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American targets in the Netherlands warned
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) —A
high alert to guard against possible
Palestinian terrorist attacks was expand
ed Sunday to include U.S. diplomatic
and commercial offices in the
Netherlands, the Dutch Justice Ministry
said.
The access road to the front of the U.S.
Embassy in The Hague was blacked by
sand-filled dumpsters at each end Sun
day night, and police converged within
minutes to investigate the flash of a
photographer’s camera.
Police presence was increased at the
U.S. consulate in Amsterdam, and
police spokesman Klaas Wilting said
other U.S. facilities were being guarded.
The alert began Thursday in the
Netherlands and Scandinavia, when In
terpol. the international police organiza
tion. warned that Abu Nidal terrorist
commandos might strike at any time
against Jewish or Israeli targets.
‘There had been talk for a few days
that American targets could be en
dangered.” ministry spokeswoman Toos
Faber told The Associated Press on
Sunday.
“But this morning it became more
conclusive. There is an extension of the
targets.”
Dutch authorities warned privately
that the expanded alert made guarding
all potential American. Israeli and
Jewish targets “practically impossible."
Scandinavian officials said their alert
had not been expanded to include
American targets.
The U.S. government has blamed the
Abu Nidal faction, a dissident offshoot of
the Palestine Liberation Organization,
for Dec. 27 terrorist attacks that left 19
dead, including five Americans, at air
ports in Vienna and Rome.
Faber declined to disclose further
details of the Dutch response to the new
threat, in line with an official policy of
confidentiality on such matters.
A West German newspaper meanwhile
said Sunday that Libyan loader Gul.
Moammar Khadafy has ordered Palesti
nian gunmen to kill Foreign Minister
Hans-Dietrich Genschar.
The Hamburg-published Wild am Son
ntag quoted unidentified "members of
the (West German) government” as say
ing Bonn received a warning from an
Arab country that Genschar was in
danger.
A deputy spokesman for Genscher's
office refused to comment, but
acknowledged that security was tighten
ed recently around the Foreign Ministry
"because of certain indications."
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Black activist killed by rivals
JOHANNESBURG', South Afrit* (API
—The State Department * top African expert
toured Johannesburg** trash-ridden black
townships Sunday, hours after a black activist
who was to be one of his hosts was hacked to
death by political rivals.
Ample Mayisa, 56. was chased from hi#
home in Leandrs township 74 miles east of
Johannesburg and killed by about 10 blacks
ranging in age from 16 to 30 about two hours
after sundown Saturday, said his son, Joshua
Mayisa, and other Leandra residents.
On Sunday. Chester Crocker, assistant
secretary of state (or African affairs, arrived for
talks on independence for South-West Africa,
also known as Namibia, and on the civil war in
Angola, which is related to Namibian Issues.
Crocker was in Luanda, the Angolan capital,
on Friday.
He was tight-lipped while touring the rut
ted streets of KwaThema. Duduxa and
Katlehong. alums east of Johannesburg.
”1 am here to see and listen and com
municate. but not to make any prea* Mate
mim\ * * ^01^
Of Mayisa’a death, Crocker said only. “It
was terrible/*
In • separate development. Swiss banker
arid mediator Frit? Leutwiler. who is trying to
help resolve South Africa * economic crisis,
said after talks with President P W Botha that
he was confident reforms to help ease the ns
lion’s international debt problems were on the
way.
leutwiler was named intermediary in
September after South Africa unilaterally stop
ped paying back S14 billion of its $24 billion
foreign debt He reiterated Sunday that undo
ing apartheid was the key to restoring South
Africa’s credit rating
American ship boarded by Iranians ' v
WASHINGTON (AP) -Arm
ed Iranian navy sailors sear
ching for war goods bound for
Iraq on Sunday boarded an
American merchant ship sailing
in international waters just out
side the Persian Gulf, the State
Department said.
There were no injuries or loss
of property during the two-hour
search of the President Taylor,
the first U.S. flag ship to be
stopped by Iran, which has been
fighting a five-year war with
neighboring Iraq, said depart
men! spokesman Bruce
Ammerman.
After the search, the bulk
cargo ship owned by the
American President Unes, i.td,,
proceeded to the port of Fujaira,
located on the Gulf of Oman in
the United Arab Emirates. Am
merman said.
“Although this incident is
obviously of serious concern,
we have not yet met with the
ship's captain and ascertained
the full fads of the case.'-' Am- ’ ''
merman Mid. .' ' . * . V
The boarding party consisted
of seven Iranians who inspected
the ship's manifest'. said
Richard Tavrow. senior vice.
president and general counsel
’ of the Oakland. Calif -based
shipping company. . . • ' •*;'
Tavrow said the President
Taylor, a hulk cargo ship that''
usually carries grain between .
West Asian ports, was stopped
by a single Iranian navy, ship'
The ship, which normally has a‘ ’
crew of 40 to 45 seamen, was.
carrying bags of grain when ft
was stopped, he said
"We rt) certainly concerned
because we serve Fujaira and
we are a major U.S. line com
pany.” Tavrow said. "To that
extent we have to lie very con
cerned about anything” that in
terferes with shipping traffic, he
said.
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