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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, February 1, 1994

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday february 1,1994 at glance Randall Mangham protests the Fly ing of the Georgia lag with its con federate Emblem at the Georgia dome site of sunday s super bowl. See Story on Page 9. Leader allowed in . With president Clinton s approval the Man who leads the political Branch of the outlawed Ira is finally in the United states. A. Pages new missile in trouble a rocket that takes off and lands vertically is about to be grounded by the Pentagon. Page6 Gulf veterans checked the department of veterans affairs is mustering persian Gulf War veterans in Hope of tracking their ailments. Page Taco Bell staff slain four employees of a Taco Bell restaurant in Tennessee were found shot to death sunday in an apparent robbery. Pages sub Deal reported South Korea will Purchase three More German designed submarines sources  11 Pepsi goes ape with and Pepsi is counting on a couple of monkeys to help it overcome coca cola s gaping Lead in the global cola wars. Page 16 i Index i Abby Ann Landers. 22 classifieds. 26-29 comics. 22,24-25 commentary. 15 computers. 12 crossword 22 faces a places. 23 focus. 17-19 Horoscope 28 Jumble 28 letters 14 Money matters 16 sports. 31-40 to listings 39 weather .13 a Mirinovsky vows Russia to Aid serbs if bombs fall Bike Lina Bosnia and Herzegovina a russian extremist Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky on monday urged the bosnian serbian leadership to resist International pressure warning that any attack on serbs would draw Quick russian retaliation. If a single bomb Falls on Serbia we we consider that an attack on Russia a Mirinovsky told thousands of cheering people gathered in serbian held Bielji a.  " while a Mirinovsky Heads one of the largest opposition parties in Russia he has no control Over the government the army or russian foreign policy. His references to Serbia clearly meant greater Serbia a Terry used by ser Bian nationalists to encompass Serbia proper part of Yugoslavia and bos Nian and croatian land held by serbian rebels. If anybody attacks we will quickly repel them a Mirinovsky said to tumultuous applause. The mighty rulers from the West Are trying to chop off parts of Serbia. But you should continue resist ing and we russians will punish anyone who moves against  a Mirinovsky s comments matched re Marks he made sunday in Belgrade the capital of serbian dominated Yugoslavia. There he backed serbian claims to parts of Croatia and Bosnia and said . Peacekeepers should leave the Region. As in Bike Lina he was met in Belgrade by crowds of frenetic supporters. Serbs have captured one third of Croatia and More than two thirds of Bosnia since the former yugoslav federation began breaking up in 1991. They have declared their own states in both places. Right now we need every Friend we can get and he s a Friend As big As the Himalayas bystander Mirko Tadic said monday of a Mirinovsky. Let those. Nato cowards attack us  a Mirinovsky s trip to the troubled yugoslav Region coincides with increased talk of nato airstrikes against bosnian serbs. Earlier in Slovenia a former yugoslav Republic he said Russia should leave the United nations if the North at lactic treaty organization conducts air strikes in Bosnia. In Belgrade on sunday he warned that bombing serb positions would mean a declaration of War against rus a 513. He demanded that International sanctions against Serbia be lifted. The United nations imposed the sanctions to try to Stop Serbia from fomenting War in Bosnia and Croatia. Serbs 3nd russians both slavs and orthodox christians historically Are close. Croats Are traditionally roman Catholic and the bosnian government is dominated by muslims. While Yugoslavia is a pariah state for its support of serbs fighting in Croatia and Bosnia there is a larger degree of sympathy for it in Russia especially among nationalists. Yugoslav officials Likely Hope Zhirik Nevsky s visit will boost serbs by showing them they Are not alone. But they also apparently were trying to be careful not to antagonize the West by catering to a Mirinovsky. He did not meet Yugoslavia a s minister of minorities and human rights Margit Savovic As planned in a sign the government did t want to make an official visit out of the private trip. A Mirinovsky was earlier asked to leave Slovenia after reports said his entourage had damaged property and caused disturbances during a drinking bout. A Mirinovsky recently was ordered out of Bulgaria because of his extremist out bursts. Germany subsequently denied him a visa. A Mirinovsky s private trip was organized by Austria based businessman pc tar Ivanovic a native of Montenegro which remains part of Yugoslavia. Airstrike from Page 1 out Over time Christopher said As the Linton administration pursued what could be the lost concerted diplomatic Effort to Settle the bloody conflict in Bosnia before the