European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 b the stars and stripes saturday March 16, 199-1 seriously ill boy beat1ng in by the stars and stripes Jonathan Barclay has already proven himself a Brave Little trooper. The 8-year-old son of Navy it. Cmdr David Barclay of Virginia Beach va., and his wife Sally has spent almost a fourth of his life in the Hospital. Jonathan suffers from a rare gender linked genetically transmitted disease Wiscott Aldrich syndrome. The average life Span for boys afflicted with the disease is Jonathan a present age. Jonathan was 2 when he was diagnosed As having the disease and his parents have been on a frantic search for medical help Ever since. Now they have reached a critical Point in their search. The Only known cure is a Bone marrow transplant. In Jonathan Scase an unrelated donor had to be found. This is a highly rare and risky procedure a Jonathan a own Bone marrow must first be neutralized before the donor marrow can be introduced into the boys body in addition to the medical risks the initial requirement of locating a suitable donor is also very expensive. V. V a the family has spent More than $8,000 in a computer search to find a matchup. The search has turned up a suitable donor from Seattle. It is estimated that an additional $15,000 will be needed to pay the donors transportation costs and hospitalization expenses. Jonathan will be treated by the paediatric transplant Center in Minneapolis which has asked that part of the costs be paid upfront. A to help offset this financial Burden a special fund has been established to solicit contributions toward Jonathan a medical Bills. Anyone wanting to contribute May Send checks to the Jonathan Barclay fund cres tar Bank . Box 2600, Norfolk a. 23501-2600. From Page 1 hearing. Klausner also gave the officers time to Post bail and be released without being jailed. The indictment charges All four with one count of assault with a deadly weapon by Force Likely to produce great bodily injury. Koon Powell and wind also were charged with inflicting great bodily injury. The four also were charged with violating Laws that make it a felony for an officer to unnecessarily beat any person., Koon and Powell were charged with filing a false police report and Koon was charged with being an accessory after the fact to the assault. Reiner said Koon attempted to cover up his own criminal conduct and that of the other officers after the beating. He said the indictment of the four does t Clear other officers present it the beating which occurred when King was stopped for allegedly speeding. Reiner said investigators continue to gather evidence about the others and will go to the grand jury soon. A rather than wait until the investigation is Complete As to All officers who were present at the scene of the crime we have asked for immediate indictments of the four officers who personally assaulted or. King including the supervising sergeant a the District attorney said. If convicted Koon and Powell could be sentenced to a maximum of seven years and eight months in state. Prison. Wind faces a possible seven year maximum and Briseno a possible four year term. A a in a glad that some indictments have come Down but i think we have to be careful a said Ramona Ripston the Southern California executive director of the american civil liberties union.,a i believe this is a product of racism a Ripston said a and As time goes on we will find out there were racist remarks made by these troops from Page 1 was to Complete his first round of postwar consultations with key allies on saturday by meeting with British prime minister John major. On thursday Bush and French president Francois Mitterrand spent five hours together on the French Caribbean Island of Martinique reviewing prospects for peace in the Middle East in the aftermath of the War. Bush began his five Day trip in Ottawa on wednesday conferring with Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney. A a meanwhile a search team located the site of an american medical evacuation helicopter that crashed in Iraq killing six crewmen a military spokesman reported Friday. The helicopter a uh-60v, had been missing since tuesday and was located thursday. The command also announced that a . Air Force f-16 fighting Falcon crashed wednesday. The Pilot ejected safely and was taken to a military Hospital for examination and treatment. In other developments a Leader Yasser Arafat was quoted Friday As saying Jerusalem must be the capital of a future palestinian state. The remark came As leaders of the Palestine liberation organization were trying to counter reports that they might make territorial concessions in Exchange for a palestinian state. Algerians official aps news Agency Friday quoted Arafat As saying the Only Way to resolve the palestinian Issue a is that the palestinian Emblem be mounted on the rooftops minarets and Bell towers of Jerusalem As the capital of an Independent state of Palestine. A Iraq has not responded to the International atomic Energy Agency a request that it account for enriched uranium that was at a nuclear Center bombed during the War an Agency spokesman said in from Page 1 oratory problems from breathing the soot filled air Renner said. And Fox said the smoke would increase can car rates and cases of bronchitis and asthma. A military Public affairs spokesman in Riyadh saudi Arabia said Friday that american troops Are mostly roving through areas far away from Kuwait a burning Oil Wells and be As affected by the air pollution As the civilian population. A . Military doctor in Kuwait said members of his unit were coughing continuously complaining of sore throats and of nose and skin irritation from the sooty Clouds blanketing the Region. Health experts say the kuwaiti people As Welt As the thousands