European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 09, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday february 10,1993 at a glance apparently hoping to head off potential trouble with Washington German Chancellor Helmut Kohl promised monday not to shrink the German military without consult ing nato. See Story on Page 10. Another tax confession Commerce Secretary Ronald h. Brown admitted that for the past Sev eral years he failed to pay social Security taxes for his part time House hold help. Page 5 help for veterans Secretary of veterans affairs Jesse Brown wants to enable the Agency to raise Money improve its medical facilities and extend treatment to Mil Lions of vets who now Are shut out. Page 7. I Wii executions scholar j. Robert Lilly says that Al most four times As Many Black sol Diers As White ones were executed in Europe after courts martial during world War ii. Page 8 mud houses face lift traditional mud houses Are under going a face lift in an attempt to pro vide housing for millions of Home less people in Rural India. Page 11 just like Dick Tracy the world s leading electronics and communications companies Are developing standards and technology for personal  Page 16 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds 25-28 comics 2123 commentary 15 computers 2 crossword 21 faces n places. 24 focus 17-20 Horoscope 27 Jumble 27 letters. 14 Money matters 16 sports 29-36 to listings 35 weather 13 women s conference divided on Warrior rapes Zagreb Croatia a p a Confer ence called to show International Solidar Ity for rape victims in Bosnia and Herze Govina s War ended in disarray sunday when some Muslim and croatian women objected to a Resolution they said was too soft on  than 50 women including some of Western Europe s leading female politicians turned out for a meeting to denounce the mass rapes reported in bos Nia and work on strategies for halting such crimes. But their Solidarity collapsed Over a Resolution that while blaming serbian fighters for most of the atrocities said men on All sides had raped women Dur ing the War. We refuse this Resolution because it mentions Only Bosnia Herzegovina and not Croatia and because it equates the aggressor and the victim saying that All parties rape said Slavica Bilic of Wall of love a croatian group founded in 1991. Dafinka Vecerina a lawyer from Zagreb Croatia s capital said being raped in a Park in Brussels and being raped today in a detention Camp in bos Nia have nothing in common. These women were raped Only because they were muslims and  the european Community and some International groups say that up to 20,000 women have been raped in Bosnia s War mostly muslims attacked by serbs. But most such reports note that some serbian women also have been raped by muslims and croats. In an apparent Effort to reflect that balance the proposed Resolution blamed mass rape on serb War leaders. Who use sexual violence As their military Strat  but the proposed statement also said that the rape of women by me takes place by All  most women at the meeting generally appeared to support the declaration but it was not Strong enough for a number of local women s groups who refused to go along with  rival declaration demanded that the meeting take ethnic sides and clearly state who the aggressors Are and who the victims Are of the mass sexual atrocities in Bosnia and Croatia. Wars erupted in both countries after they declared Independence from Serbi an dominated Yugoslavia and local ser Bian nationalists rebelled. A  dated cease fire held for a year in Croatia but fighting resumed in Southern areas More than two weeks ago. The War in Bosnia has raged since March. Flights from Page 1 their planes due to continuing Security concerns. J . Spokeswoman Shannon Boyd blamed rebel serbian gunners for hitting the German plane. She said . Troops saw serbs near Barlovac 25 Miles South West of Zagreb fire at the plane. Cmdr. Barry Frewer a . Spokes Man in Sarajevo said warring sides agreed at a meeting sunday on a cease fire in the Srebrenick area effective at noon monday. He said . Officials were seeking the cease fire to get More Relief supplies into Srebrenick. Most of Eastern Bosnia was captured by serbian forces soon after War broke out last Spring and thousands of Muslim were forced from their Homes along the Drina River Border with Serbia or  Muslim led government forces have made gains in a counteroffensive that began almost two months ago and arc pressuring one of the narrow Points in serbian Supply route across Northern Bosnia. Fierce Battles were reported monday by bosnian government and yugoslav Media in two towns near Srebrenick Vla Senica to the West and Bra Tunac tothe North. Blood is running in the streets of Vla Senica said