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But he was scheduled to go on trial in Frankfurt this week on the relatively mun- dane charges of possessing weapons and membership in a terrorist organization. He has insisted throughout that the bomb found in the Taunus trunk was intended for use against an Israeli target and is ex- pected to receive a relatively short jail sentence. Taking into account the time he has already spent in jail and re- mission for good behavior, he is expected to be free within a few years. Despite the apparent U.S. access to Mr. Khreesat — or at least to his handlers — Secretary of State James Baker is to launch an inter- national television advertis- ing campaign offering a reward of up to $4 million, provided by the State Department and the Ameri- can Airline Pilots Associ- ation, for information Minimum Deposit of $500 12MONTIICERTIFICATEOF DKr 8.000% 8.1431i Effecfive Annual Yield Compounded Quarterly. FIRST SECURITY SAVINGS BANK L - MAIN OFFICE 1760 lelegraph Rd. 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Secretary Baker re- portedly told President Hafez Assad during his re- cent visit to Damascus that Western intelligence had ex- tensive evidence linking the PFLP-GC to the Lockerbie disaster, and he asked the Syrian leader to expel the organization as a prelude to the restoration of diplomatic relations. Mr. Baker, however, was told that if there was any hard evidence linking any person or group in Syria with terrorist acts, they would be indicted. Lockerbie may ultimately prove to be yet another casualty of President Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. In light of the emerging new alliance bet- ween Damascus and Wash- ington over the Gulf crisis, it is unlikely that Mr. Baker will press the Syrian leader very hard on the issue. "When Syrian troops stand shoulder-to-shoulder with American soldiers," noted one observer, "the 270 victims of Lockerbie take se- cond place in the struggle for justice." ❑ I Sydney, Australia (JTA) — Australia's first war crimes trial, which was to have opened nearly two months ago, has been indefinitely postponed and, chances are, may never take place. High Court Justice Mary Gaudron ruled this week that a constitutional challenge to the War Crimes Act had "some prospects of success" and further pro- ceedings at this stage could prejudice the defendant's rights. The challenge was mounted by lawyers repre- senting accused Nazi war criminal Ivan Polyukhovich, the first person indicted under a recent statute that allows Australian courts to try war crimes suspects for offenses committed on for- eign soil. It will be heard later this year. If successful. the government will have to consider other options, in- cluding extradition. Mr. Polyukhovich, 74, has been charged with 25 counts of murder during World War II and with being knowingly concerned with the deaths of 850 other people, including no fewer than 533 Jews in the Nazi-occupied Ukraine. He was found with a self- inflicted bullet wound in his chest on a street in Adelaide, South Australia, on the night of July 29. His trial, scheduled to begin the following day, was postpon- ed to Aug. 27. It was put off again pen- ding a decision on the con- stitutionality of the war crimes law. Judge Gaudron ruled that the charges should not be considered until the larger legal issues were resolved.