European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 236 350 wednesday december 9,1992 b d 8693 warlord vows cooperation somali says hell avoid clashes with . Troops somalian clansmen show off their weapons including a rocket launcher near the main Airport in Mogadishu Somalia on monday. Mogadishu Somalia a hours before the expected Landing of the . Marines Somalia a chief warlord tuesday urged his followers to keep their gun mounted vehicles away from the port and Airport to avoid clashes with . Forces. Mohamed Farrah aided responding to an Appeal from . Envoy Robert b. Oakley said his forces welcomed the . Troops that were to begin arriving at Dawn today to hasten a Relief Mission to feed starving somalis. Oakley later met with aided a a chief rival All Mahdi Mohamed and said the two leaders had promised to cooperate with the marines and were broadcasting instructions to their fighters Over radio stations. Both warlords Oakley said a acknowledge that neither one totally controls the Mogadishu is a City in which bands of teen age gunmen roam the streets in so called technical a a variety of makeshift military vehicles armed with machine guns rocket launchers and cannons. Some arc hired by merchants to loot Aid shipments for resale in Mogadishu a markets and owe no special allegiance to either aided or Ali Mandi. Speaking at his Headquarters in the War shattered capital aided declined to say whether he would disarm his fighters who have Loose control Over the Southern half of the City and much of the Countryside. But he urged them to cooperate with the marines. A i have Given a message to the somali see warlord on Page 2mail flow heavy despite draw Down by Crystal Laureano staff writer Frankfurt Germany a military postal officials in Germany say Holiday mail is flowing Well though the volume has net decreased in proportion to the number of service members who have left Europe during the draw Down. A with All the changes we expected a Large decrease in the amount of mail a said 1st it. James Pulos officer in charge of the processing Center in Offenbach which handles All army mail for Germany. A but that just Hasni to tuesday was the mailing deadline for priority packages and first class letters or cards to make it to the United states by Christmas. Dec. 21 is the deadline for express mail to reach . Destinations by dec. 24. Holiday mail deadlines for the various methods of shipping parcels begin in november and the Holiday mail season a and increased mail volume a lasts from november through january. During november the Offenbach facility handled a million pieces of mail Pulos said. A piece is a bag of mail or a letter tray which usually holds 600 letters. At the Frankfurt Aerial mail terminal 20.8see mail on Page 2 Aspin prominently mentioned for Job of running Pentagon by Chuck Vinci Washington Bureau Washington a As president elect Clinton slowly goes about filling out his Cabinet lineup the name that remains mentioned most often for the Job of Secretary of defense is one that is Well known in the Pentagon a rep. Les Aspin the Wisconsin Democrat who Heads the House armed services committee. As is Standard procedure for incoming administrations Clinton aides will not comment on who May be in the running for the top Pentagon Slot or even on when a successor to defense Secretary Dick Cheney might be named. A we expect a majority of the Cabinet posts to be filled by Christmas but there is no specific timetable for naming someone to any particular position a said a spokeswoman at Clinton a transition office in Little Rock Ark. Aspin who regularly churns out reports and position papers on military policy has been advising Clinton on defense issues and has shown a High profile in explaining the president elects defense plan in Public forums. But Aspin May not be All that enthusiastic about heeding the Call if it comes. He was unavailable for comment monday. But in a recent interview with the Wisconsin state journal newspaper he said his decision would depend in Large part upon How the offer was made. The 10-term congressman said he could a easily say Nunn Aspin not if Clinton aides asked if they could place his name on a list of people who might be interested in the Job. But he said it would be More difficult to decline if Clinton came to him and said a look Aspin i need you and you ought to be ironically Aspin has received a vote of Confidence from a member of the ideological opposition a Cheney. Appearing on no cd a meet the press on sunday Cheney said Aspin would be a Good Choice. A a in a not certain i help anybody a prospects by in see Aspin on Page 2passing the time in Zagreb a see pages 14-15
