European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. April 11, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5panel hears plea for trial of Saddam by Leon Daniel United press International Washington a witnesses told the Senate foreign relations committee that iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein should be charged with crimes against humanity and tried before an International tribunal. A a a a the most eloquent testimony tuesday came from author Elie Wiesel the Nobel peace prize Winner who witnessed the horrors of the holocaust the systematic destruction of More than 6 million european jews by the nazis before and during world War ii. Wiesel a humanities professor at Boston University used the appearance before the panel to express a my profound sadness at the unjust Fate that has befallen the Brave kurdish Freedom fighters in Iraq. I fail to comprehend Why they have been abandoned a a i respect and Admire president Bush for the Way he organized the International Community into War against Iraq s aggression a a Wiesel said a slam sure that he is sensitive to human suffering. Why then Hasni the done More to save the kurd from the humiliation of agony and death a Wiesel said the question before the committee is not How to sentence Saddam a but whether to bring him to Justice and if so where and in we hat  Saddam a and his acolytes Quot must be tried Wiesel said for murdering a thousands of his kurdish citizens with Gas before the Gulf crisis and for continuing to massacre them even . Wiesel charged Saddam with invading Kuwait launching missiles against israeli civilians and ordering a the worst ecological disaster in modern  Wiesel said he is a not motivated by a thirst for vengeance a but a civilization Means the setting of moral limits to War . A like the emperors of ancient Rome a he said Saddam a set himself above the International Law. That  he ought Tobe condemned by the International  committee member Alan Cranston a Cali offered a statement in support of his Bill to Cut off All foreign assistance except for humanitarian Aid to any govern ment that a a a commits Gross violations of International standards governing the conduct of armed  a the current Campaign by the Butcher of Baghdad against kurdish Freedom fighters is on it by the latest in a string of outrages committed by Saddam against both a International standards of decency and the rules of the conduct of warfare Quot Cranston said. Another panel member sen. Mitch Mcconnell r-ky., spoke for his own measure which would seek to try Saddam for War crimes. Committee chairman Clai borne Pell d-r.l., who presided at the hearing noted that the Senate overwhelmingly adopted a sense of the Senate provision offered by sen. John a Linz r-i�?Ta., killed last week in a plane crash which advocated that Saddam Bohri Devus a War criminal. Pell said the Senate also unanimously adopted a Resolution calling on the president Quot to Confer w Ith our coalition partners or the United nations to establish an inter Tea Tiona court or tribunal to prosecute the responsible iraqi partners for crimes against International  Bradley Gates vow to end the divisiveness los Angeles City Council president John Ferraro is flanked by police chief Daryl Gates left and mayor Tom Bradley at a joint press conference tuesday. Los Angeles up mayor Toni Bradley and police chief Daryl Gates on opposite sides of a crisis that has split the City since the videotaped police beating of an unarmed Man pledged tuesday to put aside their personal differences and a Send the  appearing together for the first time since the March 3 beating of Rodney g. King by several police officers Bradley Gates and City Council president John Ferraro agreed to cooperate As the various panels investigating the department carry out their missions. A it is time to end the divisiveness to Stop the rancorous debate a the three said in a joint statement. A it is time to think about what is Best for this City and its  Bradley and Gates have been at political Odds with each other for the past five weeks. Their verbal skirmishes have played in the Media with the fallout from the beating of the Black Motorist by a group of White cops polarizing the City. The controversy climaxed last week with Bradley calling on Gates to resign. That set off a political Chain reaction with Gates defying the mayor the Bradley appointed police commission placing the chief on a forced 60-Day leave and the City Council voting to reinstate him. The political mane vering took a turn monday when a Superior court judge temporarily returned Gates to his duties pending an april 25 hearing. A the events surrounding the beating of Rodney King have presented the City with to crisis that is unparalleled in Toto history of our City a the statement said. A it threatens both the Structure of municipal government As Well As the cohesiveness of tie people of our culturally diverse  a a a a a a  a a a a. A. A although the three men agreed to cooperate several differences remained. Bradley said he still believes dates should resign.  i made the statement and 1 stand by that statement a he said. Ferraro said he would like the police commission to rescind its decision to put Gates on leave. But Bradley said the commission should move Forward with its  three urged a reduction in the rhetoric that has come from All sides. Gates credited Ferraro with being a peacemaker for calling tie three together in a meeting . There was some disagreement hut the rhetoric was Calm Cool and Low a he said. The three men promised to retrain from criticizing each other in Public during inc course of the investigations. In the stars and stripes j 10 year Sago april 11,1981 a police found the body of Larry Rogers making him the 23rd victim in Atlanta a 20-month string of child murders. 20 year Sago april 11,1971 a David Williams 15, was badly mauled by Timber wolves in their Lair in the san Diego zoo before two men armed with tree limbs drove off the wolves. 30 years ago april 11,1961 a rescuers gave up Hope for 212 people missing in a two Day fire aboard the British passenger liner Dara. The Dara had caught fire after a collision Early saturday morning in the persian Gulf. 40years ago april 11,1951 a . Soldiers Are depriving Germany of All its pretty girls according to a German registry official in Berlin. After performing 14 years of civil marriages he said the gis to Date in Beauty was so High that he rarely has seen a Soldier appear at his office with an unattractive girl. Dinkins cautions City s Rookie police by the new York times new York a mayor David n. Dinkins tuesday urged the City a latest class of Rookie police officers to avoid he com ing a burned out bullies with Billy  Dinkins made the unusually Tough remarks at a graduation ceremony in Madison Square Garden. They came against a backdrop of Public outrage Over police brutality that was sparked by the videotaped beating last month of a Motorist in los Angeles and by the recent indictment of five new York City police officers in the death of a car theft suspect in Queens. While Dinkins heaped the customary Praise on the new recruits a calling them Cox news sen ice Washington Rev. Jesse Jackson said tuesday that he would beat Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder the country a first Black elected governor and All other candidates if he entered the race for the 1992 democratic presidential nomination. Despite being undecided about whether to run Jackson said he has enough Public support to win the nomination. A the finest As far As the people of new York Are concerned the finest As far As their mayor is concerned a lie also sent a Clear message that he would not tolerate brutality like that depicted in the Bis Angeles videotape a such officers ruin the reputation and unravel the integrity of entire departments wrecking careers and feeding the sort of Public cynicism that inevitably results in More violence against officers a a he said. R "7&Quot. A that is Why i want you to recognize such officers for what they Are. They Are not Good cops. They Are not any kind of Macho R.L. models. They Are not your friends. They have crossed the line from being protectors to being avengers and can win a a in a encouraged that if i would run that i would win a he said at a National press club luncheon. V Jackson said he received 7 million popular votes and 1,300 delegates in the 1988 democratic presidential primary. That year a candidate needed 2,082 delegates to win the nomination said Jim Desler spokesman for the National democratic committee. The possibility of two major Black can have themselves become a Public  a a at this a a the crowd of nearly 14,000 friends and family of. The new officers in the Madison Square Garden Arena applauded loudly. Dinkins was More circumspect and diplomatic about the death of 21-year-old Federico Pereira during a struggle with officers in Queens. A it is in the courts a not in any other forum that this Case must be tried a Dinkins said a but we cannot allow these charges and that is what they Are at this stage a charges a to Compromise Pur Confidence in our extraordinary police  dilates in next years race for the democratic nomination Means that America is growing and expanding Jackson said. Wilder recently filed financial and Campaign reports with the Federal election commission and said he is forming a committee to determine his chances of winning the 1992 democratic presidential primary. A i think it Means a plus that there is evidence of the attempt to have the two of us a Jackson said