European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 14, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9london marchers seek hostage s release London a More than 2,000 people marched through London on saturday to Mark the Start of a fifth year in Captivity for John Mccarthy a British hostage in Lebanon. Brian Keenan an irishman who spent mulch of his four years and four months As a hostage in Lebanon with Mccarthy let Loose a thousand yellow balloons Over Trafalgar Square Keenan who was released in August held up his hand and told the crowd. A five fingers five years five words. Bring this Man Home now.1 Mccarthy a 34-year-old television journalist was kidnapped by. Uni Denti lied gunmen on april 17, 1986, on his Way to catch a plane Home from Beirut. No group has Ever claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. Robert Coper a British businessman held for five years in a High Security iranian prison before his release april 1, joined marchers who delivered two boxes of signed petition papers to Downing Street the prime ministers official resilience. The petition called on the government to do everything in its Power to secure the release of Mccarthy and the other British hostages Terry Waite the c h u Reh of l nil and e envoy to Wen captive on Jan. 20, 1987, and retired Pilot Jackie Mann who disappeared May 12,1989. R a i. V Cooper said he hoped attitudes in Syria and Iran the two countries with the most Power to influence those holding , were changing. �?o1 think politically the iranians real i a that they must end this situation one Day a he said. The 55-year-Dld businessman who was held on spying charges described Iran s loin prison As Quot a Candy jail Quot compared with conditions faced by  in Beirut. A a fourth briton Alec Collett disappeared in 1985, a group which claimed to be holding him released a videotape purporting to show Collett hanged hut Liis death has never been confirmed. There Are 10 other Western hostages in  defies . On occupied lands policy Jerusalem apr israeli leaders insisted on saturday in Defiance of . Opposition that the government will continue to build jewish settlements in the occupied lands. Prime minister Yitzhak Shamir said the settlements would not be an obstacle to a .-sponsored regional peace conference As the United states has suggested. A the matter of settlements is not relevant to the peace process a Shamir said in an interview with state owned Israel radio. Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii visited the jewish state last week and repeated the . Position that the settlements in the West Bank and Gaza strip Hurt the chances of a land for peace agreement with the arabs. A    Baker reportedly went so far As to say he believed that building More settlements could even Stop peace talks from Ever being held. Israel has cautiously endorsed the idea of a regional signal unit reorganizes Karlsruhe Germany the 5th signal come kicked off a major reorganization Friday designed to streamline operations and prepare for troop cuts in Europe. The command which provides radio Telephone and satellite communication support for the army in Europe is responding to Usa eur plans to centralize Community functions during the troop draw Down. Previously base level support and strategic communications were performed by both the 160th signal brigade in Karlsruhe and the 2nd signal brigade in Mannheim. Under fridays changes the 160th trans feed control of its three battalions to the 2nd brigade and will no longer perform base support functions. Strategic communications will now be handled solely by the 160th. The 2nd brigades six battalions will be reorganized As directorates of information management or what the army Calls dorms by october the command expects to have assigned one Dom to each of the j2 Hub communities in Usa eur a signal command spokeswoman said the reorganization will have no effect on customers. A few soldiers will be moving and service will continue uninterrupted a she said. The commands 7th signal brigade will continue to provide tactical communication support Foru Sarteur units. Kurdish Aid sought Geneva up a the International committee of the red Cross asked Friday for another $742 million in Aid from the International Community for kurdish refugees. The request is the second for Cash by the All Swiss i arc this year. The Appeal was sent Friday by Cornelio som Maruga i arc president. Peace conference but steadfastly opposes giving up land for peace. Jordan insists Israel must agree to give up land before talks Are held. Syria prefers a broader  peace conference but has stopped Short of rejecting .-sponsored talks. Egypt also has not rejected the u a plan. But an editorial in the leading state newspaper Al Ahtam criticized the United states saturday for refusing to apply pressure on Israel to evacuate Arab land. V about 85,000 jews live among 1.7 million palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip captured from Jordan and Egypt in the 1967 War. Defense minister mosh Arens told Israel radio on saturday that settlement building was proceeding As planned. A the government of Israel will not be the government that stops jews from settling in Judea Samaria or East Jerusalem a Arens said using the biblical names for the West Bank. Weekend newspapers reported what one called the Quot the biggest flurry of building a in the West Bank in the past 10 years. One new settlement. Gush enu Mim was established last week by 800 families and More Are reportedly wih join them. Housing minister Ariel Sharon has pledged to build 13,000 new housing units in the territories Over the next two years. A        a palestinians in the occupied lands have been waging a 40-month-old rebellion against israeli Rule. During that time 815 palestinians have been killed by israeli soldiers and civilians and 359 by fellow arabs who accused them of collaborating sixty five israelis also have been killed. The latest death was reported on saturday when the body of a palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israel was found in the West Bank Village of Ourn Arab reporters said. Villagers said masked Arab activists had kidnapped the victim the night before. Museum features Gulf War exhibit Sis l. Emmett Lewi or. Steve Greeley assistant curator of the 3rd army div museum on Drake Edwards Cavern in Frankfurt Germany adjusts a plastic helmet in a display of uniforms worn by iraqi troops. Greeley curator Dan Peterson and some volunteers have prepared a persian Gulf War exhibit that will open sunday at 3 Canada to open . Also included Are captured Materiel such As rifles machine guns rocket launchers mines and iraqi propaganda. Captured armoured vehicles will eventually become part of the display which already features an open air exhibit of armoured vehicles used by the division and its allies Over the years. At Lahr Germany a amps a Canada plans to open a new 62 bed military hos Pital May 10 next to its european Headquarters in la or. The Hospital which Cost nearly $28 million and took four years to build will replace a cramped 54-bed facility at the Lahr air base. A this building we re in now is a Barracks. The new building is a Hospital a said the administrative officer air Force maj. Pierre a. Lefebvre. A a it la be a great improvement Over the facility we have  the three Story building has showers in every room and can be expanded to 100 Beds. It is equipped to provide services in primary care surgery psychiatry orthopaedic surgery Othal Molby radiology and ear nose and Throat treatment. The Hospital serves the military a two unities in the Lahr and Baden Baden areas where most of Canada s forces in Europe Are stationed. The new Hospital will have the same sized staff As the current facility which consist of 119 members of the 313th Field Hospital and 90 civilians. The Hospital stuff will begin transferring equipment on april 29. Lefebvre said officials will meet april 24 to discuss the potential Impact a declining military population will have on medical services Canada has announced it will reduce the number of its forces in Europe this summer by 1,400, or about 20 percent