European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes crisis in Rwanda Friday August 5,1994 in Goma thoughts turn to Home  writer Goma Zaire although . Service members working Long hours in Africa for operation support Hope Are focused on their Mission Many Are thinking about their families or the Date on which they lube Able to return Home. I m Happy to be Here but sure do miss Home said 1st it. Stan Sliwinski com Mander of the 15th trans Del. Sleeping space is tight said Sliwinski who has been Here two Days. He laughingly said he would Tell his wife Susannah in Frank Furt Germany i almost put my Arm around the major. We were bunked so  people working at the Airport do not fully realize the horror in the refugee Camps. It s important for those sitting at hic Airport to get out to the Camps he said. Or they Don t see what Good moving All this cargo is How worthwhile it is.", staff sgt. Mcdonald Yancy from Rhein main a Germany said he wanted his wife min and children Johnathan 12, an Diana 11, to know that he was Safe. I just Hope that the world appreciate what we Are doing the 15th trans det sol Dier said As he watched a giant Russia cargo plane be unloaded. Senior airman Contina Botkin is Amon the few military people with 90-Day orders. Most soldiers Are receiving orders for up to179 Days. She has been at the Airport four Days an has watched the zairian children flock across the runway As each plane  feel sorry for the Way people Are beg Ging around Here said the airman fro Mcchord fab Wash. I feel badly that i can t give them anything. But if you give on of them something then you have to give it to them  she was deployed to operation desert. Storm in 1990 and was supposed to stay 90 Days. "1 wound up staying 218 Days said the native of Cincinnati. Most people who have come in Contact with the Camps Are overwhelmed with the . Luis Cruz from Vicenza Italy works we the 1st theater movement control Agency. He said he Felt it was a privilege to help in the crisis after seeing it  can t believe that we re being paid for this he said i see a  see my  i feel  � sporadic sniper fire is Normal at night inthe International military Relief Camps just outside the Goma  Are lots of shots said maj. Guy Shields a spokesman for the . Joint taskforce in Goma. There s a lot of folks with a lot of guns. But i be Only seen ak-47s rifles and Small arms he said. Some of those with weapons Are reportedly members of the zairian military rumoured to _ not have been paid for three  is not accurate said Mary Yates a . Army sgt Mark Mullins teaches some whistling techniques tuesday to children at the Kib Umba refugee Camp near Goma Zaire. In the Camp across the Street. Living conditions Are still austere Shields said. Rumours were spreading that showers maybe built by the end of the week. . Air Force airman 1st class David Stallcup left pulls a tripwire As he and senior airman Jeffrey Kidd Check for Booby traps at the Airport in Kigali Rwanda on monday. Spokeswoman for the . Embassy in Shasa Zaire. "  ,.""i. -.-. As the joint task Force operation moves into its second week of aiding rwandan refugees most . Services members would Likely Radea payday Forther first Shower. Such niceties have been delayed As soldiers airmen and sailors use every available hour to assist in the Relief Mission. Camp life is  pretty Basic. Meals consist of res meals ready treat for breakfast lunch and dinner. Some times americans Trade with French soldiers the . Medical Center is in a general Pur pose tent. It is Well lighted with Power from a portable Generator that drones through the night. The hum drowns out the noise of cargo planes an heavy equipment in use throughout the night at the Airport. The Navy doctor and one medical technician have not treated any major injuries or ill Nesses. On wednesday a i who slipped an fractured his hand was evacuated on a c-130 Hercules cargo plane it was one of about dozen or so . Planes that arrive around the clock. _ near the Airport and in the . Military amps local children and adults hassle West Erners who walk by. They linger near the Miles of concertina wire that Edge the military Camps they flatten the wire with their hands an leap Over it for anything to grab. The command has told . Service Mem ers to puncture their plastic water bottles be fore they throw them away otherwise the Zaire locals will refill hem with unsure water and sell them again. Renegades threaten Ray andzans return enjoy says Washington a renegade forces of the ousted rwandan govern ment Are regrouping in Zaire impeding the return of refugees and other Steps to Ward easing the humanitarian crisis the new government s envoy says. On wednesday Gerald Rahima urged that the . Security Council take Mea sures for immediate disarming and demo Bilzing of the fallen regime s soldiers an militia in the rwandan zairian Border Region. Their presence on the Border Witrol Zaire will Lead sooner or later to a re sumption of hostilities he said in a statement. That would Compromise the prospects for the immediate repatriation of the estimated 1 million refugees from Zaire he said arid would consume re sources that ought to be used for reconstruction and threaten the peace and stability of the  a Rahima has been in the Washington area for nearly two months representing the rwandan patriotic front. The ref took Over Kigali Rwanda s capital in late july and last saturday gained . Recognition As the new government of the blood soaked Central african country. Aides said he May be named ambassador once Rwanda s embassy in washing ton is reopened. In july the United states accused the former regime of Gen. Oxide broke relations and ordered Rwanda s diplomats to  thanked americans for the generosity and compassion with which they have  the suffering of the victims of violence in  he praised the United states for the Lead ing role it has taken in responding to the current humanitarian crisis.". The new ref government Hopes the United states will press the United nations to move urgently to apprehend the perpetrators of genocide who Rahima said have fled to the French protected zone in southwestern Rwanda As Well Asto France itself Tanzania Zaire and other countries. The United states should push for an International War crimes court to bring perpetrators of the atrocities to Justice he added. The envoy also asked the United states to provide radio transmitters printing equipment paper and other materials for an ref Campaign to promote National Unity and reconciliation and to support Swift deployment of . Forces to Rwanda to help and protect returning Refu  also asked for help of silence broadcasts from the fallen regime that have incited massacres and promoted displacement of millions of people. He reiterated ref assurances that returning refugees will be Safe