European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes Friday december 4, 1992 Germany bans music by 5 skinhead bands i Berlin apr the government has banned the music of several Neo nazi Rock groups including one that urges germans to kill turkish children and rape their mothers. German officials have been groping for ways to halt right Wing violence mostly directed at foreigners that has left 16 people dead this year. A Federal censorship office said wednesday that it was outlawing numerous songs from at least five so called Quot skinhead bands. The ban prohibits the Sale manufacture and distribution of the groups music but the government has Given no indication that it intends to prosecute band members themselves or to take action against Rock of Rama a Cologne based record firm that markets and Sells skinhead music worldwide. Lawmaker Roland Sauer said the bands affected Are ends Tufe final stage of Bremen Neue Werte new values of Stuttgart Kahlkopf Bald head of Benir Sel Ana Sperrone prohibited area of Bruchal. The music of the notorious Stork aft disturbing Force was banned in october. Sauer said in addition to the catalogues of the five groups the government banned a song called a Kana Ken a a German racial epithet for foreigner. The song urges Neo nazis to Quot annihilate turks Germany a largest immigrant group and says a kill their children rape their  there Are 1.6 million turks in Germany. Berlin apr former communist East German Leader Erich Honecker on thursday denounced the manslaughter trial against him in a statement he read on the sixth Day of the proceedings. Honecker accused in the deaths of people trying to flee from his hard line regime called the trial a a a farce and a a political spectacle. As communist party chief he ruled East Germany for 18 years until he was toppled in 1989. Berlin prosecutors say the 80-year-old Honecker gave the snoot to kill orders that led to the deaths at the Berlin Wall and inner German Border. Quot today they re Labelling As criminals the same people who were received with honors As state guests and partners in the joint Effort to make sure that Germany never again starts a War a Honecker said. That was a reference to his september 1987 state visit to Bonn and reception by West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. That visit has come Back to haunt Kohls government As prosecutors build their Case against Honecker. Honecker and his lawyers repeatedly have insisted that the Berlin court has no right to put on trial a former head of state. Quot the punishment wont touch me a Honecker said. That appeared to be a reference to assertions that the cancer stricken Honecker will die before a verdict can the Banning came wednesday the same Day a Young Neo nazi accused of the arson deaths of a turkish grandmother and two girls a a a hate crime that sickened and shamed the nation a tried to kill himself by slashing his wrists authorities said. Lars Christiansen 19, was seriously injured in the suicide attempt in the Linbeck prison in Northern Germany said Hans Jirgen Forster spokesman for the Federal prosecutors office. The spokesman did not know what instrument Christiansen had used to harm himself. Christiansen and Michael Peters 25, have confessed to the nov. 23 firebombing of a turkish Home in the Northern German town of Molln. Zahide Arslan 51, her granddaughter Yeliz Arslan 10, and her 14-year-old Niece Ayse Yilmaz a visitor from Turkey were killed. In Bonn meanwhile police prohibited a right Wing extremist group from holding talks on jews and the return of pre War German territory at a restaurant thursday night. Police said they banned the meeting of initiative All Germany because of its a expected anti semitic and anti foreigner speech a As outlined in an invitation police had seen. They also said they were averting possible violence Between the right Wing extremists and members of an anti rightist group that planned to protest the meeting. Be reached. On trial with Honecker Are three former members of East Germany a National defense Council former defense minister Heinz Kessler 72 Hans Albrecht 72, a former party chief in the City of Suhl and former Deputy defense minister Fritz Streletz 66. The defense Council was in charge of Security along the inner germ Arr Border and at the Berlin Wall. Previously the court suspended proceedings against Honecker a former secret police chief Erich Mielke 84, and former Premier Willi Stop 78, because of their poor health. About 350 people Are believed to have died trying to escape from East Germany. Honecker has been put on trial for Only 13 deaths in an Effort to Speed the proceedings. Court sessions Are held Only twice a week because of the defendants poor health. Ira suspected in 2 blasts injuring up to 50 in . From wire reports London a As Many As 50 people were injured thursday when two explosions rocked Central areas of Manchester police said. In the first explosion a bomb packed into a parked car went off at about 8 45 . Outside the doorway of Alberton House an office building in the parsonage commercial District of downtown Manchester about 200 Miles Northwest of London a police spokesman said. The second explosion occurred 90 minutes later near the arndale Center a Large partly enclosed shopping Complex also in the Center of Manchester which has a population of about 2.5 million. No group claimed responsibility for the firebombs but officers from Scotland Yards Antiterrorist squad said the attacks were Bel eved to have been carried out by the Irish Republican army. Jeered Karaoke Singer kills 1 Toronto a one Man was shot to death and another seriously wounded because they laughed at a Singer in a Karaoke cafe police said. A i know it sounds hard to believe but that appears to be the motive a detective sgt. Mike a Hamel said of last weeks shooting in the cafe Tao Dan. A a fight started and one Man pulled out a gun and fired three shots striking both victims in the  the gunman a got the wrong impression a he added. A the victims were just having a Good  Tan Ngoc be 22, of Toronto was killed. Khanh Van Cao 25, of Calgary Alberta is recovering in a Hospital under police guard. Politicians mobsters held Reggio i Calabria Italy a eleven people including mobsters and four politicians have been arrested in the 1989 murder of a former chairman of Italy a state Railroad officials said wednesday. The investigation into the murder of Lodovico Ligato produced evidence of Strong ties Between the calabrian underworld and politicians in the awarding of Public works contracts news reports said. The Case was the latest implicating politicians in rampant corruption that has been exposed by prosecutors throughout Italy. Three Christian democrats two of them former parliamentary deputies and a socialist were among the suspects arrested in the sweep tuesday night authorities said. Ligato was shot 22 times with a semiautomatic pistol used earlier in a mob slaying news reports said. Honecker denounces trial As farce Evv a. A a it it a a Honecker Green Beret dispels special forces myths by Crystal Laureano staff writer Frankfurt Germany a about a dozen army officers in Frankfurt on wednesday listened to a special forces officer describe the training and career opportunities for those who Volunteer for the Green berets. Quot i am not a Recruiter. I am not Here to recruit you a said capt. Scott Peters special forces Branch manager from the John f. Kennedy special warfare Center and school at fort Bragg . A there Are a lot of myths about special forces and i m Here to help you understand the realities a he said. In Elers along with capt. Michael Mclnerney of the 10th special forces group in Stuttgart will conduct briefings through dec. 14 in Germany and Italy for officers interested in applying for special forces Quot this is a myth a Peters said As a Bare chested Sylvester Stallone brandishing a Bandolier and machine gun appeared on the projection screen. A we Are not  special forces officers do not deploy More often than officers in other combat arms branches and men Are not sent off in the Middle of the night to secret locations he said referring to other common misconceptions. The special forces Branch is looking to fill 135 officer positions. Officers in their third year of commissioned service who apply and Are accepted cannot be denied Transfer by their current branches. Officers in other year groups will have to be released from their branches. Second it. Travis Phillips came from bad Kreuz Nach to attend the briefing although he had already decided to apply for special forces. A a that a the main reason i became an officer a said Phillips who has three years of enlisted service. "1 know i want to be in special forces. I just came Here today for More  first it. Stephan Currence came out of curiosity and asked several questions when the session was Over. A a in a going to think about it a he said. 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