European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 12, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3former captive Calls Waite difficult Churchman insensitive to captors Sutherland says by Martin Tolchin the new York times Washington a Thomas Sutherland released last month after six years As a hostage in Lebanon has criticized fellow former hostage Terry Waite the anglican envoy who went to Beirut to free the hostages. In a departure from the Solidarity with which the released hostages greeted their Freedom Sutherland described Waite who Lay next to him for a year As Quot a reasonably difficult Man to get along with on Many  a on occasion he could also be sympathetic a Sutherland told a symposium sponsored by Middle East insight an educational organization on tuesday. Quot he a a Churchman after All and he has some ideas he tries to live by. A but i would have to say with All honesty that i found him to be very insensitive to our captors and not at All the kind of person that i personally would have liked to have seen negotiating with the Hezbollah a the pro iranian party of god. A the seemed to have a great Lack of ability to communicate interpersonally and to empathize with the people who were holding  in waiters defense Sutherland said a this May very Well have come from three and a half years of isolation Waite Sutherland which is no fun at  Waite could not be reached for comment. A a he son vacation at the moment a said his brother David in London a and he absolutely did not want to be  Sutherland a comments contrasted with the Praise heaped on Waite by Terry Anderson the chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press and the last american hostage to be released. A the risked his life for me a Anderson said of Waite. A i never heard him express a word of regret or bitterness. Head do it again tomorrow i know  Sutherland an agronomy professor who was acting Dean of agriculture at the american University of Beirut at the time he was kidnapped said Waite had vehemently denied to him any relationship with it. Col. Oliver l. North the White House National Security aide who had worked to obtain the release of the hostages. The hostages Learned of North a efforts from their captors radios. Sutherland asked How Waite could negotiate a if he did no to know that something must have been going on behind the  Sutherland said he had insulted Waite in Captivity by telling him that a i did no to think his negotiations from All 1 had heard had had any effect on the release of. Hostages. A i also insulted him by saying that i did t think that. His participation was very  Sutherland said the other hostages had Learned from their captors that the islamic holy War organization had warned Waite not to return to Beirut on the trip on which he was captured. A they said a or. Waite Why did you come Back a a Sutherland said. A a a we told you you come Back and we Kidnap  . Military plans options for possible iraqi coup by Patrick e. Tyler the new York times Washington the Bush administration is reviewing military options on How the United states would respond to a coup in Iraq by senior members of the iraqi armed forces administration officials say. The administration has received recent intelligence reports of a serious strains in the iraqi leadership. If there is a coup advisers want to ensure that president Bush is not caught without a plan As he was during a coup attempt in Panama in october 1989, which preceded the . Invasion by two months. The military options prepared by the joint chiefs of staff Over the last three weeks would prepare the United states for a situation in which key officers in iraqis armed forces might request support from Washington in an attempt to overthrow president Saddam Hussein. The options Are to be reviewed today by the so called deputies committee of key Cabinet departments. The panel is headed by adm. Jonathan t. Howe Deputy National Security adviser. The planning comes As Bush s re election bid is about to begin. It might prompt critics to suggest that Bush is contemplating a foreign venture to divert attention from his Domestic political troubles or to insulate his re election Campaign from criticism that the otherwise successful . Military Effort in the persian Gulf War last Winter failed to dislodge Saddam. Some democrats and republicans have been urging Bush to take stronger Steps to remove Saddam and to Avert a new humanitarian crisis in Iraq. . Sanctions have led to widespread malnutrition among the iraqi poor a condition that Saddam appears to be exploiting. The military options were provided by Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs and the presidents top military adviser. They were reviewed by de sense Secretary Dick Cheney before being sent to the White House late last week. One potential dispute emerged from the military review of coup  the Issue is whether United states ground forces would be needed to Back a successful coup attempt against Baghdad s leadership. The White House wants a military solution based Only on air forces and naval forces officials said. However Powell is said to believe strongly that Saddam a removal could not be guaranteed without committing . Ground troops which would be a politically debilitating and risky decision for the while  says joke about sex was misunderstood new York apr magic Johnson said he suffers no ill effects from the anti aids drug at and wants to set the record straight a i respect women to the  Johnson who retired from professional basketball after learning he has the virus that causes aids made the remarks in an interview to be broadcast wednesday night on the lbs to program face to face with Connie Chung. Johnson said he was Only joking when he told sports illustrated Magazine that he tried to have sex with As Many women As he could when he became a Star in the National basketball association. According to a transcript of the lbs interview he said a when you say i tried to accommodate All these women then you get into a disrespect for women and i a in a not like that. I really respect women and i just should be been protecting myself As Well As my partner and i  Johnson announced on nov. 7 that he was retiring from the los Angeles lakers because he had contracted his. Since then he has become a National spokesman for efforts to fight the disease. The drug at proven so far to be the most effective drug available for delaying the Onset of aids symptoms occasionally has Side effects that include anaemia nausea and muscle pain. Johnson said he has none of those problems. Iran offers to help free 2 germans Bonn Germany apr Iran will do All it can to help win the release soon of two germans believed to be the last Western hostages in Lebanon the foreign ministry quoted a visiting iranian official As saying wednesday. The statement was released after Iran a Deputy foreign minister Mahmoud Vaezi met wifi foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher to discuss the Case. Following the release last week of american journalist Terry Anderson German Aid workers Heinrich Striebig so and Thomas Kemptner 30, Are the last Western hostages in Lebanon. Striebig and Kemptner kidnapped in May 1989, Are believed to be held by the Hamadi clan which demands the release of two Hamadi Brothers imprisoned in Germany for terrorist crimes. The foreign ministry said that Vaezi assured Genscher that Iran will a do everything possible to attain the liberation of the two germans As quickly As  Iran supports efforts by . Secretary general Javier p6rez de Cuellar and his envoy Giandominico Picco to free the germans the statement said. Despite the upbeat tone of the iranians remarks the iranian news Agency Irna reported tuesday that the Hamadi family opposes an unconditional release of the germans because the German government is unyielding in its refusal to let the imprisoned Hamadi Brothers go free. Mohammed Ali Hamadi is serving a life sentence for the slaying of an american Sailor in the 1985 hijacking of a Twa Airliner to Beirut. Abbas Hamadi is serving a 13-year prison term for kidnapping two germans in Lebanon in an attempt to win his brother s Freedom. Those two germans were later set free. Striebig and Kemptner were abducted in May 1989 on the Day before Mohammed Ali Hamadi received his life sentence. Poles russians work out troop plan Warsaw Poland up a Poland initiated two vital treaties specifying the transit of soviet troops from Germany via Poland to Russia and another on cooperation a polish official said wednesday. Jerzy Makarczyk Poland a Deputy foreign minister said the draft treaty deals with Russia because the majority of 350,000 soviet troops stationed in Germany will be moved Over polish territory to Russia. A the transit is favourable for Poland because Russia will pay for it in Swiss currency a he said without specifying the total. The initiating of the treaty ends nearly a year of negotiations on the Touchy Issue which was caught up in the soviet withdrawal of 45,000 troops from Poland. A treaty on this matter signed earlier provides for a pull out by the end of 1992. Makarczyk said polish president Lech Walesa and russian president Boris n. Yeltsin will sign the new troop agreement soon. He said the second treaty initiated in Moscow on tuesday had to be renegotiated to delete references to the soviet Union following the emergence of Russia byelorussian and the Ukraine As members of a new Commonwealth