European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes monday february 7,1994 at a glance continuing his string of bombastic attacks on the West russian nationalist Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky accused the United states Germany and the Vatican of instigating world War Iii against slavs in the former Yugoslavia. See Story on Page 9. Diplomatic debate the Clinton administration is divided Over whether to leave a Small diplomatic contingent behind in Mogadishu Somalia. Pages health plan pushed rep. Jim Cooper d-tenn., appealed to followers of former presidential hopeful Ross Perot to sup port his health care plan Over president Clinton a which he de scribed As a big government approach that will not lower prices but May eliminate jobs. Page 6 abuse by addicts cited social Security is paying hundreds of millions of dollars in disability benefits to alcoholics and drug addicts who turn around and spend the Money on heroin cocaine and other illegal drugs congressional investigators say. Page putting on the dog finding two of their female dogs pregnant just weeks before one of California s biggest shows the own ers did the Only proper thing they planned a wedding. Page 8 firings to be studied the Clinton administration has launched an extensive inquiry to find out Why minority employees in the Federal government Are fired at Al most three times the rate of White workers. Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 automotive. 10 classifieds 22-25 comics. 18-19,21 commentary. 13 crossword 21 faces n places 20 focus15-17 Horoscope 24 Jumble 24 letters. 12 Money matters. 14 sports 26-32 to listings 31 weather. 11 wounded from Page 1 met by the 86th Wing commander coi. Steven Caine and some translators. One c-130 arrived about five minutes later carrying litter patients. The other c-130 aircraft was to land about 15 minutes later and was to have both ambulatory and litter patients. One of the c-130s had departed Rhein Mai Nab Germany Early sunday morning with a medical assessment team from Ramstein. The second c-130 departed Ramstein about 2 . After being reconfigured As a medical evacuation aircraft. A Crew from the 2nd aeromedical evacuation so from Ramstein was aboard that aircraft and returned with the litter patients. Another Hercules flew from Aviano a Italy to help evacuate the wounded the United nations requested the Airlift. The International red Cross also has chartered commercial aircraft to Fly ambulatory patients and family members to Lan Stuhl. Doubleday said he was not aware of any special air cover for the evacuation Mission. Bitter citizens blamed both Bosnia s Serbi an fighters who have held the City in a choke hold since april 1992, and the world Community that has refused to break it. Saturday s shelling of a jammed City mar Ket prompted nato to announce that it would meet in Brussels Belgium in 24 to 48 hours. In Paris foreign minister Alain Juppe announced the meeting and said France will ask that an ultimatum be issued to belligerents in the former Yugoslavia who could face airstrikes if demands Are re fused. Juppe said the meeting was agreed to in consultation with the United states Mem Bers of the european Union the former european Community and notably those with troops on the will ask that the Sarajevo be lifted that is to place serb forces at a distance that would make it materially impossible for new bombardments of the City Juppe said. France also will ask that All heavy arms within an 18-mile radius be sequestered and held under . Control. If these demands Are not met in a very Short time period to be defined by the Al lies All Means including airstrikes should be used to impose them Juppe said. He was speaking at a joint news Confer ence with defense minister Francois Leo Tard. The massacre perpetrated saturday at a Sarajevo Market is a turning Point in the Bosnia drama Juppe said. It would be a shame if the International Community allowed such an act of barbarism to be re Juppe did not indicate whether the French initiative had support within the 16 rember North Atlantic treaty Organiza Tion. . Experts Analysed the Shell s trajectory trying to pin Down blame for the attack in the Sarajevo Market. The Issue seemed much simpler in Sarajevo where were you yesterday shouted a Young bosnian Soldier at Sarajevo morgue to a nato Jet howling overhead. And what Are you going to do today he supported his Girlfriend who softly cried papa papa for her dead father. At a soccer Field below Kosovo Hospital Long since turned into a cemetery eight gravediggers Cut More holes into the Earth. Blood still mixed with Rainwater in pock Marks left by the 120 my mortar Shell at the Market where the 68 were killed. Relatives of the dead left bouquets of red Orange yellow and Pink Flowers. Streets were deserted. The government declared a Day of mourning. Perry from Page 1 the new Europe William j. Perry told the 31st Munich conference on Security policy. Perry s comments at the International meeting of defense experts came in the Wake of an artillery attack in Sarajevo that killed scores of people saturday. Perry