Iraq urged to free Americans
country, and insisted on his right
to visit them in prison m th«?
meantime.
The men am "absolutely inno
cent," Polish diplomat Ryszard
Krystosik asserted in an exclu
sive interview with Assix iated
Press Television. Poland rwpre
sents the United States in deal
ings with the Iraqi government
Krystosik said Ins office "will
spare no effort to have their
release. We request their release
to be immediate."
Iraq was silent Sunday on the
eight-year prison senteni es
imposed on the two men, but
Iraqi media carried n barrage of
criticism of the United States
One Iraqi newspaper blasted
what it called American "cow
boy" foreign policy, and the
deputy prime minister rejected a
U.S -hacked proposal to permit
Iraq to sell more oil to generate
revenues to fix'd its people.
U S officials fear that Iraq
may view the Americans ns bar
gaining chips in its campaign to
end crippling U.N economic
sanctions.
The United States insists the
issues are separate, and officials
have said they are working hard
to gam the men'* release
"We've made very dear that
there's no justification for the
senteni es thnt were imposed cm
these two t hese were innix »nt
mistakes that were involved
here. White House Chief of
Staff lawn i’nnetta said on NBC's
Meet thr /Yess
David Daliberti, at, of Jack
sonville. Florida, and William
Bartoon. t'i. of New Hampton,
Imva, were detained by iracp
polic e on March 1 t after cross
ing the border from Kuwait
Western offic ials say the men,
employees of defense contrac
tors in Kuwait, were trying to
visit a friend in the U N forc e
that monitors the frontier
Bar loon's wife. Linda, also
called on Irac) to release the
men.
Mrs Barloon. .17. said their
three c hildren — Bill. I I. Brian,
11. and Bec ky, nine ''ques
tion why their father is being
held ns a criminal" when his
detention was the result of n
series of mistakes
Before Saturday's i ourt dec i
sion. Iraqi officials had linked
the Americans' detention to the
severe hardships fm ing Iraq's 1H
million people because of the
U N sane lions, which liar Hugh
dad from selling oil. its is onom
n: mainstay.
The United States and Britain
have bloc ked efforts to lift the
sanctions, insisting Iraq must
firs! comply fully with all l' N
S«e untv Council resolutions,
including dismantling it*
weapons programs
Deputy I'rimr Minister Tariq
A/i/ on Sunday rvi»n ted a navs
US.-hacked proposal which
would allow Iraq to soil $4 bil
lion worth of ml annually Iraq
would t»< permitted to spend
half th» money on food and
medic mi*, but 30 percent would
he earmarked for w ar repara
tions to Kuwait and 20 pen ent
for U N humanitarian work
with Iraqi Kurds
"This new American project
is nothing but it maneuver to
deceive international opinion
and prolong the embargo." A/iz
said in a statement, the offii lal
Iraqi News Agency reported
t he Babil newspaper, pub
lished by Iraqi leader Saddam
Hussein's eldest son Odai. on
Sunday blasted what it termed a
U.S foreign policy "based on
the insight of a cowboy looking
out for his own narrow inter
eats."
It repeated Iraq's contention
that America wants to prevent
Iraq from selling oil as tong ns
possible so that U S allies such
ns Saudi Arabia and Kuwait can
market more of their own.
Iraq insists it has complied
with resolutions laid down in
the 1‘t'll Gulf War cease fire,
and therefore the sanctions
should In* lifter!
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JUNE 19—AUGUST 11,1995
Police in Japan seek
bomber’s identity
TOKYO (API - Polic
returned Sunday to the main
compound of a secretive
doomsday cull, this time offl
(dally looking for evidence
linking the group to a deadly
nerve gas attiu k on the < TOVvd
nd Tokyo subway
Hundreds of polu e armed
with a warrant sjxx dying they
were investigating murders
searched laboratories and stor
age areas for nine hours, sei/
ing pajiers and chemicals
When polii e explored the
main compound of the Aum
Shinri Kvo, or "Supremo
Truth." last Wednesday, they
wore gas masks and other pro
It* live clothing, but said they
were looking for evident e in
unrelated kidnapping cases
Sunday 's raid w as offh in I
ly linked to the investigation
of the March .!(( attar k on the
morning rush-hour subway.
whit h killed to people and
left 5.000 others with svmp
toms such its seizures and
temporary blindness
At tfte compound in snows
hamikttishiki. |x>iit <• removed
cardboard boxes and loaded
drums of chemicals onto
trot ks
Masahiro Termi. head of the
Tokyo Metropolitan Polit e
investigation bureau, said
jHilit e seized several hundred
t ontniners of medicines, dot
uments and books
Hut .1 pul it o offlt i 11 who
spoke on < ondition of
anonymity, said some t.ooo
officers find been looking f‘,r
evident e that laltonitorv fat il
ilies and t fieniltals them did
or t ould produce lethal sarin
gas, which was used in the
subway attacks He said the
s>'iin h would i ontinue Mon
day
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