European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes world 1 monday september 11, 1995 Navy official insists . Gulf patrol Legal aboard the new Orleans apr a top . Navy commander on saturday rejected iranian claims that the buildup of american forces in the persian Gulf had destabilized the Region a a we re in the International water. We re Here on a Mission of deterrence a said capt. Richard b. Ormsbee commander of the Navy a amphibious squads Ron seven. Ormsbee spoke to journalists aboard the amphibious assault ship new Orleans which sailed with its three support vessels into the United Arab emirates port of Jebel Ali on thursday for maintenance work following joint exercises with jordanian forces last month. Ormsbee said there was no basis for Iran a repeated claims that the . Presence in the Gulf is illegal. Tehran has maintained that the Security of the Gulf should be safeguarded Only by regional countries. A a there a no Law of the sea or Legal concept that i know of that will make it Ille Gal for the United states Navy to be in the Gulf a Ormsbee said. The chief of Iran a judiciary Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi said in Tehran on Friday that . Forces were creating a insecurity and anxiety in the Region a and had no right to be there. On saturday iranian president Hashemi a Sfanjani in separate meetings m Tehran with the syrian and turkish foreign ministers reiterated that safeguard ing peace and stability in the persian Gulf was the responsibility of regional states. A a a a. A a a a the . Military presence in the Gulf a More than 20,000 troops and 43 Navy ships a is the largest concentration of american Power in the Region since the 1991 persian Gulf War that liberated Kuwait from iraqi occupation. The United states augmented forces in the Gulf following claims by a top iraqi defector last month that Baghdad had planned to attack Kuwait and saudi Arabia. A a a a a v a a 20 killed in colombian plane crash Bogota Colombia apr a twin propeller plane on a Domestic flight crashed saturday in bad weather in the Jungles of Southern Colombia killing 20 people. One passenger survived. The Spanish made Casa-300 was owned by the state airline Satena and was flying from Villavicencio 45 Miles South of Bogota to la Macarena 130 Miles South of Villavicencio. It crashed near la Macarena. The cause of the crash Wasny to immediately known although rain and fog Are common in the area. A civil aviation inspector Jaime May Orga originally said All 21 people aboard the plane were killed but the civil aviation authority later said one passenger Pedro Gaitan survived. Gaitan who lost his 9-year-old son in the crash was flown to a military Hospital in Bogota where he was listed in critical condition. Russian lawmaker Yevgenia Tishko Skaya grapples with Vladimir a Mirinovsky on saturday during an emergency session of parliament. A Mirinovsky is Duma s bad boy Moscow apr russian lawmakers convened saturday spoiling for. A fight. They got one Courtesy of Ultra nationalist bad boy Vladimir a Mirinovsky. At  a command one of his Radical colleagues ripped a heavy Silver Crucifix from the neck of lawmaker Gleb Yakunin a defrocked russian orthodox priest who continues to Wear clerical garb. Lawmaker Yevgenia Tishko Skaya came to Yakunin a defense and a Mirinovsky waded into the fray. When Tishko Skaya punched a Mirinovsky in the stomach he grabbed her by the Throat then punched her in the  Duma the lower House of parliament went on to adopt an angry statement attacking nato for bombing the bosnian serbs. The volatile a Mirinovsky known for his violent and extremist rhetoric has been involved in several fights in the Duma . A a  a a a a a a a a a a he once punched a Deputy from St. Petersburg in a dispute Over who would go first in the lunch line. Another time he beat up a defector from his party and then threatened to tear another lawmakers Beard out a hair by  his aggression has not been confined to the Duma. Last summer a Mirinovsky broke into the office of a regional governor a clean Cut Young reformer rifled through his files and threatened to have his staff shot. Gov. Boris Nemtsov Wasny to there at the time. But he when he did come face to face with a Mirinovsky in june on a to talk show a Mirinovsky threw a Glass of Orange juice in his face. As 6.5% apr 11 sept. 30 sept. 1995 finance Center Federal credit Union has reserved $1,000,000 for a special car Sale to members approved Between 11 sept. And 30 sept. 1995 when $1,000,000 is gone the special runs out. So Call or fax us today for More information at one of our Branch locations some restrictions May apply. You must be a member or eligible for membership to participate. A Quot was it mum a 433-Nw c r e d i to u n i o n