European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 14, 1993 world Twe stars and stripes Page 9 tension mounts in Wake of shootout somali Trust in . Unravelling by Mark Fineman los Angeles time Mogadishu Somalia three . Army hum vees stopped in their tracks thursday morning jus Short of Mogadishu s Parade grounds where thousands of somalis were shouting anti american slogans and taunting the approaching enemy. The american commander surveyed the scene at the protest for peace a rally organized in part by sup porters of outlawed somalian warlord Mohamed far Rah aided. Suddenly the commander gave the order. Without warning All three armoured vehicles barrel around barricades their machine guns aimed into the Hail of stones and insults that chased them. Within seconds gunfire erupted. No one was killed on that Point alone everyone agrees. But the Brief mid morning shootout on Mogadishu s angry streets and the widely varying versions that would follow showed the deep distrust Between the increasingly embattled . Peacemaking Force Here an Many somalis for whom the american military had re stored Hope just a few months  incident also highlighted the tension that has gripped . Soldiers and residents of the capital in the aftermath of last sunday s Early morning ambush in which four . Army soldiers on a similar patrol a thursday s were killed when a Remote controlled bomb was detonated As their humvee passed Over  the somalis who organized thursday s peace protest featuring posters of . Helicopter gunship strafing somalian civilians under the words Aid from America the . Patrol commander s decision to drive into the crowd was an opening Salvo in president Clinton s vow to take appropriate action to avenge the ambush. This was a provocation said Abdulla Hassan one of the protest s organizers who insisted that at least three somalian civilians were wounded inthe shootout. This is the retaliation Clinton. Said would  not countered the . Military spokesman in Somalia a. Army maj. David Stock Well. It was not to provoke. It was not to break up a  said the patrol commander apparently was wrong in judging that his Small Convoy could Pas through the rally unmolested feeling try eat Ned he had ordered the patrol merely to fire into the air. Perhaps so malian gunmen in the crowd had inflicted the wounds on their own countrymen the spokesman  have seen that before Stockwell said of Soma Lian gunmen who he insisted were in the crowd and had fired at the humvee As they passed. These arc not trained soldiers. We know in the past that they have fired into their own group and those shots Likely caused those  three casualties were presented to the half dozen foreign journalists in Mogadishu within minutes of the incident in what has become Standard practice after . Shooting incidents. A group of somali brought them to the Gate of the journalists hotel. The grim display did nothing to clarify the incident but it was a vivid example of How dangerous unpredictable and increasingly Remote the mood is on Mogadishu s streets. The change has occurred amid the Aerial assaults and ambushes that began soon after the .marines handed Over command of the multinational humanitarian operation to the United nations three months ago. R a . Helicopter Flics Over somalian demonstrators thursday at Mogadishu s Parade grounds. Italians to scale Down presence in Mogadishu Mogadishu Somalia a most of Italy s soldiers will withdraw from Mogadishu within the next few Days because of differences Over the . S Mission i Somalia the italian defense minister says. Mogadishu has been tense since an explosion killed four . Soldiers sunday.. Troops have come under tire every night since then and somalis have braced for retaliatory attacks on suspected strongholds of fugitive warlord Mohamed Farrah aided who is blame for the killings. Previous retaliatory . Offensives have provoked acrimonious debate Over the Agency s role in Somalia. One of the most vocal critics has been Italy which announced thursday that it would pullout of Mogadishu. Italy warned last month that it would leave the embattled capital if its differences with the United nations Over the world body s tactics in Somalia a former italian Colony were not resolved. Italian defense minister Fabio Fabb isaid Italy disagreed about the Way in which Force was used. Rome and other critics contend the United nations has lost sight of its Origi Nal humanitarian Mission in Somalia. It dissatisfaction with the . Mission grew when the United nations asked Italy to recall the commander of its so Malia Force Gen. Bruno Loi after accusing him of insubordination. Tensions