European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 51, no. 41 thursday May 28,1992 d 8693 . Nears serb sanctions shells end Sarajevo truce 20 reported dead Belgrade Yugoslavia apr mortar shells fired by serbian fighters landed in a crowd lined up for bread in Sarajevo on wednesday shattering a russian mediated local truce and making . Sanctions More Likely against what remains of Yugoslavia. A Sarajevo radio reporter Ivan Kristie said by phone that at least 20 people had died and dozens were wounded in the mid morning attack As More than 100 people stood in line near an open Market in the Center of Sarajevo the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The attack came As serbian dominated Yugoslavia sought to stave off . Sanctions with a Promise to cooperate with peacekeeping and Relief efforts in War ravaged Bosnia. Sarajevo television showed dozens of bleeding people lying on the ground. Two men carried a woman whose foot was nearly severed. A Bod bag was being loaded into a car trunk. Yugoslav army Gen. Nedjo Boskovic in Sarajevo pledged to find those responsible for the attack the Belgrade based Tan Jug news Agency said. A i cannot understand that such a monster could exist a he was see related Story on Page 9 quoted As saying. The visiting russian foreign minister Andrej Kozarev said late tuesday that the rival factions had agreed on a local cease fire and to reopen the Airport which has been blockaded for weeks. But . Diplomats in new York said the offer came too late. And wednesdays attack was Likely to deepen the resolve of those who support sanctions. Yugoslavia which now includes Only Serbia and Montenegro has aided croats in Bosnia in their seizure of two thirds of the former Republic whose majority muslims and serbs voted feb. Z9 to break from Yugoslavia. More than 2,200 people have been killed in the fighting in Bosnia. Igini the sanctions being drawn up in new York by Secu Rit Council members would fall under chapter 7 of the charter the same chapter invoked to drive Iraq out of Kuwait last year. Branko Kostic the yugoslav vice president sent a letter to . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali this week saying sanctions would be a de Elysee . On Page 2u.s. Tanks making tracks from Berlin by Ron Jensen Niernberg Bureau Berlin a the tanks that rumbled into West Berlin nearly 34 years ago As a show of americans resolve to deter any soviet designs on the isolated outpost of Freedom made a ceremonial exit wednesday from a significantly changed City. The 6th in of the 40th Armor regt inactivated under a Pale Blue sky and with its departure went the final two companies of tanks. A the departure of the 6-40th signifies the successful close of yet another chapter in the postwar history of americans presence in Berlin a said Brig. Gen. Walter Yates commander of the . Army in Berlin in the ceremony at the fourth of july Platz near Mcnair Cavern. He said the battalion has been a one of the most visible the most audible and without a doubt one of the most unambiguous symbols of americans determination to maintain Freedom. The battalions Pershing tanks arrived in Berlin on june 1, 1958, As co f of the 40th Armor regt. At that time East germans were pouring into West Berlin and tension was rising Between the worlds two superpowers. Within a few years the soldiers would watch the Berlin Wall go up As the cold War became a hard freeze. When East German guards held an american couple inside the communist sector in october 1961, tanks of co f rolled up to checkpoint Charlie and the couple was released. There were other times when the tanks see tanks on Page 2 a Side today old Law honed shipbuilding Blessing the snakes Fryz a a stars and slopes Magazine members of the 6th in 40th Armor regt make their symbolic departure from Berlin during wednesdays to help fund . Storage depots Brussels Belgium a the nato allies agreed wednesday to pay part of the United states costs for storage depots filled with tanks guns and other military equipment that would be used in Europe during a crisis. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said he was a a gratified that defense chiefs of the North Atlantic treaty organization agreed such expenses would be eligible for Alliance funding. He had earlier urged the allies to pick up part of the yearly Tab of $250 million to $275 million for the storage depots located on bases throughout Europe. The United states asked for help in footing the Bill because of pressure to slash government spending and the planned reductions of american forces in Europe. In a final statement the ministers said they agreed that a operations and maintenance costs of the storage depots a Are in principle eligible for nato funds. No amount was promised. The statement said the projects would have to compete with other requests for limited funds in the alliances infrastructure budget which goes for airfields ports and other installations used by nato forces. Washington provides More than a Quarter of the Money in the infrastructure budget of about $1.6 billion a year. The ministers Lent their support to first Ever plans to allow the use of nato soldiers logistical equipment and other supplies in peacekeeping roles in euro see depots on Page 2
