European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 2 the stars and stripes a a i at a glance a nato wednesday september 13,1995 Superior court judge Lance Ito is faced with another decision in the 0.j. Simpson murder trial Simpsons defense team has urged the judge to bar prosecutors from telling jurors about a key Dan test. See Story on Page 5. Fri agent to testify _ an Fri sniper who killed the wife of White separatist Randy Weaver agreed to testify briefly in a closed session before a Senate panel tuesday. A Page 4 car blast kills 5 a Man estranged from his wife drove his family to a parking lot and blew up their car killing himself his wife and three children police say. A Page 7 Wilson drops Iowa California gov. Pete Wilson is dropping out of Iowa Sladoff precinct caucuses and his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination Are moving to fill the  a a a a a a a a a page8 pm suit settled a Georgia couple whose 17-year-old son was killed in a fiery pm pick up crash has settled for an undisclosed sum still claiming some pm pickups Are prone to explode. A page9 a quota a Trade deficit balloons the . Trade deficit shot up to $43.62 billion in the april june Quarter the worst performance in history. A Page 15 e Index Abby Ann Landers. 22 classifieds. 28-32 comics. 22,26-27 commentary. 19 crossword. 26 faces a no places. 16 Horoscope. 29 Jumble. 29 letters. 1� Money matters. 15 sports. 33-40 to listings. 39 weather. 17 to a r by Karen Blakeman and Effie Bathen staff writers amid continued Allied bombing tuesday in Bosnia nato officials cautioned against optimism that the intensive Campaign offers a permanent solution to the crisis in the Balkans. It is unlikely they said that the air strikes will Lead the bosnian serbs tothe negotiating table. / several officials from supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe natos military Arm said privately that they thought the use of air Power against the serbs in Bosnia would do Little More than temporarily relieve the pressure on . A Safe  Ita the serbs will figure out that if they Are patient they can use the mountainous terrain in the former Yugoslavia to hide their artillery then retrieve it later the officials said speaking on condition of anonymity. And the serbs already have proven themselves to be patient adversaries the officials pointed out. Hawley from Page 1 reason that it can be applied with great precision with minimal Usk to the Friendly forces involved and with a High probability that it wont have unintended con sequences. So this is the air Power  Hawley became Safe commander eight weeks ago succeeding Gen. James l. Jamerson who moved on to become the Deputy commander of . European come in Stuttgart. Hawley 53, came from the Pentagon where he served As the principal Deputy assistant Secretary of the air Force for acquisition. In an interview with the stars and stripes Hawley also spoke about the defense departments neglect of All . Military installations in Europe a when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and we began to downsize this theater a Hawley said a we stopped investing in this theater in terms of our facilities because we were Uncertain As to what the ultimate Basing Structure would look  Hawley sees his Rote As the top air Force officer in Europe As in part an advocate for Active duty and civilians assigned to the command. Senior leaders need to ensure that their subordinates have the necessary resources and leadership to work effectively. Their Quality of life and a spiritual sense a or How they feel about the air Force and their jobs Are also key. The new Safe commander was bom and raised near Albany . A Fate that made him a lifelong dodgers fan despite the baseball teams flight from Brooklyn to los Angeles. He also follows the football fortunes of the Washington redskins and lists his swing As his Golf Handicap. His interest in the military started he said when he accompanied his older brother on a boy scout camping trip. A i was just a tag along because my dad was a scoutmaster a Hawley said Quot that kind of got me going in the direction that got me to where i am today a along the Way he went to a military prep school then on to the air Force Academy before receiving a masters degree in economics at Georgetown University in Washington . His economics background landed him a Job in the Pentagon before he had a Chance to go to flight school. As a Young lieutenant he worked in the Pentagon in 1965 and 1966. In Vietnam Hawley flew 435 combat missions mostly in f-4s and 0-2as. His r�sum6 includes several stints in ground engagements would be More effective they said. But because of the nature of the conflict in the Balkans a characterized by hatreds that have been passed from generation to generation arid a Long history of War interrupted Only by periods of forced peace a an extended nato engagement Likely would put the allies in a