European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 a the stars and stripes thursday november 15,1990judge May declare Noriega indigent Miami apr a judge tuesday said he will declare Manuel Noriega indigent and appoint government paid attorneys to defend him if the deposed panamanian leaders Money is not Unfrozen by Friday. . District judge William Hoeveler also citing the ongoing dispute with Cable news network Over Noriega a tape recorded conversations complained that Side issues were threatening to engulf the drug Case. A it has never been made More Clear than in the last few Days that As Long As this Case lingers we face the Prospect of new issues causing More delays a Hoeveler said. If foreign governments fail to release Bank accounts Frozen in those countries or if some agreement is not reached on $5.8 million in Cash confiscated from Noriega a quarters during the . Invasion of Panama the judge said he would appoint new counsel by monday. The fee Issue has simmered since Spring when Lead defense attorney Frank Rubino threatened to withdraw his lawyers because the government had Frozen 27 Noriega accounts Worth about $20 million. The freeze left no Money for Legal fees or expenses. In june Hoeveler ordered prosecutors to unfreeze about $6 million. But on tuesday Justice department attorney Drew Arena said the governments of France Austria and Switzerland had stepped in with their own confiscation efforts based on initial . Claims that the Money was drug related. A a it a rather your Honor like trying to a in ring a Bell a Arena said. Rubino accused the state department of sabotaging release of the funds a with a Wink to foreign governments secretly encouraging them to tie up the accounts. If Hoeveler appoints government paid attorneys under the criminal Justice act it will be the second time the court has tried to invoke that Law in the Case against the former panamanian dictator. Hoeveler previously proposed hiring Rubino under the Law but abandoned the Effort because it did not allow for fees reaching $350 an hour which defense attorneys testified were Normal for a difficult Case. The Laws maximum is two attorneys working for Only $60 an hour each which can be extended to $75 in special cases. The Law also limits investigative expenses to Only a few thousand dollars and Rubino called those figures ridiculous. He complained the government had spent millions of dollars and had 30 attorneys prosecuting Noriega. A a it a David and Goliath a Rubino said. A there has never been a Case of this Hoeveler said he would offer the court appointed position to Rubino but Rubino told reporters later the Money would not cover half his $25,000-a-month office expenses. The Best Chance for Noriega a attorneys appeared to be $5.8 million in Cash found by . Troops in Noriega a offices in Panama. Hoeveler asked Why that Money could not be used for the defense. Federal prosecutors said it had been turned Over to the panamanian government because Noriega denied ownership when he surrendered. Rubino disputed that however saying Federal agents misunderstood Noriega. The judge ordered the attorneys office to investigate the Money a from Page 1 fairs minister Joe Clark told reporters a the economic lifeline of the Industrial world runs from the Gulf and we cannot permit a dictator such As this to sit astride that economic lifeline. A and to bring it Down to the level of the average american citizen let me say that Means jobs. If you want to sum it up in one word its jobs. Because an economic recession worldwide caused by the control of one nation one dictator if you will of the West a economic lifeline will result in the loss of jobs on the part of american former attorney general Ramsey Clark concluding an Independent peace Mission said earlier in the Day that Iraq agreed to release four of the hundreds of americans held hostage by Iraq. Another american a an ohioan who said he was among a group of americans hiding in occupied Kuwait a was urging . Military action against Iraq. In a Telephone Call monday to Cleveland station wow to the unidentified Man said a we feel that our protectors have hidden us away Well enough and Safe enough so that if they Start bombing we feel. 95 percent sure we can come through the War and get Back the station said it confirmed the Call came from Kuwait where about 2,000 westerners Are believed in hiding. Two senior Republican senators urged Bush to Call Congress into emergency session saying Saddam and the world needed another sign of overwhelming american approval for Bush a military buildup. Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole said a special session was Likely before the end of the year. But presidential press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said a we done to think that a necessary. There is no he said Bush believes he has consulted sufficiently with Congress sen. Richard Lugar r-ind., said a what clearly has occurred since the president sent the additional troops Over. Is an unravelling of support that has to Stop and this is Why it is important that we come together Congress and the president now to affirm precisely what we re going to his comments reflected concerns that several members of the .-dominated Alliance against Iraq were reluctant to fight Saddam a soldiers. