European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                At a glance ten year old Tommy Coby knocks pm Over whenever he demonstrates his martial arts skills. See the Story on the youngster who wows audiences with his Tae Kwon do a Hibl tons in focus on Page 17. High flying rumours rumours about a secret american super plane have climbed to new Heights. But there is apparently Noth int other. A pages mysterious tribute continuing a tradition dating to 1949. A mystery Man visited the graveside of Edgar Allan Poe on the author s birthday and left three red roses with a bottle of Cognac. A pages class held hostage a 17-y ear old student held a High school class hostage in Grayson  on monday and opened fire with a revolver killing a teacher and custodian before surrendering. A Page 7 haitian crisis grows while the haitian refugee problem appeared to be easing the political crisis underlying it intensified in the country. A Page 10 flip Side to recovery now that a stronger economic recovery is building investors can expect further Market records in 1993, right wrong. A Page 13 Index Abby Ann Landers. .21 classifieds. 25-28 comics. 21-23 commentary. 15 crossword Dally Horoscope. 27 faces a places. Jumble letters. Money matters. 12-13 sports 29-36 to listings. Weather. Leaders from Page 1 Early March. Ludic _ dress in great detail what congressional and that budget probably will not and 3nlt staffers said is Likely to be one of the most fundamental military issues Clinton and Congress will have to Deal with a rethinking the roles and missions of the . Armed forces in a rapidly changing world. Sen. Sam Nunn  the powerful chairman of the Senate armed services committee fired the first salvos in that engagement last summer in. A series of lengthy speeches on the Senate floor Nunn raised a wide variety of questions regarding the roles and missions of the various services All with an Eye toward reducing redundancies. Among them a should the current mix of air Force land based bombers and Navy Carrier based bombers be Given to one service or the other a which service should have the Tead on Quick reaction intervention missions the army or the Marine corps a who should be Given the bulk of the air defense Mission the army or the air Force Quot this kind of debate is going to be at the top of the Agenda Over the next few years predicted a Senate armed services committee staffer. It will not be just an academic exercise. With defense spending and troop strength being pushed downward the nation May not be Able to afford the luxury of Mission duplication among the various services the staffer said. There already Are signs that the military will not be an altogether willing participant in this debate. In a report now being prepared for Congress . Army Genii. Cohn l. Pow Ell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff apparently will argue for the. Status quo and reject the kind of extensive overhaul of Basic roles and missions envisioned by Nunn and other lawmakers. Analysts said Clinton will Benefit from haying Aspin at the Helm of he Pentagon during this debate. The 10-term congressman from Wisconsin generally has been applauded for his recent efforts to develop threat based analyses that can be used As guideposts for tailoring . Forces for the 2lst Century. Quot he s been trying to approach this in a very deliberate common sense manner which All Loo often is not the approach that gets taken in Washington said Larry Korb a senior analyst at the Brookings Institute. Quot i think he s a Good Choice for defense Secretary at this particular  a a. R but before decisions can be made about proper roles for the services a More Basic Issue has to be examined a now that it is the sole remaining superpower what kinds of missions does the United states want its military to be used for Clinton has indicated he advocates using . Military assets in the brutal civil War in the former republics of  dictator Saddam Hussein continues to make mischief in the persian Gulf Region. And about 25,000 troops Are in Somalia a country in which the United states has no overriding National interest. Critics already Are questioning Why the United states should play the world s policeman by taking on the Brunt of the Burden for dealing with such global trouble spots. In a recent opinion piece in the Washington Post Alan Tonelson research director of the economic strategy Institute a Washington think tank argues that the lives of americans military sons and daughters should not be put on the Tine unless the Mission directly affects the nation s Security. Quot by what right a moral or political a can the president or Congress make the decision to Send our troops to alleviate suffering in dangerous situations in which the politicians readily admit that there Are no . Stakes involved Quot Tonelson wrote. But outgoing defense Secretary Dev Cheney in his final annual report to the president and Congress noted that such missions do serve . Interests at least in the Long term by Quot strengthening allies limiting violence and reducing sources of instability around the world an intriguing wild card in the upcoming defense policy debates is newly minted House armed services out Minitee chairman rep. Ronald a Delius d-calif., who is replacing Aspin. Delius who at times has proudly referred to himself As a Radical is considered by Many congressional insiders to be the most Liberal House lawmaker on military issues. In the past he has advocated dismantling ail . Intelligence agencies and cutting Pentagon spending in half