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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, December 10, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes thursday december 10,1992 at a glance Cairo Egypt is a City of Stark contrast. You done to have to go far to see Sites such As the Sphinx or the City a More worldly Side. See stories and photos in stripes  on Gays Gay groups and civil rights organizations have begun to draft Sample executive orders to end the military a ban on  Page 6 Rescue efforts at mine mine safety officials began drilling a narrow Hole tuesday to test Gas Levels in a chamber near where an explosion trapped eight Coal miners. A Page 8neo-nazis targeted the extremist jewish defense league announced it is preparing to Send trained israeli and . Army veterans to Germany in order to Quot finish off the  a Page 9a look at the past for some members of a team led by 7th medical come that delivered and installed medical equipment in Tbilisi Georgia it was their first look at a medical system that had been under communist control for More than three  Page 10 Charles i separating Prince Charles and Diana Princess of Wales have agreed to separate but have no plans to divorce the government said wednesday. A Page 11vegetarian Burger Mcdonald s corp., the fast food Chain synonymous with hamburgers and French Fries is test marketing a vegetarian Burger in Holland. A Page 12 f Index Abby Ann Landers 17 classifieds.20-23 comics.17-19 commentary.15 faces a no places 16 letters.14 Money matters.12 sports.26-32 to listing .31 weather .13 Safe Security police head for Relief Mission in Somalia by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau Twenty six . Air forces in Europe Security police specialists left Germany on wednesday for Somalia a Safe spokesman said. In addition two weather specialists and four Airfield managers left wednesday for Moron a Spain said Doug Moore the Safe spokesman. The departures raise to 72 the total number of Safe personnel directly supporting the Mission to protect food supplies going to starving somalis. The number was expected to increase slightly by the end of the Day Moore said. The Security police a 13 each from Ramstein a and Rhein main a a Are the Only Safe personnel bound for Somalia so far. A these people Are trained in resource Protection weapons system Protection and their role could be More along that of a combat infantryman a Moore said. Such Security specialists also Are trained for example to handle Light machine guns and grenade launchers Moore said. Forty six Safe airmen Are at Moron which is staging midair refuelling operations for the c-5 Galaxy and c-141 Star lifters ferrying supplies and Materiel to Somalia. Refuelling operations started sunday. Located near the Strait of Gibraltar Moron is a Spanish air base with Safe facilities that up until recently were on marines from Page 1 30,000 . And other troops due to arrive in the coming Days also moved out from the Airport and set up three checkpoints on the Road into the City. Ordinary somalis greeted the Friendly invaders crowding rooftops and hillsides to watch the helicopters hovercraft and other military behemoths crisscross their beaches and roadways. Some rushed up to the Young americans and Shook their hands. Somalis poured into the Airport by the thousands to watch the troops descend from their monstrous amphibious vehicles and deafening aircraft. Residents swarmed across the runway and the soldiers responded by pushing them away from military gear mostly in a Calm manner and eventually out the Gate of the Airport. The opening moves of operation restore Hope appeared to go off like clockwork. More pictures were taken than prisoners. But special . Envoy Robert b. Oakley said the next move deeper into Somalia could prove More troublesome. A when you get farther into the Interior you get people who want to make trouble a he said. It remained unclear whether . Forces would aggressively try to disarm the somalian clans who have fought for control of the county since toppling authoritarian president Mohamed Siad Barre in january 1991. A disarming the somalis is not our stated Mission a Marine col. Fred Peck a . Military spokesman in Mogadishu told no cd a today show. A obviously we re going to end up disarming some somalis. But those will be somalis we run  the Point men of the american Landing staged from a three ship Navy Force offshore were two dozen Navy frogman and marines who crawled up Green Beach adjacent to the Airport just after Midnight. The commandos faces smeared with Black and Green camouflage Cream found no opposition a Only scores of waiting journalists. Before