melita in the i slim Al Tuffaha stronghold for shiite fundamentalists of Hezbollah or party of god police said. Israelis army confirmed the raid. It said the planes returned safely. Clouds of smoke billowed from a Litas a Vicinity As the planes struck releasing Scarlet heat balloons that deflected several surface to air missiles fired by guerrillas. No hits were observed. There was no immediate word on casualties from the four run raid at 11 20 . The raid was the fourth since june 2, when Israel mounted its most lethal air assault in Lebanon in a year. Up to 50 guerrilla recruits were killed and 200 wounded in that attack on a Hezbollah training base at Ein Kawkab East of the ancient town of Baalbek Israel has launched 20 airstrikes against lebanese based guerrillas this year. More than 59 people have been killed and 210 wounded by police count. Since the june 2 air raid tension has been running High in South Lebanon the Only Active Arab israeli War front. The raid prompted Hezbollah to vow a merciless  a subsequent standoff Between Hezbollah and Israel which rushed tanks and artillery reinforcements to its Northern Border with Lebanon was defused after intervention by the United states Iran and Syria Lebanon a main Power broker. Thunderous blasts caused by sunday s air attack Shook the Market town of Nab Atiyeh but did not interrupt mourning rituals by tens of thousands of shiites reenacting the death of the Prophet Mohammedi a grandson Hussein now the Symbol of martyrdom for the shiite sect. Hussein and 70 others including his infant son were killed by sunni Muslim forces of the umayyad dynasty after a prolonged siege in the Plain of Karbala in Southern Iraq in the year 680. Their martyrdom was one of the main events that led to islam a split into the sunni and shiite branches. Shiites Are the largest sect in Lebanon accounting for about 30 percent of the population but sunni muslims predominate in the Arab world. Thousands of shiites wearing White death gowns slashed their Heads with curved swords and beat their chests with Iron chains in extreme expressions of sorrow. Iranian backed guerrillas however refrained from such violent mourning in response to a Call from spiritual leaders. Blood poured from the shaven Heads of men and boys Many As Young As 8 months As procession leaders struck them with swords amid the shrieks of women covered head to toe in the traditional Black chador. By noon at least 21 boys had fainted according to police. Two men were treated for excessive bleeding they said Hezbollah guerrillas marked ashoura with parades around Nab Atiyeh Beirut and Baalbek but abstained from physical Abus in response to a Call by Iran a spiritual Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. His Call was echoed by Hezbollah clerics. Room to Vroom motorcyclists join More than 6,000 bikers from across Western Europe in a ride under Paris Eiffel Tower on saturday to protest european Union safety regulations for the vehicles. The directives limit motorcycle engines to 100 horsepower require riders to Wear reflective clothes and make certain roads off limits to bikers. Pope hardens View on family As key social unit Vatican City a the traditional family Structure is not just a Christian Ideal but the a natural rights of All religions and cultures Pope John Paul ii said sunday in his latest stroke toward drawing Sharp moral lines. The Pope has increasingly reinforced the need for strict Church guidelines and has spoken out against some political initiatives including a planned . Conference on population control. The pontiffs statements sunday expanded on a papal encyclical in october that asserted morality is not a matter of opinion and insisted that confusion about a moral certainties threatens the entire human race. A the marriage which is a stable Union Between a Man and a woman. That they open to the future generations is not Only a Christian value but is an original value a said the Pope in his weekly address to the crowd in St. Peters Square a to lose this truth is not just a problem for Only the Christian faithful but a danger for All  the Pope called the traditional family 1 r a a natural right that unites All people and All  he denounced the modern a a relativism that raises a doubts on the existence of an objective truth a and lashed out at a proposal by the european parliament that would allow homosexual couples to marry and adopt children. The pontiff has increasingly issued forceful statements intended to erase any ambiguity about Church teachings especially concerning birth control and abortion. In february he released a 100-Page letter on family values that made Clear the Church forbids same sex marriages