European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday november 18,1994 shooter at White House faces murder try charge Washington a a Federal grand jury charged a Colorado Man on thursday with attempting to assassinate president Clinton by shooting at the White House with an assault Rifle.  Francisco Martin Duran was charged with 11 counts including one of attempting to murder the president during the oct. 29 attack. Duran 26, of Colorado Springs colo., earlier had been charged with several other felonies in the shoot ing. Clinton was at Home in the mansion watching foot Ball on to when a Man raked the White House with semiautomatic Rifle. There were no injuries in the weekend incident but some of the 27 shots hit pillars Walls and shattered a window to the press room in the West Wing of the executive mansion. Authorities had said a search of Duran s pickup truck yielded papers indicating plans to kill the presi Dent. A the indictment returned before . Magistrate de Borah Robinson included one count of trying to kill the president four counts of assaulting secret service offi cers and two counts of Possession of a firearm by a convicted Felon. It also included one count of damaging . Prop erty two counts of carrying a firearm during a violent crime and one count of interstate transportation of a firearm.  Duran an upholsterer was quickly arrested after the shooting and charged with several felonies including assaulting a uniformed secret service officer using a firearm to commit a crime and destroying government property. Prosecutors had previously held out the possibility of seeking an attempted presidential assassination charge which carries a maximum term of life in prison upon conviction -. " v Duran pleaded guilty in. 1.991. To. A felony assault while in the army. He was imprisoned at fort leaven Worth kan., for almost two years until his dishonourable discharge from the army in 1993. Gatt from Page 1 of up to $1,511 if the total family income is less than $20,050. Families with one child can get $1,434 with the same total income. But those with More than two Chil Dren do not get additional credit. This refund is Good even if the family owes no taxes. The Downside of the tax credit is that some nontaxable income has to be used in figuring total income. This includes military allowances for housing and food. Also families living in government quarters have to Fig ure in what their Basic allowance for quarters or bad would be if they lived on the Economy. Those who have been deployed to a combat nonesuch As saudi Arabia or Kuwait must still report their income while deployed even though that income is nontaxable reporting other tax excluded income such As the overseas housing allowance is not required by internal Revenue service rules. However those who claim the credit and fail to report the applicable nontaxable income could get caught. The defense department now gives the irs a breakdown of each service member s nontaxable income. The irs suggests service members Contact their finance office Legal assistance office or unit tax adviser to determine the exact amount of nontaxable income they received for the tax year Hickey said she does t have a Good estimate of How Many families could be eligible for the credit. Since it depends on total family income including the income of a spouse it s difficult to even guess she said. But a Rule of thumb she said is that e-4s and below with one or More children and some Junior e-5s wit two children will qualify. She noted that the nontaxable income for most serv ice members fluctuates because of promotions and sol Diers forfeiture of their food allowances during Fiel  families could be eligible one year and no the next she said. For that reason she cautioned service members from adjusting their monthly withholding rate in january i the Gatt passes Congress. Because total income can change throughout the year families who withhold too Little could end up owing the irs at the end of the year she  it s safer to wait until the end of the year and Settle with the irs  Aristide appoints new to fion army chief port a Prince Haiti a Haiti s govern ment on thursday named a new army chief a Day after Costa rican Nobel peace prize laureate Oscar Ariassanchez urged the country to disband its army. President Jean Bertrand Aristide announced he was appointing Brig. Gen. Bernardin Poisson an Ameri can and French trained career Soldier As the army Snew commander. Poisson will replace maj. Gen. Jean Claude duper  who took command when military Leader it. Gen.raouc6dras resigned oct. 10. Haiti s army has been blamed for condoning thou Sands of political killings in the last three years. Costa Rica the most stable country in Central America Dis banded its armed forces in 1948. I believe the abolition of the haitian army is an idea whose time has come Arias the former presi Dent of Costa Rica told a news conference wednesday. Arias won the Nobel