denounced the attack on civilians in the bosnian capital As an unforgivable incident and left sunday for Washington to consult with president Clinton on possible action. Perry s trip Home was delayed briefly when the air Force Jet carrying him made an unscheduled Stop. One of the c 137 s four engines developed a mechanical problem about is minutes after take off from Munich prompting a Landing in England. There Perry transferred to an other air Force plane. The United states shares the outrage of the world at this deliberate attack on innocent people Perry said earlier in Munich. The bloodshed must come to an end and the madness must the attack blamed on serbian Artil Lery moved the fighting in Bosnia and Herzegovina to the forefront of Dis Cussion at the two Day meeting. On saturday and in Perry s speech that opened sunday s session the reforms in Russia were at the Center of the debate. An Advance copy of the speech made no mention of Bosnia. Attendees said sunday that the failure of nato countries to Stop the two year War in the former Yugoslavia has Cost the Alliance much credibility. Richard n. Perle of the american Enterprise Institute a Washington think tank said an arms embargo enforced by the United states Navy and the navies of other nato allies prevents victims of serbian attacks from defending them selves. He said the embargo should be lifted and airstrikes begun on serbian military targets. Nazihi Cakar a turkish general said the Lack of response by the West to events in Bosnia could cause others in the world to assume they can take similar action against neighbors without fear of ground. Plus he said there is a bigger question regarding airstrikes. If the airstrikes Are act 1 of a new melodrama what is act 2, what is act 3 and what is the conclusion of the Melo drama he asked. The airstrikes can kill and destroy he said but what political Impact will they have when talk sunday did address Russia and the partnership for peace program there was no consensus. Some thought the plan to bring East Ern european countries into their own the airstrikes Are act 1 of a new melodrama what is act 2, what is act 3 and what is the conclusion of the melodrama?1 defense Secretary William j. Perry response to the comments Perry said there is no Public support among the nato nations for putting ground troop sin Bosnia. We Are let us not forget democracies he said. Perry also said that lifting the embargo on arms remains an option to consider but has not at this Point been considered a move that would have a desirable effect. Airstrikes he said May have been a deterrent two years ago but not now with 28,000 peacekeeping forces on the defense Alliance was a positive step. Others were critical. One speaker said the decision not to allow countries such As Poland and the czech Republic immediate membership in nato showed too much sensitivity to Russia which fears a nato reach too close to its Borders. Another speaker said nato s inability to expand quickly will Lead to the Alli Ance s eventual atrophy and the disengagement of the United states from european Security. Contributing to this report the associated press Clinton from Page 1 Germany. On sunday the president summoned top National Security officials to the White House to discuss the deteriorating situation in Bosnia. He was leaving later in the Day for Houston on a 2 /2-Day trip that will com Bine political fund raising with promoting his health care program. Aides said the president did not consider the bosnian situation to be enough of a crisis to War rant delaying the trip. An administration official speaking on condition of anonymity said Clinton asked for an update on the situation and was eager for details on what the medical team had Learned in Sarajevo. Clinton issued a statement late sat urday condemning the cowardly act and calling for engaging allies on next Steps. But he was not Likely to take any Steps without consulting partner nations within the North Atlantic treaty organization the official said. Dole suggested it was time for air strikes against serbian positions. I think it would certainly Send a Strong message to Belgrade Dole told Abc to. Let s Send a signal to the bosnian serbs and the serb leadership in Bel Grade that we mean business Dole said. He also called for lifting the Western arms embargo so weapons could be sent to bosnian muslims to defend themselves against serbian attacks. I think there d be support for the president if he used that option Dole said. My View is that if he s prepared to do it he d have Strong bipartisan sup port in the Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen interviewed on Abc s meet the press said that some kind of message has to be sent to make them bosnian serbs understand that kind of cruelty stupidity will not be asked if airstrikes were on the table at sunday s White House meeting Bentsen who did riot attend said that s certainly on the table As one of the As to suggestions of lifting the arms embargo to provide weapons to the mus Lim led bosnian government Bentsen said As i understand it the president s saying All options Are open to be
