European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The or amp acid 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51. No. 46 35 tuesday. June 2.1992 d 8693 . May triple funding for Saddam s overthrow los Angeles a the Bush administration has proposed nearly tripling the s15 million budget for Covert action to help overthrow iraqi president Saddam Hussein it was reported sunday. The request would increase Cia spending on the Iraq Effort to $40 million the los Angeles times reported. The size of the proposed increase for fiscal 1993 reflects an admission that the  Effort to oust Saddam has been ineffectual to Date according to unnamed government sources interviewed by the times. The request follows a year of . Frustration and embarrassment Oyer Saddam a ability to survive the political and military punishment from operation desert storm and to re consolidate his hold Over Iraq. The additional funding would go toward a program begun in May 1991, when president Bush signed a pc Sidon tial assessment after two uprisings a by shiite and kurdish opponents a failed to Force the iraqi Leader from Power. The assessment a or finding a reportedly allowed for . Covert action to destabilize the iraqi regime and then to encourage internal forces to oust sad dam. Senior . Analysts recently cautioned that Saddam a who became pc silent in 1979 a May be Able to hold Power indefinitely. They said he May have overcome the biggest Short term Domestic challenges including the  economic see Saddam on Page 2 Earth Simms 92 rotated stories on pages 14-16 Bush boosting Effort to save world s Trees Washington apr president Bush seeking to quell criticism As he prepares for the Earth Summit will increase . International Aid to conserve forests by $150 million a year an administration official said sunday. Bush will Call on other nations to double the $135 billion now allotted to worldwide Forest assistance environmental Protection Agency administrator William k. Reilly said sunday in an interview with the associated press and on abcs this week with David Brinkley. Reilly did no to give an exact figure on the new u3. Commitment but another official who spoke on condition of anonymity said it would be $150 million a year. That would be on top of the $120 million a year in the administrations fiscal 1993 budget for bilateral assistance on Forest Aid. The Money would go principally to help developing countries see Bush on Page 2 most in . Want treaty on warming Washington apr most . Residents support a treaty to combat global warming even if it harms the Economy according to a poll released monday. The poll conducted by Usa today and san Kei Shimun newspapers of Japan found that 58 percent of americans questioned favored such a treaty despite the possibility it will harm the Economy or increase the Cost of gasoline and electricity. The 12-Day . Summit on the environment opens wednesday in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. The Agenda includes Protection of the atmosphere the oceans forests threatened species and fresh water and the cleanup of toxic and hazardous wastes. President Bush w to arrives in Rio on june 11, has come under fire from environmentalists who see . On Page 2 protesters la Belgrade a Godava Cany a Mack paper ribbon to 8%bify mooning for victim of the War. Yugoslav air chief vows fight if foreign Milit Aries attack Belgrade Yugoslavia apr sporadic fighting and shelling Shook parts of embattled Bosnia and Herzegovina on monday and neighbouring Serbia Felt the isolation of mounting International sanctions Over its involvement in the War. With speculation rampant in the serbian press that the . Embargo imposed saturday May be a prelude to foreign military intervention the commander of the serbian led yugoslav air Force promised his planes would repel any attack. A we will fight to the last Man a declared maj. Gen. Bozidar Stefanovic in an interview with Belgrade a Large circulation be Cernie no Vosti daily. Small arms and Cannon fire was reported in the bosnian capital of Sarajevo throughout much of the night. A .-mediated cease fire was to take effect at 6 . Monday although its chances of Success were quest 10-Nablc. The United nations and most of the world blame Serbia and its tiny ally Montenegro the Only two states remaining in Yugoslavia for the bloody conflict in bos Nia the War pits bosnian government forces a mainly slavic muslims and croats a against ethnic serbian insurgents supported by the yugoslav army. At least 5,250 people have died in fighting in Bosnia since the muslims and croats who account for nearly 60 percent of the breakaway republics 4.3 million people voted for Independence feb. 29. The . Security councils Tough sanctions include a ban on All Trade denial of International athletic Par see attack on Page 2