European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes monday november 21,1994 at a glance an elephant controls the Ball during a soccer match in Surin Thailand. The pachyderms place in history and their current role were on display at the Surin elephant Roundup which featured 208 elephants. The elephants also got in a Little Golf and posed for pictures with tourists. See Story on Page 10.gordon fading tropical storm Gordon rolled Back toward Florida a Shadow of its for Mer self that probably will die put before hitting the Peninsula. A a. A Page response questioned one frantic Call after another came in to police dispatchers before the first Cruiser arrived at the scene of a beating that left a teen dead a newspaper reported. A a a a a a. A. A page7penny theft burglars broke into an elementary school and stole 80,000 pennies weighing ,450 pounds that pupils had spent months collecting. A. A a page8mixed signals angolans government and rebels signed a peace treaty but their leaders did not put their names to the document. A Page 10here come the rangers the mighty morphine Power rangers Are expected to take the Holiday shopping season by storm this year. A Page 16 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 automotive. 11 classifieds 24-28 comics. 21-23 commentary. 15 faces in places .12 focus. 17-20 Horoscope .27 jumble27 letters. ."14 Money matters. 16 sports .28-36 to listings. 35 weather 13israeli soldiers rushed to Gaza Gaza City Gaza strip a in a bid to ease tension Plo Leader Yasser Arafat on sunday released 31 islamic militants from jail while Muslim fundamentalists vowed to redirect their anger at israeli soldiers and settlers. Taking the threats seriously israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin ordered extra troops rushed to the Gaza strip to protect jewish settlements and to the West Bank to prevent riots. Angry statements came from leaders of both the Palestine liberation organization and islamic fundamentalists of the Hamas and islamic jihad groups. But Only isolated outbreaks of violence occurred sunday As a shaky truce held on the ground. Nabil Shaath the plots top peace negotiator said rioting that claimed 13 lives Friday was the outgrowth of anger Over Rabin s Banning of palestinians from jobs in Israel and the International donors failure to make Good on Aid pledges. Quot this palestinian land has been under siege and collective punishments by the israelis for weeks preventing our workers from attending their jobs preventing our products from being exported preventing our fishermen from going to sea and this has resulted in a catastrophe a Shaath said. A the donors have Given us nothing but a Israel imposed the closure on Gaza after a wave of suicide bombings and other attacks by islamic militants that claimed 30 israeli lives in the past two months. Rabin has warned that palestinian elections and the expansion of autonomy would depend on whether violence continued. At a Cabinet meeting sunday israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres said economic hardship contributed to last weeks riots he proposed that Israel Advance the Plo s13 million in tax Money collected from palestinians working in Israel. A a Quot a a Clinton from Page 1 said there had been no prompting from the administration to do so. The White House has not responded to Helms remarks Friday on the can program Evans amp Novak. Asked on the program whether Clinton was up to the Job of commander in chief Helms who is in line to head the Senate foreign relations committee respond cd a you ask an honest question. Ill give you an honest answer. No i do not and neither do the people in the armed Helms of North Carolina went on to say that a just about every military Man who writes me thinks the same Way. Shalikashvil declined to criticize Helms but he offered some personal Praise for Clinton whose relations with the military have been strained at times. The general said he is highly impressed with Clinton a ability to get to the Bottom of issues and make the right decision.," have always found him to be the Guy that gets to the Core Issue the quickest and asks the hardest questions a he said. A and his decisions i think in All those matters have been right he sought to dispel any notion that the military did not respect or support Clinton. A president Clinton is our commander in chief a he said in a statement released by his office. A the has and will continue to have the loyalty and full support of the joint chiefs of in the Telephone interview he elaborated a the people of the United states appointed him and elected him for that. Speaking for myself and i know for the joint chiefs of staff he has and will continue to have the loyalty and full support of All of Clinton a standing with the military was a matter of controversy in the 1992 Campaign when republicans asked How army Gen. John m. Shalikashvil