European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes tuesday november 19,1991powell, Japan hold Security talks Tokyo apr Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff on monday reaffirmed  Security ties and delivered the latest . Warning to North Korea Over its nuclear program. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney is to visit Japan later this week. Cheney is to arrive in South Korea today where he will be joined by Powell in meetings to underscore . Concern Over the tension Ridden korean Peninsula. During a swing through the far East last week Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii tried to enlist China a help in pressuring North Korea to open up to nuclear inspections. China resisted the move against its longtime communist ally. On monday Powell met with japanese prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa foreign minister Michio Watanabe and Sohei Miyashita director general of Japan a defense Agency. He renewed bakery a warning that North Korea will remain isolated if it does not agree to inspections. Meanwhile a fifth round of normalization talks Between Japan and North Korea began in Beijing with Japan taking a tougher stand on the nuclear Issue. Like the United states Japan backed a proposal by South korean president Roh Tae woo calling for a nuclear free korean Peninsula. The proposal Means in effect that North Korea would have to scrap a plutonium reprocessing Plant it is reportedly building. Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and japanese prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa share a laugh in Tokyo. Japan has stopped Short of demanding an infusion of japanese Aid to North to withdraw All nuclear weapons from that the Plant be dismantled As a Condi Korea would be difficult otherwise they South Korea North Korea has insisted Tion of normalized ties foreign ministry said. Its nuclear program is peaceful officials said. Despite a recent series of moves in it maintains it will allow inspections Only but normalization which could mean eluding president Bush a reported offer if . Weapons and bases Are inspected. New Northern offensive feared As iraqis Shell 3 kurdish towns Erbil Iraq apr iraqis shelled three kurdish towns sunday and massed troops for what could be a new offensive in Northern Iraq despite a 6-Day-old cease fire kurdish rebels said sunday. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Kurd and . Officials said iraqi troops were evicting thousands of kurd from villages along the front separating iraqi and kurdish forces. That could make it More difficult for kurdish guerrillas to get shelter and supplies. Kama Khos Navi a spokesman for a rebel group the patriotic Union of Kurdistan said the iraqi army had massed forces along the 250-mile front from Lakhu to Khana Qin. He spoke in Damascus Syria. Lakhu is in the Northwestern Corner of Iraq close to the turkish Border 300 Miles North of Baghdad and Khana Qin is 95 Miles Northeast of Baghdad on the iranian Border. The kurd have maintained control North of the line since their failed uprising in March after iraqis loss in the persian Gulf War. Late in the Day patriotic Union officers in Ala Cholan reported that iraqi artillery was firing on Thorp Northern towns Bariga no jul Ana Seyedan. Kurdish guerrillas reported a Large concentration of iraqi tanks and other armoured vehicles near Cha Cha Mal and refugees from the town said they feared an attack was imminent. Massoud Barzani Leader of the largest rebel grou the Kurdistan democratic party said the kurd  fight Back if Baghdad tried again to crush the kurdish rebellion. A your decision last week to evacuate our forces from City centers was made As a gesture of Good will aimed at a peaceful settlement of kurdish demands for autonomy Barzani said in a statement from his Headquarters in Iraq. But a we Are ready to defend ourselves against new aggression a he said. Under terms of tuesdays cease fire kurdish fighters began leaving several cities in the Region saturday in return for iraqis lifting a 2-week-old blockade of food and gasoline shipments. The agreement also included a stipulation that iraqi troops secret police and ruling baath party organizations not return to Erbil As Sulayman Yah and Dahouk. Negotiations for kurdish autonomy have been stalled Over iraqi president Saddam Hussein a refusal to accept democratic reforms. Some 1.4 million kurd fled to Turkey and Iran after their failed rebellion but most of them returned after a .-led coalition Force occupied Northern Iraq for three months and created a Security zone. Some villagers from Makh Mur 40 Miles West of Erbil visited Headquarters of the . High commission for refugees on saturday to seek help. Czechoslovak communist Leader overthrown in 1989, dead at 78 Prague Czechoslovakia apr Gustav Husak who replaced pro democracy reformer Alexander dub Cek in 1969 and led Czechoslovakia during two decades of communist orthodoxy died monday the official Csuk news Agency said. He was 78. Husk underwent several operations for cancer last year and was hospitalized nov. 8. He reportedly had been in a coma since last week. Husk who succeeded Dubcek As communist party general Secretary in april 1969 and was elected president in 1975, was forced to resign As president on dec. 10, 1989, because Czechoslovakia so velvet revolution had suddenly thrown off decades of communism. He lived in seclusion after resigning. He died one Day after the second anniversary of the students protest that sparked the revolution. Husak a native slovak was arrested by communist authorities in 1951 As a potential troublemaker seeking More autonomy for Slovakia the country a poorer Eastern Republic. He was released in 1960. Czechoslovakia became a federation of two nations czech and slovak a in october 1968, but present slovak leaders criticize that Structure As czech dominated. World army identifies soldiers in Korea helicopter crash from wire reports Seoul South Korea a four . Soldiers involved in a midair collision of two . Army helicopters were identified monday by military authorities. Killed in the Accident wednesday were 1st it. Roy c. Zimmermann 24, of Bridgewater n.j., and chief warrant officer Robert d. Taylor 28, of Beckley . Injured were chief warrant officer Charles l. Brooks 35, of Deridder la., and warrant officer Gerald e. Adams 28, of Jones okla. All were assigned to the 5th in 501st aviation regt which has its Headquarters near the demilitarized zone Between South and North Korea. They were aboard two ah-1 cobra helicopters that collided in the air and crashed while on a night training , turks clash Sal Gitter Germany a police arrested eight skinheads who were among a group of about 50 involved in a clash with turkish nationals celebrating a wedding in Western Germany a police spokesman said. Die spokesman said the 50 youths shouted racist abuse and hurled an incendiary device at a turkish wedding procession in the Western German town of Sal Gitter. About 25 of the guests at the wedding ceremony chased and clashed with the right Wing skinheads and one of the turks was slightly injured after being  daughter arrested Orleans France a Cheyenne Brando left a Hospital in the French City of Orleans under police escort monday and judicial sources said she May be on her Way to Tahiti to face charges of complicity in the murder of her former Lover. Brando the daughter of actor Marlon Brando was arrested Friday near Orleans South of Paris by French police acting on an arrest warrant issued by a tahitian judge. She was with her father at the time of the arrest