European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a the stars and stripes news briefs soviet paper questions continued Aid to Cuba Moscow a a soviet newspaper on saturday questioned the value of continued military and economic Aid to Cuba the latest open criticism of ties to Fidel Castro a communist state. A How Many More years is the soviet government going to take away the a rations of poverty stricken peasants in order to underwrite and maintain the inefficient militarized Economy of this far off overseas state Quot asked the commentator Alexander Oskin in the labor newspaper a Ochaya Tribuna. Citing the cuban debt to the soviet Union at Between $26.7 billion and $30 billion Oskin demanded to know How much 30 years of support for Cuba has Cost the average soviet worker and exactly How much the Kremlin gives in military Aid. Oskin suggested that soviet cuban economic relations be a de ideology sized Quot and that negotiations be started Between the United states Cuba and the soviet Union to a destroy another bulwark of the cold War Quot burmese students Hijack thai Jet later surrender Calcutta India apr three burmese students who hijacked a thai airways jetliner with 221 people aboard saturday later surrendered to Indian officials police said. The last of the passengers and Crew were released unharmed eight hours after the thai airways plane landed a senior police officer said on condition of anonymity. The hijackers had already released about half the passengers. No details of the surrender were available immediately. The hijackers had demanded the release of dissidents imprisoned in Burma police said. The Bangkok to Rangoon flight was commandeered shortly after Takeoff by three Young men armed with hand grenades and guns according to Manish Gupta Home Secretary of West Bengal state. The groups demands included the release of pro democracy Leader Aung san Suu Kyi who is under House arrest in Rangoon an end to martial Law and cancellation of All sentences passed by military  shoot palestinian after he stabs officer Jerusalem a an 18-year-old palestinian stabbed an israeli policeman repeatedly in the Chest saturday in Arab East Jerusalem and then was shot by two of the officer s colleagues police said. The stabbing was the latest in a rash of violence in Jerusalem and israeli radio described it As a revenge attack for the slayings of 20 palestinians by police gunfire on the Temple mount on oct. 8, the unconscious officer was taken to the Hadassah pm Kerem Hospital where he was in extremely critical condition. Sunday november 11,1990 i Gorbachev concludes trip appeals for economic Aid. A. To r.  of a la for  Bonn Germany apr soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev wrapped up a two Day visit to Germany on saturday after discussing the persian Gulf Ennis with German leaders and appealing for financial Aid for Bis country a crippled Economy. The Kremlin Leader held separate talks saturday with foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher and with social democratic party chief Hans Jouben Vogel. Vogel said later Gorbachev insisted that All Means must be a exhausted Quot to reach a peaceful solution to the Gulf crisis sparked by iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait. Asked what Gorbachev said about military intervention Vogel said a the did not Rule that  Genscher meanwhile urged All Western nations to be ready to Aid the soviet Union financially and preserve its stability. Gorbachev had been scheduled to meet saturday with former West German Chancellor Willy Brandy who returned Friday night after a hostage release mis. J Sion to Iraq. But Brandt cancelled the meeting saying he j was too tired. The soviet president ended his stay with a trip Tol Speyer famous for its Majestic 11th-Century Cathedral a Stop at a wine making Village and a private visit to the Home of Chancellor Helmut Kohl. In Speyer More than 5,000 germans welcomed Gorbachev hailing him for helping reunite Germany. Sever Al people held up signs lettered in russian saying a thank you Gorby and a we wish you happiness Mik of  f on Friday Kohl and Gorbachev signed a non Daggres a Sion treaty that lays the foundations for expanded Ecol nomic cultural technological and political relations Bel tween the two nations. Lebanon implementing plan to reunify War torn Beirut Beirut Lebanon Dpi a militiamen started withdrawing from Beirut on saturday and lebanese army troops began deployment to oversee a plan to end 15 years of militia Rule and reunify the War riddled capital Security sources said. The sources said militiamen of the pro syrian shiite amal movement started at Daybreak evacuating positions in the Southern suburbs of Beirut a Convoy of cars and armoured vehicles carrying hundreds of amal militiamen and weapons of various calipers was seen heading to Southern Lebanon. A we confirm that amal militiamen started to withdraw from Beirut in line with a Cabinet decision to demilitarized the capital Quot presidential spokeswoman May Kahale said. Civil War broke out in Lebanon in 1975, and fighting Between militiamen a non government soldiers a of various factions has raged since. The Cabinet met and announced wednesday that a demilitarization plan a called a greater Beirut a will establish a militia free and unified Beirut. A by Midnight nov. 