European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 0, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 13 Admiral issues warning on Gulf Iran seen As challenging stability of sensitive Region Manama Bahrain apr the . Navy a new chief in the persian Gulf on wednesday warned Powers in the Region not to Challenge the areas growing stability after his predecessor declared that Iran is becoming a serious threat. Vice adm. John s. Redd speaking As he took command of the Force that operates under the . Central come reiterated Washington so ironclad commitment to the defense of the countries in the  he did not  any potential aggressor. But the departing Navy commander vice adm. Douglas j. Katz told the associated press on tuesday a the threat from Iran is certainly  Katz winding up a two year tour at the . Naval forces Central come in Bahrain said the islamic Republic was building up its offensive capability. Iran recently took delivery of four or five missile boats from China he said. Iran has ordered 10 of the Craft from Beijing. It also has taken delivery of two of three submarines it ordered from Russia becoming the first persian Gulf state to have an underwater warfare capability. Iran is Well stocked with surface to surface missiles Many of which Are deployed around the Strait of Hormuz the Gateway for Oil tankers leaving the persian Gulf. A. \ v a. Western analysts believe that one objective of Iran a naval buildup is controlling the Strait through which one fifth of the worlds Oil supplies flow. Katz said Iran has built military fortifications on the tiny Island of Abu Musa which dominates the Strait of Hormuz. A a a a a a Quot Quot .7 v a Redd takes Over a command that covers More than 10.5 million Square Miles of land and sea from the Suez canal to Pakistan. He has a naval task Force of More than 20 warships deployed around the Region. These include the aircraft Carrier George Washington and the amphibious assault ship Tripoli. Redd formerly with the office of the chief of naval operations at the Pentagon is a former commander of natos multinational naval task Force. Under Katz the command has built up regional defense structures in the aftermath of the.1991 persian Gulf War against Iraq. V More than 70 exercises have been conducted with saudi Arabia and other persian Gulf states to integrate their military forces and develop their combat capabilities. A. A a a a a a. A a a a a a. 7 a grime spree on Albuquerque . Apr an sex convict and a teen Ager suspected in a Cross country Odyssey of car theft and death appeared in court tuesday on Federal charges of unlawful flight from prosecution they were ordered held pending a hearing today that could Lead to their extradition. Both already have been charged with burglary and kidnapping in Ohio. The two were arrested tuesday morning As they slept in a Culvert in the High desert country outside Santa be about 1,500 Miles from where they had set out in  had two rifles a Shotgun and a pistol. A a a Quot 7 a a the Nightmare is Over a Fri a spokesman Bob Hawk said in Cleveland. Eric a. Elliott 16, and Lewis e. Gilbert 22, both of Newcomerstown Ohio Are suspected of killing As Many As four people in Ohio Missouri and Oklahoma and of using each victims car to get to their next crime. Elliott s parents said they spoke with their son by Telephone briefly after his arrest. A we told him we loved him and Elliott that we were Here for him a Judy Elliott said. The youth told his parents that he feared Gilbert. A i think he might have been afraid for his own life Robert Elliott said. Others in his Hometown described Elliott As Friendly courteous 16-year-old a or As a prankster who had problems in school was often late for work and got fired from his grocery Job for not showing  think Gilbert and Elliott met aug. 15, the Day Gilbert was released from prison for stealing a boat. Elliott is awaiting trial on charges of breaking into a Bowling Alley. Last thursday the pair allegedly broke into the farmhouse of Ruth loader in port Washington Ohio about 80 Miles South of Cleveland. The 79-year-old woman was still missing wednesday and relatives Lewis e. Gilbert is led from state police Headquarters in Santa be ., on tuesday. Feared she was dead. Authorities in Ohio used dogs helicopters and boats to look for loader. A she underwent cancer surgery in april and weighed about 82 pounds. Loaders car was found last thursday night 650 Miles away in kingdom City mo., near the Home of William Brewer 86, and his wife Flossie 76. Each had Ben shot three times in the head. The Brewers car was found sunday near the body of Roxie Ruddel 37, a Security guard at a Marina near Oklahoma City. The Fri thinks the pair drove off in Ruddell a Silver Gray pickup truck which police found three Miles away from the sleeping men in new Mexico. Their capture came soon after state police received two Calls about people fitting the suspects description. One came from a Man who said he had Given them a ride into Santa be on monday night then drove them to the Culvert. The second Call came from a Man who told police that two men driving a Silver truck came to his House monday afternoon. He gave them five Gallons of gasoline. William and Flossie Brewer who Are shown in an undated family photo were found dead in their Home in kingdom City mo., last thursday. They Are believed to be victims in a multistage killing spree. Each victim had been shot three times in the head. Defectors say Kuwait apr two alleged Mcm Bers of Saddam Hussein a feared secret service Are seeking Asylum in Kuwait a government official said wednesday. The men claimed that the iraqi regime is mutilating deserters. An Interior ministry official in Kuwait speaking on condition of anonymity said the two men were arrested five Days ago after crossing the Border from Iraq saying they wanted to escape from a the brutality of Saddam a regime. The Ai Watan daily reported tuesday that four iraqis had been picked up by Border guards and begged not to be sent Back because the regime had recently Cut off the ears of about 2,000 captured deserters and branded their foreheads. The official said the two men had been detained but did not say whether they will be allowed to remain in Kuwait. He and other officials declined to aim ment on the mutilation claims. But a kurdish rebel radio station in Northern Iraq reported monday that iraqi Security forces have sliced off. The ears of some 800 deserters recently rounded up in Southern Iraq Ana branded them. On wednesday the London based Al share Al a sat daily said iraqi newspapers had published decrees by iraqis nil ing revolutionary command Council introducing this new punishment. Al share Al a sat said the decrees did not specify what crimes would be punished by ear slicing. But it quoted sources at the iraqi defense ministry As saying an estimated 500 soldiers were deserting every month. Of Charles in nude London apr a German newspaper published a photograph wednesday of Prince Charles in the nude. Buckingham Palace was not amused. A we think it is completely unjustifiable for anybody to suffer this sort of intrusion a said a spokesman. The daily newspaper Bild said the photo was taken while Charles was vacationing at a friends Villa in Southern France. The heir to the British throne is seen inside the Villa wearing Only a folded White Bathrobe draped Over his left shoulder. The 4.9-million circulation newspaper did not reveal How the photograph was taken. Britain a daily Mirror newspaper said a French Magazine Paris match also will publish the photo. No British newspapers Nave published it so far