European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes crisis in Rwanda sunday August 7,1994 is Dave Case French soldiers prepare to distribute water to waiting rwandan Reft gees at a Camp in Goma Zaire on Friday. V renegade zairian soldiers prey on Rwanda refugees by Brian a Turphy the associated press. Goma Zaire the rutted Road through the Catale refugee Camp is a unforgiving place. Rwandan refugees Lay their dead on the Roadside. Others gather to sell the shoes of people buried that same Day. And it s where they keep a Lookout for the car latest worry renegade zairian sol Diers. Officials reported that week that they fear renegade forces of the ousted Rwan Dan government Are hindering the Refu gees return to Rwanda. Now refugees and Aid workers report that Shakedown and robberies by Zaire s poorly paid soldiers Are becoming More bolder and rampant. After fleeing civil War and surviving a cholera epidemic the intimidation by the soldiers is an injustice some refugees cannot Bear. We have been through too much said Aleis Harim Bari pounding his walk ing still into the dirt. And we know How to  the  food convoys into the Camp about 32 Miles. Northeast of Goma of Friday because of Security fears. An attempt by soldiers to commandeer a rwandan s car thursday led to a Melee that ended with one sol Dier being hacked to death. Refugees apparently seized two machine guns during the attack. Aid workers resumed food de liveries saturday. The violence meanwhile spread to an other Camp. In Kib Umba closer to Goma refugees Friday mobbed a dozen Rene Gade soldiers pilfering blankets and food. The soldiers opened fire killing an elderly rwandan Man and injuring three others including a 6-year-old boy . Spokesman panes Moumtzis said. On wednesday a zairian Soldier was stoned to death in Kib Umba Moumtzis said. To counter the growing antagonism the United nations held an emergency meeting with local military authorities Friday. They need to have a lot More discipline among the soldiers otherwise the situation is going to get out of hand Moumtzis said. The people being at tacked Are refugees who have almost nothing the soldiers Are based in the Goma area and have no role in the refugee Effort. They just wander into the Camps in menacing gangs lured by the vehicles and radios that belong to Sone of the More fortunate refugees. _ zairian soldiers already isolated at Hoine because they Are despised and feared by their own people rely on bribes and corruption to  tiny paychecks. Arid As More Aidar Rives the likelihood of confrontation an bloodshed grows we thought we escaped fighting arid troubles but we have it Here said Celestine Kun Raiba. He said zairian sol Diers robbed him of his last Rwanda francs about $10 in Catale Camp. _ they have guns. We have just some machetes. We have no Choice it to do what they say he said. Zairian military leaders deny there is a systematic plan of harassment and extor Tion. There May be a few people doing this but it is just a few said an officer who refused to give his name. He spoke at an army Roadblock where armed soldiers de Mand payment to lift the tree limb across the Road. The. Military earlier had come under _ accusations of pilfering Aid supplies atthe Airport in Goma. In Catale the refugees say the soldiers often prow uhe Road cutting through the amp. Pockets Are searched for Money. They say anything is fair game for Rob Bery radios bicycles even the scarce food available. Jean Pierre bakun Dosite a 22-year-oldstudent, said he protested when a Soldier walked away with two books he was try ing to sell last week _ they hit me in the ear he said. I yelled Back but they said they would just hit me again. I  the soldiers take what they want said another refugee Jean Claude Mugabo who claimed soldiers took All his Sav Ings about $40. They think anything we have they can  . Troops in Africa can soon shop cafes by Doyle Tillma Kaiserslautern Bureau Kaiserslautern Ger Many american servicemen Bers supporting the rwandan re Lief Effort soon will be Able to shop at cafes outlets in  army and air Force Exchange service Europe will open outlets in Entebbe Uganda and Goma Zaire before the end Faugust. According to army col. Ralph , the Exchange service s new commander in Europe officials atthe . European come in Stutt Gart on thursday tasked cafes Europe to set up shop for Soldier Sand airmen contributing to opera Tion support Hope. The Call to open outlets in Afri Ca was expected Tuccillo said. The tactical Field Exchange i Entebbe is scheduled to be set up by aug. \9 and will have an inventory valued at about $30,000, Tuc Cillo said. The outlet probably will be housed in general purpose medium or larger tents officials said. Cafes will deliver the fieldstone s inventory to Rhein main a for Airlift to Uganda. Sale should begin shortly after Tuccillo said. The Entebbe Exchange will be kind of the Centrepiece for the main cafes Stock Tuccillo said. The store will have about 325line items including snack foods beverages personal care products writing material and limited military and civilian clothing. In Zaire cafes will turn Over control of its Stock to 21st Thea Ter army area come officials to open a smaller yield Exchange in Goma. Soldiers from the command will operate the facility Tuccillo said nhe retail venture in Entebbe is joint Effort Between cafes and the defense commissary Agency Europe. Tuccillo said cafes makes the plans and arrangements with the european come and deca Europe provides the people to run the a cities. The commissary Agency employs Active duty military Mem Bers who can be deployed to locations such As Goma or Entebbe deca Europe spokeswoman Gerri Young said her Agency would be sending four military members to support the Entebbe operation. Finnish tankers rusted pipes raise hackles in Goma by Effie Bathen staff writer Goma Zaire the finnish Tanker sent to transport life saving water to Rwan Dan refugees can t do the Job without re pairs according to the owner of a  water Supply company and Relief workers. _ they Are an absolute disaster said Frank Blackburn of portable water sup ply systems. His California company working shoulder to shoulder with the .army s task Force 51 on the Edge of Lake Kiva near Goma has reached a pumping capability of 500,000 Gallons a Day since it arrived a a weeks ago according , figures on thursday a Relief worker from the French Aid organization doctors without Borders spoke angrily about the Condi Tion of five finnish Dairy trucks which arrived tuesday on a c-5 Galaxy from Rhein main a Germany. They have rusted out Jug Wijas All you have to do is look you can see it said Bob Vansoest. The trucks will need new lower pipe Sand adapters Blackburn said. He will co ordinate the repairs with the French Mili tary forces stationed near coma s air port. It was not certain How Long the Vor woul a take. ---.-. As far As the welding work was concerned this is a Job in Finland that would take a few minutes Van Soest told Blackburn at his Camp wednesday. We could have found a Hundred rusted out trucks Here. Why did they bother to Send it. There is a general problem with having enough trucks to deliver water to the ref Ugee Sites a . Spokesman acknowledged. Altogether there Are about 100 trucks operating in varying degrees Olef of activeness according to col. Alain ram Beau French spokesman for the joint operations. -. Despite daily difficulties making connections with the . Army and other Relief Agency vehicles Blackburn spoke positively about the Relief efforts. Blackburn a . Navy Veteran of the korean War and former Petty officer Sec Ond class said this was his first experience with a real army  i m impressed with How quickly the established reasonable living conditions under difficult circumstances he  m impressed that the individual sol Diers Are not afraid of doing hard