Dawn the main Force began arriving rumbling up out of the Indian Ocean in camouflage painted amphibious vehicles and Over the dunes to the Airport. Marines leaped out and took up positions at the control Tower and soon Navy transport helicopters were bringing in platoons of marines. The by the Book marines took no chances. At one Point they detained a half dozen somalis at the Airport making them lie on the ground but they were eventually freed when it was determined they were Airport employees. A . Contingent of 500 pakistani soldiers has been bottled up at the Airport since september. About the same time As the Beach landings other marines clambered Over Shoreline rocks at Mogadishu a seaport. There too they encountered about 50 journalists and ordered them to lie Flat. Gunfire broke out but the circumstances were unclear. Reporters said marines fired warning shots Over their Heads trying to get them to Back off. Pvt. Oliver Greenwood of Banshee Calif said he heard gunfire As he was arriving in the port but he did no to know if it was directed at the marines. 116 knew of no violence against . Troops in the Landing area. The marines did not move immediately into Central Mogadishu a whitewashed equatorial City of a half million people. But the capital was unusually  especially the Abse Quot be of technical the gun mounted vehicles favored by the Young somalian marauders. The next . Objective is to secure the in Phi that Bai a 3 town 200 Miles t my officials say 70 people we killed a clan Battle Earli a Thil standby status. Twelve Kc-135 Strat tankers and 300 personnel from six air National guard units have deployed to Moron said it col. Angel Daniel Ortiz commander of the 7120th air base flight at Moron. The air National guard units Are from new Hampshire Kansas Utah Washington state new Jersey and California Ortiz said. Ortiz is augmenting his 90-member base Force with 65 Safe airmen in addition to the guard units. Contingency plans Call for additional air Force personnel but Ortiz said that May be unnecessary. A if this is a Short operation a Ortiz said a we should have everything we  on the move the air Force in Europe is supporting operation restore Hope. The following is a breakdown of the 72 . Air forces in Europe personnel sent As of wednesday to Somalia and Moron a Spain in support of the Somalia Relief Mission 10 24 5 17 1sembach a Germany Ramstein a Germany spin Dahlem a Germany Rhein main a Germany Lindsey air station Germany Raf Alconbury England 7 Raf upper Heyford England 5 Raf Mildenhall England 1 Torrejon a Spain 2 total 72 the following is a breakdown of the career specialities of those airmen sent to Moron Security police spec abets 28 firefighters 9 fuel 8 communication 5 transportation. 4 weather 5 Airfield managers 4 traffic controllers 3 combat camera 3 Public affairs 2 radio communication v vehicle Mechanic 1 liquid fuels 1 total 72 not included Are air Force personnel under the command of air mobility come who Are based at Safe installations. For example there Are 24 cargo specialists from Ramstein who were sent to Cairo Egypt in support of the Relief  from Page 1 any Means. I think that a completely unrealistic. But the notion that we could begin the draw Down of . Forces by inauguration Day i think is not out of the realm of  Cheney would not give a timetable for when . Troops will move out of Mogadishu into the Countryside but said the military was prepared to meet resistance outside the capital. A we have All of the resources we need to do the Job. I done to anticipate we re going to run into anything we can to Cope with a he said. The\hea&4xdtaeraesrins port ready for air transport planes Are ferrying tons of supplies to Somalia for the  forces there and commercial airliners chartered y e military will Start bringing in 16 000 marines from Camp Pendleton Calif when the marines declare the Airfield secure the air Force will bring in Neon a and equipment such As runway in flip and forklifts for cargo unloading to get the Airport ready for round the clock once sons said it. Col. Randy Morger spokesman for the Tanker Airlift c Center at Scott fab in. The base i it donating transport flights to Somalia. An International a air Bridges of 2 135 Strat Tanker aircraft to ref i planes flying from the United states Malia is in place Morger said. A Doz it 135s Are at Lajes Field in the Azon another dozen Are at Moron a in he said. In Washington president elect c indicated he saw no need to Rush the a Mission to a conclusion. We believe that this Mission has and that an artificial timetable Cam imposed upon it a Clinton said  
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