European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 4, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 3h destruction of a Cairo Egypt api a iraqi forces systematically destroyed a kurdish Village by performing mass executions and herding women Ana children off to death Camps two human rights organizations said sunday. Their report which could Lay the foundation for War crimes charges against Iraq quotes a numerous accounts that iraqi soldiers told starving and cold prisoners a Saddam has sent you Here to  g the Middle Bast watch organization based in new York and the Boston based physicians for human rights group compiled the report alleging the destruction of Oreme Iraq in late August 1988. The events represent the pattern of government atrocities across kurdish areas in Northern Iraq during 1988, the report said. A a. A authors said the report proves that Saddam Hus seines government committed crimes against he Marity and lays the groundwork for charges of genocide which will be addressed in subsequent reports. Proving genocide requires evidence of intent to destroy a specific group of people. The charge is More difficult to document than crimes against humanity lodged against nazi War criminals after world War ii. Oreme was among the last villages targeted by the iraqi army in its Al anal Campaign against the kurd. The Campaign was named for a koranic passage describing islam a fight against infidels. The Village of about 150 families and 160 buildings of crr crimes Brick or Stone and Cement was built on either Side of a Brook and surrounded by Farmland. The iraqi government built a school in the Early 1.980s and installed electricity in 1987. It was relatively prosperous and like Many kurdish villages most of its people sympathized with kurdish guerrillas fighting for autonomy. But the human rights report said the guerrillas a never had an established military base in the Village. That would qualify As a. Legitimate target in  a. A. Iraqi soldiers nevertheless waged punitive attacks against Oreme three times since the Early 1960s, a Banfal began from the different Assumption that. It was time to Settle the a kurdish problem once and for All a the report said. A Banfal was not  deter. Anal was a a final solution a the report described the scene in Oreme on aug. 28, 1988. Mud Brick houses were bulldozed. The school mosque and other buildings were destroyed by explosives. The Power lines were pulled Down. The Orchards were slowed under and the surrounding Fields were mined. Bullet riddled bodies of 13-year-old Adnan Khalil Mohamed Brothers Shaaban Huseen Kader 14, and Sagan Huseen Kader 16 and 24 other men and boys Lay unburied As they would for weeks swelling in the summer heat. The report said the men and boys were shot As they pleaded for mercy. Their mothers wives and fathers Wope listening Ana wailing in horror near the school House where they were taken to prevent their witnessing the shootings during the course of the coming year Many of those potential witnesses would die or disappear presumably murdered. After four years the report said a vegetation had overgrown the site so that Only the rubble of the school and mosque suggested to the uninitiated that there had once been a Village there y a. A a a wildflowers that grow Best in disturbed Earth sprang up and in the Spring much of the flattened Village was covered with Mustard Flowers dandelion and Queen Annex a  the 27 men and boys were lined up and shot archaeologists found a lighter comb tin cup and a pair of menus shoes. Sundays report said Korc Mcm a Fate was mirrored in an estimated 4,000 kurdish villages Laid waste in the Campaign that lasted for most of the 1980s. News organizations have reported that Many of the Al anal attacks were conducted under Gen. Ali has san a i Majid Saddam a Cousin and defense minister. Al Majid is known As a the Butcher of the kurd so for the violent Campaign. The United nations or some other world organization would have to Convene a special tribunal to hear War crimes charges. Economics resigns amid scandals Bonn Germany apr economics minister it Treen Molleman resigned sunday Over growing scandals and amid allegations that be cannot steer Germany out of its mounting economic troubles Molleman who also is Deputy Chancellor under Helmut Kohl has been the chief minister responsible for Germany a pos Unity economic policies. He is Espe a amp Liemann daily known As the author of a upswing East a a massive government program to rebuild former East Germany. It was not immediately Clear when Mil Lemann a resignation would take effect or who his replacement would be. German news stations said Molleman might remain in office until Kohl orders a larger reshuffle of his Cabinet which he has said he plans to do around the end of the month. Molleman said he would a inform Kohl of my resignation  he has been forced out by revelations that he misused his office to try to promote products manufactured by a relative s business. The scandal first flared up just before Christmas and has intensified since. The economics minister who has held the Job for two years initially said a staffer in  had sent the endorsement letters a written on Mil Lemann a Letterhead stationery a to seven supermarket chains without  a knowledge. But at sundays news conference mlle Mann admitted that he had signed the letters. Adding to Mil Lemann a troubles were revelations last week that he had written a letters asking Law authorities not to Force a Faith healer out of business. The Faith healer who claims to be Able to cure afflictions ranging from cancer to Back pains by placing his hands on the pained area is being investigated on allegations that his activities Are. Illegal. Guard shot during jail scuffle new York up a hikers Island jail guard was shot saturday trying to break up a scuffle among inmates watching the Washington redskins Minnesota Vikings National football conference playoff game. Officials said Tommy Jones 23, a correction officer was treated at the scene by emergency medical service paramedics for a gunshot wound in the left thigh. He was taken by ambulance to Elmhurst general Hospital where he was listed in stable condition said Ems capt. Charles Wells. At least one inmate was treated for injuries suffered in a beating. Vito Turp a correction department spokesman said a .22-caliber gun was found at the scene of the shooting. Jones a guard for 2vt years went to Stop a scuffle that developed in a Day room of the George r. Vierno Center for detainees awaiting court dates the spokesman said. A the went to break up the Battle and Felt a twinge in his left thigh Quot Turso said. A the pressed his personal body alarm and a heavily suited probe team entered and broke up the scuffle. The inmates were sent Backoo their  briefings scheduled on warrant officer jabs Frankfurt Germany a amps soldiers interested in becoming warrant officers in a technical Field or attending the warrant officer flight training program can attend one of four briefings Jan. 19 and 20. A recruiting team from . Army recruiting come Headquarters in fort Knox ky., will Brief soldiers on qualifications and application procedures. The briefings will be held at 10 , and 1 . Both Days at the Idle hour theater on Frankfurt a Abrams Complex. For More information Contact sgt. Ronald Mayes at Dan 320-1510. Room with a View Jani Soininen of Finland soars from the ski jump near Innsbruck Austria on saturday during a practice round of the four Hills jumping tour. In the background is the North Range of the austrian Alps