European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday december 30,1989 Castro had plan for attack on ., defector reports Washington a in 1983, during a time of tension in the Caribbean a hysterical cuban president Fidel Castro developed a contingency plan to launch an air strike against a nuclear Power facility in South Florida Accord ing to a cuban defector. Gen. Rafael Del Pino who defected to the United states in 1986, said Castro was worried about a possible  Block Ade of Cuba at the time of the .-led invasion of Grenada in october 1983. Del Pino said Castro summoned the High military command and ordered them As a contingency to have the computers aboard Mig-23 Figl Ier planes programmed to Fly to a nuclear Energy Plant in South Florida. An air strike was to have been ordered if there were some Type of blockade of Cuba some Type of reaction on the part of the United Stales a product of the situation in Grenada he said. The spokesman at the cuban Diplo Matic Mission in Washington was unavailable for comment thursday on Del Pino s allegations. The invasion of Grenada generated anxiety in Cuba because the two govern ments had established close political and military tics. Cuban officials were concerned that Cuba might be the next tar get of the Reagan administration but no action was taken. Del Pino said Castro has a holocaust temperament that emerges during difficult periods. At the time of Grenada he said Castro was  Del Pino the highest ranking cuban Ever to defect commented in an inter View with radio Marti the voice of America broadcast operation to Cuba. A transcript was made available thursday. The installation Del Pino was referring to apparently was Turkey Point about 24 Miles South of Miami where two nuclear generators arc located. The facility is operated by Florida Power & Light  is adjacent to Homestead fab. Which closely monitors All incoming flights in the area. According to Del Pino the cuban jets Are equipped with conventional As opposed to nuclear bombs. Nonetheless he said Castro does t realize that if this Plant is destroyed i would not Only annihilate All the cubans in Miami but would also be much worse than chernobyl because the radioactivity would fall on Cuba. In other words 90 Miles away the cuban people would be affected because of the absurd reaction of that Man Castro chernobyl is the site in the soviet Union where a major Accident occurred at a nuclear Power facility in 1986. Unlike the chernobyl Plant All Active commercial  Nuclear reactors arc surrounded by steel reinforced Concrete shells to prevent the release of radioactivity in an Accident. But the shells arc not meant to shield the reactor against bombs according to Frank Ingraham a nuclear regulatory commission spokes Man. Dale Thomas a spokesman at Florida Power & Light declined comment when asked if the firm has taken into account the possibility of an attack by cuban planes. He said the company s Security pre cautions arc not Public information for the most part. He added that the company docs have an emergency planning zone extending 10 Miles from the Turkey Point installations. Among other Steps the plan includes procedures for evacuating All residents within the zone. Ready for service sue i Efevre an official with the new Hampshire health and human serv ices department tests � device used to measure alcohol Levels in  department plans to have 26 of the devices ready for use this weekend. Koch vows of fight Stafen Island secession new York a vowing not now not Ever the mayor of new York City says he will go to court to Block one of the City s five boroughs Slaton Island from seceding. Mayor Edward Koch whose term in office ends Jan. I announced thursday that the Cit had filed a lawsuit challenging a new state Law that permits Staten Island residents to vote on becoming a separate entity. He said the Law which was signed on dec. 15 by gov. Mario Cuomo could dismember this the world s greatest  leaders of the secession movement say there Are numerous reasons for Stalin Island by farther smallest of the five boroughs to separate itself from the other four Manhattan Brook Lyn Queens and the Bronx. One common feeling among residents is that the Island a Middle class relatively quiet primarily residential enclave is dwarfed by the size an turbulence of the rest of new York. But the spark that set off the secession movement was a recent reorganization of the City government that eliminated the so called Board of estimate which contained delegates from each Borough and shared Power with the mayor. The Board s Powers Are being taken Over by a City Council. Since Slaten Island has fewer than 400,000 Resi dents while the other four boroughs have More than 1.5 million each some Stalen islanders fear they will have no political clout in the Council. Koch contends that the new Law violates the slate and National constitutions because it was passed by the state legislature without the con sent of the City Council or the mayor. Trojan horse will probably hit  Computers experts predict by Jack Lesar United press International a Trojan horse hidden in a computer program that helps users assess the risk of being infected by the aids virus is causing computer meltdowns across Europe and is Likely to make its Way to the United states in the coming months experts warned Friday. So far it has been found in most countries in Western Europe but has not turned up in the United states said John Mccafee director of the Santa Clara  computer virus Industry association. But at least 15,000 have been mailed and the mail ing asks recipients to freely copy the program and share it with friends so Well certainly get some num Ber in this country he said. The infected disk mailed unsolicited to computer users in much of Western Europe is entitled aids information an introductory  its documentation includes a warning that it should not be used unless the user is prepared to pay a fee of up to $378. Basically what they be done is written a program to take your computer away from you. Until you pay them their Little  said a spokesman at the com Puter virus Industry association. It s not a virus per so but a Trojan horse a pro Gram that hides inside another program that appears to be a Utility that s beneficial he said. Unlike a virus it docs not in Plicato or attach itself to other  Mccafee said the Structure of the crippling program makes it especially dangerous. The thing that worries most of the researchers Here is the Way this Trojan horse is architect Rcd. It is Struc tured so it can be used in other mailings not using the aids information program he  aids program is innocuous. It walks you through questions about sex and lifestyle then projects percentage representing the user s Chance of contract ing the aids virus and offers suggestions on lifestyle changes than can help the user reduce the  s the install program that does the damage. And that s the big problem because it s just a generic install program Mccance said. We re concerned that the install program can be coupled with anything let s say a year end tax planner or a do your own account ing program or a Home environment control program and it would do just As much damage while install ing that program As the aids program. The install program is a do it yourself Trojan horse kit. That s Why we think Well see More of it said Mcca Feea spokesman at the computer virus Industry association a non profit group dedicated to protecting computer user against viruses and other programmed vandalism said the install program sabotages the user s hard disk by encrypting file names so files can not be accessed. It also installs its own file handler audits own Dos disk operating system Shell to prevent the user from accessing the new operating system from the hard  arc warnings going out the spokesman said. We also now have a program to detect and to remove the damaging program before it activates. There is also a program to remove it after it activates and we Are getting that from London and will make it  London a spokesman at Scotland Yard s com Puter crimes division said the mailings were being investigated. He said recipients apparently were on mail ing lists purchased from several computer and business magazines in Britain and Italy