European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday septembers 1995 at a glance president Canton enjoys a laugh with . Army col.  washing ton at a service in Honolulu commemorating the end of world War ii. The president did t always have such an easygoing relation ship with the military. But after 21/2 years in office those troubles Are ending. See Story on Page 7. Role for men urged the largest . Conference in his tory opened monday with a Call for men to join women in a social Revor Lution for  ".   pages Foster s motives depression and the paralysing stress of working at the White House not Whitewater fed Vincent Foster to take his own life his widow says. Page Nobel cheating alleged 7 a newspaper accused the Nobel prize committee for Medicine on sunday of giving its prize to an ital Ian drug researcher in 1986 because of a lobbying Campaign by her com Pany. 7  " ". / page8 tight Security Paris schoolchildren faced intense Security on the first Day of school monday while police dismantled a 55-Ppund bomb the fifth planted in less than two  / Page 9 Naftal trouble cited the North american free Trade agreement s Promise of new jobs and increased exports to Mexico in t being realized a study says. Page16 Index Abby Ann Landers. 22 classifieds. 26-29 comics. T.". 22,24-25 commentary. 15 computers. 12 crossword. 24 faces n places. 23 focus 17-19 Horoscope. 27 Jumble 27 letters 14 Money matters 16 sports 30-40 to listings 39 weather. 13 Crew members keep Piones up d u r i no to Rig n i g h is of St r ikes by Effie Bathen staff writer Aviano a Italy As the United nations pressured the bosnian serbs trend their siege of Sarajevo by wielding a big stick ordnance and maintenance Crews at a Navy aviation unit said hours before the monday night deadline that they had a stick of their own. It looks like a baseball Bat said Petty officer 1st class Leon Muff of re Ferring to the plane he arms the ea-6bprowler. A. The aviation ordnance specialist is part of a quickly gathered Navy task Force participating in the nato missions Over Bosnia and Herzegovina. V the plane with its distinctive snorkel like Antenna above the nose is. Typically used for jamming enemy air defense Sig nals but it also is armed with harm missiles. " " "  a i can just say they were coming Back without them Munoz said about the planes he tended last week. Military people Are not yet allowed to discuss details of the More than 300 Sor ties flown out of Aviano since the air strikes began aug. 30. A moratorium was called Friday on the airstrikes to allow diplomats to negotiate a settlement. The United nations demanded that the bosnian serbian pull heavy weapons Back from Sarajevo and other Safe areas by late monday. How Ever the nato forces Are ready to re sume the strikes even More aggressively at any time officials said. We made a difference said fellow ordnance specialist Petty officer 3rd class Abel Garza a reservist from me Al Len Texas referring to last week s  they Don t move Well go Back in. This time Well hit them  Many of the sailors expressed Strong feelings about bosnian serbian attack son civilians. Munoz. A Michigan native said he was concerned about the children and elderly who were shelled it was about time the . Did something about it.". ?. Vav ". " although the missile handlers do not leave the base they Are very aware of the destruction that has been levied against the bosnian serbs. They Deal with the dangers of ordnance every Day. The most important Rule in the Ord Nance Field is to do the work by the  because mistakes can be fatal said Munoz a 17-year career Sailor. The mistakes in our Field Are written. In blood he said. Crews Check the missile systems Load them Arm them once the planes taxi beyond the red line and then make the Safe upon return. The missile handlers can ready a plane in 15 minutes if the have to they said. The Start of the airstrikes was a Long night said it Mike Harlow among the displaced sailors from the aircraft Carrie Theodore Roosevelt. He joined Many who said the Tempo during the strike was fast. He said it started about mid night. I Don t think it ended for two. The corps Squadron designated Van 141, is based on the Roosevelt. That Unitas joined in some cases with Only a few Days notice by sailors from three tothe units including Reserve and Marine per sooner. ,. Crew members said a number of the missiles carried messages in grease pen cil Here s looking at you this one s for me and Here s for the  serbs from Page 1 looming nato airstrikes Mladic in his letter offered a unilateral cease fire by his forces besieging Sarajevo if the air at tacks were called off the letter a copy of which was faxed to the Belgrade Bureau of the associated press urged a meeting of military commanders of the warring sides that would result in Complete permanent and unconditional cessation of hostilities in Bosnia. Until that meeting is convened i uni laterally proclaim cessation of hostilities in the Region of Sarajevo where we will not undertake any actions except in cases