European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 54, no. 141 500 s�3s 03se9b5bs tuesday september 5,1995 bosnian serbs threat of airstrikes vote required on pullback general says Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a the top bosnian serbian general on monday rejected a nato ultimatum to withdraw heavy weapons from around Sarajevo. His Defiance set the stage for renewed airstrikes within hours. No one not even myself has the right to order the withdrawal said the letter signed by Gen. Ratko Mladic and received less than three hours before an 11 . Deadline for a new nato is a political question which is not in the jurisdiction of letter addressed to it. Gen. Ber Nard Janvier the . Commander informer Yugoslavia appeared to negate / one received earlier at regional .headquarters in Zagreb Croatia and signed by Nikola Holjevic chief Deputy of bosnian serbian Leader Radovan Kara Zic. Vij Holjevic in his Brief letter signalled Overall compliance with. . De mands including pulling Back the heavy weapons menacing the bosnian capital said . Officials. But with Mladic who has defied his political Peers before refusing to Bow tothe . Ultimatum the prospects of renewed massive airstrikes grew. Mladic suggested Holjevic and Karadzic also had no right to decide on a pull Back saying that could Only be ordered by the self styled parliament of the rebels after a popular referendum also opted for such a withdrawal. That is something neither nato nor the United nations which has been pressuring the serbs for a Quick response to its demands is Likely to agree to. The differing signals highlighted the differences Between Karadzic and Mladic whose rivalries exploded recently after Karadzic tried to fire the general. Mladic ignored Karadzic who then was forced to rescind his dismissal. Clearly feeling the pressure of the see serbs on Page 2 d 8693 a a British member of . Rapid reaction Force drills monday in place Croatia in preparation for Bosnia deployment. Elite units on Nudera afro Post intelligencer fort Lewis Wash. The elite . Special operations come has been assigned to seize nuclear weapons that have fallen into the hands of terrorists or rogue nation states. It is a very real threat Gen. Wayne a. Downing commander of the .special operations come said in an interview Friday. Given the Way the world has changed this is an area that has de served More attention and we re giving it More the collapse of the soviet Union ambitions by countries such As Iraq and North Korea to develop nuclear weapon Sand a spate of alleged smuggling operations in Europe involving suspected nuclear weapon materials have pushed the Issue of counter Rohi to the top of the Clinton administration s National Security Agenda. Secretary of defense William Perry last May formally assigned the responsibility for executing Pentagon coun Ter proliferation missions to the 46,000 member command which is headquartered at Macdill fab fla., near special operations units have been quietly preparing for such missions for nearly a dozen years Downing said. The Multi service command of 46,000personnel includes army Green berets and rangers Navy Seal commandos and special air Force squadrons including16,900 part time members from the re serves and National guard. Included in their ranks Are the army s elite Delta counter terrorism Force army psychological warfare and civil affairs experts and air Force search and Rescue units. Most details of the command s coun to proliferation training Are highly Classi fied Downing said. But the spectrum of operations involved to recover Cap Ture or neutralize either a nuclear Wear see patrol on Page 2 military acts to Cut prisoners at Castle by Cindy Killio Washington Bureau Washington deteriorating inmate housing at port leaven Worth kan., is prompting officials to take Steps to Cut the prisoner population in half amid plans to build a new but smaller facility. The . Disciplinary Barrack shas about 1,100 inmates but through transfers and changes a regional facilities officials Hope to Cut that number to about 500 Over the next several years. The new building will hold Nomore than 512 inmates prison commandant Tiller said in an earlier interview. Which Means we have to Cut the population in the new inmate housing is Cru Cial said Carolyn Dock president of members opposed to maltreat ment of. Service members the chief advocacy group for military prisoners we Are very very concerned about the safety of both the in mates and the guards who work in that building she said Trecastle the current prisoner hous ing building at leaven Worth is i really bad shape the Structure is crumbling electrical wiring is out dated and the heating and Cooling is very the Castle was built in stages Between 1909 and 1921, said Janet Ray a1 fort Leavenworth spokeswoman. The facility has been deemed unsafe by the army corps of Engi neers and Wray said it has Struc Tural deterioration which our Engi neers say makes it susceptible thigh winds and seismic according to army spokesman capt. Joe Peak the army has included $58.9 million in its fiscal1997 budget to build new prison housing. The request will he for warded to the department of de sense along with the rest of the see prisoners on Page 5 embargo patrol Squadron is up in air Day and night see pages 17-19 a France criticizes foes of nuclear tests see Page 6
