European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes Safe reservists meeting set for Ramstein next week front staff report Ramstein a Germany a a conference for . Air forces in Europe reservists is scheduled Friday to March 14 at Ramstein a. The conference is designed to provide reservists with changes within the air Force focusing on Reserve programs. Topics will include mobilization pay entitlements promotions and other personnel issues. Representatives from air Reserve personnel Center Headquarters and the veterans affairs office will be available to answer questions. Those interested in attending can Contact senior master sgt. Linda Martinez at Dan 480-6178 or civilian 06371-47-6178.maintenance unit honoured Kaiserslautern Germany the 29th  groups 66th Maint in received the army Superior unit award last month for its support during operations desert shield and desert storm. The battalions ability to respond quickly and on Short notice were instrumental in earning the award officials said. The award was presented by it. Gen. William g. Pagonis commander of the 21st theater army area come during a ceremony at Panzer Cavern in Kaiserslautern. Alconbury Branch cited Raf Alconbury England the financial analysis Branch belonging to the 10th comptroller so at Raf Alconbury has been selected Best in . Air forces in Europe for 1992. The Branch was recognized for its budget and Cost analysis support during the activation of two classified organizations which took place at Raf Molesworth. The Branch now will compete for honors at the air Force  forces presentations Schwet Zingen Germany a recruiters will hold presentations in Baum older Germany on March is and 16 for enlisted soldiers interested in applying for special forces. Presentations will be held at the Wagon wheel theater at 9 . And 1 . Both Days. Spouses of interested soldiers Are encouraged to attend. Applicants must take a physical fitness and swimming lest soldiers arc required to score 220 on the army physical readiness lest in the 17-to-21 age group and swim so meters in Battle dress uniform and boots. The physical fitness and swimming tests will be held at the sports Field March 17 at 7 . Applicants also must pass the special forces physical. Attendance of the primary leadership development course is required before attending the special forces selection and assessment course. Soldiers should bring their most recent physical fitness test score card and copies of their personnel data forms 2a and 2-1 to the presentations. For More information Call set. 1st class Loren Simpson at ets 379-6430 or 6558 or civilian 06202 25825.solar radio chief cited. San Vito Dei Normanna Italy the chief of solar Observatory radio operations at san Vito recently received a command award. Air Force tech sgt. De Czopkiewicz assigned to Dot 8, air Force space forecast Center earned the air weather service space environment analyst of the year award for 1992. Czopkiewicz is in charge of the solar radio Telescope at san Vito and oversees operations and the analysts who operate the equipment. The information is sent to the space forecast Center in Colorado Springs and Boulder Colo. Czopkiewicz a commander capt. Julie Hall credited him with developing troubleshooting guides for radio software problems that Cut the number of outages by 50 percent. He also overhauled the radio training program and modules Hall said. Saturday March 6,1993 bomb suspect a disciple of Blind egyptian cleric Jersey City . A the Man arrested in the world Trade Center bombing is said to be a Follower of a Blind egyptian cleric who preaches holy War against islam a enemies from a tiny mosque above a Jersey City toy store. Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman who worships at the Al Salam mosque just across the Hudson River from the Trade Center has been living in the United states for about three years. He commands a following estimated at 200,000 of Egypt a 58 million people. His message includes Calls to eradicate anyone who stands in the Way of islam and to replace the egyptian government with a fundamentalist islamic state. He is fond of issuing fatwas religious edicts that Call for the murder of infidels. The egyptian government contends his movement is behind dozens of attacks in Egypt on coptic christians foreign tourists and government officials. He was acquitted a decade ago of involvement in the 1981 assassination of egyptian president Anwar Al Sadat. Officials said Mohammed Salach 26, of Jersey City was affiliated with the Al Salam mosque. He was charged thursday with aiding and abetting the bombing and held without bail. Prosecutors said other suspects were being sought. Among the mosques 300 to 400 other worshippers was a Sayyid a. Nos air who was acquitted of the 1990 slaying of jewish extremist rabbi Cir Kahanic but imprisoned for related crimes. Another worshipper was Sultan Ibrahim Elgawly convicted of attempting to smuggle 150 pounds of explosives and other contraband to the Palestine liberation organization in 1985. Abdel Rahman was questioned in Kahaney a slaying but investigators found no evidence connecting him to the crime. What connection the cleric had if any to Salach was not immediately known. The mosque on a Busy commercial Street consists of a Large carpeted room on the fourth floor of a storefront building. About 60 people took part in evening prayers thursday. Afterwards Mohammed nagib a mosque spokesman told reporters he had no knowledge of Salach and he denied anyone connected with the mosque was involved in the bombing. A a we cannot be responsible for every person who comes to worship Here he said. Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman a file a nagib said Abdel Rahman has been unfairly branded a Radical preacher and had nothing to do with the bombing. He said he did not know where the cleric was thursday Abdel Rahman was inadvertently granted a visa to enter the United states in 1990 despite his placement on a suspected terrorist list counter terrorism officials in Washington said. Authorities have been trying to Deport him. A hearing was held in january but no decision has been made. Federal officials also Are in he issued fatwas for three i originally based in new York Abdel Rahman moved to Jersey City last year and has preached at mosques around the country. His voice also is heard on tens of thousands of cassette tapes that have been sold in the Back alleys and hallways of Cairo a schools and universities. A the seems to be talking about issues that the poor in Egypt want to heart a Hooshang Amirahmadi director of Middle Eastern studies at Rutgers University has said. Re investigating the possibility killings in the United states. Van piece led authorities of suspect by Robert Dvorchak a National writer it new York a a scorched 18-Inch piece of Axle hat bore a portion of a vehicle identification number gave investigators the break that eventually yielded the arrest of a suspect in the bombing of the world Trade Center. A sometimes the smallest most insignificant piece of evidence can be that big break you need in the Case a said Jerry Singer spokesman for the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms a that vehicle identification number was like a signature on an  at agents searching on their hands and Knees through the rubble underneath the twin towers found the Section of a Van Axle on sunday. The Way the Van had been blown to pieces indicated to investigators it had carried the bomb. The identification number stamped on major parts of vehicles to help police catch thieves belonged to a yellow Ford econ line e-350 Van bearing Alabama License plate xa70668, the Van was traced to a Ryder truck rental inc shop in Jersey City ., which rented it feb. 23 to Mohammed Salameh 26, of Jersey City. He was described by authorities As a Follower of a Radical Muslim cleric. Salameh a slightly built Man with a closely trimmed Brown Beard and an accent used his own name and paid Cash for a one week rental a $200 up front and a $200 Deposit. For identification he used a new York Drivers License that listed a new Jersey address. He also left his phone number. A the made it real easy for investigators a said Mike Ackerman a former Cia agent and Security consultant from Miami. A in Conception this was a very Clever attack. The execution clearly left something to be desired. They apparently went with a Bunch of amateurs a the vehicle could carry a 2,000-Pound Load or the equivalent of the contents of a two bedroom apartment. Salameh returned to the rental Agency two to three hours after last fridays blast to report the Van had been stolen. He said it was taken the night before from a supermarket parking lot. A the just wanted his Deposit Back a said Patrick a Lasso owner of the rental shop. The Deposit  be returned unless Salameh had a police report so he reported the theft to the Jersey City police and returned monday with his rental agreement. A the rental papers were covered with nitrates said a government source speaking on condition of anonymity. Nitrates Are found in some explosives traces of nitrates were found at the blast site. Trail a so included a parking stub from the world Trade Center lot that included a portion of the License number of the Van. Attendants routinely write Down License numbers for Security reasons. Salameh made his third visit to the rental Agency on thursday to get his Deposit Back. This time Fri agents were in the office. One agent posed As a Ryder official. Did no to have a clue As to what was going on Quot a Lasso said. A the thought he was talking to a Ryder rep he just wanted that  Salameh signed a paper stating that he had rented the vehicle was Given $200 and went on his Way. As he As about to Board a bus he was arrested about 10 . Y eight to 10 agents wearing Gray uniforms and carry ing machine guns. N >,ntv7�?~h search dogs later checked the apartment f in a Ameh 10 the rental Agency As his Contact and in r Ntsasa found bomb making materials tools wiring and manuals on antennas circuitry and electromagnetic devices