European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday March 12, 1986page 8 wind today sex commander of Greece base sentenced to jail in absent a Athens Greece a the former commander of Hill Nikon a was sentenced in absent a monday to 15 months in prison on charges of briefly detaining a greek labor Union organizer in 1983. An Athens Misdemeanour court convicted . Air Force col. Philip William Smith of illegally detaining George Alexandrou the president of the greek workers Union atthe base. According to the indictment two servicemen Brough Alexandrou to Smith s office at the . Air Force sup port facility at Athens Airport on March 7, 1983. The labor organizer was held for 45 minutes the indictment said. Smith s assignment in Greece was Over in 1984. About 6,800 greek labourers work at four american bases in Greece. Hill Nikon officials had no comment on the court action a base spokeswoman told the stars and stripes battling snakes is beyond Call of duty school s staff says Harare Zimbabwe up staff members at a Bush school in Southeastern Zimbabwe Are demanding a Transfer because of an invasion by snakes school principal Emmanuel my Saruwa said. Since the school opened in january More than 50snakes have been killed my Saruwa said. Of these 10 were in my office 22 in classrooms and 18in the staff houses he said. Staff members fled in All directions when a 15-foot Snake interrupted a meeting in my Saruwa s office proving to be the last Straw for the already jumpy staff and prompting the Transfer demands. Canada plans commando team to fight terrorism free hostages Toronto a the Royal Canadian mounted police will create a commando team that will be con stantly ready to free hostages and combat International terrorists on Canadian soil solicitor general Perrin Beatty has said. Beatty told Law students at the University of Toronto that the Federal police Force s emergency response team would be trained to use armed assault to Rescue hostages who Are in imminent danger after negotiations have failed. The squad is part of a new multimillion Dollar Domestic Security package. Beatty also announced that Airport Security will be improved but he said details of the plan Are still being Dis cussed by the Federal Cabinet. In addition he said private Security guards will be re placed by Royal Canadian mounted police special consta Bles at diplomatic buildings in Canada such As foreign embassies and consulates. A Plant production by year 2000 estimated at 500 million kilowatts Tokyo a electricity generated by nuclear Power stations in the world will reach about 500 million kilowatts by the year 2000, double the current output level a Semi governmental organization has said. The Japan atomic Industrial forum based the prediction on a Survey of the world s 133 electricity companies and other nuclear Power related agencies. A forum official Seiichiro Takahashi said 351 nuclear reactors were operating around the world at the end of 1985, producing 253 million kilowatts of electricity. He said 176 reactors Are under construction and 130 Are planned for a combined generation capacity of 198 Mil lion kilowatts. Takahashi said that if construction goes As planned the world s nuclear Power generation would total 390 million kilowatts of electricity in 1990 and 500 million by 2000. Aide says s. Korean dissident was put under House arrest Seoul South Korea a prominent dissident Leader Kim Dae Jung was placed under House arrest so he would not attend a rally supporting changes in South Korea s Constitution an aide said. The police chief in the area where Kim lives informed him of the decision the aide said. The opposition new Korea democratic party set thermally to expand a signature Campaign backing its demands for constitutional revisions especially replacing the pre sent electoral College system with a direct popular vote in selecting the country s president. The opposition claims the present voting methods unfairly favor the party in Power. Bambi to the Rescue a photo Bambi the first israeli made robot designed to neutralize explosive devices climbs Steps in Jerusalem. The robot 27 inches tall and 33 inches Long has two cameras for eyes and is operated by radio transmitter. Bambi is equipped with an automatic Rifle that can be fired to detonate bombs. Afghan rebels reportedly suffer heavy losses in attack by soviets Islamabad Pakistan a soviet commando inflicted heavy casualties on guerrillas headed for Northern Afghanistan and seized Large amounts of weapons and ammunition Western sources said tuesday. The sources speaking on condition they not be identified further said some 200 Spetz Natz commandos and other soviet soldiers supported by tanks attacked the guerrilla column March 2 in the Kuh Stan area of the Shomali Region. The soviets inflicted heavy losses in the ground sweep and captured most of the guerrillas weapons the source said. Spetz Natz Are elite commandos trained to operate be Hind enemy lines often disguised As guerrillas an carry out lightning strikes. The sources were unable to say How Large the Supply column was or How much weaponry had been captured Bathe soviets. J one Western source indicated the soviets had capture some of the guerrilla fighters. Western diplomatic sources also reported that some 600 tribal militia who had been trained by soviet instructors turned their weapons on soviet troops during a joint operation against a guerrilla base in Nang Rahar province i Southern Afghanistan in Early March. The diplomatic sources said the militia had suggested to soviet commanders that they carry out an encircling movement against the guerrillas while the soviet Force approached head on the diplomatic sources said. The so Viets were then caught Between the militia and guerrillas and suffered losses they said. But military sources speaking on condition they not be identified further questioned the report. It seemed unlikely that soviet commanders would have accepted suggestions from the tribal militia on How to conduct the opera Tion or would have allowed the afghans to operate without direct supervision they said. Afghan guerrilla sources in Pakistan also said they were unaware of the incident which reportedly took place close to the Border in Early March. The diplomatic sources said the militia members fled into Pakistan. The diplomatic sources also reported that soviet and afghan government forces were starting offensive operations against the guerrillas earlier than usual this year. The afghan Winter usually limits fighting by making movement difficult for both sides. Soviet commanders appeared to be stepping up efforts to Cut guerrilla Supply lines bringing weapons and other supplies across the Border from bases in Pakistan. Heavy fighting has been reported in Pattia and Nan Graham provinces along the pakistani Border but the guerrillas appeared to be switching to different routes and getting most of their supplies across they said. Soviet ground and air forces carried out a major opera Tion March 7 and 8 against guerrilla areas in Wardak province to the South of the afghan capital of Kabul. Greek Farmers Block Turk Border Crossings Salonika Greece a More than 1,000 Farmers tuesday blocked two Border Crossings to Turkey with their tractors on the second Day of protests in Northern Greece against the socialist government s agricultural policies police in this Northern City said. Thousands More Farmers parked tractors and other farm vehicles across highways in Northern Greece cutting off Access to 10 major towns police said. A police spokesman in the northeastern town of Alexan Dro Polis said tractors were barricading both highways to Turkey which Are major trucking routes from Western Europe to the Middle East. A police spokesman in Verria a Truit and tobacco growing Center 47 Miles West of Salo Nica said protesting Farmers had occupied the provincial governor s office. Northern greek Farmers want the government to revoke austerity measures applied six months ago hike Farmers pensions increase farm prices and reduce fertilizer costs a spokesman for the Independent democratic Farmers movement Adak said. Adak is backed by the main conservative opposition party new democracy. A Salonika police spokesman said monday s blockade of the City by around 4,000 tractor Drivers had ended but said the Farmers had moved their vehicles to other towns