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additional digitization or W1th any questions regarding access at special.collections@unlv.edu. 4A/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tuesday, May 19, 1987 Attack- The secretary said one Exocet missile was launched from 12 miles away, giving the Stark 60 to SO seconds to respond with its. ^defensive weapons. '! But Weinberger noted that the fissile defenses were not used and added, ?╟úWe do not know why. The most likely explanation, it iseems to me, is that there was no Reason to believe an Iraqi plane would attack.?╟Ñ s- i On the Senate floor, meanwhile, [Minority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan., said, "we need to rethink exactly what it is we are doing in| the Persian Gulf. What are our; goals? What is our strategy? What are the risks? And how much cost are we willing to pay??╟Ñ ?? But the first need, he said, is {?╟úto find out why this ship ?╟÷ {equipped with some of our most ?╟≤modem and effective defensive ?╟≤weaponry ?╟÷ was not able to, or {just did not, use any of it to defend itself.?╟Ñ J Dole?╟╓s Democratic counterpart, ^Majority Leader Robert Byrd of {West Virginia, questioned why [the Stark had no air cover ?√ß and said an agreement should be struck with Saudia Arabia, which has advanced fighters provided by [the United States, to provide air support fo* U.S. Navy ships operating in the Persian Gulf. I. Moreover, he said, such an ?╟╓agreement would seem to be called for before the Senate approves subsequent aircraft sales to Saudi Arabia. | Meanwhile, presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the United States has reached ^general agreement?╟Ñ with Kuwait bn a plan tp protect Kuwaiti tankers operating in the gulf by allowing them to fly the U.S, flag. I ?╟úWe see no reason to change those plans at this point,?╟Ñ Fitzwater said. Appearing earlier on ABC-TV?╟╓s ?╟úGood Morning America,?╟Ñ Weinberger said it was impossible to prejudge why the ship?╟╓s captain did not respond to the attack. ^KpOBK.-,. NfA. KbI 1 __ ____ '?√ß , ______ Associated Press LIMPS TO PORT - The frigate USS Stark, with forward of the bridge, limps toward the port of damage from an Iraqi missile seen near the hull Bahrain on Monday. He also disputed an explanation by the Iraqi ambassador to the United States, Nizar Hamdoon, that Iraqi warplanes had targeted a suspected Iranian ship 20 miles from the Stark. ?╟úI think he was aiming at that ship,?╟Ñ Weinberger said. ?╟úI think the real situation is he did not know it was an American ship. And that?╟╓s why, as I?╟╓ve called it, it was a ghastly error on his part.?╟Ñ Iraqi warplanes hit another ship 40 to 60 miles away from the Stark earlier in the day and missed another one in roughly that same area, Weinberger said. The Pentagon said Monday that most of the sailors Who died had been trapped by intense fire in one compartment. As a result of the Iraqi missile attack, President Reagan upgraded the alert status and warned both Iran and Iraq their jets will be shot down if they threaten other U.$, ships. Reagan?╟╓s response was coupled with a demand that Iraqi president Saddam Hussein?╟╓s government immediately explain, apologize and compensate the victims?╟╓ families and the U.S. Navy. Hussein, in a letter to Reagan delivered to the State Department on Monday, expressed ?╟údeepest regret over the painful incident.?╟Ñ Commenting on the letter, Fitzwater said tqday: ?╟úTheir ambassador character- ized it as ah apology and we accept it on that basis. However,-it does not deal with the compensation issue, so we?╟╓d like to hear from them on that. And I think we probably have yet to hear from them about, an explanation of what happened.?╟Ñ The White House and Pentagon said the attack was inadvertent and unexplained It was the first attack on a.U.S, warship in the gulf since U.S. ships began operating in the area in 1949, and the deadliest attack on shipping of the seven-year-old Iran-Iraq war. The war has posed a constant threat to commerce in the oil-rich gulf. Nevada delegation reviews Iraq missile attack By David Koenig Beview-Journal Washington Bureau < WASHINGTON - Americans, should brace for more attacks' such as the missile attack QMliir' USS Stark, said Sen, R-Nev,, Monday. ' Sen. Harry Reid, U-Nev., said American ships in the Persian Gulf should be better armed. | "This jgpas a perfect exam?