Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Rushdie asks help to get off hit list Date: Thu, 29 Oct 92 14:38:17 EST Message-ID: \SE A;TOP OF THE NEWS;WORLD \HD Rushdie asks help to get off hit list \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS \DT BONN BONN - Salman Rushdie, the British writer forced into hiding after Iran ordered his death in 1989, appealed to the German government yesterday to use its economic influence with Tehran on his behalf. "Germany, clearly at the moment, is the key in many ways to this campaign," Rushdie told reporters. "Because there is this very large economic involvement, that gives Germany more power in Iran, more influence in Iran than any other country." Germany is Iran's largest Western trading partner, with exports totaling around $2 billion. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM