European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 2, 1993 the stars and stripes a Page 9iraq denies report of new terror drive Baghdad Iraq apr a report by a British newspaper that Saddam Hussein has launched a new terror Campaign against shiite muslims in the South was denounced by Iraq on  iranian lies and  the British weekly observer reported sunday that Saddam s forces were advancing against shiite villages in the Southern marshes pounding them with artillery and pop King their water. It was the first detailed Independent report from the Region in months. An iraqi information ministry spokesman said the report was inspired by Iran a which comes to the surface whenever the Date of the debate at the Security Council comes  the . Security Council meets periodically to review sanctions imposed against Iraq since its August 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Security Council resolutions Call upon Iraq to end alleged repression of the shiites in the South and the kurd in the North. The observer s Middle East correspondent Shyam Bhatia spent 10 Days with shiite resistance fighters in the marshes. He wrote that Quot hundreds of men women and children have been slaughtered since the Start of the year Many the victims of close Range artillery  the Southern marshes Are difficult to reach from Iraq. But journalists often Are escorted by rebels across the Border from Iran. The Baghdad government sometimes organizes trips to the Region. The iraqi spokesman said in a statement Quot press and television correspondents in Britain and other countries can come to Iraq to visit the marshes to acquaint themselves with the Normal situation there and establish that what the observer has reported is a pure  he accused the British weekly of Quot close links with the iranian regime. Quot it has Given publicity. To some iranian lies and fabrications a said the spokesman who was not identified. On saturday British broadcast fag corp. Television showed footage filmed by Bhatia of blackened Reea Beds and devastated villages. A a Quot artillery units Are steadily pushing farther South in direct contravention of . Demands for Saddam to Stop massacring his own people a Bhatia wrote. About 10,000 shiite rebels and hundreds of thousands of civilians live in the Southern marshes. In August the United states and its allies imposed a ban on flights by iraqi military aircraft Over Southern Iraq to protect the shiites. But Saddam a ground forces have been pounding the marshes with artillery since they began an offensive in april the newspaper said. An associated press reporter who travelled to the area with the rebels last year reported a constant artillery barrage from Saddam s forces. About 55 percent of Iraq s 17j million people Are shiites while Saddam and his ruling Circle Are sunni  gives 3rd Star to Maverick chef Gagnaire Paris a the Michelin Guidebook the Bible of French gastronomy has added culinary nonconformist Pierres Gagnaire of St. Etienne to its elites list of three Star chefs presaging a possible return to favor of Nouvelle cuisine. "1 am Happy if not exactly stunned a said the 43-year-old chef confirming his new status in a Telephone interview sunday a Day before the awards were to be announced. He spoke from his Hometown of St. Etienne in Central France better known for its soccer team than for gastronomy. Gagnaire impressed judges with dishes such As mushroom Puree with Coconut on Blini pancakes and crayfish Stew with Rabbit kidneys joining the Galaxy of 19 three Star chefs. Michelin found no one deserving of three Star status last year. It last gave its highest Honor to Bernard Loi seau of the c6te do or in Baulieu in 1991. Michelin a fat red Guidebook put out by the famed tire manufacturer and Selling some 700,000 copies a year is considered the Bible of gastronome. Considered a culinary Maverick Gagnaire has Given impetus and meaning to the expression Nouvelle cuisine. Once in then out Nouvelle cuisine with its combination of exotic tastes might return to favor thanks to Gagnaire and his daring approach. A i Don t discuss novelties a Gagnaire said his cooking is nevertheless a concoction of novel combinations such As compote of mushrooms with apricots with Almond milk and fresh almonds or front leg of Rabbit in Citronella with quartered onions and Frothy lobster Cream. Quot it s inedible sounding but works As he does it a said the Gault Millay gastronomic Guidebook which awarded him its Cook of the year prize. Last year Gagnaire moved out of a Small restaurant in a photographers studio in St. Itienne to a luxurious 1930 mansion Complete with towers balconies and a View Over the City. Quot i was told by Michelin that id have had three stars anyway Quot said Gagnaire. Quot but 1 believe that a Beautiful decor is essential to the Art of cooking. I wanted to create a dreamlike setting for people to savor  things were not always so dreamlike for Gagnaire. Quot i was practically forced to learn cooking by my family from the age of 14 on. It was slavery. I hated  Pierre Gagnaire of so solenne takes a break from work in his restaurant in this october photo. His grandmother managed a Small inn and his father a Farmer converted his Small farm near St. Etienne into a Bistro following world War ii. Quot finally i went for inspiration to nearby restaurants like Paul Bouse outside Lyon and Jean sign Ards a restaurant Chez Juliette in Lyon a said Gagnaire. Quot i did at last find a passion in  during the 1970s, he worked at Lucas Carton in Paris at the hotel do Golf in Deauville and at various restaurants in the United states returning to France to run a restaurant with his parents in 1977, the Clos Fleuri in St. A Tienne. In 1980, he opened his own restaurant in the Center of town with three helpers. By 1986, he had been awarded his second Michelin Star. Gagnaire has two sons 14 and 16, a not at All interested in becoming chefs and i will not Force  his wife Chantal an Anaesthesiologist helps in the restaurant. Quot its absolutely essential to have a supportive helpmate a said Gagnaire who now Heads a cooking staff of 30,. Quot but its also vital to keep experimenting in the Kitchen. In a going to continue stressing myself out on a Dahy basis Quot a it nuclear bomb capability cited for Israel 2 others Stockholm Sweden a Israel Idia and Pakistan have enough fissionable material to build at least 110 nuclear Wear is the Stockholm International peace search Institute said monday. The government funded Institute also id North Korea could accumulate enough a conium for four to seven nuclear Wear is by 1996. None of the countries has confirmed that has a nuclear weapons program though it a years All of them have been widely be Ved to have them. The conclusions were part of what the Institute described As the first comprehensive study of the amounts and whereabouts of weapons Grade plutonium and uranium produced since nuclear weapons were developed nearly a half Century ago. The report said its conclusions were based on published information and on interviews mostly with officials. Most of the uranium and plutonium is in the hands of the acknowledged nuclear Powers a the United states the former soviet Union Britain France and China. But the Institute said As much As 20 percent of the worlds weapons Grade plutonium is held by other countries. Plutonium is a byproduct of uranium powered civilian nuclear reactors. A the report also noted that the dissolution of the soviet Union raises the danger of insufficient control Over its weapons. Countries seeking weapons material could take advantage of that laxness. Meanwhile the report said some countries appear to be backing away from nuclear ambitions including Argentina Brazil South Africa and Taiwan. Iraq could have had its first nuclear bomb next year had it not been for the persian Gulf War the report said. Iran and North Korea remain High on the list of countries suspected of trying to build nuclear weapons the report said. The Institute estimated that by 1992, Israel had produced up to 915 pounds of weapons Grade plutonium enough for up to 98 nuclear weapons. India had enough material for nearly 60 nuclear weapons and Pakistan enough for six to 10, it said