European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday May 3,1994nato accuses Tanker Crew of trickery by sue Palumbo Mediterranean Bureau. A a Naples Italy a Crew members on a maltese registered Oil Tanker tried flooding their own ship sunday in an attempt to bypass. The maritime embargo against serbian led Yugoslavia according to nato officials. Also yugoslav Navy ships interfered with nato and Western european Union ships that detained the Tanker and at one Point a yugoslav vessel almost collided with a British frigate officials a said. A a a a no ship has successfully violated the embargo since april 1993, when the . Security Council strengthened its blockade in the Region according to a statement by officials with Sharp guard the nato and we operation that patrols the area the we is the defense of the european Union. V the Tanker Lido ii was carrying 45,000 torts of fuel Oil that it claimed to be taking to Croatia when it contacted Aulhorn ties about 4 . Sunday saying it had an emergency. / _ / the ships master told nato and we officials that he intended to take the ship to Albania because the engine. Room was flooding. But the ships course was actually set for Yugoslavia nato officials said. At the time of the boar Dirig the Tanker was about 50 Miles off Albania which lies South of Montenegro. The coastal Republic and Serbia Are All that remain of Yugoslavia. A boarding team from a d Utch frigate was flown to the ailing Tanker to assist. A second team from the British frigate Chatham joined them after Sharp guard officials noticed three yugoslav Navy ships heading for the Tanker / the dutch team took control of the ship and reversed its course taking it Back into the Central Adriatic while the British attempted to Stop the yugoslav ships did not respond to communication attempts by the Sharp guard authorities. According to the Media statement one of the yugoslav ships nearly caused a collision when it purposefully passed close under the Bow of the British frigate. A a no shots were fired and the three yugoslav ships headed Back into their territorial Waters As italian Tornado aircraft fro Jan air base in Southern Italy provided air cover. Boarding parties on the Tanker found seven men in hiding who had not been there during an inspection the Day before in Brindisi Italy despite a Lack of cooperation from the Crew of the Lido ii the boarding party was Able to make Progress pumping water from the ship the report said. A Sharp guard official said monday that the Tanker its Crew and the stowaways would be turned Over to italian authorities at the port of Brindisi. Sharp guard officials have challenged More than 19,000 ships Over the last year. More than 1,850 of them were halted and inspected or diverted to a port for inspection. Before operation Sharp guard the joint blockade that began in june 1993, More than 31,400 ships had been truck bellies in for work at the com Alapa Airport near san Salvador Al Salvador a cavernous c-5 Galaxy transport plane disgorge a truck that will join a Fleet of other . Army vehicles brought in to help build schools and roads in third world countries. The operation is Pari of an american Good neighbor program based in Panama. Heidelberg Germany a amps a starting this a week All soldiers in Europe arc to receive typhoid immunizations As part of their Standard vaccinations. Previously soldiers received the typhoid immunization Only before deploying to an area where there was a risk of exposure said col. John Hartoon a Community health nurse consultant with the7th medical come. Typhoid to an infectious bacterial disease spread by consuming water or food contaminated by fees or urine from those with the infection or by carriers of the bacteria. It is prevalent in developing countries with poor sanitation and inadequate Public water systems. A when you look at the places where Usa eur soldiers have deployed to in the last three years you Sec that almost All of the locations have a High typhoid risk a Hartoon said in a written statement. Since March 1991, Usa eur has deployed nearly 20,000 soldiers to 27 different countries on 40 separate occasions. A. Typhoid immunizations will become Standard procedure not deployment specific because the Side effects can last for two Days possibly hindering soldiers combat readiness Hartroot said. These Side effects include headaches muscle aches malaise and fever. Symptoms of typhoid include headaches fever vague pains diarrhoea and constipation. Weakness that lasts for several weeks is also a symptom. If untreated typhoid causes death in about one out of 10 cases. Soldiers assigned to Usa eur will receive the typhoid immunization routinely and should be re immunized every three years. Hartoon said that soldiers must also receive immunizations for influenza every year Tel anus diphtheria every 10 years and polio once As an adult. On Suhl Germany apr a German teen Ager was convicted of assault monday and put on probation for the racist beating last year of a . Athlete that outraged Many americans and brought an apology from the German government. The conviction was the third in the Case. In january the court in Suhl sent the two main instigators of the attack to prison one for two years and eight months and the other for one year. Last oct. 29, members of the . Luge team were accosted by Neo nazis in a bar in oberhoff a Winter resort near sum in Eastern Germany. A gang of about 15 skinheads taunted Robert Pipkins who is Black and they beat fellow luge racer Duncan Kennedy when he tried to Ward them offs his teammates could get away Kennedy was not badly injured in the attack which was the first time americans had been the target of the Neo nazi violence that has plagued Germany since unification in 1990. The Suhl court on monday convicted one teen Ager for assault and gave him a six month sentence suspended for two years. A second teen Ager was judged innocent on grounds of inadequate evidence and three others who had no previous police record were ordered to Post Good be Havior Bonds said court director Karsten Reub Keul. The names of the five were not released because they Are minors. The seven defendants were the Only ones accused of the attack on the americans who were training in oberhoff for the Winter olympics. Pope begins physical therapy Rome apr Pope John Paul ii a fever dropped and he started some Light exercise monday three Days after leg . Corrado Manni said the 73-year-old pontiff should be Able to get out of bed later this week and stand with assistance. The Pope Lead the top of his fractured right thigh Bone replaced with a Clastic and Metal prosthesis during surgery Friday. He broke the Bone in a fall late thursday in his bathroom. The Pope had a slight fever sunday but doctors said it was Normal after surgery. The fever went Down monday and the Pope did some exercises with his left leg to keep the Muscles in tone Manni said. Exercise to by Effie Battien Start writer an operation to evacuate hundreds of civilians will be included in annual nato exercises in the Mediterranean that arc due to Start wednesday. The major live exercise called dynamic Impact 94, will include naval and air operations throughout the Central and Western Mediterranean and land and amphibious operations in Italy. This will be the first time that noncombatant evacuation operations will be included in the military alliances Southern Region according to Squadron Leader John Jeffery of the United kingdoms Royal air Force. A a simulated civilian population of 200 will be transported from Capo Trelada in Sardinia he said. Scheduled to run through May 19, the joint command operation will focus on Quot crisis according to a spokesman for american forces in Europe this represents a move away from a deterrence posture. Crisis management is the Quot use of military assets to defuse a potential crisis a a military conflict a said Navy cmdr. Ron Morse at the . European come in Stuttgart Germany. The operations Are part of ongoing training for any contingencies. The crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina could be one said tech. Sgt. Tom Saunders also of that command. A ,n,. Navy ships on regular rotation in the area will join the 6th Fleet s flagship the Cruiser Belknap included is the aircraft Carrier Saratoga. Most major american commands based in Europe will also join in the exercises. The number of service members to take part in the exercise was not released. Allies participating in the exercises Are Belgium. Germany Greece Italy the Netherlands Portugal. Turkey the United kingdom and the United states. France and Spain will join apart of Normal training although not As a part of natos integrated military Structure
