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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 26,1993 Page 2 b the stars and stripes h  gunman kills 2, wounds 3 outside Cia Headquarters coun try Singer Garth Brooks has a super appearance coining up that is making him super nervous. See Story on Page 8.document links Bush Iran Contra prosecutors have a document that indicates George Bush asked the president of Honduras in 1966 to help secretly move guns to the nicaraguan  pages drastic cuts for Sears struggling Sears Roebuck and co. Said it will eliminate thousands of jobs close More than 100 stores and discontinue its Catalon. A Page 6tapes allegedly erased a biographer of John f. Kennedy says sections of White House tapes made during Kennedy s presidency were tampered with by the Kennedy. A page7gay Sailor s death a Navy officer was weighing evidence monday to determine whether an airman apprentice should face court martial on murder charges in the slaying of a homosexual  Page 0 tentative reprieve an executive with a major financial corporation reached a tentative agreement sunday night to keep the new York Post alive. A Pago 16 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 25-20 comics. 2123 commentary. Computers. Crossword. 21 faces a places focus. 1720 Horoscope. Jumble. Letters. 14 Money matters. .16 sports. 2936 to listings. Weather. Mclean a. Apr a gunman opened fire Early monday outside the in trance Gate of the Cia killing two people and wounding three with a Spray of Rifle fire Fairfax county authorities said. The gunman who fired into cars stopped in Rush hour traffic outside the Agency fled the scene and remained at Large. A police manhunt ensued around the Cia which is sheltered in a wooded area a few Miles West of Washington. Quot he was just shooting at everything he looked like he had an attitude. He looked like he wanted to kill somebody. He shot everywhere a said Larry Bright of Washington d.c., who witnessed the shooting from a commuter bus. It was not immediately known whether the shooting had any connection with the Cia or its employees. The Agency Stop officials do not use the main Gate they enter through private Gates. Hospital officials said two of the wounded were in critical condition and the third was in stable condition. Sen. Robert c. Smith a new Hampshire Republican was among the witnesses. Quot he was just systematically walking Down and shooting in the cars. There was no emotion that i saw a Smith said. Quot he looked at me but my car and the others in the Lane we were in were moving and i think he decided to Lake the sitting cars rather than the moving targets Smith said. Hours after the shootings the two dead people were still slumped in their cars near the Gate. _ the two dead people were identified As Frank Darling 28, and Lansing h. Bennett 66, both of Reston a. Police declined to say whether they worked for the Cia. Police described the gunman As a White male with Brown hair 5-foot-10, wearing a dark jacket and pants and carrying a Long barrelled Rifle. Police said they were searching for a Light Brown compact station Wagon. Police found a White Van in which the suspect had earlier been thought to have escaped and ruled it out As the getaway vehicle. According to witnesses and local authorities the incident began at about 8 . When the gunman began shooting into cars that were waiting to turn left into the Roadway leading to the Cia s Mart Gate. The Gate is about 100 Yards from the stoplight. The gunman was standing Between two rows of cars waiting in turning lanes and shooting Down into the vehicles said Gilbert rom son a witness. Quot As i was approaching in my car i heard a pop pop sound and looked to the left and saw an agitated individual turning to the left and right shooting into cars a said Robinson Quot it was surreal. It looked like something you a see out of a dream scene a he said. Police spokesman Boyd Thompson said the gunman hit at least three cars on the Road outside the Cia compound. At least one of the wounded managed to drive into the visitors Center at the main Gate police said. Arlington Hospital spokeswoman Marjorie huge said one or the wounded was being treated for a gunshot wound to his upper body and was in stable condition. The other two wounded were in critical condition at Fairfax Hospital with one undergoing surgery said spokeswoman Jane Albright. Cia spokesman David Christian said Agency officials were still Quot trying to sort out Wiat  Iraq identifies nuclear suppliers Baghdad Iraq a Iraq has turned Over a list of most of the suppliers for its nuclear weapons program complying partly with a key Security Council demand after Balking for months a top . Weapons expert said monday. Maurizio zif Forero Deputy chief of the International atomic Energy Agency said Iraq submitted what it said was a