Bonn says Libyan plant may produce chemical weapons
West Germany fears a Rabta Libyan plant could manufacture chemical weapons with possible German company involvement. Chancellor Kohl was not told of U.S. suspicions until Oct 1988, after details reached Bonn, amid disclosures from Information Services and later investigations of Frankfurt and Hamburg firms.
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UPI
Libya
Wolfgang Schaeuble
Helmut Kohl
Kohl
U.S
United States
Iton
Schaeuble
Foreign Ministry
BND
IBI
Imhausen- Chemie
Frankfurt
Pen Tsae
Hamburg
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Police allow Czechs to rally in Wenceslas Square
In Prague thousands organized a peaceful rally marking Palach's memory as police largely stayed away after days of clashes with riot police. About 5 000 gathered and 1 500 formed a chanting group while the rest dispersed peacefully, signaling a “small victory” for free association despite calls for Havel.
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Czechoslovakia
UPI
Wenceslas Square
Jan Palach
Charles Square
Vaclav Havel
Right of Free Association
Ivo Bosak
Vienna
Gadhafi warns US strike on Rabta plant would echo Hiroshima
Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi told Libyan TV the Rabta facility near Tripoli, accused by Washington of chemical weapon production, would be like bombing Hiroshima. He challenged the US to strike the plant, saying Arab unity and aggression would be defeated and that Libya has no carrier aircraft to confront American forces.
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London
Muammar Gadhafi
U.S
Tripoli
Washington
Hiroshima
Gaddafi
Central Council of the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions
United States
British Broadcasting Corp
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