Speaks with president Clinton hear the Pentagon earlier this fall. A Man who avoided the draft during the Vietnam War could command the respect of the uniformed forces. As president Clinton got off to a disastrous Start in his relations with the joint chiefs when the military leaders nearly rebelled against his plan to allow homosexuals to serve openly in the military. In addition democratic plans for military cuts and the presidents attitude toward Embr oiling the military in trouble spots abroad raised suspicions within the Pentagon and among the rank and file. Since then however much has changed. Pentagon officials As Well As outsiders say that the military Stop officials genuinely support Clinton and Are pleased with their relations which they say Are now better than his standing with Many of his longtime supporters such As homosexual rights organizations. Those officials attribute the improving relations to these factors a Clinton a Retreat on homosexual rights in which he essentially allowed the joint chiefs to write the final policy. A his Cooling toward the use of Forcenito from Page 1 Allied with the bosnian government reported that the a whole Border Between Bosnia and Croatia is on fire. Under joint attack by the Abdich forces and bosnian serb it said they were supported by artillery and tanks firing from serbian held croatian territory. In Bat Noga Croatia just across the Border from velika Kladusan refugees who fled with Abdich in August waited saturday to return. Bosnian prime minister Haris Silajdzic accused serbs of using tanks in an assault that captured several villages near Bihac. Bihac is a a Safe area a and there is Long standing authority for the United nations to Call in airstrikes to protect it. The United nations did not confirm Silajdzic a comments and it was not Clear whether the fighting actually was taking place in the ill defined Bihac Safe area. Silajdzic demanded airstrikes against the serbian forces a it is critical around Bihac right now and we re waiting for the response of the . And nato immediately a said Silajdzic after a meeting with . Ambassador Victor Jackovich. A the Concrete action would be to take out those tanks with serious airstrikes a Silajdzic said. The top . Official in former Yugoslavia Yasushi Akashi and the military commander Gen. Bertrand de Lapresle met. In Zagreb after Akashi returned from the Security councils saturday in dangerous situations such As the fighting in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A his resolve in episodes such As iraqis recent threat to Kuwait. A his support for a number of spending initiatives such As defense Secretary William Perry a recent plan to put More Money into improving service members Quality of life. Shalikashvil said that since he took Oyer As chairman of the joint chiefs in october last year a a in a say that the relationship Between the military and the president has Only among the enlisted ranks however officials and others say Clinton is far less popular. And the Issue of his standing with the armed forces is still politically sensitive particularly after an election in which he proved unpopular among White males Ana southerners groups that have traditionally been the edit Aryl a strongest supporters. In the can television interview whose transcript was released Friday but which was broadcast saturday Helms said that the military members who believe Clinton is not up to the Job included Active duty officers and general Grade officers. The senator said he would not say who those officers were. When he was asked whether some of these sceptics were on the joint chiefs Helms said a no comment.�?�. A a. A Shalikashvil whom Clinton selected to head the joint chiefs said that he was often in Contact with military people throughout the world and that they did not share Helms judgment. A the left the impression that this rep resents such an overwhelming View in the military and in the leadership a he said. A that just Isnit Shalikashvil said no one had asked him to make Calls to defend Clinton. He also said a the last thing i want to do is pick a fight with someone As respected As senator also contributing to the article the associated press meeting in new York. There was no information immediately on the meeting. . Troops had been on a red Alert a the highest state of readiness earlier sunday but that later was cancelled. . Sources in Sarajevo said de Lap Resles priority for possible airstrikes was knocking out the Dubina Airstrip in serbian held croatian territory. Two air raids a one on Friday against Bihac and one saturday against the town of Cazin just to the North a were launched from there. French officials have said de Lapresle had requested a nato attack after the first serbian air raid but was turned Down because the Alliance had no authority to attack croatian territory. The Security Council widened nato authority saturday