of self defense the letter said. Mladic s offer of a unilateral cease fire appeared to be a repeat of. A statement earlier in the Day where he said he was willing to halt attacks on Sarajevo or the other Safe  also said he would withdraw heavy weapons under conditions negotiated by military commanders of the opposing armies. He called for a cease fire across Bosnia and demanded that nato Stop flying Over serbian held  promised to ensure free Access for the United nations and humanitarian organizations around  those offers were dismissed by  officials As too Little or irrelevant to what was being demanded. Obviously we Don t want to see a Rusty Moriar being towed away on Cam Era said . Spokeswoman Leah Mel Nick in Zagreb Croatia of reports the re Bels were willing to have the pullout televised. Only a Complete  nato air raids and artillery attacks bythe . Rapid reaction Force began on serbian targets two Days after a serbian mortar Shell killed 38 people in a Sarajevo Market aug. 28. The air attacks were suspended two Days later to give the rebels time to think about withdrawal. The pressure also is intended to try Roget the serbs Back to the bargaining table to participate in a permanent peace settlement " ".  serbs were allowing traffic to crossover the Sarajevo Airport and into the City from government held territory on the South Side without incident monday. Much of the winding one mile route i exposed to serbian fire. But allowing that single route to open fell far Short of . And nato de mands. In a letter sent sunday to Mladic Jan vier had demanded that the rebels immediately cease attacks on Sarajevo and Bosnia s other three . Safe areas Tula Gorade and Bihac withdraw heavy weapons from a 12.5-mile exclusion zone around Sarajevo and /. Allow Complete Freedom of move ment for International Aid organizations and . Personnel including the re opening of Sarajevo Airport. The streets of Sarajevo were quiet again on monday. \ but the main roads in and out of Sarajevo held by rebel serbs remained.closed., ,., _. . Officials said they May try to secure the opening of one of those serbian held routes later. The decision to open uie Airport rout into government held Sarajevo appeared part of a More assertive . Presence. After a weekend spent briefing Nat allies and other Powers involved in the search for peace in Bosnia assistant .secretary of state Richard Holbrooke re turned to the Region on sunday. He met with serbian president Lobo Dan Milosevic for 31/2 hours sunday and then travelled on to Greece ton monday morning. 1- l  has organized a conference of foreign ministers from serbian led Yugoslavia Bosnia and Croatia scheduled for Friday in Geneva. He has hailed the formation of a joint peace negotiating team of serbs and bos Nian serbs As a procedural breakthrough. But bosnian prime minister Hans Silajdzic warned his Side would Boycott the conference unless the serbs removed their heavy weapons from the proximity of the City. That would Stop the peace process he said warning his government would resume fighting. Air raids should continue he told reporters. That s the Only Way to Makepeace in  patrol from Page 1 on or another weapon of mass destruction such As biological warfare agents would draw upon the special operation Community s known strengths. The kind of skills we have Are the Type that would be needed in that kind of situation he said. They include rapid response to intelligence information the ability to infiltrate hostile territory with out detection and the capability to strike with overwhelming firepower Downing said. Since late 1994, Downing s command has conducted five major exercises de signed around a scenario involving the loss or theft of  of mass destruction. The Mission comes in addition to world circling array of exercises and deployments that keep the special operations come operating at a wartime Tempo Downing said. Since the end of the 1991 persian Gulf War personnel deployments overseas have increased by 130 percent and More than 3,000  personnel Are now permanently stationed overseas he said. Current operations overseas include air Force ac-130 gunships and Var ious search and Rescue teams Are operating in support of nato forces in Bosnia. Army civil affairs units Are still deployed in Haiti assisting that nation in re building its infrastructure. Navy coastal patrol vessels and Seal teams Are deployed in the Mediterranean and persian Gulf regions. Military to military training teams Are deployed in dozens of countries including the former soviet Union cambo Dia and Jordan. A particular Challenge facing the com Mand will emerge next year when Down ing and his staff confront a fiscal 1997 budget that threatens to Cut nearly 11 percent from the command s operating and procurement funds which totalled about $3 billion in 1995. This Marks the. First time since the command was created in 1987 that it has faced budget cuts and comes As the command is gearing up to Field a new generation of equipment including the v-22 Osprey tilt Rotor air Craft