European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday november 22,1994 at a glance palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat warned thousands of chant Long Fol Lowers monday that factional Vio Lence would undermine the dream of a palestinian state. See Story on pages. Police kill american a 16-year-Bld american was fatally shot by German police after they at tempted to Stop a car with stolen License plates officials say. Gore criticism in his College years vice presi Dent Al Gore was no fan of the . Array calling it an example of fas Cist totalitarian regimes.".pg6 fumesklll3 a Van being warmed up in a garage filled a House with exhaust fumes sunday killing three family members a -. I ,. Page Oaks to join us air retired air Force Gen Robert c. Oaks the Borrner commander of the . Air forces in Europe has been appointed to oversee us air s flight and ground safety pc Cedres. Page 11 Singer has transplant David Crosby of the  Crosby stills and Nash received a new liver sunday. Pag12 rail plan considered new Jersey is studying plans to put electric trains for commuters on track. Page 16 l Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 24-28 comics. 21-23 commentary. 15 computers. 11 crossword. 21 faces a places. 12 focus. 17-20 Horoscope 28 Jumble .28 letters. 14 Money matters .16 sports 29-36 to listings. 35 weather 13  Page 1 were destroyed and it is assumed tha tall civilians that were in those houses were  there was no Independent confirmation. The United nations said some czech peacekeepers who were posted near us Bina were taken hostage after the  said two peacekeepers were being held by serbian troops who Are threatening to kill  Smith said the raid was t meant to put the Airfield out of commission for an awfully Long time. If we had wanted to we would have taken out All the aircraft the  Croatia s air Force commander said the damage to two runways could be re paired in 48-72  the commander col Imra a Otic also said about 20 fixed Wing aircraft and 10 helicopter were destroyed or considerably dam  the airstrikes actually May play into the hands of bosnian and croatian serbs. Since they have been attacking bosnian government lands jointly in recent weeks an escalating Cross Border conflict might pressure serbian president Slobodan Milosevic to help the bosnian serbs once again. The serbian Leader Cut off most Aid to Bosnia s serbs in August in Exchange for eased International sanctions on serbian dominated Yugoslavia. He continues to Wield influence in serbian held parts of Croatia. Senior . Envoy Yasushi Akashi said monday that he and Milosevic would meet wednesday with Martic head of Croatia s breakaway serbs. Martic condemned the bombing As an nato s use of air Power in Balkans by the associated press bosnian government troops. Here is a rundown of nato airs aug. 5 two american a-10 jets trikes in the former Yugoslavia 4 a destroy an aging anti tank weapon feb 28 american f-16 fighters near Sarajevo after serbs seize heavy shoot Down four bosnian serbian War weapons from a .-guarded com planes that were violating a no Fly Pound. The weapons arc later re zone in Central Bosnia the first com turned. Bat by nato in its 45-year history. April 10 two american f-16s strike bosnian serbian positions near Gorade a Muslim enclave under at tack 35 Miles Southeast of  results Are inconclusive. April 11 two . Marine of a 18s strike serbian positions near go razed reportedly destroying a tank. T april 16 a British sea harrier Jet from which serbian planes attacked is downed near Gorade by ground the Bihac enclave in Northwestern fire. The Pilot ejects and is rescued by Bosnia. Sept. 22 nato jets strike a ser Bian tank near Sarajevo after serbs at tack a French armoured personnel car Rier and defy . Demands to remove heavy guns violating a no weapon zone around the City. Nov 21 about 30 nato War planes bomb an air base in Croatia insolent and Vandal attack. Which we Haven t provoked at  Akashi the top . Official in former Yugoslavia insisted the nato airstrike was a necessary and proportionate  and president Clinton said it was Strong and entirely appropriate response. That Airfield has been used to conduct the air attacks against the  was the right thing to  serbian planes flying from Dubi Zahave bombed the Bihac area of Bosnia three times since nov. 9, including an at tack Friday on the City of Bihac with napalm and Cluster bombs. On saturday nine people were killed and 15 wounded in nearby Cazin when one of two Yugo slav made Orao attack planes crashed during a raid. In addition serbs in Croatia have been firing artillery into the Bihac pocket in support of bosnian serbs trying to regain lost territory. Serbs have seized control of about 70 percent of Bosnia in the 2v5-Yearwar. A. ,., the . Security Council on saturday extended nato air authority to Croatia after warplanes flying from the Dubi abase staged the airstrikes on bosnian government targets. The Resolution specifically allowed nato to target the us Bina Airfield. In Sarajevo on monday guided mis Siles hit the roof of the bosnian presidency and near the City government building next door injuring three people. Sniper fire forced the City s Tram service to halt. Also shelled was government held Tula and several other