European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday september 23,1994 nato troops seen As safety Force  Zagreb Croatia up to 20,000 nato ground and air forces would be needed to defend . Peacekeepers in. The event of a pullout from the former Yugoslavia officials in Zagreb said thursday. The use of nato troops As Security forces is part of a .-developed Contin gency plan said Paul Risley a , protect lion forces spokesman. . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali ordered the plans prepared wednesday in response to a . Call to end the arms embargo against the Bosnia government. In an annual status report to the United nations Boutros Ghali also called for withdrawing troops from Bosnia and other former yugoslav territories if fighting worsens. Lifting the embargo would Proba Bly increase ethnic fighting Risley said and would mean peacekeepers would be forced to withdraw from dangerous areas any withdrawal or change in the . Mission must be approved by the . Security Council and would take at least 60 Days to Complete Boutros Ghali said. Such a withdrawal would require Security forces to protect the locals Aswell As the departing troops. It is my judgment that should this withdrawal become necessary it would take place under extremely difficult conditions said Boutros Ghali. If fighting intensifies . Forces could be moved from hostile areas to safer zones including Croatia and Macedonia Risley said. Currently 900 . Military personnel Are assigned to the Region. Nearly All of them Are at either the . Hospital in Zagreb or on Border patrol in Macedonia. The House has urged president Clinton to lift the International arms embargo on Bosnia As a Way of giving the predominantly Muslim forces a better footing against the better armed serbs. So far the United states does not have the nine Security Council votes it needs to rescind the Mea sure and has not indicated an intent to act unilaterally. Several european countries have threat ened to pull their troops from the former Yugoslavia if the embargo is dissolved. In that Case the Security Council would have to review our mandate to operate Here Risley said. Clinton has said that the United states will no longer participate in enforcing the embargo if the bosnian serbs do not accept an International peace plan by oct. 15. Lost in the fold a worker climbs in dizzying Heights during the dismantling of scaffolding wednesday in Eastern Berlin. The scaffolding near the City s television Tower right was erected for a mock Palace to show what Berlin would have looked like if the old prussian Palace were  Palace was damaged in world War ii and demolished by the East German government in 1950. Sysu Palumbo Mediterranean Bureau Adana Turkey the air Force is  to move families into leased apartments in the Nice Parton Adana an in Ciurlik a Public affairs spokesman says. ". " the first of 12 families to Volunteer for the initial off base government housing in this City in Southern tur key will move in monday several weeks ahead of schedule. /. ". -.,. Staff sgt. Kelly St. John her husband air Force re serve capt. Derek Fox and their three children shaved two to three months off their wait for military housing by opting for Adana. We looked at a lot of places on the Economy an they were so run Down old and very impoverished St. John said. People have a lot of problems with electric Ity and water. The streets Are All dirt and there is no place for kids to  Fox said the new housing would give his family the Best of both worlds. They will have the amenities of the american base including base phone lines no Utility ills and possibly bus transportation but also will be immersed in turkish culture. Fox and his family will be living in a four bedroom apartment with a private Security Doorman an enclosed parking lot and easy Access to a new american style shopping mall. A Park and a Bike path Are nearby. St. John said most of the other apartments she looked at were in the area called the Village which i just outside the base Gate. Adana is about eight Miles West of the base. There Are about 2,000 military personnel assigned join Ciurlik and Only about 950 housing units. Officials sex Neo nazis Stab ghanaian kick him from moving train Berlin a six Neo nazis stabbed beat an kicked a 25ycar-old african Man out of a moving com Muter train authorities said thursday in the latest in a disturbing series of attacks on foreigners in Germany. The african an Asylum seeker from Ghana was found unconscious saturday morning on a track bed at the end of the Street car line just outside the capital said prosecutor s spokesman Erardo Rautenberg inn Truppin. The Man s Skull was fractured his right foot was crushed and his left calf had apparently been run Over by a train and had to be amputated along with two toes. We were Only just Able to speak to him wednes Day. Before that he was just muttering something about skinheads said Rautenberg. He said the attack ers were being sought for attempted murder. The victim identified Only As Katim j., was the Sec Ond ghanaian to be attacked under such circumstances in Eastern Germany this year. In Halle in March a 31-year-old ghanaian was insulted beaten and kicked out of a moving Street car by three skinheads. His attackers one of whom said he considered the victim a Job competitor were convicted tuesday but Only one was sentenced to jail. More than 30 people have been killed in right Wing attacks since 1990 unification most of them germans. German police also Are being accused of brutal treat ment of foreigners. Twenty seven Hamburg police officers were siispended last week after being accused of beating up for eign detainees. In addition the nigerian government filed a protest with the government this month complaining about what it claimed were 24 unexplained deaths since 1991 of nigerians in German custody. The 24 nigerians were either Asylum seekers or Ille Gal immigrants awaiting deportation their government said. Many Black africans in Eastern Germany say the live in constant fear. They Are frequently threatened and told to go Back to their homelands. The africans have difficulty finding jobs and Man Don t go out at night for fear of being attacked by Neo nazis. Atom a got on the train in the East Berlin District of Pankow and was confronted shortly before Midnight Friday by the skinheads who were shooting Needles at train passengers out of blowpipe Rautenberg said. A woman had pointed the ghanaian out to the skin Heads he said and two of them approached the Afri can pulling out switchblades. One of the Neo nazis stabbed the ghanaian who said the others then opened the door and kicked him out. The victim was found near the Hohen Neuendorf rail station just Northwest of Berlin. It s horrible. Just gruesome Rautenberg said. Pet to open an additional 18 off base units next month and Are awaiting approval for 50 More. Eventually they Hope to provide 250 off base leased units. The average waiting period for Junior enlisted ranks seeking government housing is about 90 Days. The Long est waiting period for senior enlisted can be up to 10 months. Base officials said an air Force policy automatically puts personnel reassigned because of base closure at the top of the housing list. The volume of people transferring because of the closures has made it difficult for in Ciurlik and other bases to predict the number of houses they la have available.  ,.". Many people have told us that if they had known about the Long wait one that we could t project be cause of the Safe base closures they would have elected to come unaccompanied Andy Mendoza chief of housing management said in an air Force release. A ". V most accompanied Tours at in Ciurlik Are two years while unaccompanied Are about 15 months a Community spokesman said. Safety is also a concern for military personnel an their families in Turkey. There have been occasional terrorist attacks involving americans and base officials have put the town of Adana and the shopping District known As the Alley off limits to americans during certain turkish holidays. A Public affairs spokesman said people residing off base Are asked to restrict their travels to work and Nome during those holidays. The local police Are supposed to have increased Security in the area of the new housing Fox said. Feel safer in Adana than i would driving through East los Angeles. I just came from  sex hostage suing agencies for release of records Washington a former hostage Terry Anderson filed suit against 11 government agencies thursday claiming All withheld records covering the years he was held captive in the Middle East. Some of the agencies he said demanded he get permission from his terrorist kidnappers first. Anderson Middle East correspondent for the associated press when he was kidnapped in Bei rut Lebanon in 1985, said the state department withheld two documents from him claiming their release would cause a clearly unwarranted inva Sion of personal  at a news conference Anderson said he wanted the records for a second Book on conditions in the Middle East and the Hezbollah group of Muslim fundamentalists who held Cap Tive him for nearly seven years. Or. Anderson has been frustrated in his at tempt to gain Access to responsive Agency re cords the lawsuit said. The agencies have re lied on among other grounds Blanket claims of National Security although no americans remain hostage in Lebanon and incredibly on the need to protect the privacy of or. Anderson s  the suit pointed out that the . Privacy Law applies Only to . Citizens