European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes monday May 18, 1992 at a glance Rodney g. King is the Motorist whose beating by police officers was videotaped and played before the world. Repercussions from the beating the trial and resulting riots continue to make the headlines. See stories on pages 4, 6 and 7.woman ready to die a seriously ill woman who killed herself while the suicide machines inventor or. Jack Kevorkian was at her Side said in videotaped conversations that she was ready to die. A Page 4grand old fund raisers republicans Are winning the race for Campaign dollars raising More than three times the amount gathered by their democratic rivals the Federal election commission said. A Page 5drivers see red some furry rodents in san Jose Calif have caused Stop and not much go traffic on a Section of one of Silicon Valley s primary  Page 7 Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 action line. 16 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 crossword. 20 faces a no places. 10 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 21-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 Pul lout agreement prompts bosnian to Call off attack Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr bosnian troops backed Down from their threat to attack two Federal army strongholds sunday after the government reportedly reached an agreement on a pullout of serbian led soldiers. A obstacles to the peaceful withdrawal of army personnel from the Barracks in Sarajevo have been removed Quot the states by news Agency said in reporting the agreement. Such a plan would Lessen the threat of a new surge in fighting in Bosnia a capital. Under the agreement several Hundred of the Federal troops were to leave the b marshal Josip Broz Tito and Viktor Bubanj Barracks with Only their personal weapons. But there were no immediate signs of a pullout after the 5 . Deadline set by bosnian authorities passed. Fighting overnight saturday died Down near Daybreak but an exploding mortar Shell killed a journalist working for the Spanish daily Tavui and wounded associated press photographer David Brauchli. Brauchli was being operated on for shrapnel in the head Groin and Arm. It was the first death of a journalist in the bosnian War which has killed 1,300 people and resulted in 700,000 refugees in 10 weeks. In Russia Moscow television reported that russian foreign minister Andrei Kozarev was due in Belgrade today to meet with serbian leaders and mediate the crisis. The violence began after slavic muslims and croats in Bosnia voted to secede from serbian dominated Yugoslavia which now includes Only Serbia and Montenegro. Much of the fighting pits slavic muslims representing More than 40 percent of Bosnia a 4.3 million people against serbs who make up about one third of the population. But some serbs and Many croats a about 17 percent of the new states population a have sided with the  Page 1 Slavia. But the serbs have seized two thirds of Bosnia. Convoys bound for Sarajevo Are scheduled to leave Friday from Zagreb and Belgrade a delay Roberson said was due to the fighting around Sarajevo. The transport of Aid to the other cities is to leave from Zagreb and Belgrade on tuesday. Despite the improved Outlook for the goods Safe passage however Roberson said that the situation remains a very volatile. It could change at any time. One minute a Road is Safe the next minute its  among the countries and organizations contributing Aid arc care Austria Croatia France Germany Italy psf Holland Norway the International red Cross Switzerland Unicof and the United states. Roberson said sunday that she did not know if any More . Relief flights were  Page 1 they will use the documents to determine whether the Baghdad government of Saddam Hussein could be charged with violating the 1948 . Convention on genocide. The convention which outlaws repression and killings intended to destroy a in whole or in part any National ethnic group was signed by Iraq in 1959. Bush administration officials say the Pentagon issued an order last week authorizing the use of . Aircraft and ground transport to enter Northern Iraq. Their reported Mission is to collect an estimated 30 tons of documents from kurdish organizations whose members seized them from the iraqi police military and other Baghdad government files and have held them in Remote hide outs. The military operation follows months of negotiations involving the Pentagon human rights groups and two kurdish political groups that Nave been scouring former iraqi police stations interrogation centers and prisons for evidence to support their charge that Hussein a government systematically executed tens of thousands of kurd in an Effort to break the Long running rebellion by the kurd in Iraq. Kurdish i Biccs effectively control most of the territory of iraqi Kurdistan and have failed during a year of negotiations to win concessions from Saddam for autonomy. The iraqi president