European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes thursday september 26,1991 at a glance Greg Arrendondo of new Mexico tries his hand at Riding Sunshine in the bareback Competition while the european Rodeo circuit made a Stop in Kaiserslautern Germany. Sec stripes  wins lawsuit a former Rodeo Cowboy who claimed lbs usurped his mustachioed Cowboy Persona for the 1950s series have gun will travel won his decades old Battle with the television Industry. A Page 4quieter planes on horizon transportation Secretary Samuel k. Skinner launched a drive to hush the nations loudest jets by the end of the decade. A Page 5a-x plane under fire congressional analysts say As much As $75 billion could be saved Over 25 years if the Pentagon scraps plans for the Navy a experimental a attack plane to replace the aging a-6 attack bomber. A Page 6aids panel issues warning the National commission on aids warned that a growing indifference to the aids epidemic and continued Lack of National leadership is making a bad situation worse. A Page 7dr. Seuss Dies Theodor Seuss Geisel the author of rhyme and Doodle who As or. Seuss wrote such whimsical children a classics As the cat in the hat has died. A Page 9saudi Oil wont Slacken saudi Arabia said it would keep Oil flowing at a High level during the Winter despite Calls by other open members to Cut production. A Page 18 Index Abby Ann Landers. 15 comics. 15-17 commentary. 13 letters. 12 Money matters. 18 sports. 19-24 to listings. 23 weather. 11 Patriot from Page 1 Down there to get a minimum launch capability As Early As possible a Harkey said. No Patriot missiles were included on the flight Harkey said. The battalion will acquire missiles already in saudi Arabia. A second As yet undetermined Patriot battalion will be joining the 1st in 7th air defense arty in saudi Arabia but Harkey said he did not know when it would be leaving. Ef-111 aircraft from Raf upper hey Ford England left for in Ciurlik a Turkey on wednesday morning while of Lulfs from Raf Lakenheath England were expected to deploy As Well to bolster the coalition air forces according to military spokesmen. Tipper Heyford spokesman Richard Colley confirmed the of ill so deployment. But he would not say How Many of the electronic combat aircraft or people had gone. The deployment to Turkey is to support operation provide Comfort ii a to make it Clear to Iraq that repressive actions taken against the iraqi citizens would not be tolerated a Colley said. Ef-111 aircraft and personnel from upper Heyford previously deployed to in Ciurlik during operations desert shield and storm. The ef-111 aircraft Are electronic countermeasures aircraft capable of scrambling an enemy a radar during air attacks. Navy cmdr. John Woodhouse a spokesman for the . European come said wednesday that of Lulfs from Raf Lakenheath also will deploy directly to in Ciurlik from their base in England. He could not confirm when they left. A Squadron off ills that had been deployed to Zaragoza a Spain for training returned to Lakenheath on Friday said capt. Dave Cannon a Lakenheath spokesman. Support personnel who had accompanied the Falls to Spain returned to England on monday. Woodhouse also said Neucom could not confirm a previous report in the stars and stripes that quoted a turkish foreign ministry spokesman As saying the a-10 ground support aircraft currently in Turkey would be replaced by the f. A a a amps Jimader Treim a 1-5 military transport plane loaded with Patriot equipment is being readied to take off wednesday afternoon from Rhein main a Germany for saudi Arabia. Ills. A that decision As far As i know has not been made yet. There Are discussions going on with the combined task Force and the turkish general staff Over what planes will definitely stay and which ones will leave a Woodhouse said. The a-10s in Turkey now Are from the 81st tac fighter Wing which has its Headquarters at Raf Ben Waters England. Woodhouse would not discuss the number of aircraft personnel or the length of the full deployment. Full aircraft from Lakenheath also participated in operations desert shield and storm. The planes and personnel were based in taif saudi Arabia. The deployment was ordered As tension again Rose in the persian Gulf Region after Iraq walked at . Oversight of the destruction of weapons after the persian Gulf War. Iraqi troops surrounded . Monitors searching documents in Baghdad and the iraqi government refi ised to allow unrestricted helicopter overflights. Hie american deployment though anticipated was yet another sign of the growing resolve to keep the pressure on Iraq to abide by the . Resolutions that ended the War. Iraq