European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes tuesday december 8,1992 at a glance millions of americans struggle with diets in an Effort to lose weight and studies have shown that people most Likely to maintain their losses arc those who use physical exercise As a weight loss Aid. See Story on pages 14-16. Probe going to Jupiter nasal a Galileo probe will pass the Earth and the Moon this week then be Flung toward Jupiter. A Page 4 killer seeks clemency a woman in prison for killing her husband will be the first to test Florida a new policy giving special clemency consideration to battered spouses who kill their abusers. A Page 6 Kuwait accuses Iraq Kuwait said Iraq sabotaged looted kuwaiti military equipment before returning it under the Gulf War ceasefire terms. A Page 9 open slipping knee Jerk reaction in the Oil markets May be overstating the importance of the organization of Petroleum exporting countries these Days. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 20 comics.18-20 commentary.13 crosswords.20 faces a no places.10 letters.12 Money matters.17 sports.21-28 to listing .27 weather .11 h to our readers f marines from Page 1 monday Over Somalia. Marines will come ashore land at first Light today according to fun Wagon sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. Ambassador at Large Robert Oakley and Marine corps Brig. Gen. Frank Libutti were meeting monday in Mogadishu with somali clan leaders to Brief them on what the marines will do after Landing said Pentagon spokesman it. Cmdr. Joseph f. Gradisher. About 300,000 somalis have died this year from starvation disease and the fighting among rebels. Aid agencies estimate at least half the food donated to Somalia so far has been stolen. House majority Leader Richard Gephardt appearing on lbs this morning called sending troops to Somalia a a Tough situation but said the United states did not expect hostilities. A we expect these people will go in the gangs will recede a he said. A right now i done to see it As a  Barbara Bush told reporters she and the president a wish we could go to Somalia themselves to Aid the Relief Effort. But she ruled it out saying a we done to want to interfere. We want to get the Job  on sunday defense Secretary Dick Cheney said . Forces will do what they must to pacify Somalia a warring gunmen but that there will be no attempt to a around up every ak-47.�?� a we May Well want to go in and round up troops or weapons. We might want to offer a Bounty to Reward somalis who hand in guns Cheney said on no cd a meet the press. But he said the objective of the Mission was to a restore some semblance of order and feed Somalia a starving people. Marine commandant Carl Mundy said he was looking for a peaceful disarmament and cooperation from somali warlords. But commanders and individual marines will be told a if they re fired upon they can return fire a Mundy said on abcs this week with David Brinkley. National Security adviser Brent scowcroft on cd so a face the nation said a few thousand . Support forces May stay behind in Somalia with the peacekeepers when the marines and other ground troops Are pulled out. Cheney refused to set a Date for a . Departure but said he Hopes to begin turning the Job Over to . Peacekeepers before the end of january. Preliminary figures indicate the operation will Cost roughly $300 million to $400 million said Cheney. Cable news network reported that a team of . Air traffic controllers landed monday outside Mogadishu to help guide in planes that will bring More troops and supplies once the marines secure airfields. Diplomatic sources said 150 French foreign legion paratroopers based in neighbouring Djibouti Likely would arrive in Somalia after the marines and be followed by 850 French soldiers and legionnaires a Day later. The Effort gained new urgency with reports of a bloody skirmish in the Interior where food is Short and hundreds of somalis Are starving to death daily. More than 28 people were killed in sundays firefight in Bairoa a town 200 Miles West of Mogadishu where anarchy has imperilled the Relief Effort and forced out most foreign Aid workers. More than 50 people Are daily dying of hunger and disease in Bairoa. Kenya meanwhile announced it closed its Border with Somalia to prevent somali gunmen from fleeing to avoid the foreign troops. Ethiopia took the same step Over the weekend. The two nations abut nearly All of Somalia a land Frontier which runs across thinly populated Semi desert. Three Relief planes landed sunday in Barbera another hard hit town near Bairoa where Aid workers had been Down to their last 25 sacks of Grain. The . Said 160 people died of starvation in Barbera on saturday. Aid groups said they planned to Parachute food to tens of thousands of people in villages around Barbera where the danger is compounded by land mines. Food meanwhile was moving again from Mogadishu sport. Aid workers monday loaded a second Convoy of vehicles with .