European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes at a glance fast. 3bl this strangely dressed figure playing a Casio electronic keyboard is part of the Frankfurt Germany International music fair which will be open to the Public today. Sec stories on pages 18-19. Tough Battle a study shows it Wilt be hard to do Zelop a vaccine to prevent a potentially deadly disease that afflicted some . Troops in the persian Gulf War. A Page 4 telemarketing raids the Fri raided More than 50 Busl Nesses in what officials described As the biggest crackdown Ever against Telephone sates swindlers. A Page 16 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 automotive  12 classifieds. 25-28 comics. 21-23 commentary. 15 faces of places 24 focus. 17-20 Horoscope .27 letters.14 Money matters .16 religion .11 sports .29-36 to listings .35 weather .13 army of experts visit to discuss russian by Mark Kinkade staff writer Rhein main a Germany a army and air Force experts arc in Moscow discussing a possible role for russian aircraft in the Airlift of supplies to Bosnia and Herzegovina a Pentagon spokesman says. The five Man team will meet with officials from the International cooperation division of the russian committee for civil defense the spokesman said thursday at a Pentagon news conference. The team of planners and logistics experts arrived in Russia on Friday morning. Its five members Are a rear adm. John j. Mazach Deputy director of plans and policy for the . European come. Col. Patrick Henry vice commander of the 435th Airlift Wing at Rhein main a it col. Dennis Walling an air Force logistics expert. A chief warrant officer 3 Ken Studer an army Parachute rigging expert. A and col. John of Sullivan an army staff officer who is providing support for the team. The team will discuss the capability of russian aircraft to participate in operation provide Promise. It will look at the Range and cargo capacity of the aircraft fuel needs and maintenance support needs. Navigation methods and Airdrop system compatibility also will be reviewed the Pentagon spokesman said. The visit is being made in response to a russian offer tuesday to help with the Airlift. Brig. Gen. Donald e. Loranger jr., commander of the 435th Airlift Wing at Rhein main said during a news conference wednesday that the team May discuss staging russian aircraft at the base. A a we re Uncertain of their requirements Quot he told reporters. A a we la make room for them Quot the Pentagon said that specific Basing for the russians will be determined and that using rein main is a possibility. Airlift operations from Rhein main continued Friday. Four . Air Force c-130 cargo planes dropped about 24 tons of military rations and More than half a ton of Medicine in the Vicinity of Zepa Bosnia Early Friday. . Planes have dropped More than 100 ton of rations and nearly three tons of Medicine in Bosnia since the Airdrop began Early monday. According to a Neucom release the situation in Zepa has become one of growing concern for the . High commissioner for refugees which helps so Lect areas for Supply drops. A recent offensive by serbian forces has Cut Relief convoys to the town. A the serbs continue moving deeper into Eastern Bosnia refugees Are flowing Back into the town increasing the number of people who need supplies. The last Convoy to reach the War ravaged town was feb. 21, the release said. At the same time that c-130s Are dropping supplies near Zepa . Aircraft delivered More supplies to Sarajevo Bosnia a War battered capital. Three c-130s airlifted 64 tons of supplies and food. More than 8,000 tons of supplies have been flown into Sarajevo by the . Air Force since  from Page 1 Salameh had Given the phone number for that apartment it Wasny to immediately Clear whether he lived there. Salameh appeared relaxed in Federal court As the charges were read to him in arabic by an interpreter. The slight bearded Man dressed in a Gray jogging suit nodded to his court appointed attorney but did not address the court. He was charged with aiding and abetting the bombing and a fire that followed and with transportation of explosives across state lines. Beyond that his alleged role remained unclear. If convicted he faces life in prison. A hearing was scheduled for March 18. His attorney Robert Precht asked that bail be set at $5 million. But prosecutor Gilmore Childres said the crime was a the single most destructive act of terrorism Ever committed on America  the suspect was affiliated with the Al Salam mosque in Jersey City where Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman preaches a Jersey City official said citing reports from Fri agents to local police. But in a statement released Friday through an Arab american Community Leader the Sheik a unequivocally denounced the  or . Mehdi Secretary general of the National Council on islamic affairs said the Sheik told him a the holy Koran commands the faithful not to commit aggression. The bombing of the world Trade Center could not have been done by a True  the Blind Muslim cleric commands a following in Egypt believed to number in the thousands. The egyptian government contends his islamic fundamentalist movement is behind dozens of attacks in Egypt on coptic christians foreign tourists and government officials. He has lived in exile Here since 1990. Al Sayyid nos air who was acquitted of the 1991 assassination in new York of israeli right Wing extremist rabbi Meir Kahane but was imprisoned for related crimes also had worshipped at the Jersey City  from Page 1 other former yugoslav republics that declared Independence a Croatia and bos Nia and Herzegovina. However few countries have recognized Macedonia because of objections by neighbouring Greece to its name a hich is the same As that of a Northern greek province. The director of Skopje Airport Blagoje Philipowski said the nationalities of the 91 passengers on the plane were not known. Fokker spokesman Bart Van Veen said the plane was leased to pal air. The Fokker 100 is a 100-seat twin engine Jet designed for Short and medium length rights. Introduced in the late 19s0s, it is the Amsterdam based manufacturers latest Model to our readers because of technical difficulties at our Plant in Griesheim Germany fridays edition was not available in time for the flight to Rome for distribution in Southern Italy including Naples Brindisi and Gaeta. Copies of the newspaper will be distributed with today a edition. We regret any inconvenience to our  from Page 1 Eun Battle that killed four . Agents. A Federal source has said at least 10 cult members have been killed. By Koreshy a count 90 adults and 18 children remained. Also thursday authorities used armoured vehicles for cover to pick up the body of a Man near the compound. Authorities said the person had been dead at least since sunday but they  be sure he died in the shootouts. The Houston chronicle on Friday quoted an unidentified Law officer As saying that Koresh  agents just before the gunfire began. A one of our Guys said a Federal agents a put your hands up a a the agent said. A Koresh smiled backed up and slammed the door. Almost immediately within seconds we were ambushed Quot three teams of negotiators were talking with Koresh and other members of the cult Friday Jamar said. Koresh has told them he is awaiting instructions from god before surrendering. He reneged on a Promise to give up tuesday telling authorities god told him to wait. A this stance is still that he has been told to wait a Jamar said. Sixteen at agents were wounded in the gun Battle sunday which broke out when they tried to arrest Koresh and search the compound for weapons. The last four hospitalized agents were released thursday the at said. 1 correction because of an editing error a caption Friday misidentified Esther Hopkins who participated in a running event at Schinnen  from Pago 1 nor for the United nations in  Alliance military authorities already have drawn up plans for enforcing a nobly zone Over shattered Bosnia and Herzegovina and Are working on blueprints for a Force of a j least 40,000 troops to implement a .-sponsored peace plan in the Region. The United nations would have to adopt special resolutions before the Alliance could Spring into action to help halt the ethnic fighting that has claimed More than 100,000 lives. In his speech Worner called on the world s democracies to a do better to both prevent and where necessary Stop regional  the speech came a Day after Worner said president Clinton had assured him that the United states would keep a Large number of soldiers in Europe. Worner who visited Washington the week declined to give numbers. But he said a i have reason to believe Clinton views a very favourably a the idea that the number should not go below 100,000. With the end of the cold War the Bush administration had recommend dec slicing . Forces stationed in Europe b half to 150,000 by 1995. But Cong res last year set a level of 100,000 for 1997