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Show World Thursday, September 27, 1990 The Dailv nrald. Provo, Utah u mm, i L 'A wra.. x. "7 i T. " ..... . m iwM mmm Soviet defense chief denies plans military attempt coup - mi mm PJ MOSCOW (AP) Coup fears fueled by reports of troop movements and of secret plans for a military takeover had become too acute for the Soviet defense minister to take them sitting down. So Marshal Dmitri Yazov went before Parliament and insisted that the army would not take matters into its own hands. V "No army should use arms against its own people," he said w ' X jr.. til. - ! '',1 ' V" 1 A. t, W '.j.-- -- T" J .Ifi'ilJ.nH.H AP Lascrphoto Leftist students burn a giant American flag near the U.S. Embassy today in Manila to protest U.S. bases in the Philippines. The protest was apparently unrelated to bombings of U.S. firms. Wednesday in a speech slated for national broadcast later. Yazov's comments followed two weeks of reports in liberal newspapers and accusations by politicians that the military is plotting to overthrow the government, which faces growing political and economic crises. Such rumors have circulated spo- President radically throughout Mikhail S. Gorbachev's 5'i-yerule, fueled in part by his supposed ar alienation of the military brass because of his moves to cut troops and the defense budget and use of soldiers to restore order in restive republics. Such theorists hold that the milifed up with soaring crime, tary growing shortages and ethnic unrest would ally itself with the KGB and orthodox Communist Party apparatus and move against Gorbachev. Only recently have newspapers such as Komsomolskaya Pravda, Literaturnaya Gazeta and Moscow News freed from strict official supervision begun examining the possibility of a military overthrow. The reports have spoken of paratroopers dressed in combat gear, bulletproof vests and helmets arriving at a military airfield near Moscow. Some have even reported that the military leadership already has a concrete plan to take - control, Embroiled in confusion, protest and economic hard times, the Soviet public has leaned toward believing the rumors, even though the Soviet Union has never had a region-by-regio- military coup. The latest publication, prompting Yazov's appearance before the Supreme Soviet, was in Komsomolskaya Pravda, a youth newspaper, on Wednesday. It spoke of alleged military plans to move against democratic forces plotting to take over strategic points such as power stations, television offices and railway terminals. Troops from Ryazan and Tula were reportedly put in a state of combat readiness. The article ended by asking readers: "Who by design, out of fear or guided by dangerous political ambitions issued the order to 'take measures?' Bombs hit U.S. firms in Philippines MANILA, Philippines (AP) -Bexploded early today at two U.S. drug firms, and another device was defused at a local branch of a U.S. bank in the sixth attack on an American firm within 24 hours, police said. There was no claim of responsibility and no injuries in the predawn blasts, which followed explosions and attempted bombings ombs targeting American, Japanese and Hong Kong business interests. Police believe the attacks have been carried out by military extremists seeking to topple President Corazon Aquino by frightening away foreign investors and embarrassing the gov ernment abroad. U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Piatt said he discussed the attacks today with Defense Secre- tary Fidel Ramos and urged American firms to "hang in there and be careful." Share prices plunged today to a low on The Manila Stock Exchange because of investor fears of more instability. In the first incident today, police defused a small bomb after witnesses saw two men hurl a packet into the compound of the Boston Bank of the Philippines in suburban Kalookan. Police said the bomb contained 10 sticks of dynamite and C-plastic explosives, which are is 4 sued to the armed forces and not generally available from commercial sources here. About a half hour later, two joggers threw a bomb at the headquarters of the Squibb drug firm in suburban Makati. The bomb exploded inside the compound but caused only minor damage, police said. Minutes later, witnesses said two joggers also threw a device at the headquarters of another American drug firm Wyeth Suaco Laboratories. It also caused little damage. Police said the two bombs at the drug firm also contained dynamite and 04. Mohawk standoff ends in brawl - An OKA, Quebec (AP) standoff over Mohawk tribal lands and sovereignty ended in a brawl as warriors lay down their weapons and left a detoxification center but resisted when soldiers tried to arrest them. About 400 Mohawks who live on a nearby reservation watched Wednesday night's clash on television, grabbed baseball bats, lead pipes and rocks and attacked troops guarding a bridge that links their community with Montreal. soldier suffered facial injuries in Mercier Bridge incident, which ended after soldiers trained rifles on the protesters, threatening to shoot. Only minor injuries were report- ed in the earlier brawl at Oka, .which began after some of the A Embargo felt but stuff still gets to Iraqis - The Cyprus (AP) U.N. economic embargo has not kept Iraq from receiving food and supplies by truck 'from Jordan, jetliner from South America, via smugglers from Syria and Iran, and even by mule from Turkey. The embargo has halted virtually all of Iraq's oil exports and drastically reduced cargo shipments to ,the country, but supplies are slipping in thanks to sympathetic governments, pro-Iragroups and opportunistic smugglers. ; "There are a lot of ways for an innovative shipper to avoid a blockade, and as the price goes up, they become more innovative," said Xapt. Paul Prokop, commander of U.S. Coast Guard teams enforcing the embargo in the Persian Gulf. ; A convoy of trucks loaded with ;food left Jordan for Iraq on Monday to raucous cheers in one of the "more defiant gestures flouting the lembargo. Western officials believe Libya, ; Sudan and Yemen are also sending NICOSIA, ld , qi "food. Most aircraft flying to Iraq would have to cross Jordanian airspace, possibly filing bogus flight 'plans for Jordan, then continuing to Iraq. border with Iran has a Iraq and is believed to be allowing food across overland routes. Officially, Iran says it supports 3the U.N. embargo. On Monday, it announced the arrest of 29 people for smuggling rice, flour, dates, oil and other foodstuffs into Iraq. ; But Tehran. Baghdad's foe in an ight-yewar than ended in 1988, shares Iraq's opposition to the U.S. military presence in toe gulf, and there is heated internal debate over whether to help Iraq beat the sanctions. ; 730-mi- le ar : Iranian newspapers have sug- gested that Tehran send "humanitarian shipments" of food and medicine, and there have been reports that Iran has struck a deal with Iraq to trade refined oil for food. Baghdad residents say food appearing recently in markets in the Iraqi capital has come from neighboring Iran. . more than 50 militants who had been holed up for a month at the drug and alcohol treatment center tried to push past troops. . The warriors at the Indian settlement 18 miles west of Montreal had agreed to end the standoff peacefully but after leaving the center many tried to evade soldiers and pass through barbed-wir- e barricades. Brawls broke out when soldiers some with fixed bayonets seized warriors and women and children accompanying them. Some Mohawks had small children in their arms and were knocked to the ground, witnesses said. Police arrested six Mohawks outside army lines on unspecified charges and a seventh for obstructing officers. Three Warriors were arrested and placed in provincial police custody. At least 50 Mohawks were in army custody late Wednesday and some could face charges later in connection with a prolonged power struggle that amounted to a series of sporadic clashes. The standoff began July 11 when police tried to storm an Indian barricade outside Oka and a Quebec provincial police officer was killed. Blame has not been fixed in the officer's death. GROUP The barricade, put up by Indians opposed to the planned extension of a golf course onto what they claim as tribal land, was dismantled by troops last month. That's when the warriors retreated to the treatment center. 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