European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2. B the stars and stripes Friday March 5,1993 at a glance russian president Boris n. Yet Slit got the word from his top generals on wednesday get Tough to end his Power struggle with parliament. Sec Story on Page 9. Jobless benefits pass the Senate passed a $5.7 billion benefits package for the Long term unemployed beating Back a Republican attempt to weaken the measure by linking it to spending cuts. A Page 5 citizens urged to help president Clinton invited americans to suggest ways to Quot locate waste and wipe it out Quot of the Federal government. A Page 7 moderation predicted two conservative activists predicted the Republican party would moderate its abortion stance in 1996. A Page 8 Bond traders approve president Clinton is receiving the loudest cheers for his economic program from the nation s Bond traders. A. A Page 12 i Index 1 Abby Ann lenders 16 classifieds25-28 comics. 16, 22-23 commentary 15 crossword., 16 faces a places. 24 focus 1721 horoscope.27 letters.14 Money matters .12 sports. 31-36 to listings .35 weather.13 2 German boys rummaged through copter before crash a. A i if. A Ift Mmel Llyl Litt Aai. Was missing during a preflight Check. The Pilot notified military police and had the surrounding area searched the newspaper said. The aircraft then took off for Wiesbaden. By Vince Crawley ment and stole an emergency survival kit staff writer the newspaper reported. Two German boys were snooping the cockpit was locked and there was aboard the . Army helicopter a few apparently no Way the children could hours before it crashed feb. 23, killing have tampered with the aircraft s con four soldiers at Wiesbaden a Ger tools the Story said. A. Or races a snakes ten for Many a German newspaper reported reporter has Rich a sat a corps said Tiu relay that be Story was wednesday. The Story told the stars and a types mat of a Correct he said he had no but a spokesman for the army a v  Story was based on local German to Hudren mentioned in an official corps said thursday that the boys had lice reports. Report but that discussions with army i nothing to do with the crash that killed the boys Ages 10 and 13, trespassed vcjtigator8 red him to believe that Quot there a  Deputy commander maj. Gen. Aboard the aircraft for the fun or it a is absolutely no reason to believe that to. Robertson and three others. Cording to a German police spokesman the children helped Thau Emma Grarf thro Noh the  dam a. A f a the to Jarrett reason. I cause the Accident. The helicopter flew from Stuttgart to they i Mma cd thru ugh the Sumalbag within hours of stealing the kit the Wiesbaden on the evening of feb. 23 and keeping some of the gear then threw the Hoys told the adult Leader of a youth crashed near its Landing pad about 7 35 hag into a nearby Field group about entering , and a or 3 Fife youth Leader talked them into going cd a p.m., j Between 5 and 6 on the same evening Insul Saow ,. ,. Two boys Riding bicycles found the Helix it the survival kit contained items such copter unguarded at an Airfield outside As a saw a Parka food and matches the the army s Kelley Barracks the Stutt newspaper said Garter Zeitung reported. The youngsters upon returning to  the entered the aircraft a passenger Compart american Pilot noticed the survival kit going police the German newspaper to the said. The cause of the crash remains under investigation Bridges said. Contributing to the a report staff writer de Raaf in Darmstadt Germany. Muslim from Page 1 Day evening. The suspect was arrested without incident a Federal Law enforcement official said on condition of anonymity. That official said the suspect belonged to a terrorist organization. The source did no to believe the suspect was an american National. Jersey City officials said Fri agents told them the suspect is linked to the Al Salam mosque. Two people suspected of involvement in the 1990 assassination of israeli right Wing extremist rabbi Meir Kahane in new York have been known to worship at the mosque the mayors office said. Al Sayyid a. Nos air was acquitted in 1991 of shooting Kahane. And Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman a Radical islamic cleric who faces possible deportation was questioned in Kahaney a slaying but investigators found no evidence. The Blind 54-year-old cleric was accused in Egypt of sanctioning the 1981 assassins lion of egyptian president Anwar Sadat. The motive for the bombing was not Clear. A second Fri source theorized the the bombing was staged in retaliation for the 1991 Gulf War to which the United states ousted iraqis army from Kuwait. Fridays blast occurred on the second anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait. Fri investigators Are trying to determine if the suspect was acting under iraqis sponsorship the source said on condition of anonymity. The suspect had been known to the Fri in the past As a result of the bureaus counter terrorism efforts the source said. Fri director William sessions at the news