European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The St ars and stripes a Mes us is vol. 52, no. 298 500 thursday february 10,1994 r d 8693 a nato sets tentative of on ultimatum for serbs Brussels Belgium a nato allies tentatively agreed wednesday to set a deadline for bosnian serbs to lift their murderous siege of Sarajevo or face air raids diplomats said. Bosnian serbs earlier agreed to withdraw their heavy weaponry beginning today at noon from around the bosnian capital and put it under . Monitoring said the . Commander in Bosnia Gen. Sir Michael Rose. It was unclear whether it was a tactical Man Euver by bosnian serbs to avoid the threat of air strikes. Dozens of cease fires have been agreed to and broken in the 22-month-old conflict. Under the plan tentatively agreed on serbs will be told to remove within 10 Days the More than 500 heavy guns that for nearly two years have been pounding Sarajevo. If they did t comply nato would carry out the strikes. The plan was reached after months of indecision by the Alliance. Nato was expected to ask . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali to decide when to begin the 10-Day waiting period according to diplomats. Diplomats were consulting with their capitals late wednesday for final approval diplomats said. We Are a millimetre away fro Van agreement said a Spanish Diplomat demanding anonymity. A senior nato Diplomat said earlier that Canada remained concerned about possible reprisals against its 2,000 peacekeepers in the Region and was insisting on safety guarantees for its soldiers if air strikes were car ried out. Britain and Greece were hesitant about air strikes. But in Athens greek government spokesman see nato on Page 2 App co a pedestrian armed with an umbrella 0efl walks past the Snow covered stairs of the City Hall in mount Vernon . Across the country right Joe Whitcombe rear and Carol Stoinski slog through mud to reach their apartment in Malibu Calif. Rough going while much of the nation battled freezing rain sleet or Snow on wednesday residents in California worked to clean highways of mudslides. Stories on Pago 4 president charts new strategy in drug War Washington a president Clinton unveiled an anti drug plan wednesday that puts added emphasis on treatment and prevention calling it an approach that is both smart and no nation can fight crime and drugs without dealing honestly and forthrightly with the problem of drug addiction Clinton said the president unveiled his anti drug strategy in an appearance at the Prince George s county correctional Center. In suburban Maryland speaking to jail in mates and local state and Federal officials. I wanted to come Here to illustrate that this is an Issue that must be dealt with per son by person one at a time Clinton said. It s a very human he noted that his own family has had to grapple with alcoholism and drug abuse his Mother married a Man who was an alcoholic his half brother was imprisoned for drug violations. What we Are trying to do today is to Start our government on a course that of fers the Promise of real results to the american people Clinton said. We need an approach to both crime and drugs that is both Tough and smart. We very often have one without the other Ana we pay the Price for Overall the $13.2 billion strategy would increase anti drug funding by see drug on Page 2 inside today Oscar contenders Schindler s list leads with 12 Rimini Tipne olympics countdown q moment of truth for Tonya Harding Page 5 m big Bucks is the name of the games Page 14 i sports bookies bet on Nancy to beat Tonya Page 36 three countries Quick and easy see stripes Magazine
