European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes world thursday november 18,1993 Sarajevo residents move a cart of firewood up a snowy Hill As Bosnia a capital braces for its second wartime Winter. At right a woman carries a Muslim pave Marker through a warfare Breaks Calm of bosnian Snow Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr Snow silenced guns across much of Bosnia but heavy fighting erupted in the divided City of Mostar a . Official said wednesday it. Col. Bill Aikman reported intense Small arms and sniper fire in the South Western City As Well As about 20 rounds of artillery exchanges Between the croatian West Side of the Ner Tva River and the besieged Muslim cast Side. Spanish peacekeepers said not enough food was reaching the cast Side to sustain an estimated 35,000 people through the Winter Aikman reported. So Many buildings were destroyed that Winter shelter was in question As Well Aikman said. He said 16 tons of Relief supplies were air dropped on Mostar during the night. In Central Bosnia and Herzegovina where Relief convoys have been suspended for three weeks because of fighting Between croats and Muslim led government fore it amp tuesdays snowfall sharply reduced military activity Aikman said. Bosnian radio said croatian forces continued to Shell government positions around Gonji a Kun site of a major croatian offensive monday. The radio also reported serbian shelling of government positions around Brcko Droboj and Kolovo. Kolovo appealed that it be granted the status of a .-Protcctcd a Safe area a bosnian radio reported. Ray Wilkinson spokesman for the . High commissioner for refugees in Sarajevo said his Agency would try again wednesday to get a seven truck Relief Convoy to two mental hospitals along the croatian Muslim front line near the town of Fornica 25 Miles West of the bosnian capital. The Convoy was turned Back tuesday at a croatian militia checkpoint according to Wilkinson who called the action peacekeepers have been providing food and Protection at the two hospitals since the local staff fled last week during heavy fighting. Most of the staff members have returned to one of the facilities a Hospital primarily for children. Bosnia a Muslim led government announced that prime minister Haris Silajdzic would Lead a delegation to Geneva today for emergency talks among the warring parties on ending blockages and harassment of Relief operations. The Unher said More than 2.7 million bosnian will depend on Relief to get through the Winter. Wilkinson said the Unher Hopes to resume Convoy operations in Central Bosnia As soon As possible if the Geneva talks re suit in assurances of Freedom of movement a even if these people do agree in Geneva there Are still people on the ground who Are not going to obey what they say a Wilkinson said. A but at least we can try to Stop the widespread attacks on convoys. Throughout Bosnia a War All sides have used Aid deliveries As a weapon preventing passage of . Convoys setting conditions for Aid deliveries or harassing Aid workers. The difficulty of delivering Aid in Winter is aggravated by Snow and ice which make bad mountainous roads impassable. Bosnia is entering the second Winter of the War that broke out in april 1992, when serbs rebelled against a Muslim croatian vote to secede from serbian dominated Yugoslavia. Up to 200,000 people Are dead or missing in the War and 2 million have been forced to flee their company recalls contaminated baby food Amsterdam Netherlands a dutch food maker Utricia is recalling about a million jars of baby food after High Levels of a disinfectant were discovered in some of the jars. Although reports of the contamination prompted thousands of concerned parents to Call the company no injuries from the tainted food have been reported a company official said wednesday. A Hie cleaning material is in itself harmless and can t Hurt anyone a said Dick Van Hedel general manager for Utricia in the Netherlands. A but it should t be in the product and that is Why we Are recalling the the company said 26 types of prepared food sold under the Olva Rit Label for babies toddlers and Young children were contaminated by the disinfectant which is used by butchers. Utricia one of Europe a leading baby food makers said an examination of the products indicated that the contaminants were present in the food products delivered to Utricia by its meat suppliers. The contamination was found in pork and beef products but not in Chicken fish and vegetarian Aby foods according to the company. Most of the jars Are being recalled from the Netherlands but some also from Belgium Portugal and Greece. . Calls off Hunt for seeks probe of armed attacks by Paul Lewis the new York times United nations a the United nations on tuesday formally ended its ill fated Hunt for Mohamed Farrah aided the somalian clan Leader whose arrest had been the goal of . Forces in Mogadishu. Instead the Security Council asked a special commission to determine who was responsible for armed attacks on peacekeepers. The United nations also announced the release of eight aided aides and made Clear others soon would be freed. Both gestures were a result of an abrupt change of . Policy in Somalia after 18 americans were killed in a fire tight oct. 3 with aided a a followers. The moves Are intended to encourage the clan Leader and his political party the somali National Alliance to join a process of political reconciliation that Washington now favors. A your primary goal in Somalia is to Foster a political Dia Logue which can Lead to National reconciliation a the . Representative to the United nations Madeleine k. Albright told the Security Council on tuesday night. A first test of reconciliation comes at the end of the month the United nations has invited 140 somalian leaders including representatives of the 16 political parties and the 18 regions to meet in Addis Ababa Ethiopia for talks on economic reconstruction. The Security Council voted unanimously tuesday to ask Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali to set up a commission to find those responsible for attacks on . Peacekeepers. Washington Hopes that by the time the commission reports Somalia will have recovered sufficiently to be Able to capture and try those responsible. The commission will not investigate the fighting in which the americans were killed however because those soldiers were under . Command not part of the multinational . Force. Sui i unit ii gum i oui Dud is in Laici a up Umidi did Inonu Noi pan or me multinational . Torce. Olympics to serve up some tasty dishes Lillehammer Norway apr even after Din a we Are very Happy to be Able to launch this Nev ers at 1994 Winter olympic Arenas clean the last Crumb idea at the olympics. It is really new thinking about thi2 detained after heroin haul Boulogne sur Mer France a customs officers questioned two britons on wednesday after seizing nearly 64 pounds of heroin aboard a Sailboat in the English Channel port of Crew members whose identities were not released were said to be about 40 and 60 Yean old. Lillehammer Norway apr even after Din ers at 1994 Winter olympic Arenas clean the last Crumb from their plates be Able to keep on eating. Their plates will be edible. A i ate two of them today. They re Good a said Osmund Ueland of the Lillehammer olympic organizing committee or look. The committee tuesday approved the Purchase of 900,000 plates made from potatoes for use at the feb. 12-27 games. The committee also gave the go ahead to 3.5 million knives Forks and spoons made of cornstarch. But they would be too hard to Chew. We Are very Happy to be Able to launch this new idea at the olympics. It is really new thinking about the environment Ueland said. He said there will be recycling stations at All olympic facilities in the Lillehammer Region so the potato plates and Corn cutlery can be separated from other waste and turned into organic fertilizer. That decision Means norwegian pigs will miss out on a Post olympic feast of plates and utensils As fodder. Ueland said organizers had wanted to turn the plates into pig food but tests of the process for converting the plates and cutlery had not been completed. A this is too new a he said
