European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 b the stars and stripes sunday june 23, 1991 Ata glance Iii Tburg pilots Robert Lech Mann and Tom Dietz scored kills in the persian Gulf., see sunday Magazine. Straight ahead for Nasa Nasa is proceeding toward a late july liftoff of Atlantis despite a possible problem with the space shuttles cargo a giant communications a Page 4new rules for Sununu White House chief of staff John h. Sununu has been ordered to follow Tough new rules governing his use of corporate air planes. A. A Page 5plea for aids Laws. A woman who is dying from aids has issued a last angry demand for Laws to Stop health care workers. From spreading the disease., v a ,. A a Page 6bees with an attitude Texas a amp a University scientists studying the infamous a killer bees making their Way through Texas claim the pests Are not the crazed insects they have been made out to be. Quot they re just bees with a bad attitude a says one. ,. A Page 7slight Progress for women women around the world lag. Far behind men in Power wealth and Opportunity despite some advances in the last 20 years says a . Re. Port. A ,. A. A. Pago 8tight Job Market for pilots military pilots thinking of making the switch to civilian airlines May have trouble finding a Job in the cockpit for the next. 12 to 18 months. Page 15 Index Abby Ann Landers. 14 commentary. 13 letters. 12 Money matters. 15 sports. 18-24 weather. 11 ims holiest passes Mecca saudi Arabia a the worlds 1 billion muslims turned toward Mecca on their holiest Day As pilgrims joined in Dawn prayers saturday for islamic Unity in the Wake of the Gulf War. Thousands of sheep were slaughtered saturday and distributed to the poor in commemoration of Abrahams willingness to sacrifice his son to god. Nearly 2 million pilgrims were in Mecca for the four Day eid Al aha or feast of sacrifice. It has been a trouble free pilgrimage despite fears that supporters of iraqi president Saddam Hussein might protest the presence of . Troops in this country. At Sunrise hundreds of thousands of pilgrims came Down the slopes of mount Arafat to crowd around the grand mosque for prayers. Preachers called for piety and a closing of Muslim ranks but made no direct refer Eniceto the persian Gulf crisis the most re. Cent Issue to split the faiths adherents. Sheik Saleh bin Abdullah bin Ham cd said muslims needed to draw on the Prin Peiples of islam a to respond to those who want to destroy a if the islamic nation surrenders to differences and is passive about its principles then it is threatened with terrible annihilation a he warned. He made a Strong pitch for the Criniti Nal code of sharia which is the Law in saudi Arabia. The Law Calls for beheading criminals amputating hands of thieves and stoning adulterers. Weak criminal codes elsewhere were not reforming society he said. V he also said islam gave women their proper due. In pre islamic Days women had been a looked Down upon a a and in so called modern societies women have been turned into a a trap for All sins a he said. Among the Days rituals is the a stoning of the Devil a in which pebbles Are thrown at three pillars hear a huge Cavern at Mina on the outskirts of Mecca. Many pilgrims then travel to Medina a 280 Miles away to visit the Prophet to Hamm cd a burial site. Saudi officials said 720,000 pilgrims came by land sea and air this year to perform the Hajj a once in a lifetime requirement for All Able bodied muslims. Another 1 million people usually join them from within saudi Arabia., during the ritual pilgrims follow the path of the Prophet Mohammedi a trek through islam a holiest shrines 13 centuries a ago when he established the Muslim Faith. Over the past year King fahd a govern mint has added seven air conditioned Well lit pedestrian tunnels and expanded an existing 15 to prevent a repeat of last years tragedy when 1,426 pilgrims were killed in a Stampede during the rituals. The official saudi press Agency said the flow of pilgrims was a easy and smooth thanks be to the saudi authorities also deployed an unspecified number of Security forces at Mecca and Medina. Diplomats said thousands of soldiers National guardsmen police and cadets were called up. Since the 1979 islamic revolution of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini the saudi Security forces have been Alert to protests by iranian pilgrims who in the past have insisted on staging political demonstrations. In 1987, More than 400 people were killed when saudi police tried to prevent iranians from marching on the grand mosque. A. A a a a a. Quot. Iran boycotted the Hajj during the following three years to protest a saudi quota system curtailing the number of a pilgrims from each Muslim country. This year the 115,000-Strong iranian contingent held one rally away from