European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 51, no. 287 500 sunday january 31,1993 d 8693 a is a quotv1 of a a a a to a it i in a it z ,4 i a in f the major features of Clinton s policy amp do of so Ereta it a is Tom Uri imy 1s to draft Terma of an Tinei Lff a Omer in a fans weft Fishi Kalt Milij v a s c i a k in or 51 re a a a Lviv of  v / ?. It a by Gay y a. Quot of a a air a a. A Jav Ai v,-?.r$l vol .   amp Wezmus re w.1 $ a ukr amp. Amp amp Row a. I it pm Nipros Wii wic rid t�eimi0h qty # the military to other unit if they their so a y it 1 a Ltd of a it a Svok a be getting in step on Gays Washington a the military is beginning to carry out president Clinton a new order governing homosexuals in the armed forces although leaders Cau Tion that implementation is Likely to be spotty at first. With a formal lifting of the Long standing ban on homosexuals still six months away military leaders arc focusing their immediate efforts on ending their policy of questioning recruits about their sexual orientation. A it used to be a done to Tell me you re  now it will be a done to show me you re homosexual a one senior Pentagon officer said summarizing the feeling among military leaders. Following a week of controversy Over his pledge to end the ban Clinton on Friday directed recruiters to Stop asking new enlistees to answer question no. 27 a Are you a homosexual or a bisexual a on the form called the a record of military processing for the it Ltd it / s a it # it a n i it 4 u Raj i / m i a a amp 5n84 a is Lance Chi. Michael Soman left and pfc James a. Allison stand beside a mural that depicts the death of fellow Marine Lance Chi. Anthony Botello. Bottlo was slain last week by sniper fire during a patrol let s come Back Marine told buddies before being slain editor s note a Early Tum Day 21-Yaar-old Lane Chi Anthony Otallo became the second Marine to die in the  humanitarian inter Vallon in Somalia. Thea la an account of Hla final Houre bread on inter View with hit Comrade. 1 by George Vespek the associated press Mogadishu Somalia a the screams were distinct a the chilling Call of the fallen. A snipers Bullet in his Chest Lance Cpl. Anthony Botello was carried from harms Way clinging to the sleeve of his comrades camouflaged shirt his last link to life. The manner of his untimely death illustrated the dilemma of the nearly 9,000 marines in Somalia to show restraint while going Down the dark and Lawless corridors of a country where the gun rules. Botello 21, from Wilburton okla., had volunteered that fateful monday night As the Point Man on a patrol looking for snipers who had been firing on the marines. A a let a get this one done  come Back a he told his Sauad Leader Cpl. Scott Richards 24, of Westminster mass. As the patrol stopped for a Security Check before rounding a Corner Botello talked about How there see Marine on Page 2 armed services. A. The president also suspended the discharge of homosexuals from the military solely because of their sexual orientation. \ word the armed pie a done said speaking on condition of anonymity. Sometime this week defense Secretary los Aspin is to Issue a formal directive to the appropriate depart mint within the Pentagon a known As Force manage mint and personnel a instructing the various branches of the armed services to follow the presidents order. Until then some recruiters and officers will a sense the presidents intentions and immediately cease asking the question while others Are Likely to a insist see military on Page 2 aug of Somalia apr a hundreds of american soldiers swept into this important Crossroads town at dusk saturday in a Surprise airborne raid on what was described As a virulent nest of bandits. A a we re going to Lay Down a big footprint a said army maj. Marty Culp before some 700 men of the Lotfi Mountain div Light descended on the town. And a big footprint it was. A Squadron of helicopters landed most of the soldiers on the Eastern outskirts of the Dusty ramshackle town 45 Miles West of Mogadishu just before Sundown. The units formed up and began a Broad sweep through the sprawling Community of 40,000 people moving on foot in squads of 12 and in armoured personnel carriers. They were looking for weapons and a a technical a the vehicles and the bandits and militia members who equip them with machine guns and Light artillery for use As War wagons. But the . Soldiers were not planning House to House searches. Helicopter gunships swooped overhead providing air cover for the troops below. No organized resistance was expected but Culp said some of the bandits being forced out of an easy Lucra live lifestyle might be inclined to take a few potshots at the american troops. It was one of the largest operations staged by . Troops since american marines first landed in Mogadishu the capital on dec 9. The United states and 21 Allied nations have since committed More than 38,000 troops to protect food and other Aid shipments to. The starving people of this last african nation. Many of the hand is operating in aug of Are believed to have fled before the arrival of the americans and their allies in Mogadishu. _ _ a reconnaissance team slipped into the Region Friday and intelligence and psychological warfare experts earlier had visited surreptitiously to identify targets. In Mogadishu on saturday the commander of the  coalition forces said that More than 1,000 american troops will ship out for Home during the next 10 Days. Marine it. Gen. Robert b. Johnston also said he Hopes that within the next week to 10 Days the . Security Council will adopt a Resolution to take Over military control of Somalia from the United states