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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 0 the stars and stripes thursday january 14,19�3 at a glance Camilla Parker Bowles is the woman with whom Britain s Prince Charles has allegedly been having an affair. The intimate record of what purports to be a 1989 phone tryst Between Charles and Parker Bowles is now in print. See Story on Page 9.pricey party cancelled a lavish inaugural gala honouring Commerce Secretary designate Ronald h. Brown was cancelled after reports that corporations were helping to pay for the affair. A Page 4husband suspected the husband of Bloomsburg a University a new police chief is accused of raping a co worker and is under investigation in four More attacks. A Page 7honecker freed Erich Honecker was released wednesday a Day after the former East German Leader s trial for killings at the Berlin Walt was halted because of his declining health. A pages a a a a a t. A new of uniforms air Force officers and enlisted personnel will be wearing a new streamlined dress uniform by 1996, said the . Air Force chief of staffs Gen. Merrill a. Mcpeak. A Page 11oeuplt sacrifices Loyd n. Bentsen president elect Clinton s Choice for Treasury Secretary said it will take painful sacrifice and possibly a tax increase to wipe out the budget deficit. A Page 12 Index 1 Abby Ann Landers. 17 classifieds. 2023 comics. Commentary. Crossword. 17 faces a places. .16 letters. 14 military. Money matters a .12 sports. 25-32 to listings. .31 weather. From Page 1. Clinton spokesman George Steph Nopoulos said the incoming president Quot supports president Bush in every action he has  he added that Clinton would Quot do whatever it takes to assure compliance with the . Resolutions. At the White House Fitzwater said the raid was originally set for tuesday but was scrubbed because of bad weather Over a a Adi of our planes have returned to their bases a Fitzwater said after the strike. He had no precise information on the number of aircraft  said the targets of the allies planes were a surface to air missiles and associated infrastructures in no populated areas in the Southern part of Iraq. Saddam had positioned several surface to air missile batteries in the Region. American planners said the batteries represented a threat to Allied aircraft patrolling a no Fly zone established As part of the terms that ended the Gulf War two years ago. Fitzwater said that if the iraqi Leader were trying to test the United states during a period of political transition Quot he makes a grave  the spokesman read from a lengthy list of provocative actions that Iraq has taken in recent weeks and months. He said the United states had not considered an attempt to target Saddam personally noting that the relevant . Resolutions did not authorize such action. First word of the attack came from a variety of military and other officials in the United states and overseas. Quot i understand the bombs Are on the ground a a Pentagon official said confirming that the first planes had dropped their payloads. _ / one . Official speaking on condition of anonymity said the attack was a limited one confined to the Southern part of Iraq and directed at iraqi surface to air missile batteries and supporting equipment. A Pentagon official also speaking on condition of anonymity said dozens of aircraft had been launched accompanied by fighter escorts and other aircraft to help ensure the safety of the coalition Jet Force. European officials said French and British aircraft participated and the turkish news Agency said two american advanced warning and control system Azacs aircraft had taken off from a base in Turkey. Fitzwater said ail the planes returned safely from their missions. The strike was launched two years after the beginning of the persian Gulf War in which the .-led coalition routed Iraq. The strike also comes a scant seven Days before Bush was to turn Over Power to Clinton. T a Clinton was in Little Rock Ark. He has said repeatedly in recent Days that the Bush administration was keeping him informed of its decisions relating to Iraq. Before word of the bombing surfaced Warren m. Christopher Clinton a selection for Secretary of state told a confirmation hearing that the new administration stands shoulder to shoulder with the Bush administration. Despite the Allied Victory two years ago the iraqi Leader staved in Power. He has consistently been an irritant to the Bush administration first by interfering with International inspectors trying to uncover and destroy any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and More recently by dispatching his planes Over the no Fly zone. In late december the United states shot Down an iraqi plane Over the no Fly zone. Shortly afterwards the United states warned Saddam to dismantle missile batteries that posed a threat to Allied aircraft. In the past two Days iraqis