Monday, November 10, 1 OSS/The Battalion/Page 5 ,S539j .$928.oia/on Aquino warned ‘“self-appointed messiahs” in the niil- ii(ary on Sunday that she will call ople into the streets if needed to lefend her rule. It was hei strongest statement yet ^ 'on persistent coup rumors and came Bill ing a televised speech on the eve .'of her f our-day visit to Japan. ■ Aquino said she oidered the mili tary to “repel any attacks against our Hnits or centers of government as ■ell as any threat to the security of lour people” while she is gone. ■ Gen. Fidel V. Ramos, the chief of ;!staf’f, put the military on maximum ■ert. Guards increased security at rthe Defense Ministry and at armed ^forces headquarters at suburban f amp Aguinaldo. The Muniht Chronicle newspaper |f|ieanwhile said a threat continued prom of ficers linked to Defense Min uter Juan Ponce Enrile who were ■isenchanted with Aquino’s govern- hient and its peace policy toward lommunist rebels. Bayan, an umbrella organization of labor, professional and other groups, on Sunday threatened a na tionwide general strike if a coup oc curs. Bayan claims 1 million mem bers and led street protests against President Ferdinand E. Marcos be fore a military-civilian revolt ousted Marcos in February and he fled into Hawaiian exile. At a downtown rally Sunday at tended by about 15,()()() government supporters. Aquino’s brother-in-law, Agapito Aquino, called for diligence against any attempted takeover of state radio and television by the president’s foes. In her speech, at a dentists’ con vention, Aquino, 53, vowed to spare no means to defend “my contract with my people and my commitment to God.” She promised to prevent the de struction of the armed forces by “a few misguided elements” and said a soldier’s duty was to “fight the ene mies of government and not fight the very government it is ordained to serve.” “If it should be necessary, I shall once more ask you to take to the streets,” she said, alluding to the popular revolt that overthrew Mar cos. Coup rumors grew last week with publication in Business Day newspa per of a reported plan, code-named “God Save The Queen,” to take over the government, dump “inept and left-leaning” ministers and keep Aquino as a figurehead. “These rumors, fueled by a few self-appointed messiahs, are an in sult to the integrity of the majority of the new armed forces of the Phil ippines,” Aquino said in her speech. “I shall oppose any attempt from any quarter to dictate to my govern ment.” Philippine newspapers credited Ramos with heading off the coup. But the Manila Chronicle said the threat would persist until Aquino toughens her stand against the com munists and fires several ministers. fie: inir.f ss pa' Missing Israeli under arrest JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel revealed Sunday that Mordechai Vanunu, a former nuclear techni cian who allegedly leaked state atomic secrets, is in detention and will he tried. But it denied that se cret agents kidnapped Vanunu in England to bring him to justice. The brief government com- muique ended weeks of specu lation about Vanunu’s wherea bouts. He disappeared in London nearly six weeks ago, after the Sunday limes of London pub- j | lished photographs and informa tion he reportedly supplied an Is raeli nuclear weapons plant. A senior government official said the 32-year-old Israeli could be tried for treason, a crime pun ishable by death. The official spoke on condition of anonymity. The communique, read to re- | porters by Cabinet secretary F.lya- kim Rubinstein, appeared de signed to prevent damage to Israel’s ties with Britain and ease pressure on the government from the news media and Parlia ment. But it left many questions unanswered, including how or when Vanunu got from London to Israel. The statement said, “All ru mors as if he was kidnapped on British soil are baseless.” In London, the Observer news paper reported Sunday that then- Prime Minister Shimon Peres called Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain Sept. 23 to warn her that Mossad, Israel’s in telligence agency, planned to kid nap Vanunu and request that British security agents not inter fere. Thatcher told Parliament on Friday that neither she nor any members of her staff had been in contact with Israeli officials about Vanunu. Khomeini, 86, says Iran’s revolution won’t die with him NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Aya tollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s ail ing, 86-year-old spiritual leader, said Sunday his death would not end the country’s Islamic revolution. He ap parently was trying to defuse a power struggle within the clergy-led regime. “Our enemies must understand that the Islamic Republic . . . has been stabilized and is not dependent on any person, but on the people and the armed forces,” Khomeini said in a speech to military men at his residence in Jamaran, north of Tehran. The speech was carried by Tehran radio and was monitored in Nicosia. Widespread reports said Kho meini, who had a heart attack in 1980, recently suffered one or two more attacks. Rumors that he is in declining health are common, but this time people in power seem to be taking the reports seriously. The reports come at a time when academic, diplomatic and business sources say a struggle for survival is under way in Iran’s leadership, nearly eight years after uprisings inspired by Khomeini ended the reign of the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. “Every day there are rumors . . . that so-and-so is on his deathbed,” Khomeini said. “So let it be. “Of course, death comes to every one, and to me too. They (Iran’s enemies) should not rejoice. “ This is something that happens and you will see that, God willing, the Islamic Republic will remain, whether or not I stay.” The struggle for power in Iran is not a simple aff air between right and left or moderates and hard-liners. Numerous groups are involved, and some switch sides f requently. Ahmad Madam, who was defense minister in the early days of the rev olution and now lives in exile in Pa ris, said of the groups, “They say one thing in the morning and another thing in the evening.” Iran specialists say at least two hardline groups of clergymen are pitted against each other, each claiming to speak for Islam and the revolution. The hard-liners include such un compromising figures as Seyyed Mo hammad Musavi Khoeiniha, 45, who was in charge of militants who occu pied the U.S. Embassy in Tehran for. 444 days in, 1979-86 and held 52 Americans hostage. Other hard-liners are Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, head of the Assembly of Experts which rules on appoint ments to government posts, and Khomeini’s son, Ahmad. Safa Ffaeri, a Paris-based Iranian journalist, said,“Ahmad is very am bitious and feels intimidated by his father, who has reduced him to a secretary.” There are reports that Ahmad, with the help of such hard line friends as Information Minister M o h a m m ad Mohammadi Reyshahri, arranged for the arrest of rival hard-liner Mehdi Hashemi, an aide to Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Khomeini’s designated successor and trusted friend. One Iranian official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it may have been announced last week that former U.S. National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane secretly visited Tehran. The U.S. government has not confirmed or denied the visit, which reports linked to efforts to free American hostages in Lebanon. Gold Chains! Perfect gifts for Christmas at a full range of prices, sizes and styles. 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