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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes monday february 10, 1992 three offer Hindsight on Gulf War new Hampshire Campaign enters final week from wire reports Washington a Nebraska sen. Bob Kerrey who opposed president Bush a persian Gulf policy said sunday that if he were president he a certainly would use military Force to enforce the iraqi surrender that ended the persian Gulf War. Rival Paul Tsongas said that As president he would not move militarily against iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein but would Aid dissident kurdish and shiite forces in Iraq. The two democratic presidential candidates were interviewed in Bedford n.h., on abcs this week with David Brinkley. Republican challenger Patrick Buchanan said on the same program that he would act against Saddam if the iraqi Leader were close to having nuclear weapons. Meanwhile on cd so face the nation the White House chief of staff Samuel k. Skinner declined to say whether the United states would resort to military action to remove Saddam from Power. A government source speaking on condition he not be identified said saturday that the president has secretly authorized stepped up Covert activity to bring about the downfall of the iraqi president. Kerrey a disabled Vietnam Veteran who won the medal of Honor voted in the Senate in August 1990 to continue economic sanctions against Iraq opposing Bush a plan to go to War with Iraq Over its invasion of Kuwait. A on sunday Kerrey said he would use the . Security Council Resolution and a make sure in a multilateral fashion we enforce the terms of the iraqi  asked if that meant he would use military Force Kerrey replied a in a multilateral Way i certainly  Kerrey said he did not know whether a vote by Congress would be needed before Bush could Send troops or order bombing raids. A i guess if its within the . Resolution the president probably would  Tsongas a former Massachusetts senator said he did not favor action to a take Saddam Hussein out for the Sake of taking him  but he said a nuclear terrorism to me is a great threat and Saddam Hussein is a source of some of that  Buchanan said he would a maintain a policy of containment toward Saddam. He added however a i done to know where he stands in terms of , but if he were close i would  tie los Angeles times and the Wall Street journal reported that the White House in recent weeks has notified the intelligence committees in Congress of the updated finding authorizing stepped up Covert activity. Kerrey a Senate intelligence committee member said Bush had a begun the process of notifying Congress a but added a i have not received any information from the  a i get suspicious when they inform the Congress that something is going on and then leak the information to the press a he said. On saturday in Bedford former veterans administration chief Max Cleland who lost three limbs in Vietnam made an emotional Appeal in behalf of Kerrey. Sen. Tom Harkin flew to Iowa to Shore up Home state support in precinct caucuses today. Gov. Bill Clinton flew Home to Arkansas but planned to return to Bedford today for the final week before the feb. 18 primary. Former California gov. Jerry Brown campaigned in Maine calling for health care Reform. Meanwhile columnist Buchanan kept a stiff upper lip at a conservatives dinner saturday As president Bush supporters prepared to show former president Reagan a taped endorsement of the president. Buchanan once a Reagan staffer has been calling himself the Only real conservative in the race. A even the great conservative cannot sell George Bush As a conservative a Buchanan said. Senior Bush adviser Charles Black said the columnist and television commentator has been a acting like a whiner. Everybody knew Ronald Reagan would endorse George Bush. What a the big Deal a in Bedford Cleland called on a town Hall rally to support Kerrey saying the Nebraska senator understood what it meant to a take up arms for his  he called Kerrey a a Young Man who you done to have to teach that lesson to. He Learned that lesson a Long Long Long time  a it was a very difficult War a very trying War for All of us especially those of us who went there and especially those of us who left a part of ourselves there a not candidate Bob Kerrey right chats with his supporter former veterans administration chief Max Cleland. Just emotionally but physically a said Cleland now Georgia a Secretary of state. Clinton spent several Days last week responding to charges he received a draft deferment by agreeing to join a Reserve officers training corps program a but backed out of the commitment two months later. He said he gave up the deferment and made himself available for the draft. A lottery system was instituted within weeks and Clinton a number 311, never was called  could have controlled urges expert says Milwaukee a Jeffrey l. Dahmer a compulsion to have sex with the dead became his it main focus for living a but he Isnit insane because he could have controlled his impulses a psychiatrist testified saturday. Or. Frederick Fosdal testifying for the prosecution in Dahmer a insanity trial said Dahmer suffered from necrophilia a before during and after killing 17 Young males but the disorder did not prevent him from stopping. Quot it explains his behaviour but did no to cause him to break the Law a Fosdal said. A the was Able to refrain and had some control As to when he followed through on his sexual  however Fosdal later said Dahmer told him it was a a consuming interest the Only thing that gave me any satisfaction a and called killing people for his own sexual purposes a the ultimate in  a the Lustful desire overpowered any moral choices a he quoted Dahmer As saying. A the desire was Strong enough that it did no to matter. The desire warps your  a it became a compulsion a my main focus for living a the psychiatrist quoted Dahmer As saying. Dahmer who has pleaded guilty but insane to 15 mutilation slayings in Milwaukee county must prove that he suffered from a mental disease. He must also prove the disease either made him unable to Tell right from wrong or unable to conform his behaviour to the Law. His attorney Gerald Boyle said Dahmer a sexual attraction to corpses grew into a mental disease and drove him to kill. But District attorney e. Michael Mccann said Dahmer could have chosen not to kill if he had so desired. About two dozen protesters including relatives of Dahmer a victims demonstrated outside the courtroom saying victims families have been treated poorly Over seating arrangements while Dahmer a parents have been Given preferential treatment. A the families get no respect a said Carolyn Smith sister of victim Eddie Smith. A a we be just had it. We re sick of Jeffrey Dahmer being the hero in  the Brief protest did not interrupt Fos Dales testimony based on 17 hours of jail House interviews with Dahmer Over five sessions. School custodian s will leaves mysterious Fortune Whitman mass. A a school custodian who lived for years in a one room apartment without Tele hone or private Bath left behind a Ortune a and some mystery a when the died. Leo Ryan who died of lung cancer last year at age 78, left nearly $582,000 in 11 Bank accounts. Most of his estate went to a Catholic Church in this Rural town which is located South of Boston. But among Ryan a other bequests was a $500 Gin to the United Church of Christ in neighbouring Abington in memory of a woman named Olive Coughlan. The trouble is the churches minister and clerk said they had no idea who Olive Coughlan was. And no one is quite sure How Ryan made so much Money. His Gross weekly pay was $363.05 when he retired in 1987, according to school business records. Co workers said Ryan who never married May have had real estate investments in the past but owned no property when he died. They said he bought lottery tickets occasionally and always watched his  accused of slaying family is found in Florida Sarasota Fla. Up a teenager accused of killing four family members at their North Dakota farm was arrested saturday with his runaway Girlfriend at a Motel police said. The 15-year-old boy and his 16-year-old Girlfriend whose names were not released were being held by Sarasota police until they could be transferred to North Dakota authorities said Sarasota police spokeswoman Lori Jaress. The boy is accused of killing his Mother father a 16-year-old sister and a 12-Vear-old brother on the family a farm in Menoken n.d., just East of Bismarck Jaress said. The boy and the girl who had been reported As runaways had been missing since the Jan. 27 slayings. The pair were arrested Early Salurds at the Rhodes Motel on . Route 4 after police received a bulletin that the suspects were in Central Florida Jare said. The boys 1981 Pontiac grand or with North Dakota plates was Spotte about 1 40 . In the Motel parking to Jaress said. A surveillance was set up and a Swa team was activated because the bulled indicated the boy was possibly in posse Sion of several handguns a she said. When swat officers knocked on the door on the Motel room a they charged i and took both juveniles into custody wit out incident a she said  
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