European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes monday january 20, 1992 at a glance boxing legend Muhammad Alt called himself a the greatest a and Many people believe he still is. See Story on pages 14>15.Bush leads 5 democrats a time Magazine poll says president Bush topped each of the five major democratic contenders with Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton his closest rival. A Page 4fictitious victims the recession victims cited by gov. Pete Wilson in his state of the state speech last week were fictitious a newspaper reports. A Page 5moynihan hospitalized sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan d-n.y., was hospitalized after he showed signs of food poisoning after eating fish aboard a return flight from India. A Page 6painting draws criticism a painting depicting a nude president Bush and Singer Dolly Parton standing Side by Side went on display at an Art Center in Frederick md., and a state lawmaker threatened to Cut off the Center s state funding. A Page 7dodds recognizes King department of defense dependents schools honoured or. Martin Luther King jr., the history making Leader who changed . Race relations. A Page 9low nicotine smokes Philip Morris cos., the worlds largest cigarette company introduced a major cigarette Brand with 90 percent less nicotine than Standard brands. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 action line. It. 16 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 faces a places. 10 letters. Money matters. 17 sports. 21-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 saudi Arabia reportedly wants . To help dethrone Saddam new York a saudi Arabia is pressuring the Bush administration to secretly and give intelligence to iraqi opposition forces so they can work to overthrow Saddam Hussein the new York times reported sunday. Another major Allied air Campaign against Iraq a and possibly sending american ground troops Back into the re Tion a would be required to Complete Addams ouster the paper said. The United states and its allies Defeated Iraq in the persian Gulf War a year ago. The saudis want the United states to give arms and intelligence to kurdish rebels in North Iraq shiite Muslim fighters in the South Ana sunni Muslim opposition forces in Central Iraq the times said quoting . And Allied officials it did no to name. The goal would be for the opposition to draw out and Divide Saddam a remaining Republican guards the highly trained units protecting his strongholds around Baghdad then subject them to Allied air attacks the newspaper reported. Iraqis air Force has been grounded since the end of the War and military officials believe that destroying Saddam a remaining tank divisions and helicopter Fleet would Lead to his final defeat the times said. A there has to be a combination of a major Covert operation and a major air operation and then leave the rest to the iraqi people a a senior Allied official who has been discussing the proposal with Bush aides was quoted As saying. Go gets life in prison for daughter s murder Wurzburg Germany a amps an infantryman from Bamberg Germany was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his preschool daughter during a three hour police standoff last summer an army spokesman said late saturday. Spec. Jervaris c. Roberts 27, pleaded guilty to premeditated murder aggravated assault and sodomy at a general court martial Jan. 6 at Bamberg Swarner Barracks. Roberts a persian Gulf War Veteran drowned his 2-year-old daughter Cort N.Y.in the Bathtub of his Oft Post apartment on july 1,1991, after sexually abusing his wife during a Domestic dispute the night before said maj. Steven Shively an army spokesman. Leaving her husband and two children in the apartment Kimberley Roberts left Early on july 1 to report the abuse incident to military police. When she returned with the maps Roberts and Cort N.Y.were gone but Tierra Roberts her stepdaughter was in the apartment. Taking the child she left with the maps. When Roberts returned at about 9 ., he barricaded himself in the couples apartment in Gundelsheime North of Bamberg. He threatened to kill his daughter and himself while american and German investigators made repeated attempts to get Roberts to open the door. When Roberts surrendered and opened the door at about 12 30 p.m., Cortney was found dead in the Bathtub. Roberts was assigned to he co of the 6th in 6th inf regt a 1st army div battalion which has since disbanded. Shively is a spokesman for 3rd inf div in Wurzburg which assumed jurisdiction for the anal. He released the information upon being queried by the stars and stripes. Roberts also was sentenced to forfeiture of All pay and allowances. He was also reduced to the lowest enlisted