European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday August 9, 1991 at a glance Steps Are being taken to see that an army that marches on its stomach will be a Happy army. Using lessons Learned in the Golf War army technologists Are working to make sure that service members will sit Down to a meal  enjoy. See Story on pages 14-15. Homosexuals still banned the defense department says it will not lift its prohibition against homosexuals in the military. A Page 4 Iowa blast probe findings of a 15-month investigation of the explosion on the battleship Iowa will reportedly show that the blast was an Accident. A Page 5 trial postponed a judge in the William Kennedy Smith rape Case has delayed the opening of the trial until Jan. 13. A Page 7 iranian offers help in probe former iranian president Abolhassan Bani Sadr says he is willing to present evidence alleging that officials in former president Reagan s election Campaign bargained to delay the release of american hostages in 1980. A Page 8 German refugee problem Germany s leaders said they May alter one of the world s most Liberal Asylum policies to keep out Eastern european refugees. A Page 9 recovery still weak the Federal Reserve says that the nations recovery from recession is proceeding at a Quot slow uneven  a Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 1 letters. 12 Money matters. .17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 guest adds zest to Iceland military exercise by Amy Gieszler Jones . Bureau the . Soldiers who deployed to play War games in the isolated untamed areas of Iceland recently expected to run into the occasional icelander in this land of fewer than 250,000 people. But they did no to expect to see the american tourist who accidentally stumbled across them in a Valley surrounded by mountains near Glacier areas in Western Iceland. They were All hiking in the country known As the land of ice and fire. A of All the things to see out Here i did no to expect to see someone from Tennessee a pfc. Robert Williams a communications specialist said in a Telephone interview. He was one of the More than 700 reservists who descended on Iceland recently for a two week biennial exercise called Northern Viking �?T91. Some of the local icelanders trekked into the Valley atop ponies curious to find out what this unfamiliar movement of people in Green was about. Iceland is the Only nato member country without a military. As such it would rely on the United states to defend the nation during wartime. That Mission belongs to military reservists units primarily based in new England. A to test defense plans and procedures reservists from primarily army units spend two weeks on Active duty every two years in Iceland familiarizing themselves with the unusual terrain and temperamental climate while practising wartime scenarios. Reservists from air Force Navy and Marine corps units also participated in the exercise which kicked off july 30 and ended wednesday. Northern Viking 91 is described As both a command Post exercise and a Field training exercise. Various scenarios Are set in the command Post while soldiers deploy to the Field. Only five military helicopters a three uh-1 and two ch-47 chinooks a but no tanks or artillery were used in this years exercise. The . Naval air station Kef Lavik Home to the Iceland defense Force run by the . Military is the primary staging facility for the exercise. On the off years Between exercises the reservists practice in greater nut Jer with the tanks and artillery at a 500-Square-mile training ground in Canada known As Gagetown. But the deployment to Iceland is valuable experience most of the reservists say. A a lot of times when we re training we re working in a hypothetical situation. Now its easier to visualize a said pfc. Todd Holloway 26, an infantryman with a co 3rd in 18lh regt of the 187th inf brigade from Lawrence mass. A this gives it a More realistic feel. A i probably went to All four Corners of the  most of the soldiers were impressed with the Beauty of  it makes me almost want to come Back Here for a vacation a said Williams a self professed outdoors Man. A i took some incredible pictures.�?�. Iceland a terrain 80 percent of which is glaciers lakes mountainous Java desert and other wasteland favors the defender said it. Col. John Rasmuson the civil military operations officer for the . Army forces Iceland headquartered in fort Devens mass. Enemy paratroopers dropping in  go unnoticed in the virtual 24 hours of Daylight and they would have nowhere to hide in the Barren Countryside. A and the population is so homogeneous that you could pick out a foreigner a said Rasmuson who in his civilian life is a Public affairs officer at fort  a it a not like new England where Vou can hide behind a. Tree a said 1st sgt. Brad Parkhurst of he co 167th support group from Manchester . Northern Viking exercises began in 1985 and have grown from one eight Man contingent to a deployment of More than 700 reservists according to Rasmuson. Rasmuson who has participated in All of the Northern Viking exercises said he does no to Forsee an increase in the numbers of people for future exercises. A this is about the maximum number of people we can do this with for practical reasons a said the 46-year-old Massachusetts native. One of those reasons is that those 700-plus people maximize the logistical support provided by Nas Kef Lavik located on the southwestern tip of Iceland near the nations capital of Reykjavik. This years exercise also included a couple of firsts. A 70 member staff from the 376th combat support Hospital from Liverpool n.y., set up its 400-bed capacity Mobile unit self transportable Hospital. This was also the first time Chinook helicopters from the Pennsylvania army National guard were former iranian Leader under Shah found shot to death in Paris Home Paris up Shahpour Bakhtiar the last prime minister under the Shah of Iran and then a leading opponent of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini a islamic revolution was found shot to death thursday at his Home in a Paris suburb police said. Bakhtiar who had been marked for death by the Khomeini a regime and his top aide were found by police in a ground floor room of the House. The former prime minister was on a Couch and his unidentified assistant on the floor just a few feet away. Police arrived at the simple House in the suburb of sur Esnes following a Telephone Call from Bakhtiari a son who had become concerned that his Calls to the House remained unanswered. Police forced their Way into the House where they found the two bodies. No signs of a struggle were evident Accord ing to preliminary reports. Four police officers were on duty outside and within the House wednesday night and thursday morning when the crimes took place but they reported nothing unusual according to investigators. Police said the two men were shot at Point Blank Range but few other details were available. It was not immediately known whether the killings were committed by a single gunmen or a group. In july 1980 Bakhtiar narrowly escaped an assassination attempted by a five Man commando team. The assassination was immediately condemned by the French government. Surveillance was tightened at All Borders to prevent the Assassin from leaving the country. Former iranian president Abolhassan Bani Sadr said in an interview with the French news Agency Agency France Presse that he thought the killings were ordered by the iranian government and were linked to the release thursday in Beirut of British hostage John Mccarthy. A i think the regime ordered the assassination of or. Bakhtiar Given that it is in trouble even though or. Bakhtiar has not been very Active politically lately a Sadr said. A three or four Days ago i received a list of opponents that the regime had decided to liquidate. I think the other opponents also received the list Shapour Bakhtiar among them a he said. Although Bakhtiari a term As prime minister lasted barely Over one month he became internationally known overnight As he attempted to keep the late Shah in Power and his country from falling into civil War. He was ousted from office in february 1979 when the Ayatollah Khomeini returned triumphantly to Tehran. Sister from Page 1 the state department was keeping her informed and she was pleased with the governments efforts. A a it a wait and see. There seems to be a 99 percent certainty but nobody has a name nobody has a time a she said. A a we re All pulling together now. Instead of butting Heads we re working  major Western embassies in Beirut a including the . And British missions a had been put on Alert. Andersons photo was released monday with a statement from the pro iranian faction islamic jihad. It said a special envoy would deliver an a extremely important message Quot to the . Secretary general on the hostage stalemate. When it announced Mccarthy a release thursday islamic jihad said that Mccarthy was that envoy. Some reports before thursday morning had forecast that two hostages would be released. Britain a Independent television news reported that sunny Mann wife of kidnapped briton Jackie Mann was told by a British Diplomat in Lebanon that hostages Likely to be released would be Anderson and Mccarthy. The Tehran times a newspaper close to the iranian leadership later forecast the possible release this weekend of an american and a briton held in Lebanon. A on a scale of 10, id have to give the accuracy of this report a 9vi�?� say had said