Rose even further after Soma Lian gunmen ambushed italian troops july 2, killing three soldiers and wound ing More than 20. On. Thursday Fabbri said most of the800 italians in Mogadishu would leave in a few Days and join the rest of Italy s2,500-Meniber contingent in Northern so Malia. Rome would leave a limited pres ence in Mogadishu for logistical Pur poses the statement said. 10 greeks beaten up by German skinheads Berlin a skinheads attacked 10 greek labourers in route to a construction site in Eastern Germany prosecutors said thursday and new statistics showed a Steep increase in anti foreigner Inci dents. Authorities in Hoye Swerda a town 80 Miles South of Berlin that is notorious for an anti foreigner incident nearly two years ago said the labourers were attacked there wednesday afternoon after they got off a train and were waiting for taxis. About 10 local men most of them with shaven Heads began beating the greeks in front of the station. All of the greeks were Hurt though not critically. One suffered a Skull fracture said Herbert Mayer chief prosecutor in near by Bautzen. Two attackers were arrested by police who came to Stop the Melee Mayer said and six More were arrested thursday. The suspects said hatred of foreigners was the reason for the attack Mayer said. They did not fit the pattern often seen in such violent incidents where Drunken teen agers Are blamed he said. They were Between 20 and the late 30s," Mayer said. They were not Mere  in Bonn the government said the fed eral crime office registered 1,307 anti foreigner offences in june up from 400in May. The june offences consisted of 76 cases of arson one explosion 84 assaults and 1,146 lesser offences. The government said some of the in crease was Likely because of copycat actions following the worst anti foreigner violence Germany has experienced the deaths of five turks in an arson attack May 29 in the Northwestern City of Soli Ngen. Violence has risen in summer month sin the past two years and one inspiration was a riotous period nearly two years again Hoye Swerda that ended when authorities evacuated a refugee Center. Local people applauded the rioters and jeered the foreigners As they were transported away. Hoye Swerda has remained a Center of rightist activity. After the assault wednesday a special police squad work ing on extreme rightists was seeking More suspects Mayer said. Germany imposed a Tough new Law to keep most refugees out of the country As of july 1 As part of measures to Stop a wave of violence by Neo nazis. But fresh attacks Are registered daily. Be conf Quarter Revenue fakes dip at euro Disney Paris a euro Disney on Friday reported a Revenue fall of 2,4 percent during the second three months of the year compared to the same period last year. Euro Disney struggling amid a european recession said Revenue at the year old magic kingdom East of Paris fell to 1.465 billion francs $244 Mil lion from 1.501 billion francs $250 million. The company also confirmed that it posted a loss of 500 million francs $83 million from april 1 through june 30, As it predicted last month. Revenue was lower even though the Park was open fewer Days during the same three month period last year. Disney s grand opening was april 12,. 1992. A company spokeswoman declined to comment on the report for the period the third Quarter of the company s fiscal year. This was strictly a Legal filing spokeswoman Debra Gawron said of the figures. Since last month the company has undertaken a strategic examination which involves financial restructuring she said in a Telephone inter View. We re in a period of re examination right  she declined to elaborate or say if any announce mints were planned soon for euro Disney 18 Miles cast of Paris. The company said last month that in Light of economic conditions it planned to modify the second phase of its expansion which Call for new attractions As Well As an Mem movie studio More hotels and a theme Park based on water rides. With unemployment Topping 11percent in France and recession Pla Guing other european nations vacationers have been stinger. The company last month blame the losses on lower than expected spending per visitor on food and Mer Chandise As Well As on lower occupancy rates at the theme Park s hotels. The company also noted High inter est lease and depreciation charges from the Large initial investment in the first phase of the euro Disney resort. The july statement said the company expected a loss in the latest fiscal year but it did not give a projection. In the fiscal year that ended sept. 30, 1992, euro Disney ran 188 million francs $31 million in red Ink