European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday november 19,1994 at a glance a German court has ordered that Irmgard Moller a leftist terrorist who killed three . Soldiers in a 1972 car bombing be freed from prison. See Story on Page 9. Deadly clash in Gaza thirteen people were killed in Gaza City when Plo police opened fire Friday on thousands of worship ers outside a mosque and clashed with islamic militants. a a Page 4 deficit balloons America s Trade deficit swelled to $10.13 billion in september democrats criticized a National poll has found that Vot ers believe the democratic dominated National politics under presi Dent Clinton has grown corrupt and slow to address the heeds of Ordinary . A. .page6 Hurricane rolling Hurricane Gordon a deadly storm that gained strength and turned Back toward Shore was zigzagging toward North Carolina on Friday. Page 8 construction dips rising Home mortgage interest rates finally slowed housing construction the Commerce depart ment says. Page 14 l Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 22-27 comics,.,. 18-19,21 commentary. 13 crossword i 21 faces a places. 20 focus. 15-17 Horoscope. 23 Jumble. 23 letters. 12 Money matters 14 religion. 10 sports 27-32 to listings 31 weather airstrikes Are emphasized in briefings on Capitol Hill Washington a . Aid to Bosnia could include increased airstrikes weapons from tanks to rocket propelled grenades and military trainers working outside the Battle zone Pentagon and congressional officials said move would make the United states a partisan in the Balkan conflict and could require nearly $5 billion Over several years administration officials Are warning lawmakers in a series of Classi fied briefings on Capitol Hill. The embargo was declared by the United nations and is still being enforced by nato though the United states has stopped its share in the enforcement. If the United states were to begin tract on its own the air Force could launch what one Clinton administration official described As a very heavy air Campaign against the bosnian serbs including their Supply lines Headquarters armaments factories and front Lin troops. That would require enlargement of the current Small us. Contingent of ground based Forward air controllers in Bosnia who have been helping Nat planes find their targets s the military option includes a program to train the bosnian army. . Trainer would work in a third country. Bosnian army units would shuttle in and out of that country for their training. The United states could also provide military intelligence and equipment including tanks antitank weapons Small arms a Mored vehicles and Counte Battery radar. Because some 19,000 United nation peacekeepers would be immediately endangered by lifting the embargo the United states would help Airlift those troops out of the Region in an emergency evacuation. Some House and Senate members who supported open Defiance of the International arms embargo against the former Yugoslavia emerged stunned from the briefings. One concern dogging . Military planners senators say is the possibility that neighbouring Serbia with its Formida ble military capability would enter the War alongside its bosnian serb Brethren if the United states openly aided the bosnian government. Rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia expected to become speaker of the House of representatives said Friday i can t imagine Given the current budget constraints that this administration would commit itself to $5 billion in Aid to bos earlier this year Gingrich supported amendments to defense legislation directing Clinton to defy the arms Embar v. The Clinton administration is drawing up options for Bosnia reluctantly and at the direction of Congress. The authorization for this year s defense spending re quires the administration to draft a plan for defying the embargo and helping the bosnian government army in its bloody conflict with bosnian serb a meeting in Paris on Friday the foreign ministers of France Britain and Russia agreed on the absolute Neces sity of preserving the Unity of their efforts along with the United states to Ward a peace agreement in Bosnia. Deals from Page 1 that Small teams of Cia operatives reworking in Bosnia to train soldiers in Mili tary operations provide them with satellite photos and control air traffic the european said . Air Force g. Boyd Deputy Neucom com Mander cemented the military assistance agreement in a recent meeting with a bos Nian army corps commander at the Centra bosnian town of Gonji a Kun. Morse said the sept. 4 meeting was a Chance encounter in which the bosnian commander walked up to Boyd. Their meeting was not the purpose of the visit to the town he said Boyd and members of his military staff were accompanying a state department delegation that visited on the recommendation of British it. Gen. Michael Rose head of the . Bosnia and Herzegovina come Morse said. ,-.