European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes Friday july 26, 1991 space shuttle commander John Blaha left and  Shannon Lucid plug their ears on the flight line As they wait to be flown out following yet another scrubbed shuttle liftoff at Cape canaveral. For the Story on the future of the shuttle program itself see Page 7. Hostage probe reported a Republican Democrat task Force in the House is going to look into those charges that the Reagan administration and Iran conspired to delay release of Iran s 52 american hostages in 1980, Democrat sources say. A Page 5 any Little Green men scientists think they May have found a new planet about 10 times the size of Earth the first Ever known to orbit any other Star than the Sun. A Page 7. Side effect to the draw Down the army Reserve in Europe has never had to advertise to get people to join up Here. But now that people Are leaving because of the draw Down the Reserve May have to Start putting out ads to find americans Here with military backgrounds. A Page 17index Abby Ann Landers 19 comics.19-21 commentary.13 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports22-28 to listings.27 weather.11corrections because of a reporting error in a Story published thursday information on Brig. Gen. David l. Benton Illus last command was incorrect. Benton a assignment before assuming command of the Baum Holder military Community was executive officer to the . Army chief of staff in Washington. Because of a source error articles in wednesdays and thursday s newspapers incorrectly identified the daughter of slain tech sgt. Scott r. Kincaid. His daughter is 2-year-old Amber. . Commander to be paired with turkish general on task Force by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the new . Commander of the combined task Force for operation provide Comfort will be a a accompanied in his duties by a turkish officer of equal rank and status Pentagon officials said thursday. But Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams stopped Short of calling the two generals co commanders of the ongoing operation. He said  not describe the ultimate lines of decision making and command for the revamped task Force because those issues Are still under discussion. Maj. Gen. James l. Jamerson will a consult and coordinate with maj. Gen. Doralis Uyanik logistics chief of the turkish air Force on All matters affecting the operation Williams said at a news briefing. At the briefing Williams also gave More details than the . Has issued to Date of the makeup of the task Force intended to deter iraqi president Saddam Hussein from cracking Down on his people now that the allies have withdrawn from iraqi soil. The Force will total about 5,000 troops from at least six nation with an air component headquartered at in Ciurlik a Turkey a support element based at Batman Turkey and a combined forces ground element at silo i Turkey about 10 Miles Northwest of the iraqi Border. No figure was available thursday for the number of . Personnel in the air element but . Army col. . A a Butch Whitehead commander of the ground units said his is a 2,500-member Force from six nations. All land based elements will be supported by the aircraft Carrier Forrestal and its Carrier Battle group which is moving toward the Eastern rim of the Mediterranean. The ground component will include about 1,500 . Troops according to the details released thursday by Williams. The six nations represented so far in the ground element Are the United states the United kingdom Turkey France Italy and the Netherlands. Belgium has also announced it will Send 100 troops. A other nations Are evaluating their participation and May decide to Send forces a Williams said. The air component will be composed predominantly of . Aircraft. The task Force will also gain a search and Rescue capability provided by a company from the 2nd in 10th special forces group from fort Devens mass., and elements of the air forces 39th special operations Wing from Rhein main a Germany and Raf Woodbridge England. Some of the Neucom units named tuesday by the Pentagon to join the task Force Are already in the Region. Some units already near the turkish iraqi Border will leave when the other Neucom units arrive although it probably will not be a precise unit for unit replacement Williams said. A the Mission remains the same As its been All along a to ensure the continued Success of humanitarian Aid to kurdish and other iraqi refugees a Williams  from Page 1 save the party that has ruled the soviet Union for 73 years. Hard liners at the opening session in the Kremlin Palace offered Only the mild general criticism that Gorbachev s proposed platform was vague. Unlike the last Central committee meeting in april there were no Calls for his resignation As general Secretary of the party according to participants interviewed afterwards. Gorbachev told the Assembly that 4.2 million people a about a fifth of the communist party membership a had suit in the last two years the ind Epen ent inter fax news Agency reported. The party now claims to have 16.3 million members. Party traditionalists a reject the diversity of forms of ownership do