European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and Stripe thursday March 26, 1992u.n. Says Iraq must destroy nuclear site Vienna Austria apr the International atomic Energy Agency said wednesday that it will require Iraq to destroy parts of a big Industrial Complex used by the iraqis to develop nuclear weapons. Iraqi officials had no immediate reaction to the announcement. They previously insisted the affected facilities at at atheer Southwest of Baghdad housed Only civilian Industry. A1 atheer which reportedly includes about too buildings survived Allied bombing attacks during the persian Gulf War virtually intact. Iraq denied after the War that it was trying to produce nuclear weapons but . Officials say they have uncovered evidence of an extensive program that was close to developing a warhead. The . Nuclear Agency is acting under the authority of the Gulf War cease fire accords which order the destruction of iraqis nuclear weapons program its chemical and biological arms and its Long Range missiles. Most of the actual destruction is carried out by iraqis but . Experts supervise it. A . Team is in Iraq now to wreck missile manufacturing equipment Ana verify Baghdad a claims to have destroyed Many Long Range missiles last june. The Agency said destruction of nuclear related equipment and facilities at Al atheer would begin next month during a visit by the 11th team of . Nuclear inspectors to go to Iraq since the end of the Gulf War. Iraq recently backed Down from a confrontation with the . Security Council by dropping its refusal to allow . Experts to destroy equipment for building and repairing Long Range scud missiles. The nuclear Agency a announcement about Al atheer came after 17 hours of talks since Friday with a seven Man iraqi delegation including at least one senior official from the iraqi nuclear program. Iraq requested the talks to present its Case that Al atheer is devoted to civilian purposes. The Agency said in a statement that despite the lengthy discussions it a remains convinced that the technical Core of this facility was designed for special processes needed for nuclear weapons development and  . Home sales climb despite tax credit plan Washington a sales of existing Homes which fell in january for the first time in four months rebounded last month with a 9.3 percent Advance a real estate Trade group said wednesday. It was the steepest gain in six years. The National association of realtors said sales of previously owned Homes Rose in All regions of the country to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.52 million in february up from 3.22 million a month earlier. The february rate was the highest since april 1986, when it totalled 3.58 million. Realtors president Dorcas t. Helfant said there had been some concern that after president Bush proposed a tax credit in january for first time Home buyers people would postpone purchases pending enactment of the legislation. But although there were reports of a few delays most buyers apparently decided a not to Bank on Congress and followed through on their plans. A buyers seemed much More interested in getting a Good mortgage rate than waiting for a tax credit to be enacted a she said. Fixed rate 30-year mortgage rates averaged Between 8.67 percent and 8.83 percent in february according to surveys by the Federal Home loan mortgage corp. Those Are nearly a percentage Point below rates in february 1991 but up from the recent Low of 8.23 percent in january. Some analysts believe rising rates will push into the Market some buyers who fear the Bottom has been reached. A people who had been watching to see How Low rates would go come off the Fence As soon As rates started inching up a Helfant said. A the risk of future increases convinced them it was time to make their  new Homes sales soared 12.9 percent in january the biggest gain in a year and provided More incentive for builders to break new ground on houses and apartments. Germans chided for snivelling Bonn Germany up a germans need to work More and complain less or become internationally known for their snivelling and fainthearted Ness Chancellor Helmut Kohl said tuesday. A i underline the word fainthearted Ness three times a Kohl said in an interview with the mass circulation Bild daily newspaper released in Advance of wednesdays publication. A we germans must be careful that concepts such As fainthearted and snivelling do not become International descriptions for germans a he said. A where would we be today if the generation that built up our country in the West and pulled us out of the dirt had been As fainthearted As Many people Are today a Kohl asked. He said Eastern germans had to realize that Prosperity in the Western part of the country had been achieved by hard work. At the same time he said Western germans must come to terms with the idea that Eastern germans should enjoy the same Standard of living As the Western half does. Amish build anew Amish men around Belleville pa., join in a barn raising at the farm of Sam m. Yoder replacing one destroyed by arson the weekend of March 14-15. Seven Amish barns in the area were burned Down within two hours killing 177 cattle and horses on the eve of planting season. Police said they had identified an arsonist suspect. In a barn raising the Structure is built in a Day As an Amish Community  in hijacking to enter politics ii i Erson City to. Apr a retired Pilot who in 1985 was at die controls of a Twa Jet hijacked by terrorists announced plans tuesday to seek a seat in the Missouri House of representatives. John Testrake 64, filed March 16 As a Republican candidate for the newly redrawn District 3. The Only other candidate for the Northern Missouri seat is rep. Phil Pate a Democrat first elected in 1986. Missouri republicans have mentioned Testrake As a potential candidate since his Athens to Rome flight 847, carrying 39 passengers and Crew members was hijacked in june 1985. 30th medical group becomes brigade Heidelberg Germany a a former Vii corps unit now has command Over medical elements of the army in Europe in the event of War. The 30th medical group became a brigade assigned to the 7th medical come at a re designation ceremony March 19, making it the Only Active duty medical brigade in the european theater com Mand officials said. The re flagged unit retains its name. Army medical brigades coordinate the Way hospitals and other corps level medical units perform their jobs in wartime and during other Field operations. The re flagging a is a big step toward getting the units that provide medical care in wartime to work together in peacetime a maj. Gen. Michael a Scotti or. Was quoted As saying in a news release. Scotti is the 7th medical come commander. The unit formerly with Vii corps in ludwigs Burg Germany has a history that includes service in England France and Germany during world War ii in Korea during that conflict and in Southwest Asia during the persian Gulf War. Postal company moving mail operations to tents Kaiserslautern Germany a amps a soldiers of the 115th postal co at Kleber Cavern who handle All army postal patrons mail in the Kaiserslautern area will set up their Mai room operations in tents at Rhine ordnance Barracks today Friday and saturday. The activity is part of an army train ing and evaluation program exercise. Mail from Miessau Lan Stuhl and the Kaiserslautern area will be processed Early Friday morning so that mail clerks from army units in those areas can pick it up said capt. Kim Mondonedo commander of the postal company. In the afternoon the approximately 60 soldiers at the site will process mail that is being sent out of the area. The exercise should a phone the soldiers go to War skills Quot Mondonedo said a to see How Well they be been  the soldiers will be testing primarily the postal Mission and defensive operations she added