European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes world sunday december 27,1992weather, Calm Spur Sarajevo Relief flow Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr More Relief supplies poured into Sarajevo on saturday As . Workers took advantage of Clear weather and a Lull in the fighting that has lasted several Days. But Gen. Philippe Morillon the French commander of . Forces in the besieged bosnian capital left the City for the nearby town of Kiseljack after mortars landed near his residence. There was no indication How Long Morillon planned to stay away. He had blamed the Christmas Day attack on bosnian forces and demanded an inquiry from bosnian president Alija inc Begovic in the first official reaction to the incident bosnian vice president Ejub Ganic said on Sarajevo radio that Morillon was wrong in asserting that the shells were fired from bosnian controlled territory. In Belgrade Federal Premier Milan panic congratulated serbian president Slobodan Milosevic on winning the Federal presidential election dec. 20. Final figures showed Milosevic defeating the moderate panic by 56 percent to 34 percent. About 69 percent of the 6.9 million yugoslav electorate participated in the Vole which also accorded Milosevic loyalists a cd communists and Ultra nationalists a firm control of the Federal and serbian Legislatures in Yugoslavia which now comprises Only Serbia and Montenegro. In a Telegram to Milosevic quoted by the official news Agency Tan Jug panic also warned that a the democratic process so strongly manifested during the election cannot be stopped by  Milosevic a Victory Likely will increase International pressure for foreign intervention to Stop the bosnian War for which Milosevic is widely blamed. The fighting broke out after Bosnia a muslims and ethnic croats voted last february for Independence from Yugoslavia. Bosnian serbs have seized most of the Republic since then and at least 17,000 people have been killed. In May the United nations imposed Trade sanctions on Yugoslavia. Nato allies agreed last week to give the United nations plans to enforce its ban on flying military aircraft Over Bosnia. Bosnian serbian Leader Radovan Karadzic was quoted by Tan Jug As saying foreign intervention in Bosnia would a mean the beginning of world War  he said he expects a rebellion this Spring by ethnic albanians who vastly outnumber serbs in the Southern serbian province of Kosovo to draw Albania Turkey and even Russia into the War. Sarajevo itself was relatively quiet saturday As it has been since wednesday and Many people came outside to search for water and Wood. The City besieged by serbian gunners for some nine months has been without electricity water and telephones for weeks. Thirteen planes carrying food Medicine and other supplies landed in Sarajevo by saturday afternoon with another five scheduled later said Davor Zafran a . Spokesman in the croatian capital Zagreb where the Relief flights Are coordinated. The flights carried some 200 tons of Aid and another 300 tons were scheduled to arrive saturday by Overland Convoy. Thousands of tons of Aid have arrived since tuesday when Relief flights were resumed after a three week hiatus because of fighting around the Airport. The United nations also delivered 3 tons of diesel fuel to the City a Only bakery and 30 tons of fuel to the main Hospital where patients have been dying from cold and hunger according to Peter Kessler a . Spokesman in  Trees no presents but capital got res by Carl Schweitler the Baltimore Sun flight to Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a Santa Claus wore a . Air Force uniform in Sarajevo on Christmas Day. Only a handful of . Humanitarian flights made it into the battered capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday. Air Force capt. Tripp Howard and his six Man Crew flew two of them. They did no to bring very glamorous presents. No toys no Barbie dolls no computer games no Christmas Trees. They delivered 75,000 pounds of military meals ready to eat. A a it a not the worst Way to spend Christmas bringing food to starving people a said Howard a big Blond Guy trom Southern Alabama. A a it a not the Best eating food in the world Quot he conceded. A but its got a lot of calories. And if i can eat it they can eat  from the air Christmas in Sarajevo looked cold Bleak and cheerless. The temperature was about 20 degrees. Snow dusted the Hills and Lay thick on the mountains. Howard was not bringing any electric blankets either. But Sarajevo has scarcely any electricity anyway. A a it a really weird going into Sarajevo a said John Thornton a 27-year-old air Force staff sergeant who had flown into the City 13 limes. Quot you see houses and Fields and burned out buildings but you done to Sec any people a he said. A a it a eerie. Hard to imagine what its like Down  hardly anyone met them at the Airport in Sarajevo Only a half dozen , troops in Blue helmet and a couple of people driving forklifts. Nobody wished them a merry Christmas. Howard a plane was Only on the ground 11 minutes on the first Landing and 14 minutes on the second. Both times four big pallets of res were unloaded. Its really weird going into Sarajevo. You see houses and Fields and burned out buildings but you done to see any  a staff sgt. John Thornton that suited Crew chief Gregory e. Kudera just Fine. A a in a just hoping they have the Holiday spirit and they done to Start fighting a Kudera said. A we had one air plane in Here a month ago and the whole Crew had to abandon the plane a he said. A they took Small arms fire inside the plane and mortar rounds hit the  the Christmas Day flights were in fact among the half dozen or so that have landed in Sarajevo since dec. 1, when a plane from Howard a Squadron was hit in the rear. Howard 28, and most of his Crew were volunteers from the 40th Airlift so based at Pope fab . Volunteers come for a month to Fly the . Missions into Sarajevo after the first Landing the cockpit Crew put on Santa hats with Little sprigs of Mistletoe on the Tass i and posed for pictures in front of their plane. During the second flight in late afternoon Sarajevo was grayer bleaker and colder. Night drifted Down the mountains like a memory of bad dreams. The sad devastated City remains a Good place to leave Howard a plane returned to Sarajevo in the dark a Sliver of a Moon glistening Over thick Clouds. A we go Back in on new years Day a Howard said. A a we re the Holiday  lebanese troops target outlaws Beirut Lebanon apr thousands of troops swooped Down on car thieves drug traffickers and other outlaws saturday in the latest phase of prime minister Rafik Hariri a Campaign to restore order in a country recovering from civil War. At least one Bandit was shot dead in the crackdown the government said. A government statement said arsenals of shoulder fired Armor piercing rocket launchers along with machine guns automatic rifles and Large amounts of ammunition were seized. The troops also confiscated undisclosed amounts of forged Dollar and Mark banknotes the statement said. Hariri a government formed oct. 31, has been getting increasingly Tough on corrupt officials greedy merchants and tax dodgers in a bid to restore state authority and discipline in Lebanon. Militia leaders and clan chieftains Are still influential after the 1975-90 civil w a. Demonstrators hold a candlelight rally Friday in Strasbourg France to support vie Tims of the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The crowd numbered about 1,500 people. Avalanche strands skiers Penticton British Columbia apr about 250 skiers were stranded at a Western Canada ski resort after an Avalanche blocked the Only Road out of the area. There were no cars or skiers in the area where the Avalanche occurred Friday afternoon although it hit at what is usually the roads busiest afternoon period said Apex Alpine spokesman John Kapusty. Kapusty said All the stranded skiers had been put up in private chalets and rental condominiums at the ski Hill. A helicopter was to drop charges saturday to reduce the Avalanche threat and allow Crews to get to the blocked portion of the Road he said