European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 7, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5russia forming i is own c o N.C.e p t of partnership Moscow apr defense minister Pavel Grachev said Friday that Russia was working on its own version of a a partnership for peace that would turn Russia into a Bridge Between nato and asian Security Alii ances. Y a y. A Quot y a a a a a a a y \ a by. By Gracheva a remarks came two weeks after Russia dropped plans to join the nato sponsored partnership for peace for former soviet bloc countries. Russians about face came after nato failed Quot to con suit it before bombing serbian positions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. President Boris Yeltsin also has said the. Plan does no to recognize russians special role As a great Power. By a Rev y by Yyi at a news conference Grachev acknowledged nato s growing role in shaping Europe a Post cold War Security system but said the Alliance did not take into account russian interests. A this has led us to the conclusion Why  we Russia come Forward with our own concept of partnership a Grachev said. He said defense ministry experts were working on a plan for a russian partnership with nato that will be submitted to Yeltsin. Grachev said he Hopes to unveil the concept at a meeting of nato and former Warsaw pact defense ministers May 24 in Brussels Belgium. Y a Russia due to its geopolitical situation could. Become the link Between the existing and future structures of collective Security in Europe and Asia a Grachev said. A a y a. Missile readiness army spec. Brian Ames of Btry a 1st in 2nd air defense arty regt from fort Polk la., reviews the use of the stinger anti aircraft missile on thursday. More than 15,000 service members from 26 states and All four services Are taking part in roving Sands 94 military exercises at Mcgregor Range . Lets serbian tanks pass near Sarajevo Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr . Troops have allowed another bosnian serbian tank through a protected zone around Sarajevo after the serbian military commander threatened to use Force. The tank passed through late thursday the fifth this week. The United nations was to allow the passage of two More tanks Friday afternoon. The . Agreement to escort the limited number of serbian tanks through the 12.4-mile zone involves serbian agreement to free 160 British peacekeepers held since sunday by serbian soldiers outside the Muslim enclave of Gorade. There the britons were supposed to join 500 peacekeepers monitoring a shaky truck. A y a the British troops were allowed into Gorade a . A Safe area Southeast of Sarajevo on thursday. The Deal has worried nato commanders. The Alliance has pledged to enforce the weapons ban around the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina with airs trikes. By y. A a a a a athe bosnian government accused the United nations of aiding rival serbs and demanded the resignation of the chief . Official for former Yugoslavia a sushi Akashi at his . Headquarters in Zagreb Croatia Akashi defended his decision saying the serbian tanks a were to adopt a posture which is nonthreatening so far As their capability to attack  most of the tanks apparently Are from the serbian stronghold of Pale East of Sarajevo. They were headed for Trnovc South of the capital. It was unclear Why the serbs wanted to move them. Akashi said the serbs also agreed to allow . Military observers to deploy in the Brcko area in northeastern Bosnia a potential Muslim Serbia it flashpoint. Peacekeepers allowed four tanks to pass through the zone wednesday and thursday. They stopped a fifth on thursday evening and demanded that it be turned Back which serbian military leaders promised to do said . Spokesman cmdr. Eric Chaperon. But the bosnian serbian military commander Gen. Ratko Mladic later threatened to use Force Chaperon said. Within 15 minutes the . Command agreed to allow the tank through escorted by .  leaders assail possible haitian military role Washington apr Republican lawmakers Are launching a preemptive strike against any plans president Clinton might have to invade Haiti. In a letter to the president floor speeches and news releases several members of Congress a led by House minority Leader Bob Michel and Senate gop Leader Bob Dole a warned on thursday against the use of . Troops to restore Haiti selected president to Power. A a a a a a. A. There has been a lot More Public talk about invasion on Capitol Hill than at the White House or the state department. Clinton has said Only that he has not ruled out the military option in efforts to return ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide to Haiti. A Salt that the president has said is that we have not ruled out options Quot vice president a1 Gore said Friday. Clinton a strategy now is to seek tighter . Economic sanctions a a move also opposed by Dole r-kan., and some other republicans but broadly supported by democrats. On the Senate floor Dole endorsed a Call by former president Bush that the United states shift its policy to support for democracy in Haiti without support for Aristides return. A turning Haiti into a . Colony is not Wise policy Quot Dole said referring to concerns that the United states would have to assume full responsibility for Haiti after an invasion. A sending american troops on ill defined training missions in Haiti is not Wise  Dole also opposed the administrations Effort to tighten . Sanctions As futile and urged Clinton to seek congressional approval for any military action in Haiti. A a by a Quot sen Jesse Helms r-n.c., ranking Republican on the Senate foreign relations committee said riptide a leftist roman Catholic priest who was elected by a landslide in december 1990, a did no to even try to be a democratic  Helms cautioned against a Haiti invasion. A a done to do it or. President. Done to do it a he urged in a Senate speech. Helicopter crash kills two onto Rains North Bergen . A a helicopter flying near the approach to the Lincoln Tunnel into new York City brushed against Power lines and crashed thursday killing both people aboard and sparking a fire that torched dozens of parked cars. Motorists on interstate 495 had to Dodge flaming wreckage. A it hit the wire and just came tumbling Down right in front of my car Quot said Frank Depinto 20. A i just slammed on the brakes so i  hit it. It just kept burning. Vehicles were zigzagging All Over the place trying to get out of the  the victims in the two seat helicopter a Robinson r22, were a flight instructor and student whose names were not disclosed. The crash snarled midday traffic left thousands briefly without electricity and incinerated cars in a commuter parking lot below the elevated Highway. About 30 cars were reduced to skeletal frames. Co Pilot was intoxicated report on Airbus crash says Tokyo a the co Pilot at the controls of a China airlines plane that crashed in Japan last week was intoxicated by Japan a standards for Drunken driving a report said thursday. Earlier reports had said Small amounts of alcohol were found in the bodies of both the Pilot and co Pilot of the Airbus a300-600r. The plane crashed april 26, killing 264 people in Japan s second worst aviation Accident. Cockpit voice recordings show the Copilot was at the controls but it was not Clear whether Pilot error or mechanical trouble caused the disaster during a failed Landing attempt at Nagoya Airport in Central Japan. The National newspaper Asahi said police found the alcohol level in the Copilot a blood was More than 0.05 percent Japan a definition of driving while intoxicated