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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 world b the stars and stripes wednesday february 19,1992lenin s likeness to be removed from rubles from wire reports Moscow a Vladimir i. Lenin is going out of circulation. Russians Central Bank announced tuesday that the soviet founders picture is being removed from the Ruble. Bank chairman Georgy mat Yukhin said Ruble notes bearing Lenin a profile will be withdrawn As they Wear out and replaced with new  slain in Belfast Belfast Northern Ireland a a protestant Man was shot to death monday night less than an hour after the Irish Republican army admitted that four men killed by British troops the previous night were members of its organization the Royal Ulster constabulary said. The Ira claim came in a statement from its Headquarters in London. The four men died during a gun Batlle with undercover troops after they mounted a machine gun attack on a Security base in Coalisland 45 Miles West of Belfast sunday night. No organization has claimed responsibility for the shooting of the Man monday. A masked gunman burst into a video shop in the Crumlin Road District in the North of the City apparently singling out his victim. A woman in the shop escaped  commander Dies London a lord fieldhouse commander of British forces during the 1982 falklands War died monday at the age of 64, the ministry of defence said. He died at a Hospital in Southampton the ministry said. The cause of death was not announced. John fieldhouse took command of the Fleet that sailed from the Island of ascension to reclaim the British Colony from Argentine forces who invaded april 2,1982, claiming sovereignty. He was a Veteran of submarines carriers and  explode in Tokyo Tokyo a time bombs apparently set by extremists protesting Tokyo a International Airport exploded in seven different neighbourhoods Early tuesday police said. No injuries were reported. The bombs were set off at the Homes of seven officials connected with Narita Airport the object of protest since its inception in 1966.Saddam s son takes posts Nicosia Cyprus a Saddam Hussein a youngest son is taking an increasingly important role in Iraq As his father tightens Nis protective shield say diplomats and knowledgeable travellers from Iraq. Qusai Hussein 26, never held an official position in the Baghdad Hierarchy and never appeared to Harbor any ambition for one. He lived in the Shadow of his elder brother Udai. Now Qusai Heads the special Security apparatus the nerve Center of Saddam s pervasive internal Security network said the sources Alt of whom spoke on condition of anonymity. He also commands a special 10,000-Man Force recently formed to protect Saddam the sources said. Cheeky kiss adds spice to  relations by Ron Mckinney staff writer Rhein main a Germany a first it. Anne Simpson had always figured that the first time she entered the former soviet Union she would be dodging bullets. But when the Public affairs officer on an operation provide Hope Mission to Minsk Belarus agreed to pose for photographs with a russian Soldier for the local press he leaned Over and kissed her on the Cheek. �?o1 was surprised. It was a Shock a Simpson said. A a it a not every Day that a russian Soldier kisses an american Soldier on the  while the former soviet Union has been the official beneficiary of operation provide Hope the american Crews transporting the supplies linked to the operation have plenty to be thankful about too. Some Lucky Crews have been Given Brief Tours of Kishinev Moldova and Bishkek Kyrgyzstan in the Commonwealth of Independent states where they were it s very hard to understand that theae people wer supposed to to our Nemias they re just like you and me a capt. Andree Swanson a Public affairs officer transporting emergency food and medical supplies. Another group had a Day to spend in the red Square area of Moscow before flying on to ulan Ude in russians Siberia. For the most part the airmen got a kick out of drawing curious stares from passers by As they walked around the former communist cities in their american military uniforms. One russian teen Ager who said he studied English was astounded to see the americans. He told them he knew nothing about the humanitarian Mission. A the was thrilled he could use his English Quot said maj. Buster Swinney a c-141 transport commander. A the was so excited he about   a the said nobody knew what was going on a said tech. Sgt. Len Alvis a flight Engineer on Swinney screw. Wherever Swinney and his Crew went pedestrians would Stop and stare but rarely did anyone approach them. On a bus ride into Kishinev through a Countryside full of vineyards the bus would occasionally Stop in traffic next to a Public bus. Master sgt. Charles Fick said the other Bush passengers would stare blankly into the bus until someone recognized the american Flag on his groups flight uniforms. A they were All astonished a Fick said. A they went from empty looks to big  although the City of