European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hait igl suicides not unusual Dod says Washington a the two suicides among . Forces sent to Haiti May shed Light on the stresses of military life but statistics show such tragedies afflict the general Public As much As the armed forces Pentagon officials say. Officials do not believe anything Quot specific to the Haiti operations sparked an army specialist and a Marine Lance Corporal to take their own lives in separate incidents defense department spokesman Dennis Boxx said thursday. But the military still Quot wants to take some time and step backs to look at the two events he told reporters. Quot we Are certainly looking at both the personal circumstances surrounding them and we Are looking at what statistical indicators there might be that would give us some insight a Boxx said. Quot our sympathies go out to the  Boxx said that upon initial inspection the suicides appear to be Quot separate isolated and very tragic  air Force it. Col. Doug Hart another Pentagon spokesman said 138 suicides among the military were tallied in the first nine months of the 1994 fiscal year which ended sept. 30. There were 239 in fiscal 1993, 218 in 1992, 232 in 1991 and 250 in 1990, he said. Among the total military population there were 11.6 suicides per 100,000 people in 1991, Hart said. The National institutes of health reported that during the same year the charms inspection . Special forces members in Haiti use lamps to search through weapons seized during a pre Dawn takeover of haitian military Headquarters in fort Liber i. Nears am port a Prince Haiti a haitian senators quickly approved part of an amnesty agreement for the country a military leaders Friday hoping to give army chief it. Gen. Raoul Cedras one less excuse to hold on to Power. The Senate vote came one Day after the lower chamber of parliament overwhelmingly approved the amendment to an existing amnesty Law. The measure would allow ousted presi Vilian population suffered 11.4 suicides per 100,000 people the spokesman said. Quot the services Are All aware of the stresses of military life and include suicide prevention programs in their training a Hart said. He noted that one Serviceman committed suicide during the 15-month . Deployment to Somalia while eight suicides were recorded during the seven months of the persian Gulf War and the buildup to it. Marine Lance Cpl. Maurice a. Williams of Detroit died of an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound Early wednesday while aboard the amphibious transport Dock Nashville. The ship was in port at Roosevelt roads puerto Rico at the time Williams 21, was assigned to a division based in Camp Lejeune n.c., and was on one of two vessels that had left Northern Haiti on monday. Boxx said Williams had been deployed on Shore in Haiti along with 1,800 other marines but that he had not taken part in a firelight More than a week ago Between haitians and marines that claimed the lives of 10 haitians in the Northern City of Cap hair Tien. Army spec. Alejandro Robles 20, of los Angeles died sept. 27 of an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound while on duty in port a Prince. He was assigned to the 10th inf Mountain div at fort drum . Cia chief denies report of help of Haiti s thugs Washington a Cia director James Woolsey says . Intelligence agencies did not help set up a right Wing haitian paramilitary group to amp at terrorized supporters of exiled president Jean Bertrand Aristide. Asked by reporters thursday if there were any Cia connection to the front for the advancement and Progress of Haiti or graph Woolsey replied  defense Secretary William Perry said reporters a should not take. That report too seriously a but he declined further comment on the allegations raised in this weeks Issue of the nation Magazine. The Washington Post however re sorted Friday that Emmanuel constant Ead of graph was a paid Cia informant. And Abc news reported that thecia also had it. Col. Michel Francois the former port a Prince police chief on its payroll. Neither the Post nor Abc identified the sources of their information. A. Meanwhile former Cia director Robert Gates said it was a inconceivable to me there was an operation under Way that was intended by the . Government or any part of it to be antagonistic to the newly elected government of Haiti.�?�. A. A a a a.  Gates headed the Agency during the time the nation article says that . Intelligence began instigating graph following the september 1991 coup that toppled Aristide. At a congressional hearing Friday rep. Ronald Dellums d-calif., told his House armed services committee that the reports about the Ciao a role in Haiti were troubling. A if these reports have no basis in fact the administration must move with dispatch to demonstrate this a Dellums said. If these reports Are True i urge the administration in the strongest terms to make an immediate and dramatic midcourse correction with reference to the Ciao a role in  _ Walter Slocombe undersecretary of defense for policy called the report about the right Wing paramilitary group categorically untrue a Emmanuel constant. Paid informant for Cia he added that while intelligence agents occasionally May pay unsavoury characters for information Quot we done to do it because they Are  people but because they Are Good intelligence.  a. A a. A a. A v a he said that All Haiti intelligence gathering operations Are closely supervised Jet declined to discuss them in detail. State department spokesman Michael Mccurry refused to comment on the nation report but he noted the dim View of graph reflected by the . Crackdown against its members and the. Military raid on graph Headquarters this week. Sen. Dennis Deconcini d-ariz., chairman of the Senate intelligence committee told reporters after a briefing by Woolsey that be had no reason to doubt Woolsey a denial but sen. Howard Metzenbaum a Ohio said he did not believe the Cia chief. _ you Rea it Between the lines. The Cia was More close with graph than it should have been a Metzenbaum said. A i think its  Dent can Bertrand Aristide to Pardon the generals who overthrew him not Only for political misdeeds but for other crimes. Under a .-haitian agreement Cedras said he would leave if parliament approved a general amnesty or by oct. 15, whichever comes first. Aristide says he will return Home by then. After less than an hour of discussion the Senate voted 11-1 to approve a first part of the agreement. A second Section was approved unanimously and deliberation continued on the last Section of the measure. Senators emphasized that the agreement would not. Stop individuals from suing their tormentors in court for human rights violations committed since the military seized Power three years ago. Thousands of people have been killed since then. We Are voting to. Get out the confusion not because of the pressure from the american troops Here a sen. Clark Parent said after the Senate went into session Friday afternoon with american soldiers guarding the Seaside legislative Palace. Debate moved swiftly for a legislative body Best known for deliberation. Twelve senators showed., up one More than the needed quorum