European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes world Friday june 24, 1994irgn accused of staging fatal bombing at Tomb from wire reports Washington a Iran a government staged mondays fatal bombing at the holy City of Mashhad an opposition spokesman charged. The Tehran government carried out the attack in a desperate move to divert attention from the. Country a Domestic crisis and Lay the groundwork for military and terrorist strikes against an opposition movement said the spokesman Alireza Jafarzadeh. Dissident Leader Massoud Raja i based in the Iran Iraq Border Region is challenging the government to allow a an International delegation to investigate this horrible crime in which 26 people died and 70 were wounded Jafarzadeh said. That would be a the Only Way to get to the Bottom of this tragedy and to prevent the regime from profiting from this crime for which the government and resistance Camps Are blaming each other Jafarzadeh said at a news conference called by the Washington office of Iran a National Council of resistance. The opposition organization said it has Learned from sources within the government that Iran a supreme National Security Council launched the plan to bomb the mausoleum of Imam Reza in Mashhad at a meeting about 10 Days to be converted Moscow some of russians strategic intercontinental ballistic missiles will be converted into launch rockets for space satellites when their military usefulness expires an army general said thursday. It. Gen. Yuri Zhuravlyova a commander in the strategic missile Force told the itar Tass news Agency that a after serving their appointed term in the military a some ss-25 missiles will be reconfigured for space launches Fiyo Isaiac prove profitable for Russia and its economically Zhuravlyova said converting the missiles could strapped space program. He said Russia already has signed multimillion Dollar contracts with South Africa and other countries for launching communications s wife pans Media Moscow a Alexander Solzhenitsyn s wife has criticized the russian Media for belittling the importance of the Nobel laureates return to his native land after 20 years of exile in the West Natalia Solzhenitsyn speaking at a round table conference in Moscow said russian television and radio produced Only insignificant sound bites a totally inadequate with what really happens in the since touching Down former prison comp Center of Magadan in the russian far East on May 31, Solzhenitsyn has been making his Way to Moscow by train stopping along the Way. He is currently in Krasnoyarsk in Central policy attacked Canberra Australia a the head of australians top veterans group has criticized the government for letting Gays stay in uniform and giving women More Active military roles. Retired maj. Gen. Digger James National president of the returned and services league said thursday that the decisions were ill conceived a it is simply dishonest to pretend there will not be sexual tensions when you have men and women living together in closed confines of a capsule like a submarine a James said in a speech lie also warned that Gays relationships would affect discipline and increase the spread of aids dad kills self after test Salonika Greece a a 36-year-old father of two committed suicide in this Northern port after receiving a false positive result on an aids test newspapers reported thursday. The Man who was not identified drank a Strong insecticide earlier this week after taking an aids test. Newspapers reported that police found the Many a body inside his car which was parked in an Industrial Park. Police said they found pictures of his children next to a suicide note which explained that he could not live with the stigma of aids. But police reported that a coroners examination of the body found that the Man did not have aids or the aids virus. According to newspapers police Are conducting an investigation to determine w hich Hospital or doctor wrongly diagnosed the Man. German found guilty Over Auschwitz lie Bonn Germany ap1 a a Leader of Germany a Radical right has been convicted in a retrial of insulting jews by saying the holocaust is a lie. The Mannheim state courts verdict against Gunter Deckert is a big morale boost for frustrated Justice officials who have been doing Battle with Neo nazis for nearly four years. On wednesday judge Wolfgang Muller gave Dick cart a on year suspended sentence and fined him 10,000 Marks $6,369the same penalty imposed on Deckert by the same court in november 1992. The first ruling was overturned three months ago by the Federal appeals court which said More proof was needed that Deckert intended to slander jews by insisting that the nazis did no to kill 6 million jews. The Contention is called the a Auschwitz lie a and it is propagated by Neo nazis across Europe and