European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 25, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 Gulf War was waged partly for Oil Schwarzkopf says Richmond a. Up a retired army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf who led the desert offensive that drove iraqi forces from Kuwait acknowledged that the Campaign was waged partly for Oil but attacked War As a wasteful Way to solve the worlds problems. Schwarzkopf nicknamed a a storming Norman a spoke to a sellout crowd at the Richmond forum. A to say Oil was not important is stupid a the commander of operation desert storm said. A on the other hand to say a blood for Oil is stupidly  he called War a profanity. A Man has got to figure out a better Way to Stop problems rather than to kill each other a he said. A when you have War people get  Schwarzkopf said the United states went to War with Iraq in the name of Freedom ousting the invading tanks and troops of iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein from the Sands of Oil Rich Kuwait. Shortly after last years seven week War ended Schwarzkopf stirred controversy with a remark to an interviewer that he had favored continuing the military operation but that the Bush administration wanted the conflict Over with. On saturday night in response to a question he said the United states should not have taken control of iraqis capital. A if we had gone into Baghdad we would have still been there and paying for it a Schwarzkopf said. Reputed mob Boss John Gotti right takes what the Fri Calls a a walk talk in Manhattan with alleged associates. Much of the governments Case against Gotti is built on secretly made photos and surveillance tapes from the Fri. Secret tapes give jury a look at reputed mobster s philosophy new York apr the Man prosecutors Call americans most powerful criminal was complaining about greed the a Green eyes avarice of his unde Boss later a turncoat the a a bulldozing a excess of his predecessor whose assassination he is accused of orchestrating. John gottis Credo dominated the first week of testimony in his Federal trial on murder and racketeering charges. Conversations recorded by the of big a electronic eavesdroppers in a Gotti hangout in new Yorkus Little Italy gave a Federal jury its most intimate exposure yet to the reputed mob Bossy life and death philosophy. A i would be a billionaire if i was looking to be a selfish Boss a Gotti told Frank Locascio a top lieutenant in one Exchange. A a that a just not  Locascio also is on trial in . District court. Convictions for either could mean life in prison. Gotti is is accused of planning and supervising the 1985 killing of Paul Castellano to gain control of the Gambino crime family a Syndicate considered the most powerful in the United states. In an especially revealing tape Gotti ruminated to Locascio about the myriad problems of running the crime family. In a conversation with Locascio recorded dec. 12, 1989, gottis big worry was reining in his ambitious Friend and heir apparent Salvatore Gravano. Gotti said Gravano who controlled much of the Gambino interest in the construction business was getting greedy or a Green eyes As Gotti phrased it and putting personal interest ahead of the family. A every time i turn around there a a new company popping up a Gotti complained. A and every time we got a partner that done to agree with us we kill  and it was greed Gotti said that he abhorred in Castellano. A i done to believe in that bulldozing. That a what made me hate really Paul a Gotti said. A you a you  get a Ham Sandwich. He sold the Bogata out for a construction  Bogata is an italian word Gotti uses to refer to the Gambino family. Gravano gottis former right hand Man was a co defendant with Gotti until he agreed last fall to testify against him and reveal the Workings of the Gambino operation. A i done to like Sammy i love him a Gotti told Locascio of his ultimate betrayer. Gotti also spoke of allowing three Gambino associates to be whacked because Gravano said they were disloyal and disrespectful. Defense lawyers attacked the tapes As unfair claiming gottis anti drug statements were Cut out and accused prosecutors of misinterpreting gottis often overblown tortured and profane speech. A the does no to always speak in churchillian phrases does he a Albert j. Krieger said in Cross examining Fri agent Lewis Schiliro. Schiliro acknowledged Gotti exaggerates and a a whacked did no to necessarily refer to homicide. Saint s remains stolen from Cathedral Cleveland up the Bones and Skull of St. Christina a third Century Martyr were stolen from a Cathedral in a theft apparently carried out by a Man resembling a priest. The Cathedral had displayed the saints remains since 1925 inside a 40-Pound, Glass enclosed Case trimmed in Gold Leaf. A the Man simply picked it up wrapped it and walked out a the Rev. Theodore Marszal the cathedrals Rector said. A people saw him walk out with it. The problem was it was wrapped in a red cloth. He just carried it out. He said a in a Here to clean this a and he took it out. One of our cleaning people said he looked like a  the Case was insured in 1988 for $6,500. Adjusters were unable to put a value on the saints remains. Marszal said they Are priceless. Christina the teen age daughter of a Rich and powerful roman prefect was thrown into Lake Belsena by her father for destroying his household gods. She survived and was tortured and died in the year 297. She was interred in the Catacomb of St. Pont Ianus in Rome where her remains were discovered in the 18th Century.  parades join next Day s lineup from wire reports new Orleans a Mardi gras revellers got a double dose of Celebration sunday when eight parades a two Days Worth a rolled through the City a streets. Sundays Balmy partly Cloudy conditions contrasted with thunderstorms saturday that washed out three parades and Cut Short a fourth. The three cancelled parades proceeded sunday behind the Days five others. Saturday marked the Start of the carnival parades a the focus of the caucus season that began Jan. 6 and ends March 3 with Mardi gras the eve of Ash wednesday and  bulls kill 2-year-old grand rapids Mich. A two pit bulls fatally mauled a 2-year-old, trapped his baby Sitter and attacked police who tried to Rescue the boy authorities said. Officers used a fire extinguisher to Force the dogs Back and then grabbed the child Derrick Goree who had been attacked while sleeping saturday police said. Baby Sitter Monique Johnson 16, told investigators that one dog charged her and trapped her in a room. She got out through another exit and called police. The boys Mother Felicia Bryant 25, and another resident of the House Gloria Trotter 30, were away at the time. Trotter owned the dogs police  student slain new York a a German Exchange student completing his second semester of graduate school at Columbia University was stabbed to death saturday night during an apparent robbery attempt in the Bronx police said. The victim 27-year-old Stefan Groppel of Manhattan was slain in front of an unidentified female companion As they headed toward a party in the Bronx said police sgt. Nick Vrieland. Groppel who was originally from Hannover Germany was about to enter an apartment building about 9 54 . With his companion when two men attacked and tried to Rob them Vreeland said. During the scuffle one of the men stabbed Groppel and the two  crash kills 6 Hobart Bay Alaska a a helicopter carrying loggers Back to their base Camp from the Woods crashed sunday afternoon killing six people and seriously injuring five authorities Saia. The co Pilot and five loggers employed by Rocky Mountain Aero logging co. Died when the aircraft went Down in the Forest. A what caused it to come Down we done to know a said it. Robin Lown a detachment commander for the Alaska state troopers. The helicopter was on its Way from a cutting site to Hobart Bay about 75 Miles Southeast of Juneau. The Pilot and the four other loggers aboard were in serious condition at Bartlett memorial Hospital in Juneau officials  s release protested Longview Wash. A neighbors of a 10-year-old boy charged with rape and child molestation say he should not have been released while he awaits trial but a probation officer says he should not be held with older offenders. A i done to think he should be out on the streets a said a woman who told authorities the boy molested her 5 and 8-year-old sons at knife Point. A a it a just going to continue and continue and hell find other  the boy was discharged feb. 5 from a juvenile detention Center on $1,000 Bond. He faces trial april 17 on two charges of first degree rape of a child and one charge of first degree child molestation. Cindi Williquette a social worker at St. Helens elementary school said her investigation found a dozen children May have been attacked. Probation officer Cathie Watson said the boy was released because most youngsters in detention Are 15 or 16, and a most of them Are More set in their ways in terms of criminal