European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 53, no. 70 50q sunday june 26,1994 r d 8693 a plan reported to quadruple Force for Haiti blazing tribute s&5 John Bomor a Torch Cartr stands Tail at Ibe grand Tattoo for . Air Force Gen. Robert a Oaks at Ramsten a Germany on Friday night. The German air Force honoured Oaks As commander of natos Allied air forces Central Europe. Oaks who plans to retire also commands the . Air forces in Europe. From wire reports new York a the Clinton administration is preparing plans for an International peacekeeping Force for Haiti that would include four times As Many troops As originally estimated according to a published report saturday. The new York times quoting unnamed administration officials said about half the planned 12,000 to 14,000 troops would be american although that number could change. About two weeks ago officials Coli mated a Force of 3,000 to 4,000 would be deployed in the event Haiti a military leaders leave office and deposed president can Bertrand Aristide returns to office the newspaper reported. Officials told the times that the White House favors a larger number of troops to ensure that any Force placed in Haiti is capable of handling the volatile situation there. However the newspaper also said some senior Pentagon officials arc opposed to sending so Many americans to Haiti without a clearly articulated mandate. Under the current plan the peacekeepers would be charged with four goals a protecting Haiti s leaders and institutions retraining the military and police protecting human rights workers and maintaining order. The times said president Clinton has not approved the plan yet and is unlikely to consult with Congress until after this week. Meanwhile in port a Prince the last travellers lugged overstuffed baggage and a skittish country watched its International isolation grow As flights Between Haiti and the United states came to a halt. The ban on commercial flights which went into effect saturday morning is the Clinton administrations latest attempt to dislodge the brutal military and restore Aristide to Power. The Washington Post reported saturday that Haiti Stop military commander withdrew $500,000 in hard currency from the nations Central Bank last week. It was unknown Why it. Gen. Raoul Cedras withdrew the Money but unidentified banking and government sources offered two speculations Cidras would use the Money to finance a new lobbying and publicity Campaign in the United states against Aristides return or he needed it to flee the country. The Money was withdrawn before the United states halted most financial transactions with Haiti on wednesday. A there is real panic among haitians who depend on imports exports or travel to . Cities and Commerce with . Banks Aristides caretaker prime minister Robert Malval said Friday a people Are beginning to get the message that this time this is serious a he said. Simpson team gets Star Power los Angeles a celebrity attorneys f. Lee Bailey and Alan Dershowitz have joined . Simpsons defense team. Dershowitz and Bailey both prominent defense lawyers with a history of High profile cases have been helping Lead attorney Robert Shapiro since last week Bailey told Cable news networks Larry King live on Friday. The two attorneys quickly made their influence Felt by _ helping to persuade a judge to cancel the grand jury in the double murder Case. In an astounding twist Friday Superior court judge Cecil j. Mills ordered the grand jury to Stop its investigation saying that some of its members could have been prejudiced by pretrial publicity. Journey to jail a sunday Magazine . Simpsons defense team Bailey Bailey is an expert on Media exposure. His famous clients have included Boston Strangler Albert de Salvo and or. Sam Sheppard. Ala Oera Towitz a Grenowitz specializes in Appeal s and constitutional issues. He has represented heavyweight Boxer Mike Tyson evangelist Jim Bakker hotel owner Leona he Anstey and socialite Claus von Butow. Rotert Shapiro although a respected figure in us an Refes Legal circles Shapiro is not known for Hla trial work. His Forte is negotiating pleas something he did on behalf of such celebrity clients As baseball outfielders Darryl Strawberry and Vine Coleman and Christian Brando son of actor Marlon Brando the decision Means the Case will Advance to a preliminary hearing re thursday. A judge will decide whether there is enough evidence to warrant a trial. Simpson remains in jail on charges of murdering his second sex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman on june 12. The 46-Ycar-old former football Star has pleaded innocent District attorney Gil Garcetti said he would go ahead with the preliminary hearing and did not consider the ruling a setback. Quot setback a he asked. Quot no. Not at All. The main reason that we went to the grand jury is because of Speed. We Are now set for preliminary hearing on thursday. We Are ready to proceed a the secret grand jury proceedings had been surrounded by almost unprecedented news coverage of the Case. But one Rand juror interviewed Friday by the of Angeles times said the panel was i never told not to watch television Quot almost everything that the jury knows has been reported in the paper. 1 would say if you read the papers you know everything the grand jury knows Quot said the juror who was not identified. Both Dershowitz and Bailey bring formidable reputations to the Case Dershowitz who specializes in appeals and constitutional issues has represented see Star on Pago 2
