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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 r the stars and stripes Friday july 22, 1994 a at a glance Dennis fran of synd Blue was nominated Tor an emmy on Friday the police drama collared a leading 26 nominations. See Story on Page 5. Bacteria found cruising the bacteria that cause legionnaires disease were found on a cruise ship wednesday. A Page 6 drug use Levels the number of americans who used illegal drugs levelled off last year a Survey shows. A Page 7 lunar anniversary Apollo astronauts marked the 25th anniversary of the first Moon Landing wednesday at the White House a Page 9 korean War plotted soviet documents show that the late North korean Leader Kim ii Sung plotted the korean War with the approval of Moscow and Beijing. A Page 10 6 destroyers ordered v the Navy awarded contracts wednesday for six More Aegis guided missile destroyers. A Page 18 Index Abby Ann Landers 25 classifieds. 28-32 comics. 25-27 commentary 17 crossword .25 faces a no places. 14 focus .----19-24 Horoscope. 31 Jumble. 31 letters. .16 Money matters. 18 sports. 34-40 to listings. 39 weather. 15 a a correction because of a reporting error the Date of a vol Smarch sponsored by the Ger Man american wander lib in Bamberg Germany was incorrect. The event is scheduled for july 30-31. Neucom team to go to Zaire to Stuttgart Germany a amps a a 25-member team from the . Euro Peart come will leave saturday for Zaire to assess roads airfields and other factors associated with providing humanitarian Relief to the troubled country of Rwanda and its Border areas a the team will Tell us exactly what a needed a said cmdr. Ron Morse a Neucom spokesman. In a statement released thursday evening Neucom officials said the teams Mission will be to a identify and assess All airfields in the Zaire Rwanda Burundi Border area car Pable of supporting c-130 Hercules cargo aircraft. A assess potential locations for food water and medical distribution Points. A assess ground transportation routes and requirements for moving food and water from the airfields to refugee centers. A assess utilities and infrastructure availability and requirements. A establish communications and coordination with the , High commissioner for refugees and other Relief agencies operating in the area. A establish communications and Liaison with the French military forces operating in the Relief Effort. The team will join a four person Advance Neucom Liaison group that is scheduled to arrive in Zaire today the statement said. Asked if a Date had been set to begin continual Relief missions to the Region Morse said a i done to have  the United states was to already begin providing assistance to the Region Morse said. Such help was to include dispatching c-5 Galaxy flights from Amsterdam Netherlands and Copenhagen Denmark to ferry medical supplies and land Rover vehicles to Africa sending a p-3 Orion reconnaissance plane to Survey the terrain and beginning shipments totalling 1,293 tons of Rice and 150 tons of cooking Oil. Of the p-3�?Ts presence Morse said a a that la give the planners real Good  the Neucom Effort apparently is part of the new . Airlift into Rwanda. The new York times reported this week that the Airlift is coming under the oversight of the Sarajevo air operations cell an International Squadron of fliers who have helped feed the citizens of the bosnian capital for the last two years. Airlift from Page 1 seconds after Takeoff from Sarajevo the Bosnia capital. The . Plane took the wounded american to split Croatia for further treatment Reamond said. The Many a name was not released but a . Official in Zagreb said he was based in a Security unit in Zagreb. Ground fire also damaged a . Air Force c-141b Star lifter while it was preparing to land at Sarajevo Airport . Military and . Officials confirmed. The Star lifter which was carrying pipe supports and flour sustained a multiple hits a at 10 15 . Thursday with damage to the belly of the fuselage Wing and Tail said Navy cmdr. Ron Morse chief spokesman for the . European come in Stuttgart Germany. Although the aircraft and its nine member Crew from the 62nd Airlift Wing from Mcchord fab Wash landed safely in Sarajevo the cargo was not unloaded. It was flown Back immediately to Rhein main a Germany and arrived at 12 25 . An explosive ordnance disposal team and aircraft maintenance personnel began surveying the Star lifter a damage thursday afternoon said air Force master sgt. Dale Warman a spokesman for the operation provide promises joint information Bureau at Rhein main. The Star lifter that was hit thursday was the seventh of 15 Relief flights scheduled for Sarajevo during the Day Redmond said adding that he was unsure about the order of the other flights. Redmond said it was the ninth time a us plane on the Relief Mission to Sarajevo Nas been hit by