European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes world Friday August 26,1994 islamic radicals suspected in parliamentarian s death from the associated pres Algiers Algeria a member of the military backed regime s appointed parliament has Bee killed in an attack outside his Home authorities reported  was As usual no claim of responsibility for wednesday s assassination of Abdallah Kaci Chakib 60, but the gun attack bore the traits of islamic radicals waging a revolt to topple the , a member of the Small secular algerian movement for Justice and development lived Inbe Zerga an islamic stronghold East of Algiers. He  first member of the so called National transition Council created earlier this year by president Liamine Zero Al to be killed More than 4,000 people have been killed since islamic extremists took up arms in january 1992 after the army halted elections when fundamentalist party the islamic salvation front was winning. The targets have included members of the Security services intellectuals journalists and foreigners. 7 die in India attack Jammu India a bomb destroyed one bus an damaged another in the state of Jammu and Kashmir on thursday killing seven people including six schoolchildren police  additional 34 people were injured. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the outskirts of the City of Jammu. Islamic militants fighting for Independence i Jammu and Kashmir have been targeting hindu dominated Jammu for the last year. But police said they suspect that sikh guerrillas fighting for Independence in the adjacent province of Punjab planted the bomb. Russia dismantling reactor Tallinn Estonia Russia has begun. Dismantling a nuclear reactor at a military base As part of its withdrawal from Estonia the potentially dangerous operation is proceeding smoothly said estonian foreign ministry spokeswoman Mari Ann  said that officials were satisfied russian experts had taken adequate precautions and that estonian Rescue teams at the reactor site detected no radiation leaks. Technicians began removing fuel rods from one of two nuclear reactors at the Paldiski naval base 20miles West of the estonian capital of Tallinn on wednesday after fuel from the second reactor i removed in coming months the materials will be shipped by train to Russia. The dismantling is expected to Cost $10 million of which the unite states is providing $2 million,.the foreign ministry said. The rest is expected to come from foreign Aid. 24 Ujie in clash Vith rebels Dushanbe Tajikistan russian and tajik Overr Irnell forces clashed wednesday with about00 tajik rebels who had slipped across the Borde from Afghanistan news agencies reported. At least 21 rebels and three tajik soldiers were killed. V by government troops seized Small arms and More than 100 ground to ground shells said Zafar Saidova spokesman for Tajikistan s foreign ministry. Russian troops were sent to patrol the Border in the former soviet Republic last year bolstering tajik government forces in their Battle against islamic  attacks have intensified in recent Days along Tajikistan s Border with Afghanistan. Las Friday seven russians and about 50 rebels were reported killed in the biggest clash this year. Pol i be off ice Burg i a sized Moscow burglars have taken a computer three telephones and a typewriter from the Headquarters of the russian police s division fighting organized crime a newspaper reported  equipment was stolen Over the weekend from a ground floor office at Interior ministry Headquarters said the daily Moskovsky Komsomol yets it s possible the criminals were acting on the prompting of one of the departments workers the newspaper said. Alexander Dementyev a duty officer  department refused to comment. Unpaid russian soldiers Selling guns paper says Moscow a russian soldiers who Haven t been paid in months Are increasingly finding another Way to make Money they re Selling their weapons a newspaper says. Stealing and Fil Ching Are directly connected with the government s failure to fulfil its obligations to those who serve it the military daily Krasnaya zvezda red Star said in a front Page commentary thursday. The obligation to pay for the people s labor is among the most  newspaper cited a Case of officers in one military engineers unit who Haven t been paid in four months. We Haven t been Able to give Normal food and Medicine to our children the officers said in a letter to the newspaper. Must we wait until the moment when the drive our children from kindergartens and us from our apartments because we Are unable to pay the newspaper also mentioned several cases of offi cers involved in illegal weapons Trade. In one recent Case two senior officers from a Moscow military facade my and a lieutenant of the Federal counterintelligence service were trying to sell a shipment of guns illegally imported from the Baltic. They were arrested and convicted it said. Other cases have involved the theft and Sale of Small arms ammunition grenades and rockets. Krasnaya zvezda warned that salary delays cannot continue. Of course the military is More patient than the Coal miners who have repeatedly demonstrated they were ready to go to extremes it said. But you can t try their patience endlessly and a social explosion would shake up the society much More strongly than the min ers  soldiers pay is often late because the government has trouble finding Money in Russia s meager  problem is exacerbated by the crisis of Mutual non payments that is crippling the russian Economy. But another newspaper quoted High placed sources in the government As saying that the salary delays might be the result of corruption among top officers. The Liberal daily Segodnia said prime minister Vik Tor Chernomyrdin has ordered a detailed investigation of the defense ministry s financial activities after hear ing hints about High level corruption. People in Chernomyrdin s inner Circle believe that defense ministry officials have found a Brilliant   embezzlement putting trillions of rubles billions of dollars of the defense funds into Commer Cial structures Segodnia said. That kind of opera Tion accounts for inexplicable delays in  the newspaper suggested that defense ministry funds instead of. Going to soldiers were being de posited in private commercial Banks that offer annual interest of 130 percent. A Check into the defense ministry s finances this summer led to the ouster of one top general but did t bring any compromising material against the army chief financier col. Gen. Vasily Vorobyov. However Segond nya said a dissatisfied Chernomyrdin ordered another investigation. The accusations seem especially explosive because the government could slash All planned budget expenditures including defense spending in the fall to find Money for a promised increase in pensions. Chernomyrdin has bet his political future on curb ing inflation so he has a Clear political goal in carrying out a wide investigation into corruption in the army Segodnia said. The defense ministry has said the defense budget was insufficient to satisfy its most urgent needs. The military had asked for $42 billion but finally got Only $19 billion. Vive Paris a parisian holds the French Flag while standing atop an old citroen As others Are seated in the Back of a 1940s truck Early thursday in downtown Paris. Huge celebrations with parades music and dance marked the Day 50 years ago on which the nazi occupation crumbled and Paris was freed. Flags of France and its world War ii Al lies the United states Britain and Canada fluttered on doorways official buildings and hotels. Zedillo boosting margin in mexican vote Mexico City a a late surge of election re sults from Rural areas strengthened president elect Ernesto Zedillo s mandate on wednesday giving him jus More than 50 percent of the vote in a near final tally. Earlier results from sunday s election showed Zedillo with less than half the vote meaning he would be forced to accommodate political rivals when he begins his six year term dec. 1. But on wednesday with 88.12 percent of the votes counted Zedillo had 50.08 percent just shy of the 50.75 percent that president Carlos Salinas de Gortari garnered in the 1988 election. The nearly Complete vote count also showed the Rul ing party the institutional revolutionary party prion the verge of winning an unprecedented Gamble keeping its 65-year-old hold on Power while cleaning up a fraud Ridden electoral system. Returns showed the Pri winning an overwhelming congressional majority