the holy Sites. Pilgrims shouted chants against the United states and Israel in what they called an anti paganism ceremony. The rally ended peacefully. Police were on the Alert for trouble from iraqi pilgrims or those who sympathized with Saddam a invasion of Kuwait during the Gulf crisis Saddam tried to whip up the worlds muslims against the saudi ruling family for allowing foreign non Muslim troops in the country. He accused the troops of desecrating Muslim shrines. A a thousands of . Servic members Are still in the kingdom but they do not come near Mecca which is closed to non muslims. A a a the iranian news Agency had quoted saudi charges do affaires Badr Othman Bakish As saying in Tehran that a foreign elements tried to disrupt the iranian rally near Mecca on tuesday. A but Bakish issued an official denial from Jidida saudi Arabia on Friday night. J Paris up a the sponsor of a new Law that for the first time outlaws sexual harassment in France said saturday the measure was a Good news for women and ends a centuries old situation of a deprivation of the Law was approved late Friday by the National Assembly As part of a wide ranging Reform of the criminal code replacing the Napoleonic code instituted in 1811. A this is Good news for women a said Marcos says Shell go Home in october Manila Philippines up a for Nier Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos said in a radio interview saturday that she will return to her Homeland in october to Bury her husbands remains and to face criminal charges in Manila. The exiled widow of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos told a new York City radio station that the . Ban on transporting the remains of he husband who died in Hawaii on sept. 2s, 19s9, will expire oct. 1. She faces criminal and. Civil charges of allegedly looting the National Treasury of More than $10 billion during the 20 years her husband ruled the Philippines. Lie was overthrown in a civilian backed military coup in 19s6. The government of president Corazon Aquino citing Security reasons has Ini posed a ban on Marcos return. Government lawyers have said they will file criminal charges and forfeiture proceedings against Marcos in philippine courts Belore october. The actions will be taken to comply with Swiss court requirements for the return to Manila of some $350 million in Marcos Swiss Bank accounts. Yvette Roudy a socialist Deputy and former minister for women a affairs a this puts an end to a situation of deprivation of rights passed Down for centuries. We in France have been behind the times a the Law Calls for one year in prison and a Fine of 100,000 francs about $17,000 for anyone who a abuses authority by soliciting sexual favors. But French politicians were divided Over the Impact of the scene have illusions a said Justice minister Michel Sapin. A. Right Wing parliamentarians voted in bloc against the measure. The. Governing socialist party was joined by the communist party in approving the measure. The Bill also contained a revision of the age of sexual majority increased to 18 from the current age. Of 15. Additionally the Bill eliminates criminal penalties for homosexual practices. Safe s top airman honoured Ramstein a Germany a senior airman assigned to Lindsey air station Germany has been named . Air forces in Europe a outstanding. Airman for 1991. Senior airman Pamela j. Bear of the 7100th comptroller so and the commands other outstanding enlisted award winners and nominees were honoured a june 14 at a banquet at Ramstein Abs officers club. Other winners were a non commissioned officer co winners tech. Sgt. Harold l. Clark 501st Security police so Raf Green Ham common England and staff sgt. Geoffrey . Preudhomme 7276th air base group Iraklion air station Crete. ,. A senior officer senior master sgt. Randall p. Litz he 3rd air Force Raf Mildenhall England. A first sergeant senior master sgt. James w. Cliber jr., 601st tac control Wing Sembach a Germany. The five will represent Safe at air Force level Competition. Catholic convocation planned the second Catholic convocation will be held aug. 11-15 at the armed forces recreation Center Lake hotel in Chi Emsee Germany. This years theme is a catholics in the military a Call to in addition to daily group talks there will be three working groups divided to address married couples and Par cats single adults and priests who Are chaplains in the military. Members of Chapel choirs Are encouraged to participate and musicians Are encouraged to bring their in. Strum its. Activities will be available for children. The a a convocation is sponsored by the Usa eur chaplain and is open to anyone who wishes to attend. Brochures with registration and program information Are available from All Catholic chaplains. The deadline for registration is july 1