hostile fire since the Airlift began in july 1992. Redmond said a British plane was also fired in. He said the plane which he could not identify was shot four times during a round trip flight from Ancona Italy for the British overseas development administration the aircraft returned to Ancona he  Are unclear whether the shots All were coming from the same location Warman and Morse said it was not known who was behind the attacks and they would not comment on future . Security measures a we done to comment on future operations a Warman said. A this is now worrisome a said Redmond. A a it a bad enough that this has happened two Days in a Row. But now obviously someone Down there is directly targeting these planes and that is a major concern to  he said he could remember two planes in the Airlift being hit on one Day during much heavier fighting around the bosnian capital but that he was unable to recall As Many As three at a time staff writer Jon Connor contributed Tatna report from Page 1 where the flight originated earlier thursday. Overall the aircraft took about 16 hits said it col. Wally Mitchell commander of the 38th Airlift so provisional the Squadron is the umbrella unit for the aircrews participating in the Airlift Relief Mission. It was not known thursday evening specifically what Type of weapon was used against the c-141b. A Small arms is All we know. It la take some Lime to go through and Check everything a Mitchell said thursday evening As an explosive ordnance disposal team and aircraft maintenance workers combed through the aircraft v Mitchell did not know when the g-141b will resume flying. Two fuel tanks were punctured during the attack said sgt. Chris Mayer flight Engineer among the Crew of nine. The tanks contained the less risky Jp-8 fuel instead of the More explosive Jp-4, Mayer said but the danger still existed that they might ignite a it could have been a potentially catastrophic situation a Mayer said. Also one of the aircraft a three Hydraulic systems was put out of commission when a Bullet punctured a Hose in the Wing said staff sgt. Mike Henderson a ground maintenance worker. Hackers from Page t. Supercomputer modelling of Battlefield environments and even computer Security research. While most of the intruders appear to be hackers out for the computer equivalent of a Joy ride Federal investigators say that some of the intruders have been Able to take control of several military computer systems allowing them to steal alter or erase computer records even to shut the computer systems Down. A the problem is a very significant one a said Michael Higgins Deputy director for information Security at the defense information systems Agency s Cen Ter for information systems Security. A the solution to this problem is not a trivial one and such intrusions Are bound to continue because such information will be passed along to other intruders Quot the apparent ease with which hackers Are entering military and government systems suggests that similar if not greater intrusions Are under Way on corporate academic and commercial networks connected to the internet. It also raises troubling questions about privacy and data Security on what the Clinton administration has termed the information superhighway. Several sources said it was Likely that Only a Small percentage of intrusions perhaps fewer than 5 percent have been detected. Of those hat have been discovered the planets cargo of flour stopped further damage another ground maintenance worker said. A Bullet that pierced the planets floor was found in a sack of flour after the plane was unloaded at. Rhein main he said. An average of 120.00q tons of Relief supplies Are flown into Sarajevo daily said Navy Petty officer 1st class Charles Perkins a spokesman far operation provide promises joint information Bureau at Rhein main a. The c141b Star lifter is 168 feet 4 inches Long and has a wingspan of 160 feet. It can travel 500 Mph and has a Range of 2,500 Miles. In 1992, the aircraft Cost $8.1 Mill Ion an a in Force fact Shee t said. Stall writer Vince Crawley contributed to this report some hackers Are using advanced data encryption techniques that prevent or hinder the military from discovering the nature of the data that Are being stolen. A a we be got real problems and the problems have not been confined to government and military Sites a said Eugene Spafford an associate professor of computer science at Purdue University in Indiana who directs a National computer Security program. In a private but unclassified briefing to a corporation recently Higgins of the defense information systems Agency informed executives of a defense contractor that a major portions of the defense departments unclassified networks had been penetrated by hackers a adversely affecting did military readiness a /  
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