European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world Friday january 14,1994 5 More skinheads charged in attack on luge team from wire reports Berlin five More right Wing skinheads have been charged in connection with an allegedly racially motivated attack on members of the american luge team last october German prosecutors said wednesday. The attack occurred in the Eastern German resort of oberhoff. Prosecutors said the five were involved in the attack on team member Duncan Kennedy outside disco bar in oberhoff. Two other skinheads had already been charged. Kennedy had tried to help Black teammate Robert Pipkins when the skinheads taunted him made Monkey gestures and shouted  Kennedy who was beaten and suffered a concussion and bruised ribs is currently training with the . Luge team in oberhoff. He says he will testify at the trial beginning monday of the two other skinheads charged with taking part in the attack. Derailment kills German Warsaw Poland one German was killed and seven people were injured when a Sleeper car of a train going from Krakow to Berlin derailed in Southern Poland authorities said thursday. The Accident occurred wednesday at 10 12 . As the eight car International train was going through the Small station of Gliwice Laberdy in the Industrial Region of Silesia. The last car derailed at a switch and was seriously damaged Ryszard Biniakiewicz shift manager of the Gliwice station said. Reinhold Kwiotek 67, of Berlin was killed in the Accident the polish news Agency Pap said. Two poles a German woman and four dutch men Are in a Hospital in nearby Gliwice. The local railway commission is investigating the Accident Biniakiewicz said. 15 die in Peru copter crash Lima Peru fifteen army officers including the head of one of the five peruvian military regions were killed wednesday in a helicopter crash in the andean City of Cuzco a Lima radio station reported. The report said the military helicopter plummeted to the ground at the City s International Airport shattering into pieces that were scattered Over a 660-foot radius. Reports said division Gen. Jose Picon Alcalde head of Lima s 4th military Region in the Southeast sector of the country was among the dead. Picon took up the Post in Cuzco just a week ago. The helicopter was returning from the state of Apu Rimac when it appeared to run out of fuel and crashed. The report said the helicopter was destroyed and there were no survivors. The 4th military Region is headquartered in Cuzco. The army Hierarchy divides the country into five regions for military purposes. Turks attack guerrillas Diyarbakir Turkey the turkish military has stepped up attacks on kurdish guerrilla bases in Southeastern Turkey killing 31 rebels in the past few Days the regional governor s office said wednesday. An airstrike supported by land forces in the mountains of Hakkari province near Iraq killed 18 guerrillas the governor s office said. Thirteen other guerrillas were killed when they raided a military Post on the iraqi Border near the town of Cuk Urca late tuesday. Five soldiers were killed in the fighting. Bar gunman Given life Toronto a Man who shot to death a customer at a Karaoke bar and wounded another after they laughed at his Friend s singing was sentenced to life in prison. The conduct of Tharah Van do trivialized the value of human life Justice David Watt said wednesday. Do 21, was originally charged with first degree murder in the death of Tan Ngoc be 21, of Toronto on nov. 26,1992. But he pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of second degree murder and Watt ordered him to serve a minimum of 10 years before being eligible for parole. Do also pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted murder in the shopping of Khanh Van Cao 25, of Toronto who was shot in the head. . Snipers in Somalia end Mogadishu Somalia a the . Military command in Somalia has pulled most of its sniper teams off pakistani . Posts in a dispute Over How aggressive sharpshooters should be in firing at armed somalis. The sniper teams were withdrawn partly because of the upcoming pullout of american forces a senior . Official said wednesday. But he said the move was hastened by disputes with the pakistanis Over when to open fire. The americans accuse the pakistanis of withholding fire for fear of provoking the locals. The pakistanis say they re doing their Job with the utmost care and the americans May be taking too Many risks when they open fire. The conflict comes on the heels of three incidents involving american snipers including one sunday in which a pregnant somalian Tea seller was apparently killed by a . Marine sniper firing from atop a Paki Stani Post. On Friday . Marines seriously wounded a med ical orderly who witnesses said was preparing for bed on the roof of the Hospital residence a common sleep ing place for staff. The marines said the Man had a Light machine gun. Last