European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 ff1  the stars and strikes Friday. August 28,1087 units arrive in Europe for reformer by Mark Walsh staff writer Amsterdam Netherlands re forger 8he largest Ever peacetime air lift 10 a Cal Europe got under Way wednesday . Soldiers from Active duty an hate to Reserve components arrived on Europe greeting he soldiers at Schipholt port. Dutch minister of defense of. Van Eccl in expressed the importance of peacetime exercises such As reformer the return of forces to Germany. My generation has suffered heavily from the Lack of cooperation in times of peace and the resulting inability to avoid world War ii Vaneekelen said. Twice the . Came to the Rescue Europe after the world was setae John Shad . Try huge of the Netherlands Coquat Amione first con Tingent of Soj pm Ruic Speed and Coffi Puntch they carried out the the exercise. Reformer 87 demonstrates the re solve of the nato allies in Europe and America to defend our common Freedom and values on Short notice with massive unified Force Shad said thit it the largest reformer Ever. It demonstrates the commitment of the United state to defend Europe with african soldiers on european soil if  is being made toward a1fflmmamtlredu� " agreement Between the and the soviet Union. By there also be Nodal Gyhl he nato Alliance Itig plea to Mel these by the consider i conventional  _ lib Roger -87 will lest the procedures for an expedient reinforcement of the armed forces in Central Europe. The exercise involves More than 34.000 soldiers most from i corps at fort Hood Texas. Approximately 13,000 troops will land in the nether lands and travel until sept. 11 on dutch and German highways to the exercise area in Germany. Most of the 21,000 other Soldier will Fly directly to Ger Many. As soldiers got off the Mercial do to to the come sol. Don jaqcapk73rd my co Illinois  said r. We weren t sex treatment at All. Full be a learning experience being Here with other nato troops under Bat old conditions As compared with Euver in the  Janes is Lime. Beginning no Jcj Lylie unloading of ships in  vehicles 108 130 helicopters and 3so Container equipment will Start the trek into Ger Many. Other equipment and vehicles Are pre positioned at Sites in the Netherlands and Germany and will be activated As part of the annual exercise. Together with , stationed in Germany bal a Prigian German and pier Lake part in exercise e sept. 11-24. The exercise directed by inc com Mander of nato s Northern army group will Lake place in Northern Ger Many with a combined strength of 75,000 soldiers. Certain strike and reformer Are part of autumn forge a series of Natona tonal and multinational exercises thai use a common scenario to bring together Field training activities designed to reinforce and upgrade the Allied come Europe s deterrent Force. Autumn forge will involve More than Ter of a million troops in 25 exer i Lemmi from the 6lh norwegian the Arctic Circle to the major Natoll pc air amphibious and land forces exercise display de termination in the Mediterranean Region. S. African mine workers vote to continue strike Johannesburg. South Africa a Union officials said thousands of Black miners voted nearly unanimously wednesday to continue South Africa s biggest Legal strike. Mine own ers said they would do what ii necessary to end the 17-Day-old walkout quickly. The strike continues until our demands Are met said a grim faced Cyril ram Phosa National Union of mineworkers general Secretary. He said hundreds of thousands of miners Vot ing in Union Halls and hostels were nearly unanimous in their rejection of an offer by the Cham Ber of mines for a slight improvement in Bend is but not pay. Our entire membership 01 the striking mines has decided not to accept the  s offer ram Phosa told Newi conference standing it. Front of 100 men singing a Union Solidarity song Johann Liebenberg the Industrial reunion i chief for the chamber of mines called Thi Union s decision a sad  the strike continues and our management will simply have to do whatever is necessary t bring it to an end As quickly As possible he said Ira gunmen kill 2 police injure 3rd in n. Ireland Belfast Northern Ireland a gun men burst into a dockside bar wednesday night and shot dead two off duty police office having a drink police said. Injured in the shooting at the Liverpool City bar were a third off duty police officer an 1 a bar employee said a spokesman at police head Quad lers the Irish Republican army in a statement to Belfast news organizations claimed responsibility for the shootings police sealed off the area. Slopping a vehicles Emring and leaving and a helicopter hovered overhead. The attackers were believed to have made their getaway in a car immediately after the attack police said. The bar opposite a Dock used for ferry serv ices across the Irish sea to the Northwest English port City of Liverpool is a popular haunt. Earlier wednesday the Ira threatened to Lull executives and Tanker Drivers of any Oil company that refused to Register with the guerrillas As a company not prepared to Supply the Security forces. Companies supplying Crown forces Artac timely collaborating with them and a such will be treated like them the Ira said in a statement issued through the Republican Bureau run by sinn fein the Legal political Arm of the outlawed Ira. Those companies who do not publicly clarify their position