European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday May 14,1994 3 London apr three men were convicted Friday of running a counterfeiting ring that purportedly could have harmed the . Economy by making $1 billion in fake Money. The operation run by polish born businessman Richard Wislocki 45, already had printed $4.5 million by the time police raided his Home in suburban London last May. Authorities found a miniature factory that also had produced bogus polish and British Money. The counterfeiters had enough Bank note paper on the premises to print an additional $100 million and they planned to order enough paper to make $1 billion police said. Potentially it was. The biggest forgery opera Ionin Britain and one of the largest in the world a detective Constable Nigel Farmer said after the convictions in London Crown court. A the american authorities said if they had been successful it would have seriously Hurt their  a also convicted in the counterfeiting conspiracy were Clifford Chadwick 57, of Durham and Peter Trask 53, of Southeast London. Wislocki a live in Girlfriend Bogumila Ziolkowska 35, was acquitted. The counterfeit ers face up to 10 years in jail when they Are sentenced thursday. Judge Colin Smith told them they were All in a a very serious position  Ira risk ugg led a raid to Bosnia official says Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr Iran smuggled material for making weapons to Bosnia a Muslim dominated government this month in violation of a 1991 . Arms embargo a senior bosnian army source confirmed  bosnian army also received a Large shipment of anti tank rockets delivered to Croatia by a brazilian ship the official said speaking on condition of anonymity. ,. A a. A a a. A the official could not confirm whether the rockets came from Iran or another source. He said further weapons shipments were expected four conveys carried the rockets and explosives to Centra Bosnia in the past few Days after bosnian croats took a one third Cut of the arms he said. He said the bosnian army previously lacked Good anti tank rockets in fighting bosnian serbian troops who received heavy weapons from the yugoslav army when the bosnian War broke out More than two years ago a a. A a a word of the shipments came after the . Senate voted late thursday to urge president Clinton to work to lift the . Arms embargo on the bosnian government. The embargo was imposed in september 1991 on Yugoslavia and its former republics. The Washington Post reported Friday that Iran delivered about 60 tons of explosives and materials for making ammunition to Croatia a capital Zagreb last week. The Materia was in crates marked a humanitarian aids and a no smoking a the paper said. Citing unidentified diplomats and bosnian Muslim sources the Post said an iranian Boeing 747 jumbo Jet delivered the shipment May 4, two Days before a visit to a Bosnia and Croatia by iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar vol  who expressed Iran a commitment to slavic muslims in Bosnia gave a $1 million Check to bosnian president Alija ize Begovic and credit for buying 10,000 tons of diesel fuel. Bosnia a government has Long pleaded for an end to the arms embargo which has effectively made it the Only faction in the country without heavy weapons. Bosnian serbs still get support from Serbia the dominant state in the shrunken yugoslav federation. Borti an croats Are believed to have received help from neighbouring Croatia which also seceded from Yugoslavia. V a. A a a v 1in Zagreb the croatian defense ministry spokesman Josip Rajcic denied his country played a role in violating the embargo. A we have nothing to do with that a he said. Interior ministry spokesman Mladen Lackovic denied any knowledge of weapons smuggling. A if there were boxes saying humanitarian Aid was inside then that a it a Lackovic said. A we Don t Deal with weapons smuggling a army offers some non americans a buyout by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau Heidelberg Germany non american employees of the . Army Europe who Are scheduled for Layoff can quit Early and collect up to three months pay for the remaining time they would have worked according to the commands Headquarters. Eligible employees have until May 31 to sign an a enhanced annulment contract a the command said. In each contract the army agrees to pay the released employee 75 percent of the salary that the employee would have earned by the scheduled Layoff Date up to a maximum of three months indemnity pay in addition to the workers other entitlements. The offer applies to More than 2,000 workers command spokesman Jim Boyle said Friday. They Are distributed All Over the command with heavy concentrations in the German cities of Frankfurt Karlsruhe Nurnberg Stuttgart and Wii Fleck in where the army is withdrawing or has withdrawn most of its troops. A the one time offer is another of the commands efforts to Ward off a projected budget deficit of More than $100 million by sept. 30, the end of the 1994 budget year. Each contract saves the command 25 percent of the workers salary and the employer share of contribution to benefits. Such contracts also Are possible for other local National employees who Haven to received Layoff notices the command said provided that the army can fill their positions with qualified workers who otherwise would be Laid off. Each enhanced annulment contract requires approval from the commands Heidelberg Headquarters. Interested employees should Contact their local civilian personnel offices for information. The commands current table of distribution and allowances no longer includes Job slots for the affected employees. Many of them remain on the books because Union contracts require the army to give the workers ample Advance notice of pending layoffs and they Are working in the period after  substance at base is nontoxic tests indicate Span Dahlem a Germany is amps a Pink talc like substance found in barrels at Spang Dahlem a probably wont Hurt people who come in Contact with it according to preliminary test results. Tests conducted on the mystery substance at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center showed it to be nonradioactive non toxic and nonvolatile the statement said. Additional analysis will be conducted at the Aberdeen proving ground Laboratory in Edgewood md., to pinpoint the substance. Base officials Are expecting results by Early next week. The barrels were discovered wednesday when a contractor digging at the bases Small arms firing Range found them buried 5 feet below the surface a German worker accidentally punctured one of the barrels and later complained of a burning sensation in his nose and two blisters on his wrist. The opened barrel was removed from the ground and the area where the barrels were discovered has been cordoned off until the substance can be identified.200,000 make pilgrimage to Fatima commissaries to shut Down for Day of inventory in june Kaiserslautern Germany a amps american commissaries will close for one Day in june to conduct annual inventories according to a press release. The vog Eideh commissary in Kaiserslautern Germany will close june 22. All other stores in Europe will close june 23. An unidentified woman crawls up the 330-foot Granite path to the Catholic shrine of the Virgin of Fatima 70 Miles North of Lisbon Portugal on thursday night. Fatima Portugal apr heavy Rains did no to Dampen the ardor of the faithful or their flickering candles Friday As More than 200,000 people made the 77th anniversary pilgrimage to the once wooded Valley where three Young shepherds claimed the Virgin Mary appeared. Police had to intervene in this years commemoration when a Small group of activists tried to raise banners protesting indonesians occupation of the former portuguese Colony of East timor. The protest was sparked by the controversial visit of Francisco Lopes a Cruz special representative of indonesians president Suharto who led 43 East Tim Orese using indonesian passports to make the pilgrimage. _ Lopes a Cruz was pelted with eggs and booed on his arrival at Lisbon s Portela Airport by angry East Tim Orese protesters. East Tim Orese guerrillas have fought against indonesians annexation of the cast half of the Southeast asian Island of timor in dec. 7, 1975, in Defiance of . Resolutions demanding indonesians withdrawal. Indonesia has reportedly killed thousands of East Tim Orese and banned All foreign travel to the country. Lisbon is the main Center for exiled East Tim Orese leaders and opponents of indonesian Rule Over the territory. Less political worshippers flocked from throughout Europe and Remote Corners of Portugal to commemorate the six reported sightings in 1917 of the vision known As the Patron Saint of the humbly born. A Cathedral and Convent have been raised Over the Valley now paved and tiled. But the Pine tree where the Young shepherds a Lucia Jacinta and Francisco a reported seeing a a woman bathed in Light still remains and draws millions of pilgrims each year who Pray or give thanks for divine intervention in personal troubles. According to Lucia now a cloistered nun in Northern Portugal the vision delivered three prophecies. A vision of hell and the end of a nation said to be the soviet Union were the first two the third prophecy written Down by Lucia is reportedly sealed in a Vatican Safe and has never been revealed