European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 13, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 11 thieves Nab Munch work in Norway Oslo Norway a one of Norway s Best known artworks the scream by Edvard Munch was stolen saturday by thieves who used a ladder to climb through a museum window and left behind their wire  painting was part of a special Munch exhibition one of the highlights of a norwegian culture festival in connection with the Winter olympics i Lillehammer. The theft was discovered when a patrolling police officer saw the ladder against the Wall of the National gallery. The norwegian news Agency Nib quoted police As saying that a window had been broken and that the wire that attached the painting to the Wall was Cut. The wire cutters were left on the floor. The alarm was set off and the thieves were registered by a Security camera the museum director Knut Berg told Nib. Police after studying the tape released descriptions of the two men and also said they were looking for a Mercedes Van. There was no information on whether the two men were identifiable. Police were studying the  is one of the world s most famous paint Ings said Alf Bues director of the Munch museum in Oslo where other paintings by Munch Are exhibited. Bues said the scream is too famous to be sold. Munch painted the piece also translated As the cry in 1893 As part of Nis frieze of life series in which sickness death anxiety and love Are Central themes. The National gallery owns 58 Munch paintings v. ". A the scream by norwegian Painter Edvard Munch was stolen saturday from an Oslo museum. Many from the 1890s. In neighbouring Sweden thieves last november stole seven works of Art by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque Worth $52 million from the museum of modern Art in Stockholm. The thieves sawed through the museum s wooden roof. Some of those stolen paintings have been re covered and police have made arrests. Iraq says it s not to blame for Gulf illness Nicosia Cyprus a Iraq has denied an american suggestion that biological agents shipped to Iraq with Reagan administration approval could have caused the mysterious ailments afflicting hundreds of . Veterans. The . Administration has for some time been engaged in a drive to mislead the american Public and come up with fantastic explanations to Ward off Legal and criminal responsibility a Baghdad government spokesman told the official iraqi news Agency. The Agency monitored in Cyprus late Friday quoted the official As saying the american theory was yet an other silly and pointless attempted  the disease was caused by intensive use by Ameri can forces of uranium coated projectiles mounted on tanks and anti tank aircraft the unidentified spokes Man said. Among the Pentagon s theories is that contamination from depicted uranium artillery shells could have caused the so called persian Gulf syndrome. Symptoms include Chest pains general weakness skin diseases muscle pains and nausea. A . Senator Donald w. Riegle jr., d-mich., said wednesday in a speech on the Senate floor that the agents exported to Iraq Between 1985 and 1989 included dangerous bacteria such As e. Coli and Salmonella and others that cause anthrax Gas gangrene and brucellosis. The Pentagon says it has failed to find any Concrete evidence that american forces in the Gulf were exposed to biological or chemical toxins. But it has acknowledged the need to pinpoint the causes of the illness and is working with the veterans affairs department to examine sick veterans. Lost diver glimpsed searchers death notes show kor or Palau a a japanese tourist who disappeared with five other people during a scuba dive kept track of her final hours by jotting notes on a Waterproof slate. Toshiko Nakanishi 35, wrote that she saw search planes circling overhead and boats passing by before she died Palau Public information officer roman Yano said. Her final notation was made at 11 15 . Monday two Days after she disappeared along with four other Japa Nese tourists and their diving guide. Can see a passenger boat and air plane to the right and one to the left she wrote. For one minute. And two minutes. Quite near  Nakanishi s body and the bodies of Tadashi Tanaka 50, and Yuka Shiohara 30, were found wednesday about seven Miles from the dive site. Bodies of the three others Yasuo Nonoyama 34 Takayuki Onoyama 39 and their guide Victorio Siyang 23, of kor or were not found. The search was suspended thursday. The six had gone diving feb. 5 be tween the Southern Palawan islands of Pel Eliu and a Gaur. The area is known for Strong and treacherous currents. 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