European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 06, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 6, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 3 Aid Convoy ambushed in Somalia Irish group s Driver Dies in gunmen s attack Mogadishu Somalia a somalian gunmen ambushed a Relief Convoy just West of Mogadishu . Officials said Friday detailing an attack that came less than a week after . Troops began a major operation in the Region. Seven gunmen armed with rocket propelled Gre Nades attacked a Convoy of the Relief Agency Irish con Cern five Miles South of aug of a town about 20 Miles West of Mogadishu said a . Spokesman Farouk Mawlawi. A somalian Driver was killed and his vehicle disabled Mawlawi said. The gunmen escaped. Although american and Allied troops have restore some order in Mogadishu and parts of Southern Soma Lia the country still swarms with gunmen and rival clan militias continue to clash. Some clan fighters Are no More than boys. Thursday s ambush again illustrated the problems the forces face in trying to enforce order so that Relief agencies can deliver food in this famine stricken coun try. Last year 350,000 somalis died from hunger Dis ease and fighting among rival clans and crime. The . Development program sought Friday to provide More Security saying $2.4 million is being allocated to finance an interim police Force in Mogadishu and some Rural areas. William h. Draper administrator of the . Development program said that training would begin Mon Day and that officers would be on the streets soon. . Troops could begin replacing . Forces in so Malia within weeks . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali said thursday. It was his first indication of when the Transfer might begin. The United states which first sent troops to Somalia on dec. 9 to help protect deliveries of Relief food has sought a Quick withdrawal. It has accused the United nations of delaying moves to take Over the Mission. The . Contingent has found its humanitarian mis Sion marred by bloody conflict. On thursday a Marine killed a 13-year-old boy who marines said was running after a . Vehicle with a package in his hand. The Marine thought the package might be a bomb and fired one shot said Marine spokesman col. Fred Peck. Two teen age bystanders suffered minor injuries and were treated at an army Hospital. The package has not been found Peck said. Two marines and a civilian . Army employee have been killed since . Forces arrived and  Lowed by troops from 21 other nations. On Jan. 30, helicopters carried 700 soldiers to the aug of area. The troops cordoned off the town set up roadblocks and began searching the area. They found a few weapons. Critics said the operation lacked the element of sur prise 100,000 leaflets were dropped in Advance to announce that the americans were coming. Officer defended the operation saying its intent was to show a Large . Presence there. Is Gary Miller Navy Petty officer 1st class William my Kunzic operates a loader while Clearing a Street in Mogadishu. Seabee Fry to make clean sweep by Steve scholar staff writer Mogadishu Somalia if you had told Navy Seabee William Mckenzie six months ago that he d be cleaning streets in Africa his answers would be been unprintable. But no one knew then that . Forces would Lead a coalition Effort in trying to save the famine stricken nation of Somalia. Part of that Effort is getting vehicles through streets that have been blocked with Telephone poles overturned of carts giant Cement sculptures and wrecked cars. Potholes some Large enough to Swal Low a humvee tire further hampered the Petty offi cer first class who is a heavy equipment operator assigned to the naval Mobile construction in 40 from port hueneme Calif., and his fellow be abcs. Although their cleaning Effort started three weeks ago the emphasis recently was cleaning an eight mile stretch from Mogadishu to the port in preparation for equipment going Back to the United states. We be cleared More than 80 Telephone poles and six cars so far Mckenzie said. It s a big Job. But Well keep at it until we be finished. Just removing Mounds of dirt in the Street has been a big  sometimes More than a big headache. We be been pinned Down by gunfire More than once my Kunzic said. We be been Lucky though no one has been hit. It s More dangerous doing this Job at night. But it has to be  using dump trucks loaders and graders Mckin Zic and other battalion members said their opera Tion has been done mainly during the Day for safety reasons although night cleaning has been done when necessary. My Kunzic and his team of eight also have encountered somalis wanting to help Clear debris from the streets. Marine and Navy guards protected the Scab pcs. The guards were armed with m-16s and drove vehicles mounted with .50-Calibcr machine guns. After a Marine on patrol was killed guards stopped every vehicle in a search for weapons which included m-16 and ak-47 rifles. Mannheim no gets 6 years in jail Mannheim Germany is t a 28th trans in sergeant has been sentenced to six years in Pris on following his conviction for at tempted rape and sexual assault. Sgt. Larry d. King 28, a truck Driver assigned to the 260th trans det at Spinelli Barracks had pleaded innocent to the charges at his two Day general court martial last month at the Mannheim Legal service Center army spokeswoman Doris Scott said. The charges stemmed from Inci dents involving female soldiers in single soldiers Barracks in August 1991 and january 1992. A panel of officers and enlisted members found him guilty Jan. 21. King of Pensacola fla., also was sentenced to a bad conduct Dis charge forfeiture of $500 pay per month and reduction to the lowest enlisted rank. Safe honoree charged in baby s death by Ray a Wuen Washington Bureau Washington the 21-year-old who was named the top airman in . Air forces in Europe is awaiting trial in California charged with the september death of his 2-month-old daughter. Senior airman John d. Mclntyre faces a March 8  on charges of manslaughter and assault said a spokes Man at March fab Calif. Mclntyre went to California on leave in september. The Safe confirmed thursday that Mclntyre while assigned As a firefighter to Raf Mildenhall s 100th civil engr so was named the command s 1992 Safe airman of the year. Mclntyre took his daughter Melanie to Moreno Valley Community Hospital near March fab the evening of sept. 26, re porting that she had stopped breathing according to the Moreno Valley police. The child died sept. 30, police said. Civilian investigators arrested Mclntyre on oct. 8 after an autopsy showed the child died from whiplash shaken in Fant syndrome police said. The March fab spokesman was unable to say thursday when the Case was transferred to military jurisdiction. Mclntyre is working on the installation and is not in custody while awaiting trial the spokesman said. Safe airmen of the year Are chosen in part based on Job performance leadership and for their role us a positive representative of the air Force Accord ing to the command s Public affairs of fice. Mitterrand sets Day to remember Vichy victims Paris a president Francois Mitterrand who caused a juror by Honor ing the Leader of the collaborationist Vichy regime of world War ii has announced a National Day to remember that regime s victims. Mitterrand said this week that july 16 will he a National Day commemorating racist and anti semitic  it Marks the Day in 1942 when French police rounded up nearly 13,000 jews in the velodrome d Hiver in Paris before they were sent to nazi death Camps. In his decree Mitterrand also ordered the construction of a Monument where the stadium once stood. In All 75,000 jews 12,000 of them children were deported to the Camps during the German occupation of 1941 45. Only 2,500 survived. The sons and daughters of jews de ported from France welcomed the decree. Along with War veterans jewish leaders protested three months ago when a presidential Wreath was Laid at the grave of marshal Philippe i Etain a world War 1 hero who led the Vichy government