had staged raids into Allied held territory to seize weapons and Materi Neft Over from the War. Throughout it All Bush and his aides issued Ever escalating warnings until Fitzwater announced earlier this week there would be no More admonitions a Only action. From Pago 1 tack was to take out the radar and missile Sites in Southern Iraq that have threatened planes patrolling the area. Even if the attack did not make air impression on Iraq presi Dent Saddam Hussein Quot it will certainly make an impression on his ability to obstruct what we Are doing Here a Coady said. There were no plans to attack the iraqi capital Baghdad or conduct other missions at this Point he said. Before they took off the pilots said they hoped to maintain an element of Surprise by following the pattern of their usual nighttime patrols Over Southern Iraq. Quot it Wilt hopefully look like the missions we have been flying until the explosions Start to go a said it. Cmdr. . Allen the 32-year-old Pilot of an ea-6b prowler a warplane that specializes in attacking radar systems. Quot our Job is to take away their eyes a said it. Fred Drummond a 37-year-old persian Gulf War Veteran and electronic warfare officer. Five astronauts lift off with new commode Cape canaveral Fla. A endeavour rocketed into space wednes Day on the years first shuttle flight and the five astronauts promptly released a communications satellite. Quot there she goes a crewman Mario Runco or. Said As the satellite drifted from the cargo Bay six hours into the Mission. The astronauts also planned a toy show and spacewalk and got a Chance to use a new $23 million toilet. Nasa s newest shuttle lifted off its Seaside pad into a hazy sky at 8 59 a.m., just seven minutes late because of extra computer checks. The climb to orbit took the usual 816 minutes and endeavour soon was cruising 184 Miles High. Quot it s a Good ride up and endeavour and the Crew Are glad to be Back in space a shuttle commander John Casper reported. The six Day Mission is the third flight of endeavour and the 53rd shuttle mis Sion Overall. Nasa plans eight missions this year the same As in 1992, the busiest year since the challenger disaster Quot we re off to a Good Start in 1993,�?� said Deputy shuttle director Brewster Shaw Quot we re one for one on Safe and successful launches and one for one on the Date that we set at the flight Readi Ness  the Crews first and primary task was to eject the $200 million tracking and data relay satellite from the cargo Bay. Shortly after deployment an attached rocket propelled the 2�6-ton satellite into a 22,300-mitc-High orbit. Quot it s important to America because its going to add to our capability to have communications with our spacecraft shuttle included a Shaw said the Job was considered routine. Astronauts have placed such satellites in orbit four times before the first in 1983 and the last in 1991. One tracking and data relay satellite was destroyed when the shuttle challenger exploded shortly after liftoff in 1986. Nasa plans to keep the newest tors in Reserve until needed. Only two of the first four satellites Are fully usable. The tors network allows astronauts in space to communicate with Mission control and vice versa More than 85 percent of the time. Before tors Contact was possible Only when spaceships were in sight of ground tracking stations just 15 percent of the time. The satellites also link scientific satellites such As the Hubble space Telescope with ground controllers. The next major event of endeavours Mission is to occur Friday when the astronauts Are to pull out an assortment of toys for a televised lesson. They Are scheduled to Chat with pupils at four elementary schools a the schools the Crew attended As children. While demonstrating How balls cars and magnetic marbles behave in weightlessness British . Peacekeeper killed in Bosnia Sarajevo Bosnia Herze Goyma apr a British . Peacekeeper was killed in Central Bosnia wednesday and Sara Evans bitterly dismissed news of a possible breakthrough in peace talks in Geneva As More mane vering by the serbs. Thursdays fighting in the Central bosnian town of Gorni a Kun was reportedly Between Muslim and croat forces underscoring the shakiness of their nominal Alliance against the serbs. The British peacekeeper was killed by Smail  fire in the town but the identity of the attackers was not immediately known a ministry of defense spokesman in it London said. The latest death Means 23 , peacekeepers have been killed. Sarajevo spent a relatively peaceful night after the announcement late tuesday that the bosnian serb Leader Radovan Karadzic had reversed his earlier opposition to the Geneva peace plan. Karadzic said he would take the plan authored by . Envoy Cyrus Vance and european Community negotiator lord Owen Back to the bosnian serbs self proclaimed parliament for a vote  
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