European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes monday september 16, 1991 at a glance More than 5,000 women have been hired to work at the International Auto show in Frankfurt a and some Are finding the work demean ing. See stories on pages 14-16.preserving Fillmore Millard Fillmore has t exactly electrified american history books but the 13th president has a Dutiful if slightly Daffy group of admirers. A Page 4army jumping the gun Quot the army wants to replenish an already enormous Supply of tank killing weapons by buying More than 2,100 laser guided hellfire missiles now instead of next year when an improved version starts coming off the production line. A Page 5curbing child abuse the Federal government faced with an upsurge in reported child abuse should Send health care professionals to the Homes of new parents and their babies a panel says. A Page 6ufo�?Td out after nearly 30 years of being the nation s no. 1 ufos Abductee Betty Hill is retiring from Public appearances partly because too Many flakes Are making ufos reports. A Page 7cuba feels threatened the cuban government said the departure of soviet military personnel would leave it vulnerable to a . Attack unless american forces also withdraw. A Page 9hard times during the High flying 80s, be Thesda md., spared no expense for local services. Now Montgomery county is broke and its budget deficit has risen from $85 million to $185 million in a year. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 21-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11a Tiwi Iwaji Iraq had enough explosives for nuclear bombs . Says by the new York times United nations the United nations has concluded that president Saddam Hussein of Iraq could have possessed enough nuclear explosives to build at least two or three atomic weapons a year by the mid-1990s, had his secret production plants not been destroyed by Allied bombing during the persian Gulf War. The unpublished report produced by . Inspectors responsible for finding and destroying iraqi plants capable of producing nuclear weapons and material also said that other countries provided Baghdad with substantial quantities of equipment and material for part of its nuclear program. It said those countries a very probably sent experts to give continuing technical advice. Since the Start of the Gulf crisis last year there have been various estimates of iraqis nuclear capacity and of the quantities of nuclear explosives it might possess. The iraqis who maintain that their nuclear program was entirely peaceful have admitted producing about a Pound of slightly enriched uranium unsuitable for weapons use in violation of their obligations under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. They have also admitted manufacturing a minute Quantity of plutonium which is also used in nuclear bombs again in violation of International regulations. An iraqi defector however has been widely reported As telling american intelligence that the Baghdad government has acquired about 80 or 90 pounds of highly enriched uranium or enough for four or five weapons. In july a Bush administration official told Congress that Iraq probably had secretly enriched enough uranium to make at least one nuclear device. The new . Report summarizing the findings of the four nuclear inspections carried out so far paints the most comprehensive picture yet available of iraqis Covert nuclear program and its potential. The report is expected to be published shortly As a Security Council document. In a related development the . Security Council on Friday warned Iraq in Strong terms that it must cooperate More closely with inspectors in the future by allowing them to Fly their own helicopters anywhere inside its Borders As they search for secret nuclear plants. Germany has Lent the United nations three helicopters and Crews so that its inspectors can carry out spot checks on Short notice anywhere in Iraq without being dependent on the iraqi authorities to provide transportation. But Iraq has so far refused to allow the helicopters which Are waiting in Turkey to operate Over its territory saying this would violate its sovereignty. The . Representative to the United nations Thomas r. Pickering said that iraqis attempt to deny the inspectors use of the German helicopters constituted a a very serious breach of its obligations under Security Council Resolution 707. That Resolution authorizes the inspectors a to conduct both fixed Wing and helicopter flights throughout Iraq for All relevant purposes including inspection surveillance Aerial surveys transportation and logistics without interference of any  if Iraq does not comply fully Pickering added it will face a very serious  the councils president Jean Bernard Merimee delivered what he termed a not an ultimatum but a very serious warning to iraqis representative Abdel Amir Anbari telling him that Resolution 707 a has to be fully  Anbari said later