European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The St trs and vol. 53, no. 106 500 monday August 1,1994 . Faking knocks for refugee Aid operation writer Goma Zaire along with trying to pump drinking water for up to 1.2 million cholera infested rwandan refugees the . Military is Fielding criticism about it apparent slow reaction to the Central african Ain t Star Fleet command said . Staff sgt. James Bagwell a Green Beret with the army s special forces re Ferring to the Star trek to series. You can t just Call us and say make h happen instantly but at least one humanitarian worker says the american response is disorganized. The cavalry dam t bring their horses said a crisis logistics expert at Goma . Political leadership was very hesitant to get involved in another Somalia said the logistician who asked not to be identified. So they sent an assessment team in Here to asses what already was known through the Ngo groups. Ngo for nongovernmental Organiza Tion is a term widely used in sub saharan Africa for private he Relief Star flee command. You can t just Call us and say make it happen instantly a staff Bagwell is a Fence Crawley sanitarian agencies such As care and doctors without Borders i think that this is the Best we could do said Bagwell part of the 25-memberassessment team sent into Goma by the . European come on july 23."there was a civil War. People left their country and then people started setting sick. And then we came to help Bagwell said. I Don t think we could have done anything faster because with any military operation you be got to havea Good plan and to have a Good plan you be got to get Good people on the 1 m ground. . Military commanders Point out that the first priority was fresh water which they were pumping and purifying by tuesday morning three Days alter the assessment team had arrive with capacity doubling every Day since then. The first thing to keep in mind Saidu s army it. Gen. Daniel r. Schroeder see refugee on Page 4 a sick rwandan child gets a cup of fresh water at the Mug Unga refugee Camp Northwest of Goma Zaire ii Friday. . May stay year in Africa Perry b Kigali Rwanda a . De sense Secretary William Perry caught a vivid glimpse of Rwanda s suffering Sun Day As he extended refugee Relief efforts to the nation and pledged to keep . Service members working a year or More if necessary. In a visit that dramatized growing . Involvement in the crisis Perry also received assurances from Rwanda s week old government that it would not seek restitution or Rev nge for massacres that have killed up to 500,000 rwandans since april _ a --., -. / five . Relief flights flew into Kigali s Airport sunday during the Secretary s hectic one Day Isit to the Region. His trip included meetings. With rwandan and ugandan leaders . And . Milius officers Relief agencies and visiting French defense minister Francois l6o Tard. President Clinton ordered the . Military to increase Relief supplies getting to More than 4 million rwandan refugees across the Border in Zaire and elsewhere. My heart was torn 6y the human trag Edy that is unfolding herein Goma Perry said in a visit to the zairian Border area harbouring lip to 1.2 million Dis placed rwandans. But Perry said he was encouraged by optimistic reports from Relief workers. Although he did not visit the teeming ref Eugefe Camps in Goma s outskirts Perry passed hundreds of suffering people sit Ting on rocks and Bare ground in Goma Wimch is about Ido Miles by Road from Kigali however George mouse assistant Secretary of state for african affairs who " " i see Perry on Page 4 Job a l a inside today . Security Council clears the Way for possible .-led invasion of Haiti j seepage2 internet computer users Abuzz Over obscenity convictions see Page 8 Woodstock festivals past and future memories
