European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes Friday december 18,1992 at a ounce Kosuke ush Trinia a 25-year-old teacher did no twin a prize for his Yelling prowess but his Samurai costume netted $250 for him in the annual a car end shouting contest in Tokyo. See Story on Page 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. A Page 6 its official for of Keefe acting Navy Secretary Sean of Keefe has been formally Given the Job for the last five weeks of the Bush administration. A Page 7 ism slide continues Duff amp Phelps inc. Downgraded its rating on International business machines senior debt wednesday As ism Stock continued to nose dive on the new York Stock Exchange. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword.19 faces n places 18 letters.12 Money matters.17 sports22-28 to listings .27 weather. 11 nato considers further action to enforce bosnian no Fly zone by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium a nato foreign ministers held intense talks thursday Over taking further military action in former Yugoslavia. And while the United states offered warplanes to enforce a no Fly order in the area agreement on such measures still appeared out of reach. Several nations including Britain and France have expressed reluctance to exert greater Force fearing retaliation against their troops on the ground. However . Secretary of state Lawrence s. Eagleburger said the United states would support enforcement of a . Flight ban Over Bosnia and Herzegovina where ethnic fighting has claimed an estimated 17,000 lives. No further information on the offer of . Planes was available. The Netherlands also has said it would Back such action with its aircraft if the United nations asks the Western Alliance for help with the flight ban. A i see great hesitancy to enforce the 110-Fly ban a dutch foreign minister Hans Van Den Brock said thursday Between meetings. The .�?Ts five member Security Council has yet to pass a Resolution that would authorize such military action. German foreign minister Klaus Kin Kel also expressed concerns about escalating use of military Force. If allies employ air Power civilians and . Peacekeepers would be taken hostage Kinkel said. However he acknowledged that it was getting harder to resist Public pressure As news reports have brought Home the horror of the civil War. Kinkel also pointed to warnings against further military intervention from military leaders and from Cyrus r. Vance and lord Owen co chairmen of the International peace conference on 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 could prevent the violence from spreading. An area of particular concern to the ministers is the province of Kosovo where 90 percent of the 2.2 million inhabitants Are ethnic albanians. Many fear that serbian aggressors will invade the province. During a visit to nato on wednes Day albanian president Sali Berisha called for the allies to take stronger measures against the forces of serbian president Slobodan Milosevic. A i do consider very important the diminishment the reduction a even by air strike a of serbian military potential a Berisha said. Berisha also warned of dangers of a full scale Balkan War. He said his country would not stand by if the albanians of Kosovo Are targeted for Milosevic s a ethnic  its believed that albanians entering the War could have a Domino effect Embr oiling Bulgaria Macedonia and nato allies Greece and Turkey. During Berishay a one Day visit he also voiced his country a desire to join the Western Alliance which was once its enemy. Nato Secretary general Manfred Worner said the Alliance would consider albanians membership in due course and in the meantime develop a relationship with the nation through the North Atlantic cooperation Council. The Council is a forum for dialog Between the allies and 21 of natos former enemies. Foreign ministers of the East West Council will meet today in Brussels. Hold off on any Serviceman mail Dod urges Washington a the Pentagon is asking people to refrain from sending mail at random to . Forces in Somalia so family members will be Able to get letters to relatives. A the mail is now flowing to Somalia. But the capability to handle mail is still limited a Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said tuesday. During the persian Gulf War people sent letters addressed to any Sailor airman or Soldier and the mail was distributed randomly to troops. However Williams said the operation in Somalia is not yet Able to handle any crush of mail. Therefore he said a this is not the time to be sending a any Serviceman Type of  a the troops headed for Somalia have been Given the military Post office num Bers they should provide to their families Williams said. Those forces who were previously in the Region a such As sailors or marines aboard the ships off Somalia a will continue to get mail through their Normal addresses Williams said. But he added that relatives should mail Holiday greetings As soon As possible. A it will take awhile for that mail to get there a he  Page 1 Heads  a Idoa a residents who gave the americans and French a tumultuous Welcome when they arrived in the Central somali town on wednesday stood along the Road out of town and waved As the Convoy passed. Some troops tossed chocolate Candy to the children. The reception at the receiving villages was Low key. Many people appeared too weak to Greet the troops. One Man wandered aimlessly holding up a swollen Index Finger oozing with infection in the apparent Hope someone would tend to it. Quot in be worked with refugees before but this is a whole lot worse than i expected a said Marine staff sgt. Marwan Binni of Oceanside calif., before the Convoy left the Airport. A it seems like Africa is condemned a civil War has combined with famine and disease to kill More than 350,000 somalis since president Mohamed Siad Barre was ousted nearly two years ago. An estimated 2 million More Are still at risk of starvation. Government has disintegrated and chaos reigned in the streets until last week when the foreign troops arrived to help restore order and secure food shipments to the hungry. But there were More signs thursday of rampant lawlessness where the troops have yet to tread. Violence raged in the Central town of Barbera 60 Miles South of Bairoa. On monday night a gang of looters opened fire at a feeding Center run by the International committee of the red Cross for the severely malnourished. Five to eight people were wounded said red Cross spokeswoman Nina Winquist. She said that the one person killed believed to have been one of the bandits 1 yet nest Aye 3 prominent Musli Leader in Barbera was shot to deat along with his 10-year-old Niece win i 1st said. The Man was identified Only 1 Sheik  spokeswoman Angela Macki in Mogadishu said the Agency had report that the dominant militia in the Souther port of Kisayo 300 Miles South of Tii capital was trying to kill its opponent before foreign forces move in. Ian Macleod a . Spokesman als said the Security situation in Kisayo it deteriorating. The port has been close since oct. 2 because of clan warfare. Macleod said tensions also Are rising i North Mogadishu. Asked whether . 0 to vials were encouraging american troop to move into the Northern part of the lib he replied a yes yes. Every  Israel from Page 1 out or incited attacks on israelis. Israel radio reported that the Arab delegations to the Washington peace talks threatened to stay away from thursdays negotiations if the deportations were carried out. L ii eighth round of .-backed talks was to go into recess after thursdays session and prime minister Yitzhak Rabin said he doubted the talks would resume before the Clinton administration is inaugurated Jan. 20. Hanan Ashrafi who is in Washington As spokeswoman for the palestinian delegation to the talks told can that the expulsions a will be a death blow to the peace  explaining Why he sought to override the usual Legal procedures Rabin said we saw a need to do this immediately not to wait months or even a year As happened in the  a addressing his labor party scentral committee he said the governments Legal adviser had ruled that the move was Legal and does not violate International Law. The supreme court acknowledge Gravity of the Legal implications by exp tag its composition to seven judges summoned the military chief of Stafl . Ehud Barak to explain the Meas Rabin noted that the Public was manding tougher measures against p Tinian violence such As the death Pei and looser army rules on opening fire sir Mesa a chose expulsions As that Hnz k a causes a a the least h3rr Numan beings and  As Long As the enemies of peace t we Are getting closer to it peace we Muslim ? terrorism mainly o Muslim fundamentalist Type a he said