European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes sunday August 11, 1991 at a glance Chi. Dave Rel Muller is serious about his noontime classic hot lunch on an radio. See sunday  sentenced an army Reserve doctor convicted of desertion for refusing to report for persian Gulf War duty was dismissed from the army and sentenced to 21/ayears in prison. A Page 4. I a apology sought from Navy the Navy should apologize to the family of Clayton Hartwig for accusing him of causing the explosion that killed 47 sailors on the battleship Iowa a Hartwig family lawyer says. A Page 5new wetlands policy environmentalists Arentt impressed by president Bush s new wetlands policy which he says will slow destruction of valuable swamps marshes and bogs but balance environmental Protection with economic growth. A Page 7ensuring civil rights Arthur a. Fletcher chairman of the . Commission on civil rights says he will do whatever it takes to ensure that service members in Europe Are not discriminated against during the Force reduction process. A Page 10sterling throws in Tovel Sterling motor cars Hurt by a persistent inability to improve sales in America followed Peugeot As the second european luxury car maker to Bow out of the . Market last week. A Page 15 Index Abby a Ann Landers .14 commentary. .13 letters. .12 Money matters. .15 sports 18-24 weather. .11 american from Page 1 Karim Obeid a shiite Muslim activist kidnapped by Israel in 1989. Israeli officials have hinted that a Deal was possible but want seven missing israeli servicemen or their remains returned. Later saturday a caller saying he was speaking for the organization for the defense of prisoners rights which claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of Peyraud contacted a Western news Agency in Beirut and threatened to kill him if a Western hostage is freed without Israel and its allies releasing the Arab detainees. A the sword is a More credible informant than books. Its Blade separates seriousness from play a the caller said Reading an arabic verse. It is generally interpreted As meaning that actions speak louder than words. However the verse was not a religious one. The Kidnap groups which despite their varied names were thought to be Allied with the same iranian backed faction have always peppered their claims with religious phrases. Attention on who might want to Block a Deal to secure the hostages release focused on Abdul Hadi Hamadi the head of Security for the iranian backed Hezbollah or party of god. Hamadi a Brothers Mohammed and Abbas Are serving Long sentences in Germany for terrorist crimes. Even before Mccarthy was released the organization for the defense of prisoners rights claimed it exploded three grenades outside . Headquarters in Beirut. The statement claiming the attack which was the first to drop the usual islamic phrases rejected the Deal of exchanging westerners when a your Brethren remain in prisons in Israel and the  the freeing of Mccarthy on thursday after five years of Captivity indicated some of the kidnappers Are willing to Deal. Mccarthy said his captors told him the letter for Perez de Speaks of exchanging prisoners held by Israel for Western hostages. Such a Swap has been advocated by Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah correction Cicippio Tracy Hezbollah a main cleric in Lebanon As Well As the governments of Iran and Syria which facilitated hostage releases in the past. All have said they want the hostage file closed. Fadlallah met with Iran a hard line Interior minister Audoliah Nouri in Damascus on saturday. Nouri is a key figure in the iranian revolution a. Guards who maintain Camps in Lebanon and Are the main link a ctr Iran and the hostage takers. The abduction of Peyraud a 26-Ycar-old Relief worker with the Paris based doctors of the world embarrassed Syria which is largely responsible for Security in the City. Lebanese riot policemen backed by syrian troops started a series of House raids in Beirut in an attempt to locate Peyraud. The state run National news Agency said Security forces were a expected to secure Ley Audi a release in 48  it did not elaborate. Cicippio a financial officer at the american University in Beirut appeared in the picture released by the revolutionary Justice organization Quot from the Chest up looking straight into the camera. In the photo he has a Mustache and Beard. The group also holds Tracy 60. A writer from Burlington it. Longest held is american journalist Terry Anderson 43, chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press. He was kidnapped March 16, 1985. A photo of Anderson was released tuesday by islamic jihad which freed Mccarthy. The photo raised expectations that Anderson would be released. The revolutionary Justice organization said the pledged release was the outcome of an initiative launched by the United nations and they expected their move to be reciprocated. They called on . Envoy Giandomenico Picco to be in the syrian capital of Damascus to receive  hostage saying negotiations