Discover Family, Famous People & Events, Throughout History!

Throughout History

Advanced Search

Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, March 3, 1993

You are currently viewing page 9 of: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, March 3, 1993

     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 3,1993 the stars and stripes b page9 r decontamination operations in Schwa Nheim a suburb of Frankfurt Germany continued monday As workers dressed in protective clothing swept of Asphalt that was scraped off the Street by a machine. A woman wore a face mask As she walked after the leak the cleanup through the suburb. The Street work and the mask were made necessary by a leak last week at a nearby Hoechst a chemical Plant. The Plant accidentally released several tons of cancer causing chemicals polluting about 90 acres in  in Somalia kill one wound another Kismay. Somalia a us. Soldiers have killed a somalian Man and wounded another in the Southern port of Kismay where supporters of rival warlords have engaged in deadly clashes officials said tuesday. An army foot patrol came under fire monday night and shot Back killing one so Mali a us. Military spokesman said. While trying to retrieve the body the patrol was fired on again and shot one somali in the Chest the spokesman said. The wounded Man s condition was not known and no . Soldiers were reported Hurt Kismay has been tense since supporters of Mohamed said Hirsi known As Gen. Morgan launched a Surprise attack last week that sent rival warlord col. Omar Jess and hundreds of his fighters fleeing to the outskirts of town. Morgan s supporters said they Only want to regain Homes taken when Jess forced them to flee in fighting last year. An International coalition led by . Troops arrived dec. 9 to halt clan warfare in Somalia where fighting and starvation left 350,000people dead last year. The Allied military coalition in Somalia has forced. Morgan a son in Law of ousted dictator Mohammed Siad Barre to confine his fighters to an area near Kenya and has seized weapons. It also has ordered Jess to take Bis fighters and weapons at least 50 Miles outside the City or risk attack. But supporters of the two rivals clashed sunday and monday in Kismay leaving five people dead. A belgian officer said monday that he saw two bodies from Over night fighting and earlier reports listed three killed sunday. A weapons sweep sunday yielded most of the Small arms kept by Kismay residents belgian officers said. Protesters used rocks against each other in the clashes monday. Relief agencies in Mogadishu said monday that their workers in Kismay could not distribute food and other Aid for a second Day because of the unrest. Marine col. Fred Peck the military coalition spokesman said clan ciders from Kismay met monday and would continue their talks tuesday on ending the fighting. With waning fighters being moved far out of town the coalition forces Hope the elders can bring Calm he said. Previous fighting Between Morgan and Jess scuttled preliminary peace talks in Jan uary but planning has started for a full peace conference to begin March 15 in Ethiopia. At peace talks scheduled for tuesday in Mogadishu representatives of Somalia a 14 factions were to discuss a plan to disarm under . Supervision. The groups were expected to turn in lists of their weapons and fighters to coalition Force leaders. Officials said Mohamed far Rah aided and Ali Mahdi Mohamed the two main warlords in Mogadishu already had tone so. A an aided faction complained monday that the Kismay trouble began because coalition forces disarmed Jess and allowed Morgan s people to attack. It said any future disarmament should involve All groups at the same  Seal off Gaza in response to stabbings a by Cox news service Jerusalem a the israeli government responding to a bloody rampage try a knife wielding palestinian on monday sealed off the occupied Gaza strip Early tuesday preventing thousands of arabs who work in Israel from entering the country. The Gaza Border will be closed indefinitely an israeli army statement said. Residents will not be permitted to leave the area. The action prevents about 35,000 Day labourers from reaching their jobs in Israel. Two israelis were killed and eight others wounded when a 19-year-old palestinian from Gaza stabbed his Way through a crowd monday morning on a Busy Street in downtown Tel Aviv the Border was sealed at 3 . Tuesday. The army statement claimed the move was intended to allow time to determine the Validity of work permits and other documents that Are required to be carried by Gaza residents who enter Israel. Sealing the Border also will a prevent violence Between residents of the Gaza strip and of Israel Quot the army said. But a chief palestinian spokeswoman said the Border dosing a can Only increase and deepen the hatred and  a this is. Another example of israelis Pursuit of collective punishment. Israel should punish the person who committed the crime and not almost 1 million people a Hanan Ashrafi said in a statement. No pleads not guilty in murder trial noncommissioned officer accuse by Craig Martin staff writer Rhein main killing his filipino Rhein main a Germany a d of killing is Tipti Girlfriend and mutilating her body in september 1991 Gir Imena Ana mutilating Ner Okay in september  pleaded not guilty tuesday afternoon in the fifth Day of Nis general court martial. Tech. Sgt James Ancell Thomas plea followed three Days of detailed testimony in which defense attorneys requested the military judge suppress genetic evidence. Prosecutors believe the evidence ties Thomas to the victim Yolanda Pengson. However european circuit judge col a Jeremiah Mahoney ruled tuesday that he will allow the evidence to be admitted in court before a jury. Thomas 33, assigned to the 435th civil engr so at Rhein main is charged with premeditated murder and desecration of a Corpse. Pengson s body was found sept. 9, 1991, burning in a forested area near Karls Rune Germany some 62 Miles South of Rhein main. Pengson a head and hands were severed and have never been recovered. Officials still Arentt certain where or How the 27-year-old woman was killed. At the heart of defense attorney capt. Rodger Drew or s objection is a process of identification called Dan testing. Dan or detox ribonucleic acid is the genetic code for living things and is used As a genetic . A German Laboratory performed two tests to identify cells from the Torso an a and a car. One process used to identity the burned Torso As Pengson s was not questioned. However defense attorneys argued that a Sec Ond method which matched cells found on the a and in the car to the Torso is inconclusive by . Standards. It was unclear tuesday How the a and cell samples from the car Are linked with Thomas and Pengson. Prosecutor maj. Ronald Gregory called witnesses who testified that although european scientific standards differ from . Standards the Dan from the car and a could be a match. Thomas civilian attorney Joel Cohen called a witness who testified that the German Tab s testing method was unreliable and inconclusive. Cohen also called a key witness for the prosecution or. Mitchell Holland of the aimed forces Institute of pathology in Washington. Holland testified that by . Standards the Dan test results of the samples from the a and the car could not be proved beyond a Shadow of doubt. Gregory argued that scientific standards and Legal standards Are not necessarily the same. The jury be said should decide on the credibility of the evidence. A jury Likely will be chosen when the trial resumes at Rhym main today. In a general court martial a jury must consist of at least five people. Thomas remains jailed at the . Anny confinement facility in Mannheim Germany. Thomas wife and then 4-year-old daughter lived in the United states at the time of the death. As the trial began dec. 10, Mahoney ordered attorneys witnesses and command staff personnel not to speak to the press about the Case  
Browse Articles by Decade:
  • Decade