European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 04, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 r the stars and stripes wednesday january 4,1995 cams re a new Grozny Russ Back from the heart of the chechen capital by spirited rebel def no cars rained rockets and artillery shells Down on the City tuesday. The russians humiliated appeared to be gearing up for a fresh  russian Convoy of at least 20 trucks loaded with weapons and ammunition headed into the City and Siik Noi fighter jets and helicopter gunships buzzed  a a. ,.in Moscow president Boris Yeltsin s closest aide Viktor Ilyushin said Russia would go All the Way to the end. A member of the chechen parliament go Cebu Nin said the City was bracing for another massive Tan   a ,. It would be Russia s second attempt since new year s eve to take Grozny and smash Chechnya s3-, year old Independence  Days of ferocious Street fighting pitting reluctant russian solid cars against Iron willed but outgunned chechen has left hundreds dead and wounded. Russian tank arid infantry forces pulled Back lat monday regroup stirring Short lived chechen celebrations in the City Center. _ _ v but the russians began shelling again during the night. Heavy bombardment continued tuesday in Northern sections of the City. At least  huge fires from Oil depots and the Lenin refinery Stilli burned. Hundreds of rebel fighters some in their Early teens were packed in the basement and first floor of the tall Concrete presidential Palace in downtown Grozny along with five wounded russian soldiers. A Lone chechen doctor cared for the wounded Che Chen and russian alike in the basement. In the Dank poorly lit corridors and rooms the chechen fighters stood Side by Side dragging on cigarettes while explosions outside sent heart stopping concussions through the building. ,."v. V.-. A  a j Are ready to fight anywhere not Only in the mountains but even in Moscow. This is a jihad holy War said vice president Zeli Khan Yan Darbie. Chechen president a Khokhar Dunayev in a Broad cast on local television monday from a secret location said Moscow should negotiate the withdrawal of All russian troops from the City \ the storming of Grozny has been a catastrophe forthe attackers and a tragedy for the defenders he said. The russian government insisted its forces had snatched the initiative and controlled much of Grozny. It even said russian Relief workers were handing but food clothes tents and Medicine to the City s besieged residents a reality was at Sharp Odds with the official Story. Bodies and burned out tanks littered streets filled with the debris of Days of Street fighting and weeks of airstrikes. Civilians still left alive in the ruined City huddled in basements and bomb shelters without water heat or electricity. _ _ _ an inter fax correspondent counted the bodies of More than 100 russian soldiers outside the presidential Palace. Both inter fax and the itar Tass news Agency said russian troops around the Central train station were trapped. Chechen forces said they controlled the Southern part of the City As Well As the Palace and the train Sta ferry docks 2 Days late after Riding out storm Copenhagen Denmark a a danish ferry with 647 passengers finally made it to port tuesday after spending nearly two Days Riding out a Winter storm in the North sea. I think i la take the ferry at another time of the year next time danish passenger Jorgen Schmidt said after disembarking. The Dana Anglia ferry left Harwich England on new year s eve and was supposed to reach the danish port of Esbjerg the next Day. Instead it had to sail to Calmer Waters and wait for the Winter storm to pass. No injuries were reported. The 504-foot ferry is owned by the dds ship Ping group. A similar ferry the Estonia Sank during a storm in the Baltic sea in september killing More than 900 people. A chechen lighter inside the presidential Palace in the Center of Grozny looks for russian aircraft on tuesday. Tion. Russian troops were concentrated in the North and a few blocks from Central Freedom Square. The russian government also claimed its warplanes had delivered precision strikes. About seven Miles from Grozny russian jets trying to Knock but a Bridge hit civilian vehicles instead killing at least 10 people As an associated press television Crew was filming and in ing Shetia four people were killed and seven wounded when rus Sian aircraft rocketed the Village of Rashty on the Boncler with Chechnya. The Inrush president Ruslan a Shev called it barbarian in a statement read on local television in Moscow parliament s leading Liberal Yegor Gaidar called the in Vasion a be Yipu s military catastrophe and a mass violation of human  he called for a special ses Sion of parliament on the crisis. In Moscow several Hundred peo ple demonstrated against the War carrying placards Reading Stop the bloodshed and a Hame on the exe  " Yeltsin s spokesman Vyacheslav Kostikova in an interview with itar Tass on tuesday appeared to be looking for scapegoats for the bungled unpopular War. The legitimacy of the president Sand the government s actions should t be questioned he said. Instead we should question the professionalism of the people who planned this  g�3 autonomous regions Russia Kazakhstan Caspian sea Chechnya update a three Day russian offensive has failed to capture Grozny More than a dozen children were rescued from the basement of a bombed out building in Grozny an were flown to Mondok for medical treatment. More than 100 russian armoured vehicles have been destroyed by Tea chechen. Russia cd supreme court clears Way for execution Washington a the supreme court in a6-3 vote has cleared the Way for the execution today Ofa Texas Man found guilty in a 1986 murder that state prosecutors said was committed by his sister Jesse Dewayne Jacobs 44, confessed but later re canted in the shooting death of Etta Ann Urdiales 25,a paramedic from con Roc Texas whose estranged Hus band was the Boyfriend of Jacobs sister. Jacobs renounced his confession and said his sister Bobbie Jean Hogan killed the woman. He said he Only helped his sister conceal the body. T Jacobs testified when his sister was tried for the kill ing saying he was outside the abandoned House where the shooting occurred. Hogan was convicted of involuntary  sentenced to 10years in prison for Urdiales death. The 5th . Circuit court of appeals in september acknowledged the apparent conflict in which both Jacobs and Hogan were convicted of killing  the appeals court said it is not for us to say that the jury in Jacobs trial made a Ron Duck a spokesman for the Texas attorney Gen eral s office said monday that he was unfamiliar with the Case but added Texas certainly would not pursue the execution of someone that prosecutors and jaw enforcement authorities have since Learned is  under so called felony murder Laws in Many states people who did not actually take a life can be convicted arid sentenced to death for their involvement in crimes that resulted in a death. Prosecutors said Urdiales was abducted from Heron Roc apartment shot in the head with a .38-Calil or pistol and buried in a sleeping  court justices John Paul Stevens and knit Hader Ginsburg voted to spare Jacobs life in monday s ruling. They said prosecutors at Jacobs trial  on his confession then put that conviction in /1 a 11 i ii _ _. I to i _. Til doubt ing -,.-.xj m 1 t a i f Llyl for i i l4 � a Ater when they tried his sister for the same kill Jacobs said his sister was angry because Urdiales a is. Pressing the sister s Boyfriend her estranged husband on custody and child support matters