European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 29, 1994 the stars and stripes pages cuban refugees flee from Panda a Camp Panama City a Nineteen cuban refugees jumped Over a barbed wire Fence and escaped thursday from a . Military run de Tention Camp near the Panama canal. Liliana Levi spokeswoman for the detention program known As operation Safe Haven said military and panamanian police were searching for the escapees. Two others who jumped the Fence were captured Levi said. Panama recently allowed the United states to open the detention Camps to ease overcrowding at the . Navy base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. About 8,500 cubans Are in the Panama Camps and the number is expected to Rise to 10,000. The  bound refugees fled their Homeland on rafts and were picked up at sea. Eight other Refu gees at Camp no. 3 went on a hunger strike tues Day demanding they be allowed into the United states. Refugees who me with journalists wednes Day threatened a mass escape from the Camp if Washington does t Grant visas by nov. 15 to the children and women housed there.  -. ".". Speedier membership in nato urged by . By Elaine Sciolino new York times Washington the Clinton administration has begun consultations with its nato allies about How to Speed the admission of former soviet bloc countries into the Western Alliance officials say. The new approach reflects a growing realization in the administration that the partnership Tor peace pro Gram which the allies created in january to extend co operation to the countries of the former soviet bloc is inadequate and was oversold when it was proposed by the administration after the soviet Empire crumbled the emerging democracies of Central Europe made Clear their desire to join the Western Alliance As soon As possible. Although the United states has committed itself in principle Toan eventual expansion it has not Given potential new members a Road map for getting there and the partnership has essentially deferred the Issue. Much of the rhetoric that was used in the past was empty of. Substance a senior administration official said. Partnership for peace is like getting guest privileges at the club you can play Golf once in while. Now we want to Send the bylaws and ask do Yogi want to pay the Duesthe official added that the administration wanted to begin talks with potential new Alliance a members about the How and the Why of getting into  but apparently not the when. The new plan still Falls Short of what Many Central european countries want a Date certain for when they can enjoy the Security umbrella that comes with full Alliance membership. Under the emerging two track plan the administration Hopes to quiet the complaints of those countries that Are unhappy with the slow Pace of nato expansion by defining exactly what they must do to join the Alliance and therefore shifting the Burden of membership to them. They could be told in Stark terms what it will Cost to join what their troop commitment will be and what Alliance regulations they must meet. Thousands of serbs escape bosnian Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a stunned by their rapid reversal of Fortune thousands of bosnian serbs fled advancing government troops in Northwestern Bosnia Relief officials said Friday. The serbs about 10,000 in All used tractors horse carts and their feet to escape the approaching soldiers of the Muslim led army. The largest group of serbs about 8,000, received food and blankets from International Aid agencies while taking Refuge in schools and private Homes in the serbian held town of Bosansky Petro a. Smaller groups fled in other directions. They Are completely shocked stunned by the turn of events said Peter Kessler a spokesman for the . High commissioner for refugees. Near Sarajevo a furious commander of bosnian serbian troops besieging the capital threatened to retaliate against Muslim districts of the City. The Muslim led bosnian army s 5th corps slowed its Advance Friday after capturing about 80 Square Miles Over the past four Days East and Southeast of the town of Bihac said it. Col. Tim Spicer a . Peacekeeper spokesman. It was the most successful attack Dur ing the 31-month-old War by the Long outgunned bosnian government army and it appeared to signal a psychological turning Point. The bosnian serbs Hurt ing for Tiel because of a cutoff of sup. Plies from their former patrons in Serbia have mounted few offensives recently and have acknowledged a severe setback a French armoured vehicle protects a Streetcar in Sarajevo on thursday. In the Bihac area. Spicer said government troops were consolidating their positions while As Sessing whether they had enough logistical support to Advance farther. They have moved to the outskirts of Bosansky Krupa a serbian held town where heavy artillery exchanges were re ported during the night. Despite being forced Back the serbs remain within artillery Range of govern ment held Bihac where a Shell hit thurs Day wounding two civilians and Damag ing two houses Spicer said. Bihac about 140 Miles Northwest of Sarajevo is one of six .-designated Safe areas in Bosnia. Nato airstrikes would be a possible option if the serbs retaliated for their setback with heavy bombardment of civilian targets in the town . Officials said. Bosnian serbian radio said that the commander of serbian forces around Sarajevo Gen Drahomir Milosevic or dered his brigade commanders to immediately inform the . Forces about each Muslim attack and then retaliate against targets in the Muslim parts of  / ."., the City has been spared heavy shelling since february when nato warned it would bomb any heavy guns in the area that were not pulled Back 12.5 Miles or put under , control. Government forces also have been at tacking on several other fronts in Bosnia including near the serbian held town of Kupres in West Central Bosnia. Bosnian serbian commanders have warned the United nations that they will retaliate if the government does t Back off from its offensives.  officials were trying Friday to obtain the release of four British peace keepers and their bosnian interpreter who have been detained since tuesday by serbs at the Kupres police station. The regional British commander Brig. Andrew Ridgeway said that the peace keepers had been on a Goodwill Mission to improve relations with the serbs. He denied allegations that they were spying and he was headed to Kupres to seek their release. The United nations also was angry at the serbs for continuing to Block peace keeper fuel Supply convoys from passing through serbian held territory to besieged Muslim held enclaves All we be seen in the past week is prevarication noncompliance and noncooperation i said . Spokesman Thant Myint a.  asks  to /fft8osn/an arms embargo United nations a the United states asked the Security Council on Friday to lift the . Arms embargo on Bosnia unless bosnian serbs agree to a proposed International Resolution end ing the civil War. . Ambassador Madeleine Albright introduced the Resolution which comes months after repeated attempts by the International Community to negotiate an end to the 31-Rhonth-old conflict. Negotiators for Britain France rus Sia Germany and the United states seeking to end the War that has left an estimated 200,000 dead or missing pro posed that the serbian rebels agree to a pact in which they would give up one third of their War gains. The bosnian serbs have turned Down the offer. The serbs control about 70 percent of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the mus Lim led bosnian government holds about 30  War began in april 1992 when Bosnia seceded from the former Yugo Slavia. We re taking this step As a Conse Quence of the bosnian serbs refusal to accept he. Peace plan and map us. State department spokesman David Johnson said earlier Friday in washing ton. Meanwhile in Brussels Belgium the nato allies approved a hard fought Compromise with the United nations on launching quicker More intense airs trikes against the bosnian serbs. Ambassadors from the 16 Alliance nations accepted the Accord put together in a week of talks Between . And nato officials in new York said diplomats at nato Headquarters who asked to re main Anonymous. They said that . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali was expected to Back the agreement. His endorsement would Clear the Way for Allied warplanes to Widen the scope of their raids against units that attack , peacekeepers or violate Safe havens for bosnian civilians. Despite warning the serbs that they risk facing a More robust air Campaign Alliance officials insist . Commanders on the ground in Bosnia still will have the final say on whether to Call in Allied War planes. . Commanders have been hesitant to request airstrikes fearing retaliation by serbs against the 23,000 peacekeepers in Bosnia. Since june 1993, the United nations has let nato planes strike Only a hand Ful of times. On one occasion they hit an empty bosnian serbian tank. In new York on thursday nato and . Officials agreed on the need for Al lied planes to act More forcefully