European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday october 9,1994 Airlift halted Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr the United nations on saturday suspended the humanitarian Airlift to Sarajevo a Day after gunfire hit two . Planes at the Airport. In the City Center one person was killed and 11 were wounded in intense sniper fire As . Efforts to keep tension from rising appeared to be. Unravelling. Authorities halted traffic and suspended Streetcar service. The Airlift is vital to Sarajevo a survival because it provides about 80 percent of the City a needs. . Officials said a Winter stockpile of food already has been exhausted and they hoped the Airlift could be resumed quickly. A . Spokesman maj Koos sol said gunfire that hit one plane Friday was believed to have come from the bosnian government Side while shots that hit the second plane were from the bosnian serbian Side. There were no injuries. The Airlift was Only resumed Friday after a two week suspension bringing in 100 tons of food or a half Day Supply for the City a 360,000 residents said Peter Kessler spokesman for the . High commissioner for refugees in Zagreb a Croatia. V a a angered Over a nato airstrike on one of their tanks sept. 22. Serbian troops had blocked . Movements and kept the Sarajevo Airport closed with veiled threats to shoot at planes. A hard won agreement was reached wednesday Between top . Officials and serbian leaders to reopen the Airport and allow the resumption of humanitarian Aid flights. A on Friday bosnian serbs refused to give clearance for a Convoy carrying nearly 100 tons of food to Sarajevo. The last food Convoy to reach the bosnian capital arrived the Day of the airstrike. A this is a grim Start to Winter season in Sarajevo Kessler said Quot Sarajevo has exhausted a Winter stockpile of food that the Unher began to build Kris Janowski a Unher spokesman in Sarajevo said the City bakery had enough rations to last Only another three Days. A a a a. A a a. Kessler said the five countries Partick French peacekeepers inspect the Impact Hole from a snipers Bullet in Central Sarajevo on saturday. One person was killed and 11 wounded by sniper Are in the bosnian capital prompting authorities to halt traffic and suspend Streetcar service. Pating in the Airlift would meet later sat urday to review the situation. A we Hope to resume the Airlift later saturday a he said. On mount i Man Southwest of Sarajevo peacekeepers were continuing an operation to move bosnian government sol Diers out of a demilitarized zone. The aggressive action appeared aimed at preventing an escalation in fighting Between bosnian serbian and government troops after 20 serbs were killed in a commando raid. Their bodies were found thursday just outside the demilitarized said 521 government troops had been a pushed out of the area a since the sweep on mount i Man began thursday afternoon. The Muslim led government had confirmed that its soldiers killed the serbs in a commando attack. Troops toward reshaping Haiti port a Prince Haiti a defense Secretary William Perry flew into Haiti on saturday to Sec for himself the Progress americans have made toward rest. End. Restoring elected Rule by next week Quot a significant Progress has been made toward that goal in the two weeks since my last visit a Perry said moments after his aircraft landed at the Airport in the capital port a Prince. The visit was Perry a second since 20,000 american service members started arriving nearly three weeks ago in the impoverished and brutalized nation of 7 million. A their presence in port a Prince and several Rural cities has generally stopped Haiti s soldiers and military backed gunmen from shooting or beating people there. But killings and intimidation continue in some areas where americans Are not stationed. ,. . Service members have also taken Over the seaport allowing vital donated food withheld by the military regime to reach Haiti a hungry masses. .-Hai-Tian medical teams have moved out of the capital to provide care and american backed Road rebuilding and other construction projects Are under Way. A we have also taken important Steps to rebuild infrastructure and to create the foundation for democracy a Perry said. Under an agreement with the United we have also taken important Steps to rebuild infrastructure. And to create the foundation for democracy a Defonso Secretary William Perry states that averted an invasion it. Gen. Raoul a dras Leader of the coup that overthrew elected president Jean Bertrand Aristide three years ago is to step Down by next saturday. There was no word from Cedras on an expanded amnesty the Senate passed Friday. The amnesty was for political misdeeds such As the coup but did no to cover 1 the thousands of killings kidnappings and beatings of civilians since then Andrut was not Clear whether it would meet one of Cedras conditions for leaving that a general amnesty be passed army related violence meanwhile continued As next weekends deadline approached. A pickup truck carrying haitian plainclothes in mowed through a pro democracy rally Friday in the settlement of Peris 50 Miles North of the capital killing at least seven people. And . Officials said saturday that they were concerned about reports that brutal sheriffs were beating up democracy supporters in Rural areas where . Forces have not been sent. After the Airport news conference Perry and his entourage went to the Southern coastal City of Les Cayes where an american Soldier was shot in one of the most serious confrontations Between haitians and . Forces. A . Military spokesman in port a Prince said the wounded american a special forces member May have saved his unit in Les Cayes from an ambush. Staff sgt. Donald m. Holstead 25, of Tampa Fla surprised haitian soldiers scaling the Wall of the . Compound in Les Cayes last sunday when he went outside to use a latrine said an army spokesman maj. Ken Fugett. One Man fired at Holstead. The Soldier returned fire hitting two of the assailants but was shot himself in the Abdomen. Fugett said Holstead based in fort Bragg n.c., probably headed off an ambush of the entire unit although he violated regulations by going outdoors alone. A if they were trying to get in there and shoot up american site slopped them a Fugett said. Holstead was in Good condition in a military Hospital in port a Prince on saturday. Here s the dirt on doctors they Don t womb up Orlando Fla. A do experts in infectious disease know enough to Wash their hands after using the bathroom done to count on it. Washing the hands is one of the. Most important ways of stopping the spread of germs in see if doctors do it a team of researchers decided to watch their toilet etiquette at last years meeting in new Orleans of the infectious diseases society of America medical students were posted in the restrooms. They watched 493 people do their business. The results presented at this years meeting 56 percent of the men and 87 percent of the women washed up. Or. Brobson Lutz and colleagues from the new Orleans health department and Tulane University thought the message was Clear. A if infectious disease specialists attending professional meetings do not routinely Wash their hands after using Public restrooms a they wrote a can we assume that physicians and other health care workers routinely Wash their hands in the clinical care Arena a
