European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 51, no. 235 tuesday december 8, 1992 b d 8693 . Forces move into position marines May land wednesday Washington apr the White House said monday that military forces a Are moving into position to Aid starving somalis while a Pentagon source said the first contingent of marines will land at Dawn wednesday. Marines have been aboard three ships a the Tripoli Juneau and Rushmore a off the Somalia coast since last week. At the White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said that military forces a Are moving into position. Its still going to be a few More Days before actual Landing and see related stories on pages 2 and 3 Fitzwater also said that president Bush who authorized operation restore Hope last week was a very pleased with the initial response from the Public and political leaders to his decision to Send 28,000 troops into Somalia. A Gallup organization poll for Newsweek Magazine found Broad Public support for Bush a humanitarian Mission despite the risks. Sixty six percent of sonic 602 adults surveyed dec. 3 4 approved of sending troops to Somalia although 77 percent believed the american troops could become targets for renegade gunmen. The poll had a 5 percentage Point margin of error. The United nations has endorsed the military operation As part of its Effort to neutralize bands of unruly gunmen who have plunged the nation into chaos stealing Relief shipments intended for the country a starving. In preparation for the Landing f-14 fighters from the aircraft Carrier Ranger flew reconnaissance flights Quot see marines on Page 2 . Somalia veterans warn of smell of death a somalian Mother helps her 2-year-old son at a care Center in Bairoa. By the associated press. As groups of . Troops headed to Somalia or other posts to help famine Relief efforts some who aided the famine racked country earlier this year warned that the emotional toll they face May be As bad As the physical danger. A you can see photographs and videotape but you can never imagine the heat and the smell and the death a you can smell the death out there a and the millions of flies a said Marine staff sgt. John. 4 Kitchen who was assigned to a . Relief Effort in Somalia. Pockets of troops across the United states began shipping out Over the weekend in support of operation restore Hope air traffic controllers trom Robins fab in Georgia an air cargo Crew from Mcchord fab in Washington. For three weeks in August and september Kitchen now assigned to Camp Pendleton Public affairs office helped coordinate food de liveries in Somalia. The first time he saw the emaciated a walking dead and others too weak to move he returned to his hotel room with a sense of helplessness and despair. A i just sat there and stared at the Wall not believing what i had seen a he said. A it will re 1 main in my head the frustration is overwhelming said Kitchen 36. A you want to take everybody and take them Home with you a he said. A you want to give them whatever you be got on you. A i kept thinking a there a got to be More i can a that response is common said Navy it. Cmdr. Robert Satterfield a chaplain who warns Camp Pendleton marines about the sickness starvation and death they will see in Somalia. A a it a going to affect your emotions like no other deployment we be seen before a Satterfield told members of the 1st surveillance reconnaissance and intelligence group on sunday. Satterfield and other chaplains Are responsible for helping troops Cope with the frustrations of being a Relief worker which he said Standard Marine training does no to address. A you want to feed a hungry child but you can to hand them that Are food packet because the child a system take the kind of food we eat a he said. A the problem is dealing with our own emotions when we can to Render help that As human beings we feel we need to you can see photographs and videotape but you can never imagine the heat and the smell and the death a you can smell the death out there a and the millions of a Marine staff sgt. John Kitchen germans propose halting refugees at Border Bonn Germany apr bowing to anti foreigner sentiment the nations main political parties agreed sunday to seek Asylum rules that would turn refugees Back at the Border. Politicians Hope tightening the postwar Asylum Laws a among the worlds most Liberal a will help curb a wave of attacks on foreigners that have claimed at least 16 lives and raised concern of a spread of nazi style ideology. Police have vowed to escalate their crackdown on Neo nazi and other hate groups but right Wing leaders have threatened to retaliate with even More violence. Under the proposal reached Between Chancellor Helmut Kohls three party coalition and the opposition social democrats Asylum seekers who Cross into Germany via another member nation of the european Community or from Poland Czechoslovakia Switzerland or Austria would immediately be turned Back. Others who manage to Cross Germany slightly guarded Borders would be reviewed to determine if they entered for political or economic reasons. Those deemed to be economic refugees would be sent Back to the country they arrived from. The plan a which must be approved by lawmakers a a is an apparent attempt to make Germany a neighbors take see germans on Page 2tapes reveal Nixon tried dirty trick report says a see Page 5
