European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes world thursday february 11,1993 warlord claims key ally harassed by americans Mogadishu Somalia apr Gen. Mohamed Farrah aided one of Somalia a major warlords says one of his key allies was harassed mistreated and humiliated after . Troops found him carrying weapons. A Mogadishu radio station controlled by aided said wednesday that the warlord had written a letter to . Special envoy Robert b. Oakley strongly protesting. The detention of cot. Omar Jess and 31 other somalis two Days ago. Oakley was not immediately available for comment but Marine col. Fred Peck spokesman for the .-led military coalition said Jess and the others had been treated properly. �?7 _ Jess and his followers were halted monday by military police at a Roadblock about five Miles outside Mogadishu As they were driving in two vehicles to Kis Mayu about 300 Miles South of the capital. The marines searched the vehicles and found several assault rifles a Light machine gun and a rocket launcher. Peck said Jess produced a letter from aided authorizing him to transport the weapons. But Peck said Only coalition military authorities can authorize the transportation of weapons by militia mortar attack shatters truce leaders. He said permission is granted under some circumstances when sought in  aided nor Jess had sought permission to carry the weapons Pieck said and aided a a approval alone was not sufficient. After being stopped Jess and his men were brought Back to Marine Headquarters in Mogadishu interrogated and released Peck said. The weapons were confiscated. A a a a a 1 a. A in his letter to Oakley aided said Jess had been a will treated harassed and humiliated a the radio station said. It said aided demanded an explanation for what he called a disrespect and violence by members of the .  aided is the Leader of one faction of the divided United somali Congress and chairman of the somali National association a coalition of three clan led political parties. Jess is chairman of the somali patriotic movement one of the members of aided a a coalition. Before the arrival of american and belgian troops in Kismay in late december Jesse militia controlled the port City and much of the surrounding Countryside. W a i it Ain Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina api a mortar and artillery rounds wednesday punctured a Casc tire in Sarajevo that was to guarantee safety for  Crews repairing electrical lines and other utilities. In  Eastern Croatia serbian forces arrested five belgians serving As . Civilian police Ana accused them of patrolling the area without permission the official serbian Iskra news Agency reported wednesday. It is the . Peacekeepers mandate to patrol the area. Serbs claimed that the belgian police officers tried to destroy some equipment after realizing they had been discovered and that led the serbs to conclude the policemen had been spying. The incident occurred in the Village of pct Oval but the serbs did not say when. Serbian authorities said they had protested to the . Security Council and warned the police officers would be tried by a local serbian court. . Officials in Belgrade could not confirm the report. A . Spokesman maj. Jose Gallegos said 14 mortar and artillery rounds landed on serbian held areas of Sarajevo and 185 rounds landed on areas held by bosnian government forces. When asked if the cease fire was holding Gallegos said a i cannot speculate. You Only have to  the truce which held tuesday is needed for urgent repairs of Power lines the sewage system and other utilities. Gallegos did not say if the fighting had stopped the work of the repair Crews. He said the area West of Sarajevo around Gonji a Kun Buso Vaca and i Seljak was quiet tuesday. The area has been the scene of fighting for More than a month Between erstwhile Muslim and croatian allies who have been killing each other Over territory. But bosnian radio quoting bosnian army sources reported wednesday that croatian forces had arrested 200 muslims without reason. Croatian radio reported wednesday that in Eastern Bosnia heavy serbian attacks that started tuesday night continued wednesday on areas around Srebrenick Bra Tunac Vornik and Al Asnica. It said Srebrenick was bombed twice tuesday by two combat aircraft and by artillery. A total of 31 people were killed and 70 wounded. / a palestinian youths use slingshots against israeli Border police monday in an East Jerusalem refugee Camp. 3 men reportedly killed in Gaza strip shootings Jerusalem apr soldiers searched wednesday for the killers of an israeli vegetable merchant gunned Down in the occupied Gaza strip while pleading for his life with shouts of a pm an Arab the army and