-. Boyd did not participate in nor is he aware of any discussions of . Military assistance to the government of Bosnia Morse said. The report in the european that said he sealed a Deal on that proposal or any other proposal is incorrect the delegation included Richard hol Brooke former . Ambassador to Ger Many and Robert c. Frasure outgoing Deputy assistant Secretary of state for euro Pean affairs. Holbrooke has since been appointed to Frasure s position and a . Embassy spokesman in Bonn said the visit to Bosnia was part of a series of orientation trips the two made together. Morse said Holbrooke invited Boyd to accompany the delegation for protocol purposes. He also said it is not unusual for . Military commanders to visit the re Gion. For instance he said Boyd s staff included Brig. Gen. Edward Hanlon jr., chief of staff for joint task Force provide Promise in Naples Italy Headquarters for the . Portion of the International humanitarian Mission in former Yugoslavia. He gets in there with some regularity Morse said of Hanlon s visits to Bosnia. Hanlon frequently provides a Security escort for senior . Government official visiting the Region and also coordinates american military support of the . Mis Sions in the Region Morse said adding he does not conduct discussions with the government of fewer than 1,000 . Military personnel Are part of the . Humanitarian Mission in former Yugoslavia Morse said. As of thursday . Personnel in bos Nia numbered 31, Morse said. Of the 31 military members 27 Are in Sarajevo two Are in Tula and one each Are in med Gorje an Metkovic. Jets from Page 1 Force of croatian serbs and renegade bosnian muslims. The United nations has warned repeatedly that it would Call for nato air strikes if Bihac located close to serbian held territory in Croatia should be at tacked the United nations has explicitly warned that any action against the Bihac Safe zone will inevitably result in Nat Airpower Risley said thursday. But nato officials said the unite nations had so far made no request for a military response. A Western military official speaking on condition of anonymity said two ser Bian planes were tracked taking off from Dina in serb held Croatia about 18 Miles Southwest of Bihac. They flew North but radar could not confirm they had entered bosnian air space which would violate a . No Fly zone the official said. On nov. 9, a serbian plane from Dubina fired two missiles at downtown Bihac but . And nato officials never con firmed it had entered bosnian airspace. Nato planes have no mandate Tenter croatian airspace to go after serbs there although they could retaliate against bosnian serbs who Are coordinating attacks with serbs in neighbouring Croatia. . Officials and observers repeatedly have expressed concern that involvement of serbs in Croatia could drag the croatian army into the conflict and reignite abroad War. Earlier thursday the United nation said anti government forces had seized about 35 Square Miles of Northwest bos Nia and were pressing their attack against the bosnian army. . Spokesman maj. Herve gourmet Lon estimated that a combined Force of serbs from Croatia and rebel muslims had taken about 15 Square Miles of Terri tory around velika also took about 20 Square Miles around the Village of Ivacic to the South along the croatian Border. The United nations says velika Kladusan is surrounded but a sizable govern ment Force remains to defend the town. Meanwhile serbs Are pushing at Bihac from the East and South rolling Back gains made in a Surprise government offensive last month. It seems they intend to Cut the Bihac pocket in two parts Gou Melon said. In the bosnian capital Sarajevo Ashell exploded thursday close to the . Headquarters and the . Embassy in the City Center and a 7-year-old boy was killed by sniper fire. His Mother and two others were wounded. . Officials said increasing violence in recent Days threatened a return to All out War in the capital. Airman 36, Dies of apparent heart attack Ramstein a Germany is a 36-year-old airman died wednesday of an apparent heart attack at his Home Accord ing to a base news release. Tech. Sgt. Tommy v. Lewis of the 786th comm so was found lying on his Back by his teen age daughter the release said. The daughter performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation but her attempts to revive her father were unsuccessful. Lewis a single Parent was pronounced dead at 8 45 . An autopsy was scheduled for Friday. The release said Lewis ear Lier had complained of Chest pain and pain in his . The 16-year air Force Veteran had been stationed at Ramstein since january. He was a supervisor of a worldwide compute customer support unit. A memorial service is scheduled for 10 . Tuesday at Ramstein Chapel one
