European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday february 16, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 11 Force seizes 9 in Somalia Mogadishu Somalia a a joint belgian . Force raided a Camp in Southern Somalia and Cap lured nine people suspected of attacking a Village on saturday the . Military said monday. The raid on the attackers Camp North of Elad came sunday according to the . Report. Nine people some weapons and supplies were captured. The report said the captured men were presumed to be supporting Mohamed said Hirsi known As Gen. Morgan the son in Law of ousted dictator. Mohammed Siad Barre. Morgan continued fighting in Somalia after Siad Barre fled Somalia 10 months ago. One person died and another was injured in the at tack saturday on the Village near Elad Northwest of Kismay according to a daily report by the . Mili tary information Bureau. Villagers captured one attacker and turned him Over to belgian forces patrolling the area the report said. Fighting Between rival factions in the area near Kis Mayu about 240 Miles South of Mogadishu scuttled preliminary peace talks last month following a cease fire agreed to by Somalia s warlords. A meeting of the cease fire monitoring committee created under the truce was scheduled for monday. A previous meeting by a different committee failed to take place because of last month s clashes in the South. After the clashes last month Between the forces of Morgan and his rival co. Omar Jess and belgian troops stepped up helicopter gunship patrols to halt the fighting. In one incident the coalition forces destroyed eight of Morgan s vehicles. . And . Officials said last week that Morgan had agreed to cooperate with the coalition forces in what they called an encouraging development. Somalia plunged into clan warfare and famine Fol lowing Siad Barre s ouster with 350,000 people dying last year. The .-led military coalition arrived in de Cember to restore order so Relief could reach millions of people. On sunday pakistani soldiers backed by . Troops seized hand grenades mortars machine guns and other arms in a raid on a Mogadishu neighbourhood where shooting has occurred the past few Days. It was the latest in a series of raids that have yielded weapons ranging from missiles to automatic rifles Indi Cating the Large number of arms hidden away by Soma Lis when the foreign military coalition arrived. In the first flight Accident of operation restore Hope a Marine helicopter landed and rolled on its Side during a weekend training exercise causing minor injuries to two Crew members and slight injuries to the other two a Marine spokesman said. Optimistic . Observers arriving in Haiti port a Prince Haiti a members of an International observer Mission in Haiti expect authorities will provide the Freedom necessary to carry out human rights work and help move the country Back toward democracy. That s part of the agreement we reached the Mission s . Coordinator Michael Moeller said upon arrival atthe Airport in port a Prince on sunday. Moeller accompanied 40 observers including 15 americans who flew in from Miami to the haitian Airport which was secured by dozens of police. But despite. Months of resistance to the Mission fro the military and conservative haitians there were no protesters Only clusters of bystanders and a Small group of journalists. The observers were the first from the Mission to arrive since the military backed government finally approved the plan last week when the United nations agreed to limit the Mission s autonomy and guaranteed that haitian sovereignty would be respected. While the pact does not specify a size for the Mission . And state depart ment officials said hundreds of observer would be sent out across the troubled Caribbean nation. They would remain at least a said a Survey team would de cide exactly How Many observers would be said no timetable had been set for dispatching the observers to provincial towns. An official of the organization of american states which is working jointly with the United nations said radios and other necessary equipment were expected to arrive in Haiti in about two the meantime the observers were to be housed in a Hillside hotel above Down town port a Prince. Colin Granderson Center of the organization of american states Waits at the Airport in port a Prince Haiti on sunday to Greet an International leap of 40 human rights observers. The office of army backed prime min ister Marc l. Bazin has pledged to help the Mission which also has the cautious approval of the army High command and exiled president can Bertrand Aristide. Aristide s ouster in a bloody septem Ber 1991 coup plunged Haiti into crisis. The International Community responded with a hemispheric Trade embargo that has crippled the impoverished nation s already weak Economy. Once the observers note an improvement in human rights and in the political situation foreign governments would begin lifting the embargo Accord ing to terms of the agreement. Human rights groups have complained of a harsh military led Campaign of re pression that has left hundreds dead. The army opposes Aristide s return accusing him of encouraging mob violence including Lynching of his critics. The observers goal is to make Bot sides feel safer and to Clear the Way for negotiations on democracy s return. Last fall 16 observers from the organization of american states arrived in Haiti but they have been confined to the capital. The army refused to let them setup offices in the Countryside and sought the guarantees regarding haitian sovereignty that were approved last week the Oas group has been criticized slacking expertise and initiative. Few of its. Members could speak Creole or had backgrounds in human rights work. Colin Granderson the Mission s Oas coordinator said All of the 40 new observers speak French and More than Hal speak Creole the language of Haiti s poor. Those who Don t speak Creole willbe Given lessons. Bohemian pollution forces schoolchildren to stay Home Prague czech Republic a pollution in Northern Bohemia has got ten so bad that schoolchildren have been told to stay Home through today and some pregnant women have been evacuated. For five Days weather conditions have kept the czech Industrial Belt shrouded in heavy smog a condition caused by Sulphur dioxide from Low Grade Brown co burned in Power heating and chemical plants. On sunday seven of 13 monitoring stations in the Region registered Fulfur dioxide Levels above a threshold defined in 1991 legislation As a natural environmentalists have mounted demonstrations and traffic in the capital was banned. Some scientists say just breath ing is like smoking 10 cigarettes a Day. Authorities Hope the pollution will begin to dissipate wednesday with a predicted shift in weather conditions. Bohemia s pollution was largely ignored by the country s former communist leaders who were More concerned with Industrial production statistics. President Vaclav Havel in his regular sunday radio address called the smog a horrible thing that cannot be solved Over French reportedly discover Basque weapons workshop Bayonne France a French police uncovered a huge workshop used by Basque separatists As a weapons hideout and factory to produce arms and explosives police source said monday. The discovery sunday night in the nearby town of Bidart yielded a Gal Lery of weapons grenades and ammunition plus an unspecified Quantity of Ammonel a chemical substance use to make some explosives and favored by members of the separatist group Eta s. It followed a two week search by police according to the sources. The Homeowner a 55-year-Oldfrenchman, was being held for questioning they said. The police operation was carried out under an International commis Sion in collaboration with Spanish authorities on the highest level the sources had some difficulty penetrating the 2,150-Square-foot workshop which had a sophisticated lock system the sources said
