European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Eago 10 b the stars and stripes world Friday january 15,1993nato hammers out plan for no Fly zone in Bosnia Brussels Belgium the United states Ity. And its nato allies completed work thursday on Mali tary plans allowing the Western nations to enforce a no Fly zone Over Bosnia and Herzegovina of asked to do so by the United nations. Diplomatic sources said ambassadors of the 16 nations of the North Atlantic treaty organization agreed that the Alliance would be in charge of any operation authorized by the United nations. But bowing to pressure from France they also decided it would have Strong links to the United nations and that non nato nations would be allowed to participate. Officials said nato Secretary general Manfred Werner would Send the alliances updated contingency plans to Boutros Boutros Ghali the United nations Secretary general. The . Security Council imposed a ban last october to Clear the skies Over War torn Bosnia of serbian military aircraft. But no enforcement measures were included. A new . Resolution would be needed to authorize the use of military Force to ground the helicopters and fixed Wing planes still making runs Over Bosnia. A when the United nations passes the Resolution we have a package that has been agreed on in nato to support such a thing a said a source who demanded Anonym on tuesday serbian Leader Radovan Karadzic conditionally accepted a peace plan for Bosnia that could end the nine month War that has claimed More than 17,000 lives. At the request of Boutros Ghali Alliance military authorities late last month Drew up a list of options for ensuring compliance with the flight ban. They included tightening enforcement at airports by using Western planes to keep the serbs grounded or escort them out of the zone damaging airfields and shooting Down serbian aircraft sources said. In recent Days the allies have met to refine their contingency plans and set out a framework for carrying out any military operation. Initially sources said France and the United states were at Odds Over command and control of the operation. The United states wanted nato to be in charge while France which is outside the alliances joint military command preferred United nations control. The diplomats said the dispute was resolved by agreeing that senior nato officials would be in charge but that Strong links would be maintained to the United nations. Nations outside the Alliance also would be allowed in. Six More men sent to Jerusalem a the army has cancelled deportation orders against another six palestinians expelled last month and radio stations reported thursday that they were deported by mistake. Israel now has admitted that 16 of 415 palestinians deported to Lebanon on dec. 17 should not have been sent there. Israel has rejected a . Security Council Resolution demanding that All the men be repatriated. The lebanese government has refused to accept the men and they arc stranded in freezing weather in a tent Camp i Southern Lebanon Between lebanese and israeli controlled Security checkpoints. Israel expelled the men in retaliation for the kidnapping and slaying of a Border guard and the killings of five other troops by Muslim fundamentalist militants in the occupied territories. A military statement published wednesday night said that the six palestinians were tried and sentenced by military tribunals for anti israeli actions and that a it has been decided that they will be permitted to return to their former status prior to their it did not identify the men or give further details. It also was not Clear whether the six were the same referred to by the new York based Middle East watch a human rights group that said tuesday that Israel had no record of deporting six men who the group found among the deported men. Earlier this month Israel acknowledged that 10 other palestinians had been deported in error. Only one of them a teen Ager from the West Bank town of Hebron has returned Home. A deported palestinian bolls potatoes in Lebanon a no Man s prime minister quits Over scandal Copenhagen Denmark apr prime minister Poul Schluter resigned thursday after an official inquiry accused him of covering up an illegal policy of delaying visas for relatives of tamil refugees already resident in Denmark. A Schluter 63, announced his resignation at a news conference. He said he will formally present it to Queen Margrethe today. Schliiter said he will stay on As caretaker prime minister until a Suc Csor has been named. He cited the inquiry report into the visa scandal As the reason for stepping Down but denied any wrongdoing. A but this is not a Goc reason to continue Quot As prime minister he added. Earlier in the Day Mogens horns let a supreme court judge released a 6,000-Page report saying Schliiter misled parliament in 1989 when he denied his government broke the Law by delaying visas for tamil refugees from sri Lanka it said Schliiter who has been in Power for a decade made an a extremely misleading and incomplete statement to parliament denying any plans to shoot wolves to preserve carious a a a / a from wire reports Whitehorse Yukon territory Canadian officials Are planning an Aerial assault on wolves similar to a Wolf Kil proposal in Alaska that was shelved after an International outcry and a. Threatened travel Boycott. A the Canadian plan to kill 150 wolves next month was approved to help threatened Caribou herds officials said. T by contrast Alaska planned to thin Wolf populations in Hopes of boosting tourism and Hunting. Renewable resource minister Bill Brewster and tourism minister Doug Phillips said tuesday the decision was final adding that those who criticized the alaskan plan should consider the different motives. Quot we Are doing this to protect the Aishihik Caribou Herd because it is in serious decline a Phillips lord issues threats Bogota Colombia a fugitive drug lord Pablo Escobar has threatened to Kidnap diplomats and bomb the attorney general a office if the government does not meet new conditions for his surrender a newspaper reported thursday. The Medellin cocaine Cartel Leader reportedly said he will surrender if he can be jailed in a police training school in the Medellin suburb of la other Cartel members Are being held in a maximum Security facility in the Medellin suburb of Tagui. Escobar demanded that they and other jailed followers be allowed to join him in la Estrelia Al Tiempo italian general slain Brussels Belgium a a retired italian air Force general was stabbed to death by two unknown assailants in front of his Brussels Home an embassy official said wednesday. Retired Gen Roberto Boemio 58, died Early tuesday in a Hospital hours after the attack said an official at the italian embassy who requested anonymity. According to italian news reports Boemio was once questioned by investigators trying to solve the Case of an italian jetliner that crashed in 1980 near the Mediterranean Island of Ustica with the loss of 81 lives. Italian investigators believed the plane was hit by a missile and some suspected a cover up by the military. Boemio had business interests in the Belgium of forces revision set for signing today Bonn Germany a amps a negotiators from seven nations who have drafted a revised nato status of forces agreement plan to initial their approval of the document today in Bonn. A the anticipation is that it will be. Completed by tomorrow afternoon a said Richard Schmierer on thursday. Schmierer is a spokesman for the . Embassy in Bonn. 71 prtie8 t0 the agreement Are Germany and All the nations including the United states that station troops in Germany the revision requires subsequent approval by All the govern merits involved before it can take effect the current status of forces agreement has been in effect since the 1950s, it regulates the daily life of foreign troops and military dependents in Germany including such aspects As driving privileges tax exemptions and military retailing operations. Germany a unification and the end of tension Between nato and Eastern european countries prompted an overhaul of the existing agreement