situation similar to the . Involvement in Vietnam. A this Isnit the Gulf War a one of the officials said. A this is much  even if a peace agreement is reached it is Likely to be a Long drawn out matter requiring frequent intervention by a Neutral entity. Until the bombing began nato would have been the most Likely candidate to serve As that Neutral Force the officials said. But now they said they doubt the serbs would View nato As Neutral. / a. A one Western military official who asked not to be identified called natos insistence that it has not taken sides in the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina a a  a we arc literally leveling the playing a. A amps Jon Connor Gen. Richard e. Hawley a air Power is our strength. The Pacific theater a South Vietnam Japan Hawaii and South Korea. But his time in Europe is limited to a four year stretch in the late 1960s and Early 1970s at Pitburg a and Wiesbaden a. As a Young Captain he remembers a country where cities such As Berlin still had piles of rubble left Over from world War ii. He also recalls a Europe preoccupied with a the soviet  Onato was very cohesive a Hawley said. �?o17131 All pervasive soviet threat provided an outside pressure that forced the countries of Europe and of North America into a very tight Alliance. And today that pressure is absent but cold War pressures have been replaced by what Hawley called a a Crescent of instability that spreads from the Balkans through the Middle East to Africa. A it is an unstable Region clearly and it is Likely to remain so for some time to come a he said. The importance of nato a if anything  greater now than it was before a Hawley said. The end of the cold War represents a great Victory for nato a he said. A but now the Challenge is to find a Way to keep the nations of Europe bound together in a product Tyc cooperative environment a where their Peoples and their economies their societies their cultures can interact m a positive and productive  Field Mountain by Mountain he said tuesday. A bosnian serbian commander Gen Ratko Mladic is gambling that he can Hunker Down longer than silk suited diplomats can take to Pound out an agreement in How to carve up the Patchwork of Buffer zones into ethnic territories the official said. In Naples Italy maj. Lew Boone a spokesman for natos Southern command said the current bombing Campaign is unavoidably becoming portrayed As a .-led operation because the United states has the greatest military fire Power. A almost two thirds of the airstrikes Are being conducted by . Forces he said. Other participating nations such As the United kingdom and Spain also have video recordings of their bombing runs but they have not been seen on to news reports Boone said. He could not estimate How much the Mission is costing the United states a but pointed out that each country is paying Tor operations out of its own. Defense budget. A a a. A nato from Page 1sian foreign ministry said nato was turning Bosnia into a a testing ground for world domination. Western officials privately questioned the extent to which russian rhetoric reflected Moscow a True position on the operation against the serbs traditional a lies of the russians. At least part of russians Public position appeared aimed at appeasing hard liners upset at the loss of russian influence in world affairs. A a a. Nato jets bombed the vog Osca Complex last week. But Vernon said Aerial reconnaissance uncovered a further ammunition depots there and that a what was being hit. Sources in the bosnian serbian stronghold of Pale Southeast of Sarajevo said the ammunition site was a level eds in tuesdays attack. Bosnian radio citing a government army report said secondary detonations could be heard coming from the ammunition Complex in vog Osca and fires burned there for hours with flames rising a Hundred Yards into the sky. Sources familiar with the nato operation speaking Only on condition of anonymity said 28 bombs were dropped on the vog Osca Complex which includes ammunition production and storage facilities As Well As a 500-Yard Tunnel. Before the War the Tunnel was used to test weapons and the serbs Are believed to have stashed heavy weapons there for Protection. Neither nato nor the United nations detailed other airstrikes. But bosnian croatian military sources said nato jets hit serbian positions Ort mount Ozren South of Droboj and other targets including a military Barracks an ammunition depot and several heavy weapons Sites near the town about 30 Miles West of Tula. Meanwhile plans to deploy . F-117 stealth fighters to Italy have hit a Snag. Italy is refusing to Grant a base for High tech fighters demanding in Exchange that it be Given a voice in the bosnian peace talks officials said tuesday. As nato seeks to step up its offensive options against the bosnian serbs Italy a Long standing irritation at being left out of the diplomatic picture appears to have come to a head