European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 c the stars and stripes sunday september 22, 1991 at a glance Singer dancer Tony Harrison was in the right place at the right time when he was stationed in Nairn Borg Germany. See sunday mias a town Square that looks like a Page out of Norman Rockwell s America becomes a Jungle stockade on a Day set aside to remember . Military personnel missing in action. A Page 4recruiters banned gov. Mario Cuomo a Gay rights office orders a new York University to bar military recruiters from Campus because the armed forces wont accept homosexuals. A Page 5plane lands safely a Continental airlines Jet with one of its three Landing gears stuck skids to a Safe Landing on a foam coated runway in Detroit. A Page 63 americans free military police question three americans after their release from three weeks in Captivity in the hands of kurdish rebels. A Page 8copter Crew rescued a helicopter from the guided missile frigate Stark crashes in the persian Gulf and the two army Crew members aboard Are rescued by another military chopper. A Page 9pan am head named Russell l. Ray jr., an executive at the Mcdonnell Douglas corp., is elected As president and chief executive of pan american world airways. A Page 20 Index Abby Ann Landers a in. A 17 commentary. .13 letters. Money matters .20 Mutual. Sports. 21-28 weather. .11 Leader Calls Anderson Waite captors most important assets Baalbek Lebanon apr a Leader of an umbrella group for hostage holding factions said saturday that american journalist Terry Anderson and Church of England envoy Terry Waite Are the most valuable assets of the kidnappers. Hussein Muslawi Leader of a pro syrian faction of Hezbollah or party of god was referring to the kidnappers views on efforts to Swap the hostages for More than 300 lebanese radicals held by Israel including Hezbollah activist Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid. His comments appeared to suggest that Waite and Anderson were unlikely to be freed until Obeid is released in an Overall Exchange that . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar is trying to negotiate. However Muslawi said israelis failure to release Obeid with the next Batch of prisoners a would not cancel the whole Effort to work out a comprehensive Swap. Obeid 39, was kidnapped by helicopter borne israeli commandos from his Village of jibs get in South Lebanon in july 1989. His release has been a key Condi m 515 a Anderson Waite Tion of the kidnappers for freeing the Western hostages. The israelis consider Obeid whom they identify As a Hezbollah Leader their most important shiite prisoner. A to some factions Terry Anderson could be More important than the rest while to others Terry Waite could be More important a Muslawi said without elaborating on the status of the two captives. Anderson 43, is the longest held Westerner. The chief Middle East correspondent of the associated press was kidnapped March 16, 1985, and is held by islamic jihad or islamic holy War. Waite 52, disappeared in Beirut on Jan. 20,1987, while in the midst of efforts to help free the hostages. Eleven westerners Are missing in Lebanon a eve americans three Batons two germans and an italian. Shiite Leaden have said one briton and the italian Are dead. Israel in the three Way bargaining is seeking information on five of its servicemen missing in from Page 1 store water and electricity to Federal Barracks in numerous towns and allow food to get in. But they said the facilities would remain surrounded by croatian militias. The letter written by croatian president Franjo Tadjman proposed that both sides Issue cease fire orders at 7 . Saturday. But the hour passed with no reply from Kadijevic. He rejected a similar offer earlier saturday saying it did no to go far enough and accused Tadjman of breaking the previous cease fires. In Bosnia and Herzegovina the Tan Jug news Agency said croatian mortar fire from across the Border killed three peo 61c and wounded four in the town of Sanska Gradiska Iraq from Page 1 Force might be used to escort the . Teams if Iraq docs not cooperate in the Effort to find and destroy All of its Long Range missiles and any chemical biological or nuclear weapons. Iraq insisted it was cooperating As re it also reported that a Federal Soldier died when his Convoy was fired on in tre Binge. Even before the deaths the fighting in Croatia had led to increased rest Veness among the regions serbs croats and muslims who Are considered a separate yugoslav nationality. Fear is widespread among its non serbs that Serbia seeks to Annex part of their Republic As Yugoslavia disintegrates. Croatia a leaders assert that Serbia seeking to expand its territory is backing serb insurgents in their fight against Republican forces. They also assert that the army with its primarily serb officers corps is backing the insurgents. The army says it responds Only when attacked but Many foreign governments now accept the croatian claims. Croatia a ethnic serbs in turn claim discrimination and say they will never permit areas where they predominate to become part of an Independent Croatia. Serb croatian hatreds Are fed by memories of the massacres of hundreds of thousands of serbs on the orders of Croatia a fascist leaders during world War ii and retaliatory killings by serbs. In fighting saturday at least four Federal air Force planes blasted Sibenik on the Dalmatian coast croatian radio reported. The City was also under artillery fire. The port authority in Ancona Italy picked up a radio message from split also on the Dalmatian coast. In Vukovan 15 Miles into Croatia Federal troops Friday broke through croatian defences capturing part of the City Belgrade radio said. Croatian radio said saturday that heavy fighting had continued around Vukovan and Vinkovic overnight but the army had failed to break through in Vinkovic. Quirck under the persian Gulf War cease fire agreement. It accused Washington of using a dispute Over whether . Teams can use their own helicopters As an excuse to launch another military Campaign Leslie Thorne the 59-year-old British Leader of a nuclear inspection team that came out of Iraq to Bahrain on Friday said the iraqis were taking the . Threats in stride while they celebrated a Muslim Holiday. Iraq like the rest of the Muslim world has a Long weekend Holiday in Honor of the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed islam a founder. Thorness team of specialists from the Vienna based International atomic Energy Agency was in Iraq for a week to measure nuclear material at a research facility near from Page 1 army a has gone from a unrelenting hypocrisy Down the Chain of command to a system that Calls for a creative and innovative leadership at the lowest a you did no to need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that to achieve Success on a Large Battlefield you had to have leaders who could effectively Deal with our greatest assets a the soldiers a cer Jan said. The service also looked at the climate in which soldiers worked he said. A we looked for institutional or social inhibitors to the creation of cohesive things a he said. A Many were identified but three stood out a drug abuse discrimination and sexual he used the army a substance abuse program to illustrate the services willingness to confront major problems. He noted the service did not attempt to a cover up Quot the drug abuse problem. However Yeijan said a discrimination is More difficult. You can to test a persons attitude in a the key to fostering equal Opportunity is a a reliable and trustworthy system a which he said he believes the army has. We in Usa eur and the army Are committed to assuring an environment free of discrimination and sexual quoting poet Langston Hughes Yeijan pledged his commitment to a fair system a there is a dream in this land with its Back against the Wall. To save the dream for one it must be saved for 1 believe the army is doing its Job not Only in protecting but promoting the dream Yeijan said. A a we be come a Long Way m the last two decades. I done to believe an organization in America reflects the Success and accomplishment that we have had in the army in this area. But without doubt there is still work to Yeijan acknowledged there Are even greater equal Opportunity challenges this decade. Changes in both Force Structure and demographics will require leaders at All Levels to be increasingly sensitive to needs of the soldiers a he said. A user leaders will continue to Monitor Clos the trends in promotions disc pair complaints and separations to ens equal treatment and they must inter i when necessary to right in defense of the complaint syst Cevan said it must be trusted to prot both the complainant and the accused. A substantiated discrimination or sex harassment will not be tolerated a he set it must be rooted out. Offenders must both punished and educated and we that fails they must be separated. A but unsubstantiated complaints m be also accepted if the system is to work we accept the investigation that subset Viates a complaint then we need to i. That same acceptance for the in Susti tinted in closing he emphasized that a fall s Diers regardless of ethnic or racial Bai ground must be treated solely on per trance. We will not tolerate anything shot of
