European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday april 29, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 9bosnia tries to expel Federal troop fighting erupts after declaration of new Yugoslavia Belgrade Yugoslavia apr fighting flared in the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina on monday hours after bosnian officials demanded the departure of Federal troops following the declaration of a new Yugoslavia by Serbia and Montenegro. The fighting in the former yugoslav Republic cast doubt on any Success for european Community talks in Lisbon Portugal with leaders of Bosnia a slavic muslims serbs and croats. Bosnia a presidency demanded late monday that the serbian dominated Federal military withdraw its estimated 100,000 troops under the supervision of the former republics Interior ministry and european Community monitors. Gen. Milutin Kukan Jac an army commander in Bosnia had said earlier that the army would not withdraw. The army contends that More than 80 percent of Federal troops in Bosnia Are local ethnic serbs. According to a statement carried by the Belgrade based Tan Jug news Agency army members can join a newly formed bosnian defense Force or leave the state a in an orderly immediately after the announcement fierce fighting broke out in the Sarajevo suburb of Lidza apparently Between serbian and Muslim militias. Clashes were reported elsewhere. Radio Sarajevo claimed serbian irregulars killed seven muslims in Foca a predominantly Muslim town toward the montenegrin a Border seized by serbian forces two weeks ago. An unspecified number of people died and More than 20 people were wounded in an artillery attack late monday on southwestern Mostar where croats oppose local Federal forces Tan Jug said. The army command also reported several people killed in the Northern town of Dervent. Serbs about a third of Bosnia a 4.4 million people reject its Independence. Paramilitary serbs sometimes backed by Federal troops have seized Large chunks of territory m Hopes of proclaiming their own Republic inside Bosnia. Muslims and croats overwhelmingly backed Independence in a feb. 29 vote setting off ethnic violence that has killed More than 250 people. In the Federal parliament in Belgrade Serbia and its Lone ally Montenegro on monday proclaimed a new Yugoslavia occupying 45 percent of the territory of what was once a six Republic federation. Bosnian officials argued that the proclamation made the Federal army an occupation Force. A today a new state has been created and the army in Bosnia Herzegovina cannot remain under the command of that state a said Ejub Ganic a member of Bosnia a collective presidency. Slovenia Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have been broadly recognized As Independent states. Macedonia has also declared Independence but has not been widely recognized because of a dispute two Young Muslim children sit outside their Home with some of the mortars that fell in with dec member Greece Over its name and around it when their Village near Sarajevo was attacked by serbian lighters last Greece also has a macedonian Region. Week. Five people were killed. Villagers arc collecting the shrapnel As starts comeback with temporary pm by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau a temporary Post Exchange opened tuesday at chevres a Belgium two Days after military officials closed that store and the posts commissary for safety reasons. And 20 new refrigeration units and five checkout stands were being trucked to Belgium from Germany for use in a makeshift commissary slated to open saturday a commissary official said tuesday. So said Victor Claar traffic manager for the defense commissary Agency a european Region a a we re pulling out All the stops to make that Brig. Gen. John w. Hendrix . Community commander at supreme head 3uarters Allied Powers Europe shut own the commissary sunday after the hangar that houses it was deemed structurally unsound. Army engineers recommended the commissary hangar and four others on base be evacuated until the roofs can be replaced or hangar Arches strengthened. A Post Exchange food mall logistical support operation and aircraft occupy the other hangars. The Exchange and food mall which shared a hangar reopened tuesday in two Metal climate controlled buildings. The buildings which Are Only temporary facilities had already been leased because workers had been scheduled May 15 to begin replacing the roof on the hangar shared by the Exchange and food mall. Personnel worked round the clock to have them ready Early for customers. Starting saturday commissary goods will be sold in a quonset hut and a ten like building until another facility can be set up Claar said. New self contained Freezer and refrigerator units and checkout stands were sent from Germany because they can be installed quickly. Dismantling those in the vacated store is too Complex Claar said. Col. Tom Tomlinson commander of the nato shape support group said a new permanent store for chevres is High on the defense commissary Agen Cyl a list of construction projects although the defense department has not yet Given it a go ahead. Up until last weekend when the army s construction engineering research Laboratory recommended the buildings be evacuated Tomlinson said a we always intended to stay in it and then move out in 1995 into a new in the meantime efforts Are under Way to lease a 15,000-Square-foot Metal building for the commissary similar to a 26,000-Square-foot building being used for the Exchange. Tomlinson said however that acquiring that building probably would take a a number of Claar said it was too Early to say whether design and construction of a new commissary could be started Early. The temporary commissary wont hold As Large a selection of items As the regular store Claar said. But he said it will receive More frequent deliveries under a new distribution system chevres will get a few months earlier than planned. The new distribution system should require using less space for storage. Rather than receiving dry or Semi perishable goods directly from the United states in 75 to 90 Days the store will soon receive them from a Central distribution Center in Sermersheim Germany in about three Days Claar said. A the key is that there will be More shopping area in the temporary Lon term facility than there is in the current facility a he said. Tomlinson said the Exchange roof project is expected to be completed by february. Re roofing of the logistics hangar is scheduled to be finished in october. The army decided not to replace the commissary roof because a fall wed have is a new roof on a building that still was not satisfactory for our needs a Tomlinson said. Air Force aircraft and equipment that had been located in the other two hangars Are currently being stored on the Tarmac and trailers have been set up for personnel. About 9,000 americans and canadians use the shopping facilities at the base located about 60 Miles South of rebels take control cheer new president Kabul Afghanistan apr resistance leaders entered Kabul triumphantly tuesday to take Power after a 14-year civil War welcomed by Muslim guerrillas firing jubilantly into the air and cheering a god is great a but fierce fighting erupted again Between rebel factions competing for the capital. One by one members of the former government of president Najibullah stood at a ceremony and pledged allegiance to sing Atullah Mojaddidi who was chosen by most rebel groups As the first president of Post communist Afghanistan. Mojaddidi speaking in a room packed with foreign dignitaries journalists and rebel fighters declared he was a receiving Power from the Kabul regime and a establishing an islamic the ceremony followed the joyous entry into the City by the 50-member interim Council and guerrillas who came in a Long Convoy of hundreds of Dusty trucks station wagons pickups and cars that travelled 24 hours Over rough roads from Peshawar Pakistan. Guerrillas entered the presidential Palace and danced on Najibullah a bed As photographers looked on. Few civilians were on the streets to Greet the motorcade. Most of Kabul a 1.5 million residents remained indoors fearful after three Days of heavy fighting that broke out saturday when rival rebel groups marched into the capital. Neighbouring Pakistan recognized the rebel Council tuesday As Afghanistan a legitimate government. Pakistan which acted As a staging area for Muslim insurgents fighting successive marxist governments in Kabul also said it was immediately sending Medicine wheat and other food to Afghanistan. A the time has come to join hands and work for the reconstruction of our Homeland a said Mojaddidi who was dressed in a White turban and a Blue flowing Robe. He was interrupted several times by chants of a Allah Akbar a or a god is Mojaddidi added a warning to Gul Buddin Hekma Tyars Radical guerrillas who Are fighting moderate forces in Kabul a if they continue their actions then this government in accordance with Muslim Law will take within minutes of his speech rocket and machine gun fire Shook several parts of the City shattering a Lull of several hours in fighting. Columns of White and Brown smoke Rose from the Center of town near government offices and the foreign ministry where Mojaddidi had made his appearance
