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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes Friday january 8,1993 j re at a glance visitors to Turkey can be treated to banquets of dishes such As grilled fish and Fried eggplant. See pages 1416 for More turkish specialities. Nuclear warning issued defense Secretary designate Lea Aspin says the United states faces a Quot new nuclear danger from Iraq and the breakup of the former soviet Union. A Page 6 spending cuts studied americans Are suffering far less from defense spending cuts caused by the end of the cold War than they did from cuts after the korean or Vietnam wars the government reported wednesday. A Page 7 stars to protest More than 40 International stars plan to take part in anti racism per format aces at the end of the month in Hamburg organizers say. A Page b Keatings convicted Charles Keatingjr. And his son were convicted wednesday of All counts in a Federal indictment charging them with looting Ancoin savings and loan in the nation s most notorious a amp a failure. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 comics. 19-21 commentary 13 faces n places18 -letters.12 Money matters.17 sports. 22-26 to listings. .27 weather.11 Iraq from Page 1hours before questions can be answered with any certainty about where the missiles have been taken. A second defense source also speaking privately advised that it was possible the movement indicated the missiles were being taken to More fortified locations or that Saddam had attempted to hide them. Quot it s dear there a been movement. They Aren t where they were before a the second source said of the missiles. T the second official added that darkness was falling in Iraq making a positive location identification difficult. A even if he does move them 100 feet Over the 32nd parallel will that be enough or 10 Miles it s Tob soon to Tell a the second official said. Central intelligence Agency director Robert Gates said ear tier thursday on television that Saddam Hussein s Defiance of an ultimatum to remove the anti aircraft missiles from Southern to tax might invite a military strike. A the response is up to him at this Point a Gates said. Appearing on Abc to the Cia chief said the anti aircraft missiles Are a definite threat to . Planes patrolling a no Fly zone because even though they Are old a an old missile can kill you just As dead As a new  # in London the British foreign office summoned Zuhair Ibrahim the head of the iraqi interests Section at the jordanian embassy. A foreign office spokesman said later that the iraqis a have been warned that there will be serious consequences if they do not  meanwhile rep. Lee h. Hamilton chairman of the House foreign affairs committee suggested further Defiance from Saddam is Likely. A Saddam Hussein is probing testing to see How far he can get away with non compliance with these . Resolutions and we cannot tolerate it Quot Hamilton said on Abc to. I think president Bush and president elect Clinton Are United on this Hamilton suggested it is no Accident that iraqi challenges have become bolder during the transition of Power front Bush to Clinton. A the  1 there might be some indecision Here so he a probing and testing and i think when or. Clinton becomes president hell probe and test again.�?�.  said Iraq had deployed a handful of soviet made Mobile Sa-2 and Sa-3 anti aircraft missiles below the 32nd_parat-Lei that Marks the Northern Boundary of the coalition imposed no Fly zone Over Southern Iraq. The four allies had Given Iraq 48 hours to remove the missiles or risk retaliation the ultimatum took effect immediately after it was delivered in writing to Iraq s . Ambassador Nizar Hardoon in new York at 5 30 . Wednesday diplomats at the United nations said. Threat from Page 1 can handle any threats posed by the guidelines and Goas the air Force has of let Ravens. The Navy has aircraft Carrier based ea-6b prowlers. The Sa-2 is a medium to High Altitude missile with a minimum effective Range of 23,100 feet and a maximum Range of 165,000 feet. The missile is effective at altitudes of 495 feet to 90,420 feet and normally is launched from a single launcher Kemp said. The Sa-3 is a Law to medium Range missile with an effective a Range of 7,920 feet to 60,390 feet and an effective Altitude Range of 148 feet to 60,390 feet. It is fired from twin or Quad launchers Kemp said. 1 clan from Page 1 mined that sniper fire was coming from two areas to which aided s forces had agreed to move weapons after operation restore Hope began. . Marine spokesman Gol. Fred Peck said the compounds occupants appeared to be leaderless and that aided a a representatives claimed the snipers had been acting on their own. In one instance wednesday night a gun mounted truck from one of the aided compounds fired on . Troops Wilhelm said. Aided himself was attending a .