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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 81, no. 308 50$ sunday. February 21.1993 b d 8693 a . Weighs bosnian would bring Aid to regions Cut from staff and wire reports Washington the Clinton administration is moving toward a plan to use american cargo planes to drop Relief supplies to parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina not being reached by . Aid deliveries administration officials said Friday. Such a move if approved by president Clinton would intellect american forces for the first time into the Balkan conflict without permission of All the warring  described As a strictly humanitarian operation the Airdrop would bring food to a Region that serbian militias have sought to starve into submission and thus could be regarded by the serbs As frustrating their War Aims. . Military planners said they Are warning Clinton to expect serbian at see related Story on Page 3 tempts to shoot Down the american planes. As a precaution against ground fire the . European come plans to direct its c-130 Hercules transports to Fly above the Range of anti aircraft artillery one official said. A the plan is to conduct High level Airdrop Quot he said. It could not be Learned Friday night whether the cargo planes would also be escorted by . Fighters. Airdrop from relatively Low capacity c-130s Are a highly inefficient Means of sup ing population centers and transport very risky for the pilots and the  a spokesman for the european come told the stars and stripes on saturday that he did not know when Airdrop missions might begin. C130s at Rhein main a Germany a the aircraft that have been involved in . Airlift Relief efforts and Likely to conduct the Airdrop a were grounded last week because of a suspension of Relief flights said cmdr. Ron Morse a Public affairs offi by Del it pilots say that accuracy normally depends on dropping from Low altitudes. But any flight Over the War zone within Range of ground fire one officer said a is i Public affairs officer for the  added that he has heard no discussion about the use of fighter escorts whether Airdrop missions would be based in and flown from Germany or inside Bosnia is unknown. A a we re still looking at the options a he said. European come forces were last involved in Airdrop operations to kurdish refugees in 1901 in Turkey Morse said. At Friday s a principals meeting of Cabinet level officials involved in National Security policy the participants also decided to mount that one official called a a full out diplomatic Effort to obtain . Authority to shoot Down serbian aircraft that enter forbidden airspace in Bosnia. The . Security Council declared a no Fly zone there last october but serbian Ana some croatian aircraft have violated it with impunity. Britain and France which have peacekeeping troops in Bosnia and Russia which has historic and cultural tics with the serbs have opposed enforcement of the no Fly zone until now. But one official said Friday night that though a a nobody a see bosnian on Page 2 give ideas not gripes Clinton says from wire reports Washington a president Clinton used his National radio address saturday to Challenge critics of his $500 billion economic recovery plan. Either offer better alternatives he said or a a done to waste the Peoples time  Clinton struggling with a Raspy voice said that some critics have complained that the roughly $250 billion in proposed cutbacks contained in his plan is too Steep and that others say he Isnit slashing enough. A to All i say the same thing give me real cuts a Clinton said. A a done to waste the Peoples time anymore i wont raise taxes without cutting spending. Tell us exactly where you want to Cut and ill gladly  Clinton focused his radio address on what his package of tax increases budget the Clinton Agenda t a Federal Reserve chairman praises economic package a a sin taxes Likely to Rose a president s audiences. Hopeful but wary see Page 8 cuts and new spending Ini see Clinton on Page 2 president Clinton chats with some of the 40 children who were at the White House on saturday for a live to talk session. Hijacker of russian plane surrenders in Sweden Stockholm Sweden apr a Hijacker who commandeered a russian jetliner saturday and stalked the aisles with hand grenades demanding to go to the United states surrendered in Stockholm police said. They said none of the approximately 42 people still aboard the plane was injured. Police said the Hijacker placed his hand grenades on the stairs to the plane and gave himself up at Stockholm Airport after about 5vi hours of negotiations. He was taken away in a police bus. The Hijacker accompanied by his wife and baby boy commandeered the twin engine Tu-134 plane on a flight from Siberia to St. Petersburg. His wife was stunned by his actions and sat in the Back of the aircraft during the ordeal. The Hijacker agreed to stopovers in Europe after authorities convinced him the aircraft did not have enough fuel to Fly to the United states directly. The aircraft landed first in Tallinn Estonia then in Stockholm and it was believed the Hijacker hoped to hopscotch his Way to the United states. Sixty six passengers and six Crew members originally were aboard but nearly three dozen people including three americans were released in Estonia. There the Baltic news service said the Hijacker gave officials a three Page Handwritten letter stating a we will land in see Hijacker on Page 2  
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