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Show ee RS Ee PP he OS eh Grae hE eee The Salt Lake Tribune NATION/WORLD Friday, June1995 2, Al3 US.: Turkey Committed Violations THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Turkish troops committed human-rights violations with the help of U.S. military equipment in a campaign against separatist rebels, the State Department said Thursday Summarizing the report, department spokeswomanChristine Shellysaid it was “highlylikely” that the equipment was used “in supportof the evacuation and/or destruction of villages in southeastern Turkey.” Shenoted that Turkeyfaces “a major threat to its sovereignty andterritorial integrity” from the The i eiWho Aren't Thrilled By Our Sofas are The Ones Who Paid More Somewhere Else, separatist Kurdistan Workers i Harnik/The Associated Press Jewish settlers on the Golan Heights burntires in protest Thursday of Negotiations with Syria, which wants the residents’ full withdrawal from the area it lost to Israel in the 1967 war. Svria Wants More Than Talk From Israel By Issam Hamza REUTER NEWSSERVICE with Israel on the extent of withdrawal from the Golan, captured by Israel during the 1967 Middle East War. “But as for Syria ourposition is well-known and clear. Syria is firmly committed andwill never cede DAMASCUS, Syria — President Hafez Assad said Thursday that a framework agreement between Syria andIsrael on future security arrangementsfor the Golan Heights was a step forward that needed to be implemented on the ground. “Whatwas reachedis a reference that would help achieveprogress, if there is any progress. It is a step which needs other efforts to implementit on the ground,” Assad said. Speaking to reporters after nearly six hours of talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Assad also said Syria would neveraccept anything less than Israel’s full withdrawalto the pre-war June 4, 1967, borderlines. He also said there was no needat present to upgrade the level of peace talks with Israel, held at ambassadoriallevel. TheSyrian leaderalsocriticized the United States for vetoing a United Nations resolution last month that called on Israelto cancelits confiscation of Arab lands in East Jerusalem The President said there was no agreement yet the June 4, 1967, line. Everybody knowsthat Syria could never accept anything less,” Assad said. Syria's peace talks with Israel, held sporadically since 1991, are stalled over the scopeand timing of withdrawal from the Golan, security arrangements and the nature of peace. Mubarakarrived in Damascus unexpectedly earlier Thursday. Heleft for Cairo after the talks with Assad. The Egyptian leader arrived as Syria's state-controlled press warned thatIsraeli intransigence may be jeopardizing the peace process “Those keen on peacein the region fear that Israeli rulers might once again miss the current opportunity for peace bycontinuing to evade commitmentto the pledges which would allow the wheels of the Party, which the Clinton administration describesas a terrorist organization. The report was mandated by Congress after allegations of rights abuses by the Turkish military. Congress also ordered 10 percent of Turkey's military aid of $364.5 million withheld, pending release of the report In the meantime. however, Turkeysaid it would not accept conditioned aid and refused to accept the 10 percent even if the Congress gave the greenlight forit. Shelly said the report concludes there is no evidencethat verifies reports of torture or “mystery killings” involving U.S. equipment. The study does not deal with Turkey’s dispatch of CONTEMPORARYSTYLE SOFA LOVESEAT...'369” Sku#2270780 troops into northern Iraq to at- tack bases used by Kurdish rebels to carry out raids inside Turkey. Given Turkey’s role as a secular COUNTRYSTYLE SOFA Islamic democracy in a region marked by turmoil, the administration has been eager to maintain close ties with Ankara, a longtime ally. Shelly said the administration does not believe that the report peace train to move forward,” said Turkey Saqr, will alter in any way the basic nature of the U.S. relationship with editor of the official daily al-Baath. Turkey LOVESEAT...°469" Sku#2398214 Black Protester’s Son Arrested In Burning of Alabama School THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The sonof a black protest leader was arrested Thursday on charges of burning downa high school where a white principal's stand against mixed-race dating had caused monthsofracial turmoil Christopher Lynn Johnson, 25, of Ashland was charged with setting the Aug. 6 fire at Randolph County High School in Wedowee. Before the blaze, Johnson's father, Emmett, had helped form a “Freedom School” for black students boycotting classes. He also formed a group he called the Black Panther Militia, saying it wasforself-defense. A federal grand jury indicted the younger Johnson on charges of arson and possessing a destruc- tive device — a paperbag containing kerosene-soaked matchbooks and soil. He could get up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine U.S. Attorney Redding Pitt would not say whatled investigators to Johnson, a worker at a chicken-processing plant. 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