European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 24, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 3barry completes prison sentence Loretto a. A Marion barrys Dis washing Days behind bars Are Over. The former Washington mayor was released without fanfare thursday from a Federal prison after serving a six month sentence for cocaine Possession. A there were no crowds. It was a typical inmate release a prison spokesman Ron Hamm said. Barry was released about 5 30 . Supporters in six buses planned to join him in a prayer service at noon in nearby Johnstown before escorting Barry Back to the City he governed for three terms. Barry was caught in an Fri sting and convicted in a 1990 trial that featured a videotape of him smoking crack in a hotel room. He was transferred in january to Loretto about 60 Miles from Pittsburgh after a fellow inmate at a prison in Petersburg va., accused him of receiving Oral sex from a woman in the prison visiting area. Barry denied the allegation. At Loretto Barry worked a regular shift washing dishes Hamm said. The former mayor started his term at Loretto living in a dormitory with several other inmates. He later moved to a two Man cell. A a he a been very quiet. No problems a Hamm said before thursdays release. One of barrys supporters the Rev. Willie Wilson said he organized the bus caravan to show Barry he is Welcome Back in Washington. A people Are often stigmatized because of transgressions they May have committed and Many times observers done to realize that a human being is an imperfect thing a Wilson said. Bosnian factions serbs agree to suspend fighting Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr leaders of Bosnia a three feuding ethnic groups and the Federal army agreed thursday to suspend fighting and resume talks on the republics future a european Community envoy said. The announcement by Portugal a foreign minister Joao de Deus Pinheiro followed separate meetings thursday Between dec officials and leaders of Bosnia a Muslim croatian and serbian factions As Well As the Federal army. Pinheiro and lord Carrington the eco a chief negotiator on Yugoslavia arrived thursday in Sarajevo As serbian rebels shelled Muslim sections of the City for a third Day. Thursdays fighting in Sarajevo and elsewhere in Bosnia was less intense than in previous Days however apparently because of Carrington a visit to the newly Independent Republic. Pinheiro Tola reporters after talks at the Airport that All sides in the conflict were prepared to sign a document promising to respect a cease fire agreed to on april 12 but that has been repeatedly violated. He said the four sides vowed to a do their utmost to Stop the fighting. Pinheiro also warned that the dec would sponsor peace talks scheduled to resume monday in Lisbon Portugal Only if the cease fire was respected. A if they done to agree we made Clear that chaos and bloodshed lie ahead a Pinheiro said. The fighting in Sarajevo in the past three Days has been the worst since Bosnia a majority croats and muslims voted feb. 29 to split from Yugoslavia. Serbs who account for about a third of Bosnia a 4.4 million people Are vehemently opposed to Independence claiming they would be an oppressed minority. After thursdays talks serbian Leader Radovan Karadzic said Bosnia a serbs were prepared for a an immediate and unconditional  a the problems should be solved Only by talks and we Are ready to sit Down even in hell to get peace for this country a said Karadzic who has declared he wants. To form a separate state from Bosnia a serb populated areas. Serbia is now alone with Montenegro in trying to preserve a yugoslav federation. Carrington and Pinheiro were to travel later thursday to Serbia a capital Belgrade. Serbian leaders and the serbian dominated Federal army have been accused of aiding serbian rebels fighting to establish their own state within in ton Bosnia a or to possibly Annex bosnian territory to a a greater  in Bonn German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher met thursday with his serbian counterpart Vladislav Jovanovic and demanded that Federal troops withdraw immediately from Bosnia and neighbouring Croatia. Genscher accused Serbia of a full responsibility for the actions of Federal  lets Gulf War veterans keep uniforms Washington a after some prodding from Congress the army announced thursday that persian Gulf War veterans can keep one set of the distinctive camouflage uniforms they were issued for the War. A a message is being sent to the Field suspending the request for soldiers to turn in their desert storm bus Battle dress uniform a army spokesman col. Don Kirchoffner said. The attire donned by Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf during his famous television briefings was dubbed a chocolate chips because of its Brown Black and White speckled appearance. At the end of the conflict Active duty personnel As Well As members of the National guard and Reserve were told that they could keep one set for Homecoming parades and other ceremonial purposes. A set Cost $51. But by Law members leaving the service must return equipment and uniform items issued them. Exempt Are personal items such As boots socks underwear and Caps. So on March 26, a directive was issued telling desert storm veterans that by june 30, they must return the one uni form they had been told they could keep. Congressional reaction was Quick. A senior democratic member of the House armed services committee rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri asked the services leaders to think again. The order was suspended one week later and Skelton applauded the army a change of mind. A a it a Good to see the Pentagon do the right thing when a problem is brought to their attention a Skelton said. Kirchoffner said army Secretary Michael . Stones office is trying to a find a Way to use existing authority to let soldiers keep their uniforms without having to draft legislation. If that can to be done Congress will have to pass legislation allowing for the change. Kirchoffner said the decision applies to the National guard and Reserve As Well As those on Active duty. In a series of purchases announced during the Gulf Effort the military announced it had signed contracts for nearly 6 million jackets and trousers at a Cost of $138  Bear hug for a pal Anne Wheeler cuddles her favorite companion care Bear at Philadelphia International Airport. The youngsters stuffed toy logged about 80,000 Miles in six weeks after it was sent off on a geography project. The Bear travelled aboard a us air plane throughout the United states and then flew around the world. Claims of iraqi troop strength were inaccurate panel says Washington a the United states and its allies faced an iraqi military Force that was less than half the 500,000 the Pentagon claimed when the ground War to free Kuwait began a congressional report said thursday. The report by the House armed services committee estimated that the iraqi Force battered by Aerial bombing had been reduced to about 183,000 troops when the ground War began on feb. 23, 1991. The defense department consistently claimed during the persian Gulf War that More than 500,000 iraqi troops were in the Region. The panel addressed the one major Issue the Pentagon avoided in its 1,300-Page War report a the number of iraqi troops involved in the conflict. But like the Pentagon it offered no estimate of Overall iraqi casualties. The panel estimated that 183,000 iraqi troops remained after enduring constant bombing attacks from the Allied air Campaign. The number is based on the 63,000 who were captured in the ground War and the panels calculation of 120,000 who either escaped or were killed. The report also said 17,000 iraqis were injured and 9,000 were killed in the air War. The Pentagon has never released Fig ures on the total number of Irani deaths although some officials have said it could have been As Many As 100,000 while air Force it. Gen. Charles Horner has suggested As Low As 10,000. The 89-Page committee report is based on interviews with about 1,000 people who fought in the War. The committee said it is possible the number of iraqi troops in the Region could be higher or lower. But it said the 700,000 . And Allied troops outnumbered the enemy 5-to-l when the ground War began. Although the Pentagon did not provide figures in its War report issued nearly two weeks ago the departments Oft repeated statement during the War was that the enemy was More than 500,000 iraqi troops. The committee said that the defense department based its figures on the number of iraqi divisions in the Region a 42 a multiplied by the number of troops that military intelligence believed made up a division. A the one certainty is that there never really were 547,000 iraqi troops in theater because a and this was not known until after the War a Many units were sent to the theater substantially under strength a the report said