European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday october 1, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 2 commissary thefts i i m % Marian Hamilton Mediterranean Bureau in Ciurlik a Turkey a police stakeout at the base commissary last week resulted in the arrest of two suspects one a commissary employee on theft charges. A third suspect fled the base. Authorities refused to identify the suspects. The joint american turkish surveil Lance operation was launched after authorities received a tip Avoir suspicious activity by three turkish citizens. Mem j Bers of the 39th Security police so the air Force office of special investigations and the turkish air Force Hava Polis military police set up stakeout teams sept.21. A / one team watched the loading Dock at the rear of the commissary and another team watched a privately owned vehicle parked elsewhere on base. At 12 34 ., the commissary team saw a sanitation truck Back up to the loading Dock according to sgt. Christo Pher Folchi of the 39th Security police so. A commissary employee met the vehicle and loaded several boxes into the truck s collection pit. The truck was then driven to the base water treatment Plant where it was met by the suspect who was being watched by the other stakeout team. The goods were transferred to the car which was driven Back to its original location on base where the Driver picked up a second vehicle. The sanitation truck returned to the commissary picked up More items and re turned to the water treatment Plant. It was met by the same suspect who loaded the items 4nto his second vehicle. Police tried to pull Over the Driver As he exited the base Gate but the car sped away. At about 2 ., the suspect who had been driving the truck was caught by Turk ish police after driving off in the first car that had been loaded with commissary goods Folchi said. Authorities returned the Driver to the commissary where he identified the employee As a participant in the thefts. American authorities Are not sure if the suspect who fled has been apprehended. The Case has Bee i referred to turkish authorities for further investigation. . Forces end Mission to Aid Rwanda refugees from staff and wire reports Kampala Uganda an american Relief operation launched two months ago to ease the humanitarian disaster in Rwanda ended Friday with the withdrawal of the last american troops. . Embassy officials in Kampala said the americans turned Over what was left of the operation to the United nations and ended the Mission without ceremony. They came quickly and almost unannounced and they have left in the same Way said Judith Gutterman a spokeswoman for the embassy. At the height of the operation 2,592 american service members were in East Africa to help with an emergency Airlift of Relief supplies for 1.2 million rwandan refugees who feed into Zaire in july. Ramstein unit makes shift Ramstein a Germany the 86th Wing. At Ramstein officially became the 86th Airlift Wing today. The name change Ramstein s fourth in As Many years is indicative of the Wing s restructured role in . Air forces in Europe. The Wing s Mission is to Fly cargo transport and air ambulance aircraft in support of american interests in Europe Africa and the Middle East. The Wing s flying units include the 37th and 76th Airlift so and the 75th aeromedical Airlift s Host unit was the 316th air div until air Force restructuring in 1991 did away with most air divisions including the 316th. Since then the Wing has been known As the 86th tac fighter Wing 86th fighter Wing and most recently the 86th Wing which included a mix of fighter and Airlift aircraft. The f-16 fighters were reassigned to Italy this summer. Furth demo Sale set Nurnberg Germany the defense re utilization marketing office in Niernberg will hold Cash and carry sales of excess government property monday Orff a. Id cardholders and oct. 10 for the general Public. both events will be from 11 . To 1 At building 946 on Johnson Barracks in Furth. Items for Sale include furniture musical instruments and electronic equipment. All purchases Are priced in Marks but . Dollars will be accepted As Well. _ or More information is available by calling Dan 460-7039/6634. Possible witness sought Koblenz Germany authorities Are still seeking a Young Man spotted in the same Are where 24-year-old Amy Lopez of Houston Texas was found slain earlier this week an official said Friday. We want to talk to him As a witness. Koblenz prosecutor Norbert Weise said of the Man who is described As Between 18-22 years old very slim about 5 feet 0 inches tall with Short Light Blond hair. Police said witnesses reported seeing the Man monday morning standing at the Entrance of an old fortress compound on a Hill overlooking Koblenz. The fortress is a local tourist attraction