European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stabs and stripes thursday january 2at l at a glance Here a a face Only a madder could love. Spas on the dead sea can make you look like this and feel Good about it. See stripes mag azlne.c-17 under fire reported collusion Between Pentagon officials and the contractor have led a senior lawmaker to ask for suspension of a $6.7 billion contract to build the pm 7, the military s next generation cargo plane. It a Quot Quot a pages Quot execution in Missouri a Missouri prisoner was executed by injection Early wednesday for stabbing his cellmate to death. A pages Fri boosting Blacks More than 100 Black Fri agents will get promotions transfers or new training opportunities under a proposed agreement for ending racial discrimination at the Agency. A Page 7the lure of . Living a growing interest in leaving the . Military and setting up House in the United kingdom has prompted a Daylong seminar of the topic. A a Page 12 Index Abby Ann Landers .17 classifieds. 2023 Conics. 1719 commentary. .15 crossword. 17 daily Horoscope. .22 faces a places. .16 Jumble. Letters. Military. Money matters. 12 sports. 25-32 weather. 1 correction i because of a reporting error an article wednesday incorrectly described the residential makeup of a Darmstadt housing area. Lincoln Village houses officers As Well As enlisted people. 300 babies abandoned by Bosnia rape victims Geneva a at least 300 babies have been abandoned by women raped during the ethnic War in Bosnia and Herzegovina a european Community report said tuesday. The report cited information from representatives of a mosque in the croatian capital of Zagreb. The mosque has been caring for refugees. Officials at the mosque also said they knew of 2,000 women pregnant As a result of rape. A this is not taking into account those who have been killed not taking into account abortions and not taking into account those who Are still silent a said Anne Marie Linin a member of a european Community delegation just Back from its second Mission to former Yugo 3vi<i� a a a she did not specify the whereabouts of the 300 babies who Are considered bosnian. But officials have said the infants Are receiving care in Croatia while a team of lawyers studies the situation. Bosnian serbian fighters have been accused of raping Muslim women As part of a Campaign of terror to Clear whole areas of non serbs. There Are allegations of rape Camps set up by serbian irregulars. The european Community report also cited testimony that croatian and Muslim forces had carried out revenge Ripe on serbian women. Linin said the Community stood by its earlier estimates based on information from the mosque that As Many As 20,000 women might have been raped most of them muslims. Last week the human rights Organiza Tion amnesty International said that it was impossible to assess the number of victims and that it had no evidence to Back up the european Community s figure. A a a a. A Gays from Page 1 ton s position but said the new president was undaunted by the outcry. A a the believes that individuals should not be prevented from serving their country solely on the basis of status a Stepha Nopoulos said. �?o1 think that the president understood when he made this decision that it was Likely to be a controversial decision.�?�. The Clinton spokesman said the firestorm Vas not distracting Clinton from other pressing duties putting the finishing touches on his economic plan and searching for an attorney general chief among them. But it was Clear that Clinton a decision to go ahead with lifting the military a ban on Gays was testing Clinton a Mettle in his earliest Days in the White House. Congressional offices have been inundated with Calls from constituents eager to express their views. Calls to the office of sen. Dan Coates Rendl a vocal opponent of Clinton s proposal numbered about 1,000 by tuesday night a about 16-to-l in favor of the ban a spokesman said. The office of one prominent Liberal senator said it received 500 to 700 Calls with a majority in favor of allowing Gays in the military said an aide. In response to a question Stephano Populos said Clinton would couple his policy of lifting the ban with a strict conduct code governing sexual behaviour and harassment that covered both homosexuals and heterosexuals. Quot he believes there must be a strict code of conduct in the military and he would make no exceptions to that policy a Steph Nopoulos said at his daily White House briefing. A i think it is important to draw a line Between status and conduct House speaker Thomas s. Foley also said a new code of conduct was being written that would set a very strict guide lines for sexual behaviour by All soldiers. Republican lawmakers Are trying to derail Clinton s decision by putting the ban into Law perhaps by attaching it Tot family leave Bill up for consideration next week., a. A a a we re hoping to avoid a confronts Tion on the Hill about this obviously a said Dee Dee Myers White House press Secretary. Administration officials speaking on condition they not be named said Linton plans to phase in his program in a two step process. In the first step the president simply would direct Aspin to halt the practice of asking the sexual orientation of new recruits and Stop proceedings to oust declared homosexuals. The second phase Calls for an executive order formally lifting the ban and addressing the problems raised by the joint chiefs of staff and others. The White House envisions issuing the executive order within six  from Page 1 cd by radio that they were All right and that an evacuation would be attempted As soon As possible. Other French soldiers in the area of renewed fighting already have been withdrawn. The fighting has had Little effect on the 350 american service members assigned to task Force 212, deployed to Zagreb in support of the. . Peacekeeping Effort in the Region a task Force spokesman a ,. A a said wednesday. A there it s pretty much business As usual a said maj. Ken Fugett a task Force 212 spokesman in a Telephone interview from the deployment site near the Zagreb Airport. A there s been no Impact upon us in the task Force. As a result of the conflict in Zadar a Fugett said adding that we re More aware of where we arc. The Mobile Hospital within the task Force has not received or treated any . Peacekeepers wounded in the current croatian offensive that began Friday in the coastal City of Zadar Fugett said. Zadar is about 125 Miles Southwest of Zagreb. Service members assigned to the task Force Are not restricted to the base and Are allowed to sign out and leave the base Ingroup of two or More Fugett said. A a we re watching the news to Monitor the situation a he said. The unit also receives daily updates from the . Protection Force head quarters in Zagreb. The task Force is composed of so Fieo from Europe and their six month stint began in mid november. Contributing to the report staff writer Gary Pomeroy Darmstadt Germany Usa from Pago 1. The paper was a concern. A no one has Ever said funding is a problem Quot he said a if that was the prob Iem we can figure out  stars and stripes was attempting to sell Central come copies of the paper at a reduced rate. As in the persian Gulf War the papers then would be distributed free to troops. D the stars and stripes is continuing to try to distribute in Somalia according to Eddings who said european come officials in Stuttgart were negotiating on the organizations behalf. Stars and stripes officials expressed concern that . Troops in the Field were not getting a newspaper that is published with them in mind a we re the gigs newspaper and we be always been appreciated by the troops especially those deployed a said Bern Zovistoski editor of the stars and stripes. We be sent reporters and photographers to Somalia and we bring the Story to  Sec members All Over Europe every a it does no to make sense that the newspaper that served the troops in the persian Gulf War cannot reach those in so Why nor new question seriously according to officials with the american forces information service it is us to theater commanders to decide what information sources Are provided to troops under their command. To Ndell thet agreement with Usa today the publication will pick us the Cost of transporting papers to a stateside air Force base where the military will arrange air shipment aboard scheduled flights of military aircraft into Togadi hials7ith the Roic air mobility come expect the first shipment to go from Mcguire fab n j Friday they eventually Hope to shift the option to Dover fab Del. It was unclear How old the pap#5 would be when they arrive in Somalia. But even late newspapers Likely will w welcomed by the troops who have a Cejp virtually Cut off from . And news since operation restore Hope began. Some ships in the area receive news broadcasts by satellite but most of to a 24,000 troops on the ground get informs Tion by word of Mouth. Thus far the Only nonmilitary Tion source apparently is a special ed03 of the los Angeles times that is transmitted by fax machine to and made available in very limited awl Bers. Usa today spokeswoman Mary cj131? declined to say How much the Deal w. Central come is costing the Gannett the paper s Parent. Usa today App a monday through Friday and costs 50 Cen i per copy at Newsstands