has put pressure on the regions 3.5 million residents by restricting food and fuel shipments to the kurd who mounted a rebellion against Baghdad after the persian Gulf War ended in february 1991. Public disclosure of the iraqi secret police files would support the Bush administrations goal of demonstrating that Saddam has lost his legitimacy As an iraqi Leader and should be overthrown a goal that the state department reiterated Friday. But . Military leaders have been reluctant to take Steps that might deepen their involvement in Northern Iraq. The decision to go ahead with the document evacuation represents an increase in the Effort to discredit Saddam before his people. The kurdish documentation Effort first came to Light last fall. A Small but pointed sampling of the documents and videotapes has reached the West through the efforts of the new York based human rights organization Middle East watch and by Peter Galbraith a Senate foreign relations committee staff member. Administration officials said Middle East watch and Galbraith had initiated talks with the Pentagon to get the transport and Security assistance necessary to retrieve the documents in a Way that would satisfy kurdish concerns that they reach the West safely. A this is a rare Opportunity to record the atrocities of a brutal regime in its own words a Kenneth Roth Deputy director of the umbrella group of which Middle East watch is a part. He said the data would expose in minute detail Quot a police apparatus that has used torture murder and disappearance against tens of thousands of kurd and perceived political  the timing of the military operation depends on How quickly All of the documents can be trucked to undisclosed Assembly Points where they will be picked up by military transport aircraft and flown to in Ciurlik a in Turkey . Officials said. One official said transport flights were expected to begin Over the weekend and take up to a week As trucks bring More documents to Assembly Points near the turkish Border. . Combat jets will patrol the skies above the transport route from Lakhu in Northern Iraq to in Ciurlik a. The turkish government was said by . Officials to Nave approved the use of in Ciurlik Abas the staging area for the Transfer of the documents onto flights Back to the United states. A i done to have anything for you a said a . European come spokesman sunday when asked if troops or equipment from Europe were involved in the Effort. It was not Clear whether All kurdish groups that have confiscated iraqi records Are willing to turn them Over. Correction because of an editors error part of a quotation in a Story on fighting harassment in the Navy was omitted in sundays stars and stripes. The full quotation by vice adm. John h. Felterman jr., Navy chief of education and training was As follows a i will be in there a he said. "1 really want to see where this winds up to get a feel for where these people Are in their thinking. If we conduct the class right we re going to find out Early on who really has hang  about women or  from Page 1 far has rejected the overture insisting that he did nothing wrong and possesses no information that would indicate Reagan took part in a cover up of the affair. Walsh a prosecutors have unearthed Handwritten Weinberger notes leading them to believe that he knows More than his testimony so far has indicated the sources told the Post. Prosecutors have notified Weinberger a lawyers that they had what they considered a Strong Case of perjury or obstruction of Justice against the former Secretary and were prepared to obtain an indictment unless he agreed to provide evidence that might implicate Reagan. Weinberger a attorney Robert s. Bennett refused to comment on the threatened indictment and Walsh also refused to comment. However Bennett insisted that his client had done nothing wrong. A emr. Weinberger is absolutely innocent of any wrongdoing and was a vigorous opponent of the Iran arms sates a Bennett said. Walsh himself is said to be Uncertain about whether to bring charges against Weinberger so late in the investigation. The special grand jury investigating Iran Contra issues disbanded last week. Walsh however could Convene a new grand jury in order to secure the indictment. The prosecutors appear to be focusing on a controversial november 1985 arms shipment by Israel to Iran of .-made Hawk anti aircraft missiles. The Reagan administration initially tried to cover up the shipment because the Cia had played a role in it without the formal prior approval by the president that the Law requires. The cover up of that shipment was an element in the convictions of former National Security Council aide Oliver North and former National Security adviser John m. Poindexter. North a conviction was overturned on Appeal. Poindexter a Appeal is pending. Walsh a prosecutors remain convinced that Reagan had Advance knowledge of the shipment despite his claims under oath that he did not remember How it came about