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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, June 7, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes sunday june 7, 1992sarajevo Airport opening to get Aid Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr in a rare sign of easing tensions clinic leaders have agreed to allow the opening of the Airport in this War wracked capital for the delivery of humanitarian Aid. The Mountain ringed City in the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina is running Low on food and Medicine. Many neighbourhoods also Lack electricity and water three months after Bosnia voted to break from Yugoslavia. Quot there is an agreement on the Airport and on humanitarian assistance a . Spokesman Francois Giuliani told reporters in new York on Friday. The pact resulted from three Days of . Negotiations. In another development Britain sent about 250 troops to Slovenia on saturday to provide medical support to the . Peacekeeping Force. The contingent including 150 ambulance personnel departed from Raf Brize Norton in a .-chartered Jet for the slovenian City of Maibor before travelling Overland to the croatian capital of Zagreb. Six British doctors four nurses and 60 combat medics arc armed for self defense according to the ministry of defense. Their backups include engineers and mechanics. Security Council president Paul note Dame said croatian serbian and . Representatives also had agreed to evacuate armed forces from around the Airport. He expressed concern about the accords Success but added a we Are  Giuliani said the agreement called for anti aircraft systems to be withdrawn from around the Airport and for artillery mortars and missile launchers to be guarded at depots by . Personnel. The world body imposed an embargo and other sanctions on serbian led Yugoslavia one week ago to pressure the country to Stop supporting serbs fighting in Bosnia. In another act of conciliation Muslim fighters on Friday lifted a monthlong blockade of the marshal Tito army Barracks in Sarajevo and allowed 800 yugoslav soldiers and their families to leave. . Officials in Sarajevo called the withdrawal a major breakthrough. A we can now Start talking business with the two sides a said Adnan Abdel Razak a . Spokesman. But As if to underline that Progress toward peace is tenuous Bright Orange flashes streaked through the evening sky Friday when serbian irregulars resumed shelling Sarajevo from their Hillside positions. Although the yugoslav army officially is in Retreat an estimated 80,000 of its troops plan to remain behind to join serbian irregulars with whom they have captured about two thirds of Bosnia a territory. After their release from the Barracks the yugoslav soldiers headed for a serbian controlled area on the Southwest Edge of the City in four convoys flanked by . Armoured personnel carriers and Blue bosnian police cars. A amps Dave Aldio tech. Sgt. Tim Smith of the 7950th transient Alert moves Tempelhoff a Candy bomber a a c-54 that delivered Candy and food to the residents of West Berlin during the Airlift of 1948-49. The air Force sponsored its last air show at Tom Palhof a on  Fly to Berlin for air show ground exhibits at the open House which Drew about 150,000 people a twice that expected Gill Mun said. The air Force held its first open House in Berlin in the Early 1960s in conjunction with the american Community a july 4th Parade. No one can say for sure which year it began although some longtime base employees Are split Between 1963 and 1964, however its last on saturday was a a huge Success Quot Gillman said. The addition of fighters to the display which was a Static exhibit Likely made a big Impact on open House visitors. They had traditionally been treated to views of cargo planes and world War ii Vintage aircraft. Earlier in the week a 37-Ycar-employee at the air base commented a it was bad you could not bring fighters. The More they visitors see the happier they  berlins amps a the appearance of three German fighters saturday at the Tempelhof a open House ended decades of an unofficial ban on the combat aircraft in the formerly divided City. Maj. Bruce Gillman a Tempelhof spokesman said the German ministry of defense allowed the two tornadoes and an Alpha Jet in the lineup of military aircraft at the open House. The unofficial ban on fighters stemmed from the cold War when West Berlin was an Island of democracy surrounded by communist East Germany. The soviets did not allow fighters to use the air corridors through East Germany to Berlin. The corridors were reserved for commercial and cargo aircraft. The combat planes were among the most popular second Qatar group endorses Security pact with United state Yeltsin critic Gorbachev loses his Limo Moscow apr former president Mikhail s. Gorbachev has been deprived of his luxurious limousine a week after he publicly criticized president Boris Yeltsin a economic reforms an aide said saturday. Gorbachev a Black Zil was taken away and replaced with a Volga Sedan the boxy car that is issued to rank and file bureaucrats said aide and translator Pavel pal a Schenko. The newspaper Moskovsky Koms molets which carried the first report on Gorbachev a Volga commented that the former president might soon be peddling to work. A there is cause for concern a couple More interviews and the president of the . Will have to take a Bike a the newspaper said. It was not immediately known who stripped Gorbachev of his luxury car. Spokesmen for Yeltsin could not be reached by Telephone on saturday morning. But the Media speculated that the change was in retaliation for a critical newspaper interview by Gorbachev. Moskovsky Koms molets said Gorbachev a staff did not know who ordered the change in cars but a was astonished by the coincidence of taking away the car right after Gorbachev had Given an interview to the daily Komsomol Skaya pravda criticizing the russian government economic  Gorbachev slammed Yeltsin a reforms As reckless and secretive. Yeltsin angrily responded that Gorbachev has promised to stay out of politics and had failed to keep his word. After resigning As soviet president Gorbachev was Given a monthly pension of 4,000 rubles $40a City apartment a country House and a Zil the Ultra Lulu rious limousine that is issued Only to the top leadership. He also has earned Money from the sales of his books in the West. Palaz Schenko said Gorbachev arrived at work thursday in the Volga. A there is nothing i can say about it. The fact Speaks for  Gorbachev said nothing about the change in prestige Palaz Schenko reported. Doha Qatar apr a government Council saturday approved a Security pact with the United states that would make Qatar the third Oil Rich Arab country to enter into such an agreement the state run news Agency said. No details were Given but similar pacts have involved close military coordination and joint exercises. The Security pact was approved by the consultative Council a largely powerless body whose 30 members Are appointed by Sheik Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani. The pact already had been approved by the Cabinet and now requires the Emir a authorization to go into effect. The government news report said the Council believed the Security agreement was necessary because of recent events in the Region a reference to the iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990. Kuwait and Bahrain also have made similar Security pacts with the United states since the persian Gulf War. The United states also has a Long standing agreement with Oman to use its military to abilities and enjoys close military cooperation with saudi Arabia. . Copter planned Moscow apr russian and american companies have reached an agreement to produce a new military attack helicopter that will be outfitted with advanced Western technology a russian newspaper reported Friday the Ka-50 will be built in Russia by Khamov co. But upgraded in the United states by group vector with new weapons radio and navigational systems Izvestia said without providing attribution. It said the anti tank helicopter could Fly 185 Miles per hour and would be designed for Low Altitude Fly ing. It said the . Equipment woul it make the helicopter More attractive to Western buyers. Izvestia also said the russian Arm expects to receive delivery of the firs Ka-50 by the end of this year. The news paper did not say whether the Russia army would get the upgraded versions. In Washington a Pentagon official speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed that vector had obtained . Commerce department License to import russian helicopters and re furbish them in Florida. But the offi Cial had no further details  
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