European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse The Sec amp and 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 56 35$ Friday june 12,1992 d 8693 . Weighs military role in Yugoslavia sources say fighting eases in Bosnia capital Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr fighting subsided in Bosnia s capital thursday and a . Convoy on a Mission to open the Airport for Relief flights reached the City Center after being stranded by an attack on an escort column. The Belgrade based Tan Jug news Agency said the Leader of Bosnia a serbs Radovan Karadzic proposed that All of Sarajevo be put under . Protection. Serb militias have besieged the City for two months As part of a Campaign to carve their own Republic from the newly Independent Bosnia. But Muslim led forces have scored gains in recent fighting and . Trade sanctions Are pressuring neighbouring Serbia to rein in the ethnic serbs whom it has been aiding in Bosnia. The fighting broke out in Bosnia after the republics see Bosnia on Page 2 by Barton Gellman and Ann Devroy the Washington Post Washington a the Bush administration is considering options for the . Military to help Supply escort and protect humanitarian Relief efforts in Yugoslavia officials say. The prevailing View among president Bush s top advisers is scepticism about the risks and prospects for Success of any direct military involvement and senior Pentagon officials Are nearly unanimously opposed. There also is consensus among senior policy makers that no outside Force is capable of imposing a stable peace in the wreckage of the former yugoslav federation. But some military and civilian officials Are now edging reluctantly toward the View that the United states a As part of an International coalition a should use the military to encourage and sustain a cease fire. No official is believed to be proposing a direct combat role for . Forces. Instead the emerging proposal seeks to bring what one policy maker called a enough pressure on the parties especially the serbs to cease firing Long enough that Relief can be moved once a cease fire is in place however briefly see role on Page 2canadians May help at Airport by the stars and stripes Lahr German if tensions ease in Sarajevo Canada plans to Honor a potential United nations request to reassign an army battalion from Croatia to the War torn City s Airport. The battalion s 800 troops would be responsible for Airport Security and for guarding convoys travelling into Sarajevo to deliver humanitarian Aid according to u Canadian government news release. Now headquartered in the croatian City of Darugar the battalion has been supervising a cease fire in Croatia a Slavonia Region since mid april. On monday the . Security Council approved the deployment of 60 -. Military observers headed by Canadian army Brig. Gen. Lewis Mackenzie. The Force see help on Page 2bush has to flee Panama violence Panama City Panama a president Bush was rushed away from a downtown Plaza thursday when explosions went off and tear Gas Clouds billowed in on his speaking podium. Secret service agents hustled the president to a nearby air Force base where first lady Barbara Bush said a i am perfect. He is both the president and his wife appeared to be momentarily affected by the see related Story on Page 2 Gas. Mrs. Bush Shook her head and rubbed her eyes. The president looked Pale. He later downplayed the incident telling several thousand . Military people that Quot a handful of people trying to disrupt this wonderful police had sealed off blocks of the capital today after violent anti-. Protests and the murder of an american Soldier on wednesday. The demonstrators Are angry about the deaths and destruction accompanying the . Invasion to oust Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega in december 1989. Bush was preparing to deliver the main speech of his Brief visit to Panama when More than a dozen explosions went off in the distance. As dark Clouds of tear Gas blew in secret service agents formed a wedge around the president. One held a bulletproof coat around his shoulders and offered him a handkerchief which he did not accept. Panama City police fired the tear Gas at demonstrators protesting his visit to the Central american country a correspondent Joseph Frazier reported. Bush stood up and appeared to head two panamanians on a bicycle look at a car that was torched during a protest against a visit by president Tush. For the microphone but agents rushed him away. Bush was led away from the platform with panamanian president Guillermo Endara As hundreds of weeping and choking people scattered from the Plaza. Children in the crowd were trampled and screaming was heard. Several Young girls were weeping and shouting hysterically a mama Bush then went on to his final event in Panama an address to the american Community at the Albrook air Force base. From there he was to go to 1 oct men International Airvoy and depart for Brazil. White House Deputy press Secretary Laura Melillo called the White House press office from Panama City and said that no one had been Hurt in the confrontation. No further details were immediately available in Washington. The incident came a Day after gunmen ambushed a . Military vehicle killing one american Soldier and wounding another. Bunting for the presidents speech also was burned in demonstrations at the Plaza on wednesday. After the president and mrs. Bush were whisked off the platform surrounded by agents with firearms drawn the crowd surged through the Fence into the area where Bush Haa just departed. Agents were seen loading live rounds of ammunition into m-16 rifles. Others see Bush on Page 2 school s out a Page 10