bosnian radio but it did not provide details of the fighting. Belgrade based Tan Jug news Agency quoted col. Slavko Ognjenovich a local serbian commander As saying extremely heavy fighting was under Way around Bra Tunac following what he said was an attack by Muslim led government  sides were using All they have the report said. Bosnian radio sunday quoted official sin Vla Senica As saying that More than 1,500 shells were fired into the area of another nearby town Czerska on sunday. It said a serbian infantry attack had been repulsed. Guns tanks howitzers multiple rocket launchers and 120 my mortars sup ported by anti aircraft machine guns handguns Are destroying everything before them the radio said. Sarajevo was unusually Calm monday morning after a mortar blast sunday near a group waiting for water killed at least three people. The capital s food Reserve dropped desperately Low a Day after the Relief flights were suspended. Also sunday two people were killed and five others seriously wounded As they tried to Cross Sarajevo Airport from but Rinir to reach Dobnja a Western suburb Frewer said. . Commander Gen. Philippe Moril Lon met sunday with local serbian and bosnian commanders about arranging a cease fire throughout Sarajevo so that re pair Crews could resume work on a main Power line suspended a week ago . Crews came under fire from both sides Frewer said he also said the sides agreed in meeting with Morillon on the cease fire around Srebrenick. If the cease fire hold for three Days bosnian and serbian com Manders will meet on the front line  will meet to set the conditions necessary to ensure that the cease fire agreement would hold to allow convoys into the area Frewer said. Airliner from Page 1 of the passengers were pilgrims. The plane was one of 10 russian air liners chartered by Iran air tour a subsidiary of the National Carrier Iran air. Twas used on Normal Domestic flights and to carry pilgrims to Mashhad. The planes were leased for one Yea Complete with russian pilots maintenance Crews and Cabin attendants. Washington has banned the Sale . Technology to Iran including air Craft since relations were severed in april 1980 following the november 1979takeover of the . Embassy in Iran by militants. The militants held . Hos tages for 444 Days. Iran air s aging Fleet of Boeing an Airbus aircraft is unable to keep up with the huge demand for flights although Early last year Washington allowed the Sale of two airbases containing . Components to Iran air. Travellers must often wait for months Effort from Page 1 clans in Mogadishu. However the Situa Tion has greatly improved Overall he said. Maj. Gen. Steven l. Arnold com Mander of army forces in Somalia also disagreed with Stader. We have brought Many people to Gether talking trying to find peace he said. Stader said there is a Glimmer of Hope if the United states is willing to commit resources and stay in Somalia for an extended time. But there still in t a great Chance for Success he said. Stader claims history shows Somalia i ruled by the Lawless and there is no one Strong enough at present to form a government. He also pointed to a somalian massacre last August of 2,609 people during clan fighting Over potential Graz ing rights in Eastern Ethiopia. The clan clashes destroyed thousands of Home she cited this As an example of the Soma us tendency to fight each other. Stader also cited references to the so Mahan culture in an 1856 sir Richard f Burton Book first footsteps in East Africa the honest Fellows Are not so anxious to plunder As to Enoble themselves by taking life. It is by no Means necessary to slay the foe in fair combat. Spartan like treachery is preferred to stand up fight fora seat. The soviet designed Soukhoi attack planes Are among acquisitions Iran is known to have made in the past few years following its 1980-88 War with Iraq. The last major crash in Iran was april 26, 1992, when a dutch built chartered Fokker Friendship went Down South of Tehran killing 39 people. A passenger plane carrying pilgrims from Tehran to Mashhad crashed near the capital in february 1980, killing 128passengers. Ing and you can measure their horror by the fact that women Are murdered in  Stader pointed to sniper fire against coalition forces and the Many women and children killed in Somalia s civil War As proof that the ideas of the 19th Century remain valid today. Americans think in Black and White he said. If a child is hungry provide food. If a War is going on Stop it. We be of to consider All the reasons a situation is volatile before we jump.". Although the state department offi Cial and the military May be at Odds Over the eventual outcome of operation re store Hope both agree that it will take years if not decades to rebuild Somalia