European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 51, no. 325 500 wednesday March 10,1993 d 8693 . Rejects . Troop plan idea of ground Force against serbs brushed aside by Art Pine los Angeles times Washington a the White House rejected a suggestion monday by . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali that the United nations Send ground it ush serbian forces out of Muslim areas of see related Story on Page 2 any new offensive troops to push serbian forces it Bosnia if diplomatic efforts fail. In a Rebuff to Boutros Ghali George Steph Nopoulos said the presidential spokesman a Norge Steph Nopoulos said the United states has had discussions at ally about any such move and is Quot not going to get involved in promoting any new military operations in the former Yugoslavia. . Participation is considered crucial to any . Military operation. Steph Nopoulos reiterated that the Only commitment the Clinton administration has made so far is to help enforce any peace agreement that might emerge from the current negotiations. He insisted that Washington still Hopes the talks which Are in recess now will produce an Accord. The White House response amounted to an embarrassment for Boutros Ghali who had told abcs this week with David Brinkley program sunday that the United nations would Send ground troops Quot if. We see plan on Page 2 Abrams tanks Fri Rolls in for defense against cultists a Bradley fighting vehicle sits on a flatbed truck monday at a staging area in Waco Texas during a standoff with the Branch Davidian cult. Waco Texas apr the Fri moved tanks into place after an increasingly volatile David Karcsh a seemingly eager to fulfil his apocalyptic prophecies a boasted of having powerful explosives. Quot we Are ready for War a the 33-year-old cult Leader and self proclaimed Messiah was quoted by the Fri As saying. The Abrams tanks the army a heaviest at about 65 tons were rolled into position outside the Branch davidians compound monday strictly to give Law officers Protection Fri spokesman Bob Ricks said. The tanks will be unarmed he said. Koresh had told negotiators that he has explosives that would blow the of big a armoured Bradley fighting vehicles "40 or 50 feet into the  Quot because of some intelligence indicating he May have stockpiled other than just automatic weapons a there May be explosives and perhaps even rockets within the compound a we Are taking additional defensive measures a Ricks said. As the standoff dragged into its 10th Day a judge was to decide tuesday whether 21 children already freed from the compound would remain in temporary state custody. Relatives from As far away As Britain and Australia were expected to seek temporary custody of the children who Range from 5 months to 12 years. At times the children have expressed a desire to be reunited with parents still inside the compound officials said. The youngsters have been kept together. Quot under the circumstances the kids arc it s our belief that he believes that his prophecy will be fulfilled if the government engages in an All out firefight with him in which he is executed. Bob Ricks Fri spokesman doing Fine but its a difficult time for them a said Bob Boyd a program director for children a protective services. An additional 17 children were believed to be among More than 100 people still inside the 77-acre compound. Gun Battles Between Federal agents Ana Karcsh and his disciples feb. 28 left four agents dead. Ten cultists also May have died. Quot its our belief that he believes that his prophecy will be fulfilled if the government engages in an All out firelight with him in which he is executed a Ricks said. Ricks said Karcsh had used phrases like Quot we Are ready for War. Lets get it on. Your talk is becoming in vain. In a going to give you the Opportunity to save yourselves before you get blown  negotiators agreed monday to let the cult Bury one member killed in a shootout. The victims identity was being withheld. Ricks said negotiators have talked with 33 people inside the compound. Quot those that we spoke with on each occasion verified that or. Karcsh had indicated that these individuals were free to leave at any time a he said. Egyptian extremists claim ties to Sheik in . Hae Stap Egypt a forty three Muslim extremists charged with attacking foreign tourists proclaimed tuesday that their Leader is Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman a Radical preacher in self exile in the United states. At least one worshipper at a new Jersey mosque where Abdel Rahman preaches is being investigated in connection with the bombing of the world Trade Center in new York. The Blind egyptian cleric has denounced the feb. 26 bombing which killed five people and injured More than 1,000. The statement read in court did not refer to the Trade Center. . Authorities Are conducting hearings on whether to Deport Abdel Rahman for providing false information on his visa application. Egyptian courts have acquitted Abdel Rahman three see related Story on Page 4 times of charges related to extremist acts including ordering the assassination of president Anwar Sadat who was slain in 1981. Abdel Rahman has lived in the United states for More than three years. Since the beginning of 1992, islamic militants have waged an Esca Fatic violence Campaign to overthrow president Hosni Mubarak to a secular government and re place it with an Ira like theocracy. So far 95 people have been killed and 166 wounded. At the opening of their trial on terrorism charges one defendant read a statement claiming that their movement the islamic group assassinated Sadat and a prominent writer opposed to Muslim fundamentalism. He said it tried to kill a former egyptian Interior minister. Quot islam you Are returning. You will Rule with the Koran a the other defendants almost All waving the islamic holy Book chanted from adjacent cages in the courtroom. Defense lawyers tried to Stop the statement but the defendant a Hisham Abdel Zader a ignored them in All 49 men face a variety of charges related to a series of attacks on foreigners and tourist facilities that began late last year. Six of the suspects however Are at Large. The military prosecutor says Many of the men face a possible death sentence including the six who Are being tried in their absence. Before the military trial could Start in a theater at see Sheik on Page 2