capitulated late tuesday to . Demands that it provide unrestricted helicopter flights for the inspectors. But the iraqis decision to interfere with a 44-member . Team in Baghdad angered members of the Security Council. The iraqis accused the inspectors of being spies. The Security Council condemned Iraq for preventing them a from carrying out their duty under . Resolutions calling for the destruction of All of iraqis capability for producing weapons of mass destruction. Contributing to this report were staff writers Amy Geiszler Jones in England Ron Mckinney at Rhein main a. Germany and Chuck Vinch in Washington feisty from Page 1 anon a condition that is part of a Broad Deal to free Western hostages. A shiite Muslim cleric involved in the hostage negotiations said wednesday in Lebanon that the Soldier was a probably  pro iranian Muslim kidnappers holding westerners in Lebanon Are demanding that Israel release Arab prisoners in Exchange for their captives. The Muslim cleric Hussein Muslawi said the kidnappers were awaiting a reciprocal action after freeing Mann on tuesday. Muslawi said an american might be freed soon a if things continued to proceed  Mann a journey Back to Britain was de toured to Cyprus for nearly three hours so mechanics could fix the planets Hydraulic system British officials said. Late tuesday Mann was stooped Over and walked painfully into a packed news conference at the syrian foreign ministry in Damascus where he angrily denounced his captors. A my voice has gone after 2vi years of chaining of their saying a do this do that. Done to do that a or a be quiet a a the world War ii Veteran whispered banging his hand on a table to illustrate his kidnappers orders. 1 he kidnappers release of Mann kept up the momentum established by the freeing of three Western hostages in August. At least nine westerners including five americans Are still believed held. Reports this week from Iran and Lebanon said an american hostage could be freed by this weekend and one senior iranian official said All the hostages will be released by january. . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar has sought a Broad Exchange involving the westerners an accounting of five missing israeli service members and the release of hundreds of arabs held by Israel. An israeli defense ministry statement wednesday said its sept. 11 release of 51 shiite Muslim detainees was carried out in Exchange for information on two missing israeli soldiers rahamim Alsheikh and Yosef Fink but Only one Soldier was accounted for. A most regrettably Iran to this Day has not lived up fully to its commitment a it said because the information was insufficient a to determine clearly and unequivocally the Fate of missing Soldier Yosef  Israel sees Iran As the key player in a hostage Deal since it backs the hostage holding groups. Israelis defense ministry however also said that Israel offered to free additional Arab prisoners in Exchange for information on missing israeli air Force navigator Ron Arad one of the five israeli servicemen still missing in Lebanon. Muslawi on wednesday told reporters that both Alsheikh and Fink captured in february 1986, were probably dead. It was unlikely that the israeli government would accept Musawir a comment As the evidence it has been seeking. But it was possible that the shiite Leader was making the statement to prepare the israelis for bad news. Muslawi Heads a pro syrian Wing within Hezbollah or party of god believed to be an umbrella organization for factions holding most of the westerners missing in Lebanon. The hostage holding groups want Israel to release about 300 imprisoned shiites including the cleric Abdul Karim Obeid As Well As two lebanese shiite Brothers convicted and imprisoned in Germany for terrorist acts. The revolutionary Justice organization the shiite group that held Mann said it had decided to free him because of the a immense efforts by Perez de Cuellar. The statement was accompanied by the photograph of another hostage american Joseph Cicippio. Cicippio a brother Thomas said of Mann a release a it gives me a lot of hone. Things look a lot More positive right now. I feel As though it May just be a matter of time until they release Joseph and perhaps All the  the missing westerners Are five americans a briton two germans and an italian. The longest held is american Terry Anderson chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press. He was kidnapped March 16, 1985. Briton Alec Collett was also kidnapped in 1985. However British officials said he is presumed dead. Reports claimed he was killed in 1986 in retaliation for British assistance in . Bombing raids on Libya