list of 96 percent of the foreign suppliers and agreed to answer questions about the list. Quot As usual we will press them for the remainder zif Forero said. Zif Furcro s eight Man team of nuclear experts and a team of ballistics weapons inspectors arrived in the capital monday at a time when Baghdad is seeking better relations with Washington and a halt to . Air attacks. The teams treatment by Saddam Hussein a government will be considered a test of iraqis compliance with persian Gulf War cease fire terms and its attitude toward . Teams. Baghdad has accused the teams of harbouring . Spies in some cases. . Officials and teams have denied the charge. Iraq has maintained that turning Over the entire list of suppliers would violate its sovereignty Over trading relationships. That is the argument it has cited in repeatedly denying information on suppliers to the . Commission that is overseeing the elimination of iraqis weapons of mass destruction. Zif Forero an italian and Nikita Smido Vich a russian in charge of ballistic arms and other inspections both said they had been Well received by iraqi  from Page 1 tary six months to draft an executive order lifting the ban according to a Jan. 18 draft of a memo from Aspin to the president. That would Quot avoid an immediate debate in the Congress a a debate that is Likely to be against this position a according to the memo which was obtained by the associated press. On lbs Aspin said he hoped to work out a solution so that Quot there will not be a revolt in the military and to avoid a possible confrontation with Congress. Quot i think its possible to do  time Magazine reported in this weeks edition that the joint chiefs chairman Gen. Colin l. Powell might resign if Clinton lifts the ban of Gays. However Aspin said Quot that a not in the cards. We re trying to work together on this  army col. Bill Smullen a spokesman for Powell denied the time report saying the chairman Quot has no intent to resign although he Quot is very much opposed to lifting the ban and Hopes to express his views to the president on  Aspinw a draft memo to Clinton suggests the president hold two meetings one Wilh key senators Quot to prevent Quot an Early unfavourable vote in the Senate and the other with the joint chiefs. Quot this is not a negotiation said the memo s entry on the joint chiefs meeting. Quot instead it is the first step in the consultation that you have  but on sunday Aspin while confirming the contents of the memo said Quot the Point is. That it is a negotiation. Its a negotiation about How you implement the order lifting the ban. Aspinw a memo says that Senate majority Leader George j. Mitchell a Mainc has estimated that if Senate conservatives were to propose a Resolution in support of the current policy Banning Gays Nerc would be Quot no More than 36 sure votes against  from Page 1 Somalia a major warlords Gen. Mohamet Farrah aided. . Officials said Morgan had broken a cease fire agreed to by 14 warring factions on Jan. 15 by attacking Jess forces. Aided told a news conference earlier that he had asked the United states military to disarm Morgan s forces lie said Morgan had attacked his militias in Southern and Central Somalia in violation of the cease fire. Aided said he had informed . Special envoy Robert 11. Oakley of the situation. He said the .-led International task Force a has the duty to intervene and disarm  Quot we have passed a message to Morgan to put Back from the Kismay area and from Birhane Quot a Village 28 Miles from Kismay where there was fighting sunday a . Official said earlier monday aided appeared to be trying to push the United states beyond its original commitment of a humanitarian operation to secure Somalia to allow Relief workers to feed the starving and tend to the ill. Famine civil War and lawlessness claimed the lives of 350,006 somalis last year. Until the International forces of operation restore Hope arrived on dec. 9, armed bandits were looting food Aid with abandon. In an interview sunday . Marine col. Chip Gregson Deputy director of operations for the task Force was asked if . Forces would enforce the cease fire through military intervention or by other Means a we prefer to enforce it through Politi a  its obviously mss costly he said. Quot but the cease fire is very important to us and think we be taken actions m the past to demonstrate that we re willing and Able to Lake military action to enforce the cease fire if we can isolate who a breaking  aided said the Dan attacks had Quot inflicted considerable losses in life and property a he said disarmament was occurring in areas he controlled but that could not be independently verified. Belgian and european Community development officials monday called off a visit to Kismay because of the escalating violence  
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