had been completed with Picco. The statement said any release should be followed by a release of arabs from israeli jails. Cicippio was captured sept. 12, 19s6. Tracy was abducted oct. 19,1986.american from Page 1 Javier Perez de Cuellar on a proposed Swap of 13 Western hostages for Arab prisoners held by Israel and its allies. Perez de Cuellar was travelling to London on saturday and was to meet with Mccarthy on sunday. The revolutionary Justice organization said it decided to release a hostage following negotiations with an envoy of Perez do Cuellar. A one american hostage would be freed in 72 hours a said its Handwritten arabic language statement. Cicippio 60, of Valley forge pa., was the acting comptroller at the american University of Beirut when he was kidnapped. Tracy 60, of Burlington vt., is a writer. Giandomenico Picco Pyrcz de Cuellari a envoy should be ready to receive the freed captive in the syrian capital Damascus said the statement. Picco was last reported in Beirut on Friday. A the United nations has launched an initiative. And there were negotiations with de Cuellar which were completed with his special envoy Giandomenico Picco a the revolutionary Justice organization said in its statement. These contacts it said a opened up important horizons for negotiations on influential International Levels and we have witnessed Quick and tangible results that made us Honor our obligations a it said. Diplomats have been working urgently since thursday to maintain the momentum of Mccarthy a release. He was held by islamic jihad or islamic holy War which demands the release of More than 300 shiite Muslim prisoners held by Israel and its allies in Southern Lebanon. Perez de Cuellar said Friday in new York a i understand that in Southern Lebanon some lebanese could be released. And that will be helpful. A a in a sure the israelis will cooperate with us in solving this  the name of an airline company was misspelled in a Story about Job fairs in fridays edition. The name of the company is scr air which has its Headquarters in Mannheim Germany. From Page 1 Gart 210th Field arty brigade near Niernberg 14lh my brigade in Stuttgart and Vii corps Field arty in Augsburg Many subordinate units within these commands have been transferred to v corps. One sergeant major in Erlanger recently joked to his soldiers about sewing velcro unit patches on uniforms. His battalion was moved from the 1st army div to the 3rd inf div and then transferred to v corps which has its Headquarters in Frankfurt. A major in the same brigade said he stresses to his soldiers that a nothing is  although the trends indicate that Wurzburg Vilseck and Niernberg will continue to play Large roles in the future Gleisberg said a the thing that strikes me is that this can change at any  he described the High level troop cuts As a a very fluid situation. It changes hourly.�?�. If a unit was transferred irom Vii corps to v corps that Means it survived the first round of troop cuts Gleisberg said. But that is no guarantee of the future. A those going to v corps. W ill probably stay. But for How Long a Gleisberg said. A we done to want to give anybody a false  he also stressed that Many of the changes happening now Are the result of decisions made six months ago and Arentt based on the performance Quot of particular units during the Gulf  a we be got some soldiers who fought with first armoured division or third infantry division. We done to want to give the impression that they did no to do a Good Job a he said. The corps strength doubled during operations in the persian Gulf. It was turned into a wartime task Force that later led a Surprise strike through Iraq hitting iraqi president Saddam Hussein a Republican guard tank divisions from behind. When the corps deployed to the Gulf Region the units it left behind including most of Wurzburg a 3rd inf div were transferred to v corps command. Officials have confirmed the units were not returned to Vii corps after it came Back to Germany. In june Nurnberg a 2nd army Cav regt and parts of other corps units were transferred to v corps. Parts of the 1st army div were transferred to the 3rd inf div at the same time. Also staff members in the Quot two Germany based armoured divisions a the 1st and 3rd army divisions a privately said that their units Are Likely to deactivate Early next year. Both Are being Cut heavily by draw Downs and unit re flagging. This would not be the first time the corps has been dismantled. Vii corps was first formed in France during August 1918. After the armistice ending world War i was signed november 1918, it served in Germany As an occupation Force and was demobilized a year later. The corps was brought Back onto Active duty in november 1940 in the states. Soldiers from Vii corps landed on Utah Beach during the Normandy invasion june 6, 1944, and fought their Way through France and Germany. It was again deactivated in 1946. In january 1951, the corps was brought Back to Active duty and Given its peacekeeping Mission in Southern Germany