European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The so Lpes vol. 50, no. 358 350 tuesday april 7,1992 d 8693 a half million March for abortion rights by Cox news service Washington wearing White and shouting a we will not go Back a an estimated half million abortion rights protesters marched in the nations capital sunday in an election year backlash against threats to Legal abortions. Organizers called the turnout a the largest Ever of any kind in Washington Ana warned that it sent a potent political message to Congress president Bush and the supreme court. Metropolitan and . Park service police concurred in estimating the crowd at 500,000. They had estimated that 70,000 were at an anti abortion demonstration in Wash senators will be atm fit Oft 1meleanor Smeal in ton earlier this year. 0 the Parade stretching up Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the base of Capitol Hill was led by celebrated feminists such As Gloria Steinem and Susan Faludi movie stars such As Jane Fonda and Morgan Fairchild and politicians such As the Rev. Jesse Jackson. But they were followed by an abortion rights army of everyday folks. The protesters carried a Forest of placards a a George Bush smother did no to have a Choice a grandma for Choice a a gag me with a Coatha Rigert a and they came from All Over the country. Susan Martoccia was among 25 marchers from Palm Beach county Fla., who drove 20 hours up interstate 95 to reach the rally. A a we re concerned nationwide about an erosion of abortion rights she said. A hopefully we can make Bush flip Flop see March on Page 2 marchers gather sunday on the mall. Snipers kill 5 at Sarajevo demonstration Sarajevo Yugoslavia apr snipers in hotel windows opened fire monday on tens of thousands of people who took to the streets of Bosnia and Herzegovina a capital demanding peace. Five people were killed and police said they arrested six serbian gunmen. Despite the violence the second such incident in As Many Days in Sarajevo the european Community foreign ministers in Luxembourg officially recognized the Independence of the ethnically mixed Republic. After the shootings hundreds of people from All three of Bosnia a main ethnic groups a slavic muslims serbs and croats a stormed into the nearby parliament saying they would seize Power and form a government of National salvation. A the present government of the three ethnic parties has lost legitimacy because it has betrayed its people and pushed them into fratricidal War a said Mustafa Cengic a leading reformer. Earlier volleys of automatic weapons fire rang out from the Sarajevo Holiday inn Headquarters of an ethnic serbian Leader and scattered some 40,000 people who had gone to parliament to demand an end to ethnic fighting. The violence has claimed about 100 lives the past week. At least five people were killed and 30 injured in front of the hotel said Ferid a Redjic a doctor at the municipal Hospital. Sarajevo television broadcasting live showed footage of a Young Man trying to carry the apparently lifeless body of another Man from the Street. Bosnian police who entered the hotel said they arrested the six serbian gunmen. As some of the suspects were led to a police Van the crowd surged toward them and shouted a garbage a . Military in the persian Gulf Region . Denies it s rebuilding strength level in Gulf Region 200 Miles 200 pm. Since the end of the persian Gulf War the u significant military capability. Units still in the ships _ persian Gulf s. Has retained Gulf area aircraft a f-15e a ef-111 area _ Mediterranean sea a 12 ships red sea a 1 destroyer 2 frigates a 1 auxiliary personnel Navy 12,569 air Force 4,545 Carrier America command ship la Salle 2 cruisers 3 destroyers 2 frigates a 5 amphibious ships it 5 auxiliary ships army 3,043 marines 2,149 a f-14 a f-117 a f-16 a u-2 a f/a-18 a ea-6b a a-10 a av-8b. F-4g a p-3c a e-3a exact number of aircraft unavailable. Includes refuelling and tactical lift Craft. A by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau military officials say there Are a adequate resources in the persian Gulf to handle Iraq but deny the United states and its allies Are gearing up for an attack. Speculation that the allies would attack Iraq has been building in recent weeks following reports that Iraq has failed to destroy its weapons of mass destruction As demanded by the United nations. President Bush has said that a fall options Are open in regard to bringing pressure to Bear against president Saddam Hussein. But military officials in the United states and Europe maintain that the numbers of . Troops in the persian Gulf have not changed of late except for slight fluctuations As forces rotated in and out of the theater. Currently there Are about 12,500 sailors 4,500 airmen 3,000 soldiers and 2,100 marines in the Gulf Region according to it. Col. John r. Olsen a spokesman at Central come Headquarters at Macdill fab Fla. A if we need More we can certainly ask for it but we feel we have adequate resources to meet the current situation a Olsen said. All the sailors and at least half the marines Are assigned to the More than 20 ships in the Region Olsen said. The . Air forces in Europe has about 250 airmen in the Gulf with the vast majority of those from Span Dahlem a Germany said it. Col. . Crowley a Safe spokesman. One source placed the number of Span Dahlem airmen in the Gulf at about 150. The Span Dahlem airmen support the 81st fighter so which features the f-4g phantom ii wild weasel. Members of the 81st have rotated in and out of the Gulf since september 1990. Besides pilots Span Dahlem has maintenance munitions electronic warfare intelligence scheduling and administration personnel in the Region said capt. Michael j. Rein a Span Dahlem spokesman. The . Army Europe would not disclose the number of soldiers it has in the Gulf saying the number is classified. Usa eur did identify a brigade and two units based in Germany that Are represented in the Gulf the 10th air defense arty brigade Darmstadt units of the 2nd in 43rd air defense arty Hanau and units of the 4th in 43rd air defense arty Giessen. The units Are Manning Patriot missile batteries. A the . European come routinely rotates selected units to Southwest Asia in support of the . Central Comdr a Mission in that Region a said Navy capt. Gordon i. Peterson eur come a director of Public affairs in a statement released monday afternoon. A there Hasni to been any buildup a Olsen said in response to a question about news reports that have alluded to an escalation of . Forces in the Region. A we have been doing the Normal rotation of  most of the army and air Force personnel Are in saudi Arabia and Kuwait Olsen said. The see Gulf on Page 2