week a Navy Seal sniper team fired at two so Malis who the sharpshooters said were carrying Light machine guns. The pakistanis say the somalis had weapons permitted under . Rules. Such weapons operation uplift a worker at the ground floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris checks one of the new elevators being installed in the famous landmark. A pair of High tech Otis Cabins each weighing 4 tons will replace two of the four Eleva tors taking visitors to the top level of the Tower. Installation is expected to be completed saturday. Plans Call for a second pair of replacement lifts to be installed next year. Are carried by Many civilians to Ward off bandits. The . Officer speaking on condition of anonymity said the recent incidents sharpened the dispute Over weapons. The . Feels the pakistanis Are not engaging under the rules he said. . Rules for peacekeepers in Somalia say troops May shoot anyone with a machine gun or other heavy weapon but May Only kill someone with an assault Rifle or other Small Arm if there is an immediate threat. When you let up on the rules of engagement it s a incremental erosion so that eventually Well be Back at the situation we were in at the end of october with weapons openly on the streets the officer said. The pakistanis see the situation differently perhaps because they Are supplying new troops to the . S Somalia peacekeeping operation just As the United states moves toward a Complete withdrawal by March 31. The pakistanis also feel that the americans Are Vio lating an agreement under which pakistanis not americans decide whether to shoot somalis close to a pakistani Post. The pakistanis Are sensitive to the atmosphere of the City. But we Are performing our duties to the Best of our abilities Brig. Gen. Saulat Abbas commander of the 5,000-Man pakistani contingent said in an inter View wednesday. The somalis know if they have heavy weapons and they pass a pakistani checkpoint they will be engaged Saulat said. Former Pilot hero for South Vietnam heading for . Bangkok Thailand up a former Pilot in the South vietnamese air Force who saved the lives of four american servicemen during the Vietnam War was flying to the United states on thursday after More than 20 years of trying to leave his communist Home land. Maj. Nguyen Quy an who lost both arms in com Bat during the War and his daughter flew from Hanoi Vietnam to Bangkok on monday with a group of . Senators a . Embassy spokeswoman said. She said the pair left a refugee detention Center in Bangkok on thursday and flew to the United states on a . Military plane. They Are expected to arrive at Travis fab in California on saturday after stops in Japan and Alaska. In january 1967, As a helicopter Pilot in the air Force of the .-backed former South Vietnam an risked his life under heavy enemy fire to Rescue four american servicemen whose helicopter had crashed in the Jungles of Laos. His heroism earned him the . Distinguished flying Cross. ,.,-.- later during the War an lost his arms up to the elbows when his aircraft was shot. His disability exempted him from spending More than a few weeks in a forced labor Camp run by the Vietnam s victorious communists after the War ended in 1975. He failed to qualify for a program that brought for Mer South vietnamese officers to the United states after the War. After intense lobbying the . Govern ment granted him and his daughter humanitarian parole status. A . Delegation on a Trade Mission led by sen. J. Bennett Johnston d-la., accompanied an and his daughter out of Vietnam on monday the . Embassy spokeswoman said. Attack kills Algeria official 18 others Algiers Algeria a a total of 19 people were killed in an ambush tuesday including the first local governor since islamic radicals took up their holy War against the military backed regime a newspaper reported thursday. The ambush is among the deadliest in two years of guerrilla style warfare that has killed at least 3,000 peo ple including Security forces civilians and islamic fighters. The attack killed 40-year-old Mohamed belial the governor of Tisse Silt and 18 escorts about 15 of them police officers the Al Watan paper said. The Convoy on an inspection tour of a town in the Tisse Silt Region was ambushed at a Sharp Bend in the Road by about 20 gunmen perched on a Cliff according to Al Watan. Tisse Silt is about 174 Miles Southwest of Algiers near an area where three foreign workers were killed m october after one faction of the Radical islamic move ment enlarged operations to include foreign targets. A total of 24 foreigners have been killed since late sep tember. In Washington a Leader of the banned islamic Salva Tion front justified the killings of government officials and their supporters including scholars and journalists who also Are prime targets. But Anwar Haddam said that foreigners and the in Nocent should be spared. For i h e a v Fitl i c s v 1 s