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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Sims Ano stripes to. 53, no. 139 500 saturday september 3,1994 d 8693 a invasion practice to Start Haiti invasion in focus . Officials say some 10,000 . Troops would  coalition Force if Haiti is invaded. Up to 1,000 from other countries would supplement the Effort to expel Cedras and his lieutenants from Power. Raoul Cedra army commander and coup  voter Security during december 1990 election promoted from colonel to by grateful Winner Trie Rev. Jean Bertrand  on  agreement1 in july 1993 that called for his resignation and ans tide s return. Vowed in july 1994 to stay in Power unless the world recognized the army supported government of president Entil Lassaint. ., 4 Caribbean countries to train for operation in Haiti countries committing troops to invade Haiti countries that May commit troops Apia a. J castello san Juan puerto Rico a troops from the United states and at least four Caribbean nations will begin training As Early As next week for a possible .-led invasion of Haiti . Military sources said thursday. The exercises will be held at the . Naval station at Roosevelt roads in puerto Rico where . Sailors and marines trained in jul for a possible invasion. Final details and a Start Date for the new exercises Are still being worked out the sources said on condition of anonymity. On wednesday Deputy defense Secretary John Deutch said . Troops will be Dis patched to Haiti either to expel military Lead ers from Power or to help restore order if the yield to International pressure and depart. The goal of the .-led military Force would be to restore to Power the elected government of president Jean Bertrand Aristide ousted nearly three years ago. One . Mili tary source said thursday that Deutch was Way ahead of the curve in announcing the upcoming training and dispatch of the Force. American troops will make up most of the 10, Force which also will include soldiers and police from Barbados Belize Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Britain also has announced it Wilt Send a frigate a support ship and a Small military training team. About 30 . Army experts will train Tjie carib bean soldiers in crowd control first Aid Roadblock management  use communications an logistical issues said a senior Pentagon official who also spoke on condition of anonymity. Train ing will be held Over two to three weeks. Roosevelt roads regularly hosts Large scale training for . Forces under the Atlantic come based in Norfolk a. The command will be in charge of the .-led coalition. On tuesday . Secretary general Boutro Boutros Ghali said an invasion May be inevitable after haitian military leaders failed to show up for a meeting with . Envoy Rolf Knutsson last weekend in the dominican Republic. But Haiti s military backed foreign minister Charles David told reporters in port a Prince on thursday that no Contact was made at any moment either direct or indirect with any Hai Tian civil or military  he also said the International Community was exploiting the killing sunday of pro Arist Depriest Jean Marie Vincent. He denied that the army carried out the slaying. A pretext is being sought to justify the intolerable a military intervention David said.  Visits War crimes us in Washington a a senior Pentagon officer overriding the advice of the state department has met with a bosnian serbian general suspected of or Dering murderous attacks on civilians. Our advice to him was not to make the trip a state department official said of last saturday s meeting in Bosnia Between . Army it. Gen Wesley k. Clark and bosnian serbian Gen. Ratko Mladic. The trip was not authorized by the department said the official who spoke thursday on condition of anonymity. Mladic was. Named a War crimes suspect by former Secretary of state Lawrence Eagle Burger in 1992. Clark is director of strategy plans and policy for the . Joint chiefs of staff. He was photographed with Mladic while each general was wearing the other s Cap. The picture appeared in several european newspapers Vij the Washington Post quoted an unidentified , official As saying it s like cavorting with Hermann goering.". The German Field marshal was arrested at the end of world War ii As a nazi War criminal. He committed suicide in a prison cell. The state department has been trying see general on Page 2 bombards theory of Lone assailant los Angeles a. Signalling the direction of the defense strategy . Simpson s lawyers argue that a Lone assailant could not have killed his sex wife and her Friend. The single assailant theory is highly improbable in terms of the nature of the wounds inflicted and the positions of the victims bodies the attorneys say in a motion to dismiss the murder charges. It is highly improbable that All of these wounds could have been inflicted by a single assailant on two different victims without an outcry or attempt to is  a medical examiner testified at Simpson s preliminary hearing that some knife wounds on both victims indicated they had fought their attacker. The motion released thursday is another part of the Legal clashes being fought before the trial the Start of which has been postponed to sept. 26. The one week postponement was ordered this week to give the court More time to hold pretrial hearings. The motion was filed monday by defense attorney Sara l. Caplan. It suggested that the defense will Chal Lenge the prosecution s murder scenario minute by see theory on Page 2 rights proposal too late for King Kong a . Declaration of rights is being sought to protect great apes like this orangutan. By London observer service the . Declaration of human rights could soon be joined by a new ruling the .declaration on great apes.  _ scientists have launched a global Campaign Mohave gorillas chimpanzees and orangutans declared equal to human  it succeeds it will be the first time that the rights of any species other than humans have Bee accepted by the United nations. The human rights declaration adopted in 1948, is based on the principle that All people Aie born free and equal. A declaration on great apes Man s closest relatives would guarantee their right to life Protection of individual Liberty and Freedom from torture. In effect primates could Only be killed in self defense Ana cases could be brought against anyone keeping them locked up or causing them pain. The Campaign is the brainchild of Peter Singer an English philosophy professor living in  said he thinks it will take about a decade to get the declaration passed by the United nations. This goes further than animal welfare he said. The great apes need respect. This recognizes them As nonhuman persons who Are not property but individuals in their own  distributed by scrupps Howard news service  
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