conference with Gerson also  comment when pressed for details including whether officials believed the bombing was the work of a terrorist group. Quot i know things that i wont say a sessions said. _ _ in by to quoting sources it did no to identify said the Fri was executing search warrants in new Jersey Ana Brooklyn . Investigators turned up fragments of a rental Van stolen the Day before the blast that could have carried the bomb. The charred pieces were scattered around the perimeter of the blast site indications that the Van might have held the explosives new York new Day said quoting sources it did no to identify. The Ryder Van was rented feb. 25 a the Day before the deadly blast a from an Agency in Jersey City. It was subsequently reported stolen in Newark an executive of the rental company who spoke on condition of anonymity said thursday. White House spokesman George Ste thanopoulos announced a suspect had been arrested but refused to give any details. Quot All i can say is an arrest has been made a he said. Quot i can to comment on it beyond to confirm  he said president Clinton had been called by the Justice department and that Federal agents made the arrest. The threat of a Cave in brought excavation at the Trade Center to a halt wednesday. A a there a so much rubble beneath your feet that you done to Trust where you re watching Quot said Anthony Shorris Deputy executive director of the port authority the Trade centers owner. Quot i done to even think the dogs would go Down there to sniff around for  also on thursday the Leader of Bosnia a serbs retracted his statement that the United states could become a target for terrorists if it intervenes in the yugoslav conflict. Radovan Karadzic told reporters to disregard his statement shortly after meeting with . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali and the two International mediators on the Yugoslavia conflict Cyrus Vance and lord Owen. The officials a protested very strongly to Karadzic in the meeting at . Headquarters . Spokesman Joe Sills said. The state department condemned the warning As a irresponsible and  in an a open letter to the american people,1 Karadzic had cited the bombing of the Trade Center As an example of the Dan f ers of . Intervention in foreign crises. In called it a fresh testimony to the extraordinary volatility and immediate dangers of direct foreign involvement a please neglect this sentence in the let Ter because it missed the Point a the bosnian serb Leader said at a news conference thursday. The three Page letter discussed the on gins of the Al gating in Bosnia and Herzegovina and lashed out at Media coverage of the War saying it was  the letter was dated saturday and distributed tuesday to reporters covering . Talks on Bosnia which Karadzic is attending. In interviews Karadzic denied that bosnian serbs were involved in the bombing. The letter also said the a will advised . Airdrop of Relief supplies to muslims a could overnight transform a local conflict into a Balkan War a perhaps a world  he said a i was astonished How All of us can be exposed to International terrorism even America could be bit by International  correction because of a reporting error an article thursday incorrectly reported the Day on which pee. Johnny l. Mcgeejr. First sought medical treatment. Jle sought the treatment feb. 13. Cultists from Page 1 compound thursday Jamar declined to comment so about the report but he said cutting off electricity is an option in Many standoff situations. A Texas utilities co. Truck drove into the secured area near the compound this morning. Koresh got the Fri to put a rambling religious message on the radio tuesday but he reneged on a Promise to surrender saying head received a message from god to await instructions. Federal agents brought in two portable office buildings wednesday for use As a command Post outside the 77-acre compound apparently settling in for what could be a Long siege. A the goal is to resolve this situation ultimately in Federal court with no further bloodshed Quot Jamar said. The cult is a Well trained committed fighting Force with a a massive weapons Cache a Earl k. Dunagan an at agent said in court papers. The standoff began sunday when a raid by at agents erupted in a gun Bat tie. Another gun Battle occurred later in the Day. The agents had sought to arrest Koresh on weapons charges and search the compound. Dan Hartnett at associate director said the cultists had received a Call warning them of the raid. A there is no doubt they were expecting our arrival Quot he said. Lloyd Sandst Rora who lives near the compound said he saw cult members buy about $3,000 Worth of food two weeks ago. A a in a sure they be got to be stocked pretty Well for this Quot he said. Two elderly women who left the compound were initially charged with participating in the first gun Battle. The charges were dropped wednesday but the women Ages 75 and 77, remained jailed As material witnesses. At spokeswoman Sharon Wheeler would not say Why the charges were dropped