19, All militias should have completed withdrawal from greater Beirut area and handed Over bases to army regulars Quot a defense ministry source said. Amal chief Nabih Bern who described the plan As a a Golden line in Lebanon a history Quot said Friday he gave orders to his militiamen to gather their Light and heavy weapons and leave Beirut. The Christian lebanese forces militiamen of Samir Geagea were also instructed to relinquish weapons and evacuate positions in the neighbourhood of Ashrafi Yeh and the Beirut Harbor area. Kahale said Geagea a militia has banned military manifestation in these areas As a prelude to close Down offices and Complete withdrawal in nine Days to the Christian heartland in Northern Lebanon. The cabinets statement wednesday did not set the boundaries of a greater Beirut a but president Elias Herawi said it will include the capital and a 9-to-16-mile semicircular area stretching to Damour Village in the South and the Kalb dog River in the North. Ters of the capital to supervise the demilitarization plan i Security sources said the soldiers have orders to Shu Down All militia offices. The sources said confiscating arms will go along wifi disbanding militias which should be completed by March 21,1991, the deadline set by the Herawi  from Page 1 helmets or desert a a boonies hats to Block the Sun and keep pests at Bay. Walter said that Early on he began keeping track of How Many insects he personally killed. But he quickie a lost count a you know marines Quot he joked. A a can to count Pasi 100.�?� mail Call is still a highlight of a desert troops Day nearly everyone has now received at least one a an service member letter mostly from schools in Thi states. Gis say these continue to be a big morale boost and Many have started writing Back. One Soldier from the 1st Cav div out of fort Hood Texas said he Hopes to get Back stateside before next summer. He wants to go on leave and visit his adopted classroom. Postal officials said the mail backlog has been whittled Down. But mail still moves slowly to Many units and the expected Holiday surge wont help Speed thing up. So its probably not too Early to Start thinking Abou christmastime in saudi  from Page 1 France s position a consists of the strict application of the resolutions of the United nations Security Council voted since the beginning of August Quot presidential spokesman Hubert Seorine said. On Friday Dumas said a the Effort of France is real and second largest after the  this is Vety Clear Between the americans and  Baker consulted the governments of Britain France the soviet Union China saudi Arabia Egypt Turkey Bahrain and the overthrown kuwaiti regime. He meets with Manfred Womer the Secretary general of the North Atlantic treaty organization before flying Home to Washington to report to Bush. Meanwhile in Washington defense Secretary Dick Cheney said Friday that the Pentagon was no longer planning to rotate troops in saudi Arabia and that american forces already in the persian Gulf area or headed there would remain for the duration of the crisis. Gen. H. Nonnan Schwarzkopf commander of the Gulf forces and other military leaders were planning to rotate troops in saudi Arabia every six to eight months. But Cheney and other Pentagon officials indicated Friday those plans have been dropped. Bush said the reinforcements Are intended to apply pressure on the iraqis to evacuate Kuwait and to develop an a offensive military options to evict the iraqi troops. Bush on thursday ordered More than 150,000 additional american ground sea and air forces to the Gulf Region saying they were needed to achieve a an adequate offensive option Quot to drive iraqi troops from Kuwait there would be Little need to rotate forces if the administration initiates military action before next Spring which is the threat implied by top officials. A senior administration official suggested Friday that Bush hoped to bring the crisis to a head by the Spring. Martin Binkin a specialist on military manpower issues at the Brookings institution said a if you Are going to deploy that Many More forces and if you Are Gong to scrap a rotation plan that puts you in a position where there is pressure to use Force sooner rather than later unless the iraqis  asked if the decision to Send reinforcements limits the time that the United states can wait a senior administration official said a one can to answer that question in logic in any other Way than with a  maintaining the deployment of a huge array of forces for an extended Perio poses considerable problems and tie Down forces that would ordinarily to available for other emergencies. The More than two dozen countries that have joined . Troops Confron Tim Iraq Are expected to number Abou 100.000 by Early next year. Pentagon officials have estimated Iraq has Abou 430.000 troops in or near Kuwait. The United states is under addition pressure to Force Saddam out of Kuwait quickly because the besieged America embassy there is running out of food. Most of the new . Troops will no arrive in the Middle East until after Jan. A Only months before desert tempera Tures again begin to Rise toward their sum Mer highs. Since the crisis in the Gul began in August military analysts hav agreed that the gulfs blazing sum a temperatures would Handicap . Force unfamiliar with desert conditions