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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, February 24, 1993

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fage 2 the stars and stripes wednesday february 24,1993 it at a glance . Secretary of stale Warren m. Christopher right greets israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin on tuesday. For details about their talks in Jerusalem Sec Story on Page 11. Perjury does t pay the supreme court has ruled that Federal judges must give longer sentences to defendants found to have lied on the witness stand. Pagas official losing Job the Clinton administration will re place a Bush administration Holdover who predicted russian president Boris n. Yeltsin would be ousted. Page Dod begins buyouts the defense department has Given its first buyouts Worth up to $25,000 to 14 civilian employees in Texas. Page teen makes donation a 14-year-old from North Dakota who fears president Clinton s eco nomic proposal will got bogged Down in politics sent Clinton a Check for $1,000. Page 8 hijacking risk seen after a weekend hijacking questions Are being raised about whether the former soviet Carrier Aeroflot could be a Hijacker s airline of Choice. Page 10 Short term jobs Many jobs created by president Clinton s $2.5 billion Community development program will be Tempo Rary City leaders say. Page 13 Index Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds 25-28 commentary 15 comics 21-23 faces n1 places 24 focus 17-20 Horoscope 27 Jumble 27 utters 14 Money matters 12-13 sports 29-36 to listings 35 weather 16 humanitarian Mission ends for \. Flying  stations by  Cruger Northern Italy Bureau the lust three planes assigned to Theair Force s Tanker task Force at Moron and Spain have returned to the unite states after More than two months of re fueling aircraft going to and from Soma Lia. / -4. The last Kc-135 strato Tanker took of from mor6n at 9 20 . Friday bound for its Home at Robins and ga., said 1stlt. Todd Vician a task Force spokesman. The plane was piloted by col.  commander of the Moran Tanker task Force. While operating out of Moran locate near Seville in Southern Spain the task Force flew 614 missions and pumped More than 43 million pounds of fuel to air planes supporting operation restore Hope. At its Peak in december the Moran operation involved More than 700 a r of re personnel and had As Many As 22 tankers flying out of Moron every Day. As the operation in Somalia was reduced so was the size of the task  was the largest humanitarian air re fueling operation in history and More than half of All refuelling missions for it flew out of mor6n," Vician said. Most of the 300 people remaining atmor6n As the operation Drew to a close were from air mobility come units a Robins and Mcconnell fab Kan. Other personnel from the . Air forces in Europe air Force Materiel come air com Bat come the air Force Reserve and Theair National guard also took part in the task Force Vician said. The whole process of getting Relief supplies and equipment into Somalia was a very complicated operation  said. Because of limited space and support equipment at Mogadishu everything including refuelling the c 5s and c-14u on their Way to Africa was tightly scheduled. If we missed a refuelling Over the at lactic or the Mediterranean those planes would have to Stop somewhere in Europe throwing off the entire schedule for get Ting desperately needed supplies into  . Planes still supporting the Somalia Relief operation can be refuelled at euro Pean air bases or by tankers from the United states Vician said. Airdrop from Page 1 i want to wait a few More Days until i announce a policy he replied. He said his Agenda with Boutros Ghal included Bosnia and Somalia. The senior defense official  military could be ready by the end of this  Relief flights to Sarajevo Airport resumed monday but officials portrayed the . Airdrop As supplementing the existing convoys and Relief supplies not an operation that would replace other efforts. Clinton who called Aspin and his to National Security advisers to the White House on saturday had All the option outlined for him said a second Pentagon official who also spoke on condition of anonymity. We re ready to go if that s what he decides this official  second official  operation will begin primarily using . Forces an would be strictly  it will be handled by the forces under the . European come based in Stutt Gart Germany. The command has run the Relief operation for the kurd in Northern Iraq since the