European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 10, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3tiny baby stubborn just like her Mother Sas Poggy Davidson Jacqueline and sgt. 1st class Mark Cook look at their tiny daughter Chelsea who was born at 24 weeks gestation. By Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau lands Lyhl Germany a Chelsea Lois Cook is the youngest baby to be born at  army regional medical Center. That May sound like a contradiction but in medical terms Chelsea s survival is one for the history books. Chelsea was born March 29 at 24 weeks gestation. Normal babies Are born Between 38 and 40 weeks. She weighed 1 Pound 9 ounces and fit snugly in her mothers hand. She had a a slim to none survival rate a said Jacqueline Cook Chelsea smother. The baby s doctor or. Maj Clair Schwendeman said that the delivery room Crew a told the parents there was a 10 to 20 percent Chance of  Chelsea beat the Odds fighting gamely to hang onto life. Her father sgt. 1st class Mark Cook of the 159th aviation regt in Stuttgart said a a she a stubborn just like her  Chelsea underwent heart surgery april 14 at the age of 2vi weeks to close the ducts a Small blood vessel which connects the veins to the lungs a common operation for premature babies and routinely done in the United states according to Schwendeman. But that operation Schwendeman said was a first for the medical Center. Or. Col Luthard a a buds Stavney a cardio thoracic surgeon performed the delicate operation. Stavney is not paediatric trained Schwendeman said. Schwendeman who delivered Chelsea said that Chelsea a size was not a Surprise to the delivery room team. Even so he said delivering a baby that Small a gets your heart going. You sweat a Little a he said. Chelsea was luckier than Many babies born that prematurely he said. A there were no abnormal signs no nerve problems Quot the neonatologist said. Schwendeman said that Chelsea is the 10th baby born in the last year at Lan Stuhl that weighed less than 1,000 Grams just Over 2 pounds. Although Chelsea was the youngest at 24 weeks she was not the smallest he said. Last year a boy was born at Lan Stuhl weighing 510 Grams a 1 Pound 1 Viz ounces. That baby also lived. Chelsea a chances of survival would have been less had she been born in a German Hospital said both her parents and Schwendeman. Not because the care would have been any less expert Schwendeman said but because German Law does no to require doctors to resuscitate babies weighing less than 1,000 Grams or at less than 27 weeks gestation. Schwendeman added that a there Are some centers dealing with the younger  Chelsea and her parents have left Germany for Walter Reed army medical Center in Washington . She is facing surgery on her eyes another common problem with premature babies Schwendeman said. Chelsea a parents Are breathing a Little easier with each hurdle their daughter crosses. Two months ago Jacqueline Cook said a it was  its the uncertainty Quot of whether Shell survive a added Mark Cook who has been sent on temporary duty to the medical Center. A there were Many nights of non sleep  the Cooks Are now cautiously optimistic. A a she a gaining weight a Jacqueline Cook said. A she fees Well every three hours and she takes a  the couple can to sing the praises of the medical Center enough. A the people at Lan Stuhl have been great a said Mark Cook. Quot they be been supportive both with us and medically with  passes information about Ira to Britain Geneva apr Libya gave Britain information on its links with the Irish Republican army on tuesday As tension continued Between the Arab country and Washington and London Over the 1988 bombing of pan am 103. A i received some information a said Edward Chaplin Counselor of the British Mission. A i am transmitting it to London and we shall study  Chaplin confirmed that some of the information concerned the Ira but he declined to say whether the pan am bombing was also discussed. Libya has refused to meet . And British demands that it hand Over two suspects in the explosion Over Lockerbie Scotland that resulted in 270 deaths. He was asked whether the information also concerned Lockerbie but he refused to say  Cairo Egypt apr Muslim extremists have murdered one of their most relentless critics a respected writer in what one newspaper called the beginning of a Campaign to kill prominent secularists. Sarag Gouda was struck by machine gun fire As he came out of his office monday evening with his son Ahmed arid a Friend. Wahid Raafat the Interior ministry said tuesday. The accused killers were two men on a stolen motorcycle. Ahmed Gouda was seriously wounded and Ralat slightly Hurt said an official at Birgham Hospital who spoke on condition of anonymity. Police arrested one of the suspects my the other  Chaplin met for two hours with a libyan delegation led by Abdul Ati Al Obeidi a former libyan foreign minister and current ambassador to Tunisia. The British foreign office said before the meeting that the libyan representatives were expected to hand Over information about libyans links with the Ira. A we exchanged a lot of information which is useful to the members of the . Security Council a concerning Resolution 731, said Al Obeidi. The Resolution was passed by the Council last january As the original demand that Libya cooperate in the pan am 103 investigation. The Council subsequently ordered an embargo of Libya. Al Obeidi said the meeting had been a very Friendly Quot but said the information exchanged was verbal As opposed to documents. He said he did no to know whether there would be another meeting with British officials. A foreign office spokesman in London who requested anonymity said before the meeting Quot if the libyans Supply full information to the questions we have asked it is an indication of their Good intentions and a step on the Way to compliance with the . Scrim to Council  he was referring to the Resolution that took effect on april 15, imposing air travel arms sales and diplomatic sanctions against Libya. Britain also has sought information about libyans assistance to the Ira including Large supplies of semtex explosive which is being used in bombs in London and Northern Ireland. Writer slain by extremist group being sought the newspaper a1 Alir Arn said. Al ashram quoted an unidentified source As saying the ministry said Fouda a Driver caught the gunman that the arrested suspect identified As Abdel shall but the second Man abandoned the motorcycle and is Ahmed confessed that he was the head of a faction of caped by jumping onto a commuter Tram. A he group Al jihad or i Foly struggle. Gouda was an outspoken critic of loosely linked or can 1 ashram said Ahmed a fish wholesaler confessed i actions of islamic extremists known in arabic As Gam that his group had decided a month ago to Start killing Aat Llamia or a islamic  Gouda has called secular figures. Them Gama at Zalamia or a groups of darkness a a Al jihad Meni heis Aie suspected of assassinating. He wrote a sharply sarcastic Elsa every week m a Etc silent Anwar Sadat in in my. Other militant groups Magazine titled october always taking a a swipe at have splintered from Al jihad since but All demand the extremists. Gouda once wrote that they had threatened immediate imposition of Miu t islamic Law m a a Gupt his life. He also produced five Hooks on  extern Gouda is survived in his wife two sons my iwo