European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes wednesday october 23, 1991soviet army band to play in Karlsruhe Karlsruhe Germany a amps a the military band of the soviet army West will perform a free 45-minute concert for . Military identification card holders at 4 . Today at Karlsruhe High school. The band s primary reason for visiting the City is to participate in a military music concert thursday evening at the Europa Halle but the soviet colonel commanding the band asked to play for an american audience As Well said military Community spokesman Harry Connors. The Europa Halle concert on thursday is open Only to invited guests. The High school is on the North Side of Karlsruhe near Smiley Barracks. The military Community will provide refreshments at the concert and the 40 soviet soldiers Are expected to get a Chance to mingle with the audience Connors said. The band also will perform a half hour concert at 2 30 . For students at the High school. Tomahawk missile found by iraqis Pentagon says Washington apr the iraqis have found an intact Tomahawk cruise missile one of the key weapons used by the United states in the persian Gulf War a Pentagon source said. In the opening weeks of the War against Iraq 280 of the highly accurate missiles rained destruction on Baghdad and other key strategic targets. A Pentagon official said monday that the iraqis appear to have obtained one of those weapons that survived being fired at a target but failed to detonate. A they must have dug it up or found it somewhere in the desert a said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Although the Long Range missile is crammed with High tech guidance systems that Send it on a certain path to hit a specific target the official said the missile found by the iraqis is no longer operable. A a it a kaput a he said. A they can to shoot it  the official brushed off concern that the find might be an intelligence coup for the iraqis. A a we re really not worried about it a he said. He explained that it was expected in warfare that some remnants of Battle would be found on the Warfield. However the fact that such a missile remained intact does indicate that its non nuclear warhead failed to detonate for some unknown reason the official said. He declined to describe How the United states Kne of the iraqi find saying that information was too Sens Tive to discuss. The tomahawks were launched from ships and Sut marines during the Effort to oust Iraq from Kuwait. Was the first time the weapons were used in combat. After the War Pentagon officials said a total of 28 Tomahawk missiles were used against Iraq. Although Only conventional warheads were used during the Wai the weapon can carry a nuclear warhead. The tomahawks Cost $1.3 million each and Weig from 2,600 pounds to 3,200 pounds depending on the Booster used to launch the weapon. After being launched from ships or submarines that missile  by a solid propellant rocket boost until a Turbofan engine takes Over sending it As far a 700 Miles to its target. The weapon had a highly successful role in the Ai War because it can Fly at Low altitudes below a Rada systems Range making detection difficult. After the War Pentagon officials acknowledged tha some of the tomahawks May have been shot Down o knocked off course by iraqi anti aircraft guns or sur face to air missiles but they said at the time that the had no hard evidence that any were downed. Croats reject yugoslav army withdrawal plan Zagreb Yugoslavia up a Croatia rejected a troop withdrawal plan proposed by the serbian dominated yugoslav army As ethnic forces continued to Battle around the Eastern town of Vukovan and in other areas in Clear violation of the latest cease fire Accord. At least two people were reported killed monday in Vukovan. Casualty tolls from other areas were not available. The croatian rejection of the army a proposal came during european Community mediated negotiations in Zagreb. The talks Are aimed at cementing a truce agreement reached last Friday in the Hague Netherlands by representatives of the rival republics. A the yugoslav army today offered a plan for its withdrawal from Croatia. However Croatia does not accept the offer a said col. Imre a Otic the representative of the republics military command. A the problem is the sequence of units to be  a Otic said the plan failed to Call first for a pullout by Federal troops and serbian irregulars brought from other republics to Back rebels of Croatia a serbian minority. The rebels Are fighting to exclude their areas from Croatia a june 25 declaration of Independence. He reiterated that Croatia wanted those units to withdraw first followed by yugoslav troops based in the Republic before the outbreak of the conflict. A Otic gave no other details of the proposal. Dec mediators Hope the delicate negotiations eventually will produce a peace plan that accommodates the republics demand for a total Federal troop withdrawal with the army High commands Call for the lifting sieges at its croatian bases. Young croatian soldiers patrol a Roadway in the Eastern part of the Battle scarred yugoslav Republic monday. A a  to Gustav in in uric Ivi Unavay. Go who escaped custody faces string of charges by Gary Pomeroy being transported from the army con 31. 1991. And the army re Propri a a. By Gary Pomeroy staff writer a former 3rd army div Soldier faces life in prison for alleged rapes and other crimes committed in Germany and the United states before and after he escaped from military custody in Frankfurt in february 1990. Michael Andre yarn formerly of he co 5th in 18th inf in Friedberg Germany will be tried at fort Dix n.j., on two counts of rape and one count each of larceny forcible sodomy assault and indecent assault said Diane Felder a fort Dix spokeswoman. The trial is scheduled for next monday. Yarn 38, was also charged with desertion escape from confinement adultery fraudulent re enlistment and making a false official statement. Yarn had served 17 years in the army when he escaped in february 1990 while being transported from the army confinement facility in Mannheim to meet with an attorney in Frankfurt. The former staff sergeant was being held in connection with an attack on a German woman near Hanau Germany in september 1989. In March 1990, he was court Martiale and sentenced in absent a to a 15-year prison term for assault and attempted kidnapping. In october 1990, yarn living under the name of Andre Campbell was taken into custody in Thornton pa., for the alleged rape of a nursing assistant whom he met at his Job at a nursing Home in Chester pa., according to the assistant District attorney for Delaware county a. The army discovered later that Campbell was yarn but details on How the connection was made were not available. Civilian authorities transferred jurisdiction in the Chester pa., Case on May 31, 1991, and the army charged Yam with rape larceny forcible sodomy and assault Felder said. The army also added charges for desertion and escape from confinement. He was moved to the Philadelphia Navy Brig in Early june she said. Felder said yarn was charged july 23 with rape indecent assault and adultery for an alleged attack on a German woman in Langgons Germany on sept. 24, 1989. The alleged incident occurred four Days before the incident for which yarn received his original 15-year prison sentence. The adultery charge a uniform code of military Justice violation was tacked on because yarn was married at the time of the alleged Langgons incident. The fraudulent re enlistment and false official statement charges Are related to yarns alleged concealment of information concerning two incidents in Colum bus ga., before he re enlisted in May 1989, Felder said. While stationed at fort Benning ga., yarn was arrested As a suspect in two rapes involving two Columbus ga., women in november 1987 and january iy�8. Rhe charges were dropped in one incident but yarn pleaded guilty to assault and Battery for the other incident and was Given a suspended sentence she said. Records available at fort Dix. Do not indicate whether Columbus civilian authorities notified the army of yams arrests Felder said. Details of yarns eight months of Freedom including his return to the United states and his new life under an assumed name have not been made Public. If convicted Yam would first serve the sentence from the fort Dix court martial would serve the remainder of his original 15-year sentence Felder said