European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 8 the stars and stripes world monday june 13, 1994 French plan pushes culture of defense by Christopher Burns the associated press Paris a the conservative government embarrassed by a poor showing in the persian Gulf War and eager to assert itself As a world Leader has formulated a new doctrine to justify France s costliest military buildup. The proposal to spend More than $100 billion on the military by 2000 envisions a a culture of defense that would support extensive involvement in peacekeeping operations maintain defense pacts with former colonies and prepare for future crises. Critics say it is a blueprint for interventionism not peacekeeping and claim the purpose is to save jobs in the depressed arms Industry. They question whether France can afford to raise military spending while the United states and other Trade competitors Cut it. With a $50 billion budget deficit France already faces a struggle to get spending into line with the requirements for introducing a single european Union currency at the end of the decade. Pressure for a military buildup is great whatever the problems. _ a we arc heading into repeated crises in the Mediterranean and Europe and we need to remedy the gaps that appeared during the Gulf War a defense minister Francois Leotard said in april when the plan was unveiled. T France was hampered by aging equipment and inadequate transport surveillance and night vision capability during the 1991 Allied War against Iraq. Leotards ministry envisions a a Strong French contribution to the european command  those include nato and the euro corps a French German Force to be joined by other National units to form a european army. The spending plan follows a doctrine described in the military s new White Book that links future policy to Frances Balladur glory Days of Empire. The new edition was ordered by Premier Eduara Balladur after he unseated a socialist government that held Power through most of the 1980s. A when the strategy of state the values of society and the knowledge of situations Are combined a culture of defense emerges a the White Book concluded. It evoked France s a brilliance and memory its Patrimony and  although French officials insist the buildup will occur in a spirit of multinational cooperation some foreign military experts believe underlying gaullist sentiment is at work a a feeling that France can rely Only on itself when the chips Are Down. Defense outlays would increase by at least 0.5 percent annually after i nation. The government insists that France needs to replace aging weapons systems ranging from tanks to submarines As the United states did in the 1980s, the defense budget a costly Compromise Between the government and president Frangois Mitterrand includes $1 7 billion sought by the socialist president to develop simulated nuclear testing. Mitterrand declared a test moratorium in april 1992. His nuclear plan would replace aging land based missiles with new ones that use warheads already fully tested. The military would continue studying a conservative backed proposal to develop the More sophisticated m-5 missile whose warhead probably would need testing. If conservatives win the presidency when Mitterrand a term ends next year As expected they May resume nuclear testing. France is the fourth largest arms exporter after the United states Russia and Britain the defense ministry says 30 percent of French Industry a research and development Money is spent on military related projects. France will continue reducing military personnel but at about half the rate of the last decade. After hovering around 720,000 service members since the mid-1960s, the Force fell to 614,000 last year. Under the new plan the number would reach 579,500 by 2000, and the draft which requires 10 months of military service would be retained. Russian agencies join to fight crime Moscow a russians Law enforcement agencies announced an ambitious program on saturday to crack Down on crime and give people a a More or less Normal sense of Calm and  with a stronger counterintelligence service tougher Laws and the help of the army the agencies leaders promised to work together to �0 after economic and violent crimes which have increased dramatically since the collapse of the soviet Union. By getting Tough on economic crimes such As fraud and tax evasion the government expects to collect at least $5 Bil lion in lost Revenue said Vladimir Ruba nov Deputy head of the presidents Security Council that represents twice the expected Cost of the new program. However curbing crime would reap greater political and social benefits Rubanov said giving people a a More to it a less Normal sense of Calm and  a nationwide poll conducted by the a com Center for Public opinion and Market research in april and May showed that 51 percent of 2,935 respondents put fighting crime at the top of a list of government priorities. Uso Kaiserslautern is proud to present. Littou la of Uttz w9n.d tuft 94 special guests Texas Pride a oust radio i mechanical Bulu plus 3 . S Eric s country club hats off amp spider to mkt Oberfest style seating i win trips a concert tickets autograph signing music videos 1 huge dance floor 27 june 1994 Kaiserslautern special events Center Gates open at 1800 hrs. Tickets $19.00 tickets of Sale at All Uso Kaiserslautern offices Vogal Wah 0031-56091 Kly bar 0031-46237 lift Datum 06371-03403 Fumi till 06371-42623 us Bavm Potdar 466-6163 Uso Minn Tom 360-7666 / 06217-307196 tickets by mail a credit card 66-7280 / 0631-536-7260 we wifi Acu we it to Cham i \ pageantry fit for a Queen Queen Elizabeth ii of Britain rides through London after attending the annual trooping of the Colour ceremony in Honor of her official birthday saturday. The Queen who turned 68 this year celebrated her actual birthday april 21. According to tradition however the trooping of the Colour takes place the second saturday in june when a battalion of the Royal guards presents its Flag bearing the Battle honors swedish officer charged in massacre of 5 women Stockholm Sweden a jealousy and a broken heart were possible motives for the bloodiest crime in modern swedish history a witness says. Authorities said a 24-year-old swedish army officer shot seven people to death saturday with an assault Rifle in Falun in Central Sweden. Tommy Hedberg a Doorman at the disco where members of the voluntary women a army auxiliary corps were celebrating said the gunman visited the site earlier in the evening and had an argument with one of the women. A the pushed her Down in a sofa and we had to Tell him to leave a Hedberg told the National news Agency to. The Doorman said the army officer left but later came Back and was told he was not Welcome. After that the suspect whose identity has not set been released departed. Authorities believe he then went to his army base and retrieved an assault Rifle. The assailant then waited in a nearby Park authorities said. When six women from the corps All in their 20s, walked toward the base the army officer opened fire killing five and injuring the sixth. A it was an execution a police spokesman Bertil Jansson said. Police shot anti wounded the suspect in the hip after he allegedly killed two men who were passing by. The officer was charged with murder and attempted murder said  spokesman Sven mat sols. Lit has been ordered to undergo mental tests. Violent crime is relative  in Sweden where 120 to 150  a reported every year. A this incident is of the t,.pe that a  to    an Jem it