European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday. December 22, 1985 10,000 soviets have died in afghan War . Says Washington a the soviet Union has lost 10,000 men and suffered 20.000 other casualties in six years of warfare in Afghanistan the state department said Friday. In a report the department said the soviets had taken a greater direct role in the fighting and together with their ally the afghan government have lost More than 800 aircraft 200 of them in 1985. But Arnold Raphol. A department official who briefed reporters said inc rebels were incapable of defeating the estimated 118.000 soviet troops in Afghanistan. He said negotiations being held under . Auspices offered the Best Hope for a military withdrawal. I think we see the votes at the United nations and we see the standing of the soviet Union in the islamic world because of what they re doing in Afghanistan said a Phil a Deputy assistant Secretary of state. That s what has an effect on the soviet apart from si5 million in Relief Aid approved by con Gress the official refused to say wha the United slates May be doing to assist the rebels. Obviously i m not going to get into what anyone May or May not be doing in terms of Covert assistance inside Afghanistan Raphol said. Recent reports from the country indicated Tho rebels were belter armed than in the past. Raphol said they also had achieved a greater degree of political Unity. The official said the soviets meanwhile had strength ened their troops with improved firepower and added 3.000 to 5.000 men Over he year. Another arc poised on soviet territory across the Northern Border a Phil said. He described the military situation As a stalemate but said it represented a considerable Success for the rebels. Raphel said the main goal of . Policy is withdrawal of the soviet troops. Indirect negotiations Between Afghanistan and Pakistan which has taken in 2 million to 3 million refugees arc being conducted through the United nations. The talks recessed thursday and will resume in tale february or Early March. Raphel dismissed reports that the discussions involved a possible timetable for soviet withdrawal. However the . Official said it is our Hope the soviet Union is beginning to realize the Only Way out of this is a negotiated you re Welcome to use your imagination hat Well known mouse is opening his arms in a heart Aeme nuer v Elcore to what Well n s nol France s Disneyland yet but it will be. The held where he Farmer is working w ill his tractor will be part of a 247 acre Park 12 Miles East of Paris. France has won the Competition Mih Spain for he huge amusement Complex which will open in 1990 or 199lvthe Park will be get to from Paris and nearby airports. . Drug Barons May lose profits London a prime minister Margaret Thatcher s conservative government is proposing sweeping legis lation aimed at stripping drug traffickers of their illegal fortunes. Under the drug trafficking offences Bill details of which were published Friday police and customs officials could apply to a judge for an order requiring disclosure of financial dealings of drug Barons. The police would gain Access to a suspect s Bank accounts and information held by tax officials and other government departments. Once criminal proceedings have begun the prosecution would be Able to apply to a judge for an order freezing any of the defendant s assets which might be seized under a confiscation order imposed on conviction. A Central feature of the proposed Law is a provision requiring courts to impose a confiscation order on people convicted of drug trafficking depriving them of the total value of the proceeds of their crime. At a news conference Friday David Mellor a minister at the Home office which is in charge of Legal matters said the proposed Law would be intentionally hard hitting he said drug traffickers deserve no sympathy because they show none to others. This attack on their profits will be a major deterrent to their involvement in the Trade and will be an important Clement in the government s Overall strategy in combating drug misuse he said. The government plans to introduce the Bill in parliament in the new year and expects it to become Law by late summer. Romania amends its Laws to encourage Large families Bucharest Romania a the politburo has raised a special tax on families with no children and Finan Cial benefits to Large families in an Effort to increase the birthrate inc state run a epics news Agency reported. A cares said without elaboration that the politburo the executive body of the ruling communist party also decided to strengthen the responsibility of doctors and Public health staff members. Concerned about declining birthrates the regime has introduced a series of decrees since the Spring of 1983, including a financial penalty of about 300 Lei $27 a month for childless families. The average Moehly salary is about 3,000 Lei $270. Gynaecologists reportedly already arc empowered to con duct regular examinations of women during their pregnancy to make sure they do not have illegal abortions. Teen age japanese girl leaps from building after shoplifting Tokyo a a 14-year-old girl jumped from the top of a four Story building in a Tokyo suburb after she was caught stealing comic books police said. The girl whose name was withheld because she was a minor jumped from the top of a school in Funabashi City where she was taking English lessons according to Shunsuke Shinohara spokesman for the Chiba prefectural police. The second year student at a municipal Junior High school was rushed to the Hospital where she died Shino Hara said. Police believe that she killed herself in repentance after fleeing from the Bookstore owner who caught her shoplift ing he added. Suicides by students have become frequent in Japan. Last car 178 girls and 394 boys under the age of 20 killed themselves Over troubles with school Home and social life according to National police Agency figures. Cosmonaut declared recovered from illness that aborted Mission Moscow up cosmonaut Vladimir Vasutin has recovered from a mysterious illness that forced his return to Earth last month and he is expected to be Home in time fur the new year Holiday a spokesman said. Fellow cosmonaut Viktor saving Khz who spent six months in space has overcome the effects of Long term weightlessness and also will return Home soon the space Center official said. Their return was the first time in the history of space flight that a Mission was aborted for illness. At the time of their return nov. 21. Doctors said Vasutin suffered from an inflammation they did not elaborate. Overpopulation causing mice in Golan to commit suicide Tel Aviv. Israel a scientists say hundreds of mice Are committing suicide Ivy jumping off Cliffs in the Dolan Heights in an instinctive reaction to overpopulation. About 150 dead mice were counted at the Bottom of one Golan Cliff according to Scroham Kantman. A nature expert at the pcs Hal Field school near the Israel Syria order Kantman told reporters he also saw groups of rodents walking off Cliffs in other Golan locations. He said there probably was not sufficient food and Liv ing space for the estimated 250 million mice of the Golan. The mice population in the Golan has dropped notice ably in recent months much to the Delight of area farm ers the daily a idiot Ahrnot reported. However the area s owl population which survives on a Large food Supply of rodents May suffer. Amateur play becomes too real when actor is accidentally killed Constance Germany up a Christmas Amateur theater thriller entitled poacher shoots Hunter ended in death when the title came True on the stage in front of a horrified audience police in a .1 uni 01 Norrie the 25-year-old toolmaker playing the Hunter died de spite Hospital surgery and a 42-year-old member of the audience was slightly wounded in the forearm when the poacher fired a Hunting Rifle during the performance. Inc play was staged by an Amateur theatrical group at factory at Wingen near Constance on the Swiss for police said the poacher borrowed the Rifle from a Friend to add a touch of reality to the production and they were investigating How the weapon came to be loaded for the performance
