European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday May 30, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 3latrines serve kurd a in other ways by Joseph Owen staff writer Zakhoo Iraq a . Army engineers overseeing the construction of latrines m Northern Iraq have been faced with a unique problem refugees turning the makeshift potties into bedrooms. Operation provide comport forces Are paying a turkish contractor $1.2. Million to assemble More than 4,000 one Hole latrines of Wood Sheet Metal and Small Concrete basins Tor Lour refugee tent communities just East of Zakhoo according to capt. Gary a. Christian an army corps of engineers project Engineer. A a a a a. Because so Many kurdish have returned Home the four communities never received the 84,000 people they were designed to hold. So the latrines erected in anticipation of larger numbers have stood unused. That has led to some creative alterations. A they la take the Wood and use it Tor cooking fuel Quot said pfc. John Dunn. 21, a carpentry and Concrete specialist assigned to he support co 04th engr in m Darmstadt Germany. Dunn s company a part of the 18th engr brigade makes the wooden base plates inserted Between the latrines and the holes under them. I be said some ret gees have knocked the latrines Over to use As living he s ordered to Correct the situation a it s kind of hard to go Anu take it Back trom them Quot he said. A a / a a a a a a a. A a a c of. Stephen a. Windsor the commander of the Engineer brigade said he has seen a few cases where two latrines were lying Side in Side with the Doois propped against each other to lorm a Root. A it s clearly not he said. A for the a most part these looks appreciate what we be been a a a a. Christian came trom Stuttgart. Germany to Iraq to oversee several contracts and do surveying work in the Camps. A a it a like a running joke up there in said Christian 33. A a everybody save Call yeah you la get Down there and you la the latrine contract. A but you get Here and it s a phenomenal Clort to build 4,000 task Force reshuffling kurdish refugee Camps by Joseph Owen staff writer Zakhoo Iraq a coalition forces Are closing one of three Camps for kurdish refugees and May convert another into a permanent settlement officials said wednesday. Each of the temporary Camps near Zakhoo was designed to hold 21,000 people but two have lost Many of their residents in recent Days As refugees have pulled up stakes and headed Home. The International combined task Force estimated that the kurdish population of the Camps was 51,900 on monday. The end influx last week prompted the cancellation of a fourth Camp and officials planned to close Camp three As Well after moving its residents into vacant Sites in the other two Camps this week. Col. Stephen a. Windsor the commander of the. Army a 18th engr brigade from Karlsruhe Germany said a local Farmer already has tried to reclaim some of the still occupied land in Camp three laying irrigation hoses Anion the tents. The brigade has been supervising several units doing construction work at the campsites. 1 hey include the in Gad cd a 94th engr in front Darmstadt Germany the naval Mobile construction in Seabee 133 of Gul poit miss. The dutch forces 11th engr Relief in and the 51st Field Relief Szof Royal engineers from Britain. Those units still May have plenty of work to do in the area if the task Force honors a request trom refugee Relief agencies to make Camp two suitable Tor year round living. Required changes would include improvements in drainage erecting fences and lighting around administration and Supply centers modifying the latrines and constructing roads to Well Sites. The working climate has changed considerably since the first Camp opened april 30. The Only refugees around then were male adults visiting briefly to see if they wanted to bring their families. While they were there they helped with the construction but that was Short lived. A since the families have come Down the refugees have not participated in the building process a Windsor said / a a a a a Quot. A a a / a. Y a by a a a a. His troops agree but Only in reference to the adults. The Camps inhabitants Are mostly children who Are eager to pitch in the soldiers said. A a they be done a lot to make it More pleasant be this kurdish refugee Camp near Zakhoo in Northern Iraq was designed to hold 21,000 people. It has lost Many of its residents in recent Days however because the refugees have pulled up stakes and headed Liotine. Cause when we Are All out Here building they ate always trying to help a said seamen apprentice Marvin r. Burrage 20, a Seabee from Philadelphia miss. A if you give a kid a Hammer he will be building something in no a the building Crews have had to carry on despite the hazards of stray explosives occasional firc fights Camp riots and thefts of materials. Army capt. Reginald Dones an 18th engr brigade civil Engineer living temporarily in Camp two said that the Camp has posted Security guards Ever since a Driver entered the Camp and tried to run Over some kurdish women with a car. A he also cited the Large scale occurrence of Quot refugees receiving combat rations from the task Force and then Selling them on the Black Market. A a in be seen them downtown with cases and cases of them Quot he said adding that such abuses forced the military and Relief Agen cies to release Lood Only when refugees registered to live at a specific site. Second s. Walton of the my my brigade Iron Frankfurt Germany said lie also knows of Black Market sales. Asked about Refuge est thefts of materials he said a a i hey have their thieves just like everyone a although the scale of the Camps project has been in Ducco the task Force is trying to keep All of its construction personnel and materials on hand most of the �94th. Engr in plans to move with its equipment to Zakhoo said capt. Anthony Dennis. T he task Force is concerned that unforeseen political events drive refugees Back to Zakhoo trom the provincial capital of Dolnik and other areas. A if that happens we re going to need a very person we can Lay our hands on a Dennis said. A a i hat s Why those people engineers Are s wife beaten raped on Schweinfurt base by John Millar and Mary net ii staff writers Schweinfurt Germany the wife of a . Soldier was raped on an army Post in Schweinfurt Las week after being lured to the installation by a Telephone caller authorities say. As of wednesday police had not arrested a suspect in the May 23 incident. The Schweinfurt criminal police reported that the victim a 28-year-old German said she received a phone Call about 1 30 . From a Man who identified himself As a . Soldier. T he caller told the woman that something had happened to her husband. He. Said he could not give her details Over the Telephone but that she should go immediately to Conn Barracks in Schweinfurt. The woman s husband was in the United states. Fearing that something had happened to him she left her Small child. W Ith a neighbor and immediately drove to the Cavern said Karl Heinz Knochel a police representative. The woman said that a Man dressed in combat uniform was waiting Tor her and her car. He directed her to drive to a Remote area of the base. During the. Drive he talked to her in a Friendly fashion about her husbands work,.giving her the impression that she was with someone competent who would eventually Tell Here what had happened to her husband the spokesman said. After she stopped the car at his direction the Man hit her a number of times in the face and stomach police said. He grabbed her by the Throat and dragged her out of the car into a secluded driveway. There he pulled on a pair of Black gloves before raping her several times she told assailant then directed her to drive Back to the main Gate. During the drive he said that he planned to confess to military police. the quickest Way to get out of the army a he told her. \ when the woman stopped the car at tie Gate the Man jumped out and ransack into the Cavern. U s. Military and German police searched the area soon after but did not find him. The victim had bruises on her lace and scratches on her body she was taken to Hospital Tor treatment. She described the attacker As a slim Black Man about�?~5 feet 4 inches tall. His combat uniform carried the rank of sergeant. I be wore boots military Cap. Lie gave the woman details about her husband s work which leads police to believe that he and die husband Are acquainted on the Job according to Llie spokesman. A a. Are seeking information from anyone who May have seen the victims red Nissan 240 automobile on the Way to Conn Barracks around 2 . On May 23 or who Lias Oiler pertinent information. Information can be submitted to the Schweinfurt criminal police Telephone 09721-2020 investigation a vim 09.721-8.02088 the military Peticc. 09721-802100 or any other German police department
