European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 243 350wednesday, december 16,1992 d 8693 a a we. J. Calello Marine Chi. Raymond Reilly of Union n.j., Waits by the door of his humvee in Mogadishu As a Convoy gets set to head for  move toward famine Belt Bairoa Somalia apr a heavily armed Convoy at the port before Dawn a week ago carrying hundreds of . Marines and French legion a a res the a a a Quot a a a a Quot Aires left Mogadishu on tuesday along the Road to this Bandit besieged town in the heart of Somalia a famine Belt. . Special envoy Robert b. Oakley indicated they would arrive today. Securing Bairoa is considered a key move in the multinational .-led forces Mission to ensure that food Aid is protected from marauding gunmen. Col. Fred Peck a Marine spokesman said in Mogadishu that the convoys destination was Beli Dolc an Airstrip Halfway Between Bairoa and the capital where the first units of operation restore Hope arrived seven Days ago. But other officers were overheard saying the Convoy would spend Only the night at Beli Dogle before proceeding to Bairoa. And Oakley told journalists in Bairoa a after Midnight tonight be very very careful. Some of you were Lucky when the marines landed in Mogadishu. The marines have said they nearly fired on a truckload of journalists waiting for them when they arrived Security initially improved in Mogadishu after the marines arrived on a  Mission of mercy but the armed looters who had Long plagued the capital have begun to return. A the couple of Days of honeymoon without guns Issee related stories on pages 2 and 9 certainly Over now a . Spokesman Ian Macleod said tuesday in the capital. The bandits resilience and obstinacy presage the difficulty foreign troops could face in securing this City of 80,000 people about half of them refugees from ravaged Rural areas. Although Bairoa was generally quiet overnight in the past weeks it has seen repeated attacks on Relief agencies compounds. The assaults escalated in recent Days As the looters apparently sought last ditch windfalls before the troops arrived the escalating violence forced some Relief centers to close leaving desperately ill children without daily care. Relief workers say a Idoa a daily death toll dipped below 50 last week from its High Point of about 300, but it has risen to about 100 a Day since the marines landed. There has been mounting friction Between the . Military and Aid workers who want the Relief operation to move faster. Oakley who arrived in Bairoa on tuesday defended the military a measured Advance. A the military has its Way of moving just As the nomadic tribes have ways of moving a he said adding that Somalia a badly deteriorated infrastructure has complicated troop movements. Oakley met separately with Relief Agency officials and with Gen. Mohamed Farrah aided the warlord whose militia dominates the Bairoa area. Oakley said afterwards that he was a thoroughly satisfied aided a a forces would cooperate with the . Troops. Aided a a fighters were to have entered a ceasefire with rival warlord Ali Mahdi Mohamed on sunday. Nato reportedly asked to plan for Balkan action Brussels Belgium a . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali has asked the United states and its nato allies to draft formal plans in Case of a military intervention in the former Yugoslavia sources said tuesday. Boutros Ghali made the request in a letter to Manfred Worner Secretary general of the North Atlantic treaty organization said an Alliance official who demanded anonymity. The request focusing on enforcement of a . Ban on flights of serbian warplanes Over Bosnia and Herzegovina was discussed monday by the ambassadors of the 16 Allied nations who agreed to ask senior military planners to draft firm contingency plans he said. The Alliance declined to comment on Boutros Ghalie a letter. A the nato Secretary general and the . Secretary general Are in regular Contact on the situation in the former Yugoslavia a said nato spokesman Gerhard we Strickenburg. A it is not appropriate to comment on the specifics of this correspondence. It is not our policy to comment on Alliance military  in Stockholm Sweden 51 european and North american foreign ministers prepared tuesday to ask the . Security Council to consider further actions to enforce the ban. In recent weeks a with varying degrees of enthusiasm a the allies have moved toward a tougher line against Serbia which they hold responsible for the carnage in Bosnia. On Friday the nato defense ministers indicated for the first time their willingness to use military Force to end the Slaughter but Only if the United nations asks them to intervene. Such a request would have to come from the Security Council. Sources said Boutros Ghali s letter see nato on Page 2 Schwarzkopf chides Germany for hiding behind Constitution Bonn Germany apr retired . Army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf says Germany should Stop using its Constitution As an excuse for sitting on the sidelines militarily As it has during the .-led Mission in Somalia. His comments in an interview published tuesday in Stern Magazine come As political pressure mounts within Germany to finally unlock constitutional Fetters that have bound the military since the end of world War 11. A constitutions can be changed. And As the world situation changes constitutions in my mind should be changed Quot said Schwarzkopf who commanded . Forces in the persian Gulf. A it gives you germans a wonderful excuse to say i can to get involved because my Constitution prevents it a the Magazine quoted Schwarzkopf As saying. Since sitting out the persian Gulf War Germany has refused to become involved in the . Deployment in former Yugoslavia nato searches of ships in the Adriatic for embargoed goods bound for Serbia and the .-led Mission in Somalia Germany has minor roles in Somalia and Bosnia flying Relief goods but sending no ground troops. The reason is Germany a Constitution which has been generally interpreted As forbidding the deployment of German troops outside the nato area although Toncre is a lot of debate Over How ironclad that prohibition is. Germany has been discussing amending the Constitution. But a see Germany on Page 2