European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 09, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday november 9, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 11 Ikea chief attended meetings in 4qs Stockholm Sweden a the founder of Ikea the worldwide Home furnishing retailer said monday that he attended nazi meetings in the 1940s because he admired the group s anti communist is a part of my life that i bitterly regret Ingvar Kamprad 68, said in a statement issued i response to an investigation published monday by the Stockholm daily Kamprad said he attended meetings led by the swedish rightist per Engdahl Between 1945 and 1948 because he admired and shared eng Dahl s fanatical anti communist Engdahl has since been identified As one of Sweden s leading pro nazi activists of the period. At first i got in touch with a pair of nazi fied organizations and perhaps i even became member i have forgotten Kamprad said. However after a couple meetings in pure nazi style i , now one of Sweden s richest men said he was at the time a naive Young Man driven by a fascination with his own German heritage. Kamprad s family immigrated to Sweden Iii the 19th Century. Canadian private in Soma Han teen s red Petawawa Ontario a a Canadian Soldier has been acquitted of charges stemming from the beat ing death of a somalian youth during the . Humanitarian Mission in the african country. Put. David Brocklebank 26, was one of seven Ca Nadian soldiers charged in the lulling of Scidane Arone 16. Brocklebank served with the Canadian air borne regt in Somalia during 1993. Two soldiers have been convicted in the Case. Another Soldier master Cpl. Clayton matches was found unfit to stand trial because of injuries suffered in a suicide attempt. Arone was captured while trying to sneak into a com Pound adjacent to the Canadian Camp near Belet Huert. He died March 16,1993, while in custody. Brocklebank was court Martiale on charges of Tor Ture and negligent performance. The five member panel of senior officers reached its decision monday after three Days of deliberations. Brocklebank s family cheered after the verdict was announced and Brocklebank sporting a huge Grin received his Maroon Beret Back. He was expected to re turn to his Job Nicosia Cyprus a two pow Erful bombs exploded in Tehran s crowded Southern neighbourhoods killing at least two people in the third such at tack this year reports said tuesday. A Brief dispatch by the official islamic Republic news Agency said the blasts of i erred monday night killing three people and wounding scores of others. A later Dis Patch however quoted an unidentified Security official As saying the explosions killed two people and injured no one. At least three people were killed and 16 others wounded in two separate explosions one in january and another in april ". / -.-. /. " in the first report 1rna quoted wit Nesses As saying a bomb planted inside a trash can killed two people in a parked Carin Tehran s Fada Yian Eslam neighbourhood. It said the second bomb went off at the chit nazi intersection one of the City s most crowded killing a passer by. The reports were monitored in Cyprus. Iran a nation of 60 million people has been riddled by unrest for the past two years As economic conditions have failed to improve Ever since its 1980-88 War with Iraq. Riots have occurred in nearly Ever major City along with bombings and at tempted bombings of shiite Muslim ,/.--. Because of the unrest parliament last week passed a Bill allowing Security forces to fire on demonstrators without fear of prosecution if protesters Are killed. In a statement tuesday the Mujahed evidence in the trial showed that Brocklebank never touched the prisoner but handed Over his service pistol when ordered to do so by matches. The weapon was then put to the somalian youth s head. Testimony also showed that Brocklebank was present while matches kicked and beat Arone with a wooden riot Baton a Metal pipe and his fists. After the verdict Brocklebank said he was shocked when military police first told him that he was under suspicion for murder and torture. At the end of the police interview Felt i d go everything off my Chest about what matches had done he said what matches had done was / ./.v. Or. " Brocklebank s. Attorney argued that the private was t in charge of Arone and that he was at the bunk or Only because matches had ordered him there. The two soldiers convicted in the Case Are pvt. Elvin Kyle Brown who is serving a five Yea sentence for manslaughter. And sgt. Mark Boland who pleaded guilty to negligent performance of Tufty and received a 90-Day sen tence. -. / ills at a eds 2 Deen Khaliq an Iraq based opposition group blamed the iranian government for the explosions saying authorities were trying to set the stage for further missile attacks on the group. Over the weekend iranian Force launched a missile attack on major Muja Hedeen bases inside Iraq the group said. The government maintains that there is an organized movement to counter president Hashemi a Sfanjani s Campaign to rein in inflation which unofficial estimates put at More than 60 percent. -. K -.-. Proforma exercise equipment demonstration army & air Force Exchange serv be