-donated wheat and sorghum destined for the Northern part of the City. Seabee to leave Spain for Somalia Rota Spain a amps a Navy sea Bce unit scheduled to spend six months at naval station Rota Spain will head for Somalia instead. The Advance team of roughly 250 construction specialists assigned to naval Mobile construction in 1 in Gulfport miss., arrived in Rota on sunday to prepare for the arrival of the 350 people who comprise the rest of the unit due at Rota later this week. Most of them would have normally stayed at Rota for six months a base spokeswoman said monday. A instead the incoming Advance team will help what is left of the outgoing Seabee of naval Mobile construction in 3 from port hueneme calif., prepare equipment for transport to the northeastern african nation said it. Rebecca Colonna the naval station Public affairs officer. She added that the incoming Seabee have been alerted that they will leave soon for three to four months in Somalia. Seabee battalions normally Transfer to the Rota installation for six months at a time Colonna said adding that detachments of those units further deploy to Nas Simonella Sicily and naval support activity Souda Bay Crete. The civil engineering support equipment the Navy construction specialists Are preparing to take with them include everything from bulldozers and trucks to lumber and nails said cmdr. Dave Pruett commander of in 1. More than 300,000 attend Munich protest by Tyler Marshall los Angeles times Berlin a in one of the largest Street demonstrations Ever in Post world War ii Germany More than 300,000 people holding candles lanterns and flashlights formed a Chain of Light through the bavarian capital of Munich on sunday evening in a protest against right Wing extremism. The Chain wound its Way for More than 25 Miles through the City police said. The demonstration was the latest in a series of mass protests that collectively have brought More than a million people into the streets of German towns and cities during the past month to Register their opposition to the hate driven political violence directed mainly against foreigners. The number of participants was three times what organizers had predicted. Unlike several previous demonstrations there was neither heckling nor fringe violence sunday in Munich. A we Haven to had one incident related to the protest tonight a said Munich City Eolice duty officer Paul Schnuecke three ours after the Chain broke up. Several previous protests have been disrupted by clashes Between anarchists of the extreme left and rightist youths. In Berlin four weeks ago left wingers threw eggs rocks and fruit at president Richard von Weizsacker As he tried to address a rally also estimated at 300,000. Germans from Page 1 More responsibility for the huge increase in refugees since the collapse of the soviet bloc. A political leaders also fear a voter backlash in 1994 parliamentary elections if the Asylum Laws Are not tightened. Even though the proposal would in effect close Germany a Borders to All refugees it is unlikely it could be fully enforced. Many Small roads across the Border Are not patrolled and customs officials often wave traffic through. Visa requirements also have been dropped for former East bloc nations the homelands of Many Asylum seekers. Many other refugees arrive in Germany by plane. Wolfgang Schauble parliamentary chairman of Kohls Christian democrats said Germany a Constitution would continue to guarantee the right of anyone to apply for political Asylum. But he noted the plan Calls for the bundestag the lower House of parliament to draft a list of nations when people May face political persecution and could qualify for Asylum. Germany is reeling from a record Refuge influx a about 500,000 Are expected before the end of the year a that is straining Socia welfare funds and increasing the anti Foi Eigner Fervour especially in less prosperous Eastern Germany. Currently refugees May remain in get Many while their Case is being considered technically economic refugees Are not Al Lowed to remain but the Appeal prices can take years and it is rare for anyone t be deported. An earlier printing deadline May affect the stars and stripes ability to get late breaking news into editions today and wednesday. T he print deadline for the newspaper will be moved up about four hours on these Days because of electrical and motor maintenance on the newspapers 24-year-old main printing press. No disruption in Home delivery or other distribution is expected. Boston University Spring registration to open Mannheim Germany a amps registration for the Spring semester at Boston University classes in Germany Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg and England will be held dec. 21 through Jan. 8. University offices will be closed dec. 23 through Jan. 3. Spring semester instruction runs from Jan. 9 through april 16. Boston University offers graduate degrees in business administration computer information systems counselling Early childhood education human services and human resource education International relations and mechanical engineering. More information is available from local Boston University representatives or by calling Eis 379-7807 or civilian 062029450