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., who questioned Bush a deployment of additional troops said that a Congress should be involved Nunn is chairman of the Senate armed services committee. Sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., said he wants a special session convened so it can approve a Resolution barring offensive moves by the presi Dent. Ange Dole said he wants a a declaration of support and a will Agness to commit whatever resources it takes a i think it ought to be put up to the con a Ess. 7 put up or shut up it Dole said. And if they say no. Then the president has to decide whether to go it the Pentagon announced tuesday it was calling up additional Navy reservists and will take similar Steps in other services. Before leaving Baghdad for Morocco Iraq first Deputy prime minister Taha Yassin Ramadan said he was carrying a letter from Saddam to King Hassan ii mentioning a dangers facing the Hassan on sunday proposed an Arab Summit As a last ditch Effort to avoid conflict with the multinational Force massed in the saudi desert. That Force includes 1,700 moroccan troops. Soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev sent two envoys to the Middle East on tuesday to gauge support for the Arab Summit the government newspaper Izvestia reported French president Francois Mitterrand expressed Hope an Arab Summit will Lead to peace. A a it a absolutely necessary that Iraq Budge from its position of refusing everything a he told a news conference. In other developments tuesday a British Pilot was killed when his fighter Jet crashed in a training flight Over Qatar the British foreign office said. A French non commissioned officer was killed and another injured when the . Army jeep they were Riding in flipped Over in saudi Arabia the French defense ministry announced. The . Soldier driving the jeep was slightly Hurt. Sgt. Michael r. Ange 26, a . Reservist at it. Lee va., called up for Active duty filed a lawsuit in Washington seeking to Stop his deployment to the Gulf contending Bush must first get congressional permission to wage War. The Pentagon said marines will conduct their first amphibious assault exercise m saudi Arabia since being deployed to the iraqis who deserted from the army to Turkey said civilians in Iraq were being forced to give food to soldiers. One deserter said Saddam ordered the execution of six generals and 120 other officers who opposed iraqis invasion. Cold . Weather and heated language from British prime minister Margarlt Thatcher combined tuesday to drive Oil Ksn mgr in the Newyl re Market up $1.25 a barrel to $33.12. Thatcher again warned Saddam to leave Kuwait and told parliament said she believed Saddam was close to acquiring nuclear weapons. Doe clears Oil firms on profit hikes Chicago a the . Energy department has found no evidence of fuel Price gouging by american Oil companies in the Wake of iraqis invasion of Kuwait the Agency a no. 2 Man told Oil executives a if anything there has been a Lack of profits that should have been made and prices that should have been charged for gasoline a Deputy Energy Secretary w. Henson Moore said tuesday at the annual meeting of the american Petroleum Institute. A consumer group conceded that Oil companies have used restraint in raising Gas prices which have not increased As sharply As crude Oil heating Oil and Jet fuel prices since the Early August invasion. But the restraint was not applied fairly and the companies still made healthy profits said Christopher Dyson research director for buyers up an Energy Consumers group in Washington founded by Ralph Nader. Moore speaking on the final Day of the three Day meeting in Chicago said Price increases of 60 percent for crude Oil 50 percent for heating Oil and nearly 80 percent for Jet fuel since late july reflect Supply and demand realities and a a War Premium that factors in the Middle East War from Page 1 commander Here Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf decided the United states should adopt a strict prohibition in deference to saudi sensitivities according to officials familiar with his thinking. The officials said that Schwarzkopf regarded the prohibition and other strict curbs on service members conduct As the kid of test that the . Military May face with increasing frequency As its focus shifts from Europe to the Middle East and third world. The no drinking Rule has prompted vocal discontent among soldiers Many of whom have told visitors that their desert duty would be far More tolerable if they were permitted an occasional drink As were gis in world War ii Korea and Vietnam. A How Long can the army expect a Soldier to last without his Beer a an infantry lieutenant complained. The disclosure of the disciplinary actions however in Wladon of the ban?011 that americans ha<1 found or in a his a est a aids penalties were imposed through whle a st0ps Short of a formal the spokesman it. Cmdr. David Knox declined to a specify what action had been taken. Pruned to other informed us sources however Cash Trio 1 ties included heavy forfeitures of pay for officers at loss of rank for at least one enlisted Man d the the sources said that potentially More severe Discini so be a a spending Agai Quot St a Ltd dozen a some of the service members who violated the Rule an patently were seeking to manufacture Moonshine for their own use the sources said. Unstine Tor a i apparently smuggled alcohol into the counts a p a quotes a were Able a one knowledgeable american official said the stocks of Bootleg alcohol available in Northern saudi Arabia have cd r5.cent weeks As iraqi soldiers in Clandestine visits to Baudi outposts offer alcohol in Trade for food and or saudi official however said he heard no such reports. Com do a general order no. 1 specifically Man to introduction Possession use Sale Transfer he e or consumption of any alcoholic beverage a personnel and civilians serving with . Armed forces in operation desert shield. An Rev Des an exemption however for thousands of ssii2/tlcrabers deployed to bases in the re to be consumed0 a a a we Ere local Law permits alcohol Bah Gene Mesa sys Tel in which . Sailors on Liberty in Side u Ink their fill at hotel bars and special ship the other a and marines deployed on under a 17-Naile causeway in saudi Arabia Are ment s t0 stay Day for the duration of their deploy