areas of Northern and Northwest Bosnia. More than 200,000 people have Bee killed or disappeared in the bosnian War. Suffer from Page 1 stars and stripes. Collins we Klong tour of . Air forces in Europe bases concluded  still have race and sex discrimination he said. We still have sexual harassment much More than we should and we need to Deal with  number of sexual harassment cases in the. Air Force is projected to drop from 736 in fiscal 1993 to 474 in Fis Cal 1994. Which concluded sept. 30, Collins said. Validated cases also Are expected to decline. In fiscal 993, there were 503 validated cases but for the last fiscal year that number is projected to ditto 32o, a decrease of 35 percent. Statistics for both the Navy and army were unavailable monday. Collins attributed the High number of sexual harassment complaints in the air Force in fiscal 1993 to Tail Hook. The scandal which surfaced in mid-1992, involved the exploits of Drunken Navy and Marine aviators at the Tail Hook association s 1991 convention. Tail Hook energized the services Collins said. It raised the conscience level of folks. Tail Hook was Good for us in a Way. It was a Wake up Call. You have fewer people doing dumb  he also attributed the increases be fore fiscal 1994 to the air Force s efforts to Deal with harassment. If you re educating folks they Remore prone to exercise their rights he said. But according to some women there Smuch room for Progress. I was always proud the air Force gave me a break. It s almost like we be fallen Back said air Force it. Col. Pamel Casarotto an officer with 21 Vears in the service. I m very concerned about  she filed a sexual discrimination complaint against a supervisor at Dover fab Del saying she was relieved of command without an explanation. The air Force has shown me it can not police itself. The system protects the perpetrators said air Force maj. Ola Allen another officer at Dover who sent her sexual harassment complaint to air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall claiming her superiors covered up and mishandled recharges. Air Force women Point to the com ments of Gen. Merrill a. Mcpeak who retired As air Force chief of staff Las month and set the tone for his subordinates. He rarely hid his opposition to women assuming a greater role in the service they said three years ago he told a Senate panel that he would rather Fly with a less qualified male Pilot than with a top notch woman flier. In an interview before his tour of Europe Collins acknowledged that my Peak s comments created a widespread perception that he did t support women. But i think the folks who work it at the grass roots level did t Back off i think Overall we be tackled the  Collins a retired air Force lieutenant colonel added there has to be a change m the culture. We re getting new leadership younger  Collins who is six months into the Job wants to Speed up the air Force s complaint system. He believes too Many people have no Confidence in the system or Are women about retribution. Although a is unfamiliar with the complaints filed with wandas watch Collins said the service s senior leadership knows that retribution take against a complainant will not be Toler ated. People who file complaints should not the air Force has also shortened the response time for the initial processing of a complaint from 20 to 14 Days. Air Force women Are hopeful that Gen. Ronald r. Fogleman the new air Force chief of staff will provide a better climate. And their Navy Sisters Are encouraged by the efforts of adm. Mike Boorda named this summer As chief of naval operations. Recently the army has been widely raised As the service Leader in dealing with sexual harassment. This year Congress ordered the Navy and the air Force to match the army s sexual harassment rules which provide strict time limits for investigating Inci dents offer follow up procedures and allow the complaint to be handled out Side the direct command. A defense department task Force is developing enforcement and training guidelines and is expected to report its findings next month. Only the army has studied the prob Lem and taken Broad action said sen. Patty Murray a Wash during a hearing earlier this year. The regulations issued by the air Force and the Navy have no real Protection against  at the same time the army has up dated its sexual harassment training to include Small group discussions with both sexes which officials see As More Benefi Cial than pamphlets or lectures said . Kevin m. Clement who helped de Vise the plan. Air Force women say their service s sexual harassment training has been spotty or nonexistent. We Don t do that any More said Casarotto who has complaint of sexual discrimination at Dover. We have policy letters. They Don t really aggressively pursue it Collins the air Force s Deputy assist ant Secretary said the service will strengthen its sexual harassment training Early next year. The current one time training of two hours will increase to six hours and be repeated following each new assignment. Officers and noncommissioned officers also will receive additional training he said. The defense department task Force however could Call for even More train ing he said. Contributing to this report staff writer Kevin Dougherty in Kaluf Lautem. Germany \