European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes thursday june 18,1987page 28 of a Gul policy under congressional attack Washington a president Reagan j persian Gulf policy came under renewed attack tuesday from Congress men who said it could Lead to More Mili tary casualties Ven As the Pentagon Aid risks Are Tow for . Naval forces in the volatile Region. Senate majority Leader Robert Byrd. D-w.va., in his sharpest criticism yet labelled Reagan s plan to protect kuwaiti he said it is Clear the administration did not think through the sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the Senate armed services committee said i do not think it ought to go ahead now because Loo Many questions re main unanswered. Sen. William Cohen a Maine agreed saying we should pause before we go ahead and Wail to gain More support from . Allies in Europe Nunn an Cohen both spoke after a closed door meeting of the Senate armed services committee. Senate minority Leader Bob Dole r kan., and other republicans met with Reagan and Dole said later i think there s some confusion about the persian Gulf policy. There in t any consensus among republicans Over it and the administration needs to do a better Job of sen. Claibore Pell . Chairman of the Senate foreign relations commit tee said the plan has every potential of engaging us in the War itself Between Iran and Iraq. Kuwait is an iraqi ally and Iran has threatened to attack kuwaiti tankers which Reagan says will be protected by . Navy ships. Congressional fears have been raise Din the Wake of last month s iraqi missile attack on the . Frigate Stark which killed 37 sailors. Iraq said he attack was a mistake an explanation accepted by the United Stales. The final report of a military Board of inquiry investigating the attack on the Stark has been completed. Pentagon sources said. They would not say if the classified report recommended court mania proceedings against the Stark j Captain or other officers. Gulf from Page 1 in the narrow Strait of Hormuz. But ship commanders seeking to use Force beyond that used against an immediate threat or in response to a hostile act must get permission from Washington the report said. The apparent intent is for retaliatory measures to be approved by president Reagan. The guidelines and rules of engagement for the Navy for enforcing . Policy in the Gulf were spelled out in a 26-Page unclassified version of a secret 31 Page report sent to Congress by defense Secretary Cas Par Weinberger. The rare disclosures of ship movements and Battle orders apparently was intended to ease congressional and Public concern about the dangers faced by Navy vessels that will escort the tankers following the May 17 iraqi attack against the frigate Stark in the Gulf that killed 37 sailors. The plan is not risk free. Threats to american warships and the protected . Vessels do exist principally from unconventional methods of attack but these risks Are Low to moderate the report said. It is believed that Tehran remains reluctant to deliberately and overtly target . Forces it said the report did not say How the escorts would re Spond to a threat by chinese made silkworm missiles whose 30-mile Range could bracket the Strail. Iran has threatened to deploy the truck mounted missiles there. Iran under the make them eligible for escort by the t three ships including the soviet Tanker marshal Chulkov have been disabled by iranian mine May 16, the Day before an iraqi warplaac0mpstark, killing 37 crewmen. the Slark for an apologised for the attack. Executives who spoke on condition of anonymity said they Are convinced the attack on the marshal Chulkov was deliberate noting that a fully Laden Tanker had sailed safely through he same Chan Nel an hour before the soviet vessel was hit. They dismissed speculation by Marine Shurj cers that the mines Haresim Pletl i apr one Fly controlled Type number of ships have passed Over them one Vage officer told the associated press. The second Type a Remote controlled mine was used against the Chulkov he said. The Chulkov had left its warship escort behind and was by itself when it hit the mine he added. The mines Are made of plastic which make the difficult to detect with mine sweepers the executives contended. I ii he my rave attacked and freighters in the Gulf in an tort to cripple each other s economies. The Salvage executives said they do no know where the iranians Are getting the mines which they termed Nail sophisticated devices. Els damaged by mines Are the marshal in of Liged Primrose and the Creek supertanker Esbri Mimi much dirt of Dubai for repairs. A fit i the iraqis attack Iran bound Shiu Ilromi Tilte Radi us around Iran s Harg Island Oil terminal. Etz from Page 1 cold blooded killer. Hot did t get on Tho train murder people he did t get on the to Hunting people he did t approach these people in any Way said juror Michael Axlrod. They approached him and