European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 52, no. 32 500 wednesday May 19,1993 d d 8693 a Bosnia y heir on Washington a Secretary of state Warren Christopher told Congress tuesday the ethnic War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was a a problem from hell a but that the United states would keep looking for ways v help the serbs croats and muslims7reach some sort it of Accord Christopher said the goal should be to put severe pressure on the serbs through a combination of Force and economic sanctions. A we have not Given up on what we think is the soundest approach a lifting the arms embargo against Bosnia with whatever compensatory air action that May be necessary a he said. But Christopher acknowledged a a our allies and friends Are not prepared to follow this  he said he would meet Here on thursday with russian foreign minister Andrei v. Kozarev and next monday with French foreign minister Alain Juppe to try to formulate a common strategy. However Christopher said he objected to a russian proposal for a see serbs on Page 2 see related stories on pages 17-20 muslims groats try new peace talks a British Soldier hands Down a refugee monday from a . Truck in Travnik Bosnia and Herzegovina. About 280 people were allowed to leave serbian occupied banja Luka. Med Gorje Bosnia and Herzegovina apr Muslim and croatian leaders met tuesday in a bid to defuse the Battle for Mostar the latest flashpoint frustrating  end Bosnia a War. A the Basic facts of life arc that if croats and muslims cannot live together Side by Side there will not be a a Bosnia Herzegovina a said lord David Owen the european Community envoy on Bosnia. Both serbian and croatian nationalists in Bosnia contend the state should cease to exist. But Owen rejected that Call As a recipe for endless conflict. Western nations also insist on maintaining the state of Bosnia and Herze Govina which they recognized 13 months ago. In an irony typical of the bosnian conflict tuesdays meeting got off to an inauspicious Start when fighting kept participants away from Mostar the intended venue. Croatian president Franjo Tadjman and Bosnia a Muslim president Alija ize Begovic instead met 20 Miles South at the base of a battalion of Spanish . Peacekeepers in Mcdo Ugorji. Among those huddling with them in a courtyard see talks on Page 2 Stop on care by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau Heidelberg Germany a dropping unneeded medical procedures can save enough resources to permit the army to figr full medical care to All eligible patients despite the draw Down the army s surgeon general said. It it. Gen. Alcide Lanouette army Stop medical officer since september is visiting Europe for two weeks to learn More about the problems that patients in the army system encounter in getting proper he Alan care. The 58-year-old graduate of Yale University medical school also plans to Fly to Croatia on thursday to see army medical troops assigned there temporarily. Lanoue a native of Tonawanda n.y., said he also wants to see How he could apply his a Gateway to care program to army communities in Europe. Under the program the army tries to find out the entire medical needs of entire Community then looks for the most efficient Way to meet those needs. One key aspect of the program is the elimination of unnecessary medical treat mint. A the american health care Industry has indicated that 25 to 30 percent of. Our procedures Are inappropriate a la Quot that doctors Noue said explaining per form some procedures because it is convenient for them or their patients but not necessarily in the interest of patients Long term health. Common medical procedures that often Are unnecessary include hysterectomies caesarean sections Tonsillectomy is the use of tubes to Drain car infections administering antibiotics to combat fever and treating chronic headaches with Nar see doctor on Page 2 15% of modern War casualties. A appear caused by Friendly fire inside today travel Europe by Malcolm w. Browne the new York times . Army analysts have concluded from a new study of historical medical records and other evidence that 15 percent of the casualties sustained in modern wars ave been fratricidal and that Many of the americans who would be called upon to fight a future War would again be exposed to lethal fire from their own Side. Military leaders formerly believed that the average fratricidal casualty rate in past wars was about 2 percent although fratricidal casualties in the persian Gulf War were known to be about 17 percent of the total. But a newly disclosed analysis by the army a office of the surgeon general has caused a sensation among Pentagon planners. It appears that the a a Normal rate of fratricidal casualties in recent american wars has been closer to 15 percent than 2 percent. The author of the study col. David m. Say Adah commented in the report he delivered at an army operations research symposium that the fratricide problem a has been ignored by our leaders a and that anti fratricide policy a remains to this Day contrary to the Best information we  the army was stung by this harsh criticism from one of its own but Many combat veterans acknowledge that say Adah a analysis merely confirms what they had suspected All along that far More of the americans who fell in wars during this Century died from a Friendly fire than officials were willing to admit. The new Pentagon Candor in its gloomy assessment of fratricide stems largely from Saadah a analysis of four american campaigns from which unusually comprehensive casualty records survive. The inference to of drawn from these records he said in an interview is that 15 percent of All american casualties in All wars were caused by american fire. While the . Army has not uniformly classified its casualties in any War of the 20th Century he reported unusual circumstances made four campaigns a and Only four a useful for a comparative analysis of fratricidal casualties. From an exhaustive Survey of medical records including autopsies and by interviewing Many commanders and veterans say Adah a medical doctor with a special interest in epidemiology picked these Battles for further analysis the 1943 guerrilla Campaign inside japanese occupied Burma by the 5307th composite unit provisional or a a Merrill a marauders two separate studies of the . 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