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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 53, no. 100 500 tuesday july 26, 1994 d 8693 a drops defended but put on hold ap/s4s a we done to want people saying we missed the target when we done to think we  a Navy cmdr. Ron Morse . European come by Vince Crawley staff writer Goma Zaire a . Airdrop of food to rwandan refugees were temporarily put on hold monday after three planes parachuted More than 20 tons of food late sunday to a Camp in Zaire. No reason was Given for the halt. . Officials in Entebbe Uganda where the Headquarters for american Airdrop missions Are located said that their planes were loaded and that they were  resume when ordered . Officials and Aid workers clashed monday Over whether the first . Airdrop was successful. Some . And Volunteer officials said the Airdrop sunday to a rwandan refugee Camp in Catale Zaire missed the target by a half mile scattering bundles Over terrified rwandan refugees who thought they were being bombed. . Military officials explain the use of Parachute drops in what one Aid worker called a a Public Quot pm cd to stunt a three . Mc-130 combat Talon ii aircraft dropped 17 tons of meat Rice flour and Beans near the Catale Camp sunday. The planes Are converted c-130 cargo planes based at Raf Alconbury England. Relief workers said they expected the 108-Pound bundles a packed on wooden wallets a to come Down at the Catale Refu be Camp they said much of the food was Ost when the pilots missed their target. Some bundles smashed on Impact while others fell deep in Groves of banana Trees. The . Military however said the see drops on Page 3the misery As by Vince Crawley staff writer Goma Zaire a As rwandans continue dying by the thousands army maj. Russ English has a message for . Military members deploying to the refugee crisis in equatorial Africa. A a they la see a lot of misery a lot of suffering and an Opportunity to do Good things that will really Benefit other people a said English operations officer with the 25-member assessment team that arrived saturday in Goma. A a it a hard to find words to describe what in be seen Here a English said grimacing in the Sun As he stood beside a windblown tent at the Goma Airstrip at midday sunday. A the deaths that in be seen really exceed what any of us. Expected to  an estimated 3 million people from the Hutu tribe have fled civil War in Rwanda. More than 1.5 million of them have swarmed into neighbouring Zaire in see misery on Page 4 a lost rwandan child cries As he looks for his parents among the dead and dying at a refugee Camp outside Goma , Israel reconcile after 46 years As enemies Washington apr prime minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Jordan a King Hussein declared an end monday to 46 years of hostility and opened the Way for economic cooperation. A what we have accomplished and what we arc committed to is the end of the state of War Between Jordan and Israel a . Rabin echoed that sentiment. A millions of eyes All Over the world Are watching us with great Relief and great Joy a he said. A another Nightmare of War May be  / while celebrating the end of hostilities both leaders conceded that much More needs to be done to make the two neighbors live together As partners. The White House ceremony marked the third historic settlement of ancient enmities that have plagued the Middle East. President Clinton opened the signing ceremony declaring that the two former enemies a with the world As their witness Quot have pledged to a Settle their differences by peaceful  in addition to ending the state of War Between them the declaration signed monday paves the Way for cooperation on several fronts including opening of Telephone service sharing of electric grids and creation of two new Border Crossings. Air service also will be established. Rabin and Hussein agreed to make it possible for tourists from other countries to travel Between their nations. The Accord envisions establishment of a cultural Park spanning their Border As Well As several joint development projects. Clinton sat Between the two leaders at a table set upset reconcile on Page 2  
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