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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes Friday september 27,1991chaos reigns in riot ravaged Zaire strict curfew imposed foreigners flee in panic Kinshasa Zaire apr fearing famine and growing unrest officials ordered emergency food plans and a dusk to Dawn curfew thursday following military led rioting that ravaged the capital and May have claimed up to 100 lives. French and belgian troops meanwhile moved into Zaire a heartland As thousands of foreigners fled the Central african country with tales of looting and unchecked violence. A there is nothing left in Kinshasa. All the stores have been pillaged All the factories burned All the Villas owned by europeans emptied a said Claude Pousche one of 241 evacuees who arrived in Paris on thursday. A there Are people who were attacked in their Homes and who lost even the shoes on their  at the port near Kinshasa hundreds of foreigners pressed behind an Iron Fence waiting to scramble aboard a four deck boat for the trip across the Congo River to Brazzaville Congo. Children cats even a caged bulldog were also pulled aboard. A belgian based Relief organization doctors without Borders said its team in Kinshasa counted 40 dead people in two hospitals wednesday night. But its spokesman in Brussels or. Pierre Hamzc said the team estimated about 100 people had actually died. He said that 1,250 to 1,750 people had been injured in rioting monday and tuesday led by zairian troops who took to the streets after not receiving their pay. That led to wider anti government unrest. The embattled government of president Mobutu sese Sicko declared a dusk to Dawn curfew in Kinshasa and adopted an emergency plan to get provisions to the ransacked capital official Zaire radio reported. A famine is threatening a said belgian foreign minister Mark Eyskens. Some europeans who escaped the chaos told of killings rape and looting by zairian troops joined by civilians. French evacuee Antoine Henriquet said civilians joined the rioting soldiers in a Drunken rampage. A at the break of Dawn tuesday alcohol was brought in. They had cases of wine cases of whiskey with them. Everyone ended up completely drunk a he said. Henriquet said he fled his Home because the neighbors House had been ransacked a with even the dogs  France and Belgium which sent hundreds of troops to Zaire to assist in the evacuation Effort reiterated Calls wednesday for Mobutu who has ruled Zaire for 26 years to move toward multiparty democracy. Opposition leaders charged that Mobutu incited the troops to Mutiny to provoke intervention by Western forces. Twice in the 1970s, Western troops intervened to keep Mobutu in Power when dissident zairian attacked from marxist ruled Angola. Belgium and France dispatched hundreds More troops to the country. State run radio Zaire monitored in neighbouring Congo said unrest had spread to a Kisangani 745 Miles Northeast of the capital. A Karina 745 Miles East. A relative hugs two French women upon their arrival at a Paris Airport from Zaire. A Lubumbashi 1,120 Miles Southeast. A Kolwe i a mining town to the Southeast where belgian and French forces arrived wednesday. The spread of riots across the nation revived fears of the factional violence in the 1960s after the end of colonial Rule. The fighting by regions seeking to break away from Kinshasa left hundreds of thousands of people dead. On wednesday the belgian government decided to Send 500 More troops to Zaire to protect its nationals joining 500 already there. France now has 900 troops in the nation. About 280 French and belgian paratroopers were dispatched to Kolwe i. A French military source in Brazzaville said 2,000 foreigner most of them French belgian american italian or israeli a had been evacuated from Zaire by late wednesday. Several Hundred others fled South to Zambia Zimbabwe or South . Planes Aid France Belgium in Relief Effort by Check Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a fourteen . C-141 transport aircraft Are flying out of France and Belgium to ferry troops equipment and supplies from those countries to the strife torn african nation of Zaire Pentagon officials said thursday. Cmdr. John Woodhouse . European come spokesman said that All c-141 planes and Crews Are based in the states. The first planes left wednesday from Rhein main a Germany for Zaire. The loan of the c-141 transports is being made at the request of the French and belgian governments which Are seeking to protect and evacuate foreign citizens following three Days of rioting and looting by mutinous zairian army troops angry Over not being paid for several  sgt. Mark Johnson a spokesman for the air Force military Airlift come at Scott fab 111., said each of the 14 aircraft will undertake one Mission with a total of five planned from France and nine from Belgium. Although All the aircraft Are based in the states they were in Germany on other missions when detailed for this operation and Are flying out of air Force bases there. A we done to have any c-141s permanently based in Europe a Johnson said. Williams said at least three of the five c-141 missions out of France have already taken place while the missions out of Belgium should begin imminently. Additionally the United states has arranged three civilian charter flights to evacuate any of the 3,500 . Citizens in Zaire who wish to leave More than 1,000 of whom Are government employees and family members according to a state department spokesman. Cambodian Leader pledges help for . In finding Mia remains United nations a Cambodia is committed to helping find the remains of americans and other westerners missing from the Indochina War but the task is difficult because the country has a so Many Bones a the top government Leader says. Hun sen a 40-year-old revolutionary who now serves As Premier in the vietnamese backed government in phenom penh said in an interview thursday that the process of locating remains has already begun with one set turned Over to . Authorities. About 83 americans Are believed to be missing in action in the Southeast asian country from the War years of 1965 to �?T75. The mias Are mostly military but also include civilians among them several journalists abducted by Khmer Rouge rebels in 1970. The search is complicated by the fact that during the Early 1970s, As Many As 3.5 million of cambodians 8 million people perished in the bloody Campaign by the communist led Khmer Rouge to transform the country into a revolutionary agrarian state. Hun sen who broke with the Khmer Rouge and now condemns its guerrilla faction As a criminals a said there was no Assurance that the remains Given to . Officials so far were that of an Mia or that others will be. A the situation in Cambodia is different from Vietnam and Laos a he said. A the difference is that we have so Many Bones. We done to know who they belong  he also scoffed at the idea of any american prisoners of War remaining alive after so Many years. A we will do everything possible to assist but As for any americans remaining alive i consider that impossible a he said. Hun sen indicated his government had no intention of trying to use the Mia recovery Effort As leverage to gain diplomatic recognition or other concessions from the United Strates As some critics have accused the vietnamese of doing. A we regard this As humanitarian. We done to want to give it any political implications at All a he said. Hun sen is attending a . General Assembly meeting although the former Khmer Rouge regime led by Khieu Samphan is recognized by the United states other Western countries and the United nations As the legitimate government in phenom penh. A .-brokered peace agreement to end cambodians 20-year civil War is to be signed in Paris on oct. 31, with Hun sends government and the three guerrilla factions taking  s your Chance to go Island shopping Athens Greece apr the conservative government said wednesday that it will proceed with plans to sell 35 islands if it can to find other ways to Shore up the Economy. A the possible Sale of the islands will be conducted out of necessity because of the crushing debts inherited by the present government a government spokesman Vyron polydoras said. He added that a there has been no final or definite government decision on the Issue of the possible Sale of certain Rocky  National Economy minister Efthimios Christo Doulou confirmed reports monday that Greece was preparing to sell the Rocky and mostly Barren islands As part of a plan to increase government revenues. He did not say which islands would be put up for Sale. The plan Calls for state owned property to be sold to private investors through a Bond Issue. Except for the islands other property includes the area formerly housing the . Navy communications base at Nea Makri on the outskirts of Athens  
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