·lq pf pending our men into a war : without adequate .defenses;?╟Ñ said titeid. ?╟≤ m Reid said the Stark, a frigate, is tbo lightly armed to patrol a war and called for deploying more anti-aircraft equipment and' personhel in the gulf, : Reid said he believes the attack Was accidental; Iraqi and Ameri-' can officials have portrayed it as a .Case of mistaken [identity. But, -Raid said, Iraq should pay repara-fTii?╟╓i ifr'Ai Sm United States for the men and equipment lost in the attack. .. .Rep. dfe1 Bilbray, D-]S[evv. said that ?╟úsince it is the first incident, yob?╟╓ve got to takef the Iraqis at fate: value, I think- we can over-ilddk?╟╓thb first iheideht. Everything , seems to indicate it was an aeci-5 debt,?╟╓*!? 01 ?√ß Bilbray said he would feel differently ?╟úif they had said, ?╟ It?╟╓s our right to do fit,?╟╓ of That?╟╓s just tough.?╟╓ ?╟Ñ . Hecht, however, said the attack should not be dismissed as an ac- cident. ?╟úIf this was an accident, then we should be' pffepared for a lot more accidents,?╟Ñ said Hecht. Hecht added fie was not swayed by the argument that Iraqi pilots would not knowingly fire at an military vessel in the Persian Gulf, pheje Iraq and Iran have waged war for more than six years. Hecht said he isn?╟╓t sure wheth-er American ships should be in the gulf, ?╟úbut we need the ofl^?╟╓ He Called for a stronger U.S. domestic energy policy to cut . dependence oil'Mideast oil. Reidi however, said he agrees with using American ships to patrol the gulf. Rep. Barbara Vucanovich, R-Nev., was skeptical the attack was an accident. : s From what I understand their' plane overflew our ship twice and still let the missile go,?╟Ñ she said. ?╟úI can?╟╓t see how they would mistake the ship for1 something else. Ahd I can?╟╓t understand why we didn?╟╓t respond.?╟Ñ ;. < Vucanovich .said the attack should not lead, to a U.S. pullout frpm the gulf. ?╟úWe have to keep that place open,?╟Ñ she said, ?╟úWe?╟╓re very dependent on that part of the world for our supplies of oil until we can open more of our own resources.?╟Ñ Pilot uses motorized hang glider to fly to West Germany Associated Press RODING, West Germany ?╟÷; In a daring flight to freedom in the West, a Czechoslovak man in a motorized hang glider eluded two ' military jets and flew over his Communist nation?╟╓s tyorder to West Germany, police said today. The glider pilot entered West German airspace Monday night just before the jets,could intercept him and he landed the homemade aircraft in the Bavarian Forest, not far from the frontier, a Bavarian police officer said. The pilot, a 39-year-old engineer, has applied for political asylum in West Germany, the police officer said. He said the pilot, who was not identified, secretly built the glider at his home and planned his escape for years. The police officer, speaking .qn condition of anonymity, said the engineer took off at dusk Monday from the Czechoslovak town of Do-mazlice, about 10 miles from the Bavarian border. Two military jets -spotted the glider as it was nearing the rural boundary area at Folmava and raced after it *in an effort to pret vent the escape, the police officer said. But the pilot flew over the border seconds later and the two jets pulled up without entering West German airspace, the officer said. The pilot flew a total of 30 miles in one hour and landed just outside Roding at 8:30 p.m. after running out of gas, the police officer said. Roding is about 125 miles northeast of Munich and about 18 miles from the Czechoslovak border. The officer said the pifot told. Bavarian authorities- ' fled Czechoslovakia because he ?╟úgenerally was dissatisfied with the Communist system,?