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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, December 7, 1991

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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 07, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes saturday december 7,1991 at a glance Gary Deatherage who was adopted by actress Joan Crawford holds a copy of his Book the other Side of my life during a recent interview with the stars and stripes. See Story on Page 16. Smith faces accuser William Kennedy Smith s chief defense counsel thursday tried to Chip away at the credibility of the 30-year-old woman who has accused Smith of rape. A Page 4 tax exemption break the personal exemption allowed taxpayers and their dependents will Rise next year by $150, to $2,300, the internal Revenue service said. A Page 5 beware of Holiday gifts Public interest groups Are urging the Public to beware of dangerous chemicals in christmastime product. A Page 7 serbs renew fighting the serb dominated Federal army pounded Dubrovnik and other key targets in Croatia raising further doubt that . Peacekeepers could be safely deployed. A Page 9 refund Given by army about 32,000 army civilian employees and Dodds teachers will soon receive refund checks ranging from about $30 to $500 for taxes withheld from their paychecks. A Page 10 getting the Pink slip some experts contend the Economy is gradually pulling out of its slump but done to try telling that to people who lost their jobs recently. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line.16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword .19 letters.12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings.27 weather.11hostage from Page 1 which Way the door opens and where the Guara sleeps. That kind of intelligence we just never  that was one of several lessons the hostage crisis brought Home for policy makers a Rescue Mission May be a tempting idea but it can Only work under very special circumstances. In Beirut where the hostages captors could move freely a but . Agents could not a the circumstances were particularly bad they said. The Reagan administration seriously considered a Rescue Mission in 1986, and officials including White House aide Oliver North had a detailed Model built of a Beirut neighbourhood where the hostages were believed to be. But after Long argument it turned out that at least some of the hostages were not there after All recalled Robert b. Oakley then a counter terrorism official on the National Security Council staff. A we thought they were in one Elace and it turned out they weren to Quot e said. A we assumed after a Little while that they were being moved around All the time. Even if we had Good information As of a week or 10 Days ago that did no to mean the information was still  this week accounts from Teny Anderson and other newly released hostages have provided . Intelligence More details on where the captives were held and have confirmed that they were moved frequently a a almost continuously Quot one official said. Quot the intelligence Guys will have a Field Day a said Bremer a making charts of who was held by whom and where and  some of the hostages who had been released before have also made Public new details that they once kept secret. Former hostage Frank Reed has said he was imprisoned in the basement of a House in South Lebanon. Robert Polhill recalled being kept in a barn. And Thomas Sutherland pinpointed a building on the Mediterranean coast Highway just West of Beirut International Airport. The hostages accounts have also bolstered the argument of some analysts that the terrorists who proclaimed themselves members of several different groups were actually part of a single organization. The capture of some of the hostages like Anderson was claimed by a group calling itself a islamic holy  others were claimed by groups using other names such As the a revolutionary Justice  but several of the hostages who were purportedly held by one group have reported that they shared cells or at least crossed paths with hostages held by another a suggesting that the various groups were either a single organization or closely linked. And the role played by Iran in gaining their release has convinced Many officials that the Tehran government had  Over the captors than it previously  from Page 1 a a in a not going to play Tennis on saturday mornings  he admitted he a left himself open to be  but he said he did no to regret staying in Beirut despite a rash of kidnappings at the time. A i  see at the time How i could have done anything else and stay in the Job a i was chief Middle East correspondent a he said. He also said he did no to have any criticism of . Policy not to negotiate with the kidnappers. Before he spoke Anderson Clad in a Buffalo Bills sweatshirt grinned and waved his hands exuberantly Over his head. When he spoke however his voice was choked with emotion. Some of the reporters in the audience were crying. His sister Peggy say who had crusade tirelessly for Andersons Freedom made an opening statement at Andersons request Ana introduced him. A this is our Day and thank you All for it Quot she said. Anderson hugged and kissed her. Before his news conference the freed hostage took a brisk jog in the Large . Military compound before seeing his doctors for further medical tests at