European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november11,1992 i world 1 the stars and stripes b Page 11 Sarajevo takes pounding after serbs claim key town Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina up a serbian forces saturday bombarded Sarajevo a Day after overrunning the mainly croatian and Muslim slavic Northwestern town of Jajcek. The Battle for Jajcek ignited a flight by ref uces into the Rainy cold of the bosnian mountains. . Officials said the exodus could involve As Many As 40,000 people. Serbian heavy artillery began pounding Sarajevo at 10 40 a.m., with shells crashing across the bosnian capital. Since last april a serbian siege has trapped about 350,000 residents and 150>000 refugees in the predominantly Muslim slavic City. Witnesses said shells exploded near Sarajevo s Kosovo Hospital one of the main state run medical complexes in the City. A Hospital official said there were a too Many emergency cases to give an exact assessment of casualties. Serbian forces have been fighting for months to carve a self declared state out of the former yugoslav Republic which declared Independence in february. Bosnian defense forces including Muslim slavs croats and moderate serbs have been battling the serbian rebels. Serbian Leader Radovan Karadzic addressing the self styled parliament of the serbian a a state in the Northern town of Pri Jed or proposed that the former Republic be carved up into five ethnically based regions a one serbian one croatian and three non contiguous Muslim slavic areas. But he was quoted by the Tan Jug news Agency As saying that the Muslim slavic areas would have Only a one voice in political affairs. Karadzic a plan appeared to be a counterproposal to a draft Constitution offered by the co chairmen of the yugoslav peace conference that rejected an ethnic division of Bosnia. The Geneva based peace talks Are sponsored by the United nations and european Community. Instead the co chairmen Cyrus r. Vance and lord David Owen called for the creation of seven to 10 Swiss style cantons with considerable local autonomy. A Feder serbian soldiers celebrate alter taking control of the bosnian town of or cd on Friday. Al government would oversee foreign relations Security and financial affaire. A Small group of British soldiers part of an Advance guard for the . Protection Force in Bosnia headed toward Jajcek in a bid to assess the Milf any and humanitarian situation after the towns capture by serbian troop thursday evening. A battalion of the Cheshire regt was deployed in the area near Jajcek to prepare the Way for the . Troops who Are to guard Aid convoys coming into Bosnia and Herzegovina from the croatian port of split on the Central Adriatic coast. The serbian forces command announced Friday that Jajcek has been a finally  the months Long Battle for Jajcek a strategically important Road and rail Junction intensified last week when croatian and Muslim slavic forces began retreating from the town. News reports said clashes were still under Way around Jajcek. The latest fighting created a new refugee crisis in Central Bosnia. Almost All of the towns 30,000 residents have been forced to flee into the mountains. . Knew Hitler s in Poland Diplomat says Warsaw Poland up the United states knew about the Molotov Ribbentrop pact the soviet German agreement that led to the Start of world War ii but did nothing to prevent it a former German Diplomat said Friday. Hans von Herwarth Secretary of the German embassy in Moscow in 1939, said in an interview with the Independent newspaper Wycie Warszawa that he disclosed the contents of the documents to . Embassy Secretary Charles Bohlen and British officials. Hitler to attack Poland after reaching a Deal with Josef Stalin on the two countries a spheres of influence Quot in the Region. For Poland which was partitioned for 123 years Between Russia Austria and Prussia until 1918, the Deal meant another partition a this time Between the soviet Union and Germany. Poland lost 6 million citizens at German hands during world War ii. Another 1.5 million were annihilated in soviet Camps including 21,857 officers executed on the order of the soviet communist Lons Porshin in 1q40. Von Herwath who described himself As anti nazi said the West Learned about the infamous documents on the very Day they were signed on aug. 23,1939. A the pact which was signed was a verdict on Poland and on Germany a von Herwarth was quoted by Wycie. A on the same Day i passed the document to Charles Bohlen which said that Stalin agreed to partition polish territory and to attack  As a direct result of the agreement nazi Germany attacked Poland on sept. 1,1939, unleashing world War ii.. Made a difference in by Edith m. Lederer the associated press Mombasa Kenya when . Air Force capt. Casey sea Bright started flying food to famine stricken Somalia in Early september he never saw children. Now they re playing in villages near the airfields. A a it a pretty heartwarming a it makes you feel like you re doing something a said the 30-Ycar-old navigator from st. Paul minn., who is on his second tour with the . Military Airlift operating from the kenyan port of Mombasa. Some Relief agencies have criticized the americans for being Overly cautious and delivering less than they could. But the airlifts commander Marine Brig. Gen. Frank Libutti said the food delivered by the United states adds up to More than 35 million meals a enough to feed All the residents of Washington d.c., for two weeks. A a we be made a difference in terms of tackling hunger a said the 47-Ycar-old from Huntington . Marine col. Thomas a. Burr one of the Tew american Scricc Mcm bars to visit Mogadishu said he was overwhelmed by the devastation in Somalia where drought and civil War have led to anarchy. A i almost wanted to cry a said the 22-Ycar-old satellite communications operator from Alexandria la. A it took a Long time for the world to answer. Now that we re Here maybe it will be  since late August the�?T. Military has ferried food to famine stricken towns in Somalia where at least 100,000 people have died and 2 million More arc threatened with starvation. So far 14 c-130 Hercules aircraft have delivered More than 10,560 tons of food sometimes confronted by gunmen on the Tarmac. On sept. 18, a plane was shot in a Clit Huen. The week before last anti tank mines on the runway halted flights for two Days. The United states has contributed about 5 percent of the nearly 200,000 tons of Aid that has reached Somalia since january and less than 20 percent of the 55,000 tons that the United nations estimates is needed every month. Yet the Airlift cannot meet All of Somalia a food needs. Ultimately the ports that have been plagued by Security problems must be reopened. No one Hurt in London blast the remains of a bios up last h. Quot or no. To Downing a. Homo of British Prim. Minister John major on saturday. London a a hijacked taxi sex eluded Friday night near the no. 10 owning st. Home of prime minister John major causing minor damage and no injuries police said. Major was in his Hometown of Huntingdon 40 Miles North of London a spokeswoman said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast which is the 15th in the British capital since oct. 7. The Irish Republican  has claimed responsibility for the previous bombings. Two unidentified men hired the cab in North London and one of them pulled out a gun and ordered the Driver to proceed to Whitehall an Avenue lined with government offices said cmdr. George Churchill Coleman head of the police anti terrorist unit. The hijackers abandoned the cub and told the Driver to leave it near Downing Street he said. Police spotted the cab a an Ordinary car not a Standard Black taxicab a and cleared the area before the vehicle exploded Churchill Coleman said. Windows were shattered in some nearby office buildings but there were no injuries or damage to the prime ministers residence police said. A spokeswoman for majors office said the explosion was reported at 9 08 . A Downing Street it seems is not affected a said the spokeswoman speaking on condition of anonymity. A the prime minister is not there he is in his constituency and has been All Day a she said. Major is a member of parliament representing Huntingdon