European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Cage 2 b the stars and stripes thursday june 6, 1991 at a glance or amp a a a tp1 a a yet # a it a s of a. A a a a a a modern Day Knight Helmut Bradl savors a Victory Lap at the Hockin Heinz raceway in Germany Sec stripes Magazine. 2 die in rampage a Laid off computer technician Kilts two men after shooting his Way into his former workplace in san Diego. _. A a Page 4 baby does her Job a 14-month-old girl conceived to provide Bone marrow for her leukaemia stricken sister accomplishes her Mission. 1 _ a. R a Page 5 burning at Alamo a Man saying he s sacrificing his flesh sets himself ablaze in front of. The Alamo. 1 a Page 6 Nixon tapes Roll about 60 hours of recordings that helped bring an end to Richard nix.--, ones presidency Are released for Public listening. A Page 7 Algeria declares emergency. Algerians president cracks Down on Muslim fundamentalists by declaring a state of emergency. A a Page 8 United in flight. Karl Dittmer or. And Kurt Dittmer have a Long attachment to each other and to air planes. A / a Page 9 packed planes _ services members Are finding that seats on commercial airlines to the Are Tough to get. A Page 17 Index in Gulf War Dod Abby Ann Landers. 14 comics. 14-16 commentary. 13 crossword. 14 letters 12 Money matters .17 sports. A 18-24 to listings. 18 weather 11 by Patrick e. Tyler the new York times. Washington a the defense department has estimated that 100,000 iraqi soldiers were killed and 300,000 wounded during the persian Gulf War. It is the first official attempt to fix the iraqi death toll. Responding to a Freedom of in Lorma Tion act request from the natural resources. Defense Council an environmental group the defense intelligence Agency issued a heavily qualified estimate. Quot a upon review it has been determined. That Little information is available which would enable this Agency to make an accurate assessment of iraqi military casualties a Robert c. 1 Hardzog chief of the Agency a Freedom of information and privacy act staff said in a letter dated May 22., Quot .7 a an analysis of very limited information leads Dia to tentatively state the following numbers. But Hardzog Ahen noted parenthetically that the estimates carried an a error Factor of 50 percent or r. The Agency also estimated that 150,000 iraqi soldiers deserted. The letter response did not mention iraqi prisoners of War who totalled More than 60,000 at the end of the War according to officials in the and saudi Arabia. The estimate on deaths was similar to that reached by the Allied command at the end of the War. The letter did not explain what kind of a limited information formed the basis of the estimate. The Pentagon said tuesday it could not expand on the letters disclosure without reviewing Hardzog a file. Patriot Washington a the army says the computer problem in the Patriot missile system that enabled iraqi scud to hit an american Barracks in saudi Arabia on feb. 25 was similar to one disco cred in a Patriot system five Days earlier. The army officially confirmed wednesday that the Patriot system did not fire at the scud which killed 28 . Soldiers and injured 98, because of a software failure in the computer system that tracks incoming army officials unofficially acknowledged the problem last month but the Pentagon refused to discuss the matter saying the victims families would first be notified of the investigations results. The families were being told wednesday officials said. Of. In the announcement the army described the failure As a an inexact computer software it said the investigation by the 11th air defense arty brigade concluded that this was the a most Likely cause. The army disclosed that the problem had been noticed during an earlier scud attack on feb. 20. The statement provided no other information. As previously disclosed privately by army officials wednesdays statement said the investigation also concluded that four Days of continuous operation of the Patriot Battery compounded the problem. It said a updated software to fix the problem arrived at the Battery a location near Dhahran saudi Arabia the Day after the fatal scud attack. The investigation also concluded that the soldiers in the Barracks at Al Khobiar near Dhahran had been properly warned of a scud attack and told to seek cover and Don protective gear the army said it could not determine exactly How much warning time the sol1 Diers had but a it appears that they were alerted approximately 30 seconds prior to the scuds sergeant sentenced for sex with boy by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau sum Bach a Germany a Supply sergeant at Sembach a was sentenced monday to six years in prison for his sexual involvement with an american boy. Sgt tyrome Grey 24, an individual equipment inspector with the 66th Supply so pleaded guilty to one count of committing an indecent act with a child under the age of 16 and one count of sodomy with a child. He pleaded not guilty to to o counts of sodomy two counts of indecent acts and one count of attempted sodomy. 1 a a military judge found Grey who kept a Large Bible near him during the trial guilty on All charges after deliberating for More than two hours Grey also received a dishonourable Dis charge was demoted to the lowest enlisted rank and ordered to forfeit $350 per month for six months. His sexual relationship with the youngster now 16, took place Over 18 months following Greys arrival in Germany in .1988, Grey became friends with the victims parents when he first arrived and the victims Mother described him As a like a brother to her children her husband and herself. The youth also said during the trial that Grey was like a big brother to him. A a after the verdict was handed Down Grey addressed the court saying that Betook responsibility for his actions and that he was a sorry for the emotional pain he had caused the victim and the victims family. A i Hope to enter a program of rehabilitation and treatment while in confine a ment Grey said. A Grey will be jailed at the Mannheim confinement facility until he is transferred to a military prison in the . The Case will be reviewed by the court of military review. F Continental airlines and Sato Over scan have announced the winners of their a a a a yellow ribbon going Home Quot drawing for free flights to the . The drawing was conducted under the auspices of the army in Europe a morale welfare and recreation program at a ceremony on tuesday at the Terrace club in Frankfurt Germany. T he 25 winners will receive round trip e e o n o m y cd a s St e l s on Continental. They will be flown from Frankfurt to no Vark . From there they will be flown to the. Continental airlines destination of their Choice in the Continental . A winners should Contact Continental airlines Central reservations in Frankfurt Al 069-757475 to make flight arrange. the close a it of business monday. .7 a. A the winners Are Robert Shaw Rhein main a Rachel a Butler a Darmstadt Pamela l. Coverdale. F Raiv Kurt Karen Mitchem Friedrichs Dort John Brooks Frankfurt Toby a. Lutes Berlin Gary a Hall Heidelberg Lori Irwin Worms Linda p. Mathis Schweinfurt Joseph Lewis Bundlach Jan Foshay Darmstadt Duane Gochoel Nessen Hamburg Roland Miller Nurnberg. Also Nancy Mathis. Nurnberg Clyde Carter ludwigs Burg Linda. Forbriger but Zaeh William Hessberger Wiesbaden Carodine Lan Stuhl Melwin Underwood Wiesbaden Marion h. Scott Baum older Robert k. Brannun Ramstein a William h. Clark jr., Augsburg Cynthia Jackson Augsburg Todd j. Watson Spang Dahlen aj3 and Jerry. Melton Berlin. 2 suspects in woman s death released Wils badly Germany a amps a two German men held in connection with the slaying of an american woman were released monday a spokesman for the District attorney s office said we nest Day. Quot a test of the sperm taken trom the victim s clothing did no to match with the blood types of either of the men being held a said Wolfgang Greth. The men were picked up after being identified by witnesses who said they saw them near the scene of the crime. Greth said the other piece of incriminating evidence was a key found near the body. The Kev fit the cellar door in the House of one of the men. Quot the key Wasny to the Strong piece of evidence we had hoped. Its a kind of Universal key that would fit hundreds of locks of the same make a Greth said. The body of Rosario Benitez 3s, was found by a passer by at 1 30 . On May 19. Benitez worked at the Bowling Center on Lindsey air station
