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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, December 27, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes sunday december 27,1992�?i at a glance h a palestinian trims the Beard or another Deportee As More than 400 people remain stranded at their Camp in a no Many a land Between Israel and Lebanon. See Story on Page 12.pow Deal reported East Germany offered in 1967 to Trade . Prisoners wounded in the Vietnam War for soviet spies held in the West a newspaper reported. A Page 4an insider some critics charge that in recent years rep. Les Aspin has become a Symbol of what he once fought against an entrenched member of the military establishment. A Page 5 new superheroes Black publishers of comic books plan to promote dark skinned heroes to offer positive role models for Blacks. A Page 6 Sarajevo Relief More Relief supplies poured into Sarajevo on saturday As . Workers took advantage of Clear weather and a Lull in the fighting that has lasted several Days. A Page 10 still cheery retailers expect brisk business during after Christmas sales capping an already successful Holiday season. A Page 17 r Index Abby Ann Landers .16 classified.20-23 commentary.15 faces a re places.16 letters.14 Money matters.17 mutuals.17-19 sports.25-32 weather .13bush from Page 1 fair involved secret sales of missiles to Iran with profits used to buy weapons for the contras at a time when Congress had banned such dealings with the nicaraguan rebels. It was hoped the missiles could be traded for . Hostages. In another development the los Angeles times reported saturday that three top democrats including Wisconsin rep. Les Aspin president elect Clinton a Choice for defense Secretary assured Bush weeks ago that they would support the Weinberger Pardon. Aspin and House speaker Thomas s. Foley of Washington expressed their support after an intensive lobbying Campaign on Weinberger a behalf the newspaper said adding that the Campaign was Lea by Weinberger lawyer Robert s. Bennett and longtime Friend William p. Clark Interior Secretary in the Reagan administration. A third Democrat sen. Dennis do Concini of Arizona told the newspaper Friday that he called Bush without any prompting from Weinberger supporters because he thought the Iran Contra affair a had gone on Long  Bush will release his Iran Contra notes to the Public if Walsh returns a copy of the presidents earlier interview with investigators presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Friday. A we have nothing to hide. Well make All this material Public a he said adding that he had a no ideas what was in the notes. In saturdays Washington Post lawyer James j. Brosnahan who was prosecuting Weinberger for Walsh is quoted As saying that a White House Legal official notified Walsh a office dec. 11 of the notes a and that they were embarrassed a that they should have been produced before a Brosnahan said the typed dictated notes contained Bush so ruminations about the investigation and refer to his disappointment that former Secretary of state George a Shultz made his notes available to Iran Contra prosecutors. Bush has said repeatedly that he was generally a out of the Loop on the Iran Contra initiative. Walsh said thursday night that Bush was a the subject now of our investigation and that the president might have a illegally withheld documents from investigators. Walsh also said the a Iran Contra cover up. Has now been completed with the pardons. Walsh said that his office already had some of Bush a notes but that some months were missing a that Are of importance to us one month in  he said he will seek to obtain the remainder. Weinberger had been charged with lying about the existence of 2,000 pages of notes he took in the Iran Contra affair. Prosecutors finally uncovered those notes in 1990. Clarridge . From Page 1 aug of about 35 Miles West of the capital. None of the marines was Hurt. The attack was the second direct assault on american troops since they arrived in Somalia on dec. 9. A squad of marines on foot patrol in the capital was fired at two weeks ago along the line that divides rival clan factions in the War torn City. They also returned fire and hit a somalian youth Manning a machine gun mounted on the Back of a vehicle. Meanwhile a somalian woman was killed and and a number of other people including children were badly Hurt in the riot in Bairoa on Christmas said Cynthia Osterman of care International. Osterman a spokeswoman for the Charity in Mogadishu said care employees in the Central Somalia town reported by radio that the disturbance erupted after marines delivered a truckload of Grain to an Aid Center. She said dozens of people in a Large crowd waiting for the food began fighting for it with Sticks and clubs. The care workers saw one woman killed a child badly maimed and several other people left unconscious and possibly dead Osterman said. A similar riot was reported at a feeding Center in bar More gis expected in Somalia Frankfurt Germany a the final 30 soldiers assigned to a helicopter unit spearheading task Force 5158 were expected to arrive in Mogadishu Somalia on saturday a v corps spokesman said. The task Force is v corps contribution to operation restore Hope the Effort to safeguard food supplies to starving somalis. The expected arrival of the 30 would bring the total number of task Force soldiers in Somalia to 176, said it. Col. Richard Bridges the corps spokesman. Two members of the task Force Are Liaison officers who preceded the Europe based soldiers into Mogadishu the capital. The others Are assigned to a make shift helicopter unit that includes 15 uh-60 Black Hawk helicopters 35 vehicles trailer and other equipment. The helicopters Are aboard the . Civilian cargo ship american Falcon which left Livorno Italy on wednesday and is expected to Dock in Mogadishu before Jan. 1. The american Falcon is also carrying 16 ch-47d Chinook helicopters and other equipment. More than 500 . Soldiers from european based units Are scheduled to Fly into Mogadishu once the ship arrives bolstering the task Force. All task Force soldiers Are expected to support the army a 10th Mountain div Light from fort drum n.y., in the humanitarian Effort in the East african nation. Dera about 120 Miles South of Bairoa on Christmas. The tumult and three attacks on journalists in Barbera underscored that even As troops reach new parts of Somalia a starving Interior lawlessness continues just beyond their reach. American troops Are in Somalia As Par leak from Page 1 decided to put together a new provisional Cooling system using a Reserve Lank with Cooling liquid. The pipes were Cut off one of the torpedoes and had to be welded together in the reactor compartment. Volunteers took turns to do the Job and emerged sick from overdoses of radiation. Then a fire broke out in the reactor compartment and it took the Crew about 90 minutes to Complete the emergency operations Quot the ones who got radiation doses began to swell visibly. Their faces grew red Quot Matey eve told the newspaper. Quot two hours later ichor started Comimo from the roots of their hair a he recalled Quot soon it became frightening to look at their eyes and swollen lips a they were completely disfigured. Hardly Able to move their tongues they complained of pain in the entire  by that time the k-19 had reached the surface tar away from its base but could not Send a distress signal because its radio transmitter had been damaged. A they could not even think about surrendering the vessel to nato a the newspaper wrote. Thus Matey eve ordered the submarine to move in the direction of a zone where they hoped to meet other soviet ships alter 10 hours they encountered a soviet diesel submarine within Days eight officers and sailors were dead. Another six sailors died within several years. Of a multinational Force to ensure that food gets to the needy. Bairoa about 170 Miles Northwest of Mogadishu was used by marines and French foreign legionnaires As the jumping off Point for their seizure on Christmas eve of Barbera and the taking of Oddur on Christmas. Traffic jams delay Drivers in Germany Frankfurt Germany apr heavy Holiday traffic resulted in jams of up to 60 Miles on German roads saturday. Icy conditions caused accidents that killed five people police said. The longest traffic Jam a 60 Miles a formed on the autobahn Between Frankfurt and Wurzburg hindering Drivers for hours. Other southbound traffic also was heavily affected with a 24-mile Jam Between Niernberg and Munich. Massive traffic jams also occurred on highways Between Munich and Salzburg in Austria and Between Munich and the Alpine ski resort of Garmisch Parten Kir Ehen police said  
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