╟Ñ ; For the past two decades, West Germany has not sent back any refugees to the Communist East bloc, even if they have not been officially granted politicalcasylum. From 1A ^counted that on his wedding day Came publicly known. ?· 1985, North pressed $1000 in 1 Testifying under oath With lim- jraveler s checks on him. I said I ited immunity, Gwen said he deliv- iidn?╟╓t feel comfortable about tak- ?╟≤ ered about $30,000 in traveler?╟╓s ing this, Owen said, but he added * checks to as many as 10 Nicara- phat North insisted. guan rebel leaders while serving as _Qwen testified that North courier between; North and ter- |pjanne<j ^ airdrop of weapons us-: 1111 i. , ., j , - j ling a plane that delivered medical 11111 aself-descnbed footsol- ^ .^ to ^ Contras under the of the State Department. tion, said North kept a c^efol ledr ^ ^ flid office ger of the transfer of funds. Bu|, Owen said he did not know whaf When logistical problems devel-; became of the books. oped after the medical supplies The boyish-looking Owen al# were dropped, Owen called CIA* said that he believed the money f<l agents in the region and Col, the traveler?╟╓s checks originate James Steele, head of the U.S. mil-with Contra leader Adolfo Caleifc itary assistance group in El Salva- . who provided it to North. It w?½ dor, to contact North in Washing-?╟úContra money going from oife ton in the hope that he could leader to another,?╟Ñ Owen said, t- resolve the problems. The plans fell, turning to the witness chair afte^a through when one Contra faction11 four-day break in the joint Hoiie- refused to make available weapons?╟╓ ; Senate hearings. .)] for another. Owen also itestified about seykal . . . . ^11 other events while he served as The session began with a deck, | courier between North andfcie from House attorney John ; Contra leaders. / Nielda that retired Air Force Maj. f He said?╟╓ ' t Gen. Richard V. Secord had not | Wmm 1985, North sent hii to yet informed the committee I Costa Rica toinvestigate the /ossi- whether he would sign a waiver ; bility of constructing an airs/ip as giving investigators access to all part of the Secret resupply/ffort. foreign bank records in which he ; Owen testified that a CIAjkgent, has an interest, whom he did hot name, tok. him Responding to a question by > to see a Costa Rican offkhl and Sen. Warren Rudman, R-N.H., g then accompanied him to he site Nields ^ mid Secord has not yet ?╟≤ where the airstrip was placed. produced for the committee any of I m-Be made a tap to N^ York the $8 left fyom the dunng a bank holiday, nd was an^ suppiy effort, told to go to a comer Chisse mar- , ?╟╓ , , , 1 ket, where he identified itself by T* do ,not h?╟úve the waiverand a code word. The man he met we do not have the money,?╟Ñ Nields [ rolled up his pant leg ad pulled ! out a wad of $100 bills, Oen said. Seco1:^ who testified two weeks I He counted them ad found a8??> ^ would respond to the ; 1,500, which he brougb back to Secord in Washington. ?╜ ?╟÷On another trip to Jew York, he went to an official ft an unnamed bank, who handd him an envelope that apparentljwas filled with cash. Owen said B was not asked to sign a receipt fq the envelope. ?╟÷He never profitedpersonally from the affair, exce)t for the $2,500-a-month stipes/ the Contras paid him plus excises. But he Letternan From 1A committees?╟╓ request for the waiver within a short time. He also said the $8 million remains in bank accounts controlled by his business partner, Albert Hakim. OWen was expected to spend the entire day in the witness chair, fo be followed on Wednesday by Contra leader Calero. The Nicaraguan leader is expected to say his forces accepted money from foreign donors when Congress banned U.S. ?╟╓ assistance. . ;ly transforms copfoaches . into lovely tarantulas.?╟Ñ j. A special tote boad tracked the ?╟úLate Night?╟Ñ staffs;aming losses ?╟÷ which increased iom $1,500 to $6,610 during the ourse of the hourlong taping. f j . Not that the hos shares such bum luck. As he reuinded the au- dience Monday, he recently won $800,000 playing keno ?╟÷ and a 2,000-licre>anch .playing roulette. 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