he was just sitting on that Goetz was escorted by court officers to a car and left without speaking to reporters. He Felt As if a great Burden was. Lifted off his shoulders said defense attorney Barry Slotnick meeting with the courthouse. All he wants to do right now is fade into the Woodwork. This has been a terrible chapter in his life Slotnick praised the jury for doing what was proper and appropriate adding that most of All they a him on the Lack of a he said he did t Whitt Tyne verdict sent a message to apy Rody and that the Case came Dow to what happens when a himself defends himself Anix takes maybe it has some romantic aspect to it and maybe it just has an aspect to it that we All understand living in plagued cities Slotnick said. Crane called the Case one of the most difficult of our Lime and told jurors there has been and Wilt be criticism butout have been . You Are nest jury i have Ever had the pleas 5 before Jet attorney Gregory Waples who Palm in the Case refused to comment on Only my thoughts on the Aas nov and Don t care to share District attorney Robert said the Case involved car flex and tra Gic circumstances Bumpur system of jus Tice is based via free belief that no Mandan escape Fol string for his new Ork mayor Edward i. Koch in Kville tcnn., for a meeting of May said he accepted the verdict but a perhaps some will take this As a Sig Nal vigilantism is acceptable. We re say ing now to those who Are concerned we will never permit that to new York gov. Mario Cuomo who criticized vigilante action at the time of the shootings said Only the Law is Roy Innis executive director of the Congress of racial Equality and a Goetz supporter from the outset said i could t believe the Good people of this City would convict that Man for doing what was natural and what was necessary and what anybody else would have 1 think the verdict was Fant shortly its verdict the jurors Hadj Rita the testimony of Wil Boucher a 30-year-Tnndow display designer from san Francisco who was on the subway when z shot the teen agers after one of tasked him for Ujj. Testified that he watched Goetz then walk Over to Cabey and or Mbom while Cabey was seated. Goetz he shot the Young men All i by time be cause they had surrounded about 10 beat and Rob him. Boucher was the Only witness to that he heard a pause Between Golz a fourth and fifth shot the defense maintained that Goetz fired the shots in rapid succession indicating that he was deathly afraid and did not have Lime to reflect on what he was doing. From the Start Goetz admitted the shootings. The key question was whether he acted As a reasonable Man when he shot the four who said icy were handling on the subway ii Goetz stand at him office the Young men were _. Rob my and m a videotaped confession his lawyers later tried to repudiate he said my intention was to Mur Der them to Hurt them to make the suffer As much As in his impassioned arguments to the jury Waples called Goetz a dark spirit who fired in a Blind self Rig Leous vol Canic argued there Are thousands and thousands of new yorkers who have had experiences with violent crime that were far More harrowing than the experience of the defendant in 1981, and they did not run Case received International Atten Tion As debate raged around the world Onishe nature Orsell defense crime vigilant Yasm and the right to carry guns. Many z As a hero sinking out violence. He was supported throes ectrial by groups such As Core and a Liilo Edjan Angels which supplied a him Home from court cleaning from Page 1 could do this particularly through the Model installation program he said. In Germany tested the cleaning program he said. The test not Only proved to be Cost said but also relieved Soldier i in minders. Of the trauma Assoc a Iii Enri Anent change of do Dpi Swaback to the program Harris said could be the elimination of the mom and pop cleaning learns. We look that into consideration when initiating the program he said. But. We will Only be working wit those firms who have government contracts. And at the moment i m not 100 percent sure on whether or not they mom and pop teams will be Able to keep operatic compete _ or if they want 10 keep working. _. Program will apply Only to the 55,000 govern ment controlled and government leased quarters and Only when a Soldier is moving on orders. Those who move out of government housing and into Economy housing or from one set of family quart ers to another will not be Able to use the program Harris said. They will be responsible for cleaning their own quarters. Once the cleaning program begins soldiers will be Given Only three Days temporary lodging allowance instead of the current 10. until the air Force slab program sometime in fiscal 1988. Those soldiers go about in the old Way Saia is hotter he Usa eur Deputy chief of my men division finance and accounting of Tinct Mich ble for cleaning their own quarters but la just As they Are