in the United states jewish groups in the United states and Germany were enraged by the appeals courts action. During the new trial prosecutors delved More deeply into Deckert a background and extremist thoughts to ensure a conviction. The Case grew out of a november 1991 rally by his National democratic party of Germany a xenophobic group with about 5,000 members. At the rally Deckert translated a speech by Ameri Israel tries to end syrian deadlock Jerusalem apr Israel has offered new proposals to Syria to try to break a five month deadlock in peace negotiations the foreign minister said thursday. Foreign minister Shimon Peres gave few specifics but told israeli radio that the offer included a Security peace and in Exchange for peace Syria wants a full withdrawal from the Golan Heights which Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast War. Israel wants a staged pullback after its Security has been guaranteed and diplomatic ties Are established. Israel has made a several interesting proposals to the syrians and if there is a response on its part there could be a breakthrough in negotiations a Peres told jewish fund raisers. On israeli radio he urged Syria to agree to direct High level talks rather than working Only through . Mediation. He called for secret contacts a away from the Eye of the the daily Dediot Ahrnot and Israel radio reported that . Secretary of state Warren Christopher would return to the Mideast beginning july 10 for another attempt at getting an israeli syrian agreement. Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin who warned wednesday that War could erupt in three to seven years with Syria unless there is a peace agreement told army radio on thursday morning that Israel was ready to a make painful compromises a to gain peace he assailed right Wing leaders who have asserted that Arab nations a no longer have a military options and recalled the 1973 Mideast War which took Israel by Surprise. Benjamin Netanyahu head of the opposition right Wing liked party accused Rabin of surrendering a the prime minister is putting a gun to the head of israelis and saying a if we done to give in to the syrians there will be War.0. My Deckert understands that when he denies the systematic mass murder of jews during the nazi dictatorship he is insulting jews prosecutor Heiko Klein can extremist Fred Leuchter that said the holocaust is a lie Deckert also told the crowd that he agrees with Leuchter a Massachusetts Man wanted by German police. Leuchter makes equipment used to carry out death penalty executions in the United states. German investigators have been watching Deckert for years. Prosecutor Heiko Klein told the Mannheim court that a Deckert is an enemy of the Federal Constitution who has proven his Affinity to nazi thoughts a a Deckert understands that when he denies the systematic mass murder of jews during the nazi dictatorship he is insulting jews a Klein said. Muller said Deckert and his kind a fan the flames of anti semitism in Germany. Deckert was convicted of inciting racial hatred defaming jews and disparaging the memory of those who died in the holocaust Deckert told the court he a stands by everything he said about the to Gaza palestinian tourists from the West Bank Cool of at the Beach in Gaza City earlier this week. Tourism to Gaza has boomed since the Israel Plo agreement was sighed granting palestinians autonomy in Gaza and the West Bank town of Jericho. Opponent Calls for Kohl s defeat Halle Germany apr social Democrat Standard bearer Rudolf Scharping his chances of unseating Helmut Kohl in the october elections looking grim tried to rally a demoralized party wednesday with a combative speech. Stressing the opposition party a traditional role As protector of the Downtrodden Scharping attacked Kohl As a heartless politician interested Only in retaining Power. A at the end of the German Economy a allegedly longest and strongest recovery period we have the highest unemployment the highest National deficit the largest tax increase and a country that doubts its politicians a Scharping declared. 1 he conservatives have fostered moral pessimism a he said in an 85-minute speech to 500 delegates in an ice Arena in the Eastern City of Halle. The delegates gave final endorsement to his candidacy with 95 percent backing in a secret ballot. Scharping portrayed Kohl who was heckled in Hatle on monday As out of touch with the people. The social democrats have an Uphill struggle ahead. Scharping is no longer even the preferred Choice of his party a rank and file to Challenge Kohl in oct. 16 parliamentary elections polls show. Scharping 46, contends he can make Germany More economically competitive and environmentally responsible and create jobs without forcing painful sacrifice onto the worlds most expensive work Force
