European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse The sibs 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 11 350 tuesday april 28,1992 d 8693 a Genscher to step Down tireless foreign minister says 18 years is enough Bonn Germany apr foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher a key player in Germany a reunification and a catalyst in Eastern Europe a casting off of communist Rule announced monday that he will step Down after 18 years. Genscher 65, is the longest serving foreign minister in the Western world. One of Germany a most popular politicians he has held government posts for More than half the lifetime of the Federal Republic. A this is not an easy decision for me to make. It results from fundamental and serious considerations that have occupied me for about two years Genscher said in a statement. He plans to step Down May 17. He said essentially that he had put in enough years As a government minister. Genscher was at the Vanguard of those who took then soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev at his word when Gorbachev declared soviet aggression a thing of the past. That Trust and the German insistence on reaching out to Moscow hastened the end of the cold War. After East Germany a peaceful revolution in 1989, Genscher As West Germany a foreign minister rallied International support for joining the communist nation with the prosperous West. A tireless traveler Genscher a appearances Genscher in the United states have often eclipsed those of Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The genial and loquacious foreign minister Speaks fluent English. The stiffer Kohl does not. Referring to Genscher a Globe trotting then soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze once quipped that whenever two airliners pass each Over the Atlantic a Genscher is on both of the departure of Genscher will remove from the German political landscape a figure who has consistently rated higher in personality polls than his Boss. Genscher a engaging diplomacy has earned him friends around the Globe. But his style and some of his utterances have also rankled allies. Early in Gorbachev a tenure he often angered Asee Genscher on Page 2german strikes snarl traffic cause chaos from staff and wire reports hundreds of thousands of commuters walked Rode bicycles or hitchhiked to work monday morning after the first wave of Public employees strikes hit Many parts of Germany. Union officials say the strikes will be the biggest labor stoppages in postwar Germany. Army and air Force spokesmen said the strikes have had minimal effects so far on troops and employees in Germany and their european Headquarters have issued no special instructions for dealing with the walkouts. Many buses subways and local commuter trains stood Idle in Western Berlin Hannover Munich Stuttgart and dozens of other Western German cities forcing commuters to find alternate Means of transportation. In Berlin commuter transportation came to a total standstill As about 15,000 of the 17,500 bus and subway workers went on strike before the morning Rush hour. The result was an enormous traffic Jam. The increase in the number of cars on the Road also clogged traffic in Many other areas. No gridlock occurred in Stuttgart police said but traffic on Side roads was heavy apparently because motorists anticipated problems and were trying to drive around them. Some Stuttgart area army employees arrived at work late As a result. Trains and subways were still running there but streetcars and buses were out of service said George Huettig a local army spokesman who commutes to work by train from gop Pegen about 25 Miles to the East. Stuttgart police patrols noticed some commuters waiting in vain at bus and Streetcar stops in Hopes that see strike on Page 2 868 Dava Capay Angel aral a student in Darmstadt Germany Waits at the City Strain station after learning that a strike by Public employees had caused her train to be delayed by 30 minutes monday. Gulf War study omits use of secret weapons Washington up a comprehensive Pentagon study of the persian Gulf War omits any reference to a robot aircraft or a missile carrying a secret payload that the . Military used to Knock out the heart of Baghdad a air defences during the first hours of the War. A a that a because its classified a said Warren Nelson a senior staff member of the House armed services committee. But military diplomatic congressional and intelligence sources revealed to United press International previously undisclosed information on the opening minutes of the air War Over Iraq and the degree to which that experience will shape . Strategy in future conflicts. Additionally William Arkin director of military research for the environmental group Greenpeace visited Iraq on a fact finding trip last year and brought Back firm evidence that some . Tomahawk cruise missiles carried Carbon fibres rather than conventional explosives. And the Trade Magazine aviation week and space technology was expected to publish monday results of its one year investigation into the defense departments strategy for Short circuiting the massive Power stations around Baghdad and protecting its pilots from surface to air missiles. Portions of the Story were provided to up. The apparent Success of the new tactics which the air Force had rejected for years has changed profoundly the Way in which the Pentagon will fight future conflicts. Long before the first aircraft was launched against Iraq the Pentagon wrestled with How to neutralize a vast network of surface to air missile Sites ringing Baghdad. Those installations which operate As a unified deterrent to attack electronically track incoming aircraft and with deadly accuracy fire guided missiles. A Sams surface to air missiles Are a pilots worst Nightmare a said an f-15 Eagle fighter Pilot who participated in operation desert storm and requested anonymity. A when one of those suckers locks on its time to Start the Pentagon had for years studied the Way Israel employed pilotless air see War on Page 2
