European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 21,1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 Najib s brother flees claims soviet backed afghan regime to fal Washington a the younger brother of Najib the soviet backed Leader of Afghanistan denounced him Friday As mentally deranged and in a losing struggle to keep the country from falling to rebels armed with american stinger missiles. Appearing at a news conference at the slate department Sediq Ullah Rahi 37, and his wife Suraya described their escape and defection to the United states. Rahi said the escape was arranged by Ahmed Shah Massoud Leader of one of the factions at War with his brother s forces and required a change of get away cars seven times. The couple and their two Small sons were Given Refuge by the . Govern ment immediately after their secret Arri Val wednesday from West Germany. They went there from Pakistan after spending several months hiding in the afghan mountains under Massoud s Protection the Rachis told reporters through an interpreter. We were constantly under surveil Lance and they were following us mrs. Rahi said. Her bearded husband nodded his concurrence. Rahi worked As a banker for the pro soviet government until he broke with his brother in 1981. He said he was kid napped by afghan agents taken to East Germany and then the soviet Union and also was jailed in Afghanistan. I do have some political disputes and disagreements with Najib he said. It is an infamous regime. He is not being supported by anyone so far As the afghans Are concerned. His Only support is the soviet  the soviets Are in the midst of with drawing their troops from Afghanistan where they had backed the Kabul government in an s a year War with the re Bels. Once the red army is gone Rahi said the government will fall. He has tried to imp9se his regime by Way of bayonets Rahi said of his brother. The rebels Are a Sediq Ullah Rahi and his wife Soraya talk at state department after defecting to . The True fighters and defenders of our  Rahi said he expected the soviets to try to Rescue elements of the pro Moscow government by arranging a coalition with other afghan forces. He said Najib might be Given Haven in the soviet Union or another communist country. He is mentally deranged and the sadist Type Rahi said. He always tries to present himself As a very Strong and forceful  asked about the afghan president s claims that he could survive without the support of soviet troops Rahi said sheer  there Are two younger Brothers. Tradition binds them to Najib even if they disagree with him Rahi said. He said the two Brothers were trained in Cuba and Are working for the Kab secret police. Movie apparently failed to deliver Promise of title East los Angeles a stand and deliver celebrated on film the Success of a real inner City High school Ca Culus teacher and his students but in an ironic twist the film apparently led to a drop in the school s latest test scores. The dip in the James a. Garfield High school scores was t dramatic but bore out instructor Jaime Esca Lante s concerns according to his principal. He said the kids saw the movie so Many times they thought passing the test was going to be As easy As the movie made it out to be principal Maria Elena Tostado said thursday. He said they did t know it was so much hard  the Warner Bros film starring Edward James Olmos As Escalante told the Story of the instructor s phenomenal Success in teaching calculus to average students at Garfield in 1982, and their Triumph Over accusations that they cheated on the advanced placement exam. According to College Board results 55 of the 119 Garfield students who took the rigorous mathematics exam in May got a passing score of 3 or higher on a scale of 1 to 5. That represents a passing rate of 46 percent Down from 65 percent last year. This year s percentage was the Low est in the nine years the test has been offered at Garfield. However More students took the test this year than in any previous year except 1987. We went a Little Down but that s of considering All the confusion and activity we had All year Long Tosta do said. Navy eyeing changes to reduce incident risk judge won t drop charges against former Cia agent by the los Angeles times Washington Navy officials responding to the investigative report on the Downing of the iranian Airbus flight 655, said they Are considering changing shipboard electronic systems the process for identifying aircraft and the screening of ships Crew members to prevent such a disaster from occurring again. The investigation of the incident con ducted by rear adm. William m. Fogarty showed that the Navy s hardware and methods might not be As Well adapted As they could be to missions in tightly con fined civilian populated areas such the persian Gulf said Secretary of defense Frank c. Carlucci in releasing the re port. Several new measures will be taken and others studied to Correct shortcomings in the systems and the personnel the Navy uses in sensitive combat deploy ments he said. Foremost officials said the Navy will redesign the visual displays in the com Mand centers of ships equipped with the computerized Aegis defense system. The new displays will present crucial factors such As the Altitude and Range of an approaching aircraft More clearly so that Crew members can better determine whether the plane is Friendly or hostile. Faulty analysis of this data contributed to the decision of the Cruiser Vin Cennes which is equipped with the Aegis system to fire on the Airliner july 3 after mis identifying it As a fighter Jet investigators determined. Indeed said Carlucci describing a personal examination of the system recently i myself when i looked at the Large screen and then wanted to deter mine the Range or Altitude of an object on the screen found that i had to look Down at the computer readout. And had to use my Finger to track it. You Are distracted looking  Carlucci also endorsed a recommendation by Fogarty that the Navy study the effect of stress on Crew members As signed to High technology ships sent into potential combat situations. Psychological profiles might be developed for sail ors and officers who would be Best suited for decision making positions and less Likely to become jittery and confused As some Vincennes Crew members reportedly were. Washington a a Federal judge Friday refused to dismiss criminal charges against a former Cia agent accused of conspiring to illegally ship arms to the nicaraguan rebels and concealing the Covert operation. . District judge Aubrey e. Robinsonjr. Denied a motion to dismiss the charges against Joseph r. Fernandez who con tended that the congressional testimony he gave under a limited Grant of immunity from prosecution was improperly used against him by prosecutors. But the judge directed Independent counsel Lawrence e. Walsh to submit by sept. 23 detailed documentation to show his evidence against Fernandez was obtained independently of testimony the former Cia agent gave to the House and Senate committees that investigated the Iran Contra affair. Fernandez 51, who operated under the pseudonym Tomas Castillo when he was the Cia station chief in Costa Rica is accused of conspiring to ship arms to the nicaraguan rebels in Defiance of a congressional ban on such Aid. Fernan Dez is also charged with lying to the Cia and the presidential commission headed by former sen. John Tower a Texas that investigated the Iran Contra affair. The judge also ordered Fernandez to comply with the provisions of the Classi fied information procedures act Refus ing to declare unconstitutional the stat Ute that requires defendants to notify the court of any plans to reveal government secrets at trial. Defense lawyer Thomas e. Wilson contended at a hearing earlier last week that because Fernandez operated under the cloak of Cia secrecy there would be a wealth of documents he would be entitled to use to defend the charges. The requirement that specific notice be Given for secrets the defense wants to disclose would unfairly tip prosecutors to defense strategy in the Case Wilson said. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 21, 1948 russian military police made two raids into Western Berlin to arrest about 400 germans on charges of Mark steering. Five american sector police men were also arrested when they intervened to Stop the arrests. 30 years ago foe a. Aug. 21, 1958 Yugoslavia asked the United states Britain and France for $300 million Worth of credits for yugoslav industrialization and development projects 20 years ago today. Aug. 21, 1968 at a convention of the veterans of foreign wars in Detroit president Johnson said he would make no further move to de escalate the War in Vietnam unless Hanoi took serious action to end its aggression. ? 0 years ago today. Aug. 21, 1978 Arab terrorists attacked an israeli Al Al airline bus carrying a flight Crew outside London s Europa hotel killing one stewardess and wounding Al least nine persons