European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The vol. 53, no. 101 500 wednesday july 27,1994 d 8693 a just drops in the bucket but clean water in works a hopeful Start Bonn Germany a the swelling , military operation to save rwandan lives has been named operation support Hope announced army Gen George a. Joulwan chief of the . Euro Pean come in Stuttgart the name represents the goal of military personnel who arc part of the operation Jou Van said. Goma Zaire apr with clean water crucial to slowing the spread of a deadly cholera epidemic american soldiers started setting up the first water purification systems in Goma on tuesday for 1 million rwandan refugees. The Border town which was swamped with refugees earlier this month rattled to the Roar of Aid planes tuesday. A record 36 aircraft landed monday and a similar number a including a huge . Cargo plane a was expected tuesday. But a Lack of staff and trucks kept tons of emergency food backed up at Gomas Navy army deploying medical units tiny Airport. The refugees have been getting much of their water by trekking up to 10 Miles to Lake Kiva where they dip their Jerry cans into Green Slimy water fouled by bodies and excrement. About 11,000 people already have died of cholera in the past week and thou Sands More were expected to die. After Sunrise tuesday 15 . Army specialists armed with m16 rifles drove to the Shore of Lake Kiva to inspect the site for two water purification machines. A these people will have fresh water by the end of the Day a said staff sgt William Thomas 45, of fort Worth Texas. The two machines will be Able to purge cholera bacteria from Kivus water at the rate of 1,200 Gallons an hour. With the United nations putting Basic daily consumption at 5 quarts per person that see water on Page 4 Post by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a its an irony that perhaps Only a military strategist can savor the forces of the . European come Are busier now than they were during the waning years of the cold War. Consider a .-based service members in Europe continue to assist the kurdish Relief Effort and enforce no Fly restrictions in Northern and Southern Iraq. A about 500 european come troops Are patrolling the Border Between Macedonia and Serbia while air assets Are enforcing the flight ban Over the former Yugoslavia. A a the United states has indicated it will Send at least several thousand More Europe based service members to the War weary Balkans to act As peacekeepers if an agreement to end the violence there can be hammered out. A and More than 1,700 troops in Germany and Italy have been notified of their deployment to Central Africa for an open ended Relief Effort that defense officials have said probably will last for several months. Their Mission is to assist More than 1.5 million rwandan refugees in the Border with Zaire who have been caught up in that country a brutal civil War. But even at the current stepped up Pace analysts say the european Comdr a operating Tempo is still Well below the level at which the command would be considered overburdened. A defense department official acknowledged that . Forces in Europe Are marching to a swifter beat these Days although he pointed out that its hardly a see Neucom on Page 2 Globe trotting troops a "1 l . Service members assist the kurdish Relief Effort and enforce no Fly restrictions in Northern and Southern Iraq. A about 500 troops patrol the Border Between Macedonia and Serbia. A air assets enforce the flight ban Over the former Yugoslavia. A several thousand troops could be sent to the Balkans As peacekeepers. 5v�\ More than 1,700 troops have been notified of their deployment to Central Africa. \ a f Kensington a Palac 5 it key islt4g Lun Road London blast hits israeli embassy a amps % London apr a bomb hidden in the trunk of an Audi Sedan shattered the israeli embassy and broke windows in surrounding buildings and Kensington Palace on tuesday injuring at least 15 people one of them seriously. Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin blamed islamic extremists. A it was such a huge huge explosion. Parts of the building just collapsed a said Rachel Gordon who works in the embassy a press office. The blast which occurred just after noon also shattered windows at Kensington Palace where the Princess of Wales and other Royal family members live and inside today researchers iinlv45 hospitals to radiation tests on humans in other nearby buildings. A spokesman for Buckingham Palace said Princess Margaret sister of Queen Elizabeth ii was in Kensington Palace at the time but he said no one was injured. No one claimed responsibility for the bomb planted a Day after Jordan and Israel officially ended decades of hostility and eight Days after a bomb at a jewish Center in Buenos Aires Argentina killed at least 80 peo pie. Officials suspect Ultra nationalists or Middle Eastern terrorists in the Argentine attack. About 20 to 30 pounds of High explosives were see blast on Page 2 a see pa$e6 cold War leftovers new uses sought for soviet memorial spy Tower see pages 16-17
