European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes Friday novembers 1991 Saddam replaces key defense official with the Butcher Nicosia Cyprus apr in a move seen by some As drawing a harder line against the kurd iraqi president Saddam Hussein has fired his son in Law As defense chief and replaced him with a Cousin notorious for his brutality. The personnel change announced wednesday marked a major change within the tight family Circle that controls the ministries and Security departments considered crucial for keeping Saddam Sal Tik Riti clan in Power in Iraq. It also removed from the Core of Power a Man seen As a rising Star in iraqi politics. The Brief report by the official iraqi news Agency gave no reason for it. Gen. Hussein Kamel Hassanos departure. It said All Security branches would be concentrated in the hands of Gen. Ali has san Al Majid the acting Interior minister. Al Majid is the one Man most kurd hate More than Saddam. He is known As a Ali Che Mawis or Ali chemical for his notorious chemical warfare attacks against the kurd and also As a the  As governor for three months of conquered Kuwait in 1990, Al Majid by All accounts supervised the systematic looting and suppression of the emirate. Iraqi sources speaking on condition of anonymity said Saddam a move appeared aimed at stepping up his Tough opposition to kurdish secessionists. In Damascus Syria kurdish opposition groups said the presidential decrees Bode ill for the kurd. A the changes Are definitely directed against us because Ali Majid insisted All along that the Only Way to solve the kurdish problem was to crush us Quot said a senior spokesman for the patriotic Union of Kurdistan who cited Security reasons in withholding use of his name. World a a Saddam a son in Law supported a different line because he Felt that after its defeat in Kuwait the iraqi army is in no position to undertake a new Campaign against  after  forces drove Saddam a forces from Kuwait the kurd Rose in rebellion in Northern Iraq and shiite muslims Rose up in the South. However iraqi forces quelled the uprisings. Kurdish leaders Are still trying to negotiate an agreement with Saddam that would give them autonomy in Northern Iraq. Al Majid was responsible for a Savage Campaign against the kurd during the 1980s, in which about 4,000 villages were razed and hundreds of thousands of kurd forcibly relocated. The Campaign culminated in a cyanide Gas attack in 1988 that killed 5,000 men women and children. The Iraq sources said the Choice of Al Majid was meant As a signal to the kurd that Saddam would crush any resistance. Al Majid in his mid-40s, was appointed Interior minister in March with a mandate to crush kurdish and shiite rebellions. Tens of thousands of people were believed to killed in the crackdown. Hassan oversaw the development of iraqis burgeoning arms Industry particularly chemical and biological weapons and ballistic missiles. He had been considered one of Saddam a most trusted aides. He helped stitch together the global commercial network that allowed Saddam to build weapons of mass destruction and come close to developing a nuclear warhead. Hassan in his late 30s, is married to Saddam a eldest daughter Ragha. His brother Saddam Kamel a colonel in the missile forces is married to the presidents second youngest daughter Rana. Capping Climax kuwaiti dancers perform a ceremonial dance to commemorate the capping of one of the last Oil Well fires in Kuwait. In february the retreating iraqis blew up so Many Wells that no one could accurately count them but last week authorities said 749 Wells had been damaged including 650 set ablaze. The Job of putting out the flies took eight months less time than almost anyone expected and at less in lives and Monsy. Before the War Kuwait produced about 1.5 million Banes a Day. The emirate is now producing 320,000 barrels a Day and plans to be at 800,000 barrels by next  s head nazi medal left at jewish memorial from wire reports Berlin a police on wednesday found a pigs head a War medal with a nazi Swastika and a letter insulting the jewish Leader in Germany at a Monument dedicated to jewish victims of the nazis. A police officer discovered a Black plastic bag with the objects at the Monument Early wednesday a police statement said. It was the third time since 1989 that a pigs head had been placed at the Monument. The insulting letter was addressed to Heinz Galinski a holocaust survivor who is head of the jewish Community in Germany. Galinski in a Berlin radio interview deplored the incident.10 die in Stampede Rabat Morocco a ten people died in a Stampede wednesday at a circumcision ceremony in the City of Fez attended by thousands of people the official map news Agency reported. Three women three men and four children died of asphyxiation after being trampled by a crush of people during the annual ceremony at the Sidi Ali Bou Ghaleb mausoleum. Seven others were injured two seriously the Agency said. About 2,000 boys Are circumcised at the annual a mousse my ceremony but this year the number of families bringing their children doubled provoking the Stampede according to map. Former 3rd army div Soldier escapes from Philadelphia Brig by Gary Pomeroy staff writer a former 3rd army div Soldier who faces prison terms As a consequence of convictions in Germany and the United states escaped from custody at the Philadelphia Navy Brig on oct. 31, an army spokeswoman said thursday. Michael Andre yarn 38, formerly of he co 5th in 18th inf in Friedberg Germany escaped while assigned to a trash detail with at least three other inmates said Diane Felder of the fort Dix n.j., Public affairs office. According to department of defense police records a Navy guard was assigned to watch the detail when yarn asked for permission to tie his shoe. As the others continued walking he jumped Over the Fence and disappeared into High grass. A apparently he climbed on top of a dumpster to get Over a Fence a Felder said. A once Over the Fence he removed his bus and underneath he was believed to be wearing a jogging  on oct. 21, yarn was court Martiale at fort Dix and sentenced to 25 years in prison for a rape he committed in Chester pa., in october 1990. He was also charged with communicating a threat and larceny in that incident. Additionally he was convicted of committing adultery with a German National fraudulent reenlistment making a false official statement escape from confinement and desertion Felder said. The adultery charge was related to an incident in Langgons Germany on sept. 24,1989. Because of a pretrial agreement a rape charge associated with that incident was dropped Felder said. When he escaped yarn was awaiting Quot an scr to a military prison Felder said warrants have been issued for his arrest. Philadelphia police and military Law enforcement agencies Are working together to track the former 17-year army Veteran. Yarn was originally taken into custody following an attack on a German woman near Hanau Germany on sept. 28, 1989. He escaped from custody in february 1990 while being transported from the army confinement facility in Mannheim to meet with an attorney in Frankfurt. The one time staff sergeant was tried in absent a in March 1990 and sentenced to 15 years in prison 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 a. Civilian authorities transferred jurisdiction in the Chester pa., Case on May 31,1991.indians warned not to drink alcoholic drug that killed 88 new Delhi India apr police on thursday warned the poor not to drink an outlawed but popular alcoholic drug which has killed 88 people in the capital m the last two Days. A a we be been telling people to go to hospitals if they consumed liquor a police commissioner . Brar said. United news of India said the 88 died after drinking the brew tuesday during Diwali the hindu a festival of lights celebrated throughout India. Poor people often drink the Medicine As a cheap substitute for whiskey. At least 45 others were in hospitals in critical condition the news Agency said quoting the police