European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes world thursday August 18,1994 Mexico expels 6 basques with subversive materials from the associated press Mexico City the government said tuesday that it has expelled six Spanish basques who engaged in political activities in Mexico. The six were discovered with abundant subversive propaganda such As various leaflets on strategy and armed resistance in Spain said a communique from the Interior ministry it said the six who had entered Mexico on tourist visas were arrested in the City of Oaxaca and sent. On a flight to Madrid on saturday. It identified them As members of an organization called ask Pena. Jew attacked in Italy Assisi Italy a norwegian jew who lives in this town of peace was slashed on the Cheek by assailants in an apparent anti semitic attack the victim and police said said Maria Theilman Geelmuyden Bodil was wounded monday night. Rai state television said the woman in her 40s, is a writer who has lived for several years in the umbrian Hill town which draws religious pilgrims from All Over the world. She said she was attacked by three Young men and slashed twice on the face. One Cut extended from beneath a Gauze Bandage covering her Cheek. Assisi is the Home of St. Francis founder of the franciscan order. It been the site of numerous conferences dedicated to peace and coexistence. German recruits arrested Brandenburg Germany four German army recruits were arrested by police Early monday for shouting anti foreigner and nazi slogans. The state prosecutor in this Eastern German City is examining whether the four could be charged a police statement four were taken into custody Early monday after marching through the City shouting out with foreigners and Sieg Heil the nazi Salute. Police said the four recruits 20 to 21 years old had been drinking. Venetian islands for rent Venice Italy for rent cheap 13 venetian years of being abandoned or used at most As illegal garbage dumps some of the Lagoon City s tiny islands will be available for rental starting in september. It s absurd and disgraceful that these islands remain unused at the mercy of vandals the Rome newspaper la Republica quoted carmelo Lanni an official in Venice s property office As saying. We can t give them away free. The Law won t let us. We must ask for maybe a lira less than a . Centa symbolic Price depending on shape of the Island and is a catch. Renters must restore abandoned structures or otherwise fix up the islands. Mandela to raise pay Johannesburg South Africa president Nelson Mandela did t have to go far to do something about his Campaign pledge to raise living standards of Blacks. He s increasing slave wages at the presidential mansion. Mandela said he Learned sunday that some of the household staff earn Only about $235 a month. I could not believe what i heard he said at a speaking engagement monday the South african press association reported. I can t Lead a government where people live like slaves he added. Average monthly pay is about $330, but that obscures a vast Gulf Between Black and White workers. Whites typically earn five to 10 times More than scorch greek islands Athens Greece wildfires burned out of control on two Aegean islands wednesday while a third broke out on the Island of Crete. The forestry service reported that a fire on the Eastern Island of lesbos had burned 15,000 acres of. Forest and Brush since it broke out on monday. Ten Homes were also destroyed. The service said another fire was burning out of control for a second Day on the Central Aegean Island of Andros but did not know How much land had been burned. Another Blaze broke out in the area of Ler Petra in Southern Crete. Officials debate future of . Staff in Somalia by Bradley Graham Washington Post Washington worried by a Rise in violence and intelligence reports of americans being targeted in Somalia administration officials were talking last month about rapidly pulling the last .. Diplomats an marines from the East african nation. But no withdrawal has taken place amid continuing differences Between defense and state department officials Over what to do. The debate weighs the threat to the americans against the political Cost of abandoning participation in the . Mission in Somalia. About 20 diplomats Are still in Mogadishu charged with supporting . Efforts to promote political reconciliation among warring clans in the country. More than 50 marines with anti terrorist training Are there to guard the diplomats. The Pentagon has been arguing for months that the marines should be withdrawn and replaced with civil ians from a contracted Security firm. More recently defense department officials also have urged relocating the diplomats to nearby Kenya for their safety. Why Are we keeping this thing going asked a Pentagon official. It s an Accident waiting to but the state department is reluctant to close the . Office in Mogadishu fearing such a move would trigger an end to the whole . Mission. And As Long As american diplomats remain state department officials want the marines in Mogadishu feeling More secure with them there and avoiding the extra Cost of Hir ing a private Security firm. The sentiment on Capitol Hill is toward an Early withdrawal. Twelve members of the Senate armed services committee wrote to president Clinton last month urging a pullout of us. Diplomats and service members because of the poor prospects of achieving a peace agreement and the deteriorating Security Situa Tion since most . Forces withdrew last March. Last week the Senate approved 54-44 an Amend ment to the defense authorization Bill introduced by sen. Dirk Kempthorne a Idaho cutting off funds for keeping marines in Somalia after sept. 30. About 18,000 . Troops including 10,000 in Mogadishu Are responsible for Overall Security for american and . Personnel and for escorting Relief convoys. But the peacekeepers have largely taken Refuge inside their compounds to avoid the fighting outside that has inhibited Relief efforts and killed and wounded scores. Even . Secretary general Boutros Putros Ghali has questioned the size and Cost of the International operation. The administration has been pressing . Officials to consider scaling Back the Mission or ending it contending the Large International presence May be impeding a political settlement. " m o "-"�s�5g? to 4 � i v tragic miscalculation Twenty four people aboard this damaged bus were in As he approached the 3j-meter-High 10.9-foot under Jared tuesday 14 seriously when a Novice drive tried to pass near Erben Doi Germany the operator apparently guide the vehicle under a railway Bridge that was too Low. Did not realize that his bus was 4 meters 13 feet High. Zurich Cra Zurich Switzerland a City workers protected by police guards cleared nearly a dozen truck loads of filth from a notorious drug Quarter near the City Center tuesday. The cleanup was combined with a police crackdown and came As Switzerland s largest City questioned its tolerant approach to a persistent drug problem after the Shock of four drug related shootings in the Pas month. The slayings apparently resulted from a Battle among rival dealers but police also were threatened in the growing violence entered at the abandoned Letten railway Yard that has become Zurich s latest drug hang out. Hundreds of addicts openly indulge their habit under Graffiti such As we will kill you police and police Are scum Spray painted on Concrete Walls and fences. Last weekend dealers threatened police with a bomb attack if they did not release an. Arrested lebanese. The threat was later withdrawn. Now the City the government and the people Are finally saying enough is enough. Stop the madness screamed the headlines in the mass circulation Swiss tabloid Blick. The sentiment is echoed in quieter terms by the City police and politicians. It is no longer acceptable that rivalry Between drug gangs should Lead to a homicide each week said Bruno Kistler spokesman for the Zurich police. The situation in Zurich is intolerable Justice min ister Arnold Koller said. Police said they will step up an armed police pres ence at the Letten railway but they complained their hands Are otherwise tied. We have to keep within the Law Kistler told Blick. And there Are no spare cells to lock them up in
