European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                R collection f Tim a your stars and stripes Carrier will be calling soon. Please have your payment ready. Tace St amp Adf Lpes vol. 49, no. 108 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good Denind tuesday july 31, 199&, a a a \. 25 daily and sunday d 8693 liberian troops massacre 600 refugees in Monrovia Monrovia Liberia apr soldiers of president Samuel Doe burst into a Church compound monday and beat or shot to death at least 600 civilian refugees including Many children witnesses and officials said. A spokesman for Doe denied the allegations. In a Telephone Call to the British broadcasting corp. In London the spokesman said rebels wearing government uniforms killed the civilians in the Early morning raid. Witnesses said most victims were children and women some with babies strapped to their backs. They had been seeking Refuge from the civil War. People who said they escaped the attack said about 30 soldiers blasted the Church door Down with machines guns. They then opened fire on an estimated 2,000 people from the Gio and Mano tribes who had taken Refuge there. Government troops have killed hundreds of gios and Manos whose tribes have supported the rebels seeking to overthrow Doe. Most of does troops Are from his Krahn tribe and the mandingo tribe. In Washington White House Deputy press Secretary Stephen Hart said . Embassy officials confirmed that liberian troops slaughtered about 200 people at the la Thyra Nuchurch compound in Monrovia. The White House condemned the massacre As a Quot senseless act of terror but had no plans to Send in troops. A at this Point we Don t believe that would be a prudent course of action a Hart said. Witnesses said soldiers broke into the Church compound at about 2 . When the refugees were asleep. There was no Telephone so victims had no Way of calling for help. Bodies of some people apparently killed while trying to flee were hanging from the window frames of the Church building said one person who visited the Camp. A i saw dead bodies All around a the source said speaking on condition of anonymity. Other witnesses who refused to give their names said they saw women with their Heads smashed open or blown to pieces by bullets. Thousands of refugees fleeing the civil War Are crowded into refugee Camps in the capital. Their numbers have swelled recently As rebel troops have stormed into the City. Refugees had sought Protection at the Church at the end of May after government soldiers attacked them at . Headquarters in Monrovia. The soldiers killed an unarmed Security guard and abducted about 30 civilian men. Many of their bodies were later discovered on the outskirts of the capital. The government of neighbouring Guinea has accused fighters of rebel Leader Charles Taylor of crossing into its territory and slaughtering Rahns and . Meanwhile. Taylor a men Are engaged in Battles with followers of a rival rebel Leader Prince Johnson Johnson split with Taylor months ago and Johnson a fighters invaded the capital last week and advanced to within a mile of the presidential mansion. Y Taylor initially denied Johnson a men were in the capital. Later he offered to Pardon Johnson if he joined in the struggle to topple Doc bomb kills anti Ira in Britain Hank Ham England apr a conservative party lawmaker and outspoken critic of the Irish Republican army was killed monday by a bomb planted beneath his car police said. Ian Gow died shortly after emergency services reached his Home said inspector Mike Alderson of the Sussex police. No one immediately claimed responsibility but suspicion fell on the Ira which killed a lawmaker in an explosion in 1984 and has carried out several bomb attacks in England recently. Quot it is reasonable to assume this was another Ira device a said George Churchill Coleman commander of Scotland Yards anti terrorist squad. The Ira is trying to end British Rule of Northern Ireland and Gow 53, was a High profile target because of his chairmanship of the Northern Ireland committee. The parliamentary caucus discusses issues related to the province but has no Power Over legislation. Churchill Coleman said Gow had been warned he was included in a list of 100 lawmakers judges and civil servants that was found in an Ira bomb factory in South London in december 1988. It appeared that a device containing about 5 pounds of explosives had been placed underneath the Drivers seat Churchill Coleman said. Quot my impression is that it was some sort of tilt switch Quot he said. Quot once you turn it on it explodes immediately a a police had initially reported that the bomb exploded As Gow drove the vehicle out of the Carport at his Home in Hank Ham near Eastbourne on the Southeast coast but Churchill Coleman said he doubted the car had moved much if at All. Last tuesday after an Ira bomb killed three police officers and a nun in Northern Ireland Gow expressed his disgust with Ira tactics. A these murders Are As odious As they see bomb on Back Page the wrecked car of Ian Gow inset lies at his Home in Hank Ham f England. Baseball opens a new world to some Young poles by Rob Staggenborg wearing weathered Blue sneakers stopped to Day championships. A i hey dropped 7-2  a Ion to 11   h rerun ii a Naif of air Jordans. Gium on saturday Sulci red a i 4 . At i by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Ramstein a West Germany a eleven year old Gregorz Berkowicz. Cradled capitalist in ins hands. It was something he had never seen. Hot and soft it had a distinct smell one he  recognize. The red glistening body had been charred and a Golden Brown Cushion held it in place. Gregor. Put his ear to it marvelling at the sizzling he could hear. True to capitalistic form the Sandy haired boy seized the Opportunity. After applying a River of Mustard he stuffed half of it in his Mouth. A Quot hoi doggies a he said in his thick English the crust of the Bun spilling Iron the Corners of his Mouth. Ten Yards away Slawomir Besmak blushed As a Young american girl passed by. Wojtech Kasperek. Wearing weathered Blue sneakers stopped to daydream at a pair of air Jordans. The children of the polish revolution stood lace to face with images of the old enemy and they frankly 7-2 Ltd a a a to 11. So i shia Skaug at the ulv on  lost in b 0 i on seemed a bit overcome by it All. Hot dog hamburgers and baseball cards were being paraded before them. These polish Lillie leagues 10 and 11 years old were nearly 2 when Lech Walesa a Solidarity movement began almost a decade ago. But politics Are far removed from the poles Mission which is to win a berth in the Little league world series in Williamsport pa., aug. 20-25. The baseball Fields Are a far cry from the political and economic struggles in Poland. And the baseball Diamond is unyielding the poles have discovered. They have hit a Snag in their plan losing their first three games by a combined score of 37-12 in their first appearances in the european Little league hands of monday. But baseball Lias at limes taken a b us veal a these youngsters who Are  their lost trips into the land of Mcdonald a  Ola and unbridled Freedom. A this is really different a said Wojcich nicknamed a aka in Quot by his teammates. �?o1 he Standard of living is belter Here. I wanted to come and see How real baseball was played by kids who be been i avg it All their  Joanna Kroll is the youngsters solution to the riddles of the West. Kroll a 15- car old american High school student from Nutley. N.j., is their Olli Cial team linguist. She Learned polish by pending see Poland on Page 25