European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2the 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. See 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 6 aids 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 7zairian troops Mutiny French troops seized positions in Zaire s capital to protect foreigners from mutinous zairian soldiers As violence reportedly spread to other cities. A Page 8saudi 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  Page 18 Index a   so a a a v Abby Ann Landers. 15 comics. 15-17 commentary. 13 letters. 12 Money matters. 18 sports. 19-24 to listings. 23 weather. 1.1 air attacks threaten to blow delicate yugoslav truce apart Belgrade Yugoslavia up warplanes of the serbian dominated yugoslav military hit croatian positions wednesday in the Eastern part of the breakaway Republic amid efforts to preserve a 3-Day-old truce news reports and Western diplomats said. In other developments Croatia said at least 12 ambassadors were prepared to resign from the yugoslav diplomatic corps in response to the republics earlier decision to withdraw its nationals from the crippled Federal government. There was no official response from the yugoslav foreign ministry which is headed by a croat Budimir Loncar. State run radio in the croatian capital of Zagreb identified the croatian ambassadors prepared to resign As those in the soviet Union the Philippines Austria Egypt Malaysia saudi Arabia Indonesia Chile the Vatican Argentina and Uganda. Serious tension meanwhile continued to simmer in the Republic of Bosnia Herzegovina where a croatian police officer was shot dead by unknown gunmen and More than 3,000 serbs have reportedly fled their Homes because of fears of an explosion in ethnic violence. There was no official word on any talks Between the Federal military and the nationalist croatian government of president Franjo Tadjman. Nor was there a response from the military to a croatian demand made tuesday that All Federal troops withdraw from the Republic As a Way of preserving the truce. State run radio broadcasts said cease fire violations continued the most serious occurring around Vinkovic a town in the slavonian Region about 90 Miles Northwest of  from Page 1 again Rose in the persian Gulf Region after Iraq walked at . Oversight of the destruction of weapons after the Gulf War. Iraqi troops surrounded . Monitors searching documents in Baghdad and the iraqi government refused to allow unrestricted helicopter overflights. The 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. The 44-member team was intercepted by dozens of armed iraqi guards outside a building in Baghdad after the inspectors copied documents they said provided detailed evidence of iraqis attempts to build a nuclear warhead. In Washington Pentagon officials said the Patriot missile systems could be operational by late this week. The Pentagon also awaited orders to dispatch As Many As 72 warplanes to join some 200 combat aircraft already in place in the persian Gulf Region. Pentagon officials stressed that for military As Well As diplomatic reasons no new warplanes Are expected to arrive in saudi Arabia until the patriots Are functioning there. A military official called the Pentagon a precondition that the Patriot batteries were operational a just a prudent step in Light of iraqis continued Possession of scud missiles. One knowledgeable coalition government official said tuesday that Washington still was Uncertain How far it would go if a hostile iraqi act against . Forces were to reopen combat operations. But Bush administration officials Are considering launching air strikes designed to disrupt Normal operations in Iraq and further erode popular support for president Saddam Hussein the official said. The official added that others in the administration have argued for a More limited military strike focused on destroying iraqis remaining nuclear chemical and biological facilities As Well As the command centers from which Saddam a government rules. Earlier iraqis ambassador to the United nations Abdul Amir Anbari had said the . Inspectors would not be freed until they surrendered the documents and videotapes made during the latest search. President Bush used Stark language to condemn the iraqi move As a very serious  he said of Saddam a that Man does no to play by the  despite the contrary views of some senior advisers the president continued to assert Confidence that Saddam would ultimately Back Down. A a he la get the message a Bush said. The accusation of espionage against the head of the . Inspection team David Kay of Houston marked a bitter turn in an already tense relationship Between the Baghdad regime and those assigned to Monitor its military dismantlement. Spokesmen in Washington dismissed As the charge As nonsense after it was raised in Baghdad by Deputy prime minister Tarik Aziz. He asserted that the documents sought by Kay and his team were a for Cia  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 detoured 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. The 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 pm rez 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 p6rez 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 Hope. 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