European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 b the stars and stripes Friday december 18, 1992 nato prepared to support . No Fly zone Resolution by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau \ at a glance Koskuc a Ushijima a 25-Yenrold teacher did no twin a prize for his Yelling prowess but his Samurai costume netted $250 for him in the annual year end shouting contest in Tokyo. See Story on rage 10. Hiss not cleared yet the russian general who in october said Alger Hiss never spied for the soviet Union has backed off from his statement. A Page 4 planet likelihood seen astronomers have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that planets could exist beyond the solar system and May even be a common occurrence. A Page 5 Gay ban opinion split americans Are divided about evenly Over lifting the ban on homosexuals in the armed forces but those who would exclude Gays Are More Likely to be entrenched in their opinion a poll has found. 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A what nato is saying is if it is passed we re prepared to provide assets to assist a said Secretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger. He denied accusations that nato had failed to move any closer toward strengthened military intervention in the area where ethnic fighting has claimed an estimated 17,000 lives a the planning is already going on As to How the nato Alliance would provide military assets to assist in the enforcement of the Resolution after its passed by the Security Council with whatever Wisdom the Security Council May put on it with regard for when it should be implemented a Eagleburger said adding Page 1 care on the Relief Mission. Passanisi said the last Convoy was attacked by bandits. There was a fight that left six people dead and five injured he said. A no food got to the people a he added. A that is the reason we Are sending the military out the deliveries on thursday went off without incident except for a minor rear end collision involving two pickup trucks in a Long ragtag Parade of cars hired by press and Media to record the event. At one Stop during the convoys Mission Passanisi was asked to identify the Village. A Media City a he said clearly upset by the photographers who swarmed Over and around the recipients of the food. Earlier in the Day Marine it. Gen. Robert b. Johnston commander of Page 1 bureaucratic error. The arabs spent 15 hours in the buses parked on the cold rain swept Frontier. Some of them pounded the windows in frustration. Reporters were not allowed near them. It was the first time since the Early 1970s that the government ordered the expulsion of palestinians by the hundreds. However where most previous expulsions were for life these were limited to two years the government said. The expulsions reflected israelis outrage at the kidnapping and killing of israeli Border policeman Nissim Toledano this week by Muslim fundamentalists. He was the sixth trooper killed in eight Days by religious hard liners. Arab delegations to the Washington peace talks appealed to the United Stales to Stop the deportation. A . Official said the hush administration complained to the israelis earlier in the Day. The eighth round of .-sponsored talks was to go into recess alter thursday s session. Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin said the United states will continue to push for speedy passage of the Resolution. Several nations led by great Britain have expressed reluctance to exert greater military Force in the area fearing retaliation against their troops on the ground. A of course there is a certain dilemma and of course it involves not Only one of the nations a said nato Secretary general Manfred Worner. But Worner said a solutions to that problem Are possible and our military authorities Are looking into such possible the ministers also expressed concern Over How enforcement of the no Fly zone might affect humanitarian Aid efforts in the troubled area. The Netherlands has said it also would Back such action with its aircraft if the United nations asks the Western Alliance for help with the flight ban. German foreign minister Klaus Kin Kcal also expressed concerns about escalating use of military Force. If allies use air Power civilians and . Peacekeepers would be taken hostage Kinkel said in a news conference. He acknowledged however that it was multinational joint task Force in Somalia toured the Airport. A it is going very Well a he told reporters As he walked to the Marine Headquarters under heavy guard. A we have improved asked if the area was totally secure the general said a not at the marines and legionnaires established Security lines around the entire Airfield and after an overnight downpour that defied the drought there was not a a a technical in sight thursday As marines entrenched farther behind coils of razor wire. Relief workers and local somalian worry that the big guns of the americans and French May have driven renegade soldiers and gunmen underground but not out of the picture. They fear the International forces commitments a Short one. Statements by officials at Bairoa Airport appeared to confirm those fears. Marine maj. Mark Hughes said a so r he doubted they would resume before the Clinton administration is sworn in Jan 20. Hanan Ashrafi a spokeswoman for the palestinian delegation said in Washington that the expulsions will a kill the peace explaining Why he sought to override the usual Legal procedures Rabin said a we saw a need to do this immediately not to wait months or even a year As happened in the he told his labor party scentral committee that the governments Legal adviser had ruled the move was a Legal and does not violate International the United slates has condemned deportations As a violation of provisions of the 1949 Geneva convention that prohibit forced removal of people from occupied territory Israel has expelled 73 palestinian activists since the Start of the 5-year-old palestinian uprising against occupation. The supreme court acknowledged the Gravity of the Legal implications by expanding its composition to seven judges and summoning the military chief of staff it. Gen. Ehud Barak to explain the measure. The court has never overturned an expulsion order. Rabin noted the Public was demanding tougher measures against palestinian Vio getting harder for the Alliance to resist popular pressure to act since photographs and television have brought the horror of the civil War into Peoples Homes. In an emotional response to questions Kinkel also noted that leaders such As Cyrus Vance and lord Owen co chairmen of the International peace conference on Yugoslavia have warned against stronger military action in former Yugoslavia. Along with drawing up preliminary plans for enforcement of the no Fly zone nato military officials have been reviewing How allies could create havens for civilians and preventing the violence from spilling Over into neighbouring areas. One area of particular concern to the ministers is the albanian dominated province of Kosovo. Many fear that serbian aggressors will invade the province. The ministers also agreed thursday to support military action if members of the . Protection Force were attacked or if an a explosion of violence in Kosovo were to officials said Only that a a appropriate measures would be taken following the Lead of the United nations. Malian Security unit turned Over authority of the Airstrip to the French and americans when they arrived on wednesday and relinquished the key to a Cache of 100 weapons. But Hughes said the Mission of the foreign troops is to secure and escort food convoys and to defend themselves. He said there would be no demand for somalian to Check their guns. A we Are not Here to disarm the somalian bands a he said. A if the somalian is carrying a weapon on his shoulder the barrel pointing up that is not a threat to a Marine or a food Aweis said who carried a half dozen journalists on the Convoy of his pickup truck said a technic also have Only been driven out of town a into the same country where the food is being delivered. A these Are poor people a he said at one Village. A they Are weak people. Who will protect them after the . Goes. I think no one. Ther5oters will come Lence such As the death penalty and looser army rules on opening fire. He said he chose expulsions As the response that causes a the least harm to human beings and a was Long As the enemies of peace think we Are getting closer to it peace we will have to Deal with terrorism mainly of the Muslim fundamentalist Type a he said. Since the kidnapping sunday the army has rounded up at least 1,600 palestinians. Most were suspected of involvement with Hamas which claimed Toledano a abduction but some were believed Active in the fundamentalist islamic jihad. A government statement said it was deporting activists who carried out or incited attacks on israelis. Officials said relatives would have 60 Days to Appeal and should it turn out someone was falsely accused he would be allowed to return immediately. The deportation orders had the support of both liberals in the Rabin government and hawkish opposition leaders. A a it a either Hamas or us. Its either Hamas or the peace process. Its either Hamas or moderate palestinians a parliament member Yossi Sarid of the left Wing Meretz bloc told the radio
