European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 02, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse The Sims and tripes vol. 51, no. 289 350 tuesday february 2,1993 d 8693 a minefield of military trouble lies before bruised Clinton by John Lancaster the Washington Post Washington president Clinton s fight with his generals Over letting homosexuals into the armed forces grabbed the headlines last week but his toughest Battles with the military May lie elsewhere. There is first and Foremost the struggle Over the Post cold War military budget the main source of funding for Clinton s planned Domestic program. Therein the Challenge of reducing redundant roles and mis analysis Sions such As Sepa rate air forces for the marines and Navy. There Are politically Sticky questions about the proper mix of Active duty and Reserve forces and about the use of women in combat units. Clinton has inherited foreign policy crises in Iraq Bosnia Somalia and Haiti. Any one of them could re quire additional costly and controversial deployments of . Forces abroad. The list of potential military flashpoints would Chal Lenge any new president but it is especially trouble some for Clinton an accused draft evader who once wrote a letter describing his generation s loathing for All things military. That Clinton spent the second wee of his presidency defending his plan to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military Only hardened the suspicions of Many uniformed personnel toward their baby see Cunt on on Page 2 Dod seeks abortion input from planned parenthood by Carole Fel Manthe associated press Washington Pentagon medical officials moving swiftly to implement president Clin ton s order allowing abortions at military hospitals Are seeking guidance from planned parenthood. Defense department official asked for the group s guidelines on abortions patient preparation caring Tor women afterwards and their requirements for doctors according to planned parenthood spokeswoman. Servic women and family members of service personnel will be eligible for the abortion sat their own expense. But it s unclear whether the abortions will be available at military med ical facilities in the unite states or just those overseas. It would be ironic i women overseas have better a Cess to services than women Here in America said Sally Patterson vice president for Public affairs at the. Planned parenthood federation of Jan. 22, his third Day in of fice Clinton lifted the ban on privately funded abortions at military medical Pentagon should have guidance ready for the services in the very near future Days or weeks Public affairs officer see Dod on Page 2 marines charged in beating of Gay Man outside he bar letters from Home . Army soldiers sort through a bag of mail recently in the South pm somalian port City of Kismay. Some Europe based soldiers in Somalia believe they Are getting the Short end of the stick when incomes to receiving their mail. See Story on Page 3. Wilmington . A three marines were arrested after allegedly dragging a Gayman out of a bar and beating him while shouting Clinto must pay authorities said. The attackers apparently were angry about president Clinton s push to lift the ban on Gays inthe military police said. The three marines stationed at Camp Lejeune each we recharged with four counts of As Sault and released from jail on$400 Bond. The victim crae Pridgen said see related Story on Page 8 he suffered a fractured Skull an bruises in the attack Early sat urday. Three people who tried to break up the scuffle had minor injuries. They re worried about allow ing people like us in the Mili tary Pridgen said sunday. Outi m concerned about people like this who Are supposed to be protecting me my civil rights and my police sgt. My. Woods said see marines on Page 2 croats serbs fight in croatian area m. 1 Zagreb Croatia a fighting broke out monday Between croats and serbs in the Krajina Region of Croatia an Muslim women and children were reported leaving a bosnian town in Masse after ser Bian forces granted Safe passage. In Brussels Belgium the european Community foreign ministers discussed tougher sanctions against Serbia after the collapse of peace talks to end the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The dec envoy at the negotiations lord David Owen left to report to the . Security coun cil in new York on the Geneva talks. Bosnia s warring muslims serbs an croats have broadly accepted the plan by mediators Owen and Cyrus Vance to Divide the Republic into 10 Semi autonom Mous provinces. But disagreement Over the boundaries caused the talks to break up real ought to be possible in the next Days in new York to pull the serbs and the muslims together on the map Owen told British broadcasting . And if they won t Compromise and change then i just think we Willlia veto Railroad the map serbs and croats offered differing ver Sions on the flare up in Croatia along the Southern Border of the Krajina Region controlled by serbs since the 1991 croatian yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug re ported a major offensive along a 30-mile front by croatian artillery infantry and armoured units aimed at the serbian held towns of Obrovac and Benko Yac. Serbian Gen. Mile Novakovic pro tested in a letter to . Peacekeeping forces in the Region saying his troop would do everything to Stop this Daggres croatian officials denied their troop were on the offensive in a report by the Republic s Hina news Agency. They said serbian rebels opened fire on croatian positions near the Adriatic port of Zadar. Serbian croatian fighting in Croatia eased last week after seven Days of occasionally heavy fighting that left the be Ruca dam near split damaged. But the threat that it would burst and flood20,000 people downstream receded fur ther monday after Days of repair work by croatian Crews. Serbian militants captured about one third of Croatia during fighting in 1991 see croats on Page 2 a user s guide to tracking ufos. See pages 18-19