not recognize the need to Reform political structures of society and subject the states foreign policy to tendentious criticism a the Tass news Agency quoted Gorbachev As saying. Gorbachev also criticized russian federation president Boris Yeltsin a decree that ordered the dismantling Oxhorn Efrom Page 1 Given no orders to plan a renewed Aerial bombardment of Iraq and that he could not comment on the likelihood or the Wisdom of . Military action against iraqis nuclear facilities. But the three Star general said head begun thinking about the possibility of renewed combat. He said that about 10 percent of the . Air Force used in the persian Gulf War was still in the area and prepared to strike if ordered. A the president has indicated this May be a necessary line of action so to say that 1 Haven t been thinking about something like that is inappropriate Quot said Horner. A the military potential is there if Bush chooses to use it Horner said. Among the . Warplanes still in the Gulf area Are f-16 fighters f-15e strike Eagle attack aircraft f-117a stealth attack planes and a variety of Navy aircraft. Communist party cells in factories schools government offices and other workplaces across the huge Republic by aug. 6. Tass said Yeltsin a decree which struck at the heart of the party a Power was roundly attacked at the session. The 410-member Central committee is expected to vote Friday on a Resolution condemning the decree. According to inter fax Gorbachev urged the party to broaden its Appeal to All segments of society and reject its claim to represent the interests Only of the proletariat or working class. He said his new platform would represent a a Resolute departure from outdated ideological dogmas and  his remarks indicated he is pushing the communist party to become More like a european social democratic party. The party a ideology should contain a the entire wealth of Domestic and world socialist and democratic thought a rather than Only marxism leninism Tass quoted him As saying. As for the Long stated goal of building an Ideal communist state in the soviet Union Gorbachev was pessimistic. A your and other Peoples experience does not give enough grounds for believing that this aim can be realistically achieved in the foreseeable future a he said. His 23-Page platform renounces the party a totalitarian past supports private property and a Market Economy rejects the militant atheism that was a hallmark of soviet society and seeks to integrate the country into the european and world economies. Party members leaving the Kremlin said More than half of the Assembly a participants supported the document in principle. One said the hard liners did not even suggest retaining traditional marxist Leninist language in the platform and were More concerned with minor Points. Vladimir Konstantinov a party scholar from the town of Vladimir said the session featured 27 speakers with Only a few stridently opposed to the document. Politburo member Pyotr Luchinsky told a news conference that a committee would review Gorbachev a platform and make some changes but that most of it would stay intact. Gorbachev urged that a party Congress be convened in november or december to adopt his platform after it is discussed by the rest of the party. The Assembly is expected to endorse that move on Friday Luchinsky said. The general declined to discuss specific iraqi nuclear facilities that might be targeted. He said the scope of a . Attack would depend on whether Bush wanted to destroy 100 percent of iraqis nuclear facilities or to simply a Send a message that Saddam must comply with the . Cease fire Resolution which requires Iraq to destroy All its weapons of mass destruction. The United nations has told Iraq to provide a full accounting of its nuclear chemical and biological weapons facilities and materials a plus its ballistic missile supplies and facilities a by thursday. It is not Clear what action might be taken against Iraq if it is judged not to have complied with the . Demand. . Economic sanctions against Iraq have already Cut off its main source of income a Oil exports Horner said it was possible that Bush could order the air Force to destroy a single iraqi target As a Way of pressuring Saddam to cooperate with the United nations. To go beyond that would require a sustained bombing Effort he said. A to destroy everything nuclear would take a sustained air Campaign of several Days at least a Horner said. The general said that during the Gulf War Allied bombers destroyed about 80 percent of iraqi nuclear facilities known to . Intelligence agencies. Since then Iraq has acknowledged that it had secretly developed world War ii Era uranium enrichment devices to produce material that could be used in a nuclear weapon. Iraq has insisted its work was entirely for peaceful research purposes. Horner suggested that an attempt to destroy 100 percent of iraqis nuclear facilities May not be Worth the trouble. A when you define the Job As destroying everything you be really put a Burden on the military he said. A you reach the Point of diminishing returns in seeking a military solution to the nuclear weapons development Issue he added