European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 30, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3 report details jordanian Aid to Iraq  Angeles apr Jordan a government provided Iraq with . Technology and israeli intelligence information after the invasion of Kuwait and during the persian Gulf War a newspaper reported sunday. T he allegations were part of a general accounting office report that had been stamped classified the los Angeles t Imes reported. The other parts of the report already had been made Public. The classified Annex to the Gao report suggests that Jordan s assistance to Iraq was much broader than believed the newspaper said. Other reports have said Jordan supplied Iraq with equipment during the 1991 War. According to the secret Section of the report . Intelligence services verified four types of cooperation Yeltsin vows to stick with economic Reform Between Jordan and Iraq during the Gulf Ohms the t Imes said. A these activities included joint training exercises with Iraq two cases of providing Access to . Technology one Case of purchasing spare parts and one ease dealing with the sharing of coalition and israeli intelligence information a the report said. The report did not say what kind of technology was Given to Iraq or spell out the intelligence information the times reported. Calvin Mitchell an official in the state department s Middle Hast division disputed some of the reports findings. A we have said consistently that we have no confirmed information that military parts or equipment unwed from Jordan to liar luring the Gull  he sunt Mitchell declined to discuss the in Poitz a finding that intelligence information was shared Marwan Muasher. Director of the Jordan information Bureau in Washington also called the allegations unfounded. Quot i can categorically deny that we have had any military cooperation or Sale of military equipment to Iraq since aug. 2,�?� he said referring to the 9�?~hi Date when Iraq invaded Kuwait. A and we do not even get intelligence from Israel. We Are in a state of War with Israel. The times said the report did not indicate How Jordan would have received the information. Moscow apr president Boris n. Yeltsin rallied reformers sunday for a showdown with their parliamentary opponents declaring that his life a duty is to replace the soviet system with a free Narket Economy. A there has been talk in recent Days that the president is going to Back away from reforms a Yeltsin told a meeting of pro Reform groups his voice booming inside a Moscow meeting Hall. A those who dream about this should know something i done to have the right to forsake the main purpose of my life. More than that i cannot betray the people of Russia who believed this when they made me president a he exclaimed. A rhythmic applause erupted from the audience of several Hundred activists and lawmakers making up 29 groups loosely Allied in a movement called democratic Choice. The 15-minute speech was Yeltsin a latest appearance aimed at shoring up support before tuesdays opening of the Congress of Peoples deputies. T he legislature is dominated by lawmakers elected before the soviet collapse. Yeltsin s critics in the Congress want to limit his Powers Roll Back Market reforms and oust acting prime minister Yegor Gaidar the architect of Radical reforms. They say his policies Are impoverishing Russia. Several Hundred pro communist demonstrators rallied sunday across town from the reformers. They carried portraits of soviet founder Vladimir i. Lenin and dictator Josef Stalin and shouted anti Yeltsin and anti semitic slogans. Yeltsin has reshuffled some top aides in recent Days to appease his opponents. He hinted sunday that he might make More changes before the Congress meets but tried to reassure reformers that any shifts would be minor. Widow 62, becomes pregnant using sperm from late husband Rome a a gynaecologist a a announcement that a 62-year-old widow is pregnant after using sperm put in a sperm Bank by her husband eight years ago stirred Sharp criticism sunday. Newspapers said the doctor Severino Antinori said saturday that the woman a sicilian is four months pregnant after implantation of a donated egg fertilized by the sperm of her husband who died a year ago. Antinori did not identify either the widow or the woman who donated the egg. Since the aspiring Mother is postmenopausal. Antinori claims to have helped several woman past menopause become preg Nant using hormonal therapy and donated eggs. Professional colleagues and commentators quickly attacked the ethics of the latest Case. T a i find it absurd to make a a grandma widow give birth a corriere Della Sera quoted Romano Forleo in charge of gynaecology at a Rome Hospital As saying. La Stampas front Page commentary was headlined a Flor parents the baby will have a ghost and a  Antinori said the widow s parents Are still alive and healthy into their 90s, leading him to believe his patient will also live Long. Peace laureate in War zone jewish author file Viesel Winner of the 1986 Nobel peace Mitize surveys ruins in Sarajevo on sunday with Alija a a Begovic president of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Wiesel was to hold talks with ize Begovic and meet members of the jewish Community during a four Day tour. Meanwhile a  cease fire Between croatian and serbian factions in Sarajevo was expected to go into effect at Midnight  Aid worker released by rebels Geneva apr an american Relief worker was freed apparently unharmed by rebels in Sierra Leone alter being held for about a month the International red Cross said sunday. Mike of Neil who was working for the Sierra Leone red Cross helping refugees in the West african country was one of a group of people who were kidnapped during a rebel attack in the Eastern part of the nation. Of Neil 38, from new York state turned up in the Eastern City of enema on saturday and was being taken to the capital Freetown said Robert Watkins desk officer at the International federation of the red Cross and red Crescent societies in Geneva. _ a i understand he Sall right Watkins said. No further details were immediately available. Discovery countdown begins Nasa shuttle s Mission to launch secret military satellite a i v i a i a i k j in l from wire reports Cape canaveral Fla. Nasa began counting Down sunday morning toward a wednesday launch of the refurbished shuttle discovery which will be carrying a secret military satellite. The countdown began at 8 . For the eighth and last space shuttle Mission this year. T he shuttle is to return to Earth on dec. 9. T he weather forecast however was not promising. Air Force meteorologists at the 45th space Wing predicted a 60 percent Chance of a launch delay because of Low Clouds possible rain showers and the Chance of unacceptably High crosswinds at the Kennedy space Center. Still Nasa shuttle managers were optimistic they could launch discovery on wednesday during a 2 hour window that opens at 6 59 . A there Are no technical issues now being looked at. And the vehicle is on track for launch on wednesday a sail Nasa spokesman Milch Varnes. Discovery commander David Walker 48 co Pilot Robert Cabana 43 James Voss 43 Guinn s. Bluford jr., 50 and Michael Richard Clifford 40, were scheduled to arrive at the spaceport sunday afternoon Lor final flight preparations physicals and visits with families. The All military View Walker is a Navy Captain Cabana a Marine colonel Bluford an air Force colonel and Voss and Clifford Are lieutenant generals in the army a plans to spend at least six Days in orbit. I heir primary Job is to deploy a classified spy satellite about six hours after liftoff. They also have science engineering and medical experiments planned. If discovery is launched on time it is scheduled to land at 12 53 . Dec. 9 on the Kennedy space Center shuttle runway. Mission managers however already arc considering extending the Mission a Day