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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                8 b the stars and stripes world thursday. February 11,1993 attack made warlord Mogadishu Somalia a one of Somalia smore recalcitrant warlords has begun cooperating with a  military coalition after being stung by belgian and american military might the . Army said  late january general Morgan has shown a sincere willingness to cooperate to reach a peaceful solution to the unrest in the Juba Valley maj. Gen. Ste Ven l. Arnold army forces commander in Somalia said in a statement. Gen. Morgan s real name is Mohamed said Hirsi but he is commonly referred to Ashen. Morgan. On Jan. 25, . Army helicopters and belgian a Mored personnel carriers unleashed rocket and Cannon fire on one of Morgan s columns after it ignored a warn ing to halt. Seven of Morgan s armed vehicles known As techno cals were destroyed in the attack near the Southern port of Kismay. Kismay is the base of a rival warlord col. Omar Jess. Arnold s statement said Morgan had agreed in talk with army and state department officials to abide by a cease fire signed by leaders of Somalia s 14 major factions in Ethiopia on Jan. 15. Mortar attack shatters truce in Sarajevo Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a mortar and artillery rounds wednesday punctured a cease fire in Sarajevo that was to guarantee safety for  Crews repairing electrical lines and other utilities. In  Eastern Croatia serbian forces arrested five belgians serv ing As . Civilian police and accuse them of patrolling the area without per Mission the official serbian Iskra new Agency reported wednesday. It is the . Peacekeepers mandate to patrol the area. Serbs claimed that the belgian police officers tried to destroy some equipment after realizing they had been discovered and that led the serbs to conclude the policemen had been spying. The incident occurred in the Village of Petrovay but the serbs did not say when. Serbian authorities said they had pro tested to the . Security Council an warned the police officers would be tried by a local serbian court. . Officials in Belgrade could not confirm the report. A . Spokesman maj. Jose Gallegos said 14 mortar and artillery rounds landed on serbian held areas of Sarajevo and185 rounds landed on areas held by bos Nian government forces. When asked if the cease fire was hold ing Gallegos said i cannot speculate. You Only have to  the truce which held tuesday i needed for urgent repairs of Power lines the sewage system and other  did not say if the fighting had stopped the work of the repair Crews. He said the area West of Sarajevo around Gonji a Kun Buso Vaca and i Seljak was quiet tuesday. The area has been the scene of fighting for More than a month Between erstwhile Muslim an croatian allies who have been killing each other Over territory. But bosnian radio quoting bosnian army sources reported wednesday that croatian forces had arrested 200 muslims without reason. Croatian radio reported wednesday that in Eastern Bosnia heavy serbian at tacks that started tuesday night continued wednesday on areas around Srebre Nica Bra Tunac Vornik and Vla Senica. It said Srebrenick was bombed twice tuesday by two combat aircraft and by artillery. A total of 31 people were killed and 70 wounded. The warlord also agreed to move his remaining tech Nicuals a Motley collection of civilian vehicles with heavy weapons mounted on their frames to a Cantonment 60 Miles West of  is viewed. As a tremendous positive step in the rebuilding of Somalia Arnold s statement  is a son in Law of former dictator Mohammed Siad Baric. Morgan continued fighting after the de posed president fled into exile 10 months ago. Jess is an ally of perhaps the country s most influential and powerful warlord Gen. Mohamed Farrah aided. Jess also has had a run in with the american  complained wednesday that Jess had been mis treated harassed and humiliated when he and 31 follow ers were briefly detained after being found carrying weapons by . Marines two Days  Mogadishu radio station controlled by aided said he had sent a letter to . Special envoy Robert b. Oakley strongly protesting what be called disrespect and Vio Lence by members of the . Military toward  was not immediately available for comment but Marine col. Fred Peck spokesman for the military coalition said that Jess and the others had been treated properly. Palestinian youths use slingshots against israeli Border police monday in an cast Jerusalem refugee Camp. 3 men reportedly killed in Gaza strip shootings Jerusalem a soldiers searched wednesday for the killers of an israeli vegetable merchant gunned Down