European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28.a a the stars and stripes saturday january. 12,1991 news Brief couple files suit challenging waiver of go consent on drugs soviet troops seize lithuanian buildings Vilnius . A soviet troops seized the lithuanian National guard Headquarters and the republics main printing Plant Friday and the lithuanian government said soldiers fired Over a crowd outside the printing Plant. Troops at the printing Plant shot one Young Man in the face said aids Palubinskas a lithuanian parliament spokesman. Three other people were shot and three suffered broken Bones said Elta the lithuanian state news Agency. Hundreds of lithuanian nationalists formed a human ring to try to defend the republics television Tower. The nationalists have been guarding the republics parliament buildings for two Days fearing an attack by the red army or russian nationalists opposed to lithuanian Independence. Lithuanian president vytautas Landsbergis tried to Telephone soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev Friday but was told Gorbachev was having lunch and would not take the Call parliamentary spokeswoman Rita Dapkus said. Gorbachev indicated thursday he might impose direct presidential Rule unless Lithuania complied with the National Laws it has flouted since declaring Independence on March 11. Neither the soviet Constitution nor National Laws define what measures could be taken under presidential Rule but they could include disbanding the parliament and Banning demonstrations. Washington up a . Soldier stationed in saudi Arabia and his wife filed suit Friday against a recent Federal ruling allowing soldiers to be Given unapproved drugs or vaccines without their informed consent. The drugs and vaccines in question would be used to counteract or prevent the devastating effects of chemical and biologic Cal warfare in a confrontation with Iraq. The suit was filed for the unidentified Soldier and his wife in the District of columbian a . District court by the consumer advocacy group Public citizen it names defense Secretary Dick Cheney and health Secretary Louis Sullivan and was filed on behalf of All . Military personnel in the persian Gulf. A this Case is not about depriving our troops of medicines that could be helpful. It is about ensuring that those in the armed services get them Only after informed consent a Sidney Wolfe director of Public citizen health research group said at a news conference. He said that after the revelation of nazi War crimes involving the use of unwilling subjects for medical experiments the Nairn Borg code the Helsinki declaration and . Laws were enacted. A the essence of All of these is that it is immoral unethical and. Illegal to administer experimental drugs to people without informed consent a Wolfe said adding it is unclear what the Pentagon would do with soldiers who if Given the option refuse the drugs because of possible Side effects. The department of defense and department of health and human services had no comment on the lawsuit. On oct. 31, the Pentagon requested an exception to the food and drug administrations informed consent regulations for military personnel. In a dec. 21 Federal Register notice the government said it is a not feasible to obtain informed consent from troops facing combat. German Media criticize controls Berlin apr the German journalists Union on Friday condemned what it saw As a Drift toward censorship for reporters covering. The Gulf crisis. A if Western democracies Are already working on plans to control journalists and the Media it is proof that acts of War Lead to undemocratic results a the Union said in a statement. The Union said it was reacting to what it called a preparations for censorship in the Gulf crisis the Pentagon has announced rules governing Media Access that establish Pool coverage restrict descriptions of combat and require military review of combat dispatches in the Gulf Region. American news organizations also have criticized the rules. A if a soldiers life will be endangered by nerve Gas for example it is not acceptable from a military standpoint to defer to whatever might be the soldiers personal preference concerning a preventative or therapeutic treatment that might save his life avoid endangerment of the other personnel in his unit and accomplish the combat Mission a the Pentagon said. ,. Wolfe countered that it is still possible today to distribute pamphlets to soldiers describing possible Side effects and asking their consent. The Fra agreed to consider waiver re quests from the Pentagon on a substance by substance basis. Fra spokesman Jeffrey Nesbit said it is up to the Pentagon not the Fra to announce whether waiver requests have been granted. The Pentagon has not made such an announcement. Nesbit said the regulations could have already been waived and the drugs administered to the troops but there has been no official announcement to that effect. The complaint filed in court lists three unapproved drugs for which the Pentagon has requested or soon will seek waivers a tablets. Wolfe said the drug has been approved for neuromuscular transmission problems but not for combating nerve Gas. A botulinum vaccine. Wolfe said it has been used on Laboratory workers but the experimental vaccine has not received approval for More widespread use. A a Multi shield topical Cream. Wolfe said this Cream developed to be rubbed into exposed skin to counteract chemical agents has not been approved from Page 1 Tion a he said. A i would imagine that it quite possible that some Community commanders will determine that that a appropriate the army a ongoing Security exercises in Europe will include tests of the most serious threat condition procedures said a spokeswoman for . Army Europe. All Levels of Security from Alpha to Delta will be practice sometime during each exer disc. V condition Delta the highest threat level is declared in the immediate area where z terrorist attack has occurred or when intelligence indicates that terrorist action against a specific area is Likely. Security measures that personnel could