European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes thursday june 23, 1994six tourists four others Hurt in turkish bombing from wire reports. Fethiye Turkey a two explosions at a crowded outdoor teahouse in a Mediterranean coastal town injured 10 people including six foreign tourists the Anatolia news Agency said wednesday. T he Sipult an to u s exp Losi on s o ecu r re d at 10 50 . Tuesday. The bombs were left under a table Anatolia said. Four germans a briton and an austrian to arc among the injured the dispatch added. Local governor Cengiz Horozoglou quoted eyewitnesses As saying that the explosions occurred three minutes after three people came into the teahouse left packages and drove away Anatolia reported. Horozoglou said the injured were in stable condition _ there were no immediate claims of slows trains London a for a second wednesday in a Row railway signal workers called a 24-hour strike disrupting travel for thousands of commuters. The rail maritime and transport Union said most of its 3,800 members participated in the strike called Over a pay dispute. British rail said about 1000 trains 14,000 fewer than Normal were running on its 11,000-Milc network. Some lines on London a subway system had no service. But Tennis fans were Able to make it to Wimbledon after the London underground put its trains on British rail lines South of Central London. Additional bus services to the Tennis grounds were also running. The Union said it would Call another one Day strike next wednesday if the pay dispute was not gets new trial Vienna Austria a the supreme court has ordered the retrial of a convicted austrian Neo nazi on part of the original charges officials said tuesday. The new trial of Gottfried Kuessel was ordered because the jury received improper instruction they said Kussel 36, was sentenced to 10 years in Anson after a court lust september found him guilty of a variety of Neo nazi activities. Two counts related to Kucs cps founding of and leadership in an organization propagating Neo nazi views. Five other counts concerned interviews he Cave abroad in which he praised nazi dictator Adolf Hitler denied the extermination of jews in nazi Gas Chambers and called himself a a National socialist a part of the official name of the nazi party before Ana during world War 11,Irish can make a Toast Dublin Ireland a thousands of Irish soccer fans and bar owners heaved a sigh of Relief tuesday when striking Bur workers in Dublin ended their three Day walkout in time for Ireland a world cup match against Mexico on Friday. Dublin a streets were deserted saturday As the pub strike forced Irish soccer fans to stay at Home to watch Ireland s 1-0 Victory Over Italy in the world cup soccer tournament in the United states. The walkout Over pay and overtime rates for about 3,000 Dublin bar workers prevented thousands of Rish soccer fans from watching Ireland a opening Mutch in the capitals 650 pubs. A red Cross worker in Rwanda a capital carries a child who lost both legs in a mortar explosion. The girl was among patients being evacuated earlier this week from the red Cross Hospital in Kigali to a facility in rebel territory rwandan rebels let Loose major barrage on capital Kigali Rwanda a rebels launched an onslaught overnight in a push to seize the Center of the capital before the expected intervention of French peacekeeping forces within Days. Intense fire figuls were heard South North and cast of the government held Center of Kigali As the Sun Rose 12 hours after the barrage began. The offensive by the rebel rwandan patriotic front sounded awesome during the night with Long bursts of machine gun fire supported by mortar and artillery barrages under a nearly full Moon and skips clouded Only by gun smoke. Government gunners appeared to meet the Chal Inge in some areas. Shells fired from a nearby govern mint stronghold hit one of the rebels front line mortar trenches in East Kigali killing and wounding Many rebels. The rebel shells landed within 100 Yards of . Personnel journalists and refugees based in the nearly abandoned my Ridden hotel . Military observers patrolling North of the City tuesday reported seeing dozens of trucks travelling Down the main Road South from Bumba packed a standing room Only a with rebel soldiers . Observers believe the rebels face a severe Challenge in attaining the City Center despite their evidently better motivation and Clear military Success in taking Large parts of Rwanda since civil War reignited april 6. A everyone in the Middle of Kigali is armed to the Teeth a said a zimbabwean . Officer who patrolled the government held sector until a few Days ago. A they had Little to motivate them before. They could always Retreat. In Kigali there is no Retreat. This is a fight for the War flared after the presidents air plane crashed mysteriously while he was returning from a conference to solidify a tenuous peace Between the nations two main ethnic groups the huts and the minority Tutsi. Government trained Hutu militias have massacred As Many As 200,000 people mainly Tutsi or huts sympathetic to reconciliation. . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali has endorsed Frances plan to Send As Many As 1,000 troops to bolster the , contingent of Only 500 troops. But rebel officials say they would target French soldiers. French troops helped government forces thwart a 1990 rebel offensive. . Commanders in Kigali have struggled to maintain communications with both sides but the rebels Are increasingly hitter Over apparent , support for French intervention. The United nations called off a planned opening of Kigali a Airport wednesday after the rebels reversed themselves and said they could not guarantee the safety of planes flying in and out. Also wednesday 37 . Soldiers from Senegal Togo and Congo headed out of Kigali. The rebels had insisted on the evacuation of soldiers from the French allies and former catching up in n. Ireland killing by James f. Clarity new York times Belfast Northern Ireland a protestant paramilitary groups have gradually replaced the Irish Republican army As the prime killers in the 25 year old sectarian guerrilla War in this protestant dominated British province. British statistics show that since late 1991 the protestants of the Ulster Freedom fighters and the Ulster Volunteer Force have been killing More people in the War which has left 3,155 dead since 1969. Overall the Ira has killed More than half the victims. But the protestants Are catching up with the catholics. The police say that in the last 14 months they have brought 138 charges involving paramilitary actions against protestant groups and 83 against Catholic organizations mostly the Ira. On saturday the Ulster Volunteer Force shot to death six catholics including an 87-year-old, in a pub South of Belfast As they watched Ireland defeat Italy in a world cup soccer game. The deaths brought to 25 the number of people killed by protestant gunners this year. The Ira and another Republican group the Irish Natrona liberation army Are reported to have killed 17. Last year protestants killed 48, the statistics show and the Ira killed 38. British Security forces have not killed anyone this year nor did they in 1993. Experts on both sides said the reason for the surge in protestant violence is that an increasing number of protestants feel that Britain is preparing to abandon them. The protestants further think the British will agree with the Irish Republic to the Softli and with sinn fein the iras political Arm to have this province become a part of a United Ireland the experts said. Many protestants Point to the fact that Britain agreed to the Anglo Irish agreement of 1985, which gave Ireland a consultants role in the affairs of the province and the Downing Street declaration put Forward last december by the Irish and British governments. The declaration offers sinn fein a place at a negotiating table in return for a renunciation of Ira violence and a three month cessation of Ira attacks. The sinn fein president Gerry Adams said he would respond formally to the declaration in a week or so