Kishinev was described by Crew members As Gray and dreary and its people As lifeless with Blank stares none of the City a residents appeared destitute they said. Airman 1st class Eric Shanley a Supply specialist with the 4th Mobile Aerial support so remembered one of the russian cadets receiving an american Flag. When the bus departed to take the missions Crew into Fick Swanson Kishinev for the tour he saw the russian soldiers standing in formation. A in the Back of the formation the Guy was waving the american Flag a Shanley said. Some of the observations of the former soviet Union weren to really All that remarkable in the scheme of things. For air National guard capt. Mike Milord it was the sight of local women in Bishkek smiling at the american military men that moved him. A they did no to have much of a Chance to interact but some things Arentt different no matter where you go a Milord said. Swinney described Bishkek As resembling Denver a with mountains As a backdrop and wide boulevards lined with Poplar Trees. Hotels were filled year round there with tourists he was told. Even the people in Bishkek appeared to be More Lively than those Swinney had seen in Kishinev. A they had a gleam in their eyes a he said. Each of the operation provide Hope missions is being treated differently. Some Crew members never have the Opportunity to leave the Airport. But for some such As capt. Andree Swanson a Public affairs officer a rest Stop in Moscow on a trip to Siberia was the a fastest spending spree of her life. A i got enough stuff to satisfy my buying urge for months a Swanson said. A i did no to plan on buying anything but everything was ridiculously  Swanson picked up a hand painted $22 doll a $25 jewelry Box an $11 fur hat for her husband and a couple of Watercolour paintings for $6. She did however turn Down a Young boys offer to sell her canned Ham which was concealed inside his jacket. Swanson said she saw plenty of people in lines outside stores in Moscow including one line outside a Mcdonald a. A considering what they have to do to get the French Fries there i guess they done to care a she said. When the operation provide Hope flight landed in ulan Ude Swanson was interviewed by a bewildered female reporter who had Only one question a Are you in the army a a she just  believe i was a woman in a military uniform a Swanson said. A everywhere i turned there was a camera pointed at me or someone wanted to get their picture taken with  still As vastly different As the cultures May be the operation provide Hope Crews Are learning that life in the former soviet Union Isnit All that different from the West. A a it a very hard to understand that these people were supposed to be our enemies a Swanson said a a they re just like you and  link nazi Angel to israeli mistress Buenos Aires Argentina up intelligence files made Public said Josef Mengele the fugitive nazi a Angel of death held responsible for killing 400,000 jews kept a mistress in Paraguay who was an israeli agent and survivor of a nazi concentration Camp. The documents on Mengele who is believed to have died in 1979, were among 10 pages of government dispatches and hundreds of press clippings released monday. The files also showed that the government knew of Mengeler a whereabouts during his residence in Argentina from 1949 to August 1960, when he fled to Paraguay. An undated message of Argentina a state intelligence service said Mengele was living on Mcarthur Avenue in Asuncion Paraguay with mistress Nora Aldo who went by the alias Nurit Edda. A Nurit Edda was eventually considered an israeli agent and an sex prisoner of a concentration Camp a another undated intelligence document said. A she was killed in an Accident or  no further details of the woman were contained in the files. Spokesmen for the israeli embassy and the Argentine delegation of israeli associations said they had no information on Aldo or her death. Mengele was convicted in 1959 in Frankfurt Germany of War crimes primarily stemming from his position As an is doctor at the Auschwitz concentration Camp in German occupied Poland during world War ii. There be performed brutal a a experiments on children twins and other Camp prisoners. At Auschwitz Mengele decided which prisoners were sent to the Gas chamber and which ones he would use in his experiments. He was deemed responsible for the deaths of 400,000 jews at the Camp. The Argentine files part of a growing Section of nazi documents in Argentina a National archives include Federal police documents released last week on Mengele and fellow nazi fugitives Martin Bor Mann Josef Schwammberge Eduard Roschmann and Walter Kutschman All of whom were believed to have at one time fled to Argentina. The files released monday constituted the first instalment of what is expected to be a Large Library of information kept by Argentina on the activities of nazi War fugitives hidden in Argentina and neighbouring South american countries  
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