European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10. B the stars and stripes tuesday april 30, 1991 from Page 1 the City of Zakhoo they joined 576 . Army major Gen. Jay m. Garner who commands the military operation in Northern Iraq expects refugees to Start streaming from the mountains a in Earnest in about two  ., French dutch and British officials met monday with about a dozen iraqi kurdish rebel leaders to Tell them to Stop Hal Ting refugees trying to return Home. After the meeting the most senior of the kurdish leaders who goes by the name of general Ali was taken to one checkpoint by a  Helicopter. Lie told his men to let kurdish refugees pass. In addition the officers said Allied forces have told kurdish guerrillas that they will not tolerate violence either in the Camps or in cities within the Allied Security zone in Northern Iraq. Jones said Allied forces arc concerned i Neu expeditionary unit which lost More than 200 marines in a 1983 suicide bomb attack in Lebanon. Meanwhile the United nations said monday that it was sending a Convoy carrying personnel and equipment to Zakhoo on tuesday in a first step toward assuming control of the Allied Camps. It but turkish. President Turgut Ozal said the United nations could not provide sufficient Protection for the Camps. He called monday for a Long term Western military presence in Iraq. A if the Allied Powers do not maintain their presence in Northern Iraq the iraqi kurd will Start running again As soon As they see an iraqi Soldier a Ozal told the iranian news Agency Irna. The european Community meanwhile endorsed a British Call for a . Sion to Baghdad last week said monday however that the proposal stood Little Chance of Success. Jones said Allied forces have no illusions about solving the Long term problem of the kurd. A a fall we can do is solve the suffering in the Hills a he said. A was a Guy who a been Here for Only 14 Days 200 cais is an impressive amount of  Jones who commands 3,200 american British and dutch marines along with about 1,000 american soldiers is in charge of the Security operations in Northern Iraq under Garner. Since Allied forces entered Northern Iraq kurdish guerrillas known As pesh Merga have established checkpoints charging tolls and stopping kurdish refugees from returning Home. Points a to Tell them to Knock that stuff  athe Allied forces also warned the guerrillas against attacks on iraqi police or their suspected collaborators. A what we re trying to do is essentially Appeal to the kurdish leadership and say a hey we re the Best Deal you be had in a Long Long time and you could really screw it up a a Jones said a if they come Back with blood in their eyes and find an iraqi at the end of every ak-47, the coalition forces Arentt going to be there to tolerate  infantry Captain sentenced for faking credit letters Mannheim Germany a amps a an 8th inf div Captain has been sentenced to six months in prison for conduct unbecoming an officer according to a court martial report released monday capt. Robert Austin Iii 28, pleaded guilty at a general Couturf partial april 17 to the charges which involved his writing fake letters to avoid financial difficulties and an investigation into those difficulties. In april 1989, Austin began writing bad checks that totalled More than $7,000 by May 1990, according to the court documents. His Check cashing privileges in the Community were terminated in May 1990. Between april 1989 and May 1990, Austin wrote four letters signed by fictitious people from his stateside Bank in Hopes of regaining Nis Check cashing privileges. He used the ploy several times to reinstate those privileges during the. Year the documents said. But in May officials became suspicious and called the stateside Batik to verify the  investigation showed that the signatures were fake and officials questioned Austin about the scheme Austin then denied that lie had written the letters. The documents said he also lied to criminal investigation come agents when they questioned him. Austin the assistant operations officer for training in the divisions 3rd brigade in Mannheim has been in the army six years. As part of a pretrial agreement he was also ordered to forfeit All pay during his confine mint and was dismissed from the army. Austin from Tallahassee fla., will serve his sentence at fort Leavenworth. Kan. 3 turkish officials killed by gunmen in township  apr gunmen carried out a raid in a township in Eastern Turkey killing or seriously wounding eight local officials state radio reported Moil Day. A a a a a a a a a. A government official blamed separatist kurdish rebels but no one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack sunday. Three officials were killed including the governor of Solhan a township in Bingol  Kurdis carried out the attack he would be the highest ranking official slain in a 6 / year old insurgency that has left 3,000 dead. The officials were in the Garden of a club in the township when the assailants fired automatic weapons killing the governor Mehmet turks Ever As Well As the local prosecutor and a forestry official. The eight other officials were hospitalized with serious wounds the radio said. The kurd seek Independence in turkeys 11 South Eastern provinces. About half of turkeys estimated 12 million kurd live in these provinces which have been under a state of emergency Lor 13 years. Army no gets 4 years for molesting daughter 12 Mannheim Germany a amps a a sergeant first class was sentenced to four years in prison earlier this month for sexually molesting his 12-year-old daughter. The 18-year army Veteran was found guilty at a general court martial of five specifications of indecent acts with a child. As part of a pretrial agreement he also was reduced  lowest enlisted Grade ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances and Given a dishonourable discharge. The stars and stripes is withholding