nato allies implement Aplan to attack the serbs. Still disagreeing with France s inclination to pressure the Muslim led govern ment into accepting settlement terms the administration is sounding out visiting German Chancellor Helmut Kohl an British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd this week in Hopes of forging a joint approach. Kohl was to meet president Clinton on monday. Talks with Kohl and Hurd May Settle How willing the allies Are to act. Also Christopher set a separate meeting with greek foreign minister Karo los Papoulias. Greece currently holds the presidency of the european Union which would play a role in any decision to take action in Bosnia. Kohl in remarks prepared for deliver to the National governors association emphasized the need for a trans Atlantic partnership Between the United states and Europe As Well As the need for Strong european defense policy. The evil spirits of nationalism Are not Only at Large in the Balkans Kohl s text said. The unfortunate signs that War has not yet been banished make creation Ofa european Security policy More important than  the text said. Negotiations among the warring Pat ties Are due to resume feb. 10 in Geneva. Last week Christopher described the muslims As the victims in the 21-month War and he has called for adjusting the terms of a settlement so they can retain a Little More of the territory wrested from them by bosnian serbs and  Allied coordination is hampered by a rift Between Washington and Paris thatis based partly on France s commitment of 6,000 peacekeeping troops to the bal kans and the Clinton administration s refusal to deploy ground troops unless the parties voluntarily agree to a settlement. The american people would not understand a decision by this administration to impose Large numbers of . Force son the ground in a situation in which three parties continue to fight and Slaughter Michael Mccurry. The state department spokesman said last  would have no understanding of  the French on the other hand Are reluctant to open fire because their troops could be attacked. Gunfire from Page 1 another by one shot Mcllvain said. The commander of bangladeshi troops guarding a nearby traffic Circle said that there could have been snipers but that his men did not see any. The first fire that attracted our attention was Ameri can fire said maj. . Haider. Haider also said he Felt the Marine fired indiscriminately toward the  Mcllvain disagreed with the wit Nesses accounts on nearly All Points. He said the marines know Only to tire in self defense. About 5,000 american servicemen Borsare still in Somalia As part of the . Peacekeeping Force but the . Contin gent is gradually withdrawing to meet f resident Clinton s order to be gone by March 31. F the . Mission Boga a dec. 9, 1992, when a .-led multinational Force landed to protect Relief supplies in this Horn of Africa country where 350,000 people died the previous year from famine an clan warfare. At least 32 americans died in Somalia since the humanitarian mis Sion began. Moments after monday s shooting Doz ens of somalis shouting americans americans see what they did picked up the bodies of wounded and dead put them on wheelbarrows and rolled them  arriving at the scene from a nearby hotel saw the bodies of a woman and Man in the Street with wounds to the neck and head. The body of an elderly Man Lay near a blood spattered Wall. Peo ple lifted a writhing woman with head wounds off the Street and placed her onto a wheelbarrow. Must greek a somali who said hews walking past a filling station near the food Center blamed the incident on the americans. The food distribution was late an Many people were waiting outside the Center in the Street. . Soldiers arrive Din four humvee and were leading a bulletproof Chevrolet station Wagon he said in an interview moments after the shooting. Before they even got to the crowd the opened fire with the .50-caliber machine gun mounted on the first humvee. The they opened fire with a. Grenade launcher. The first shots were directly into the crowd and Many people were wounded. No shots were fired at the .  gunfire and loud explosions were heard for about two minutes from the a Hafi hotel where Many foreign correspondents  the people were terrified and ran everywhere greek said. Some fell an others stepped in the wounded. . Sol Diers never stopped. They kept firing until they drove away Over a nearby Hill. I assure you that no one returned  a watchman at the food Center Abdu la Mohamed Abdi said several Hundred people were crowded in the driveway Andon the Stree outside waiting for allot ments of sugar dates and flour from sup plies just delivered by saudi troops. Mcllvain described the incident of Nangoi Street As the worst attack on a . Convoy since july when two . Convoys were hit. I would t use the word ambush. Idon t know if it was an organized Effort. But it certainly was an attack. And it certainly was alarming he said  
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