European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 shells kill 8 in bosnian food line Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a shelling killed at least eight peo ple waiting in line for food Friday outside of Sarajevo the deadliest such attack Indore than a month two mortar shells Landing less than two hours after nato jets howled unusually Low Over the bosnian capital in an apparent show of Force slammed into a crowded Street in the Western suburb of Dobrija. It was the highest toll since 15 people died in a bombardment Jan. 3. Bosnian radio said the rounds believed to have been fired from serbian positions killed seven people instantly and wounded at least 17. One of the wounded persons died later. The floor of Kosovo Hospital s emergency room was covered with blood As doctors rushed to treat the wounded mainly elderly people women and children. We Don t have time to count the dead. We have to save the wounded said or. Ognjen Gajic. The residents were hit while standing in line to receive food Aid from the in. High commissioner for refugees the key Relief Agency for Bosnia. Nato jets enforcing the United nations no Fly zone Over Bosnia roared unusually Low Over the capital for nearly an hour Friday morning. Alliance aircraft have buzzed the City from time to time. But residents said the noise and proximity of the jets Friday were unusual. North Atlantic treaty organization officials in Italy where the jets arc based were not available for immedi ate comment. They generally decline to discuss details of the air operation Over Bosnia. Dobrija is an isolated neighbourhood of High Rise apartment buildings near Sarajevo s Airport. Bosnian serbs have positions on three sides of the District which has taken a heavy pounding during Sarajevo s 22-month-old siege by Serbia forces. Farrakhan aide who assailed jews removed from Job. Washington a the Rev. Louis Farrak Han the Leader of the nation of islam has disciplined a key aide for making anti jewish  it remained unclear whether the action would satisfy Black members of Congress who had demand edit.  said thursday that Khalid Abdul Muhammad had been removed from his Job As National assist ant because of a nov. 29 speech in which Muhammad called jews the bloodsuckers of the Black Community. Labelled the Pope a no Good  and urged mob murder of White South  said at a news conference i found the speech after listening to it in context vile in manner repugnant malicious mean spirited and spoken in mockery of individuals and people which is against the spirit of islam. While i stand by the truths that he spoke i must condemn in the strongest terms the Man Ner in which those truth were  Farrakhan said Muhammad could possibly return to his Job if he demonstrates that he is willing to conform to a Farrakhan Tion of islam standards. Farrakhan had been under pressure to denounce Muhammad for the Sake of gaining mainstream support for the nation of islam s work in drug and crime intervention. But the congressional Black caucus which had tie Farrakhan s Prospect of working with them to his statements thursday was terse and vague in its response. I Welcome the action of minister Louis Farrakhan to discipline and rebuke Khalid Muhammad and to Dis miss him from his position said the caucus chairman rep. Weisi Mfume did. But Mfume who pledged a sacred covenant wit the nation of islam in september did not say whether Farrakhan s actions satisfied him. The caucus denied the existence of the covenant saying it never approved the Deal with a vote. Farrakhan s statements did not satisfy rep. Gary ranks of Connecticut the Only Republican in the 40 member caucus. _ i see the nation of islam and the Kun flux klan being somewhat similar Franks said. The congressional Black caucus has never rushed to embrace Sheku flux klan. They should also not be embracing the nation of  Sergei Kri Kalv the first russian to Fly aboard a . Space shuttle reviews paperwork aboard discovery on thursday in a televised View with the screen showing the time and Date. Shuttle Crew exercises robot Arm to prepare for satellite release space Center Houston a the first russian to Fly aboard a . Shuttle and his Ameri can Crew mates collected bodily fluids for medical research Friday and prepared the spaceship s robot Arm for a satellite release today. Discovery lifted off at Sunrise thursday on an eight Day flight that was heralded As the dawning of a new Post cold War space age. The flight is a pre Lude to a shared space station Between Russia and the United states and possibly a joint trip to Mars. The former space race rivals Are cooperating in a manned Mission for the first time since the 1975 Apollo soyuz Docking. On Friday cosmonaut Sergei Kri Kalev caught a glimpse of his Homeland As discovery passed More than 200 Miles overhead. We just had a great View of St. Petersburg Sergei s Hometown said shuttle Pilot Kenneth Reightler or. The Crew members spent part of the Day taking blood urine and saliva samples and drinking a Solu Tion of water and Bromide for studies of How space flight affects the body s metabolism. They also checked discovery s 50-foot robot Arm by mane vering it around the open cargo Bay. Nasa said the Arm was in Good shape. It will be used today to release a research satellite that could Lead to new manufacturing processes in space. The satellite a stainless steel disc 12 feet in diam Eter will be used to grow High Quality semiconductor films in the ultrapure vacuum it creates in its Wake As it hurtles through space. The Crew will use the robot Arm to pick up the satellite two Days later. Another Experiment involves 12 rats. Half were treated before launch with a drug to stimulate their immune systems the others got a Placebo. Scientists want to know whether the drug inter Leukin-2, can counteract the slowing of immune functions caused by the weightlessness of space. The flight is scheduled to end next Friday. Perry sworn in to replace Aspin at Pentagon by the los Angeles times Washington William j. Perry was sworn in thursday As president Clin ton s new Secretary of defense ending a 7vi-week Effort by the administration to replace Les Aspin who was forced to step Down. Perry who has served As Aspin s Dep Uty for the past 11 months took the oath of office in a private ceremony at the Pentagon after the Senate voted 97-0 to confirm his nomination. Earlier the sen ate armed services committee endorsed the appointment unanimously. The vote thursday followed a s a hour hearing before the committee on wednesday. At the hearing Perry won. Unabashed plaudits from senators for his stand on National Security issues. The new defense chief faces a spate of challenges and problems in guiding the military establishment through its Post cold War cutbacks. His first assignment next week will be to present the administration s new defense budget to con Gress. The confirmation was rushed through at the request of the administration in part so that Perry could attend an inter National conference of defense ministers in Munich Germany this weekend. He was expected to return to Washington on sunday evening. Perry is a 66-year-old former Stanford University engineering professor. The High technology expert who has become known As the godfather of the radar evading stealth bomber has spent the bulk of his career in the defense Industry As a consultant on super secret weapon projects. But he is expected to move easily int broader defense issues