European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 24, 1993 world the stars and stripes Pago 9 australians replace marines in Bairoa Rush hour Roundup somalian Field workers drive cattle past a . Marine checkpoint in Central Mogadishu on thursday. The Farmers and their cattle spend the Day outside the City and return each evening disrupting traffic. 1 Bairoa Somalia a suddenly the soldiers patrolling the streets and rumbling through town in armoured vehicles arc wearing floppies hats and saying Quot go Day instead of Good morning.�?�. But not much else has changed since the australian infantry replaced the . Marines in this Hub or Somalia a fat inc re lick operation. Quot our Mission is the same a to provide Security so the Relief agencies can get food to the needy a said australian it. Col. David Hurley who took Over command wednesday of the International operation in the Bairoa area. The raising of the australian Flag and lowering of the . Flag at Bairoa Airport recently transformed into a major military base marked the first Transfer of . Military control in Somalia to an Allied Force. The 500 american soldiers remaining in Bairoa including and Navy engineers air Force traffic controllers and Marine helicopter Crews now report to the australians. When the marines arrived Here dec. 16, gunmen and heavily armed vehicles roamed the streets gunfire shattered the night Calm and food Aid was being looted. About 350,000 people died last year in Somalia a famine Ana chaos and 2 million arc now considered at risk of dying. When the marines left last week somalis were sipping Tea at Street stalls at 1 a.m., gunfire was rare and thousands of tons of food had been delivered to famine victims in Bairoa and surrounding villages. Quot we be seen the City get Back on its feet. It s been a Heck of an experience for us a said the outgoing commander. Marine col. Buck Bedard 49, of Argyll Minn. Bedard is taking Over the Marine operation in Mogadishu the capital. Since Jan. I he said the marines in Bairoa had collected More than 100 weapons and helped to oversee the establishment of local Security and Relief committees. Belgians somalis injured in blast Brussels Belgium a five belgian paratroopers and four somalian police officers were injured by an explosion close to the police station of i Sanyu in Southern Somalia belgian officials said saturday. The blast occurred Friday around 10 45 . And the five paratroopers were injured by flying debris said a military official who demanded not to be identified. Belgian military officials were investigating the cause of the blast. Belgian paratrooper trolled the port of Kismay for the past Morth. R sri have a there was no fanfare or Public ceremony when the marines 850-Strong 3rd in 9th regt left but some somalis say the marines will always be remembered because they gave Bairoa Back to the people. Quot the marines have changed everything a they brought Back peace and Tranquility a said Husein Dahir Ahmed manager of the somalian red Crescent. The red Crescent is a Muslim organization equivalent to the red Cross. Like Many somalis however they fear a return of the gunmen if Allied troops leave without disarming militiamen and marauding gunmen in the Region. The 900 australian troops plan to expand Security so Relief agencies can move into outlying villages that have not yet received food and to provide Security for the upcoming Harvest and subsequent planting.4 accused of trying to sell radioactive material Berlin apr German authorities said Friday they had filed criminal charges against four Eastern europeans for allegedly trying to sell radioactive material at a Highway rest Stop in the latest such incident since the collapse of the soviet bloc. Western governments have been warning that Cap is Grade plutonium or enriched uranium could eventually fall into the hands of terrorists or outlaw regimes through illicit sales. However most of the cases reported so far in Germany have involved less dangerous radioactive materials. The Brandenburg state Interior ministry said police. Had arrested the four men from former Czechoslovakia As they waited to Complete a Sale of californium 252 at a rest Stop in the Eastern German town of Freiens Ufen on wednesday. Californium 252, produced in nuclear reactors is used As a Neutron source in Medicine and other areas authorities did not say How much was seized or where it came from. However the tags Spiegl newspaper of Berlin said it was kept in a Container about one cubic centimetre in size. That would make the Container smaller than a sugar cube. On Friday Christoph Otto the prosecutors spokesman in the City of Cottbus said he four suspects had been charged with seriously endangering the environment and with the release of radioactivity. All four arc being held in jail and their names have not been released. Otto said he did not believe the thwarted Sale was an isolated incident but also said he had no indications of a possible criminal organization. There still appeared to be some question about the actual danger posed by the materials. Wolfdieter Kraus of the Federal office for radiation Protection in Berlin said the radiation released was Quot Smalt and relatively determining just How much radioactive material from the soviet bloc May be for Sale throughout Europe is virtually impossible. Polish authorities say their country appears to be a frequent transit route and have tried to crack Down on the illegal Trade. In october Germany s Federal police said that nuclear smuggling from the former soviet Union was on the Rise but that most of the Quot buyers were undercover police guard with reported 1 London up a a major police search was under Way saturday for a Security guard who disappeared in his armoured Van with a reported one million pounds. The Securi Cor guard drove away while his colleague was inside a Lloyds Bank for the first delivery of the Day in the main Street of Felixstowe on Friday morning a Suffolk police spokesman said. Police found the Van almost a hour later near the seafront of the Channel port town but the guard and the Money a Worth $1,52 million had vanished. The Many a wife and children also have disappeared. Felixstowe has Cross Channel ferry services to Sweden Holland Germany and Norway. A we Are obviously very anxious to disappears million pounds Trace the Driver or to hear from anyone who May have information about this theft a the police spokesman said. He would not confirm or deny newspaper reports that the missing sum was 1 million pounds but did say the amount was a Securi Cor spokesman said Quot we can confirm that one of our two guards Manning the Van is missing. We Are trying to help the police As much As in 1989, another Security guard Quot Florida Phil Wells disappeared with More than 900,000 pounds about $1,37 Mil lion after picking up his cargo at Heathrow Airport near London his Van was found abandoned near the Airport but he was never found. Clinton invited to play Rugby London a English Rugby officials Are hoping for a reunion with a former Oxford player who went on to bigger things in the United states a president Clinton. Chris Mccooey who introduced Clinton to the sport almost 25 years ago told the daily mail newspaper that he would Issue an invitation to the president. Mccooey was Secretary Captain of the University College second team during the two years Clinton studied at Oxford. He said he even Lent the Rhodes scholar a pair of cleats. Mccooey a 43-year-old financial journalist is now a vice president of the Tunbridge Wells Rugby club. Quot i shall Tell him Clinton that we have a Good veterans Side and that if he a up to it he could probably find a place on it a he was quoted As saying. Mcc Bocy remembers Clinton As Quot fairly unfit and not at All athletic Loo Lumpy for Quot he had quite an appetite for the game and he was an excellent member of the team always enthusiastic always Good fun so it did t matter about his skills a he said. Clinton also will be invited by the English Rugby football Union to watch an International match at the Twickenham stadium in London