in the occupied Gaza strip while pleading for his life with shouts of i m an Arab the Armand news reports said. Elsewhere in Gaza Arab reports said two palestinian men accused of being drug dealers considered a crime against islam by militant Muslim groups were fatally shot by fellow arabs on tuesday. The dead israeli Yehezkiel Avraham 50, from holon in the Tel Aviv area was shot at close Range with three bullets in the Chest and Abdomen near Khan Yunis on tuesday night the army and news re ports said. An israeli Arab Man who was with Avraham was slightly wounded in the attack they  said the israelis were attacked by four gunmen As they bargained with a Gaza wholesaler at a Market near the  was unarmed unlike Many israelis who travel in the occupied territories and the gunmen took the unusual step of speaking tothe victim and threatening him before shooting. Israeli merchants often go to Gaza despite the palestinian uprising. Four merchants have been killed in similar attacks in Gaza in the past  was the 117th israeli killed during the five year palestini an uprising against Israel s occupation. Disease outbreak in Kenya prompts mass vaccination from wire report Nairobi Kenya All travellers leaving Kenya including tourists will require a vaccination against yellow fever because of an outbreak of the disease newspapers reported  minister Joshua Ngatia announced the directive tuesday As he began a vaccination Campaign in the rift Valley province in West Central Kenya the newspapers reported the disease has killed 63 people in the area. Ngatia said the outbreak was confined to Baringo and Elgego districts about 161 Miles Northwest of Kenya s capital of  Friday the world health organization announced it was sending to Kenya 600,000 doses of vaccine against yellow fever to begin a mass immunization  Mosquito borne disease causes fever and muscle pains. It kills about so percent of the people who contract the virus. Cat s medal to be auctioned London a medal for valor awarded to a cat will be sold at an auction in May Christie auctioneers said wednesday. The Dickin medal was awarded posthumously injury 1949 to Simon a neutered Black and White tomcat. Simon was aboard the amethyst when the ship was hit by communist artillery fire on the Yangtze River in april 1949, during China s civil War. The unofficial medal named for its founder Maria Elizabeth Dickin was issued by the people s dispensary for sick animals. It was awarded 53times Between 1943 and 1949. The recipients included 31 pigeons 18 dogs an three horses. The citation for Simon s medal reads served Ohms amethyst during the Yangtze incident disposing of Many rats though wounded by Shell blast. Throughout the incident his behaviour was of the highest order although the blast was capable of making a Hole Over a foot in diameter in a steel  eased condom rules sought Tokyo spurred by a Sharp jump in the number of people carrying the aids virus Japan s health ministry said wednesday that it is asking local governments to ease restrictions on condom vending  step Marks another Small shift in attitudes brought about by the aids virus which was newly identified in 493 people in Japan last year up from 238inl991.based on the ministry s old policy. 38 of Japan s 47 prefectures or states have established some kind of restriction on the condom machines such As Banning them from places near schools or Public libraries. However since condoms Are believed to be the most effective Way of avoiding infection with the virus the ministry has shifted course and will encourage the prefectures to lift the restrictions an official said wednesday. Tourist bus attacked Cairo Egypt suspected Muslim militant opened fire tuesday on a bus carrying 26 German tourists Security sources  were no reports of injuries in the attack which occurred in Al Kaman Hamlet in . Police officers escorting the bus fired in the direction of the gunfire but the gunmen escaped sources  bus carrying korean tourists was attacked last week by suspected Muslim militants in Cairo. Noone was injured. 5,594 reported killed Nicosia Cyprus a total of 5,594 turkish opps were killed by kurdish separatist rebels in 1992, a report by the rebels said tuesday. The report said rebel losses in 1,491 attack during the year stood at 946 dead and 150 captured. M the report accused the turkish government fan unprecedented cover up of the True situation through a statement by the District governor dec.31 l?9? who adm de 467 troops and 133 civil guards killed during the  the District governor whose name was not Given was further quoted As giving the number of rebel attacks As 1,500  
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