The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 12, 1990 - Page 5 Fighting kills SiX em San Salvador SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP)r- Air force planes and heli- copters strafed and bombed suspected rebel positions near a northeastern village yesterday, killing at least six people and wounding 20, a witness said. Fighting broke out around 6:30 a.m. in the village of Corral de Piedra, 53 miles northeast of the capital, said a female church worker who insisted on anonymity for fear of reprisals. "The planes and helicopters did their work for about two hours,"she ~ said. "We were in chapel when we heard the shooting in the hills, and we heard about 10 bombs explode, shaking the chapel, and the dust then sifted in under the doors." Telephone calls to the press of- 'fice at military headquarters for ,comment were not immediately re- turned. A resettlement camp for refugees *in the decade-old civil war in Corral de Piedra, in Chaltenango province, appeared to be one of the targets, the witness said in a telephone inter- view. "When people finally dared to go out, we went in to a house and we saw five children and one adult dead. The roof of the house was blown up by a bomb. At the same spot I saw 'about 20 wounded people," the wit- ness added. A nurse at the Chaltenango Re- gional Hospital told the Associated Press that the wounded were being evacuated there from Corral de Piedra where, she said, there had been fight- ing between guerrillas and govern- ment troops. "There are more than 10 wounded here. We have a lot of work. An- other three (wounded) were taken to :San Salvador and it is known there are many dead there (in the village)," the nurse said. She, too, insisted on anonymity. Senior military officers have been publicly saying in recent weeks the people at the Corral de Piedra camp were secretly collaborating with the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, a coalition of five guerrilla organizations fighting for power. East Germans fear fast pace of changes D i g dancing AMY FELDMAN/Daily Members of the inter-cooperative council take an unique approach to publicizing the Co-ops.By dancing on the diag, they hope to show students how much fun living in a Co-op can be. " a Indian forces open fIre on Pakistani dem--onstrators EAST BERLIN (AP) - Sigrid Kluge says she welcomes the Soviet green light for German reunification, but she fears developments are mov- ing too quickly and threaten to swal- low up her country. "I want unification, not coloniza- tion," the young mother said yester- day as she pushed her daughter in a stroller across East Berlin's huge Alexander Square. The drive toward unification gained a boost Saturday, when West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said Soviet President Mikhail Gor- bachev had agreed that a decision on the issue "is the sole right of the German people," including the time frame and method. West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher said yester- day the Soviet leadership cleared the way for German unification because Moscow officials believe it will im- prove European stability. While it is almost impossible to judge the nationwide reaction to the developments, many East Germans queried at random yesterday were wary about the rapid pace of events in their country, which until four months ago was under the grip of a hard-line Communist regime. Some appeared especially con- cerned by Kohl's assertion that a re- unification plan could be presented by the end of this year. "We should wait until our econ- omy is stronger, so that we can have a say in forming a new Germany, with all the best points of both countries," said Ms. Kluge, an office clerk. But West Germans say it is the reported near-collapse of the East German economy that makes unifi- cation so pressing now. Ms. Kluge was worried about the possible loss of East Germany's ex- tensive social services. The services are designed to provide literally cra- dle-to-grave security for all citizens, although the social safety net is un- ravelling. Edith Puechner, a high school teacher from Leipzig, said things are happening too quickly for people to adapt. She appeared concerned by Kohl's assertion that unification could be approved by the end of the year. "We have to adjust to both democracy and a new economic sys- tem, and that takes time," Ms. Puechner said. None of those questioned in East Berlin disagreed that unification was inevitable. The only question seemed to be how soon and on what terms. None of those interviewed favored a unified Germany being part of NATO. Instead, all spoke out for German neutrality. Most said that only neutrality would convince neighboring coun- tries they had nothing to fear from a unified Germany. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - About 1,000 demonstrators tried to surge across a cease-fire line into In- dian-held Kashmir yesterday and state-run television said Indian forces opened fire, killing six people. The Defense Ministry spokesper- son said Pakistan army patrols turned back most of the protestors but that small groups slipped into Indian-held territory. He said only three people were killed and four wounded. The incident occurred near the small village of Chaukoti, about 100 miles north of Islamabad. It came as India is cracking down on Moslem militants conducting a vio- lent secessionist campaign in Indian- held Kashmir. India again accused Pakistan yes- terday of aiding the Moslem cam- paign centered in Srinagar, India, where a curfew was still in place yesterday. Pakistan has accused India of "ruthlessness" in suppressing the se- cessionists and of trying to divert international attention by blaming Pakistan for what it has called an "indiginous freedom movement." Pakistan television reported yes- terday that Indian border guards killed six people and arrested four. The television quoted the prime minister of Pakistan-held Kashmir, Sikander Hayat Khan, in its report. "We and the Indians are very clear that this is a local trouble," said the Pakistani ministry spokesperson. "It's very difficult to blame anyone, 'It's very difficult to blame anyone, whether they fired in self-defense or not' - Pakistani ministry spokesperson whether they fired in self-defense or not," he said of the Indian border guards. India's high commissioner to Pakistan, J.N. Dixit, said he had not heard of any disturbance along the cease-fire line. "This is news to me. I have no information," he said. "I would have heard at least one or two hours after it happened." Pakistan's state-run news agency said Islamabad asked Dixit "to con- vey a sense of shock to the Indian authorities in New Delhi and also impress upon them the need to exer- cise utmost restraint in dealing with armed civilians." The demonstration at the border was one of many in Pakistan yester- day, marking the sixth anniversary of the death of Magbool Butt, a mil- itant Kashmir leader. Butt was hangeu for the 1965 murder of an In- dian intelligent agent in Kashmir. 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