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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, November 28, 1994

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 28, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 a s b Eit rabbi kill beit Hagai West bank1 a gunmen believed to be islamic militants opened fire on a car carrying jewish settlers in the West Bank on sunday. Officials said one israeli was killed and another wounded. More than 30 bullets were fired in the barrage according to Israel radio and the car went out of control and overturned. Reporters saw blood on the Windshield and upholstery inside the White Subaru which came to rest upside Down on the Side of the Road near a farm Field. At least four Bullet holes were visible including two Bullet Hole sin the Driver s Side window. Israeli sources said a car carrying at least two armed men opened fire As it overtook the israelis car about 11 an. The Driver of the settlers car 35-year-old Amio Lami was a rabbi from the nearby settlement of of Niel he was struck in the head by a Bullet and died after losing control of the car israeli sources said. In West Bank attack the wounded passenger identified As a 36-year-old policeman got out of the car and returned fire Israel radio and other sources said. He was picked up and driven to beit Hagai a settlement six Miles South of Hebron where he was transferred to Hadassah Hospi Tal in Jerusalem. A Hospital spokeswoman said he was wounded in the neck by one Bullet and grazed on the nose by another. Officials said islamic militants were suspected. Israel radio said an Anonymous Telephone caller speaking in hebrew said the attack was earned out by Izzedin Al Assam. The military Wing of Hamas which opposes peace Between Israel and the Palestine liberation organization. Islamic militants have carried out a series of anti israeli attacks that claimed 31 lives in the past two months. We will continue the attacks the caller added be fore hanging up. Soldiers searched farm Fields along the Road after the attack and reporters saw five palestinians being taken into custody. Unfortunately the army is thinning out forces in Stead of building them up said Aharon Shechner head of he regional settlers Council. He noted that two israelis were killed near the same area earlier this year. The West Bank settler s Council which Speaks Formant of the 120,000 settlers blamed the attack on prime minister Yitzhak Rabin s plans to expand pales Tinian autonomy in the West Bank and withdraw troops. This is a direct result of the prime minister s proposal for removing the army from City centers a statement from the Council said. If such events occur with the army present then what will happen when the army pulls outguess of Honor Munch As people watch at the sixth annual Monkey feast in lop Burl North of Bangkok Thailand on sunday. Tovin seeks Luck through monkeys bellies lop Buri Thailand a it was t quite Monkey see Monkey do in this thai town sunday. While dozens of wild primates took their places at Buffet tables in the sixth annual Monkey feast hundreds More refused to follow their Lead. They Hung Back and watched As their outgoing Peers made their Way past thousands of spectators to sit atop re tablecloths and Gorge themselves on trays piled High with everything from bananas and peanuts to Watermelon and cabbage. A baby Monkey climbed inside a pumpkin to claim it while munching on pineapple pieces. Fights broke out periodically Over boiled eggs and cucumbers. The local belief is that keeping the monkeys Happy brings Good Luck and those who did t join in the feast looked Well fed anyway. From their Home in a centuries old Stone Temple in the Center of lop Buri about 93 Miles North of Bangkok they simply stared Back at the people who turned out to watch them eat. But when the spectators began leaving to feast on their own free Buffet of chinese food and the crowds around the monkeys thinned Many of the Shyer Pri mates emerged from the Temple. The lop Buri inn sponsor of the feast accommodated even these late Comers by refilling trays throughout the Day from a Stock of More than 220 pounds of treats. I am Happy because the monkeys Are getting full said Priapi Nasiri Sura Chot 26. Thai people believe if the give something to somebody someday they will get something Back Siriporn so Boonying sales manager of the lop Buri inn said Hope for Good Fortune in addition to the Hope of attracting tourists was one of the main motivations behind the $40,000 event. Hanoi Hilton making Way for luxury High Rise hotel Hanoi Vietnam a a wrecking Crew began sunday to demolish the Wall surrounding one of Vietnam s most Noto rious landmarks the prison known to its former american inmates As the Hanoi  using sledgehammers and a Backhoe vietnamese workers Tore a truck sized Hole in the Wall of the Hoa to prison As the first step in Clearing the site for construction of a 22-Story luxury hotel. The prison s last residents Young Vietry namese convicts were transferred to an other facility earlier this year. But guard towers and coils of barbed wire still lining the yellow Walls Are grim reminders of the time spent there during the Vietnam War by . Prisoners most of them air Craft crewmen. Its demolition Marks the removal of Tirifie to f Hanoi s most visible reminders of the War which ended in 1975. Many vietnamese Are eager to replace the City s wartime relics with the modern trappings of economic development. Hoa to first earned its harsh reputation among vietnamese imprisoned there by the colonial French. American prisoners of War gave it the nickname Hanoi Hilton and . Vet Erans returning As tourists and business people still seek it out if Only to photo graph it. Gis reopen Jamel Haiti a accompanied by claps and cheers from hundreds of haitians standing in the hot Sun . Sol Diers opened a key Road blocked for nearly two weeks since tropical storm Gordon Tore through the Region. The 48-mile Road connects the South Ern town of Jac Mcl with the capital port a Prince. Repairing the Road was the latest project undertaken by service members deployed to Haiti in september to oversee the restoration of president Jean Ber Trand Aristide to office. The americans have fixed orphanages clinics and jails i addition to monitoring the activities of Haiti s once feared army. To the applause of Farmers Standin Barefoot on Muddy Hills . Ambassador William swing Cut a White tape stretching across a Dyrl and gravel Section of the Road that had been blocked by rocks mud and water from the storm. Just seeing the people saying than you swarming All around and getting Down on their Knees and praying grown men crying. I think that tells me Why we were sent Here said it. Kevin Gilson of Omaha neb. It s hard to imagine How bad things must have Bee before we got  since the peaceful occupation began sept. 19, the .-led multinational Force has supervised the departure of the coup Leader it. Gen Raoul Cedras along with the reorganization of the army and police and the recovery of about 13,000 weapons. Gunfire in port a Prince now is infrequent rather than nightly. Residents take strolls Well after dark and nightspots Are again Lively until after Midnight. Virgin islands City of for Shore leave Norfolk a. A the com Mander of the . Atlantic Fleet has lifted a ban on Navy ships visiting a . Virgin islands City where sailors were assaulted last year. Virgin islands officials have added police and plan other measures to show the Norfolk based Fleet that Charlotte amalie on St. Thomas is Safe for Shore leave. Adm. William j. Flanagan jr., flee commander said Friday that he would lift the ban on a trial basis. The ban started in october 1993 after sailors from the aircraft Carrier Saratoga were assaulted there six times in two Days. Four months earlier an officer from the guided missile Cruiser Yorktown was killed and two Yorktown sailors were beaten  
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