European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday March 7,1993 at a glance a woman in Moscow holds a portrait of Josef Stalin while reciting a poem praising the former soviet dictator. Many in the former soviet Union Are marking the 40th anniversary of Stalin s death. See Story on Page 11. That a enough now president Clinton s plan to slash defense spending by $123.9 billion Over five years ran into its first serious resistance in Congress As conservatives including Senate armed services committee chairman Sam Nunn a Gay a warned that the cuts have gone far enough. The senator warned the president and others not to Cut the defense budget in order to reduce the deficit or fund social  Page 4 Reno controversy a White House aide assailed unsubstantiated reports that attorney general designate Janet Reno had been stopped but not charged several times on suspicion of Drunken driving. A Page 5 teens face aids risks teens face an enormous risk of aids because they like to Experiment with sex and drugs take risks and live for the moment a report  Page 6 out of the Hospital five weeks after Stacy Sewell got parts of her parents lungs in a landmark transplant the cystic fibrosis patient was discharged from the Hospital. A Pale 7 bumpy week for stocks Wall Street took a bumpy ride last week As it took its Cue from the Bond Market and kept an Eye on the economic picture. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers .16 classifieds.20-23 commentary. 15 faces n places. 16 Horoscope. 23 letters.14 Money matters.17 Mutual .17-19 sports. 25-32 weather. 13mash staffers leaving Croatia from Page 1 48 hours notice if there is a sudden increase in casualties among United nations peacekeepers in the Balkan  a we re going to let some go Back just so Long As they keep a bag packed a a Newcomb said. When the rest of the unit returns to Germany it will be replaced by another . Unit. The 212th is responsible for providing medical care for about 25,000 military and civilian personnel operating under the United nations peacekeeping mandate Here. Initially named task Force 212 when the Wiesbaden unit arrived in november the operation recently was predesignated joint task Force provide Promise Forward to reflect the support services by the . Air Force. Since beginning operations nov 14, the Hospital has treated More than 3,070 people from 30 countries. The . Has recorded More than 400 casualties directly related to the fighting in the Balkans. They include 398 injured and 32 dead. Among the dead is the French civilian Aid worker shot and killed by a sniper while she sat in a stalled Convoy near Sarajevo last month Friday the Mash unit was caring for 12 patients from eight nations none of them americans. Although its official military designation is a Mobile army surgical Hospital the 212th has evolved into something More than a classic Mash facility during the four months of its six month Mission Here. Army col. Gregg Stevens commander of the american operation said the unique situation in the Balkans has forced the 212th to expand the Short term medical services it traditionally would offer As a Mash. Normally a Mash keeps patients just Long enough for lifesaving surgery and then transfers them to another facility for further treatment and recuperation. Usually a Mash patient will stay for no longer than 30 Days. However in Croatia the 212th is handling people for the duration of their treatment which has required introduction of medical expertise not normally on hand in a Mash unit. The 60-bed Hospital in Zagreb Croatia is operated by the 212th Mash. A amps Ken off org the Hospital is treating internal medi cat problems As Well As wounds normally associated with warfare. Some patients have stayed for almost three months. As a result Stevens said the 212th has expanded its pharmacy introduced physical therapy internal Medicine and dental services to its operation and entered the business of procuring artificial limbs for its amputation patients. A what we have really done is fashion a Community Hospital Stevens said. Quot we be had to tailor the Hospital for the  he said the Hospital provides routine outpatient medical care that is often much better than is available in the Homes of military people attached to the . Operation. A we have russians driving 90 minutes it go Here a a he said. G each Way to get their dental work done the nature of the hospitals capabilities is reflected in the Long term treatment Given four amputee victims from the russian and Ukraine republics of the former soviet Union. Three of the men suffered the loss of one leg each. Hie fourth Andre lost both legs. The patients were allowed to stay at Thea Hospital beyond the usual 30-Day limit were fitted with artificial legs and received physical therapy. A when they All left to go Home they All walked to the air plane a Stevens  from Page 1 bombing. The Fri said thursday it found bomb making materials in an apartment linked to him. On Friday afternoon the Fri arrested three people outside a Brooklyn mosque after ency stole a car from Logan Airport in Boston and drove South said James Fox the Agency a new York chief. A we done to have sufficient evidence at this Point to say it is connected with the bombing a Fox said in a to interview. A a it a just a  the Man charged with obstruction of Justice for allegedly striking the agents Ibraham a. Elg Browny plunged his hands into a urine filled toilet to foil any testing for traces of explosives a prosecutor said at his arraignment. Assistant . Attorney Henry Depippo said Elg Browny was a part of the investigation into the bombing but he did t say Elg Browny was a suspect. Salameh used Elga Brownyn a address in new Yorkus Brooklyn Borough to get a Drivers License Depippo said. The Hospital personnel Are. Proud of the work they be done on behalf of the amputees. Stevens said the unit held a party shortly before the russian double amputee went Home a there was Andre a double amputee dancing a he said. But the 212th operation remains available to . Personnel Only. Native victims of the fighting in the Balkans Are not eligible for treatment. A we Are required to maintain absolute neutrality. So we re not allowed to get involved in anything other than provide medical care for someone carrying a . Card a Stevens said. A with Only a 60-bed Hospital there is just so much we can  meanwhile Stevens said the Mash unit will enter a period of transition in april when replacement personnel will begin arriving to Start the process of taking Over the Zagreb operation. Stevens said the 7th medical Comdr a 502nd Mash unit  is in line to take Over the croatian Mission. In Advance of its eventual redeployment Back to Germany in May the Mash unit on monday will receive United nations service medals for its contribution to the peacekeeping efforts  from Page 1 technician based in Camp Pendleton Calif. A Conde faces assault charges for shooting Ahmed Abdi Omar 13, and another teen feb. 2 after Omar reached into the military vehicle Conde was Riding in and stole the soldiers prescription sunglasses. Omar was wounded in the Abdomen by Buckshot pellets and the 17-year-old bystander was hit in the Arm. At Issue is whether Conde fired for fear of his safety or if he shot the escaping youth for  from Page 1 Putes previous estimates y a report in May 1991 by the environmental group Greenpeace based on interviews with Relief workers . Officials and Media reports said 100,000-120,000 iraqi soldiers were killed in the air and ground campaigns. It estimated that 5,000-15,000 iraqi civilians were killed in the Aerial bombings. The same month a defense intelligence Agency report estimated that 100,000 iraqi soldiers were killed and 300,000 wounded in the air and ground campaigns. In an interview Heidenrich said the estimate of 100,000 dead and 300,000 wounded would mean that virtually All the iraqi soldiers in the Kuwait theater of operations by current estimates were casualties and obviously is wrong. Later casualty estimates were lower. The House armed services committee staff estimated 9,000 dead and 17,000 wounded. Iraq and the defense department have never Given iraqi casualty figures. Heidenrich wrote a the total death toll from both the air and ground offensives May have been Only 1,500,�?� with about 3,000 wounded. Heidenrich based the conclusion in his article on the Low number of bodies found and buried by . Troops a 577, prisoner of War interviews and the fact that of 69,000 iraqi prisoners of War Only about 2,000 were wounded. He wrote that it is unlikely that More than about half the number of wounded who were captured would have been Atie to escape the Battlefield meaning total a of imbed would have been about 3,000. Using a conservative ratio of one dead to two wounded applicable to third world armies like Iraq he set Battlefield deaths at 1,500