end of the per Sian Gulf War. The main risk to such an operation Isth threat of anti aircraft fire from forces on the ground the second official  counter such attacks aircraft would need to Fly at High altitudes about10,000 feet but in order to ensure accurate drops the Normal Altitude for such Relief flights is 1,000 feet the second offi Cial said. . From Page 1 vol cd in rape or who condoned it arc brought to Justice. An observer Delegate from Yugoslavia now representing Only Serbia and Monte negro rejected the Resolution As one sided. In another Resolution the  Mazowiecki a former polish prime minister As its investigator in for mar Yugoslavia for another year. The Western backed measure passerby voice vote condemned human rights abuses by All sides in the conflict but named bosnian serbs and yugoslav political and army leaders As prime culprit for the ethnic cleansing in Bosnia. Bosnian serbs have been blamed most for ethnic cleansing terror method used to drive away non serbs As a Means of controlling territory. In criticism that apparently include Bosnia s Muslim led government the commission condemned the blocking of food and medical supplies to civilians. Islamic countries and the bosnian government joined in supporting the Mea sure after being outvoted in a bid to strike the reference to abuses by All sides. Somalia from Page 1 Bridges  25 members of 7th medical come s 159th medical co air ambulance421st medical evac in from Wiesbaden and a couple of the Blackhawk also will return. I Lowe Var most of the 159th s helicopters and personnel will stay behind to continue to Fly medical evacuation and support missions for the10th Mountain Bridges said. Since the Early return last month of cod 502nd aviation regt from Mann Heim the task Force has numbered 516personnel. The 502nd was ordered Back to Germany shortly after arriving in so Malia on Pec. 31, when on scene com Manders decided other . And Allie units were available to perform the units resupply Mission. Members of the 3rd in 58th aviation regt from Ansbach and Schwabish Hall will continue air traffic control operations for the 10th Mountain until the division can assume its own operations inthe near future Bridges said tuesday. That Transfer will bring the air traffic controllers Home shortly he said. The order to return Home came As the task Force logged More than 2,000 hours of Accident free flight operations in so Malia. The uh-60 Black Hawk medium lift helicopter company formed by the 10helicopters from the 227th and five Heli copters from the 158th had logged 1,475hours As of Valentine s Day when the order to return was Given Bridges  15 air ambulances of the 159th had racked up 554 flying hours. Task Force 5-158 has been supporting10th Mountain s aviation brigade since establishing a Headquarters in bal Dogle about 50 Miles Northeast of Mogadishu. The Germany units have flow More than 500 missions according to Bridges. For information on exact return dates Bridges said families should remain in Contact with local family support groups. The american Eagle is expected to arrive at Bremerhaven next month Bridges said. As of feb. 14, there were 36 officers,59 warrant officers 161 noncommissioned officers 243 soldiers and 17 civil Ian contractors assigned to the task Force in Belt Dogle when it was Given the order to return Home Bridges  Ciuci 10 recur Nome linage Saiu. Vicenza go s wife Dies of possible poisoning Finni in of Fri i pm t of Merle in  Liall Nln ,., spokesman  at Caserma Ederle in Vicen a Italy died monday in her apartment. Heather Wright wife of pfc. Rober Wright assigned to cob 3rd in 325thinf regt was pronounced dead at the scene by an italian doctor according to sgt. Maj. Jerry Ferguson a spokesman for the Headquarters of the Southern Liu rope an task Force at Vicen a.  was from Henderson Nev. Tally attributed to Carbon monoxide hu4 zoning possibly caused by a  fired hot water Heater that was defective Ferm son said tuesday. B the victim s husband returned to their Economy quarters in Vicenza about 550 . Monday and found his wife unconscious on the bathroom floor per said. The Soldier Atim nerf 0 Ivy if for an ambulance Margareta Torres who lived upstairs from the Wrights Felt ill called an ambulance and was treated for possible Carbo monoxide poisoning Ferguson said. The wife of sgt. 1st class Rafael Torres was i Good condition tuesday at the 45th army Field Hospital in Vicenza Ferguson said. A memorial service for Heather Wrigh the  
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