European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 51, no. 318 500 wednesday March 3,1993 b a mass i d 8693 a Airdrop gets mixed results Little of Aid appears to be reaching victims "4iifl Bias Chi awl  at j0,00l pc a slowing the aircraft pilots Fly thec-130s nose High and pallets Are rolled Down the cargo ramp at the rear of the plane. A a 26-foot Parachute allows the bundles to Lafe at a constant rate of More than 50 Mph a the navigator uses winds and Altitude to calculate1 the target area by Vince Crawley staff writer tons of emergency supplies into the starlit sky. Initial reports from the ground Indi _. Grou with the . Air Force Over rated that the cargo had reached bosnian a Kiu Siim hands near the town of Zepa although no details were available. Quot i thought it went exceptionally Well a Bosnia and Herzegovina a after two nights of mixed Success on their dangerous High Altitude Parachute drops american aircrews were hopeful that food and Medicine from their third Mission would reach the victims and not the aggressors in he three sided civil War below. Following a widely scattered leaflet drop before Midnight saturday the Crews parachuted 21 tons of emergency supplies behind serbian lines Early monday. The americans declared both missions a Success but the drops were met with dismay and criticism by the outnumbered outgunned muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina. A Early tuesday flying High above a layer of Clouds that glowed with lightning like flashes of ground fighting Ana artillery Mission. However Quot the bosnian were overrun Between the time the Mission was planned and the drop was  in effect the . Cavalry arrived too late to help the bosnian in Czerska. But president Clinton when he announced said capt Tom White navigator of the the humanitarian missions late last week Lead plane As it sped Back on the three hour trip to its Home Airfield at Rhein main a near Frankfurt Germany. Say see related Story on Page 3 ing head made Quot a Good read on the winds Quot White added that he Felt confident the emergency drop reached the right target Quot As Long As the right people who need it arc still in control of the drop  the monday morning delivery of sup said they would be made Quot without regard to ethnic or religious  White 30, from Russell Springs by said he also was the navigator on the mis is Sion late saturday that dropped about 1 million leaflets Over Bosnia. People on the ground including those in Czerska reported that the leaflets were so widely scattered that few if any were seen in areas considered to be the most Likely targets for emergency Airdrop. The idea with the leaflets is to drop a source . Air forces amps a a _. _ night knew that they three american cargo planes dropped 19 the drop Quot zone a White said of the earlier plies to serbian troops near the town of lot of them and they re pretty much at Czerska apparently was a Case of bad timing the mercy of the wind Quot White said. Quot the Guys last night knew that they hit Quot its  bit discouraging a it. Col. See Airdrop on Page 2 cult Leader says he s giving up a Waco Texas apr the Leader of an armed religious cult announced he would surrender tuesday to end a bloody siege that has resulted in at least six deaths. Quot i David Koresh agree upon the broadcasting of this tape to come out peacefully with All the people immediately Quot he said in a taped statement. The 58-minute statement was broadcast on two radio stations at the request of the Fri. Three prison buses left Texas state technical College com Tex for the compound within two minutes after Kors he a speech started. The school has served As a staging ground since the standoff  statement raised Hopes for a Quick Ena to a 51-hour siege that began in a bloody shootout sunday Mornia As Federal a eat sought to serve Federal firearms violations warrants on Koresh Leader of the Branch Koresh Davidia cult. Quot in a sure you re All aware of How in a involved in a very serious thing right now ,.Koresh said. "1 am really concerned about the lives of my Brethren Here and also really concerned even greater about the lives of All those in this  on sunday a raid by about 100 agents of the Federal Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms at erupted in gun Battles that killed four agents and two cult followers one reportedly Koreshy a 2-year-old daughter. The agents had a search warrant and an arrest warrant citing Federal firearms violations. It was t the first time that a radio station was see cult on Page 2 Gie Belstadt soldiers return Home from Somalia to warm Welcome by Dave Melancon Wurzburg Bureau Gie Belstadt Germany a spec. Brett Garretson reintroduced himself to his 6-month-Djd son Broderick shortly before 4 . Tuesday. He saw two Teeth in his son s Mouth that were not there when he deployed to Somalia just before Christmas. Quot he probably does not even know who 1 am Quot the 158th aviation regt Soldier said. Garretson was one of about 200 Gie Belstadt soldiers from task Force 5158 who were welcomed Home Early tuesday by family and friends in a Gie Belstadt helicopter hangar decorated with flags yellow ribbons Reed and banners. The soldiers were part of a 330-person contingent that arrived at Rhein main a Germany about 1 . A Gie Belstadt official monday incorrectly reported the 330 soldiers were returning Only to Gie Belstadt. But in addition to Gie Belstadt soldiers returned to their Homes in Wiesbaden Hanau and other communities in Germany. In Somalia the v corps soldiers used their helicopters in operation restore Hope to move soldiers and cargo of the 10th inf Mountain div More than 170 members of the task Force will see related stories on pages 9,1719 remain in Somalia and will continue to provide medical to prov and aviation support to the division v corps officials said. Seven soldiers Are accompanying the majority of the task Force s equipment aboard the american Eagle the 61s out Schu of chief warrant officer 3 Gerry a Lodge embraces his wife Marcia alter he arrived in Gie Belstadt Germany from duty in Somalia. Sister ship of the cargo ship that carried the equipment to Somalia. After assembling in the hangar the soldiers turned in their weapons received More malaria pills and signed out for two weeks leave. All the while they exchanged hugs and handshakes with families and comrades. Quot i can to believe All the pomp and circumstance we re getting Quot capt. James Reed said. Quot i was expecting to process and get on out of  several soldiers said they plan to make up for holi see Home on Page 2