European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday May 29, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 3detoured troops leaving Bangladesh Chittagong Bangladesh a thousands of . Service members who brought food clothing and Hope to bangladeshis who survived a killer Cyclone were to resume their journey Home from the persian Gulf War on wednesday. A our Mission was to save lives. I think we saved a lot a i wish we could have saved More a said maj. Gen. Henry Stackpole the commander of operation sea Angel. A a seven ship . Amphibious task Force was diverted to Bangladesh by president Bush to Speed Relief to an estimated 1.7 million survivors of the april 30 Cyclone that claimed at least 139,000 lives. A a a the 7,500-Membcr . Military con Tingent provided the Backbone and logistics for an International Relief Effort that had been unable to get desperately needed supplies to Cyclone survivors. A during an intensive two week operation Stackpole said the . Task Force delivered 3,300 tons of Relief supplies to hard hit coastal areas and Low living islands in the Bay of Bengal by helicopter boat and amphibious Craft. A we have virtually directly or indirectly reached All of those 1.7 million a he said noting government warehouses that had been full of supplies Are now empty. In addition he said . Military medical teams and engineers working with their Bangladesh counterparts and inter National Relief organizations treated survivors and helped contain an outbreak of diarrhoea caused by contaminated drinking diarrhoea is Back to pre Cyclone fact Stackpole said. Many of the �4.1 00 marines and 3.001sailors due to leave wednesday have been away from Home Tor More than six months. The marines made an amphibious Landing in saudi Arabia at the Start of the ground War feb. 24 and moved into Southern Kuwait taking iraqi prisoners and Clearing pockets of resistance. Shortly before their seven ship flotilla departs the amphibious cargo ship St Louis with about 250 marines on Board is scheduled to arrive to help with the american withdrawal. The United states will keep about 50 1 military personnel Anil Tive Black Hawk helicopters from the original task Force in Bangladesh to wind up Relief operations to outlying districts and finish rebuilding some warehouses the general said. By june a Stackpole said lie Hopes to end operations in a Chittagong and move to Dhaka to Complete the handover to the Bangladesh government and military. Operation sea Angel will end in nil june he said. A nah of us will be leaving with a sense of accomplishment but also with an underlying sense of frustration that there a so much More to do a and it Only we Zouki do lie said. Surveying the remains Niki Lauda founder of Lauda air looks Over the wreckage of his company a Boeing 767 jetliner that blew apart in flight and crashed into the Jungles of Thailand late sunday. Along with Lauda on tuesday aviation experts inspected the crash site and wreckage of the austrian jetliner. Som experts said they believed the aircraft was bombed. The crash killed All 223 passengers and Crew members aboard the plane Kuwait returns to martial Law Kuwait up the kuwaiti government on monday announced the renewal of martial Law Lor a month one Day after lifting it. The announcement also came hours alter the prune minister ordered a crackdown on armed kuwaitis who have been terrorizing foreigners of collaborating with iraqi occupation forces. A the government s announcement sunday was made three months alter the .-led coalition liberated Kuwait from iraqi forces. Crown Prince Anil prune minister Sheik Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah in remarks televised late sunday warned that those found abusing foreigners would be punished even if they Are members of the ruling Al Sabah family. A some of you might say that the sons of some Olli vials or even members of the Al Sabah family Are carrying out illegal acts a lie said a a Phis is not an excuse. I mean every word i Western complained to the kuwaiti government that sons of High ranking kuwaiti of Licals. Are believed to be involved in the violence also monday leaders of the Mam groups met with both the prune minister and the Kuwait s Emir. Sheik Jaber Al Shniad Al Sabah to express then concern about the slow Pace of democratic. Reforms continuing human rights abuses and the Extension of martial Law opposition sources said. The Kov Bijj Leader said marauding gangs of kuwaitis including some policemen were abducting and torturing foreigners particularly palestinians and iraqis. Bundesbank official picked for top Job Bonn Germany apr finance minister Theo Taigel has recommended Helmut Schle Singer a Bundesbank vice president to replace Karl Otto Pohl As the Central Bank a chief the ministry said tuesday. The ministry said Taigel was recommending Schlesinger to take Over Pohls Job for two years. Afterwards he is to be replaced by Ansti Tmey or one of the Central Bank a directors. Pohl 61, announced earlier this month that he would step Down at the end of october for personal Normal term would have expired in 1995. Evert before pah la a announcement the German Media reported that the 67-year-old Schlesinger had plans to retire in two years it because of his age. The two have worked closely for years on Bundesbank policy and Schlesinger is expected to continue the Central Bank a tight stance on controlling inflation in Germany. A according to the ministry Chancellor Helmut Kohls Cabinet is expected to approve a Aigel a recommendation june 12. Craft was bombed. The crash killed All 223 passengers luring foreigners particularly palestinians Anil iraqis and Crew members aboard the plane. A a. Ethiopian rebels taking control a a government set up . Says on apr the main ethiopian rebel group and said the Boycott would make no difference be me control in the ethiopian capital Addis the rebels a have the Power to appoint a Transi London apr the main ethiopian rebel group will assume control in the ethiopian capital Addis Ababa until a Broad based transitional government can be established a United states mediator said. Tuesday. The agreement was announced a few hours after the ethiopian Peoples revolutionary democratic front and two other rebel groups met at .-sponsored talks aimed at setting up a transitional government. The announcement came after the fronts fighters moved into the ethiopian capital tuesday seizing the presidential Palace after a Tierce Dawn assault and moving to take control of the streets. By mid afternoon the City was relatively Calm and rebels were working to control looting by deserting government soldiers police officers and some Young armed civilians. T the . Mediator Herman Cohen who is the assistant Secretary of state for african affairs said the rebel groups have agreed to hold a conference not later than july 1 to discuss the formation of the transitional government. The prime minister of the ousted ethiopian government Tesfaye Dinka and his delegation had boycotted the talks to protest the entry of insurgents into Addis Ababa Early tuesday. Cohen called Dinka the a outgoing prime minister and said the Boycott would make no difference because the rebels a have the Power to appoint a transitional govern ment a rebels entered the City exactly a week after Percsi Dent Mengistu Haile Mariam fled into exile to end a 17-year marxist regime. Leaders of ethiopian people s revolutionary democratic front which is dominated by the Tigre an rebels and the1 two other insurgent groups the eritrean Peoples liberation Quot front and the promo liberation group arrived separately for the talks in London. A Cohen said the Bush administration supported a referendum on Independence in the province of Eritrea where secessionist rebels have waged a 30-year fight. A the United states feels they the eritreans have not Ever been Given a Chance to decide their own future a lie said. Before tuesday s talks Cohen said the a primary responsibility of the transition government a should be to prepare the country Lor free democratic internationally a monitored elections in nine to 12-months to produce a constituent Assembly to prepare a new Constitution for urged the insurgent forces to use the existing administration As much As possible. A i done to expect government bureaucrats to run off or to he killed Quot said Cohen