of american troops in Kuwait and in Southern Iraq Are being exposed to gases that could cause respiratory illness stomach and skin disease and pop ssi Bly cancer. Military physicians with units in Kuwait have been warning senior commanders of the danger but feel their concerns Are being ignored one doctor said. A they Tell us a lets get the Job done and the quicker we do that the so once we can get out of Here a a said one doctor who asked that his name not be used. The world health organization is refraining from making any Type of assessment on the health conditions until its representatives can see the situation firsthand said an official at its Headquarters in Geneva. As for the Impact on agriculture the Clouds of smoke could Block the Sun and lower temperatures ultimately affecting the regions ability to grow anything Renner said. A a a a _ a agricultural production in the Fertile Tigris Euph rates River areas is bound to be damaged a Fox said. The monthly mean temperature in Kuwait during March is 19,4 degrees celsius or about 67 degrees fahrenheit according to figures provided by Britain a meteorological office. U.s., British and German weather services do not have current temperature figures for Kuwait. But a statement from the world wide fund for nature said the average temperature in Kuwait has dropped about 10 degrees celsius or about 18 degrees fahrenheit. However when the smoke Cloud shifts temperatures Are Normal said a military official who travelled to Ku-1 wait on Friday and noted the temperature was above 70 \ degrees fahrenheit and the sky Bright and Clear. Toxic air and acid rain Are also expected to affect crop and grazing lands the analysts said. _ Keith Browning director of research at Britain a meteorological office said the office is unable to predict the severity of the acid rain. But Browning compared it to the worst acid rain that Falls in parts of heavily polluted Eastern Europe a where there a outdated dirty scientists said they fear the regional threat could become a global threat if the soot and smoke reach the stratosphere 12 to 31 Miles above the Earth a surface and the Ozone layer. A the regional effect is a catastrophe alone but who knows what the cumulative effect will be of so i any Wells burning in such close proximity together a Renner said. A a a a a Browning said however that he doubted the smoke would have such catastrophic global effects. The meteorological office has been running daily computerized climate models of the Region and it still v atmospheric pollution on this scale has never occurred before. Human beings Are in effect conducting an enormous unplanned Experiment with the atmosphere of the Region a Michael Renner. Wori watch Institute maintains that the primary effects of the smoke will be Felt within 600 to 1,250 Miles of the burning Oil Wells Browning said. Original calculations by the meteorological office also indicated that the smoke from the Wells wont get into the stratosphere Browning said. So far the smoke Hasni to gone that High into the atmosphere and a that is a great Relief a he said. Browning said such conditions As acid rain a will last As Long As the Oil fires if smoke reaches the stratosphere the effect will linger for about a year after the fires arc out he said. In Iraq people in certain areas also face a threat from poisons unleashed when Allied planes bombed an undetermined number of Saddam Hussein a chemical and nuclear plants. A the burning of Mustard Gas and nerve agents could cause poisonous particles to Settle in the soil and eventually work their Way into the food Chain a said Martin Calhoun an analyst with the Center for defense info nation a military policy think tank in Washington. A anyone who came in Contact with contaminated soil or water could have health problems 10 to 20 years Down the wildlife is another casualty of the Brief but brutal battering of the regions environment. Birds and sea life along the saudi arabian coast have been devastated by the huge Oil Slick in the persian Gulf. The saudi arabian shrimp Industry has been wiped out by the Oil spill and officials expect it to take a decade to recover. It after spending a few weeks along 217 Miles of the Oil soaked Northern saudi arabian coastline an official for the world society for the Protection of animals estimated that thousands of Birds have died. Many More Are expected to die in the months ahead said John Walsh from the Boston based animal Protection group. A major Bird migrations Are about to begin through this area and an estimated 1 million to 2 million Birds Stop in the Gulf on their Way to Europe a Walsh said. Quot the huge Oil Slick now spreading South is sure to devastate the unsuspecting migratory visitors As they \ a. A cleanup efforts Are focused on protecting the water desalination plants and other Industrial facilities Walsh said. Saving animal life is limited to recovery and treatment in a saudi facility. A right now this is not a government priority a Walsh said. A if Steps Are not taken to ensure that the Oil is kept away from sensitive ecosystems our Best efforts to Rescue and clean Oil soaked animals will be too Little. And too late.�?�. Other creatures in Kuwait Are also suffering from the ravages of War. A animals in the Kuwait National zoo were brutalized after the iraqi invasion a Walsh said. A some wounded animals Are still alive and Are living among rotted corpses and unspeakable Walsh toured the zoo on March 3 and found animals with gunshot wounds and open sores. Empty cages and eyewitness reports support the claim that iraqi soldiers took some of the More exotic animals with them he said. The animal Protection group is appealing to Allied forces to provide food and water to the suffering animals. Contributing to this report staff writer Amy gels Lar Jono in England
