European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 09, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes tuesday april 9, i 991in the Gulf at a glance a Mountaineer hikes to the Peak of the  hear Kun Stcin in Tirol amid a fresh snowfall Over the weekend. Temperatures around minus 2 degrees celsius brought Back Winter to the bavarian and austrian Alps on monday. See weather on Page ii. Mail service rates a by the postal services on time per for Nance is still Only getting a a a a Quot from the postmaster attorney goner Al. A Pago 4 police camcorders dozens of police departments Are installing video cameras in patrol cars that resemble the Quot Black Box Quot recorders in air planes. A a a page6 ambition wins out Many Eastern germans have become demoralized but those like Peter Kulla Are ambitious and determined to Benefit from the Prosperity that experts predict will come. A Pago 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. Comics. Commentary. 13letters. Money matters to. 17 sports. .22-28 to listings. Weather11 by Luke Britt Stal writer j Safwan Iraq a the . Cease fire Resolution offers the sleepy farm town of Safwan a future As murky As the Oil Cloud that hangs Over it. American soldiers stationed in the iraqi kuwaiti Border area View the ceasefire As the Long awaited starting gun for the race Home. But for the refugees the soldiers. Are guarding the Resolution brings with it the fear that iraqi president Saddam Hussein will bring his Slaughter politics to the area. Most of the 8,000 refugees come from the iraqi cities of Basra and an Nasi Riya where resistance fighting was heaviest. Many at the refugee Camp which sits in the Middle of the nine mile Buffer zone created by the Resolution expect the iraqi Republican guard to storm the site the moment the last american tank disappears Over the horizon v the Promise that a 1,500-member . Peacekeeping Force will replace the americans does no to Calm the refugees fears. A Why do the americans talk of fighting for Freedom when they Are leaving the peo pie of Iraq Are we not people a asked a refugee who called himself Abdul but admitted it was hot his real name. Quot Saddam will find ways to get to us after the americans Are gone he said. Quot he does t have to come Here with an army. He has hundreds of  most iraqi citizens Are afraid to give their Jeal names to reporters for fear that a spy May be lurking nearby. After a month of seeing iraqi people at their Best As they rebuild their City and at their worst begging for food Oil the streets some . Soldiers have developed a protective feeling for them. Quot this is a no win situation for every one but us a said sgt. Don Fitzpatrick of the 142nd military intelligence in a Utah National guard unit attached to the 3rd army div. A a it a great that we re going Home. But when we do i Hope nothing happens to these people. Id have Ahard tune with  the division has More than 17,000 troops based in the Southeast Corner of Iraq and is responsible for the Security of Safwan the refugee Camp and checkpoints along the Road to Baghdad. Members of the division also staff clinics distribute food and water and Are working to restore Power to the area. Its the first time some citizens said that they be seen soldiers serving civilians. Usually its the other Way around. Quot there a been talk about people lying Down in front of our vehicles when we leave a said capt. Mike Gollaher of the division Public affairs office. A they Are terrified about the americans impending departure. A month ago Safwan was a simple town of less than 20,000. Life focused on the 50 vegetable farms that Circle the Community. Even during the War when citizens said Safwan was attacked six times by Allied aircraft residents continued planting and harvesting their tomatoes onions and melons. _ then the refugees came running from Republican guard units crushing Resis Tance in the cities of Southern Iraq. Although the refugees have found friends among american troops in the area Saf wan residents have not been As welcoming. Quot we done to want refugees Here Quot said Obeid Kashun of Gla the mayor of Saf wan. A they Only make trouble for us. We done to want the americans Here. We done to want any foreign soldiers Here. We want our. Peace under the legitimate government Quot Sun the townspeople of Safwan seem to agree with the mayor. The soldiers they see now Are kind they said but the holes in their Walls the cracks in their ceilings and the craters in the streets Are vivid reminders of what armies do Best. A we. Support Saddam. He is our Leader a said Saad a teacher at the school in Safwan who refused to give his last name. A because these people Are Here the gov eminent May think of us As rebels too. The refugees May have no Choice but to remain in Safwan indefinitely said capt. Roland de Marcellus of the 404th civil affairs in a Virginia Reserve unit attached to the division. Most have asked for political Asylum outside Iraq but the military cannot process the requests. And the people who can Haven to shown up yet. A the United nations High commissioner for refugees is the body equipped to Deal with this a de Marcellus said. The United nations has sent assessment teams to the area he said but they left without advising the military on what to Tell refugees who ask about their fates. That advice de Marcellus said would be very Welcome right now. Corrections an article yesterday concerning . Troop withdrawals from Europe contained inaccurate information from a . European come spokesman the United states has not announced troop cuts in Europe for fiscal year 1992. Withdrawals for fiscal 1991 were to total 50,000, but May be not be completed until the following fiscal year because of operation desert storm. The spokesman was commenting on a German newspaper report. A a a a because of incorrect information in a news release an article saturday said Field artillery 53 specially officers were invited to the european regimental signal Ball. It should Nave stated that functional area specially 53 officers May attend the event. A honouring those left behind a amps Ken George members in the Worms Germany military Community stand at attention while the National Anthem is played during a ceremony monday at the Worms no club. About 200 soldiers from the 5th signal come and other local groups gathered with spouses friends and civilians in an event honouring the soldiers and German police who guarded family members and installations while service members were deployed to the persian Gulf area