European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Vat 51, no 313 Friday february 26, 0 m�3 a serbs order hold on fire Airdrop plan called ruthless Imperial ultimatum Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a rebel serbian commanders on thursday ordered their troops to hold fire when . Transport planes begin dropping cargo Over Relief starved Eastern Bosnia. In ii statement issued by the bosnian serbs army Headquarters troops were told not to shoot at the air Craft or to by any Means jeopardize the Airdrop Yugoslavia s Tan Jug news Agency reported. But the commanders repeated fears that the Airdrop could escalate the conflict if the aircraft Are fired on and the United states opts for a military alleged that muslims will fire at the planes and blame the serbs for it. In a similar warning wednesday the top generals of St it Latte Tutor let on Pill 3 Allied Yugoslavia denounced the . Pless Imperial ultimatum that would i states into the War. Lans As a Ruth raw the United 4 � wac a a the a v5 spoils of War Young somalis pick through the burned out remains of . He Macc that was stolen and set ablaze during riots wednesday night in Mogadishu. Fighting continue thursday As . Marines and nigerian soldiers fired machine guns and grenades at snipers in the Center of the somalian capital. One somali was killed and four three of them marines were work in the City was halted by the violence. And bosnian serbian Leader Radovan Kara i branded the plan a dangerous Mission designed to put new pressure on the the Airdrop announced by the Clinton administration represented the deepest american involvement yet in the bosnian civil War. The United states also launched parallel diplomatic efforts to end the hostilities. Bosnian radio said bosnian president Alija in Etc see serbs on Page 2 Black Hawk Pilot out of Hospital services set today by Craig Marti staff writer the Pilot of the uh-60 Black Hawk helicopter that crashed tuesday at Wiesbaden a Germany was re leased thursday from the army Hospital in Frankfurt Germany. Chief warrant officer 3 Michael p. Cd scr 40, was among four injured when the aircraft which was equipped with exterior fuel tanks crashed and burst into flames while Landing at 7 35 . At the air base 25 Miles West of Frankfurt. He had been treated for Mil Burns at the Wiesbaden City Hospital and was transferred to the Frankfurt Hospital on fiery crash killed maj. Gen. Jarrett j. Robertson v corps Deputy commander. Col. William j. v corps assistant chief of staff for operations. Col. Robert j. Kelly v corps assistant chief of staff for intelligence. And spec. Gary l. Rhodes jr., a Crew chief wit co a 7th in 158th aviation regt in Wiesbaden. A memorial service for the victims will be held at 2p.m. Today at the Central Chapel at Frankfurt s Abrams Complex said it. Col. Dick Bridges v corps spokes Man. This is a change from previously announced times for the service. V corps Headquarters is in television linkup will be set up in the nearby Idle hour theater to allow an anticipated overflow crowd Seo Pilot on Page 2 trip Home for mom was death sentence for baby by Ron Jensenn urn Berg Bureau Furth Germany when pfc. Cas Sie r. Byrd locked her government quarters apartment in Ansbach Germany for a three week leave in the United state last june she was the Only one who knew her healthy 4-week-old daughter was lying alone in the dark closet of the Mas Ter bedroom. Her knowledge that such neglect would cause the death of Acilien r. Byrd was enough to result in a charge of pre meditated murder which the Soldier admitted to thursday in a court martial inf Iirth before military judge it. Col. Charles e. Trant. The Soldier from the 603rd aviation support in at Katterbach Germany is to be sentenced at 9 . March 16, the charge carries a minimum sen tence of life in prison. However a pretrial agreement includes a sentence that cannot be exceeded by Trant. Contents of the agreement Are unknown to Tran until after the sentencing. Evidence was admitted in the court room on William o. Darby Cavern As questions from Trant while he sought tonsure that Byrd understood the consequences of her guilty plea. He later read a 22-paragraph stipulation of fact and asked Byrd after each paragraph if it was True. The stipulation is a summary of the crime Ana subsequent investigations. Dabbing her eyes with a White tissue the 21-year-old Soldier answered mos questions from Trant in the judge Only proceeding with a simple and soft yes she was often reassured and encouraged by her attorney capt. Mary Linn Hall who sat close to and often gently touched Byrd. At one Point Hall asked the judge to allow her shaken client moment to compose herself. The questions and answers were enough to draw a picture of wilful omis Sion of a Mother s Legal duty to provide the Basic necessities of life to her neglect of such duties Trant told Byrd constitutes a desire to kill. Do you understand he asked. Yes sir answered the Soldier fro Albany a. Byrd said she had already packed som of the baby s clothes on the morning of june 18 Ahen the idea to kill the baby came to her. Her parents had never been told of their daughter s pregnancy or of their granddaughter s birth. Before friends came to give Byrd a ride see baby on Page 2
