European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 13, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 9aziz says Iraq will reveal  programs United nations apr Saddam Hussein Stop envoy promised the Security Council thursday that the Baghdad government would make a full disclosure of All its weapons programs but demanded that Iraq be allowed to convert some equipment to civilian use instead of destroying it. Deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz a close ally of Saddam delivered a forceful Point by Point response to accusations that Iraq was violating the Gulf War cease fire Resolution and resisting other . Cease fire demands. Throughout his remarks Aziz defended iraqis position and showed very limited flexibility. Iraqis stance again appeared to put the Baghdad government at Odds with the Security Council which authorized military Force to drive Iraq from Kuwait last year. It has not ruled out a military response to enforce the cease fire terms. In a somewhat conciliatory move Aziz reaffirmed that Iraq would cooperate with nuclear weapons inspectors. He said Iraq was ready to cooperate fully with the International committee of the red Cross in arranging the return of kuwaitis detained during the War. But he added defiantly a we Are not bargaining Over our sovereignty we Are not bargaining Over our  Aziz also said Iraq was willing to sell Oil under . Supervision to finance purchases of food and humanitarian supplies for the iraqi people. But he rejected another rigid . Resolution providing Oil Sale terms which he described As interference in iraqis internal affairs. It was the second Day of an extraordinary Public grilling of a government official by the 15-member Council. No immediate Council action was expected. The Council has expressed concern Over reported human rights abuses against iraqi kurd and shiites As Well As a reported government blockade which prevents adequate food and fuel from reaching the kurd. Aziz responded by blaming rebellious kurd in Northern Iraq for food distribution problems. He added that kurd were engaged in smuggling which must be stopped by Central authorities. A we do not have a sectarian strife inside Iraq a this is a lie told for political objectives to Estabi Aziz Lize the iraqi government a he asserted. On the question of debts he again called for lifting economic sanctions against the Baghdad government. A How can Iraq pay debts and interest when there is an All out embargo against Iraq a he asked. A we re Spect our obligations but Iraq cannot pay these debts or Deal with the interest if the blockade has not been lifted and if Iraq cannot Export its  he also said Iraq was ready to pay debts of interested countries in crude Oil and hoped the . Sanctions committee would approve such transactions. On weapons even As Aziz promised full disclosure he insisted that Iraq be allowed to convert some military equipment to non prohibited civilian use. A the Council is called upon to fulfil the legitimate request of Iraq in this regard a he said a namely that military equipment be converted or rendered harmless to civilian production which has not been banned and to provide for possibility of verification of their use in that  a Day earlier Aziz had listed examples of equipment that could be converted to civilian use instead of destroyed such As a computer system that had been used to control a rocket or Ordinary Cooling equipment used to Cool a chamber housing a rockets motor. The United nations has already allowed some iraqi facilities to be converted such As chemical weapons laboratories that now make water purification chemicals. On wednesday Aziz described Iraq As a proud suffering nation devastated by Allied bombing and battered by economic sanctions that Western nations Bent on Saddam a ouster arc refusing to ease. French fighting group gets legions of volunteers from Eastern Europe Paris apr Long a Magnet for adventure seekers from troubled nations the French foreign legion is drawing 40 percent of its recruits from Eastern Europe according to  Headquarters. The trend has helped boost the foreign component of the legion to its highest level in decades 70 percent of the 8,500-Man Force. The scramble to sign up has even spawned unauthorized a recruitment bureaus in Hungary which charge would be volunteers $130 or More to provide advice on How to join the legion. Army Headquarters in a communique wednesday stressed that the legion conducts no recruiting activities outside French territory Ana warned recruits to be wary of any agencies claiming to have official contacts in France. The communique said applications from Eastern europeans have been increasing steadily in recent months because people in the Region a Are better informed about the outside world and specifically about the legion and Are Able to travel  