European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world sunday november 1,1992 salvadoran rebels give up weapons Gua Jila Al Salvador a the squad Leader barked a command and 188 salvadoran guerrillas fell into formation for the last time Friday marching to a Tabic staffed by . Peacekeepers to turn in their weapons. Across the country some 1,500 other rebel fighters handed Over their arms under the terms of a .-brokered peace treaty that ended 12 years of civil War in january. Both the government and the Faramundo Marti National liberation front were to have complied with All terms of the Accord by saturday. The two sides agreed to postpone the deadline to dec. 15, but president Alfredo Cristiani said he would suspend the restructuring of the armed forces until All rebels had demobilized. Cristiani s government is obliged under the accords to Cut the 60,000-member armed forces by 50 percent demobilize counter insurgency units and remove officers who have committed human rights abuses. The Feln accepted the new demobilization timetable without conditions. About 3,200 guerrillas 40 percent of the total when the War ended Early this year remain armed at 15 Camps spread throughout the Massachusetts sized nation. . Undersecretary general Alvaro de Soto and Marrack Goulding who Heads . Peace efforts in Al Salvador arrived in the capital for meetings aimed at ironing out problems in the 9-month-old peace process. Calling the meetings a decisive Goulding said he was optimistic the government and rebels would a be Able to rapidly Advance toward solution of the  some of the rebels who demobilized Friday were seasoned fighters who had spent years in the mountains. Others were in diapers when Al Salvador a Politi a Young boy in Gua Jila Al Salvador watches Friday As guerrilla fighters turn Over their weapons to . Peacekeepers. Cal differences erupted in War in the late 1970s. Many of the weapons they turned in were in poor condition with broken muzzles and parts missing and seemed More a threat to the shooter than the tar act. . Officers put the weapons in a Uge shipping Container which they locked with two keys a one for the United nations one for the guerrillas. For the rebels Friday was a time of reflection last slaps on the Back and last rounds of a Viva for fallen comrades. Rillas quietly a one fighter with a machine gun on his shoulder and a Watermelon under his Arm sought a quiet place in the Shade. Others chatted in Small groups As Young boys in Gua Jila a War shattered Village 40 Miles North of san Salvador climbed Trees for a better View. The Village was fought Over for years and there is scarcely a family in the town that did not lose from five to 10 members. A White Cross atop a Hill honors the hundreds perhaps thousands who died in the area. Ager 12 years ago and has been in the Hills Ever since. His Only Hope is for something better. A it has been a Long time since i worked a a at a _ a j a. _ a i the land he said declining to give his last name. The government Nas promised to give plots to the former rebels. Some spent their last moments As Ger Jorge 28, joined the rebels As a teen but like Many leftists concerned about reprisals from right Wing death squads he does not Rule out a return to armed conflict. A if they Rise against us we can go Back into the mountains again he said. A maybe not me but the younger  admits to deepening economic crisis san Juan puerto Rico apr cuban president Fidel Castro declared the economic crisis now facing his communist nation is More difficult than the tense 1962 superpower showdown Over soviet missiles in Cuba. Castro in a speech reported saturday by cubans official news Agency blamed the United states for Many of his economic problems and urged cubans to resist new . Pressures such As the recent Law tightening the american Trade embargo on Havana. Castro a discourse came before a two Day session of the 464-member National Assembly which ended Friday. During the session the legislature unanimously voted to condemn Washington a new cuban democracy act which expands the 30-year-old . Trade embargo that prohibits american companies from doing business with Cuba to include those firms foreign subsidiaries Castro 66, has lost his main trading partners with the collapse of the soviet Union and its one time Eastern european satellites which traditionally supplied most of cubans imports. Faced with a Lack of hard currency Cuba has been forced to Cut rations for food and fuel to Deal with the shortages Castro compared Cuba today with that of october 1962, when the United states and the soviet Union risked nuclear War in a showdown Over a soviet military buildup in the Caribbean nation. He said the causes of that showdown remain. The United states maintains its naval base at Guantanamo Bay and has intensified its economic warfare with the embargo tightening Law president Bush signed oct. 23 in Miami. Cuban exiles still organise a pirate attacks on cuban territory the official Prensa Latina news Agency quoted Castro As saying. Castro conceded that the Cuba a has not rounded the cuban president Fidel Castro with communist party officials behind him listens during a meeting of the National Assembly where he blamed the United states for the nation s economic woes. Corners on its economic problems which include daily Power outages fewer hours for government television and a reduced Harvest of sugar cubans main crop. The news Agency said Castro characterized recent . Pressure As an expression of a desperation and impotence by the enemies Quot of the cuban revolution. Castro has ruled since the popular 1959 uprising that ousted dictator Fulgencio  information could help . Find hidden scuds Manama Bahrain apr Iraq has provided . Weapons experts with information that could help them locate missing scuds and determine whether the military still can make the missiles a . Official said Friday. The United nations has set up a special commission that is charged with scrapping iraqis weapons of mass destruction under the terms of the persian Gulf War cease fire. Western intelligence reports have indicated that Iraq is hiding up to 200 scuds the Type of missile Iraq fired at saudi Arabia and Israel during the War. Nikita Smedovich of Russia the Leader of a 50-member inspection team that completed a two week visit to Iraq on Friday said the information his experts collected will help determine the number of missing scuds he said the data would also help toward understanding the iraqi missile program. A and in fact we Hope the result of that inspection will help the chairman make a decision on whether the iraqis have complied with Resolution 687," Smedovich said As he arrived in Bahrain the regional Headquarters of the special . Commission. Resolution 687 is the . Security Council Resolution requiring elimination of Iraq s weapons the commission s chairman Rolf ekes is empowered to recommend to the Council the lifting of International sanctions against Iraq if the country Nas complied with the Resolution. Smedovich said ekes will visit Baghdad soon. Among ekeus1 tasks Smedovich said will be to press Iraq to cooperate on a plan to Monitor iraqi Industry to ensure it does not revive production of weapons of mass destruction