peace prize in 1987 for his efforts to achieve peace in Central America. There is no better Way to consolidate and strengthen democratic institutions than to abolish the armed forces he said adding that Haiti Only needs a police Force to fight crime. Aristide declined to comment on Arias proposal. Pressed for a response Aristide said the country is a symphony and we have to hear All the  train terrorists in ., i if you think have it dear Santa if you have time could you please come Over to our House in Augsburg Germany i would like one of the following presents if you think i should have it 1. Micro machine military set you know the ones i still need. 2. Micro machine car or air plane set. 3. Dinosaurs 4.g.i.joeset 5. Electric train thank you very much. Christopher Cruickshank dear Santa. V ,"., " i have been a Good girl All year. Well i think i have but i Don t know what my parents  will leave you some cookies and milk under the tree. Tell the Reindeer and mrs. Claus i Sandhi. ,. Love. " / Nikki Carroll dear Santa do you have a pet is it a Penguin or a Polar Bear i like you Santa my dad thinks you Are big and fat with a big red suit. I know your elves Are working hard. Do they get a Reward for working hard thank you Santa i will leave some cookies for you and some carrots for your Reindeer. Love. " Tyler Crosby Santa also received Nice letters and Christmas lists from the following Stephanie Sinh  Aubrett Reid Sarah Pace Alton Brassea or. Breann Tarzia Ashley Harlett Kerry Ann Pace Tuttan bums Ericc motor.  Eller Jacquelyn St Vernon Amanda Bow  Ricky she Der Dylan Razler Merle Horn s  re Hatol naj Rachel Snider Eric 8. Brae we  Tofany Milti aarone ado Amy Pace Zacheri Rowena Sean Crane Zilcher Sykes Marcus Bergman Christopher  Ryan she Der Oani Efla Brazier first Grade class at Sembach elementary school in Germany Anthony Bright  Daniel Miller Stephanie Bowling. Ashley Smith Steven Edstrom like Trothe Heather Sullivan Lane Perry Bob dowdy Tekl Aspetti Glenn Nom Ian Adam Myers Patrick Roncke Ouliana Patrick is Fynn weaker seance Stock Nicole King Rhonda Mansker Michael Towery Jatsa Smith Angle Rosalez Washington a the Muslim fundamentalist groups Hamas and Hezbollah Are recruiting and training people in the United states for terrorist operations overseas according to a former Topf i official. Drawing contributions from thousands of unsuspecting american muslims the militants raise Money hold rallies and conferences bring in Bona fide terrorists As speakers buy weapons and engage in training operations said Oliver Reyell. He oversaw the Fri s counter Ter dorism program As the Bureau s no. 2 official. The United states is a very Fertile ground for them Revell said recently by Telephone from his Home in Dallas. Though the extremists consider the United states to be a great satan he said they come from countries. In which if they carried out their extremist beliefs they would face  Revell who retired in August said the Fri was Able to prevent the bombing of a theater in Seattle and forestall other acts of terrorism. But the hard part for the Bureau he said is there is no Central data collection and Fri guidelines virtually require commission of a crime before you can go in and investigate these groups that have been cloaking themselves in Freedom of speech and Freedom of  last month Philip Wilcox director of the state department s counter terrorism office convened a meeting of officials from the department the Fri the Cia the National Security Council and the Justice and Treasury departments. Wil Cox has held several follow up meetings designed to use All Legal Means to curb fund raising in the United states for terrorist activities by Hamas and others his office said. A documentary jihad in America produced by investigative reporter Steven Emerson will be telecast by pcs on monday. Revell appears on the program which traces the Rise of islamic militants in the United states to the Cia funded Muia Hedeen Campaign against soviet in vaders in Afghanistan 15 years ago. Operating from a refugee Center in Brooklyn n.y., fund raisers have gone around the country raising Money and preaching holy War Emersion said. We have documented at least a dozen. Conferences that have taken place in says America in the past five years where Mili Tant leaders from around the world have praised acts of terrorism and urged their followers to wage jihad holy War he reported. Twelve Muslim and Arab american groups protested the documentary and held a news conference wednesday out Side pcs Headquarters in Alexandria va., to underscore their request for airtime to respond. The documentary fails to provide any hard evidence other than the assertions of those whose credibility and objectivity is in doubt to Back up its allegations the groups said in a joint statement. They called the charges and accusations a new form of mccarthyism and said muslims define jihad As personal Effort or striving in the cause of islam