Word: diestel
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...unification campaign follows the arrests of 10 R.A.F. operatives in East Germany in June. Three were released on legal technicalities, but six have been handed over to West German authorities, and one is in an East German prison. At a press conference in East Berlin, Interior Minister Peter-Michael Diestel confirmed that well- known terrorists like the notorious Carlos (real name: Ilyich Ramirez Sanchez) and Abu Daoud, a leader of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, were frequent visitors to East Germany under the ousted regime of Erich Honecker...
Libyan terrorists were not the only ones welcome. East German Interior Minister Peter-Michael Diestel charged last week that the infamous "Carlos," who was responsible for the 1975 attack on the OPEC ministers in Vienna, was a frequent visitor. Diestel believes he has enough evidence to bring a case soon against former East German leader Erich Honecker for aiding the terrorists...
Treason charges against Honecker were dropped last March. Nonetheless, the ousted leader, who is receiving treatment for kidney cancer at a Soviet hospital in East Germany, is still under investigation for corruption and abuse of power. Late last month new potential charges surfaced: East German Interior Minister Peter-Michael Diestel announced that Honecker had given safe haven to Red Army Faction terrorists. Honecker and a few senior officials may eventually stand trial, but the vast majority of party members seem unlikely to suffer much. For example, Diestel has hired back, as an act of "Christian charity," 12,000 former State...
...arrest of nine suspected members of the notorious Red Army Faction. All were caught in East Germany. Last week the trail reached all the way to former Communist Party boss Erich Honecker, who is accused of personally giving safe haven to the terrorists. East German Interior Minister Peter-Michael Diestel said that Honecker and former Minister of State Security Erich Mielke knew exactly how the now disbanded ministry had provided R.A.F. members with false papers, jobs and protection...
...Diestel said that harboring terrorists was Honecker's "personal hobby." The former East German leader, recovering from cancer surgery, issued a stout denial of all the charges, insisting that East Germany "did its share" to combat terrorism...