European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 13, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 3kidnappers Laud . Chief s efforts separate factions release photos of Anderson briton Anderson Beirut Lebanon a shiite Muslim kidnappers thursday expressed support for the . Secretary general a efforts to work out a a comprehensive solutions to the hostage ordeal. Separate factions released photographs of american hostage Terry Anderson and British captive Jack Mann. The Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar was in Iran for talks on an Overall Deal to free the Western captives. Some sort of Trade off would Likely involve releasing some Arab detainees held by Israel and an accounting of israelis dead and missing in Lebanon. The latest developments came one Day after Israel freed 51 prisoners from a jail in South Lebanon and repatriated the remains of nine shiite Muslim guerrillas. Israel made the moves after receiving definite word that one of its missing servicemen was dead. The picture of Anderson a identical to one released on aug. 6 showing him clean shaven and in profile a was accompanied by a statement from islamic jihad or islamic holy War delivered to Mann a Western news Agency in Beirut. A we Are fully prepared to extend the required support for him Perez de Cuellar to reach the required comprehensive solution a said the typewritten 30-line statement. Anderson 43, the chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press was abducted March 16, 1985. The release of the photograph of British hostage Jack Mann 77, was the first word on the former Pilot since his abduction in Muslim West Beirut on May 12, 1989. Among others held by the pro iranian group is american Joseph Cicippio 66, acting comptroller at the american University in Beirut who on thursday began his sixth year in Captivity. Islamic jihad called israelis prisoner release and body repatriation a Day earlier a a positive step but an incomplete  said any Overall Swap should culminate a in freeing All our imprisoned Brethren in the world a especially in Europe and Israel. That apparently referred to shiite Hijacker Hussein Hariri held in Switzerland since july 1987, and Brothers Mohammed Ali Hamadi and Abbas Hamadi also shiites serving prison terms in Germany since 1987. Mohammed Ali Hamadi is serving a life sentence for the hijacking of a Twa jetliner to Lebanon in 1985, in which a . Navy diver was slain. His brother was convicted in a kidnapping. Germany has maintained that the Hamadi Brothers were legally tried and sentenced for terrorist activities and their release cannot be brokered. Perez de Cuellar has made similar statements. The islamic jihad statement came Thomas Cicippio holds a five year old photo of his brother hostage Joseph Cicippio. Hours after another hostage holding faction the revolutionary Justice organization announced that Mann was a alive and in Good shape a More than two years after he disappeared in Beirut. The revolutionary Justice organization also welcomed israelis release of the Arab prisoners and expressed renewed Hopes of a a Happy ending to the hostage stalemate. It said its representatives had met with . Officials and added that negotiations a have reached a mechanism to release struggling Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid and other imprisoned Brethren  Obeid a shiite Muslim Leader kidnapped by Israel from Southern Lebanon in july 1989, is considered the key to any comprehensive Swap. Israel radio reported thursday the jewish state was willing to release More Arab detainees and make a other gestures in Exchange for information about its missing servicemen. A new York times report thursday quoted a senior . Official in Tehran Iran capital As saying that one or More Western hostages could be freed As Early As  s bits of info help give general big picture by Ken Clauson staff writer Blomberg Germany a when pfc. James Low grabs a grease Pencil and sketches a a enemy formations on a Wall size map in a tent he a marking information maj. Gen. Tom Jaco uses to make War fighting decisions. Low 18, is an intelligence analyst for the 4th inf div Mech from fort Carson Colo. Jaco 53, is the division commander. The return of forces to Germany deployment for the ongoing exercise certain shield �?T91 was lows first trip outside the United states and his first nato level training exercise. The �?T91 event is Jacobs seventh. Low works in a division tactical command Post that plans and controls the Section of the Battle closest to the divisions front. But the inside of the command Post is always the same no matter where it is a a Bustle of activity around maps and charts and computers and radios. A i get messages from the lower brigades with information on the enemy a said the slim Soldier from Shippensburg a. A say we have a certain amount of vehicles spotted at a certain location. We have listings of vehicles that Are in soviet style echelons so we then estimate the Type and size of the unit at that  Low does no to make those major extrapolations and estimates of enemy intent that generals use to fight wars. Intelligence officers do that. But he still has to convert bits of information on the enemy into larger parts of the intelligence picture. And that a information Jaco uses to Man Euver the 16,000 soldiers in his division. Low works 12-hour shifts that he said rarely Are Boring. A Well at times it is a he acknowledged a like if you re sitting in there at three in the morning and nothing is happening but during the Battle its moving very  and when its fast he a tightly focused on his Job he said. A a in a so into my work that sometimes people have to yell my name three or four times before i hear  but its still a matter of maps charts and reference books radios computers and phones inside a tent. He a worked in Colorado during mock Battles that were supposedly taking place in Europe. A you almost feel like you re in Germany a Low said a except you re sitting at fort  if the map in front of him is of Germany that a where his attention is focused. He Wasny to sure about what he gained As a Soldier by doing his Job in a tent on the Edge of a Forest in Germany instead of doing the same work in a Dusty Ravine in Colorado. The division commander prefers to train on the actual piece of ground the map represents. The Stocky com a i m so into my work that som Timos Puoplo have to Roll my name three or four Timos before i hear them pfc. James Low Mander has been an officer for 32 years and his face is weathered from decades of soldiering in Korea Vietnam Germany and the United states. A a it a very important to have face to face Contact in vacl0.6these exercises. Especially when you work with an army that does things a Little differently than we do a Jaco said. That Contact would be lost if the exercise players were separated by an Ocean. A i  go out and coordinate with the belgian corps on a passage of lines. I  go look at a River we re going to cross.1 he said he gets a better feel for what his soldiers Are faced with when he can walk the ground instead of just looking at a map. Despite his years of experience he still does no to know All there is to know about the business of soldiering he said. A a in a still learning How to do this. I done to think you Ever get to the Point where you done to learn. This is my seventh reformer and i think in be Learned something every time a Jaco said. Soldiers must be flexible in their thinking and no longer assume their units Are Only going to go to War in a particular part of the world. His divisions primary focus has been on a land War in Northern Europe but his soldiers must look beyond that. The persian Gulf crisis he said was a prime example. A a we re part of the accent Allied forces Central Europe Reserve corps and have focused on North a Northern army group for Many years. If accent and Iii corps were going to War we knew we would be part of that. But last year they told us to Start repainting our vehicles and be ready to go to another part of the world.1 the 4th inf div did not deploy to the persian Gulf War but did prepare for it. A we have to be prepared to deploy worldwide at a moments notice a he said. His divisions alignment within the . Army and nato has not changed but its future training schedule reflects a global View. Next year his command group is taking part in team spirit an annual multinational exercise in South Korea he said. Its the first time the division has participated in an exercise in Korea. Its a great Opportunity for us that causes us to take some planning Steps we be never done before a Jaco said. Jaco smiled As he looked across the rolling Hills and Farmland of Northern Germany. A one thing that has really made an impression on me is the Welcome we be received Here a he said. �?�1 Wasny to sure what the reaction would be to us. I think there is still a very Strong Bond Between the local population and the .  a local mayor asked him Why military exercises like certain shield Are still needed. Jaco said he told the mayor a we still have a threat. Its called instability and uncertainty and that is a reason for us to continue to be  the Veteran Soldier who served through decades of the cold War does no to claim there s still an enemy. But he did add a there is still a russian army