he also has voiced a opposition to a wide Range of strategic Ana conventional weapons systems that he considered unnecessary and too expensive. But just As Aspinw a Early Persona of Pentagon gadfly mellowed and became More moderate after he assumed the chairmanship congressional staffers said Delius almost surely will have to tone Down his strident stances of the past if he wants to play a meaningful role Over the next few years. Quot it s easy to throw brickbats and voice outrageous views when you re standing in the wings a a House staffer said. Quot its a different Story when you re on Center stage and it s up to you to be the accommodation is for bringing people with opposing views to some kind of Middle  peace from Page 1 the persian Gulf. According to the associated press vice adm. T. Joseph Lopez commander of the 6th Fleet was aboard the Belknap the a also reported that the guided missile Cruiser Gettysburg was accompanying the Kennedy the official iraqi news Agency said the cease fire decision was made by the ruling revolutionary command Council and the Baal party. It said the cease fire Quot will continue unless the other Side continues to  the iraqis had vowed to attack planes patrolling the air exclusion zones imposed by the .-led allies Over Northern and Southern Iraa. Saddam a government says the zones violate iraqi sovereignty. Iraq s challenges in the zones and its refusal to cooperate with . Weapons inspectors led the United states Britain and prance to begin air attacks a week ago. , Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali asked the Security Council on tuesday to Send 3,650 armed peacekeepers to the Iraq Kuwait Border. The request was a response to recent iraqi raids across the Border to retrieve chinese made silkworm missiles and other armaments abandoned in the persian Gulf War the developments came As Arab states appeared to be distancing themselves from the .-led Gulf War coalition they joined to Force Saddam a army from Kuwait two years ago. A Russia also raised objections to the mounting attacks although it also criticized Iraq for ignoring . Demands. It issued an unexpected demand after mondays attacks that the United states get explicit . Permission before staging More raids. The Security Council planned a private meeting later tuesday. There had been reports Russia requested the meeting but the foreign ministry denied that the Netherlands on tuesday echoed Moscow Scall for new . Consultations saying the allies should consider Arab criticisms that Iraq is being treated harsher than others who defy . Resolutions. The Vatican accepted an iraqi request to intercede with the United nations to seek dialogue and a halt to military action papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro said iraqi provocations were dear but he also described the Allied military response As a overreaction. In an Quot open letter to Clinton published in the newspaper Al thaw a Saddam a chief spokesman Abdul Jabbar Mohsen sounded a conciliatory tone saying Quot Iraq is not Ian enemy of America and does not want to be a he also urged Clinton to Stop Allied bombing raids. The president elect said monday that he Quot will not waver Quot from president Bush a policies of demanding that Iraq abide by . Resolutions. In Kuwait meanwhile the government announced that the . Army brought in Patriot missile batteries tuesday at Kuwait a request. The patriots were used to defend against scud missiles fired by Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. About 1,400. American infantrymen also Are in Kuwait. The Washington Post on tuesday quoted an unidentified senior . Official. As saying Bush did not plan to order More raids on Iraq before the end of his Tern today a but that did not preclude retaliation for iraqi attacks. Stall writer Meridith Winder contributed to this report it marines from Page 1 million people Are considered at risk. Some marines said the Rock throwing they often had to endure bothered them at first but they leave with a feeling of Goodwill. A it bothered me at first but then i realized they were just kids and they were playing a kids game Quot said Lance Chi Antonio Valenzuela 20, of Chicago. A you can t put most of the blame on the people Quot said Lance Cpl. Nathaniel Willey a a of Chicago. A ninety five percent of the people were wanting us Here. They were in the streets singing clapping saying a americans Good Quot with the departure of the first a ruins the United states is moving toward transferring military control of Somalia to a , command perhaps within two weeks a . Military spokesman said sunday. But such a timetable appeared unrealistic and designed simply for Public consumption to pressure the United nations to move faster so that the bulk of american forces could return Home sooner. A. Critics said the United nations is dragging its feet in adopting resolutions on a command Structure and rules of engagement a prerequisites necessary for the Transfer. The . Military spokesman Marine col Fred Peck said the change in the american presidency with the inauguration of president elect Clinton today could contribute to delays. Under the current plan Many of the 25,000 american troops will phase out gradually As Security improves. But a substantial contingent of . Logistics troops and staff personnel and a Marine amphibious assault Force afloat off the coast Are to remain after the United nations takes Over. Peck said some . Combat forces a the number has yet to be determined would remain until the . Command is established so there will be no Gap