European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday january 14, 1995 the stars and stripes Page Pentagon identifies no slain in Haiti gun Battle associated press Washington a the Pentagon on Friday identified the . Soldier who died in Haiti on thursday asset. 1st class Gregory d. Cardott 36, of san Mateo Calif. Cardott was the first . Soldier to be killed in a fight with a haitian since the . Intervention in Haiti last fall. Cardott was assigned to co a 3rd in 3rd special. Forces group fort Bragg n.c., the Pentagon said in a statement. The Soldier was killed in a shooting incident in the Village of bigot about 60 Miles North of port a Prince. A haitian was also killed and another . Soldier was wounded. ,. Pulls staff from Bairoa Mogadishu Somalia a the United nations has withdrawn its International staff from the South Central town of Bairoa following the killing of a somalian Driver this week. R George Bennett the . Spokesman in Mogadishu said the staffers who left thursday belonged to Unicof and the . Development program those two agencies Are supposed to stay in Somalia Security conditions permitting after the withdrawal of the remaining 8500 . Peacekeepers by March 31. Bennett said private charitable groups had been asked to evacuate their International workers from Bairoa As a sign of Solidarity. He did not know How Many personnel were somalian Driver for Unicof was killed last tuesday and his vehicle stolen. Somalian elders have told the United nations that the criminals Are known and will be apprehended Bennett said. Unicof and undo returned to Bairoa Only two weeks ago after a precautionary withdrawal of their International staff to Nairobi Kenya when . Troops were removed from the City. All remaining . Peacekeepers Are now in Mogadishu the capital Belfast Day patrols to end Belfast Northern Ireland a British soldiers will no longer patrol Belfast streets during Daylight authorities the latest sign of Confidence in a 4-month-old cease fire by factional gunmen. The patrols will Stop sunday said the Royal Ulster constabulary Northern Ireland a police Force. British troops were sent to the province in 1969 As an alternative to the largely protestant Force which was accused of brutalizing the roman Catholic minority. Officially the troops duties were to escort police officers. A police officer guards the car that crashed into the main Gates at Buckingham Palace in London Early party for Palace Gate Crasher London a Ltd a 21-Ycar-old student drove 300 Miles from Wakefield before crashing his car into the Gates of Buckingham Palace Early Friday a eng Down one Gate but emerging unhurt police said. After being questioned he was sent to a psychiatric facility no members of the Royal family were at the Palace in Central London at the time but the crash woke several members of the household a Palace spokesman said. Police said the Accident was under investigation but did not appear to be a deliberate breach of Security. / the Man whose name was not released will not be charged a Scotland Yard spokesman said. The car hit the palaces ornate main Gates at 4 35 a.m., the spokesman said. One of the Gates collapsed onto the Hood of the car. A Volkswagen Sci Romeo. A a. A. A a a a a a since 1990, at least two other cars have hit the Gates where tourists gather to watch the changing of the guard. The traffic Circle outside Buckingham Palace is one of the busiest junctions in London with 5,000 cars swirling around the Queen Victoria memorial outside the Palace every hour. Two people have been killed in the past three years crossing the traffic Circle and about 20 sightseers a year arc injured trying to Cross the Road to reach the soldiers Tell of misery death chaos by the lbs Angeles times Grozny Russia a russian troop morale is so Low conditions Are so poor and losses arc so heavy that the russian attempt to take Grozny is foundering two russian soldiers captured in the capital of the breakaway Republic of Chechnya said thursday. A the soldiers Are against this War and so Are our commanders a said or. Sgt. Alexei Raz Gulyaev 20, who was caught wednesday while trying to steal food from an empty House in Grozny after he had gone five Days without a solid meal. Quot we Are forced to the russian positions had frequently been bombed by russian warplanes Many soldiers had been killed by fire from the russian Side and constant Chi Cle breakdowns made it impossible for them to pick up their dead and wounded the two soldiers said. A in a company that had 100 men now there Are Only 50 left a said pvt. Alexei Polyakov 19. Like Raz Gulyaev he is from the 129th motorized Rifle regt based in Vyborg near St. Petersburg. A in our battalion out of 350 men Over 250 have been 1 the soldiers accounts suggest that hew official figures pulling the russian military death toll at 394 soldiers Are vastly understated. Chechen sources put the russian casualties at about 3,000 dead. Since russian president Boris Yeltsin ordered thousands of troops into Grozny on dec. 11, the russian military intervention has been Hamstrung by generals who have refused to Advance soldiers who were captured after refusing to fire on civilians who surrounded their tanks and paratrooper commanders who have reportedly refused to Send their units to Chechnya. \ a a a a the two. Russian prisoners who had entered Grozny on dec. 20, looked exhausted filthy and frightened. A frankly there is no discipline no anything in the military now a Polyakov said a 1 he soldiers Are weakened they Haven to washed for a Long time. They Are hungry and Polyakov said his unit was deployed to the russian base in Mondok in neighbor eng Northern ing Shetia on dec., 17, and was told that its task was to a mop up Chechnya and defend russians National interests is part of Russia a. A. A we arrived in Mondok As peace Cep cars and came Here As a motorized Rifle division Quot he said. A a after a failed attempt to storm the City on new year Stine the unit tried to Retreat but was prevented from doing so by volleys from grenade launchers behind them. A a. a we still done to know who shot them a Polyakov said. A a then on Jan 1, our air Force started to bomb our positions. We did t know what was going on. They were bombing us almost constantly a Polyakov added that they had been ordered a to kill everybody from kids to old people not just chechen but also a a a a a a. A a. A Grozny Russia apr russian forces Hant mered the capital of secessionist Chechnya in a major rocket and artillery attack Friday grinding Down the exhausted rebel fighters. Salvo after Salvo of rocket fire slammed into Grozny for a second Day. Bright yellow flashes and spirals of thick Black smoke filled the air and explosions Shook the City. A a column of several Hundred russian tanks armoured personnel carriers and troop trucks moved to Ward Grozny from the West. Russian attack helicopters were bombarding the City chechen said. A the chechen claimed still held the presidential Palace Symbol of their Independence but they admitted that they were having a hard time getting supplies to defenders inside the smashed building. A the streets of Grozny once a City of 400,000, w Ere mostly deserted a few frightened civilians tried to flee the City carrying plastic rags filled with their posses Sions while others huddled in basements. A this is Yeltsin a agony Quot said one chechen fighter referring to russian president Boris Yeltsin despite being out manned and outgunned the chechen claimed they were inflicting major losses on the russians. A. A a chechen fighters seemed near collapse after Waves of artillery and rockets pounded the City thursday in the heaviest assault of the month Long russian offensive both sides expected the City to fall soon
