European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday february 11, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3threat still there Galvin tells Parley by Ron Jensen Niernberg Bureau Munich Germany a after years of an confrontation during the cold War the threat that remains after the thaw is harder to define but is just As frightening natos commander said sunday afternoon. Speaking at the final session of the Munich conference on Security policy Gen. John r. Galvin said there is a problem trying to explain the threat to americans wondering Why . Troops must remain in Europe. A the answer is expected to be some simple comment 25 words or less a he told the audience of defense experts. A a that a the kind of answer the american people Nav amp had for the past four decades when we Over specified the he said american military officials counted soviet tanks and fighter planes and soldiers and sold their defense buildup based on those numbers. The threat today is not so simple. The world s policeman can t get up and leave the world a Gen. John r. Galvin a it cannot be defined by a slogan a he said. A it has to be defined by a thought the threat lies in the potential for unfriendly and unstable nations to acquire nuclear weapons he said. It lies in the confrontations that were left Bare when the cloak of communism was lifted from Eastern Europe. It lies he said in the areas of the world where a despicable poverty grows nurturing terrorism As people seek an end to their suffering. Quot the same newspapers that publish a where is the threat a publish enough threat in a week to frighten King Kong a he said. A it sums up As instability a he continued a if you face instability you must hold to a Security americans who want their nation to pull in its head and Retreat from the rest of the world arc shortsighted he said. He likened their idea of americans role in the world to that of Gary Cooper s role As sheriff in the movie High noon. In that movie Coopers character is left to face a gang of outlaws by himself because none of the townspeople will help him. After winning the Battle the sheriff chooses to leave the town. A the worlds policeman can to get up and leave the world a Galvin said. America he said must work with its fellow nations to ensure peace and Security around the Globe. Turnpike Landing a police officer fills out a report sunday while standing next to a Small plane that crash landed on new York s Union Turnpike. The unidentified Pilot who was trying to make an emergency Landing at Laguardia International Airport was seriously injured but no motorists were Hurt. He was taken to Booth memorial Hospital with neck and Back ii juries. Quayle wants Iraq Iran Cuba off rights panel Geneva apr vice president Dan Quayle said monday that countries such As Iraq Iran and Cuba should be ousted from the . Human rights commission because they mock its principles. A this commission should not count among its members states that Are themselves Gross violators of human rights a Quayle told the annual meeting of the commission. Iraq Iran and Cuba Are among the commissions 53 members which Are chosen by the United nations to represent All regions of the world. The three also arc under investigation by the commission for alleged human rights violations. A it is a matter of common sense a Quayle told a news conference. A you done to allow those that Are indicted to sit on the he said he did not single out China another commission member because it was not under special investigation. But he said China is also due for review. The United states will speak out on human rights abuses wherever they occur Quayle said. China will no longer be Able to avoid discussion of its practices by claiming that human rights Are internal affairs and that discussion of them violates China a sovereignty he said. He said the soviet Union s demise opens up the discussion of world human rights As never before because the nation left violators no place to hide. A some governments averted american scrutiny of their human rights failings by threatening to shift their support to the other Side a the soviet Camp a if we pushed too hard for civil liberties and other democratic practices Quot Quayle about to close cases of Wii criminals Amsterdam Netherlands a after a decade of tracking aging collaborators War crimes prosecutor Paul Bril Man is ready to close the books on world War ii. Despite a five year nazi occupation that spawned widespread dutch collaboration Brilman a Quarry has dwindled to just a a few Small the statute of limitations ran out for most cases while the remaining three dozen suspects cannot be legally extradited. By contrast Germany still has 800 War crimes cases on the books and three French occupation figures Are being investigated. Even Argentina a release this month of its files on nazi War criminals gives Bril Man Little Hope of new leads. The 49-year-old Public prosecutor at the Amsterdam court of appeals works part time Clearing the National conscience of nazi collaborators. He said his office was set up in 1979 a to pick up some Loose threads and see what could be done after 30 special War crimes tribunals ended in the 1950s, but Many Felt not enough had been done about collaborators. Brilman a office has helped extradite and Send to prison four dutch collaborators and one German War criminal. A we had some Success but we done to expect there will be any More a said Bril Man whose wanted list once included about 300 from the Netherlands and Germany. Soon after the office opened the 32-year statute of limitations ran out on most of his cases which involved dutch who fought for the germans on the East Ern front. Brilman a list has just 36 names now 27 dutch natives sought for collaboration and nine germans wanted for War crimes. A for most of those 36,1 know perfectly Well who they Are where they live under what circumstances and so Forth a he said. A a it a not possible to get them the main barriers Are european Laws Banning extradition of citizens. Most dutch collaborators adopted the citizenship of the nations where they sought freed by Pardon convicted of More rapes Nimes France apr a 33-year-old Frenchman has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for raping two american students three months after a presidential Pardon Cut Short his sentence for previous rapes. A jury of six women and three men convicted Luc Tangorre late saturday ending a trial that attracted nationwide publicity because of the defendants controversial past. He was convicted of multiple charges of rape and sexual assault in 1983 and sentenced to 15 years in prison. But he was freed in february 1988 after a concerted Campaign by 4,000 people including prominent authors Margeurite Duras and Gilles Perrault. They maintained he was wrongly accused and president Francois Mitterrand issued a Pardon. On May 23, 1988, according to prosecutors Tangorre raped two american women both then 20, near Marseille. They were hitchhiking from Paris where they were studying French to the Mediterranean coast during a Spring break. The two americans Are being identified in Public Only As Carole of Texas and Jennifer originally of Connecticut but now living in Paris and married to an american