the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden. He had been Given a nearly clean Bill of health a Day earlier with doctors reporting a sinus infection that would be treated with drugs and a lung inflammation that was expected to Clear up on its own. He also needs some dental work. Since his release Anderson has been Savouring his new life As a free Man and As a father. He spent part of thursday with his 6-year-old daughter Salome who was bom three months after his abduction. Us lome a lebanese Mother Madeleine Bassil and Anderson s sister have also been spending time with the sex hostage. Say a whom Anderson called a my incredible sister Peg a had waged a dogged Campaign to win Andersons Freedom. Asked Why he thought he was captured Anderson said a America is the  but he said he did no to think he was taken because he was a journalist a i was captured because 1 was  Anderson said his treatment was rough in the beginning but had improved Over the years. There was some physical abuse he said but a after a while they left me alone. For the last four or five years they did not beat  he said he was Given a Bible and a my Faith helped me from giving in to despair. The Bible gave me a lot of  Anderson said he was moved to is or 20 different locations Over the years. Two american hostages freed this week a Joseph Cicippio and Alann Steen a have told of abuse by their Cap tors. Cicippio who was being welcomed Friday by his Hometown of Norristown pa., still has a Dent in his Skull from where his kidnappers bashed him and has been left permanently Ultra sensitive to the cold because his captors chained him to a Balcony during the Winter. Steen was kicked in the head and has permanent neurological problems. He said thursday that because of mistreatment like that hostage takes should be brought to Justice. Mon Bung to in report the associated press Harbor from Page 1 solution in time for the dec. 7 anniversary the lawmakers said they were too preoccupied with Domestic affairs to reach a consensus on the wording of the Resolution. During the ceremony thursday in Waikiki about 2,000 Pearl Harbor survivors and their families watched the unfurling of a 45-foot-by-90-foot, 48-Star . Flag the Standard for the United states at the time of the attack and the official Flag of the Pearl Harbor survivors. A the number of stars is the Only differ ence in the Flag that flew then and the Flag for which America fought in operation desert storm Quot Cheney said. The Pearl Harbor attack was a one of those very rare watershed events that changed the world he said. A Pearl Harbor taught us tha most valuable lesson of All a to be prepared to defend our Freedom a Cheney said. Every one of the nine battleships damaged or destroyed at Pearl Harbor bore the name of a state and at thursdays ceremony each of those namesake states had a representative a three were governors. A survivor from each battleship placed a Wreath at nine replica masts bearing the flags of the nine states. A bugler played taps. Hawaiian gov. John Waihee said the occasion was most important for remembering those who fought and died there. A they a not the ships not the great Battles not even the political ramification a Are the reasons Why we should remember Pearl Harbor a Waihee said. Thousands lined the shores of Pearl Harbor on thursday near the visitors Center listening to the speeches. For the past week the survivors have come in caravans to Honolulu to visit the Arizona memorial. They stand in line in 82-degree heat waiting for the 15-minute boat ride to the memorial where they search the White Marble slab engraved with names of the  from Page 1 told Komsomol Skaya pravda the leading Liberal newspaper. A i think they will be advanced by the people who Are sick and tired of standing in lines for bread and fearing the next Day. A and whether the ruling elite wants it or not a he added a the armed forces Are being politicized. The army is losing patience. It will not tolerate for much longer this humiliation this living a hungry life in Small rented Flats and serving a country that is no  Anatoly a. Sobchak St. Petersburg a Radical mayor predicted this week that if the army did rebel the people might support a military takeover in contrast to their opposition to the conservative Kutsch last August As the Best Way to Alt the country a disintegration. A such chaos in turn will create the need for the military to put things in order a he said. A a military dictatorship whose declared goal is simply to restore order has a Chance of Success. Even Gorbachev speculated in a Long interview published this week by the newspaper Litera Turnay gazeta that a coup a May even be in the works now. Perhaps there is someone from the Mili tary Industrial Complex perhaps from the communist party structures. Running through All the talk which has become a political preoccupation in recent weeks is the Assumption that the 4-million member soviet armed forces Are ready in contrast with the August coup to overthrow the government they serve and to fire on their own people. A the army can be used to take Power but it is naive to say that the army would come to Power itself a Gen. Sergei v. Stepahin chairman of the russian Legislatures Security affairs committee said in an interview this week. A August proved that the army of Russia also supports the democratic   
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