that he was Only a messenger and did not know a what will be the next step on the part of my government or on the part of the  leading shiite cleric sees release of hostages in weeks not Days Beirut Lebanon apr the country a highest ranking shiite moslem cleric said in an interview broadcast sunday that a Western hostage would be released within weeks but not Days. Sheik Mohammed Mahdi Shamseddine who spoke to the British broadcasting corp., also called for a comprehensive Swap of Arab prisoners held by Israel in return for Western hostages rather than a step by step process. Asked if the release of a Westerner were imminent he said a i can to say in a matter of Days but i can say in a matter of weeks a provided that american and Western pressure continues to be put on Israel to release further Arab prisoners from israeli  speculation on who might be released has focused on Jack Mann a 77-year-old former Royal air Force Pilot who has been missing for two years. In Damascus reporters asked syrian foreign minister Farouk Al Sharaa whether there would be a hostage release soon and he answered a yes there could  a a in a optimistic there could be something a Al Sharaa said. When asked whether the freed hostage could be an american or a briton he said a i done to  lebanese foreign minister fares Bueiz said in Tehran Iran that a conclusive solution to the hostage Issue would help Lebanon solve a number of Domestic problems Tehran radio reported. Several Western nations have tied economic Aid for Lebanon to a release of Western hostages. Bueiz was in Iran on a Mission to improve ties with the islamic Republic. The Issue of the hostages was discussed because Iran has influence Over shiite fundamentalists who hold the Western hostages. The iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Velamati called for All parties to cooperate with . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar in an Effort to solve the hostage crisis. Referring to four iranians who disappeared from Lebanon in 1982, Velamati said of the hostage Issue a we Are the first victims of that problem and we Hope that the efforts of the Secretary general will help in reaching a comprehensive solution to the  the four missing iranians Are believed to be dead. Shamseddine who Heads the higher shiite Council told the bbl that a the prospects for releasing Western hostages Are Good a but i cannot say whether the hostage to be released will be British or  a we have strongly recommended that the Deal for the release of All hostages should be comprehensive and Complete and should not take place in stages for fear some unexpected obstacles crop  Force from Page 1 editable. A Quarter of the air forces men and women Are being Cut to about 450.000 in five years. There were 904,000 air Force personnel at its last Peak during the Vietnam Era. The Basic building blocks of the tactical fighter Force a its so called air wings a will be Cut front 36 to 26, and the number of bases is expected to be reduced severely. Five bases Are being closed with More in the offing. Under Mcpeake a Plait a a general rather than a colonel will be in charge on All of the services 45 largest bases in particular those with 4.000 or More personnel. A Overall the number of air Force major commands will be reduced from 13 to 10. A a gradual consolidation of the two major attack forces a the strategic air come at Offutt fab in Omaha neb., and the tac air come at Langley fab a. A is in the offing. A other changes include the creation of an air Force intelligence come and the deactivation of the electronic Security come based at Kelly fab Texas. A merger of the systems come based at Andrews fab md., and the logistics come at Wright Patterson fab Ohio into the air Force Materiel come at Wright Patterson has already begun. The new organization will be in charge of managing the services weapons systems. Other changes that Are in store a new a composite wings will Combine different kinds of aircraft under a single commander to take on a variety of missions. Such wings Are being put together at Andrews fab in Maryland near Washington and at Seymour Johnson fab in North Carolina. One Wing slated for Idaho a Mountain Home fab has been dubbed an a intervention Wing and will include f-15 fighter jets b-52 bombers Kc-10 fullers and airborne warning and control system aircraft. Based on the Pentagon a expectation that far Flung third world flare  will be the major military Challenge of the future a we want something that can leave quickly do some damage and return safely a said a senior air Force officer. A an entire level of the air forces organization a the air divisions a is being eliminated. A staffs will be pared in the service s 14 numbered air Force units where combat and Day to Day operations rather than administrative duties will be emphasized. The commanding generals will of urged to Don flight suits instead of their Blue uniforms to walk the Tarmac