European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 16, 1995 the stars and stripes Pago 5 a a Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr for the first time in three years Sara Evans arc watching someone cd see a War a on television. Sarajevo is quiet for now. No one knows How Long that will last but the City / has been distracted slightly from its own misery by russians bombardment of rebellious Grozny capital of Chechnya. For Many these Are blasts from the past. A a everyone s talking about it a said Vlado Staka a columnist for Slobod Jonje newspaper a a the attack on Grozny a destroying it sector by sector with no real response from the world looks like the Sarajevo recipe. Its a spreading  Brig. Gen. Atif Budakovic the commander of bosnian government troops in the embattled Bihac pocket of Northern Bosnia sent a congratulatory Telegram Jan. 3 to chechen president a Khokhar Dunayev praising the chechen so Quot heroic Icsis Tancic. A a a a. A a a some see an uncomfortable parallel in the attack by orthodox Russia a traditional ally of Serbia on another Muslim led breakaway entity. A the Way Russia is treating the muslims is unbelievable and cruel a said Ibro Masa la a 60-Ycar-old economist. A they could have resolved it All in one hour of negotiations. If there is a god he will pay Back this evil a others arc More cautious about drawing political parallels because they done to want to equate the internationally recognized bosnian government with the breakaway Region led by Dunayev a former soviet air Force general. Quot Sara Evans arc troubled by the instruments used to bring Chechnya to order a Staka said. A i think people realize that politically its a different  for Sarajevo mayor Tarik Kupusovic the to pictures of shattered soviet style High rises arc emblematic of the barbarism Sarajevo has endured. He  pass judgment on Chechnya a right to secede from Russia but said Quot i d Send a message of support to the mayor if i knew who he  since february 1994, Sarajevo has been relatively quiet. Shells and sniping which killed 10,000 people in the first two years of the War have claimed about 120 lives since then a a. A Quot a a a a a. A a a a a. A a but in Grozny on sunday attacking russian tanks and infantry battled to encircle the City Center As their forces continued to Pound rebel positions with hundreds of artillery shells and rockets chechen rebels still held the presidential Palace in the City Center but their positions South of the Palace were coming under Strong attack. Shells slammed into tall buildings causing huge explosions and  a a a a. A a a Quot the russians arc just firing at everything Quot said Hasan a chechen fighter. Rebel fighters said russian troops had forced their Way overnight into the wrecked Palace the Symbol of Chechnya a Independence drive but were driven out in ferocious fighting Early sunday. A fourth journalist was killed in Grozny. Russian army doctors said Valentin Yanus 56, a television cameraman for Channel 5 in St. Petersburg was killed in the Center of Grozny on saturday. Or. Two civilians still living in the Center of Grozny pass supplies Down into their Bunker next to a Wall that a been splattered with shrapnel during fighting  disastrous War Christopher urges Washington apr Secretary of state Warren Christopher on sunday urged russian president Boris Yeltsin to bring a Quick end to the War in Chechnya saying it was a serious setback for Market and democratic reforms in Russia. A this episode has been very harmful a Christopher said on no cd a meet the press television program. A a it a been ill conceived and ill executed Quot since russian troops entered the breakaway Republic Dee. 11, the United states has urged a Quick end to the dispute which stressing that it was an internal Issue that Moscow should Settle on its own. Prosecutor May seek death for . Mother Columbia  a a pros Ccu Tor will seek the death penalty against the woman accused of drowning her two sons and then claiming they were taken by a Carrack or her lawyer said sunday. Susan v. Smith is charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of her sons 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex. The boys bodies were found in her car submerged in John d. Long Lake near Union 60 Miles Northwest of Columbia after police said they obtained a written confession from her. Solicitor t Ommy Pope who a prosecuting the Case said last week that he would not reveal his decision on whether to seek the death penalty until a court hearing today. But Smiths lawyer David Bruck said sunday that Pope told him Friday of his Christopher arid others in president Clinton a administration however have stepped up their criticism of Yeltsin in reef Cut Days Over his handling of the crisis and the rising bloodshed in the Southern russian Republic. Quot this is a serious setback for Market Reform for democracy Reform a Christopher said. A we have to Recog-., Nizic this needs to be brought to an end by them As soon As possible.�?�. The Secretary played Down reports that Yeltsin has Cut off his links to reformers and has taken a Sharp shift to the rights he said Washington will continue to support Yeltsin a was Long As he is moving in the right direction a he said it was a Good sign that Yeltsin has not at tempted to Cut off criticism of the Chechnya Campaign in the pics or the Duma russians parliament. Asked about reports that Yeltsin has a drinking problem Christopher said it was his impression from meetings with the russian Leader that be Tsin is still in control and operating effectively. Christopher was going to Geneva today to meet russian foreign minister Andrei Kozarev a Filo Susan v. Smith decision to seek capital punishment if she s convicted. Quot Pope on sunday would not comment. Smith has been held without bail since her arrest. No trial Date has been set ins Brig. Gen Richard j. Dirgins former commander of the 7th army Reserve come died of a cerebral Haemorrhage saturday at a Hospital in Augsburg Germany according to a statement from the command s Public affairs office. Dirgins had been admitted for treatment thursday said a Public affairs officer it. Col. Phil Miller. At the time of his death Dirgins 57, was a member of the individual ready Reserve he retired from the 7th army Reserve come which has its Headquarters at Tompkins Barracks Schuetzing in last july. Since late 1987, when Dirgins started his command the Reserve command grew from two to 24 units and from 260 Reserve soldiers to nearly 1,000, Dirgins was the organizations first commander and he became its Only Gen eral officer on feb. 25, 1991. Dirgins was born april j9, 1937, and attended High school in Fairfield Crim he graduated in 1959 from Norwich University in Northfield vt., with a bachelors degree in business administration he was a classmate and close Friend of the army chief of staff Gen. Gordon r. Sullivan. The 7th army Reserve come is the command and control Headquarters for All . Army Reserve units in Europe. Dirgins is survived in Germany by his wife Christa daughters Karen Kincade and Elizabeth Dirgins son in Law staff sgt. Andy Kincade and a granddaughter Kelly Kincade and in the United states by his father Benjamin f. Dirgins and a brother. Funeral services Are scheduled for Friday at 1 . At the Pfar Kirche in Wel Dan