a the situation is not new a said col. Henri Pinard Legry. A France has always been a land of Refuge and this tradition has been carried on by the foreign legion which is unique in the world. A today its Eastern europeans. Since 1945, each crisis has sent a flow of applicants to us. In 1956, it was hungarians in 1968 the czechs in the 1970s the boat people from  in the 1960s and �?T70s, the legion was roughly 55 percent foreigners and 45 percent French. Now 70 percent Are foreigners from about 100 countries. The legion did not provide country by country breakdowns but said that among its foreign components 20 percent of the Force is from Eastern Europe 10 percent from English speaking countries and 10 percent from German speaking countries. Only about 1,500 of 8,000 applicants each year Are accepted. Recruits must be Between 17 and 40, single male in Good health and eager to fight for France. Knowledge of French is not required. Applicants who meet these criteria Are sent to one of three centers for testing and further screening including Back ground checks to be sure they have not committed serious crimes. Petty offenders Are not necessarily rebuffed but Pinard Legry said the legion is by no Means a Haven from Justice for fugitive rapists and murderers. A with so Many candidates the legion can be very demanding in terms of recruitment a he said. Those who get past the screening Are sent to the legions Headquarters in a Bagne near Marseille for further testing. They then undergo four months of training before making a final commitment to sign up for a minimum five year hitch. About 40 percent of the legionnaires choose to stay on even longer for renewable stints of sue months to three years. Several of the legions regiments Are based on the French Mainland others in such overseas posts As Djibouti in East Africa French Guiana in South America and in the South Pacific. Created by King Louis Philippe in 1831, the legion has waged War in Mexico Zaire Indochina Algeria Kuwait and elsewhere. It has lost 35,763  reports 30.7% surge in 92 crime Moscow apr crime Rose 30.7 percent in Russia in the first two months of 1992 compared with the same period last year the Komsomol Skaya pravda newspaper reported thursday. The newspaper quoting russian Interior ministry figures said crime often including Vio Lence is among the fastest Erwin Type of crime accounting for 67. Percent of All reported crimes in 1991. It said theft of state and Public property Rose 62 percent in january and february of 1992, compared with the first two months of 1991. Crimes involving weapons Rose 31.4 percent and crimes against foreigners were up 49 percent the newspaper said. Komsomol Skaya pravda said fewer than half of the crimes involving theft of weapons and ammunition Are  a turn toward modernization these windmills which have been pumping water from the Fields around Karlander Veen Netherlands since 1790, will cease operation soon. The four Mills Are victims of modernization. They will be replaced by a motorized pumping station that wont have to depend on the wind to keep the Farmers Fields from flooding. Sicilian politician slain mafia gunmen suspected Palermo Sicily up Salvatore Lima a member of the european parliament and one of Sicily a most prominent politicians was killed in a suburban Palermo Street thursday in what police think was a mafia assassination. Lima 64, was killed by several shots fired by two gunmen on a motorcycle. He was attacked As he was preparing to ride to his office in his chauffeur driven official car about 9 40 a.m., police said. They said Lima managed to open the car door and tried to flee when he saw the gunmen. But they shot him in the Street and he fell dead with his head gushing blood on the sidewalk. His car was riddled with bullets but the chauffeur escaped injury. Police said that because of the Way the Daylight slaying was carried out they believed it was done by the mafia which is rampant in Palermo the capital of the sicilian Region. It was the second slaying of a politician attributed to organized crime in two Days. On wednesday Sebastiano Corrado 45, a City councilor of the former communist party of the democratic left in Castel la Marc i Swabia near Naples was killed by gunmen. The killers were believed to be members of the Camorrah the Naples Region equivalent of the sicilian mafia. The slaying of Lima took place at a time when italian politicians Are in the midst of campaigning for National elections to be held april 5-6. Lima a prominent member of Italy a dominant Christian Democrat party had been a member of the Strasbourg based european parliament since 1979. He was a member of the italian parliament in Rome from 1968 to 1979, during which time he served for two years As undersecretary for finance and another two years As undersecretary for the budget ministry