European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday november 23.1993 site of Juk killing by the associated press the Plaza in Dallas where John f. Kennedy was killed 30 years ago became a National historic landmark monday and his sister observed the anniversary of his assassination in Ireland land of their ancestors. Kennedy s Secretary Evelyn Lincoln was one of those visiting the president s grave monday morning at Arlington National cemetery family members were expected to visit there later in the Day. Lean Kennedy Smith the . Ambassador to ire land marked the 30th anniversary of her Brothers death by Reading extracts from his speeches at a memo rial mass in s a Day to remember the great Man that he was and that for a Short space of time he was at the highest seat of Power in ther world said the Rev. Michael Kennedy a relative from tipperary who celebrated the mass at Dublin s pro Connally widow of former Texas gov. John b. Connally unveiled a Bronze plaque monday in Down town Dallas designating Dealey Plaza where Kennedy was shot As a National historic Connally were Riding in an open limousine with the president and his wife Jacqueline when shots hangout. The former governor who died in june was seriously injured by the years ago Fate brought me Here As an unwilling player in the most unforgettable tragic drama four time Nellie Connally said. Now three decades later we Are gathered not to look Back with grief but to look Forward with the plaque is located on the Grassy Knoll a Small Hill a few feet from the spot where Kennedy and con Nally were shot. Thousands gathered at Dealey Plaza for the were stationed on nearby rooftops and traffic was blocked off All morning before the midday ceremony. In Kennedy s Hometown of Boston no ceremonies were planned for the 30th anniversary of his assassination except by a group of protesters seeking the release of government files related to the wiling. The John f. Kennedy Library Harvard University Sjohn f. Kennedy school and City government planned no recognition of the anniversary. We Are not very enthusiastic about celebrating the Day he got killed said Charles Daley director of the Juk Library. I hate to think we would celebrate the Day Lincoln went to Ford s the Kennedy family has stayed out of the limelight surrounding the assassination anniversary and declined All requests for interviews or comment. Across somalian chasm foes talk of peace from Page 1 As he Speaks about the san and its quix Otic desire to Deal with Only the United states thus hoping to split the . Coa on Montgomery says with a tone of disbelief at the aided faction s of fers of peace. There Are Guys Over there 300 meters away with rugs portable rocket launchers pointed at me he gestures beyond the far Wall of his office which like every other Wall in Mogadishu bears the scars of three years of civil talks Tough about aided s Alliance saying that if the san does negotiate then the United nations will not Rule out launching combat but Montgomery insists he is not rattling sabers. He wants peace. Nobody Montgomery says desires peace More than a the somalis too want peace. The problem is How. As the hated . Helicopters and .Navy fighter jets from the aircraft Carrier America Circle overhead gut ale tells proverb As ancient Ashe somalian people. You can capture a Bird and hold it i your hand he says clenching his fist to demonstrate. But even if you hold the head of the Bird and put its face into water you can never Force the Bird to so even if somalis thirst for peace it cannot be forced upon them gut Aleays. They Are too proud. If Somalia is to rebuild its devastated nation the people must do. So without coercion from the . Nobody desires peace More than a Soldier a Gen. Thomas m. Montgomery in this oct. 4 photo somalian children play around the wreckage of a a. Black Hawk helicopter shot Down Over Mogadishu. And . Forces he asserts. I have to Welcome and work with theu.n., but not by gut ale says. Describing himself As a family Man go tale says he is fed up with the violence that has gripped his nation for nearly three years. His left Arm near the Elbow is scar red by an 8-month-old Bullet wound. Although he appreciates the United nations Mission to feed the starving people gut ale says he abhors the recently abandoned Effort to capture aided by Force. It was the use of Force that led to the oct.3 raid on a suspected san hideout which resulted in shocking casualties on both his voice with emotion gut ale s eyes fix on the memory of that Day. He i deeply sorry about the 18 americans lulled in the raid he says. It was not necessary he says. But what about the somalis the american Public does t know that 700 or More so Malis were killed just to take out four or five people at the Start of the raid gut ale says that he was at a location where dead somali were taken and that 62 bodies were brought in during the first hour. He spent the time trying to Calm the the helicopter was shot Down he says not because it was american but because it was performing a . Combat Mission that was ill advised. What was the helicopter doing his voice grows exasperated now. Throwing Flower to the people throwing food to the people no. The helicopter was shoot ing the As a military Man. Mont Gomery says the oct. 3 raid was not the dismal failure painted in the Public s Alliance took extremely High casualties the general notes. I think therein a lot of pressure within the san to try to Stop this How Many somalis died As a re sult of the raid Montgomery says the United nations is not in the business of counting bodies. Combat makes it impossible to get accurate figures. But. He adds that in t to say there Haven t been very Large numbers of Soma Lian casualties in the fights that have taken place he hastens to emphasize that the san routinely places women and children on the front ranks of anti-. Mobs. Innocent civilians do not build Road blocks behind a Force that s being am bushed Montgomery insists. Still because of their presence we have always tried to use the minimum Force necessary during the height of hostilities the san placed snipers at two hospitals Over looking the . Compound and launched nightly mortar attacks from densely populated neighbourhoods Montgomery says. Since oct. 3, the United nations has Given up its peacemaking by Force strategy and is banking on negotiations that officials describe As delicate in the envoy Robert b. Oakley met late last week with aided but the results if any have not been made Public. You probably would have no greater Success disarming Mogadishu than South Central t-a.," Montgomery the City s chaos Means its 2 million people have largely been left out of the country s painfully slow recovery Over the past Vear. In Bairoa for example the marketplace is patrolled by a fledgling and undermanned police Force but the City North West of Mogadishu is reasonably Safe for outsiders to walk the streets s unilateral cease fire last month is perhaps the Glimmer of Hope the capital City so desperately needs to attain the rela Tive Success in the Montgomery says the two sides need to speak to each other and thus Fara did s Side has been less than talkative. What happens or does t happen herein Mogadishu depends quite a lot on whether san engages in dialogue he says. Montgomery refers to South Mogadishu As the Center of Gravity for Somalia. Despite . Efforts out in the Hinter land All of the broken roads and stripped Telephone lines Lead to Mogadishu. It is the strategic and economic Center of the coun try and Montgomery says the Fate of Soma Lia will be settled on the streets of the Capi agrees with Montgomery on that Point but be questions Why the unite nations has so strongly concentrated its military might in his want to create the goddamned tension they re talking about he also questions the legitimacy of the regional and District councils the United nations is setting up to create a govern ment gradually in the leaderless says the san wants to derail the government building process because aided wants to be the undisputed Leader for gut ale retorts that if Thesna is As Strong As the United nations makes it out to be then Why Don t they Lethe people have what they want Montgomery maintains that the san Isar from a unified organization and is far from representative of what All somalis want. He also says aided s Alliance suffers from infighting and Power gut ale says the san has been made the Scapegoat for All the ills of so Malia. Whenever violence occur in the Lawless City the first name spoken is Al ways aided s. Do you think every gunman walking the Street is taking an order from general aided gut ale wants to know then an Swers his own question. Of hell no. Gut ale does t place much Stock in the United nations Campaign to broker a lasting peace for the City. He believes that Only somalis can piece the remnants of the country Back country even America had a civil War and made their own Progress based on the experience of civil War gut ale says. Why not us every country in the world had this experience. The United nations intervention has upset the development that gut ale says the somalian people have a right to experience. They Are very very proud people but they