should realize that from now on their executives and Tanker Drivers will be targeted Gulf from Page 1 was made by Marine Gen George a Crist commander of the . Central come. It was cleared by presi Dent Reagan even though that step was not require bylaw. Armor said the Gulf situation will be continually monitored and the danger pay authorization could be lifted if a Navy escort of ,-reflagged kuwaiti tank ers continues without incident. Things Are changing every Day. We just discovered new mines in the area outside the Gulf of Oman As an example he said. The special pay will Cost the defense budget an additional is million per month a very Small portion of the total Cost of Gulf operations Armor said. The persian Gulf area joins a list of five other locations where . Service members now qualify for Dan Ger pay Lebanon Al Salvador Colombia Peru and Sudan. To qualify for the pay personnel in these areas must be permanently assigned or under orders contemplating temporary duty for 30 consecutive Days or More and required to perform duty in the area. Perform duly in the area for a minimum of six Days per month or for a minimum of six consecutive Days thai begin in one month and end in another. Be exposed to hostile tire or explosion of a hostile mine. Be killed injured or wounded by hostile fire explosion of a hostile mine or any other hostile action. Rep. Pal Schroeder d-colo., had mustered growing support in Congress for her danger pay proposal which would have granted the pay to nearly 15,000 service members in and around the Gulf including Diego Garcia and ships in the nearby Indian Ocean. Schroeder was unavailable for comment on the Penta gon announcement but sources on Capitol Hill said Armor s statement should put the Issue to rest in stressing thai the danger pay should not i Perl i the War Powers act Armor noted that Schroeder her-1 i self had said that her Bill had nothing to do with that i act and was Only intended to give  what she saw As justified compensation. We have used this pay for other parts of the world and other times and it did not trigger the War Power act Armor said. Danger pay was authorized recently for some service members involved in the bombing raid on Libya in retaliation for alleged terrorist attacks in 1986 and in the marines invasion of Grenada in 1983. Many on Capitol kill had believed the Pentagon was slow to authorize danger pay for the Gulf area out of fear such action would give Congress a Chance to implement the War Power act and cancel the escort operation. A key House panel was poised to move on Schroeder s danger pay Bill when Congress reconvenes in september following its summer recess. A Pentagon statement on the War Powers Issue read a different Legal Standard governs this special pay determination and the broader language and his tory of this authority makes it Clear in is available in situations where the War Powers Resolution it not applicable. The special pay authority applies when there is a threat of physical harm or imminent danger whereas the War Powers Resolution applies Only when Immi nent involvement in hostilities is clearly  while the potential exists for physical harm 10 serv ice members in the Gulf area the Pentagon statement i said we Are still of the opinion that imminent involvement in hostilities is not clearly indicated by the i  it Emem j Len i 1 b the i Reagan from Paga 1 has been in the past. Officials said the tone reflected the president s de sire not to irritate the soviet leadership excessively while Amis control negotiations move toward a final stage while also mollify ing american conservatives who Are angry with him for what they perceive As his abandonment of the nicaraguan rebels. Reacting to Kohl s announcement wednesday the White House issued a Low key statement saying it sup ported the decision a senior official travelling with the president added that the United states exerted absolutely no pressure on Germany. The senior official also said the German announce ment along with the american decision on tuesday to accept fewer on site inspections of nuclear weapons Sites Means the Way has been smoothed consider ably for a superpower agreement. But he and the president warned that in Reagan s words there arc still issues to be worked  . Warships prompt greek protest Piraeus Greece a _ More than 2,000 leftist demonstrators marched to Piraeus Harbor wednesday 10 protest a port Call by three . 6th Fleet warships anchored in nearby Waleron Bay. Proles ten including several Hundred elderly car ried banners saying jul with the sixth reel and american rambo the greek people Don t want  the crowd chanted Well throw out the bases the americans must leave it was one of dozens of protests since the arrival Sun Day of the us. Aircraft Carrier Saratoga and Cruiser Wil Liam v. Pratt. Another Cruiser the Spiegel Grove dropped Anchor tuesday bringing to 10,000 the number of . Military personnel eligible for Shore leave Accord ing to the greek defense ministry. In a statement the protesters criticized the government of Premier Andreas Papandreou of Greece Tor allowing the five Day port Call the first by a . Aircraft Carrier to Piraeus since 1984. Responding earlier this week to left Wing criticism government spokesman Sotiris Kostopoulos described the visit As a routine Courtesy  he noted that a Simitar visit was made in november 1986 by ships from the soviet Navy s Mediterranean Fleet