European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 24, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 9one Happy Winner for a amps Kovin Goss a joyous Waller Vir Zencsak reacts after receiving his first place ribbon in the 440-Yard dash during the special olympics that were held at the vog Cloch sports Complex in Kaiserslautern Germany on Friday. Vir Zencsak was among about 200 people who participated in the special olympics. Nato forces put flexibility to test by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy about 40,000 serv ice members 300 aircraft and 70 ships from 10 nations came together in Southern Europe to participate in the nato exercise dragon Hammer 92, which ended wednesday. This year s version of the annual exercise included several new challenging tactics tailored to the alliances Post cold War strategy. However dragon Hammer was successful and surprisingly Safe according to the nato project officer responsible for coordinating the operations planning. During the exercises More than 3,000 flight missions there were no fatalities said British Navy cmdr. Joe Ware of the exercise Branch at Allied forces Southern Europe Headquarters in Naples. More than 1,000 paratroopers made jumps during the two week operation Ware said but Only one . Soldier broke a leg and a few others suffered sprains. During one phase of operations Over Capo Eulada on the italian Island of Sardinia 24 paratroopers jumped from an aircraft at night from an Altitude of 12,000 feet and fell most of the Way before deploying their chutes Ware said. Using paratroopers for such special operations was one of Many firsts for this years dragon Hammer which was intended to test the alliances flexibility and mobility. Both those qualities were tested by bringing forces from other nato regions. A land Battle scenario was included in dragon Hammer for the first time last year when it involved 2,000 troops. That phase was expanded this year to include about 15,000 soldiers. Sea operations included participation by aircraft carriers from France Italy Spain and Britain. Natos newly created standing naval Force Mediterranean which consists of destroyers or frigates from eight Alliance countries participated throughout the exercise. Besides the Landing at Sardinia greek italian and . Amphibious forces combined to come ashore at Pian i spill North of Rome the first time such a combination of forces has landed on the italian Mainland. Air operations during dragon Hammer had natos Southern commander adm. Mike Boorda satisfied before the exercise was even a week old. A we had a joint combined raid four nations 29 air planes Fly 700 Miles and get to the target on the second a Boorda said during an interview at Nas Simonella Sicily on May 12. A fall the air planes got to the target All of them refuelled from tankers from other nations and you would think we did that maybe a week into the exercise where we practice a Little bit a the second hour of the exercise a Boorda said. A yeah in a kind of  at Tail end of rope about missing pieces of Sphinx s Tail Giza plateau Egypt apr restorers have redone its nails and removed unsightly Concrete flab from its flanks. But when it comes to the sphinxes Tail experts say they Are stumped. A a lot of it is missing. Maybe half a said Mahmoud Mabrouk a sculptor in charge of giving the ancient Sphinx a body lift. A so much is missing we done to even know what kind of Tail the Sphinx  under a Brilliant Blue sky and piercing Sun Mabrouk walked round and round the sphinxes rear haunches comparing old photos with the statue he finds today. Only nine photos show any part of the Tail. Mabrouk peered into a Small Hole exposing the Mother Rock from which craftsmen shaped the Sphinx 4,600 years ago. A i think the Tail starts Here a he said. The part of the Tail Mabrouk can find swirls around the base of the massive lion body a right rear Paw then curves upward toward the rib Cage. Then it abruptly ends. The Sphinx made of Limestone of varying Quality has the face of a pharaoh with the body of a crouching lion. Resting serenely at the foot of the Giza pyramids it has been a troubled Monument almost from the beginning. Mabrouk said the Tail obviously was already missing 2,000 years ago when greek and roman restorers joined a Long list of Sphinx savers. A we see they used Small blocks of Stone trying to fit them into the Large blocks used by the original sculptor a Mabrouk said. A the first artist was very talented. He carefully curved the backside giving a lot of Effort to creating the  so Greco roman restorers decided against tackling the problem of the missing pieces of Tail. Mabrouk said hell follow their advice restoring what a there adding no More. But in his imagination the Tail curved upward then flipped backward across the Broad Back mimicking a Lions with a Little fluff at the end. The Tail still extends More than 130 feet. The original probably wound As much As 165 feet. Mabrouk a University Art professor began reshaping the Sphinx after a Block fell from its right shoulder in 1988, bringing urgency to an already acute deterioration problem. Sculptor Mahmoud Mabrouk on the Giza plateau in Egypt Points to where the sphinxes Tail ended when the romans restored the Limestone statue 2,000 years  slated by albanians in Yugoslavia Pristina Yugoslavia apr defiant ethnic albanians in Serbia a Kosovo province vote today in elections deemed illegal by serbian officials raising fears of new bloodshed in the Region. Neighbouring Albania warned Friday that serbian troops were concentrated in Many places in Kosovo and appealed to other nations to Quot use All Means to prevent bloodshed. Ethnic albanians mostly muslims make up 90 percent of Kosovo a 1.9 million people. In 1990, Serbia revoked the Southern provinces autonomy and imposed direct Rule sparking protests in which nearly 100 albanians died in clashes with serbian police. A crackdown has since stifled dissent and prevented albanians from supporting croats and muslims who have battled Herb forces in the former yugoslav republics of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In other developments a the bosnian government said it would allow serb led Federal troops trapped in the capital to withdraw but fresh fighting broke out saturday. A fighting resumed in Croatia. The agreement Friday on the army a withdrawal from Sarajevo the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina came As the United nations admitted Slovenia Croatia and Bosnia. Foreign diplomats also considered ways to Force the serbian leadership to remove Federal troops from Bosnia and Herzegovina. . Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii said Friday that the United states will not return its ambassador to Belgrade the yugoslav and serbian capital. Baker also said the United states will not recognize the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia As the successor to the yugoslav federation until Federal forces leave Bosnia and Croatia. Two yugoslav republics Serbia and Montenegro make up the federation