take under condition Delta include searching All parcels and containers brought onto installations identifying All vehicles already on the installations Ansbaker from Page 1 authorizing Force asked a what guarantees do we have that w a will be Brief american casualties will be Light no one can say whether War will last five Days five weeks or five the Georgia democrats speech was briefly interrupted by about a dozen protesters in the visitors gallery who began chanting a no blood for Oil a they were ejected from the chamber. Increasing fears of War in the Region prompted the . Embassy in Israel to urge tens of thousands of americans to leave the jewish state which Saddam has repeatedly threatened to attack if War Breaks out. Saddam reiterated Friday that he will closing certain roads. The Frankfurt military Community began a 48-hour military exercise Early Friday to practice Security measures that would be taken if the Community were threatened. A Large number of soldiers from the Community have deployed to saudi Arabia and the exercise will help ensure that reservists and augment Ces can properly do their new jobs said it. Col. Dick Bridges the v corps Public affairs spokesman. The Frankfurt military shopping Center which includes the Post Exchange and com mis sary was closed until 2 . Friday As part of the exercise. If a real threat existed people would be told what actions to take by their Chain of command or by the military Community Bridges said. Elsewhere in Germany soldiers used mirrors to Check under cars entering military bases and required two forms of identification from All people attempting to enter. The increased Security checks caused Long lines at Many facilities. Concrete barriers were set up at the not pull out of Kuwait without a settlement of the palestinian problem a a linkage of two issues the Bush administration has repeatedly rejected. A . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar met Friday in Geneva with foreign ministers of the 12-nation european Community prior to a weekend Mission to Iraq. Before heading to Amman Jordan he won their support for his plan for a . Peacekeeping role in the Gulf Region if Iraq pulls out from Kuwait. Perez de Cuellar who left new York late thursday for Paris Geneva and Amman said he. Was not bringing a specific plan to Saddam when he arrives in Iraq on saturday. But he said he was exploring . Supervision of a simultaneous pullout of iraqi troops from Kuwait and the .-led forces arrayed against the iraqis in the persian Gulf Region a. A once the withdrawal is agreed upon 1 front Gate of Nairn bergs a Merrell Barracks to Force cars to Snake through slowly. At other installations trucks served the same purpose. In Darmstadt a Lincoln Village housing area soldiers on foot patrol were told to be on the Alert for unusual events or things that seemed out of place. The area in eludes two schools. At Ferris Barracks in Erlanger a Drill planned for saturday will include Bradley fighting vehicles. Soldiers of the 2nd in 6th inf will drive their Bradley to All Gates and several Points on the Post and the nearby housing area. Extra Security measures also have begun at Post offices. In some communities identification cards Are required to pick up mail. Other facilities require that the contents of packages be examined before being mailed. Such requirements Are part of individual Community Security plans and Are not mandated by postal officials said a spokesman for the army postal group eur. Rope. Quot a ,.a the increased Security was welcomed by think i will propose the participation of the . Force i mean . Peacekeeping operations a Perez de Cuellar said. Saddam a defiant speech came before hundreds of Muslim scholars attending a conference in Baghdad Iraq. He said he was certain of Victory because his armed forces had a combat experience unlike the americans using military his information minister also denied foreign news reports that Saddam May wait several Days past the tuesday deadline before announcing his support a in principles to leave Kuwait. In other developments Friday a saudi Arabia pledged to Bear 40 percent to 50 percent of the military costs for the multinational buildup in the Gulf. A an eight ship Navy amphibious task Force has entered the Gulf and will be followed in the next Lew Davs by the aircraft Carrier Midway the . Central come some family members. A i think its great. Its kind of reassuring a Karen Habeck said Friday in Firth. Another woman said a a in mall for it. It would be smart to beef up Security As a the soldiers wife who asked that her name not be used also said a the majority of people wont care to stand in line for a while in order to know they re getting v one of the leading companies offering bus Tours to americans also introduced Security measures Friday. Top Tours said its main bus Transfer Point would be changed for every departure. Clients will not be allowed to join Tours at the Transfer Point but must Board at Community pickup Points. Passengers also must show bus Drivers both their tour receipt and an id card or passport before boarding. The company which is based in Kaiserslautern said that guides had been briefed by military police on Security measures and that bus signs would not identify the groups As american said in saudi Arabia. A the United states and the Netherlands will Send Patriot surface to air missiles to Turkey to help bolster its defences in Case of Border clashes with Iraq a dutch official and nato sources said. The agreement to Send the missiles a the most sophisticated air defensive missile in the american Arsenal a came five Days alter Belgium Italy and Germany dispatched 42 nato jets to Turkey to defend its Southern Border with Iraq. A Canada will beef up its military presence in the Gulf with an additional six tighter jets 130 service personnel and an air Tanker Gen. John de Chatelain said. A the International Energy Agency representing the United states and 20 other major Oil consuming nations announced a plan to release 2 million barrels of Oil daily from government reserves it a War reduces world supplies
