European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 b the stars and stripes saturday May 4, 1991 bangladeshis who survived mondays Cyclone Survey a devastated settlement Oit Sandip Island on from Page 1 of the carnage from the typhoon and accompanying tidal Waves began to emerge on 65 islands and coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal. Bodies of men women and children Lay in stacks among bloated animal carcasses As the country a tiny helicopter Force tried to ferry in food and water to the millions who survived the storm. ,. Their misery was compounded Friday by rain that fell on the afflicted area drenching an estimated 100,000 people whose Homes had been demolished and who have no shelter whatsoever. Rains and High winds also lashed the capital and the meteorological Bureau predicted rain thunderstorms and gusting winds in several parts of the country Over the next 24 hours. The first foreign flights began arriving with Aid but officials said the emergency assistance promised As of Friday was Only about one third the immediate need. Khawja Shamsul Huda director of the association of development agencies in Bangladesh said Only $19.2 million had been pledged mainly from the United states Japan and european nations. Saudi Arabia has flown in three aircraft carrying tents and blankets. Destruction is estimated at $1.42 billion. Prayers in memory of the victims resounded from mosques throughout the country. Prime minister Khaleda Zia declared saturday a Day of mourning. Officials of the red Crescent said 55,000 deaths were in the District around the port of Chittagong a City of 300,000 and the country a key Industrial Center. The nearby Island of Sandip took the Brunt of the storm and was completely submerged undersea from Page 1. Region in an emergency Cheney said tuesday. It Isnit Clear however How much equipment would be involved where it would be stored who would maintain it and whether any of it would be sold to any of the states that backed the . Effort against Iraq a senior administration official asked about the backlog of equipment said talks with the Gulf states Are moving Forward a on what i consider to be a reasonable schedule.�?�. Several Pentagon sources said enough Materiel could be left to support an armoured division. That amounts to roughly 300 tanks 300 armoured troop carriers 5,000 to 10,000 trucks several Hundred artillery pieces and More than 100 armoured or scout helicopters. A a that a a very Large pile of stuff a said one source who estimated such equipment is Worth $5 billion. Despite pleas from the kuwaitis that the . Army remain in the War ravaged emirate . Officials Are Adamant that wont happen. A the presidents made it Clear that we Are not interested in a permanent Long term . Ground presence a Garrison if you will on the ground m the saudi arabian area a Cheney said. A besides the stocks of supplies Cheney argued that an a enhanced naval presence a the occasional visit of an air Force tactical fighter Squadron and a a robust schedule of troop exercises with various nations in the Region would be enough to deter any new threat to americans friends there. The first source said that irreparable harm wont come to the Materiel Over the next few weeks but that decisions need to be made about placement of the equipment very soon. Besides the sheer problem of finding ships to return the equipment to bases in the United states or Europe other difficulties lie in the fact that a fall the equipment is spoken for its supposed to have a Home a this officer said. A. A Pentagon officials have made Clear that their first f priority has been bringing Home the 547,000 men and women who served in the Gulf. So far More than 60 percent have returned leaving about 193,000 still there. Another reason for the Holdup is that the military paid top Dollar to rent ships for the sea lift of equipment to the Gulf and is loathe to expend its much needed funds for a similarly Swift return the sources said. A a a a a a a a Bush from Page 1. In 1980 to help Seal the Deal. When asked Friday if he visited Paris in 1980, Bush said a was i Ever in Paris definitively definitely a the president refused to take any further questions about the so called a a october surprised of the 1980 Campaign. Quot a a that Sall in a going to Tell you that Sall a Bush said. A but print it please. Lets try to Stop All the Rumo mongering that is going such a Deal has been rumoured in the past and the Bush White House always has dismissed the allegations but refused to discuss them. The Story was Given new life two weeks ago when a former Carter administration official Gary sick published an article in which he said two years of research had uncovered considerable circumstantial evidence that the Reagan Campaign Bro cred a Deal with Iran. But sick said he found no conclusive proof of such a Deal. Not Long after Bush spoke Fitzwater called sick a the Kitty Kelley of foreign Kelley is the controversial author whose most recent work was a biography of Nancy Reagan. Fitzwater said he could vouch for every Day of Bush a 1980 schedule. A the president was on the Campaign every Day that period Quot Fitzwater said. A the was on the Campaign and he never went to Paris. And anybody who wants to give me a Date i can prove former president Carter citing sick a research has said an investigation is warranted. Bani Sadr a visit to the United states also Likely will give new steam to \ the allegations. Bani Sadr was president of Iran when . Diplomats were held hostage for 444 Days from november 1979 to january 1981 by iranian students in Iran. His Book alleges the Reagan Campaign worked out an agreement with Iran a revolutionary Leader the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to delay the release of the 52 american hostages in order to scuttle. Carter s re election. The hostages were released minutes after Reagan took Over from Carter on Jan. 20,1981. Canadian forces identify soldiers held in slaying Lahr Germany a amps a the Canadian forces released the names Friday of three sol Dicks arrested As suspects in the sunday stabbing death of an 18-year-old civilian son of a forces member. Athe soldiers Are master cps. Francois Leclerc 25, of Montreal master Cpl. Christian Deneault 25, of , Quebec and pvt. Eric Laflamme 20, also of Montreal. All three Are infantrymen assigned to the 1st in Royal 22nd regt at Lahr said a forces spokesman air Force capt Yves Genereux. The victim whose name has not been released died in a Lahr Hospital after police found him lying on a sidewalk bleeding from multiple Stab wounds. G6nereux said German and Canadian officials have agreed that the forces will have primary jurisdiction in the Case. German and Canadian investigators already Haye located More than a dozen witnesses in the Case. All three soldiers remained in military police custody Friday but they have not been charged a Andreux from Page 1 Mander of the battalion As he surveyed the passing Lra is. A Abizaid and other officers said they were surprised by. The number of iraqi troops that had been in the zone. The troops were withdrawing on Allied orders. Frbnk positions near Amariyah several Kilometres East of Sirsen which was taken thursday afternoon by Allied troops. A we thought there were a couple of companies in the Valley but this looks like a battalion Quot he said. A a it a a mexican stand off a said army capt. Robert Street of new Madrid mo., describing the Allied encounters with the iraqi soldiers. A in this operation we re not going to give an one iraqi Soldier Muhammad Hussein 26, from Baghdad Iraq was walking toward Mosul. He said he had been posted in Amariyah for several months. A a in a glad in a leaving a he said. A but we will be on thursday Allied troops expanded the Security zone to form a 50-mile strip East from Zakhoo Iraq. Allied officials said the military was also planning to enlarge the zone to the South although no timetable had been set. N ? marines from th24th Marine expedite in?1? moved South along one main Highway Towai Dozhuk iraqis northernmost provincial capital to prot pare for a move into that City. A a the purpose of the expansion is to encourage kurd to come Down from their squalid Mountain Camps where they fled last ninth during Saddam Husein s crackdown on their rebellion. To the report of cholera by the Relief group Docto without Borders was the first confirmation of Wargi scale cases of the deadly disease among refugees. Doctors in Southern Iraq have reported Numerosi apparent cases but said they have been unable to cot firm them because of a Lack of medical equipment. _ about 100 cases of cholera have been treated at to Cuk Urca Camp since april 27, said Claire Marchand spokeswoman for doctors without Borders in Paris. I a Day morning turkish officials shut the so land crossing into Iraq to Relief vehicles and armed so Diers for three hours. Turkish officials said they had decided to enforce regulations requiring special documents from Velicu making the crossing. Iraqi kurdish rebels. Although you facials denied the report it caused a storm in Turkey
