European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday Augusta 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 critic of haitian regime ambushed gunfire wounds . Soldier turned politician port a Prince Haiti a a politician opposed to the or military backed regime was shot after the government declared a state of siege and promised to fight Back if the United states invades. Former sen. Reynald Georges was in stable condition the gunshot wounds in his Back and Arm from the attack in the capital port a Prince relatives said tuesday. He was in hiding tuesday after being treated at a private clinic. Georges a former . Army Soldier and supporter of Haiti s former Duvalier dictatorship has urged haitian army Cedras to quit to avoid an american led military intervention in Haiti. Georges leads the my Alliance for the liberation and advancement of Haiti which declared Over the weekend that it would not take part in legislative elections being organized by the military backed government. Georges 47, was driving Home monday evening when machine gun fire erupted from a pickup truck carrying uniformed soldiers and armed civilians said his wife Marie Helene. He was hit by bullets but managed to drive to a Safe House a Rhembert of his political party said on condition of anonymity. Georges was later taken to a private clinic where the bullets were removed. His wife would not name the clinic for Security reasons. It was certainly political Marie Helene Georges said. _ his positions Haven t pleased _ Georges has been on All sides of Haiti s Complex political landscape. After he was honorable discharged from the army in 1978, he returned to Haiti supporting the military and previous dictatorships. He was a Strong Backer of the military s 1991 overthrow of elected president Jean Bertrand Aristide in april however after becoming a defense ministry consultant for Aris tide s caretaker government he began speaking out against the military which has ruled Haiti since Aristide & ouster. . Embassy spokesman Stanley sch Rager said tuesday that armed civilians beat up haitians who were lined up Mon Day to seek political Asylum taking three people away j the Arm installed president Emile Jonassaint declared a state of siege Mon Day. The declaration came after the the . Security Council authorized a multinational Force to oust Haiti s military rulers and restore democracy if Nec Essary. Fables poke fun at politically too too Correct Washington a if Little red Riding Hood were a modern girl would she need an a wielding Man to Rescue her from the Wolf of course not. She would empower Snow White would t just lie around looking Beautiful. More Likely she would enlighten the Mirror watching Queen about sisterhood and help All women learn to accept their natural body images and become whole least that s the Way James finn Garner imagines it. Garner a Chicago comic penned updated versions of 13 fairy tales although he avoids that term because fits heterosexuals Bias. The result is politically Correct bedtime stories Aslim Book of humor that has become a Best seller. In his introduction Garner explains that he attempted to purge the stories of any Huhg sexist racist ageist look St size St species St intellectualism. Well you get the idea. When the Wolf eats red Riding Hood grandmother readers Are reminded it is an entirely valid course of action for a the Frog asks for a kiss the Princess wonders whether sexual harassment could take place Between and when the pied Piper wants to punish the Liberal leaning town of Hamelin he does t Lead its children away he transforms them into Young conservatives who form tax protests and gun thing i m making fun of is the orthodoxy that surrounds a lot of thinking in the left Garner said. In their striving for tolerance they tend to be there is too much nagging and browbeating from the politically Correct Garner his stories take gentle jabs at feminists organic Farmers environmentalists animal rights activists vegetarians aerobic dancers Folk singers anti smoking crusaders and do goobers in general especially anyone who twists the language to avoid causing offence. Red Riding Hood s grandmother is optically challenged As a Bat and Cinderella stepsisters Are differently visage enough to Stop a clock _ not everyone is laughing. T such humor May be , but it helps " " said Michele Wilson " -0, of quicker route to grandma Jota he Burg into the House and ate grandma an entirely we course of action for a carnivore Rich a Mrna Effi. Of Vvhs was masculine a Femi Nln Ogra Ncoma n scrawled into Bov Fred re dem Hood Effle Radthe cottage arid Aidra dam j Yel a wow w of x fafre8bum-frea$% to.8alufeyou\nf to i patriarch la Friet Rab Bedl la rth 4 trivialize the issues chairwoman of the women s studies department at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Depicting feminists As strident shrill shrieking women who Are obsessed with complaining about the victim role of red Riding Hood misses the Point of what feminism is she said. Navy admits its new sub is hardly Cut rate Washington a billed As a less expensive alternative a new Navy attack submarine will end up costing $700 million More than its predecessor the $2,4 billion so Wolf according to the Navy. That acknowledgement came monday As the a Junta. _ gon s defense acquisition Board gave its approval forthe Navy to order the first new attack submarine in 1998, a major Milestone for the officials hastily developed the idea of a new at tack submarine because of rising concern about the Cost of the sea Wolf. The proposal was presented to Congress As a less expensive alternative that would pro vide some technical improvements but less Overall capability than its the Senate appropriations committee in its re port on the 1995 defense budget said the first Jiow at tack submarine will Cost $3.1 billion in 1995 dollars. Al though that Price includes a hefty component of design and engineering costs so do the first two sea wolfs now under construction at the electric boat division of general dynamics corp. In Groton Conn. N it was the first firm Price tag affixed to the new at tack submarine and the Navy on monday confirmed the figure. According to the committee subsequent new attack submarines would Cost about As much As the sea Wolf. To Mcnavy contends that once the first new attack submarine is built others in the line will Cost $1 .5 billion time you Start with a new line of ships the first one will Cost More than the rest Navy it. Ken Ros said. You re coming up with a prototype instead of the product new attack submarine will come a 1,500 tons below the 9,100-ton sea Wolf. It also will also carry fewer weapons and have a smaller diameter and slower top Speed than the sea Wolf was developed in Che 1980s to Hunt Down soviet submarines with that threat gone an with Congress seeking ways to Cut defense spending the Navy curtailed plans for the sea Wolf from 29 ves Sels Down to two and possibly a third next year. The Senate appropriations committee said an alter native plan Cou act allow the Navy to buy be Seaw Olevery other year beginning in 1996, through 2004, a total of five vessels for $144 billion. According to the committee that would save $5 billion plan which is to buy one sea Wolf in 4925, a submarine in 19_98 and one every year beg in 1999 or 2000. J no either n. Korea to seek react ".__i.,��. Vim to a intr Seoul South Korea a North Korea will demand a new nuclear reactor during talks with the United states As the Price for opening its nuclear program to inspectors a government newspaper said North will insist on a new Light water reactor when negotiations resume Friday in Geneva North Korea s official Dong Shimun newspaper said. The north1 also is reportedly seeking full diplomatic ties with the unite states As part of a package in a commentary monitored in Tokyo the paper said the . Response to the request for the reactor will Snow whether they Are interested in the fundamental solution to the nuclear Issue in the korean Peninsula or . Officials reportedly want a step by step approach that rewards North Korea As Progress is made on the nuclear Issue. North Korea insists its nuclear program is peaceful. But its refusal for the past year and a half to allow outside inspections has raise suspicion it is developing or has nuclear the Geneva talks opened july 8 amid rising tension Over the nuclear Issue. But negotiations were suspended the next Day following the announcement of the death of the North s longtime Leader i ii Sung. The reopened negotiations will test whether North Korea s foreign policy will change under its apparent new Leader Kim ii Sung s son Kim Jong ii. Can reported from Pyongyang on monday that North korean officials said the new Leader would carry on his late father s policies including his desire for improved ties with the United states