and contains a youth Hostel where Lopez apparently wanted to stay. Marine convicted of espionage was set up Ames allegedly says by Gregory Gordon Minneapolis St. Paul Star Tribune Clayton Lonetree a Marine convicted of espionage will seek prompt release from prison based on reports that he was a victim of a soviet setup his lawyer said. Cia traitor Aldrich Ames told government debrief ers in july that the soviet Kab lured Lonetree a guard at the . Embassy in Moscow into spying activities to divert attention away from Ames activities said attorney Michael Stuhff of Las vegas. Stuhff said that once the Kab began arresting or killing intelligence agents who had been fingered by Ames for As sisting the Cia both Ames and the Kab knew and exe acted somebody would be try in to look for the source of the and it would be Nice to have a convenient Scapegoat to hang it on Stuhff said. That convenient Scapegoat wound up being sergeant Stuhff said he and new York defense attorney William Kunstler have confirmed through both government and no government sources that Ames gave that account to his Deb Riefers. In recent newspaper inter views Ames now serving a life sentence suggested thai the entire . Embassy spy scan Clayton Lonetree . Government should talk to the Kab and find out what was going on Ames a Veteran counterintelligence officer who has detailed his espionage activities to the Fri As part of a plea agreement is being blamed for exposing 34 Intelli gence agents on the payroll of the United states or its allies and 55 Clandestine Cia operations. Lonetree 31, of St. Paul minn., has served Ivi years at the military prison at fort Leavenworth kan., and Only recently was made eligible for parole. In seeking a reduced sentence Lonetree s lawyers had argued that his original attorneys failed to introduce evidence that the information Lonetree passed along to Moscow caused Little damage. Lonetree got into trouble when he fell in love with a soviet trans Lator Violetta Sanni while he was an embassy guard in the Early 1980s. She introduced him to a so Viet agent to whom he passed embassy secrets and the names of . Agents in Vienna Austria Lonetree testified at his 1987 court martial. But Stuhff said Lonetree was blamed at the Tria for information that actually already had been compromised by Ames. There s a number of agents who were arrested by the Kab and it would seem that All of those should be attributed to Ames Stuhff said. Dal in the 1980s was the result of the Kab s efforts to give him cover. However Stuhff said he doubted that any . Agency including the Cia is prepared yet to come out and now say that was a the former military prosecutor in the Case retired Marine col. David Beck said that based on the re ports Justice would require that we open up the investigation again -., .7- -,-.v or j Beck suggested that with the cold War Over the Lonetree whose sentence was effectively reduced to 15 years in prison by a Marine general in july is due for a parole hearing but none has been scheduled. Beck said that of the soviet Union were using Lone tree As a Decoy and soviet agents weren t trying to get real valuable information. Unwittingly what ser Geant Lonetree did could have been More harmful. It could have allowed Aldrich Ames to carry distributed by scrupps Howard news service " suspect in child abuse cd banned from Usa eur Sites Baum older Germany is a key suspect in a child sexual abuse Case in Baum older has been banned from All . Army Europe installations except for seeking certain medical treatment. The sept. 21 memo Banning Mike Glenn 29, was signed by maj. Gen. William g. Carter i commander of the 1st army div. Carter cited caverns posts Camps housing areas land and buildings As Usa eur was banned from . Facilities in Baumholzer in August. The former Soldier was fired from his child care Jobin july following an army investigation into allegations that he sexually a abused children at military child care centers. In May the Case was turned Over to German authorities who have not decided yet whether to charge Glenn. Glenn says he is "100 percent innocent of All allegations. _ _ Carter a two Star general has the authority to make Usa eur wide ban in his capacity As a general convening authority an army in Europe . Glenn May request that the ban be modified or rescinded after one year Carter said in the memo. Such a request. Will include an explanation of Why you no longer pose a threat to the loyalty discipline or morale of soldiers to combat readiness to Mission accomplishments to installation Security or the privacy rights of other working or residing on . Military installations Carter said. I Don t even know what to say Glenn said Friday. It s just one More Way of not letting the Public know what s going on. I think it s stupid and
