European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes world sunday August 28, 1994 serbs Likely to turn Down peace pact Pale Bosnia and Herzegovina a the Moo was grim and defiant Here saturday As Bosnia s serbs voted on an International peace plan they were sex or cited to resoundingly will vote no said Mico Stanic a Man in his mid-70s, As he cast his ballot for the referendum Ona Cool Cloudy Day in the bosnian serbian stronghold just East of Sarajevo. There is no Way that we could accept this suicidal was to continue through today. The results expected to be overwhelmingly against the plan Proba Bly will be announced monday or tuesday the plan put Forward by the United states Russia Britain France and Germany would reduce Serbia holdings to 49 percent of Bosnia from the current 70 percent. A rival federation of bosnian muslims and croats who have accepted the plan would get the remaining 51 serbian leaders say the plan would prevent them from uniting with Serbia the largest of the two remaining republics in Yugoslavia. The quest for such a Union was the reason they started the War in april 1992 As Bosnia seceded from Yugoslavia. The balloting was widely considered irrelevant by the outside world including neighbouring Serbia which has branded it a crude attempt by bosnian serbian leaders to legitimize their rejection of the United states has warned that continued rejection could prompt the lifting of an arms embargo on the Muslim led bosnian government which has been outgunned by Bosnia s minority serbs in 28 months of serbs will never accept this shameful plan said Radovan Karadzic president of a self proclaimed serbian state within said the plan gives most of Bosnia s natural re sources factories mines and strategic towns to the Muslim croatian Are offering us 49 percent of a desert Karadzic said in a recent interview. We won the War and we should be asked which territories we want to give his bitter complaints fervently spread by his own propaganda machine arc shared by most bosnian serbs. Firemen examine the remains of a homemade mortar device mounted in a Van that exploded in a failed attack on a police base in Downpatrick Northern Ireland on Friday. The explosion injured 10 people. Ira allies note Rise in peace Hopes Belfast Northern Ireland a political allies of the Irish Republican army said Friday that their meeting with a delegation of Irish americans had fostered Hopes of peace. We can look Forward to the peace process moving on As a result of these discussions and deliberations said Gerry Adams president of sinn fein the Legal political party that supports the Ira s violent Campaign against British Rule in Northern Ireland. Adams and other sinn fein officials met with a delegation led by Bruce Morrison a former democratic congressman from Connecticut. Morrison had said he would urge sinn fein and the Ira to Call a halt to Vio Lence and accept an invitation from the British and Irish governments to join multiparty talks. In the evening a failed mortar attack on a police now Back in Stock Germany stores Only the most timely and gripping novel yet from the author of Clear and present danger the Hunt for red october Patriot games and without remorse. Debt of honour hardcover list 23.95 our Price with 40% discount$14. 37 Harper Collins stars and stripes bookstores base 20 Miles Southeast of Belfast damaged a pub and injured 10 people slightly. No one immediately claimed responsibility but the Ira frequently uses mortars to attack Security installations. Numerous news reports in recent weeks have suggested the Ira is ready to Call a cease fire. Britain has said it would meet with sinn fein if the Ira Calls a cease fire that holds for at least three months. But both Britain and Ireland have demanded a permanent end to violence As the Price for entering multiparty negotiations. The process is moving in a very constructive direction Morrison said after the meeting. People be come impatient at times with the Progress of change but real change takes time to build foundation and give it its Turkey rejects . Funds tied to human rights Ankara Turkey a Turkey turned its Back saturday on More than $36 million in military Aid Frozen by the United states because of alleged human rights abuses. Prime minister Tansu Ciller said the government would not accept the Money because of the conditions placed by the . Congress. . Lawmakers withheld10 percent of Turkey s $364.5 million in military Aid Loans pending a report by the Linton administration on alleged human rights abuses in Turkey s crackdown on kurdish rebels. . Investigators also will examine Turkey s support of turkish cypriots on the divided Mediterranean Island of Cyprus. Ciller issued a written statement noting that she previously expressed Turkey sensitivity on attaching conditions to such Turkey has been widely criticized in the West for its harsh offensive on kurd ish rebels. More than 13,000 people have been killed since kurdish guerrillas began a violent Campaign for autonomy in Southeastern Turkey in 1984. Turkey invaded and occupied the Northern third of Cyprus in 1974, saying it was protecting the turkish cypriot minority in the Wake of an Athens backs a coup. Turkish cypriots declared Independence in 1983, but their min state a been recognised Only by Turkey. However the turkish cypriots do have Trade re lations with some nations