the sergeant s name to protect the identity of the victim. The sergeant will he confined at fort Leavenworth Kan. Dollar from Page 1 economic policy makers from the worlds leading Industrial Powers a the United states Germany Japan Britain France Canada and Italy a tried to paper Over their disagreements about the direction world interest rates should take. A carefully worded joint statement at the end of the meeting Felt far Short of a Bush administration proposal to Engineer a round of coordinated cuts in interest rates around the Globe. Instead the g-7�?Ts final co Rhu Niqui made Only vague promises to take unspecified actions a was needed to boost world growth. Economists said there is a Good Chance that German interest rates instead of being Cut As the administration had asked May Well Rise perhaps As Early As this week. ,. The g-7�?Ts disappointing stance left foreign Exchange traders in a mood to push the Dollar higher. A the perception of g-7 disunity is very striking a Fox said. He added that the group of seven failed to Call for a Cap on the Dollar at sundays meeting which also supports a stronger Dollar. Whether the Dollar will surge past l80 Marks or fall Back is another question. Currency traders will keep a close Eye on what Germany a Bundesbank does this week. If the German Central Bank raises interest rates it might be enough to cause a downward correction in the Dollar several analysts said. Investors tend to buy those currencies in countries where rates Are on the Way up. Ran Amstad an economist with Chase investment Bank in London expects foreign Exchange traders to be wary As the week  the Bundesbank chooses to tighten it might help the Mark a he said. But Amstad expects Germany to wait at least two More weeks before increasing Domestic interest rates. It would be bad form to raise rates immediately after a g-7 meeting in which the United states had sought a rate Cut he said. However Bob Taylor an economist with Sci Etc generate Bank in London said foreign Exchange dealers might Force the Bundesbank a hand by continuing to bid the Dollar higher until officials make a move on interest  Market wants to see something done a he said. In a note of caution Amstad said that the g-7�?Ts a Limp communique is bullish news for the Dollar Over the Long run but that the Dollar might be in for a fall in the next week or so. Amstad argued that the dollars biggest risk now is on the Down Side largely because there Are nagging signs that the  Economy is mired in recession with no immediate Hopes of bouncing Back. A the american Economy Isnit recovering at All a he said. A consumer Confidence has fallen Back in april after zipping up after the War with Iraq. . Exports arc beginning to weaken and there Are no prospects of a sustained recovery  the Dollar is a overextended at this Point Quot. Amstad said and might Tumble to 1.65 or 1.70 Marks before surging ahead again later in the year. Quake from Page 1. I. Said Marina Starostin a georgian government spokeswoman in Moscow. She said rocks cascaded off a Mountainside onto houses in the nearby town of Chi Atura and a Railroad station was a severely damaged in sack Here a town of 12,000 about 45 Miles to the East. Starostin said 30 Homes were destroyed in Dzhavad a town of 11,000 some 60 Miles Northwest of Tbilisi. Tass in a dispatch from Muscovy said the quake killed about 30 people but did hot give a breakdown on the casualties. Earlier local authorities detailed 16 deaths. A a a a a. A v ten people were killed in Dzhavad said Surab Kadz Haya a police spokesman in the City of Kutaisi near the epicentre. Six More people were killed in the towns of Onei and ambr Olaui West of Dzhavad Kadz Huya said Kuwait City up fiery explosions monday Tore through a hotel housing the United nations Iraq Kuwait observation Mission Here slightly injuring four people and causing extensive damage to the beachfront building. A a. Witnesses said the incident occurred when a Kuwait army truck backing up to the Sas hotel to pick up unexploded iraqi ordnance caught fire and exploded. Investigators said they doubled  responsible. A there was one huge explosion followed by three or four smaller ones a said it. Col. Vidar Lehmann of Norway the . Missions senior medical officer. A the entire hotel just shivered. Chandeliers came crashing Down windows caved in and everyone hit the  the four people injured were identified As a kuwaiti by Telephone. \ Shakro Dekan Idze a police officer in Kutaisi said two helicopters were dispatched to Survey damage in outlying areas. A a it was terrible really terrible a Marina Ivanova a paediatrician in the georgian capital of Tbilisi said by Telephone. A the building was shaking like a House of cards. We grabbed our children and rushed downstairs a she said. Ivanova said other residents of her building also fled but damage appeared limited to cracks in Walls. Kutaisi resident Saida Yak Shihade said windows flew open in her House but did not break. Speaking about conditions in her neighbourhood Yak Shihade said by Telephone a Noth inf was destroyed and there were no  the quake also was Felt in ask Heinvali the capital of South Ossetia a mountainous Region in Georgia Tass reported. A Quot in Soldier and. Three migrant hotel workers from Egypt and Jordan. They suffered Light shrapnel wounds . Spokesman naked Ziyad said that an investigation would be conducted but that foul play was not suspected a it May simply have been an unfortunate Accident Quot he said. A we done to think there was any intentional wrongdoing.�?�. The truck apparently was backing up to the hotel s lobby Entrance to pick up caches of ammunition left on the Beach and in bunkers surrounding the hotel by fleeing iraqi soldiers Ziyad said. _ the truck already had made several other pickups of ammunition that morning and according to witnesses was loaded with ammunition rocket propelled grenades and hand grenades