European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 123 wednesday August 14,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces / 35c d 8693 a account rises to 35 by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer although the Pentagon refused to provide names and units of . Service members killed and wounded by their compatriots information released in tuesday s briefing appeared to confirm an eyewitnesses account of a a Friendly fire incident that killed three soldiers and wounded three others from a Bamberg Germany Engineer unit. Staff sgt. Hilbert Potter told the stars and stripes in March that he was sure he and five fellow soldiers from co c,82nd engr in had been fired upon by a machine gun on an m1a1 Abrams tank feb. 26 White they Lay on the ground after having abandoned their burning my 13 armoured personnel Carrier. Two of those five were killed by Tneia machine gun fire said Potter who lost his right leg in the attack. In addition he maintains that the vehicles Driver see briefing on Page 2 by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a american forces mistakenly fired on other . Forces 28 times during operation desert storm killing 35 service members and wounding 72 others the Pentagon announced tuesday. The defense department previously announced Only six a Friendly fire incidents that had resulted in 11 deaths and 15 injuries. A total of 148 service members were killed in action and 467 were wounded during operation desert storm officials said. The announcement was made during a noon briefing by representatives of the army Navy air Force and marines. It includes All known and suspected cases of Friendly fire casualties. Low visibility caused by rain darkness and smoke often contributed to mis identifying Friendly forces said army col. Roger Brown assistant to the Deputy chief of staff for operations and plans. Another Factor was the . Weapons ability to strike Long distance targets. Of the 28 Friendly fire incidents 16 occurred during ground Battles and nine were the result of air to ground engagements military officials said. No disciplinary action is pending against any . Service members involved in mistakenly firing on or subsequently killing any other americans officials said. Officials would not identify those who died or were see toll on Page 2call for Unity Marks Wall anniversary German Interior minister Wolfgang Schauble sits in front of the Peter Foch tar memorial during a Berlin Wall Wreath laying ceremony. The women in the picture Are not identified. By Larry Thorson the associated press Berlin a germans observed the 30th anniversary of the erection of the infamous Berlin Wall tuesday with Calls to strive for a dinner Unity Quot that still is lacking Between East and West germans. Officials came to one of about 80 places in Berlin where the Wall earned its name As a death strip one City Block South of the Allied crossing Point called checkpoint Charlie where Peter Foch tar was shot trying to escape to the West on aug. 17, 1962. Fechter 18, a construction worker cried for help for almost an hour but was left to bleed to death before East German Border guards carried him away. Fichte re a death a showed the brutality of the Border regime put in place by the communist rulers of East Germany Berlin mayor Barhard Diepgen said in a speech to about 500 people gathered around a simple Cross smothered Jin wreaths near where Fuchter fell. A this injustice must be punished a Diepgen said describing the drive to prosecute those responsible for killings at the death strip As part of an Effort to remove the a Wall in the head that remains even after the Berlin Wall was opened in november 1989. Altogether about 200 people died trying to escape Over Berlin Wall or across the German German Border after the Wall was erected in 1961 to Stop a flood of people moving from cast to West. People in Western Germany must remember that those in the East had to endure four decades of dictatorship after world War ii and had much the harder postwar experience Diepgen said a the postwar history of our country will end Only with the fall of the Wall in the head and it is especially important in Berlin a the mayor said. Fechter a two Sisters Giscla Cuc and Ruth Fech see Wall on Page 2israel, arabs reportedly lean toward releases Nicosia Cyprus apr diplomatic efforts intensified tuesday to swiftly solve the hostage crisis amid reports that Israel May free a shiite Muslim cleric and Arab kidnappers Are willing to turn Over missing israeli soldiers. A senior israeli official said the jewish state is willing to make concessions in Exchange for information on its missing men. The official also said a but first of ail we want to hear about the Fate of our  on tuesday Tehran radio accused Israel of blocking Resolution of the hostage crisis by insisting on the return of the seven soldiers missing in Lebanon. But the radio also suggested the crisis May be near a solution anyway because the captives have served their purpose a raising awareness of what it called a is Rael s brutal policies a the radio commentary peppered with Florid language attacking the a zionist regime a came As sources in the iranian backed Hezbollah reportedly said they were ready to Swap two israeli soldiers for Arab detainees in an Exchange that would also free More Western hostages. Most of the groups in Lebanon holding hostages Are believed Allied with Hezbollah. In Geneva . Secretary general Javier pm rez de Cuellar said the two sides Are a not that far  a it is not an Ocean i would say it is a  the kidnappers have freed three Western hostages a briton John Mccarthy american Edward Tracy and Frenchman Jerome Peyraud a since thursday Elev see releases on Page 2