European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday january 1995 bosnian peace Accord wins another signature Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a racing to build a foundation for peace on the ruins of Bosnia s War collected another key signature monday for a four month truce. The commitment of Kresimir Zubak head of Bosnia a s croats and president of a croatian Muslim federation in Bosnia widened the agreement Between bos Nian serbs and the Muslim led government which generally has held since it went into effect on sunday. There was one notable exception monday a missile hit the Holiday inn hotel located close to the front line in Sarajevo. No one was Hurt. Bosnian croats who Are Allied with the government and two allies of the bosnian serbs Are not main Par ties to the conflict but have the Power to sabotage the peace Effort by continuing to fight. . Officials praised Zubak s decision to sign on and pressed another group serbs from Croatia to agree. They said they were trying to create enough momentum for peace that no one would be interested in continuing the War after the truce expires May 1. But to do that they said they would need More peacekeepers and a concerted diplomatic Effort on the most intractable problem of All a comprehensive peace Deal. The further both parties go Down the Road to peace the harder it will be for them to go Back to War said . Spokesman Alexander Ivanko in Sarajevo. No time should be lost. Cessation of hostilities is not an end in itself he added. What it does is provide conditions on the ground so that a negotiated and fair political settlement can be reached in Zubak signed on in a meeting with the . Com Mander for Bosnia it. Gen. Michael Rose who negotiated the four month cease fire. Zubak said he added a stipulation in an additional agreement with Rose that bosnian serbs must Stop expelling croats and muslims from serb controlled territory or forcibly mobilizing them. Zubak s signature was important because croatian forces have been fighting their Way toward two important serbian held towns in Western Bosnia Glamos and Bosansky Grah ovo. Serbs have threatened to Reta Liate. White Rose met Zubak the . Military chief for former Yugoslavia Gen. Bertrand do Lapresle talked with croatian serbs. They have joined the bosnian serbs in the past two months in an attack on government held Northwest Bosnia around the town of Bihac. The truce Calls for an end to All outside military involvement a reference to the croatian serbs. Territory they control Borders the Bihac area on the West and North. Rabin halts jewish expansion Cas settlement a threat to West Bank peace Jerusalem a prime minister Yitzhak Rabin halted the expansion of a jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank monday saying it was Nec Essary to preserve peace with the palestinians. Under no circumstances will work continue Rabin old the Knesset setting off heckling from the right Wing opposition. By stopping the bulldozers Rabin decided that pre serving the talks on palestinian self Rule outweighed the possible confrontation with the 120,000 jewish settlers on the West Bank and their supporters in Israel who oppose territorial Compromise. We want peace and we want an agreement. We do not want a binational state Rabin said. The right Wing s claim to huge chunks of the West Bank would mean absorbing hundreds of thousands of palestinians. We Are talking about a territorial Compromise that will secure Jerusalem he said. Whoever wants Jeru Salem to reach to Hebron and Rani Allah and Jericho sex president of Somalia Dies in Nigeria Lagos Nigeria a ousted so Mali president Mohammed Siad Barre who thrived in the cold War but left Savage and starving nation where More than 140 peacekeepers lost their lives died monday in exile. Siad Bane was diabetic and had been feeling ill for some time said a son Dirie Barre. Barre said his father whose birth year has been Given variously As 1919,1912and 1921, died at about 5 15 . A for eign ministry official said the sex Leader Wasen route to a Lagos Hospital at the time. The nigerian government granted Siad Barre Asylum in May 1992, More than Avear after he was forced from the Sorna Lian capital of Mogadishu during a siege by rebels opposed to his increasingly Bru Tal 21-year dictatorship. Siad Barre s departure left Somalia without a government and plunged i deeper into anarchy freeing rival clans to loot government buildings and help themselves to the vast military stores built up during cold War courtship. Drought combined with War caused a famine that killed about 350,000 people in1992 and prompted a mercy mis Sion to protect Aid supplies from armed will Only Hurt chances of keeping Jerusalem United he said naming three West Bank towns. The Cabinet voted 12 to four with one abstention to support Rabin s position after six hours of Stormy de Bate. The Hill Between the settlement of Efrat and the palestinian Village of Al Khidr has been the scene of pro tests and elastics since dec. 22, when bulldozers started Clearing the land. Both sides claim the land 12 Miles South of Jerusa Lem and the palestinians have warned that construction of a jewish neighbourhood there would jeopardize the peace process. _. _ _ _ _. _ left Wing Cabinet ministers opposed to the expansion said it violated the spirit or the 1993 Israel Plo autonomy agreement if not the conserva Tive Cabinet members expressed fear that a ban would set a bad precedent for Israel s claims to the greater Jerusalem area. Apelle Frederick West found dead in his prison cell on new year s Day poses in an undated photo with his second wife Rosemary who was told of his death sunday afternoon. Serial murder suspect found dead in his cell Birmingham England a the suspect in one of Britain s worst serial murder cases was found dead in his cell on new year s Day. Frederick West 53, was charged with murder ing 12 girls and women most of whom were found buried around his House in Gloucester i Western England. He was discovered hanging in his cell in Winson Green prison near birding Ham. Although police Are keeping an open mind at this stage there do not seem to be any suspicious circumstances said a spokeswoman for West midlands police. West s alleged victims included his first wife who disappeared in 1970, and two of his Daugh ters. His second wife 41-year-old Rosemary West has been charged with nine murders including that of her daughter Heather the first victim found. Police began digging for bodies last february. The 114-Day search eventually spread to a Rural area where the body of West s first wife was found. naval award winners announced Naples Italy is the winners of the fiscal 1994 Golden and Silver an Chor awards and the . Elmo r. Zum Walt awards recently were announced by the office of the Secretary of the Navy and the commander of . Naval Force the Golden and Silver Anchor awards Are Given annually to units showing Excel Lence in Quality of life programs such As intercultural relations sponsorship of new personnel educational opportunities within the Community and rates of re enlistment. The following units received the Goldmen. Anchor Large category Fleet air recon so 2, naval station Rota Spain medium category helicopter com Bat support so 4, Nas Simonella Sicily. Small category tactical support Center Nas Simonella. The following units received the Silver Anchor 7- a. A Large category naval support activity Naples Italy. Medium category naval support activity la Maddalena Sardinia. Small category tactical support Center naval station Rota. The Zumwalt awards Are Given for excellence in Bachelor quarters manage ment. A y _. European winners include r first place Small category naval Supply corps school Athens Greece. Second place Small category naval support office la Maddalena. Mohammed Siad Barre a Good Samaritan killed Durina Good deed. 57. Clansmen. Two years later 42 americans and More than 100 . Peacekeeping sol Diers from other countries had been killed in clashes with clansmen Loyal to the coun try s main warlords. The Mission . Peacekeepers blood Iest since the korean War ended the fam Ine but raised questions about . Politi Cal involvement in such conflicts. Purdy Wash a an 18-year old youth trying to help an injured Man into his Home on new year s eve was shot to death by the Man s frightened son police said. three friends found the injured Man in his car. They offered to Call for help but the Man asked to be taken to his Home about four Miles away detective Terry Wilson said once there the Man realized he did t have his keys and told his friends no one was Home so they should break a window to get inside. The Man s 13-year-old son shot and killed one of the men Christopher Blake West As he was climbing through a Kitchen window Wilson said. West had hurled an ice Chest through the window to break it Wilson said
