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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, April 20, 1994

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The silkjwffripes3&%f8i?f vol. 53, no. 3 500 wednesday april 20,1994 d 8693 a serbs overrun . Troops Ca p t u re a it i a i re raft guns. I "". Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a bosnian serbs stepped up their Challenge to the United nations on tues Day seizing anti aircraft guns from . Guards near Sarajevo and shelling a hos Pital and . Buildings in Gorade As  ats from Washington to Moscow debated a response the serbs showed no signs of honouring pledges to Stop their attack of Gorade a Muslim enclave suffering one of the worst assault sin Bosnia s two year War. . Officials lost Contact with Aid workers and military observers in 3o razed late in the Day when their building was hit by shells. Earlier reports said artillery fire also hit the Eastern town main Hospital two refugee centers and a food warehouse. On Sarajevo s Southern fringe serbian soldiers brushed aside 30 French peace keepers at the Lukavics Barracks and took Back 18 anti aircraft guns they had surrender under a nato threat of air strikes two months ago. They were simply overrun said a in. Spokesman maj. Eric Chaperon. If they had fired it would have been a  he said there were More than 100 serbs but a later . Statement put the number at 50. They claimed that they needed the weapons because of fears about nato airstrikes. It was unclear Frere the weapons were taken. But Chaperon said late tuesday that serbs had returned four guns and promised to return the others overnight the seizure underscored the fragility of the . Position. It also was a slap Tanato which threatened in february to bomb any heavy guns not pulled Back at least 20 Kilometres 12.4 Miles from Sarajevo or put under . Control. Theato ultimatum was largely responsible for the Success of a truce that has kept Sarajevo mostly quiet since then. Is Ken a org a time to mourn Tracy Garrett comforts her daughter Jessica while mourning the loss of her husband warrant officer John w. Garrett jr., on tuesday. The garretts were at tending a memorial service in Gie Belstadt Germany that was for eight service members from the military Community who were killed when . Warplanes shot Down their helicopters by mistake Over Northern Ira last week. See Story and More photos on Page 4. Vel human failure in shop Down Washington a an air Force general has told Congress that . Pilots flying Over Iraq Are not cowboys or trigger Happy but he said human failure May have led to the Downing of two . Helicopters there by american jets. Mai. Gen. Larry l. Henry acting Deputy chief of staff for plans and operations said monday that a series of events led to the shooting Down by two f-15cs that killed 26 people thursday. But in the end we had a breakdown of visual identification Henry said. We May find that we simply had a human  at the same time sen. Carl Levin a Mich. Lashed see general on Page 2 Wolf hounds Roar ceases at base in Netherlands  writer Oesterberg a Netherlands the sole american combat unit in the Netherlands cased its col ors and received a Royal Farewell tuesday. The 32nd fighter so inactivated in a ceremony not far from the Queen s runway at Oesterberg a a dutch facility near utrecht where pilots and Crews once stood on 24-hour Alert. The Roar of the wolfhound Jet has been the sound of Freedom for Many years said the Squadron com Mander col. William f. Hodgkins. The Squadron s nickname is wolfhounds and its insignia features Asee Roar on Page 2 inside today child abuse allegations investigated in Bati Holder Nixon unable to talk after suffering stroke seepage the pilots less Flash More Down to Earth see Page 22  
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