European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 09, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Paige 6 the stars an stripes . Tuesday. November 9,1993 Bush led Iraq cover up by the los angles time a new Book contends that former president Bush was a driving Force behind Effort to keep Congress from getting documents revealing the extent of . Assistance to Iraq before the persian Gulf War. Three unidentified Bush administration officials Are quoted in the Book spider s web As saying Bush and his National Security adviser. Brent scowcroft pushed the Effort to keep the records from congressional com Mitties in 1991 and 1992. The Book was written by Alan Friedman an investigative reporter with the financial times of London and published monday. In the final weeks of the Book preparation Friedman and his chief Collaborator were under armed guard provided by the new York District attorney s office. The precautions were taken after two break ins and numerous Telephone s web also provides other details about therole of . Policy under Bush and former president Reagan in Iraq s military buildup before Saddam Hus Sein s forces invaded Kuwait in 1990. Among the allegations Are reports that . Military goods were illegally transferred to Iraq from a nato base in Germany. And that a Cia operative was deeply involved in the financing of iraqi weapons programs by the atlant office of an italian Bank. Attempts to reach Bush and scowcroft on sunday were unsuccessful. The Broad outline of the Clandestine . Policy toward Saddam is Well known but the Book says Bush played a More Central role than previously disclosed. Earlier accounts have described How senior officials in the Bush White House met Many times in 1991 and 1992 in an attempt to restrict congressional committees Access to sensitive documents describing the Iraq policy notes from some of those meetings indicated that Bush was kept informed about the attempt. \ in spider web Friedman says three participants inthe meetings All of whom refused to be identified claimed that Bush and scowcroft were the driving efforts to keep Congress from gaining Access to the Iraq related in addition a former military officer and an unidentified former staff member of the National Security Council in the Reagan White House Are quoted As saying that .military goods were shipped to Iraq in the mid-1980s from . Bases and nato stockpiles in Europe. The goods were shipped during the loan Iraq War when the United states and its allies were quietly sup porting Iraq. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago nov. 9,1983 Fri investigators poked through debris in the Marble hallway outside the Senate chamber seeking remnants of a bomb that heavily damaged the congressional cloakroom and destroyed priceless artwork 20 years ago nov. 9,1973 Israel accepted a Compromise worked out by Secre tary of state Henry a. Kissinger and egyptian president Anwar Sadat providing for an Exchange of prison ers and an end to the Arab sea blockade officials said. 30 year Sago nov. 9,1963 Secretary of state Dean Rusk said the United states cannot permit the soviet Union to interrupt Western Access to Berlin. 40 year Sago nov. 9.1953 attorney Gen. Herbert browned or. Vowed to prove that former president Truman had been told that Harry Dexter White was a communist spy before tru Man promoted him to a top govern ment Job in 1946. 50 years ago nov. 9,1943 flying fortresses from the . 6th air Force struck in Force at the North sea port of Bre men targeting Germany s Long Range a boats and an Industrial Cen Ter. World War ii 50 years ago too a nov. 9 1�94 3 . Marines begin moving Inland Pom their beachhead on Bougainville in the Solomon running into Japan s 23rd regt and touching off a fierce. Three Day Battle in the Jungle that ends in the extermination of the japanese troop. In Algeria the French government in exile reorganizes under the leadership of Gen. Charles de Gaulle. Source pays of War. W h. Smith Puto i re inc. A son of Sam says he s again new York a David Berko Witz the notorious son of Sam serial killer a become a born again Christiania jail a newspaper reported. Derkowitz uses pay from his prison Obras a janitor and a Porter to buy bibles to Send overseas the new Yor daily news said sunday. In a three part television interview heals apologized for the murders. I did take some lives and i m very sorry for that Derkowitz said in the interview with the. Syndicated television Shew inside edition. A preview tape was made available tothe Media sunday and the first part of the interview was scheduled for Broad cast monday in the United states. During 13 months of attacks Berko Witz shot 13 people and killed six. Many of the victims were women wit Long dark hair who were parked in Lov ers lanes after a Date. New yorkers changed their hairstyles and habits to avoid becoming his victim. The killings began jury 29,1976. But it was t until the fourth attack in january1977 that police noticed a pattern and dubbed Berkowitz the ".44-caliber killer. V More than 300 detectives worked on the Case. He left a note at the site of his sixth attack a double murder. I am tire son of Sam he wrote Sam he later told police was Sam Carr his neighbor whose dog told me to , 40, is serving a life sen captured him by tracing a Park ing ticket issued near the scene of one of the murders. They arrested him outside his Yonkers apartment in August 1977. David Berkowitz holding a Bible in prison has apologized for the son of Sam murders. He confessed and pleaded guilty. That he acted alone. Berkowitz told the daily news and Jin last week the new York Post ran aside edition that others were involved in series that reviewed the evidence and do the shootings. But police said the Evi bunked Berkowitz s new claims of a con Dence and Berkowitz s confession prove piracy. Smokers who quit warned on weight St. Louis a Many people risk unhealthy weight gain when they Stop smoking but that does t mean the should keep lighting up the author of a study says. The study published in sunday s Issue of archives of internal Medicine found that health risks from gaining weight can offset the benefits of giving up tobacco if quitters Aren t careful. Smoking is a terrible Scourge on health or. Seth Eisen said study does not mean that people should not Stop i see our study As being a warning to people that when they do Stop smoking they need to be aware of their some experts worry the study will sen the wrong message. If we Start saying to people you Rebetter off smoking than to get fat that s just what they Don t need to hear Saidur. Trisha Roth a Beverly Hills calif., paediatrician and anti smoking activist. Researchers studied 1,911 pairs of male identical twins with an average age of 38. Because they share the same genes the study eliminates genetic fac tors in weight gain. Eisen cautioned that because the study looked Only at Middle aged males the findings May not apply to women or to other age groups. The study showed that smokers were on average six to eight pounds lighter than their nonsmoking twins. More than a Quarter of the smokers were at least 20 pounds lighter than their nonsmoking siblings. Our study provides very Strong sup port. That smoking really does have an influence on reducing weight Eisen said. It s possible that nicotine in cigarettes creates a biochemical reaction that affects hormones keeping a person weight Down. Also some people who quit smoking tend to substitute food for the cigarettes Eisen said. Anti smoking activists said the risks of smoking and overeating can t be compared. Cigarettes Are time bombs that explode in later life. We know for a fact that smoking has devastating consequences said Ahron Leichtman executive director of citizens for a tobacco free society. But or. Richard Faasiu of the National heart lung and blood Institute in be Thesda md., said the study does not imply that smoking is beneficial. I think people would be making a big mistake interpreting the data that Way Fabsitz Aid. The other effects of smoking on health far outweigh the benefits of weight loss. The Bottom line is smoking be used As a method of weight con the study was funded by the depart ment of veterans affairs. Eisen is an associate professor of medi Cine at Washington University in St. Louis and is on the staff at the St. Louis a hos Pital. A r 8v v i t s a s a
