European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 51, no. 319 500 thursday March 4,1993 a d 8693 a Linton to continue Airdrop president denies Aspin comment that Aid was halted from staff and wire reports Washington a president Clinton insisted wednesday that despite reports to the contrary there has been no suspension in . Airlifts to Bosnia. But he said the humanitarian Mission is under constant review. A this plan is going Forward As planned a Clinton said. The 4-Day-old operation was declared a Success by the administration but a failure by Bosnia a government and it was to be a top subject at Clinton a first National Security meeting later wednesday. Among those invited to the session were defense Secretary Les Aspin who was quoted by the Washington Post As indicating the Mission had been suspended indefinitely tuesday but could resume if conditions warrant. Quot what we had in mind was doing it for a Little while and if it worked to free up the land transportation we would Stop it for awhile a the Post quoted Aspin As saying during a tuesday visit to Capitol Hill. Quot and if it looked like a bit later that the land deliveries. Were getting clogged up again we May Start it up  at the White House on wednesday Clinton said the operation had never been suspended. Quot we Are going Forward with this Airlift a he said adding that the operation is Quot under continuous review., neither Clinton nor his press Secretary dec dec Myers offered any explanation for Why Aspin at least indicated that the operation had been suspended. A the operation is continuing a a Myers said. A there s been no break. It has been successful. The humanitarian Aid has reached its intended  officials at Rhein main a in Germany also said wednesday that . Airdrop to War torn Bosnia and Herzegovina were ongoing but said they could not comment on earlier reports that the flights would be suspended. Spokesmen there referred Calls on the subject to the Pentagon where defense department officials were expected to elaborate later wednesday on Aspinw a comments. The third Mission to provide food and Medicine reached its target Early wednesday Central european time. Four air Force c-130 Hercules transport planes dropped 22,272 meals ready to eat and More than 1,000 pounds of medical supplies near Konjovic Bosnia according to the air Force. The two previous missions were to cd ska and Zupa in Bosnia. . Officials have generally described the three Airdrop As accurate but acknowledge difficulty in know see Airdrop on Page 2russian Airdrop planes will Fly lower Moscow a the two russian cargo planes that will Parachute humanitarian Aid to bosnian will Fly at lower altitudes than the initial . Airdrop to ensure greater accuracy an official said wednesday. Bosnia s Muslim led government has said that Many of the food and Medicine packages dropped the previous three nights by . Planes did not come Down in besieged Muslim enclaves in Eastern Bosnia As intended. The americans have been flying above 10,000 feet to reduce the risk of drawing anti aircraft fire but that increases the Chance of the loads Drifting off target. The russian planes will Fly lower to avoid Quot the negative experience of the american operation Quot said Sergei Gore spokesman for the russian committee for emergency situations. He said two 11-76 transport planes will leave next week for Rhein main a in Germany where the . Operation is based. The planes will drop humanitarian supplies provided by the United nations and russian troops still based in Eastern Germany he said. A decision on when to Start the Airlift will be made after russian experts work out the exact areas where supplies will be dropped he said. Russian aircraft previously used the Rhein main base during operation provide Hope the . Humanitarian Aid project for the former soviet Union. A regretfully its impossible to deliver humanitarian Aid to certain regions by ground a a foreign ministry statement said. A in these circumstances several countries including the United states made a decision to Airlift Aid. Russia will also bring its own contribution to this humanitarian action carried out under the auspices of the United nations a president Boris n. Yeltsin and foreign minister Andrei v. Kozarev have been under fire from russian Nard liners Over their policy toward the former Yugoslavia. Russian nationalists oppose sanctions against their orthodox slav Brethren in Serbia the dominant stale in the shrunken yugoslav federation. Yeltsin a government has supported . Sanctions on Yugoslavia. But it has warned it will demand that the sanctions be lifted unless new sanctions arc imposed on Croatia. The decision to Fly supplies to Bosnia Likely will not encounter the same kind of opposition from hard liners As Long As the Aid is Given to All sides in the  Leader Breaks Promise to surrender agents from the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms Don bulletproof vests tuesday in Waco Texas. Waco Texas apr the Fri put a cult leaders rambling religious message on the radio but he did t keep his end of the bargain and refused to surrender extending the siege into a fourth Day wednesday. Four Federal agents have been killed in a shootout with the group and a source said at least 10 cult members were dead. Negotiations continued into the night tuesday Between Law enforcement officers and David Koresh the 33-Ycar-old messianic Leader of the Branch Davidian sect. On tuesday radio stations played a 58-minute taped Sermon from Koresh in which he promised his immedi ate surrender if the message were broadcast. Of to Coward the standoff at the sect s compound dragged on unchanged. Ambulances and Law enforcement vehicles that had moved nearer the compound sat unused. Hospitals that were told to expect an influx of injured were left waiting. Jack Killorin a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms said agents were prepared to wait a a Long  a we Don t have a time Frame for this a he said. Bruce and Lisa gent an australian couple who used to belong to the sect and have children who still do arrived in Waco Early wednesday. They said they had worked with private detectives and Law officers for three years to shut Down the operation. A a it a unreal. Nobody a made a move a Bruce gent told lbs news. A and now the kids could be lying dead see Leader on Page 2