-sponsored meeting of somali warlords in Addis Ababa Ethiopia thursday conference sources said the warlords who have tentatively agreed to hold a National reconciliation meeting in april have been arguing Over whether to sign a formal cease fire or just agree to Stop fighting. The sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said Airaid favors a formal agreement while his main rival Ali Mahdi Mohamed and nine other factions want an informal one. In Mogadishu an assault Force of about 400 . Troops surrounded the two compounds on wednesday night and warned the occupants by lop speaker that they should surrender. Wilhelm said the vehicles later fired wire guided Tow missiles while the cobras put Down suppressing fire during an assault that lasted 20 minutes. At least 13 people were taken prisoner but Wilhelm said he did not know How Many people had been in the compounds. The Arsenal seized by troops included several tanks anti aircraft guns mortars and More than 15 Field artillery guns Wilhelm said. Stiff writer Craig Martin contributed to to report spill from Page 1 the Tanker Braer. Salvage master Arjun Hoekstra however told sky television a not  detergent dumping aircraft were grounded by winds gusting to 50 Mph said George Sutherland the director of Marine operations in the shetlands. Two tugs and Salvage experts were at Tho wreck site waiting for better weather. A dutch Salvage vessel was expected to arrive later in the  liberian registered 89,700-ton Braer. Carrying 24.6 million Gallons of norwegian Oil to Canada. Ran aground tuesday in the Bay of que Dale after its engines failed in Hurricane Force winds and heavy seas. Sutherland said Oil had spread four Miles up the East coast of Mainland the largest Island in this archipelago 100 Miles North of the scottish Mainland and up the West Side near West Burra Island an important Salmon farming area 10 Miles North of the wreck. Government officials have refused Public comment but they say privately that about half the cargo has spilled into the sea. If the ship Breaks under the pounding Waves the rest of the Oil will spill into the Ocean too. Malcolm Green chief executive of the Shetland islands Council said the situation was a moving into the very very severe category because of pollution in the air. Martin Hall director of environmental services for the Shetland islands Council said the fumes May irritate eyes and throats but posed no immediate threat to human health. In Oslo Norway Tore Hoei Foredt vice president of the norwegian ships classification company det Norse Veritas said thursday the most recent inspection of the 17-year-od ship in october showed it was Well maintained. However Baard Bergfald spokesman for the Small norwegian environmental group be Iona said that a review of inspection records showed there had been Many Small problems with the ship s motors and Hydraulic gear. A Salvage team from the Holland based Smit Tak company reported late wednesday that the Tanker was in one piece but partly submerged and listing slightly to starboard. Wind has sprayed the Oil As far As four Miles Inland leaving a Brown coating on Farmland and sheep a mainstay of the islands Economy. A sir Hector Munro the scottish environment minister said in a radio interview with British broadcasting corp. That it an estimated 2,000 sheep could die from grazing on Oil polluted land. Dozens of dead Oil covered fish and Birds were found along the coast on wednesday a the first victims of a feared ecological disaster. Rabin to allow red Cross to visit deportees correction because of a reporting error an article thursday incorrectly stated information to be presented monday a at Robinson Barracks in Stuttgart Germany. The presentations Are for enlisted soldiers in any occupational specially interested in becoming a warrant officer in their career Field. For information Call Dan 379-6430 or 6558. Jerusalem a prime minister Yitzhak Rabin has agreed to allow red Cross officials to visit 415 palestinian deportees stranded in Lebanon to assess their needs a defense ministry spokesman said thursday. Rabin reversed his earlier refusal to allow visits by the red Cross in response to a new Appeal wednesday night made by the red Cross officials. Both Israel and Lebanon have refused to allow Relief supplies to reach the deportees who have been stranded on a snowy Plain in South Lebanon since Israel deported them dec. 17 and the lebanese government refused to accept them. The about face came several hours before . Envoy Chi Maya Gharakhan was due in Israel to try to persuade Rabin to permit the shipment and amid threats the Security Council May impose sanctions on Israel if it continues to refuse to let supplies through. In a dec. 19 Resolution the Security Council condemned the deportations As a violation of International Law and demanded the men be allowed to return to the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. Defense ministry spokesman Oded Ben Ami said the red Gross request specified that it did not expect that the deportees would require immediate Relief supplies. Tie men have apparently been getting food and Medicine smuggled to than by sympathetic lebanese villagers but there has been concern that some of the deportees May be id from exposure to the cold  
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