European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 06, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday november by 1993\ germans Jam lines with Calls about bad blood Oberlin tap panicked germans flooded hospitals and health agencies with Calls fearing they had received tainted blood from a company that officials say failed to conduct proper tests for the aids virus. Authorities in Switzerland and Sweden said they had been customers of the now closed com Pany us plasma of Koblenz and had recalled blood products. Greece saudi Arabia and aus Tria earlier said they had bought the company products. Italy and France also were customers said Norbert Weise a prosecutor in the Case. In the United states the defense department i surveying its personnel to determine whether any one who May have been treated in a German Hospi Tal could have received his contaminated blood. Navy cmdr. Ron Morse spokesman for the s european come in Stuttgart said Friday that officials Don t yet have an estimate of the num Ber of americans who May have been affected. Morse said that a lot of our maternity healthcare is provided in German facilities but he cautioned that he had no information on what the risk there might have been in maternity cases. The news about us plasma is the latest in sweeping scandal in Germany Over blood supplies contaminated with his the human immunodeficiency virus that causes aids. The German Federal government admitted oct. 3 that officials had Coy Rcd up 373 cases of his contaminated blood in the 1980s. Us plasma was shut Down oct. 28 after the government said the company sold blood products without testing each unit for the aids virus a required by Law. . Troops Back on Street patrol in Mogadishu by Richard a. Serrano los Angeles times Washington reinforced wit fresh troops and tanks . Military forces Are once again patrolling the streets of War torn Mogadishu to protect humanitarian Aid convoys from rival somalian warlords the Pentagon said thursday. The 7,000 . Military personnel in so Malia had been confined to their bases after a series of ambushes resulted in the deaths of More than 70 . Troops. But with the arrival of additional troop Sand Armor along with a Large contingent of marines offshore. . Troops have re turned to their role of ensuring that humanitarian Aid reaches Somalia s hungry and needy. Navy capt. Michael doubt Day a Pentagon spokesman confirmed the resumption of the humanitarian Mission but added that there is no longer a secondary goal of arresting clan Leader Mohamed Farra Hadid. The United nations declared the War lord a fugitive and attempted to capture him after he was accused of a series of at tacks on Aid convoys and an ambush in june that led to the deaths of 24 Pakistan peacekeepers. But the Effort was a costly one. In one raid on a suspected aided hideout 18 . Service members were killed in october. Their deaths led to criticism of the strategy and it ultimately was abandoned we have made it very Clear,".double-Day said that we Are not actively pursuing aided at this but Doubleday also made Clear . Troops would not be deterred by any clan efforts to Stop the humanitarian con Voys. If there Are roadblocks that Are impeding the flow of humanitarian support he said then you will see whatever level of be hide is required to open the German officer As head Strasbourg France a standing before Monument to the dead of two world wars defense ministers from France Germany and Belgium on Friday fused 40,000 of their troops into a single unit. They swore in a German general As head of the eur Roco rps a unit that May become the nucleus of a United european want All our wars to be followed by a great Hope that of peace founded on the Force of Law and democracy said French defense minister Francois Leo Tard. The brainchild of French president Francois Mitter Rand and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl the euro corps once was viewed with suspicion in the United states for fear it would weaken the North Atlantic treaty organization. V these fears were allayed when France agreed to put the eur corps under nato command in wartime an for peacekeeping operations. Us. Gen. George a. Joulwan nato s top military commander in Europe attended Friday s formation of the corps International German Gen. Helmut Willmann was sworn in As eur corps commander. Leotard was joined by his German and belgian counterparts Volker Riiho and Leo Delcroix in laying a Wreath on a Monument to the fallen of All three nations. As they did Honor guards in the uniforms of the three armies snapped to attention to orders barked in French German and they unveiled plans for the eur corps in 1991, Mitterrand and Kohl saw the Force As a Way of building up Western Europe s military muscle and giving it a Strong defense role in the Post cold War unit will be linked to the Western european Union a 10-nation grouping that is set to become the defense Arm of the european Community. On Friday officials stressed that the new unit would work within a nato framework. With the eur corps we Are strengthening the fundamentals of the trans Atlantic link Rohe said. Initial us. Misgivings about the Force were rooted i France s position within nato. France participates in political discussions in Nat but not in its integrated military command Structure and has in recent years pushed for a reduced . Rolein european Security. In january France agreed the eur corps would replaced under nato s operational command if any member of the j6-nation Alliance were attacked. Nations with troops in the corps also can decide to attach them to Jato peacekeeping operations or humanitarian operations. But Germany s opposition to sending its ground troops to the former Yugoslavia Means it is unlikely the eur corps will be deployed there. Ruhe restated constitutional and political reasons forthe country s unwillingness to Send German troops to Bosnia and Herzegovina despite an Appeal by Leotard for Europe to do More to Stop the War on its Doorstep. Europe is tearing itself apart Down there while Wear trying to build it Here Leotard said. The German and French ministers stressed the sym Bolic siting of the corps Headquarters in Strasbourg. The French City on the Rhine where that River form the French German Border was Long fought Over by the two countries and changed hands four times from1871 to 1945. Already based in the City is the 4,200-Strong Franco German brigade that was formed in 1989 As a mixed bilingual unit. It will be integrated into the new corps. Other units will hot be mixed but will consist of three National divisions of about 12,000 men apiece. The line of ticket buyers wraps round the theater thursday at Raf Lakenheath. England for showing of the Jurassic from Page 1 not have a huge crush where we have to turn away half the people sheff said. On base Heaters ordinarily show major films for two or three nights before sending them to the next military contrast Jurassic Park s seven Day run hit 80 percent of the Heaters in european once. Jurassic Park has made Jurasic Buck for Spielberg and Crew with the movie grossing close to half a billion Dollar since it opened june 10 in the states. The Exchange system also marketed Jurassic souvenirs to moviegoers. Sales on. Such items As Dinosaur pop Corn drink combinations and Battery operated lizards on skateboards Are goings expected sheff said. Normally peo ple Don t bring a lot of extra Money wit them when they go to the movies sheff said there Are no immediate plans to clone this week s Jurassic Success by screening other runaway hits for week Long Multi Heater runs. Something like this is kind of unprecedented in the Industry he said. It has Good staying Power Broad Appeal. It s Afun movie to Jurassic Park brings up the fantasies we All have As children he said. Yet cafes officials were surprised to Dis cover that 77 percent of ticket sales went to adults. We Are looking at running it As a Revi Val around Christmas time when lots of people have time off sheff said. A Date has t been set for releasing the Home video but it Likely will be in late Spring or summer sheff said. It does t really do it Justice on the to screen sheff said. When those Little dinosaurs make their Little foot prints the theater kind of shakes a bit. You can t do that at
