News Digest Edited by Diana Johnson
Soviets release airport
KABUL, Afghanistan - So
viet soldiers Sunday handed ov6r
their last and most dangerous
outpost as they prepared to re
turn home and leave the Afghan
army to defend the capital
against Moslem guerrillas.
The Soviet-backed Afghan
government renewed its offer to
negotiate with the guerrillas.
A Soviet Foreign Ministry
spokesman said the remaining
300 Soviet soldiers in Kabul
would leave Tuesday, weather
permitting.. »
The departure would be a day
ahead of the deadline set by a
U.N.-sponsored accord to end
nine years of Soviet intervention
in Afghanistan.
The last soldiers were guard
ing the Kabul airport while the
Soviets completed a food airlift
to the capital, which the guerril
las are expected to besiege when
k the Red Army is gone.
A U.N. airlift of food, medi
> cine and blankets was suspended
Sunday after Ethiopia jtofled out
OF the program, officials said.
An Ethiopian airliner made
one flight to Kabul, unloaded 32
tons ofwheat and then refused to
return to the city, said Sadruddin
Aga Khan, coordinator of the
U.N. Office of Economic and
Humanitarian Assistance to
Afghanistan.
“I’m not able to say if or
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when the next flight will be,”
Aga Khan said at a news confer
ence in Islamabad, Pakistan.
During a heavy snowstorm
Sunday, Soviet troops turned
over their last outpost, on the
edge of Kabul airport
Afghan soldiers raised their
nation’s red, blacl
flag, and Soviet
troops cheered as the changeover
was completed.
The Afghans arrived with lug
gage, blankets and other per
sonal belongings as well as auto
matic rifles and rocket-propelled
grenades.
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link to the outside world, has #
been a frequent target of guer
rilla rocket attacks It has not
been hit in more than a month.
The guerrillas have been
fighting the government in a
civil war that began in 1978
when the communists seized
power in a coup.
Some insurgent leaders oper
ate from Pakistan. On Saturday,
Afghan President Najfb accused
Pakistan of massing troops along
the border to invade and then
annex. Afghanistan.
Pakistan Prime Minister Be
nazir Bhutto on Sunday dis
missed the allegation, saying her
nation had enough problems of
its own without “foreign adven
tures.”
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Chief Justice delays North trial
WASHINGTON - The chief jus
tice on Sunday delayed the Iran
Contra trial of Oliver North, re
sponding to Justice Department fears
that the fired White House aide will
pour out secrets in the courtroom that
are damaging to national security.
Chief Justice William H.
Rehnquist ordered “that the trial
proceedings in United States versus
Oliver L. North... be stayed ’ ’ pend
ing consideration by the full Su
preme Court on Friday.
The court will consider Attorney
General Dick Thornburgh’s request
for a stay of the trial so that the
Justice Department can seek a court
order imposing more stringent con
trols on classified material North
wants to use at trial.
The judge in the North case, U.S.
District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell,
rejected the Justice Department’s
request for such an order on Wednes
day.
Friday is the day the Supreme
Court had scheduled its first regular
business meeting since its winter
break.
Rehnquist’s administrative stay
came as government sources said the
Justice Department was working
with prosecutors in an effort to reach
a compromise that would allow the
trial to proceed without delay.
Discussions under way Sunday
afternoon involved a possible com
promise, with the Justice Department
narrowing its objections to the
planned release by North of classified
material at his trial, said the sources,
speaking on condition of anonymity.
The Justice Department last
Wednesday detailed broad objec
tions to many categories of classified
material that North plans to introduce
at his trial, saying the judge in the
case has imposed far too few safe
guards to protect national security.
The sources declined to discuss
any details of the ongoing discussions
over a possible compromise.
Since last Thursday, the Justice
Department has been trying to delay
the trial, while independent counsel
Lawrence Walsh, whose office is
prosecuting North, wants opening
arguments to begin immediately.
A jury was seated in the case
Thursday, and Geselltold the panel to
return Monday moiping.
The department on Saturday went
to the Supreme Court in an attempt to
delay the trial and the special prose
cutor’s office quickly filed counter
arguments.
It was not immediately clear what
impact Rehnquist’s order would have
on the pace of those discussions, or
even whether they would continue
now that the high court has agreed to
consider the issues raised.
The possibility of a compromise
by the Justice Department came up
Saturday when a government source,
speaking on condition of anonyrpity,
said the department wanted to try to
work with Walsh’s office to resolve
differences which surfaced Wednes
day.
The source said there would be a
two-prong approach, with the at
tempt at cooperation taking place at
the same time the department worked
on preparing an affidavit to the court
from Attorney General Dick Thorn
burgh that would in effect bar disclo
sure of certain classified material
North plans to use on the grounds that
it would harm national security.
Depending on the scope of the
affidavit, such a drastic step could
lead to dismissal of some or all of the
12 criminal charges against North,
because he would be barred from
using classified material that he
planned to use in an attempt to prove
his innocence.
Five killed in protest or book
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Police
fired on hundreds of protesters Sun
day who stormed a U.S. government
office to demand the. United States
ban a novel they consider offensive to
Moslems. At least five people died
and 65 were injured, doctors said.
Police repeatedly fired semi-auto
matic weapons, rifles and shotguns at
charging protesters who yelled
“American dogs!” and hurled rocks
and bricks during three hours of
fierce clashes.
The rioting erupted when more
than 2,000 fundamentalists tried to
march to the U.S. Information Center
to demand the United States ban
“Satanic Verses,” a novel by Sal
man Rushdie.
In Kennebunkport, Maine, where
President Bush was spending the
weekend, White House spokesman
Marlin Fitzwater said U.S. officials
were monitoring the Islamabad situ
ation closely. Fitzwater said the na
tional security adviser, Brent
Scowcrofl, telephoned Bush early
Sunday to tell him of the riot.
“God is great!” protesters
screamed as they smashed windows
and started fires after driving off
scores of police.
They tore down the American flag
at the center and danced in delight as
it was burned, along with effigies
representing the Indian-born Rushdie
and the United States. 4 ‘ Hang Salman
Rushdie,” one man yelled.
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