European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. September 30. 1989  and stripes Page 9 suited for survival women soldiers if the British army show not suits and masks fashioned to protect them from nuclear chemical and biota i Cul weapons. I hey donned the fulfils Dur ing tin exercise wednesday in Guildford. Southi m Gnu and. Plans were an Nonoi d this Wii k to  women in the British army an expanded role. Lbs accused of airing faked footage new York. Api the lbs eve Ning news aired fake  footage and false news reports if the War in Afghanistan in the Nindl 8 a the new York Post said thursday. Cd declined immediate comment. Howard Stringer a top cd corporate official who was executive producer of the program from 1981 until january 198- Clife the suspect  was aired said he would look into inc Mailer. Most of the Queisi final footage was shot b Mike Homer. 45, a free Lance cameraman who the Post said staged scenes of guerrilla a Bolac and made a chinese made pakistani Jet fighter on a training run appear to he a soviet plane bombing afghan villages. I m going to have to look into  said Stringer now president of the lbs broadcast group. Stringer himself a former documentary maker for lbs news declined com ment on the Post Story said he had t yet read it and that its assertions arc All news to  i Don t know who the people involved arc or who the accusations Are coming from he said in a Telephone interview from Washington. We can t respond to the Story until we talk to the free Lance cameraman involved said Tom Goodman a lbs news spokesman. Lbs Anchorman Dan rather had no immediate comment a spokeswoman said. Rather also anchored a 1987 cd reports documentary the Battle for  that program used foot age that was shot by Hoover and had previously been aired on the lbs eve Ning  at that time. Lbs said the program footage represented 18 trips into afghan lbs newsman ban rather interviews an of Jhan rebel in 1980. Stan by Hoover and his Crews Over a three year period the Post questioned the authenticity of some of the footage of hat program. A woman who identified herself As Beverly Johnson Hoover s a life. Said he was working in Remote caves in new zealand and could not be Comack Dac cording to the Post. In a los Angeles times Ink mow in 1987, Hoover explained that he would propose coverage of the fighting in Afghanistan on a Story by Story basis tombs which would then either approve or reject each proposal. Lbs never turned him Down he said. Crediting rather As the muscle behind his c is assignments to cover the War. In the same interview. Hoover also said that he had gone to Vietnam in i96s on assignment for Abc. He also said he did t consider himself a news camera Man in the traditional sense. I m really kind of a  he said. During news broadcasts on nov. 12 and 13 in 1984, rather said Hoover had been on hand for the largest sabotage operation of the  videotaped shot by Hoover showed the Mujaheddin Afghanistan s rebels purportedly blowing up pylons to Cut Power to the afghan capita of Kabul the actual sabotage however took place 12 Days before Hoover arrived on the scene the Post said. Eta Bari an afghan serving As the cameraman s translator told the newspaper that Hoover persuaded guerrilla leaders to order about a do in rebels to return to the site so he could stage the sabotage. He told the Mujaheddin to destroy pylons that were already destroyed la was completely wrong. It was just for the  the Post quoted Ulibari As say ing. An afghan British journalist Lahib Kayani. Confirmed that Hoover arrived Al the pakistani Border town of Peshawar too late to shoot the actual sabotage the Post said. In a pakistani military raining Camp. Hoover staged rebels stalking alleged government guards and blowing up Amine. Elbari also said. Some footage that purportedly showed 4.000 Afghani fleeing their Homes near Kabul actually was shot near the afghan pakistani Bor Der Eta Bari said. The network won the Dupont Silver Baton award for the news segments the Post said. The newspaper said lbs in 1987 also bought footage stolen from Mohamed Salam an afghan journalism student under Boston University Dean Joachim maitre. Rather reported the tape a shot by Hoover and depicted the biggest one Day defeat of soviet forces since world War 11." the tape actually showed afghan government troops under attack according to the Post. There were no soviets  said maitre. Maitre said he sought and received an apology from lbs according to the Post. When contacted on thursday maitre office said he was at conference in Washington and was unavailable for com ment