European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday december 5,1994 at a glance former vice president Dan Quayle who was suffering from blood dots in his lungs has been moved from the intensive care Ward to a private Hospital room in an Indianapolis Hospital. Sec Story of Page 6. New Law in town some 250 men and women returned to help establish the Rule of Law in Haiti a nascent democracy. A pages crime rate drops although still a unacceptably High a serious crime in the first six months of 1994 fell by 3 percent nationally the Fri said. _ a pages just practising As their tiny Island country is invaded by Sonoran troops the Ginger islands Call on the United states for help. Its an imaginary crisis to Aid real world military training. A Quot a a page8 new Type of Roundup Early next year Florida state Highway officials will begin operation Roundup a surveillance a program that targets the most incurable Drunken Drivers. _ _ _ a Page 9 Naftal blamed the North american free Trade agreement has resulted in a net loss of 10,000 . Jobs a study says. Page 14 Index a Abby Ann Landers. 20 automotive. 9 classifieds. 21-24 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 faces v places. 10 focus. 15-17 Horoscope 22 Jumble. 22 letters 12 Money matters. 14 sports. 25-32 to listings. 31 weather. 11 serbs free 53 continue towns Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr with1 world attention fixed on Bosnia serbs eased their grip sunday on . Peacekeepers held in one hand while tightening the squeeze on hard pressed Northwest Bosnia and Herzegovina in the other. Bosnian serbs released 20 British and 33 dutch peacekeepers 53 of the total 402 they were holding As insurance against further nato airstrikes. Diplomats scrambled to find a Way to overcome a paralysed peace process and intransigent combatants. French and British foreign ministers travelled to Belgrade Yugoslavia to talk to serbian president Slobodan Milosevic and a senior . Diplomat was in Sarajevo meeting with the bosnian government on the eve of the Summit of the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe in Budapest Hungary. Bosnia was shaping up As a major topic there. There were no indications that either the bosnian government or the serbs who control 70 percent of the Republic would go for a slight variation of an International peace plan that bosnian serbs repeatedly have rejected. But the release of the 53 peacekeepers who had been held in Eastern Bosnia for More than a week was a slight Bow toward the International Community by the bosnian serbs. The 20 British soldiers held in the Hamlet of brine in serbian held Eastern Bosnia were released around noon sunday and continued on to their original destination the government held enclave of Gorade. Later officials said 33 dutch soldiers who had been held at Zvonik on the bosnian Side of the Border with Yugoslavia were freed and allowed to proceed to Srebrenick another government enclave farther North. But 349 peacekeepers still were being detained by the serbs 55 canadians 267 French and ukrainian soldiers guarding weapons collection Points and 27 monitors from various countries. While easing up slightly on the United nations the serbs pressed hard on Muslim led government soldiers in the towns of velika Kladusan and Bihain far Northwestern Bosnia. Those towns had been largely quiet for several Days. But velika Kladusan the former Headquarters of a renegade Muslim Leader faced renewed attack saturday and was reportedly close to falling to serbian forces and Muslim rebel troops Loyal to Fikret Abdich. A Ulm. Spokesman maj. Herd Gour Melon reported a Sharp increase in fighting sunday around both Bihac and velika Kladusan. A heavy artillery and mortar exchanges have been reported a he said. Bosnian radio reported a heavy attack by serbs from neighbouring Croatia. Serbian forces have taken 30 percent to 40 percent of a -deciared a Safe area consisting of the town of Bihac and its immediate surroundings. Gou Nneka reported fighting All around the Bihac perimeter. Iraq wants . Condemned for incident Nicosia a Prus apr accusing the United states of trying to escalate tension in the persian Gulf Iraq is urging the . Security Council to condemn the interception of iraqi vessels by american warships and the alleged beating of iraqi seamen. The Council which recently voted to renew International Trade sanctions against Iraq is unlikely to respond to the iraqi request. The state run iraqi news Agency monitored in Cyprus quoted acting foreign minister Hamed Yousef Humaidi As saying he held Washington responsible for the  Humaidi asked the Security Council to prevent similar incidents in the future the Agency said. The . Navy said saturday that it had boarded five vessels last week suspected of violating . Sanctions against Iraq. Iraq says american inspectors beat some iraqi seamen after boarding the vessels Ina reported. A spokesman for . Central come said a minimum Force was used to subdue and handcuff four crewmen on an iraqi Tanker. The spokesman said the crewmen at tacked the american boarding team or were uncooperative during a search. The spokesman said three tugboats in of gasoline identified ports for investigation. _ the Security Council imposed a Trade embargo on Iraq in August 1990 after Saddam Hussein s forces invaded neighbouring Kuwait. The . And Allied navies enforce the embargo by patrolling the Gulf and the red sea. Thousands of merchant vessels have been intercepted or boarded since 1990. Report from Page 1 itary service chiefs to report to him each month on readiness. Last month the Pentagon after repeated assurances that military forces Are in top form announced that four of the army a 12 combat divisions Are far below Par. Administration officials said unexpected overseas actions in Haiti Cuba and the persian Gulf late in the fiscal year sapped training funds for backup units. They also partially blamed Congress for being slow to provide emergency Money. The Spence report rejected these arguments saying instead that defense cuts put in place by Clinton have led to a policy from Page 1 Sel a female subordinate behind closed  committee chairwoman Wilma Powell said that As a whole the panel members give credence to Noonan s observations but done to want to overreact. A a we re looking at this with a lot of balance a she said. A if we done to we could have men refusing to work with women which might just be a cop out on their  she said she believes that the senior leadership of All the services is a fully a downward readiness  a even if Congress had immediately approved All requested supplemental funds to pay for unbudgeted peacekeeping and humanitarian operations there would still be serious readiness repercussions a the report concluded. A readiness a the ability of the armed forces to get into Battle quickly and fight effectively a is measured through a Complex formula that takes into account a units equipment inventory of spare parts level of training and other factors. Republican staffers of. The House armed services committee conducted a Survey of selected military units around the world in september the last month of the fiscal year when funds Are traditionally tight. These Are some of the findings. A the 3rd in 24th inf div me Chat fort Stewart ga., has not mane Vered committed to eliminating harassment As Well As wrongful complaints. A the problems arise at the lower Levels a she said. A a there a a big  Between the top and the  at this Point she said the committee is going to let the services implement their tighter regulations to combat harassment for the next year or so a and see where it goes. If there Are still significant problems either with sexual harassment or with supervisors being wrongfully accused Well take it from there.�?�. Noonan said he believes the answer to eliminating sexual harassment among the ranks lies in the a Confidence that women have in their Chain of command to handle harassment problems a and the majority of since december 1993.a 1s in 2nd army div at fort Hood Texas had to conduct platoon training a a dismounted by parking tank and having soldiers walk the Range pretending to be in tanks. A a in Europe All of the f-15e and two thuds of the f-15c Crews missed required training events in the past year. A Navy and Marine Carrier squadrons that were not deployed late in the fiscal year suspended or reduced flight training from july through september. A both the Pacific and Atlantic fleets reported a lower average for surface ship readiness than in 1993. The military services generally consider Spence an ally. But the air Force questioned some of his conclusions according to a report last week in defense week a Magazine that covers military issues. A j women i be talked to have that confided commanders a need to lighten up just carry out the policy a much As do with the a Zero tolerance toward use he said. A some service members still use d a they their commanders with it a sometimes severely. The should hold True with incidents of s  that a what the service chiefs is  lawmakers Noonan a they need to Lead with their Hii ten the people on the Hill and Manders can Deal with harassment i lems he said. A and they need to this unnecessary and Counte Prodi frenzy Over the