European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse \ is Bob Wose . Army 2d it. Tom Solberg scans serbian terrain from inside Macedonia. Remaining near croat held Tomislav Grad in Bosnia and Herzegovina wiped the sweat of frustration from his brow. They killed two old women and two old men. They burned houses he said of croats who drove muslims from a Village. Of course that kind of business affects you. If you want War fight warriors not old women Zuinga who began his tour in Sarajevo in february was supposed to be posted next to Mostar instead of the Tomislav Grad area. But months of shelling including several near hits had taken their toll and he begged off going to Mostar the site of fierce croat Muslim fighting. I told them i d crack he said. I told my Boss i needed to relax that i d been under fire for nine months. I drink and i sleep. That s How to kill time and Block out All those bad serbian fighters in Croatia who hold one third of the country generally Welcome the . Soldiers As the Best Chance that a shaky truce with increasingly powerful croatian forces will hold. That is hot True of Many croats and muslims who Are fighting each other. Each Side accuses the United nations of helping the other by smuggling weapons and relaying information. Many . Troops have become gun shy. -. Hostile croats and muslims sometimes play Chicken with . Soldiers firing rounds Over their Heads Cocking weapons or flicking lighters behind their backs to mimic the sound of a Cartridge going into the Breech. Of course i m worried said Lance Cpl. Chris Brown member of a squad of British engineers whose isolated Mountainside redoubt was machine gunned by croats earlier this year. They be been playing War for 19 months now and some of them have grown pretty we re taking a lot of crap said Robin Fergus a British trooper atop a scimitar armoured vehicle watching the Aid Supply Road into Central Bosnia near Prozor. Tomislav Ostojic in a group of boisterous croatian youngsters swarming Over the vehicle sneered when asked to make room for a reporter. I will not get Down the jangly 13 year old said defiantly. They Are foreigners trespassing on my a . Convoy truck Driver Waits on the yugoslavian Side of the Border with Bosnia. The Convoy for Tuila stayed in Yugoslavia after being threatened by bosnian serbian forces. Franch Moke the beef of Boc a fuds on two French soldiers run toward a burning armoured personnel Carrier at a . Compound in Sarajevo last summer. The vehicle was hit by mortar fire. By David Crary the associated press As dusk settles on Sarajevo and sniper fire tapers off French peacekeepers Hunker Down in a poorly heated base sealed off from the City around it. The danger and the isolation in the War torn capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina Are offset at least in part by Well cooked meals Complete with French wine cheese and baguettes baked on the premises. The main chef at the base in the Skende Rija. Neighbourhood is a bosnian who spent 15 years working in Paris restaurants. The americans can live on their Field rations said capt. Philippe Tanguy. Not three fourths of the 400 French soldiers at Skende Rija sleep in six Man tents in what used to be a parking garage under Sarajevo s biggest indoor Arena. Only two hot air blowers heat the garage where temperatures drop close to freezing a night. For some soldiers from French territories in the Indian Ocean and Caribbean it is the first encounter with Snow and frigid weather. Sniping around the base has fallen off since the French set it up in july and launched an aggressive program of the stars and Stripe wednesday january 5, 1994 firing Back if they could pinpoint a sniper. It used to be one cd the most dangerous places in town said it. Col. Philippe trac qui. Eight of the soldiers have been wounded by snipers since july but none died medics at the base have treated civilians who were hit by snipers. One time Tanguy said two French soldiers sprinted through gunfire to Rescue a wounded woman. During the Day Many of the French peacekeepers fan out through City escorting Aid convoys distributing water transporting wounded civilians. A French dentist treats children. But after dark the soldiers Are confined to base. It s not easy but they accept it Tanguy said. French to channels Are received by satellite and mail from France takes Only about two Days. The men play volleyball or basketball and at night choose from a Library of 240 videos. Tanguy said the assignment confused some soldiers who had served in the Gulf War or african conflicts. It s a new Mission a new Challenge he said. Usually there s Black and White cowboys and the indians. Not they ask questions where Are we Why Are we Here 21
