European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                World Page 8 a the stars and stripes tuesday february 25, 1992iraqi opposition Renews Effort to oust Saddam Riyadh saudi Arabia apr fifteen key iraqi opposition leaders reportedly including former army officers met sunday to once again seek a United front capable of toppling Saddam Hussein. Until now All efforts to oust the iraqi Leader have foundered because of the disparate agendas of opposition groups which Range from communists to islamic fundamentalists. They Are variously backed by Syria and Iran. Significantly the closed door session at Riyadh a conference Palace was the first officially sanctioned by saudi authorities since the persian Gulf War last year. That appeared to indicate that the saudis who have kept their distance from most of the iraqi exile groups and especially Iran backed shiite Muslim factions Are taking a higher profile in efforts to overthrow Saddam. The conference also convened amid new moves by president Bush apparently aimed at orchestrating Saddam s downfall. These included visits earlier this month by Cia director Robert Gates to saudi Arabia Egypt and Israel to coordinate efforts to topple the iraqi Leader. Conference sources said the iraqis gathering in Riyadh included former army officers although none was identified. Also attending was Howato Heslam Mohammed Bakr Al Hakim Leader of the Tenran based supreme Assembly for the islamic revolution in Iraq a the main shiite Rio de Janeiro Brazil apr disclosures of a Man who confessed to slaying 14 boys and drinking the blood of some victims has caused a National uproar and evoked comparisons with american serial killer Jeffrey l. Dahmer. Marcelo Costa de Andrade 25, was arrested in Rio in december but police disclosed the Case just last week after recovering the corpses of 12 boys. De Andrade has admitted to killing and raping 14 boys ranging in age from 6 to 13. Several were decapitated and de Andrade said he drank the blood of two victims. A the soul and spirit of these children will go to live with god in heaven a de Andrade told reporters. De Andrade whose reign of terror lasted from april to december lured his victims with promises of food and Money police said. Police were led to him by Altair Medeiros de Abreu 13, who was kidnapped by de Andrade in december along with his 6-year-old brother Odair. Muslim opposition movement. Another participant was Arshad Tewfiq iraqis former envoy to Spain who resigned several months ago to protest Saddam a policies. Other senior iraqi diplomats have followed suit in recent Days. Tewfiq who claims to have Contact with anti Saddam cells within the Baghdad government Safti most of sunday was spent on working out an Agenda. T a a we re concentrating on a rapprochement of views a he said declining to give any details. However the Al Khaleen daily newspaper said the iraqi opposition leaders were preparing for a general Congress to produce a a formula for. Unified political action in cooperation with governments in the Region. A 10-Point blueprint now being prepared provides for a a supreme salvation Council that would Rule for one year after Saddam a ouster until elections could be organized the report said. This formula envisions an integrated state government under islamic Law but acknowledges the kurd who Are predominantly sunni muslims As an ethnic entity the daily reported. Still differences remain on How to topple Saddam from Power. Tewfiq and others insist that Saddam can be ousted Only from within the ruling Arab baath socialist party Ana the army. Odair was molested and strangled on a deserted Beach outside of Rio. Altair was spared because he promised de Andrade he would live with him. After spending the night in the Woods the youngster escaped. De Andrade made no attempt to flee after Altair a escape and was arrested in the Beach front District of Copacabana where he worked handing out promotional fliers. He told police he was surprised they had not come for him sooner. De Andrade said he strangled an 11-year-old boy in a soccer Field then raped him while not even knowing if the victim were alive or dead. A i sawed off his head so that the children would make fun of him when he arrived in heaven a de Andrade said. He said he drank the blood of another 11-year-old victim a to become Young and pretty like he  leaves Refuge of embassy enters clinic from wire reports Moscow a former East German Leader Erich Honecker left the Refuge of the chilean embassy on monday and was admitted to a Moscow Hospital for medical treatment a Hospital spokeswoman said. Honecker 79, is reported to be suffering from cancer and depression. He took Refuge in the embassy in december after the russian government threatened to expel him. Germany is seeking the return of Honecker to face manslaughter charges in the shooting of people who tried to flee the former East  reactor shut off Sofia Bulgaria a a reactor at the trouble plagued Kozl Oduy nuclear Plant was taken off line sunday because of vibrations in a Turbine the state news Agency Bra reported. The unit is one of two 1,000-megawatt reactors at the Plant. The other was shut Down feb. 3 because of a failure in its Security system Angel of arnhem Dies Oosterbeek Netherlands a Katie Ter Horst the Volunteer nurse known As the a Angel of arnhem to hundreds of wounded British soldiers during the Battle of arnhem in world War ii has died at the age of 85, police said sunday. She was hit by a car that swerved off the Road As she walked with her husband near her Home in this Eastern dutch town Friday night said police spokesman Peter Van Drunken. Her husband also 85, suffered broken  for Independence Taipei a some 30,000 taiwanese on sunday staged their country a largest demonstration in several years demanding the Island s entry into the United nations As an Independent nation. The demonstrators marched peacefully through the islands third largest City Taichung 110 Miles Southwest of the capital Taipei Public radio  it old King Cole London a archaeologists who found a 2,000-year-old grave of a celtic ruler near ancient roman ruins Hope to learn whether the remains May be those of Cun Obelin also known As cymbeline or old King Cole. The grave was found at historic St. Albans 20 Miles North of London. Tests were under Way to determine whether the remains Are those of Cun Obelin believed to be the Nursery rhymes a merry old  blamed for cholera Lima Peru a Argentine president Carlos Menem on sunday blamed food brought aboard an Argentine airline in Lima for an outbreak of cholera that killed one passenger and introduced the disease to California. A it was clearly determined that the food brought on Board in Peru produced the illness in 20 percent of the passengers a Menem  set today for go apparently killed by train Frankfurt a amps an 11th army Cav regt Soldier was found read near bad Hersfeldt after apparently being hit by a train Early sunday a v corps release said. Pvt. 1st class Steven d. Landers jr., 21, of Mcpheeters Barracks in bad Hersfeldt was found sunday at about 1 20 , near train tracks close to Wei erode by military police and criminal investigation come agents. Landers was a Field artillery Cannon crewman assigned to howitzer Btry 3rd so 11th army Cav regt. He is survived by his father Gregory b. Landers of Anaheim Calif., and Mother Mercedes j. Landers of la Habra Calif. A memorial service is scheduled for 11 . Today at the bad Hersfeldt Post Chapel on Mcpheeters Barracks. Inferno in South Korea flames erupt As three natural Gas tanks explode at a regional Gas Utility company in Kwangju South Korea on sunday. Nine firefighters were injured and one was reported missing in the Blaze. Firefighters were having difficulty containing the lire which threatened to reach two underground Gas storage tanks. About 1,000 Homes within 114 Miles of the Blaze were evacuated. The cause of the fire was unknown. Brazilian says he killed raped 14 boys