European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday March 31, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 3 a amps Jim Derheim _ b a Jii a winning warning about drugs Mike Durgin a seventh grader at Patch High school in Stuttgart Germany holds his anti drug poster that won first place during the schools alcohol and drug awareness week. Theme of last weeks anti drug drive was a get High Oft life not Mike 12, received $75 for his winning artwork. Iranian election pits reformists radicals in Power struggle Nicosia Cyprus apr Iran s reformist president and his Radical rivals arc moving toward an election showdown that could determine whether the nation swings backs toward hard line fundamentalism or further opens to the West. The april 10 parliamentary vote a the first real electoral test of president Hashemi rats Anjanie a policies a is also the first nationwide vote since the 1989 death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini the founder of Iran a islamic revolution. Campaigning officially begins thursday but it actually started months ago when radicals intensified criticism of rats Anjanie a administration. Hard line fundamentalists who dominate the parliament accuse a Sfanjani of failing to improve the nations Economy and betraying Khomeini a revolutionary legacy. Yet support is still Strong for a Sfanjani who leads a group trying to rebuild Tehran a relations with the West and revitalize Iran a weak Economy. A Sfanjani a Middle ranking cleric and self made millionaire is known As a the shark and has a reputation for political cunning. For example his backers dominate the Council of guardians the 12-Man watchdog group that screens All candidates. Rats Anjanie a Radical opponents last week complained that review boards banned Many of their candidates including 30 incumbents from running in the elections. One of rats Anjanie a main opponents parliament speaker Mehdi Karrumi dominates with his Radical allies the 270-seat majlis or parliament and has blocked much of rats Anjanie a reformist efforts. But they have been before by a Sfanjani whose brother controls the state run television and radio networks. Just before december 1990 elections for the 82-member Assembly of experts a body of islamic scholars who decide the succession of the nations spiritual Leader a Sfanjani succeeded through the Council of guardians in having the rules of eligibility for Assembly membership changed. As a result Many leading radicals were eliminated and a Sfanjani s influence in the Assembly swelled. So did backing for his efforts to dismantle the states tight control of the Economy. The government has not announced a figure for Iran a electorate. A Sfanjani had an easy run in the 1989 election after the Council of guardians kicked out All serious candidates. Twenty million iranians were eligible to vote in the presidential elections held in july 1989. Iran a population is now 58 million and the size of the electorate has undoubtedly grown. All men and women Over age 15 can vote. Candidates have to win at least a third of the vote in the first round of balloting or face a Runoff usually a week after the initial ballot. The final result May not be known until May. The majlis sits for a four year term. Under Khomeini during the 1980s, the islamic Republic was predominantly shaped by the eight year War with Iraq. If a Sfanjani can overwhelm his rivals and secure another four year term As president the 1990s could be shaped by an economic revival and an end to Iran a costly International isolation. A a. A Turkey s Ozal links interference to German past \ Ankara Turkey apr president Turgut Ozal on sunday invoked Germany a nazi past in complaining about that country a interference in turkeys kurdish problem. Ozal in an interview published sunday by the left Wing cumhur yet newspaper also accused German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher of trying to appease German voters at the expense of Turkey. A Germany changed a lot after the unification. It is As it it is trying to intervene in everything interfere with everyone trying to prove its a great Power a Ozal said. A Europe obviously must be aware of this. But these Are wrong things. A in the past hitlers Germany did the same thing. But of course it did so in other ways a Ozal told the newspaper. A if today a Germany also does this not in that hitlers Way but through the misuse of its economic Power or by hurling threats it will soon discover it has taken a wrong Bonn also suspended All arms shipments to t Turkey on the grounds that weapons Germany had last year provided As Aid had been used against the kurd. Germany a action was prompted by bloody clashes Between Security forces and kurdish demonstrators in Southeastern Turkey on March 21 during the kurdish Spring festival. Turkish officials said 37 people were killed and 125 injured in three Days of clashes. Media reports said there were at least 50 dead. Earlier in the week Genscher called on the european Community to condemn Turkey Over its forceful suppression of kurdish demonstrations eight Days ago. What or. Genscher is doing is internal politicking. They have elections approaching and he has used Turkey to make use of these groups a Ozal said in the interview. A but what he has done is completely wrong. They will lose their Turkey blamed the outlawed kurdish labor party pkg for the disturbances clamped a curfew in several towns arrested Over 100 militants and seized several Hundred weapons. The pkg has been fighting since 198-1 Lor an Independent state in Southeastern Turkey Home to about half of the country a 12 million 3,000 i Sui gents soldiers and civilians have died in the fighting. I turkish officials said Bonn acted on erroneous information or press reports but Bonn spokesmen said Turkey admitted using German supplied armoured cars to quell the kurd in violation of agreements. Turkish prime minister Suleyman Demirel warned Germany on saturday that a it is easy to damage Friend ships but hard to repair jews say Kohl s words May Spur anti semitism Bonn Germany apr the head of Germany a jewish Community said Chancellor Helmut Kohls angry remarks about the world jewish Congress could fan anti semitism in this country a newspaper reported sunday. And in Jerusalem on sunday israeli foreign minister David Levy levelled unusual criticism at Germany saying he expected its leaders to display greater sensitivity toward jews. Kohl said Friday that in 1989, an Quot emissary of the world jewish Congress had in an outrageous Way polemic Zed against German Unity and the right of sell determination for the germans Quot a he made the comment after the wac blasted Kohl for meeting that Day in Munich with austrian president Kurt Waldheim who has been shunned by other Western leaders because of his alleged participation in nazi persecutions As a German army officer during world War ii. In response to the criticism. Kohl said a i done to need advice about who he could meet with. Levy said on Israel radio that Quot the germans should show greater Sensita mtg to the concept of jews Titan and other people and car lain the German Chan cellar. A a there o a different gel lev Many a Levy said. A we would like to see an expression of that Heinz Galinski head of the German jewish Community told the Welt am sonntag newspaper that a naturally it is the chancellors right to choose whom he wants to but Galinski said Kohl should have expected criticism Tor his red carpet Welcome of a a controversial political personality and displayed Quot More political and tact not Kohl remark to boil the wac and 11 Iii i k. 111 a 11. Gained Aid. I lie Chan cellar must know that such a portrayal of the Issue in front of a Public which has no precise knowledge of it causes a certain resentment. And especially anti jewish resentment among germans. Polls m Germany indicate that 10 per cent of the population is anti semitic. Galinski suggested germans could get the wrong impression that his organization the Central Council of jews in Germany had opposed unification. The newspaper quoted him As saying a to the contrary we did not shed the slightest tear Lor the communist last German regime Quot
