European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 23, 1991 an australian Soldier looks Over the Graves of compatriots killed during world War ii fighting in , Allied War veterans reportedly tussle at festivities Athens Greece apr German War veterans attending 50th anniversary festivities to Mark the Battle of Crete scuffled with Allied War veterans after the germans gave the nazi Salute and shouted a a Hail Hitler a press reports said wednesday. The government described the reports As a unbelievable falsehoods of a suspicious  Athens daily Elefther Otylia reported that the germans gestures provoked the incidents in hotel lobbies in Iraklion and canes a the two major cities on the Mediterranean Island. Allied War veterans and greek employees of the hotels attacked them. At a German War cemetery in male me on the outskirts of canes German War veterans unfurled a giant Swastika tuesday and delivered speeches praising the third Reich the paper said. Official spokesman Vyron polydoras said the government a condemns these suspicious rumours which in the final analysis slander the country and insult a great National  about 30,000 Commonwealth greek and German soldiers died in the Battle for Crete. Fighting began May 20, 1941, and ended 11 Days later when German paratroopers overpowered its defenders the we Klong festivities end sunday with a ceremony that will be attended by greek Premier Constantine i Tsitakis German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and hundreds of veterans. The stars and stripes a Page 9 Winnie Mandela arrested at rally to Back inmates Johannesburg South Africa apr Winnie Mandela and dozens of other women were arrested wednesday after scuffling with riot police during a demonstration to demand the release of political prisoners. A a a a a a. A a a a a Quot. A police put Mandela the wife of african National Congress Leader Nelson Mandela and other Anc activists into vans and took them to the main Johannesburg police station after the protest in the City Center Brief scuffles broke out As police took the women away. Other Anc women who gathered outside the police station to demand her release were arrested after refusing to disperse. A a Viva Anc a the women chanted. A police said about 90 women were arrested but witnesses said up to 150 women were detained. Nelson Mandela visited his wife at the police station. He said she had been bruised during the scuffles with police but was in Good spirits. A Winnie Mandela was sentenced to six years in prison last week after being found guilty of kidnapping and being an accessory to assault in connection with the 1988 abduction and beating of four Young men. She had been free on bail while her attorneys try to Appeal the conviction. Anc leaders were on a 24-hour  to demand the release of about 200 political prisoners in South Africa. Winnie Mandela vigils and protests were planned in some parts of the country and overseas to show support for the prisoners who Are also staging hunger strikes to demand their release. Several Are reported to be in critical condition after going without food since May 1. The government and the Anc reached an agreement last year to free political prisoners by april 30. Although hundreds of prisoners have been released the two sides have disagreed Over definitions of political prisoners. The government of president . De Klerk has ruled out releasing prisoners convicted of killings and other violent crimes. The Anc is demanding the release of All detainees jailed for politically motivated of tenses. A it a a a. A or Green berets fight a different War in Bangladesh Kutub Dia Island Bangladesh apr the Green berets have temporarily traded their sometimes secretive combat missions for the Public spotlight administering to thousands of. Sick and hungry Cyclone survivors. Leaving guns and combat gear behind a three Man . Army special forces team flew by helicopter to this storm ravaged Island off Bangladesh a Southeast coast armed Only with communications equipment maps survival gear and smiles. It is one of nine teams from the special forces and the air Force special tactics unit sent to Bangladesh As part of a 7,000-member . Military task Force helping survivors of the april 30 Cyclone. Experts in the Art of War the Green berets have been getting an education in misery in Bangladesh. A a there a no Short term band Aid solution to this problem a sgt. 1st class Mark a a Max Mcintyre. The 28-year-old team Leader from Thomaston conn., led a ragtag band of youngsters and Middle aged men through town his Blond hair and camouflage Quot uni form a Beacon for Many who spend their Days waiting for Relief to be distributed. Looking out at one of hundreds of Rice paddies now inundated with stagnant Saltwater he Shook his head and said a you see one kid defecating in the water one kid urinating in it and one next to him drinking the water a when american experts came to test the water a they freaked because there were so Many microorganisms he said. A what they need is some really really deep Wells to get beneath the contaminated  Mcintyre stopped to Pat the head of a Barefoot youngster with a bloated belly. Quot he a full of parasites a the sergeant said. Then he spotted a Little to by Wilh swollen Knees. A a he a got  inside the dirty overcrowded Hospital Mcintyre tried to get a response from a baby whose pupils were almost closed but he . A it Breaks your heart a they re living in ignorance a he said. Mcintyre and his team were the first americans to arrive on Kutub Dia Island and quickly assessed the situation hunger but no starvation a Sharp increase in diarrhoea cases and a desperate need for qualified doctors. Within hours of their arrival thursday . Military helicopters started Landing with sacks of Rice and clothes for some of the thousands injured or left homeless when a tidal wave churned up by the Cyclone swept across the Island. A the military a been making sure the food gets out and they be been doing a Damn Good Job a said Mcintyre. Sgt. 1st class Mark a a Max Mcintyre and l ech sgt. Kevin Jones right radio results of their assessment Mission on Kutub Dia Island Bangladesh