news reports said. Elsewhere in Gaza Arab reports said two palestinian men accused of being drug dealers considered a crime against islam by militant Muslim groups were fatally shot by fellow arabs on tuesday. The dead israeli Yehezkiel Avraham 50, from holon in the Tel Aviv area was shot at close Range with three bullets in the Chest and Abdomen near Khan Yunis on tuesday night the army and news reports said. An israeli Arab Man who was with Avraham was slightly wounded in the attack they said. Newspapers said the israelis were attacked by four gunmen As they bargained with a Gaza wholesaler at a Market near the Beach. Avraham was unarmed unlike Many israelis who travel in the occupied territories and the gunmen took the unusual step of speaking to the victim and threatening him before shooting. Israeli merchants often go to Gaza despite the palestinian uprising. Four merchants have been killed in similar attacks in Gaza in the past year. Avraham was the 117th israeli killed during the five year palestinian uprising against israelis occupation. Disease outbreak in Kenya prompts mass vaccination from wire reports Nairobi Kenya a All travellers leaving Kenya including tourists will require a vaccination against yellow fever because of an outbreak of the disease newspapers reported wednesday health minister Joshua Ngatia announced the directive tuesday As he began a vaccination Campaign in the rift Valley province in West Central Kenya the newspapers reported. The disease has killed 63 people in the area. Ngatia said the outbreak was confined to Baringo and Elgego districts about 161 Miles Northwest of kenyans capital of Nairobi. On Friday the world health organization announced it was sending to Kenya 600,000 doses of vaccine against yellow fever to begin a mass immunization program. The Mosquito borne disease causes fever and muscle pains. It kills about 50 percent of the people who contract the virus. Cat s medal to be auctioned London a a medal for valor awarded to a cat will be sold at amp a auction in May Christie a auctioneers said wednesday. The Dickin medal was awarded posthumously in july 1949 to Simon a neutered Black and White tomcat. Simon was aboard the amethyst when the ship was hit by communist artillery fire on the Yangtze River in april 1949, during China a civil War. The unofficial medal named for its founder Maria Elizabeth Dickin was issued by the Peoples dispensary for sick animals. It was awarded 53 times Between 1943 and 1949. The recipients included 31 pigeons 18 dogs and three horses. The citation for Simon a medal reads a served on has amethyst during the Yangtze incident disposing of Many rats though wounded by Shell blast. Throughout the incident his behaviour was of the highest order although the blast was capable of making a Hole Over a foot in diameter in a steel plate.�?�. Eased condom rules sought Tokyo a spurred by a Sharp jump in the number of people carrying the aids virus Japan a health ministry said wednesday that it is asking local governments to ease restrictions on condom vending machines. The step Marks another Small shift in attitudes brought about by the aids virus which was newly identified in 493 people in Japan last year up from 238 in 1991. Based on the ministry sold policy 38 of Japan a 47 prefectures or states have established some kind of restriction on the condom machines such As Banning them from places near schools or Public. Libraries. However since condoms Are believed to be the most effective Way of avoiding infection with the virus the ministry has shifted course and will encourage the prefectures to lift the restrictions an official said wednesday. Tourist bus attacked Cairo Egypt a suspected Muslim militants opened fire tuesday on a bus carrying 26 German tourists Security sources said. There were no reports of injuries in the attack which occurred in a1 Kaman Hamlet in Man fault near syut. Police officers escorting the bus fired in the direction of the gunfire but the gunmen escaped sources said. A bus carrying korean tourists was attacked last week by suspected Muslim militants in Cairo. No one was injured. 5,594 reported killed Nicosia Cyprus a a total of 5,594 turkish troops were lulled by kurdish separatist rebels in 1992, a report by the rebels said tuesday. The report said rebel losses in 1,491 attacks during the year stood at 946 dead and 150 captured. The report accused the turkish government of a an unprecedented cover up of the True situation through a statement by the District governor dec. 31,1992, who admitted 467 troops and 133 civil guards killed during the year.�?�. The District governor whose name was not Given was further quoted As giving the number of rebel attacks As 1,500