rank and Given a dishonourable discharge. Students protest shootings by police Moscow apr thousands of students demonstrated in the uzbek capital of Tashkent on sunday to protest the police shooting of fellow students during a rampage against soaring prices news reports said. The Independent news Agency inter fax said 3,000 students from the agriculture College marched to downtown Tashkent before being turned Back by reinforced police units. They returned to their Campus to hold a protest rally inter fax said. The demonstrators claim that six students died and at least 30 were injured after police opened fire thursday to disperse the protest against rising prices. Media reports had said at least two were killed. The removal of Price controls Jan. 2 by russian president Boris n. Yeltsin led to the increases and thursdays rampage was the first violent reaction to the from Pago 1 facials decided that the continued Captivity of the hostages was a serious detriment to their efforts to win economic Access to the West. They had also determined that the hostages had become More of a Burden than an asset to the fundamentalist groups in Lebanon that seized them. The Post quoted at least three sources detailing varying degrees of iranian involvement. A Iran had a substantial amount of authority in almost All cases a one said. A we used to spend endless hours debating Here the degree of iranian control a said another. The paper quoted Iran a ambassador to the United nations Kamal Kharrazi As calling a a baseless the reports that Iran had control Over the americans and other Western hostages in from Page 1 Jeffrey Middleton were killed when their Bradley fighting vehicle was struck by a hellfire missile fired by an ah-64 Apache attack helicopter. Both were assigned to the 1st in 41st inf regt of what was then called the 2nd army div fwd in Karlstedt Germany. On feb. 26, 1991, pfc. Aaron died when the armoured personnel Carrier he was Riding in was snot by an m1a1 Abrams tank during a 2 Rainstorm. The five other soldiers in the vehicle climbed out and two sgt. Dodge r. Powell and sgt. William a. Strehlow were machine gunned to death by an american tank. All were assigned to co a on feb. 26, sgt. Young m. Dillon was killed when his vehicle was hit by a premature artillery burst. He was assigned to Hanau Germany she Btry 4th in 82nd Field arty with the 3rd army div. On feb. 27, six soldiers were killed and 25 wounded when five american tanks and five Bradley were incorrectly identified during a nighttime firefight. Sgt. David r. Crumby spec. Manuel Michael Davila spec. Anthony w. Kidd pfc. David w. Kramer and pfc. James c. Murray jr., All from the 1st in 41st inf regt were killed. Sgt. Tony Ray Applegate with the 3rd in 66th Armor regt was also killed. Both units were with the 2nd army div fwd in Karlstedt Germany. On feb. 27, 1991, sgt. David q. Dou thit was killed when two Bradley were shot by an Abrams tank at night in the rain. 82nd engr in out of Bamberg Germany and were attached to the 2nd army Cav regt. On feb. 26, sgt. Kenneth b. Gun try and sgt. Edwin b. Kutz were killed at the Battle of 73 easting when their Bradley was shot by an my Abrams during reduced visibility. Both were with co a 4th so 7th Cav regt attached to the 3rd army div. His Bradley was was with the he co 4th in 34th Armor regt out of Mainz Germany. The 8th inf div unit was attached to the 1st inf div during the Gulf War. On feb. 27, 1991, spec. Clarence a. Cash was killed at night when an Abrams tank fired on two Bradley during an attack on a Bunker Complex. Cash was with he co 4th in 66th Armor regt out of Aschaffenbur Germany. The 3rd inf div unit was attached to the 1st army div. On feb. 27, 1991, staff sgt. Christopher Stephens and pfc. Adrian l. Stokes were killed when their Bradley was shot by an Abrams tank at night in poor visibility. They were with he co of the 3rd army dives 4th in 32nd Armor regt out of Kirch Gons Germany. On feb. 27, 1991, spec. Douglas l. Fielder was patrolling a captured Airfield in Kuwait when he was killed by american machine gun fire. He was with co a 54th engr in 130th engr brigade out of Wil Flecken Germany. The unit was assigned to the 1st army div during the War. In Many cases the soldiers responsible for the frendly fire incidents remain unaware that they shot americans. Six months after the War a stars and stripes reporter reconstructed one incident in enough detail that the exact firing vehicle Coula be identified. However when one crewman was interviewed about the event he proudly described shooting iraqi forces. Note the list d names was complied from stories that appeared in the stare and stripes army times and the Washington Post and from a list of the army s Vii corps War dead
