European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes a sunday october 9,1994 Sarajevo Airlift halted by gunfire Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a 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 ten Sion from rising appeared to be unravel eng. 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 heeds. . 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 Croatia. 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. On Friday bosnian serbs refused to give clearance for a Convoy carrying near or 1.00 tons of food to Sarajevo. The last food Convoy to reach the bosnian capital arrived the Day of the airstrike. It this is a grim Start to Winter season in Sarajevo a 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. Kessler said the five countries Partick St a Quot ? a Felt s / i r it a it v s a a. A a Quot Quot moral we a �,.=. Peacekeepers inspect the Impact Hole from a snipers Bullet in Central Sarajevo on saturday. One person was killed and u wounded by sniper fire in the bosnian capital prompting authorities to halt traffic and suspend Streetcar service. Paling in the Airlift would meet later saturday to review the situation. A we 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 zone. Sol 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. Expanded amnesty Law in Haiti May fail to get nod from Cedras port a Prince Haiti a senators have expanded Haiti a amnesty Law but it is unclear whether it goes far enough to prompt the nations military rulers to resign and let Jean Bertrand Aristide reclaim his presidency. Violence continued meanwhile As next saturdays deadline for the military to relinquish Power approaches. Civilian gunmen backed by the haitian military killed at least seven people Friday when they slowed their White Mercedes pickup truck into a pro democracy rally. Reporters counted seven dead in the attack in Peris 50 Miles North of the capital port a Prince but witnesses said 11 people were killed. And . Officials said saturday that they were concerned about reports that brutal sheriffs were beating up democracy supporters and intimidating them with gunfire in Rural areas where . Forces have not deployed. The amnesty was approved Friday As a provision of the sept. 18 agreement Between the United states and Haiti that is to culminate with the resignation of Haiti a army chief it. Gen. Raoul Cidras. Cidras had pledged to relinquish Power by next saturday the Date of Aristides expected return if a general amnesty were approved. He made no comment on the new legislation but a source close to him said on condition of Ano a we have to guard against becoming the police of this country. Haitians have to pair haitians ultimately Raymond Kelly . Adviser nym Ity that he did not met the terms of the general amnesty Cidras had sought. A Quot a a the Law would let Aristide Pardon political crimes by the generals who overthrew him in 1991 and their collaborators. It does not expressly cover the thousands of killings kidnappings and beatings of civilians since the coup. It remains unclear however whether Aristide will Honor the amnesty or whether anyone will be prosecuted for these crimes. The United states also had wanted an amnesty despite concern that Aristide might not enact it. Aristides supporters have called for a a Justice for political and human rights crimes by the military. A what this Bill docs. Is throw the Ball Back to president Aristide a . Embassy spokesman Stanley Schrager said Friday. In London the human rights group amnesty International said it was concerned the. Bill would allow human rights violators a to enjoy impunity for their senators however said the measure would let individuals sue their tormentors for human rights violations. The Clinton administration meanwhile said it was prepared to reduce its strength from 19,000 Servic members to about 6,000 within six months and hand Over peacekeeping duties to the United nations. The . Role should end by january 1996, undersecretary of defense Walter Slocombe said in Washington. International police monitors headed saturday for Cap haitian to help create an interim haitian authority in that Northern town. Haitian police abandoned the town after . Marines killed 10 haitian soldiers there sept. 24. In an interview with the associated press former new York City police commissioner Raymond Kelly cautioned that the United states could not be everywhere in Haiti. We have to guard against becoming the police of this country a said Kelly who is setting up a civilian police Force in Hatti to replace the army run network haitians have to police haitians s the dirt on doctors they Don t Wash up Orlando Fla. Tap do experts in infectious disease know enough to Wash their hands after using the bathroom t done to count on it. Washing the hands is one of the most important ways of stopping the spread of germs in hospitals. To 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
