European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 3,000 years of history see Magazine a . Needs b-2, general  2 a doomsday clock moves  7 a Baker asks Aid for  6 a americans get of to Chip Wall Page 10 tace  authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 48, no. 325 thursday March 8, 1990 a a 25t Dally and sunday d 8693 a 2 cos among 20 facing drug charges Miami up a two . Army sergeants and 18 others were indicted wednesday on drug charges stemming from a smuggling ring that shipped cocaine from Panama to the United states in Duffel bags authorities said. The indictment which did not involve soldiers sent to Panama in the dec. 20 invasion was returned by a Federal grand jury in fort Lauderdale and named As defendants sgt. Raphiel Fultz who is in custody in Miami and sgt. Jarvis Earl Worelds who was arrested at fort Ord calif., . Attorney Dexter Lehtinen told a news conference. Both men will be tried in Federal court in Miami before being turned Over to the army for court martial Lehtinen said. Nine colombians were in custody in Miami and one panamanian was being held in his Homeland Lehtinen said. The other defendants were fugitives. Charges contained in the indictment see drugs on Back Page removal of nerve Gas scheduled the . Artillery shells loaded with nerve Gas Are stored at this depot near Clausen West Germany. From staff and wire reports Bonn West Germany a the . And West German military will begin the delicate task of removing More than 100,000 artillery shells loaded with nerve Gas this summer officials said wednesday. West German defense minister Gerhard Stolton Berg insisted that the transport would present no dangers to the environment or the populace. But he asked West germans to help make sure there Are no attempts to disrupt the shipments. Stoltenberg said withdrawal of the artillery shells is scheduled to begin in july and last until september. But he said the schedule could change depending on Security concerns. The chemical weapons have Long been criticized by West German environmentalists and anti military activists who have often staged protests at Fischbach where they suspected the weapons were stored. Ronald Reagan then the . President and Chancellor Helmut Kohl agreed in May 1986 that the artillery shells would be removed. The shells contain the nerve gases vex and Sarin said col. Eckart Fischer of the West German army. He said the total Quantity of nerve Gas to be shipped out is about 400 tons. Maj. Gen. John c. Heldstab Deputy chief of staff for operations for the . Army in Europe said the 100,000 shells represent about 1 percent of the total . Stockpile of chemical weapons. The weapons Are stored at a depot near Clausen in Rheinland Pfalz Stoltenberg said. It was apparently the first official statement indicating where the chemical weapons Are kept. _ they will be loaded into thick air tight steel magazines that will be placed in specially designed Sheet Metal containers. Stoltenberg said the containers would be transported by truck to a . Munitions see Gas on Back Page Libya making chemical weapons . Says Washington apr the White House said wednesday that a libyan chemical weapons Plant was dangerous and urged a vigorous efforts to Stop its operation. White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said evidence suggests the Plant outside Tripoli a is dangerous and becoming More  . Officials say the Plant at rata about 60 Miles South of Tripoli is turning out limited quantities of Mustard Gas and nerve agents. Fitzwater refused to say what action the United states might take to halt the plants operation. A we Arentt willing to speculate but nothing is ruled out a he said. He repeated that answer when asked whether a military option was under consideration. Fitzwater added that the United states had expressed its concern to other governments. A the International Community should step up its efforts to deny Libya the ability to continue operating the Plant a Fitzwater said. A this is a subject we have under continual discussion with our allies and others and we intend to press ahead with those discussions in the coming  Fitzwater said it is not known from where the chemicals Are coming or How they Are being transported to Libya. Libya wednesday denied that the rata Plant is producing chemical weapons. Jana the libyan news Agency in a Dis Patch monitored in Rome said an unnamed a official source at the libyan foreign ministry a a disclaimed reports that Libya has produced a quantities of chemical weapons in the rata Medicine factory. The source contended that a such allegations aired at present by some Media circles aim at creating a state of suspicion in Light of efforts by Libya and other Arab african nations toward economic and political Unity