European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saddam mourns victims of air raid Nicosia Cyprus apr iraqi president Saddam Hussein led a memorial sunday for hundreds of iraqis killed in an Allied air  Baghdad shelter during the 1991 persian Gulf War the official iraqi news Agency reported it said Saddam Laid a Floral tribute on the wreckage of the shelter and led a prayer service for the victims. Iraq says 405 people were killed a most of them women children and elderly a in the feb. 13,1991, attack. Reporters who were in Baghdad at the time also estimated the victims in the hundreds. The United states said the shelter served As a military command Center. Baghdad denied that. The War ended about two weeks later after the iraqi army was evicted from Kuwait which Saddam had invaded aug. 2,1990, . Embassy in Cairo taking militants threats seriously by the Washington Post Cairo Egypt a a . Embassy officials Here told american citizens sunday that it is taking seriously the latest threats against foreigners by islamic militants. But the officials said they do not believe americans face greater risks than do other foreigners. Although the conflict Between islamic fundamentalists and the egyptian government May continue for some time the embassy is not urging americans to leave Cairo. The meeting one of several this week was called in the Wake of two messages from the militant islamic group warning foreigners to leave Egypt immediately. American journalists who were among about 60 participants at the meeting were told by embassy officials that the proceedings were not for publication. The Washington Post did not attend the meeting but obtained accounts from several participants afterwards. The fundamentalist group which is seeking islamic Rule in Egypt has targeted tourists As part of its Campaign to destabilize the government and disrupt the Economy which depends heavily on tourism. The group sent the two messages by fax to International news agencies after seven of its members were slain during a police raid on a hideout. The first message dated feb. 2, repeated a demand first made last year for All foreigners including tourists and investors to leave Egypt. It said foreigners May be in danger because of a ferocious operations planned by the group. A . Official told participants at sundays meeting that the embassy views the second fax sent feb. 7, with greater concern because its language implies that the group now equates foreigners in Egypt with the government and regards them As targets. A it looks like they be turned a Page in their program a a . Official was quoted As saying. A a they be upped the  the official told americans that the group has a the equipment manpower and wherewithal to carry out its threats. About 10,000 to 12,000 americans live in Egypt. Videotaped Art theft baffles officials Oslo Norway apr despite a video of two men stealing the country a most famous painting a the scream by Edvard Munch a and a sarcastic postcard left behind by the thieves police said sunday that they were stumped. A we have received certain tips but nothing firm a said police duty officer Ingebrigt Eldigard. Police were searching for a Mercedes station Wagon the two men were believed to have used when they drove away from the National gallery on saturday a torning. They left behind a postcard Reading in norwegian a thanks for the poor Security a said Roy Jameson head of museum Security. A video taken by a Security camera broadcast on television showed a Man climbing ladder on the exterior of the museum and entering the building through a window. Fifty seconds later he handed the painting to his waiting accomplice beneath the window. The camera filmed the men from a distance and the picture Quality was poor. Munch did several versions of the scream but the stolen one is regarded As the most important. Executed in Garish colors and sinuous powerful Brush strokes it shows a screaming figure on a Bridge As two shadowy figures stand in the background. A the stolen painting was part of a special Munch exhibition one of the highlights of a norwegian culture festival in connection with the Winter olympics in  opportunities the department of defense dependent schools is accepting applications for the following positions. A educators a education technicians a substitute teachers a lunch Monitor visit your local Dodds school to apply or for full details. 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