European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 26, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3 Kuwait allowing martial Law to expire Manama Bahrain apr Kuwait Law for another period when its term announced that it would lift martial Law expires tomorrow a the Justice minister today a news report said in a move was quoted As saying tuesday. Under martial Luw Public Assembly that would give greater Legal protect onto people being tried for allegedly collaborating with Iraq. A the end of martial Law also would be another important step toward returning Kuwait to Normal following the persian Gulf War. Ghazi Obeid Al Sammar Kuwait a minister of Justice and Legal affairs made the announcement in London Bahrain a Gulf news Agency reported wednesday. Kuwait  not extend the martial was banned and alleged collaborators with iraqi forces during the seven month occupation were tried in special courts without the right to Appeal. The trials have been widely criticized As unfair by International human rights groups and foreign countries. Without martial Law the remaining defendants facing charges of collaboration will be tried by Normal criminal courts which offer More Protection of defendants rights. In these courts defendants have greater Access to lawyers  right to Appeal convictions. Some 325.of.450 defendants have already been tried in the martial Law courts with 29 condemned to death. Rejecting charges that the trials were unfair Al Sammar was quoted As saying a a the most eloquent proof of Justice is that these trials were conducted publicly and before All to  lie also said his government was pressing for the release of prisoners of War still held by the iraqis. Kuwaiti officials instituted martial Law after Allied forces pushed iraqi troops out of Kuwait in late february. Kuwait a Royal family has been criticized by opposition groups and others for moving too slowly to rebuild the country after iraqis ruinous occupation and for failing to Institute democratic reforms. In another sign that life is returning to Normal the governor of Kuwait scentral Bank Sheik Salem Abdel Aziz Al Sabah said tuesday that citizens would be allowed to increase the monthly sums they can withdraw from $14,000 to $21,000. The increase in the ceiling on withdrawals will become effective monday lie told the kuwaiti news Agency Kuna which was monitored in  begin cleanup of Ash covered Subic Bay Subic Bay naval facilities Philippines up a hundreds of troops armed with shovels and wheelbarrows scooped up volcanic Ash coating Subic Bay naval facilities on tuesday and president Cora Zon Aquino said . Plans for american bases were unclear after mount Pinatubo a  there is still no certainty regarding the. Intentions of the United states regarding the workers and further use of the bases a Aquino said when asked by reporters in Manila about the Fate of Subic and Clark a and their 70,000 philippine labourers. . Embassy spokesman Stanley Schrager. Denied news reports from Washington quoting officials As saying the United states May have to pull out at least from heavily damaged Clark which Yves shut Down. He said . Special negotiator Richard Armitage was expected next month to wrap up stalled talks on the renewal of Basing rights which expire sept. 16. A the United states will not abandon Clark a Schrag or said. On tuesday three c-130 planes ferried the last Batch of about 160 . Military family members from Subic to the Central City of Cebu for transportation elsewhere Navy sources and witnesses said. Lee Saunders spokesman for the 7th Fleet said that As of monday night 16,850 americans from Subic and Clark had been evacuated from the Philippines through Cebu. Most of the evacuees were ferried by 18 warships from Subic to Cebu. A the evacuation for the most part is essentially Over except for a few stragglers a said Petty officer Jerry Moore of the Public affairs office at Subic where Clark residents had been temporarily moved to get them Oijt-4 of harms Way. The 5,725-foot mount Pinatubo began erupting june 9 after a 611-year slumber killing at least 281 people according to the philippine military a office of civil defense. Media reports put the toll at More than 350. As the rumbling Volcano continued spewing Ash Laden plumes three to six Miles High tuesday hundreds of airmen and sailors armed with shovels and wheelbarrows scooped up debris and. Ash at the . Bases aided by Earth moving vehicles and tractors. Rear adm. Thomas a. Mercer commander of Subic Bay said in Manila on monday that Subic has been of Era Bonal since the weekend. A this mount Pinatubo certainly violated my human rights a said air Force sgt. Dennis Garcia 32, of san Antonio Texas Asho and about a dozen Clark service Mem Pacific a amps Davo Schad . Military evacuee Shirley Hicks tries to entice son Dwight into a bite of meals ready to fat As his brother Jeremia watches. The family awaited evacuation monday at an air base in the Central Philippines ers participated in the cleanup operation at Subic. A what puzzles me is that the ongoing cleanup on base seems to be just an appearance and riot the real thing a said Kenneth g. Barrett 37,of Nyack  a Navy Retiree Barrett and 10 other retirees were helping in the cleanup. Aside from six carpenters working on the collapsed Security Booth at the main Gate no major repairs appeared to be under Way at Subic where More than 160 buildings have been damaged. Theft of War secrets is London apr a Royal air Force officer who is being court Martiale said monday that when he discovered secret persian Gulf. War military documents had been stolen from his car he Felt a death would have been a Good  a i have to say i was in a state of Shock i had just lost the Crown jewels a Wing cmdr. David  m a statement. Although Farquhar was present at the hearing he. Did not testily. Statements from him were submitted to the court. Group capt. John Weedon. The prosecutor told the court at Uxbridge in West London that a Laptop computer and the documents were stolen dec. 17 from a car belonging to Farquhar who was staff officer to air chief marshal Patrick Fline joint commander of British forces in the Gulf. The defense ministry said at the time that Farquhar had been returning to the War command Headquarters in High Wycombe West of London from a military briefing for prime minister John major. The ministry would not reveal details about the stolen information but the times of London later said the secrets included . Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf deception plans to convince the iraqis that the allies would make an amphibious attack on the East coast of Kuwait. Instead the allies made a land attack around the Western . Farquhar and his Driver had stopped and left the vehicle for a few  look at a car showroom after Locking the documents and computer in the cards trunk Weedon said. They returned and found the car had been burglarized. In statements to detectives which Weedon submitted to the court. Farqui bar said he Felt a a death would have been a Good option at that Point. .1 was sick absolutely  -. In his statements Farquhar accepted full a responsibility for. Safeguarding the material. Quot i clearly got it wrong a he said. A it was a combination of fatigue Lack of sleep Jet lag. Wed been All Over East West. I just switched off. I let the guard Down.�?�. Nevertheless Farquhar has pleaded not guilty to negligent conduct prejudicial to air Force Good order and discipline. Maximum penalty for the offence is two years in jail and dismissal from service. The papers were recovered a few hours after the theft and the ministry confirmed dec. 3 1 that Thev were a related to the  information on the Fate of the computer and what it contained was withheld. Because the contents were particularly sensitive military information of Gulf opera Lions and strategy. The device was later returned to the ministry by mail. T he theft caused a juror in the House of commons Over what appeared to be a serious  Security. The defense ministry said Farquhar bad been transferred to a other  Weedon said Farquhar had been carrying three briefcases one of them containing Hines own briefing papers. The other two contained Security material and Farquhar a Laptop computer. _ the theft occurred in Acton West London. A doctor later found the three cases in a parking lot in nearby Greenford in the Northwest part of the cite Weedon said