European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pm p 1mi 81ar8 and in pcs a at a glance actor Charlton a Liston gives the thumbs up sign during a visit to Mogadishu Somalia on Friday. Heston toured the area on behalf of the Relief group care. He said be was concerned that . Command of Allied forces could endanger Relief efforts. See Story on Page 9. Gestl Bazelon die Federal judges Gerhard a. Gesell and David l. Bazelon two judges known 1or their sweeping Liberal rulings in major cases have  Page 4 Schroeder reaches out rep. Patricia Schroeder offered an Olive Branch to Navy aviators disciplined last year for attacking her in two vulgar skits. 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To create War crimes court to try cases of Balkan atrocities unit d nations it a the Security Council is paving the Way for the first International War crime tribunal knee world War ii the expected creation today of in International court for crime again humanity is in response to the horrors of War in former Yugoslavia. The court would hear the cases of those responsible for the reported a ethnic cleaning a concentration Camp. Systematic rape and mass murder in the Balkans. Serbs croats and muslims have All allegedly committed crimes in the War that broke out As Yugoslavia fell apart in mid-1991. . Investigators have blamed the serbs for the worst atrocities. Among those who May eventually face proceedings arc serbian president Slobodan Milosevic bosnian serb Leader Radovan Karadzic and eight other serbian or croatian military leaders or prison Camp commandants. All were named by the let s mate in part Marti in december As put Brablc War criminals hit act Kin comes As International talks begin this week in new York to end the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina Karadzic is scheduled to arrive today As head of the bosnian serb delegation. Talk to end the croatian War began last week. Hie Council agreed Friday on a final draft Resolution to establish the court. The Resolution is to be adopted at a formal Council meeting scheduled today. Unanimous approval is expected. The creation of the court could Lead to proceedings similar to the 1945-49 Niernberg trials of nazi leaders and the Tokyo War crimes trials. Those trials led to new definitions of War crimes and crimes against humanity that were added to the Geneva conventions in 1949. A grave breaches and other violations of International humanitarian Law have Ikon  secret try i Antral Boutros Boutros Chiah said Friday he cited a a wilful killing a ethnic cleansing a and mat killings torture tape pm Page and destruction of civilian properly destruction of cultural and religious property and arbitrary arrests a tie draft Resolution states the Security Council is a determined to put an end to such crimes and to take the appropriate measures to bring to Justice the persons who Are responsible for  the Council a decides to establish an International criminal court for the prosecution of persons responsible for grave breaches of International humanitarian Law committed in. Former Yugoslavia after Jan. 1,1991.�?� it backs the court with chapter 7 of the . Charter which authorizes the use of Force when International Security is threatened. Nations that refuse to cooperate with investigations or extradite suspects also can face International . From Page 1 third party in the Balkan fighting accepted it. Among Izot Begovich a Many arguments for not taking part has been the plight of thousands of muslims facing famine after months of being trapped in Remote villages by bosnian serbs. Clinton on saturday had mentioned that he was considering an Airdrop in Bosnia and Herzegovina. During a televised question and answer session with 40 children he said a a in a going to discuss it with our aides and consider that As one option. There arc a lot of children in Bosnia who can to get food and Medicine. The trucks which have been delivering those supplies have been  an administration official said that in addition to the idea of Airdrop american efforts to address Muslim concerns also include an invitation by vice president Ai Gore for inc Begovic to visit him at the White House possibly As Early As tuesday. The official said the administration would urge the bosnian president to proceed to new York to take part in the negotiations which moved there after several sessions in Geneva. . Officials said saturday that they expect the talks to resume in the Middle of this week. The Clinton administration informed the United nations on Friday of  plans to consider Relief Airdrop to muslims besieged by serbians in Eastern Bosnia. An administration official said the Airdrop could be initiated under . Security Council Resolution 770, passed on aug. 13, which authorizes member states to use a fall necessary Means to deliver assistance to civilians suffering deprivation because of the fighting in Bosnia. The Resolution specifies however that any such actions must be carried out a in coordination with the United  a senior . Official said saturday that the Airdrop proposal was a Worth considering a but he pointed out that the main thrust of . Efforts in Bosnia was to open secure land routes to outlying regions for truck convoys to deliver Relief supplies. The administrations focus on Airdrop apparently reflects an attempt to balance the urgency of the civilians plight with the need to minimize danger to american military  from Page 1 economic overhaul which Calls for $325 billion in deficit reduction Over the next four years. The Centrepiece of the plan is a new Energy tax and higher tax rates for wealthy individuals and corporations. �?o1 think he Hopes that by going and explaining the program. That the american Public will indicate to their representatives in Congress that they will support the program a said Clinton aide Bruce Lindsey. Clinton is a pleased with the number of people who understand that it May Cost them something who  to pay More a Lindsey said. Clinton a program Calls for about $246 billion in new taxes and $79 billion in net spending cuts Over four years. The Overall reductions Are the differ ence Between $247 billion in proposed spending cuts listed in the package and $169 billion in proposed increases for spending Over the same period for Var ious a a stimulus programs including jobs producing programs. In a radio address saturday Clinton said critics of hts recovery plan who say he is proposing too much in new taxes and not enough in spending cuts should step lip and show him where else to make cuts. If republicans and other sceptics can t come up with such cuts a Don t waste the people s time anymore a he said. A i wont raise taxes without cutting spending. Tell us exactly where you want to Cut and ill gladly  from Pago 1 increase the nations naval presence in the Middle East a was the size of the . Surface Fleet diminishes and on station time of our Carrier Battle groups increases secure and reliable overseas repair and repositioning support will become More  normally . Ships have Home ports in the states and spend a on station time overseas on a rotating basis. But with a shrinking Navy the idea of foreign Home ports has gained favor in some quarters As a Way of providing an acceptable defensive capability with fewer ships. Currently Only two Navy ships have Home ports in Europe the 6th fleets command ship the guided missile Cruiser Belknap in Gaeta Italy and the Orion a submarine tender based at la Maddalena Sardinia. The Orion is to be replaced by the tender Simon Lake in april. Elsewhere overseas Only Japan has ports that serve As permanent bases for . Ships. Pentagon and Navy officials noted that the japanese pay most of the support costs for the ships stationed there. Congress virtually has shut off funds for military construction overseas since the beginning of the draw Down earmarking the Money for construction on . Bases instead. Reversing that trend would be difficult Given current moves toward austerity. A formal proposal to move a .-based ship to a foreign Home port is sure to spark heated Battles in Congress since a ships presence Means jobs retail sales and More to cities that play Host to them. However the Haifa project appears to have the support of sen. Daniel k. Inouye a Hawaii chairman of the Senate armed services committees appropriations panel. According to published reports Inouye referred to $57 million for improvements to the Haifa port in addition to the reported $17 million during a recent visit to Israel. Israel received military assistance totalling $1.8 billion in each of the last three fiscal years according to cmdr. Keith a terbium a Pentagon spokesman. This years figure is expected to match that he said. Arab countries Likely would take a sceptical View of a . Base in Israel said Emile f. Shlieh a professor of political science at the University of Ortli Texas. A it would be a source of worry and concern especially As the new administration develops  policies a Shlieh said citing concerns in the Arab world that the balanced approach of the Bush administration May give Way to a pro israeli tilt under president Clinton. A How needed is this Given that w e have Access to ports in saudi Arabia Oman Bahrain and Kuwait a he said