European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                19421992 50 years of service Mats set vol. 51, no. 206 350 monday november 9,1992 b 8693 Agerman leaders pelted Berlin anti racism rally turns violent Berlin apr a demonstration that was planned to show Germany a condemnation of rightist violence against foreigners was disrupted sunday by attacks on Chancellor Helmut Kohl and president Richard von Wei sticker. Police said 300,000 people took part in the marches and rally. Shown live on National television von Wei sticker had to be protected by a half dozen police with Shields As objects were thrown at him when he started to speak at the rally. Ard television said police had to whisk Kohl out of the March when he was greeted by insults and Boos and eggs and stones were thrown at him. Neither Leader appeared to be Hurt. Demonstrators carrying a Banner Reading Quot Lama foreigner worldwide a joined at berlins Brandenburg Gate As an estimated300,000 from across Germany took part in a rally sunday to protest racism and violence against foreigners. Foreigners but von Wei sticker had to speak against a chorus of Boos and whistles from mostly Young leftists. Riot equipped police some of them swinging clubs moved into the crowd repeatedly to push the protesters Back. Von Wei sticker one of Germany a most popular politicians also was shielded by aides holding umbrellas to Ward off any thrown objects during his speech. Hans Jochyn Vogel a former head of the social democratic party had to be rescued by police from an angry crowd directly in front of the podium. Vogel did not appear to be Hurt. About 250 chartered buses and special trains brought people from around the country to join the demonstration. It was supported by Kohls government and a wide coalition of labor unions business groups figures from the arts and sports worlds and All political parties a with the controversial exception of  bavarian politicians. The official sponsorship of the rally was also Contro see Berlin on Page 2japanese escort collides with Greenpeace ship Paris apr a japanese escort ship collided sunday with a Greenpeace boat tracking a freighter Laden with the largest Ever cargo of highly toxic plutonium damaging both vessels the Greenpeace Crew reported. The collision apparently a sideswipe damaged the helicopter Landing decks of the Greenpeace boat Solo and the japanese escort Shi Kishima As the warship played a cat and mouse game with the converted Salvage tug Greenpeace said. The Shi Kishima is protecting the freighter Akatsuka Maru on a secrecy shrouded voyage Back to Japan with 1.7 tons of plutonium. The cargo was loaded saturday in the French port of Cherbourg amid violent clashes Between Security forces and environmentalists a dozen nations including those on major maritime passages such As South Africa Chile Argentina and Malaysia have banned the aka Sulu Maru from their territorial Waters. Japan says the plutonium is needed to fire up a new generation of nuclear fast breeder reactors. Saddam boosts arms purchases to upgrade military sources say Amman Jordan api a two recent shipments of tank and artillery parts from China were the flow of arms to iraqi president Saddam Hussein Only p am Huart of Western intelligence sources say. Saddam also is believed to be upgrading weapons at secret installations. A source speaking on condition of anonymity identified one such installation As a military Industrial Complex near tharthare Lake 60 Miles Northwest of Baghdad Iraq. It was a command Center during last years persian Gulf War. The source said the iraqis had tested rockets at the site in a continuing Effort to upgrade and improve their inventory of conventional weapons. Last years , cease fire Resolution ruled that Saddam a weapons of mass destruction must be destroyed but it did not specifically order Iraq to dismantle its armed forces or production facilities for conventional weapons conventional weaponry except for scud missiles is outside the Purview of the United nations. After two years of sanctions including a ban on arms sales Saddam is increasingly desperate for spare parts to maintain combat capability the sources said. Saddam pays for the parts with funds he is known to have stashed abroad before the Gulf crisis erupted in August 1990, according to the sources. The United nations has Frozen assets that investigators know of a but Saddam is believed to have several billion dollars in Bank accounts in Switzerland and elsewhere. There is no estimate of How much he is spending in his current buying spree. Although Saddam a offensive capability has been neutralized by the losses he suffered last year he needs to keep his slimmed Down 380,000-member army in fighting condition to stay in Power. The intelligence officials said that at least two shipments of spare parts for t72 tanks and Long Range artillery As Well As other Materiel reached Iraq earlier this year from China which uses similar weaponry. In Beijing on sunday a foreign ministry spokeswoman gave Standard answer to queries regarding its arms trading a a this report is a pure fabrication made with ulterior motives the spokeswoman did not identity herself in keeping with policy. Devastating effect by Armor in last years Allied attack against Saddam a military. Both shipments were funnelled through Jordan although the intelligence operatives Are not yet Clear on How it was done. The United nations does not have the ability to Monitor compliance with sanctions or Check smuggling along the jordanian Border. It depends on states to report possible  a a what s in and out in Washington see Page 6 amp