NATION / WORLD UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, May 4, 1993
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Allies hesitant of Clinton plan
Europeans withhold approval of using force in Bosnia
The Associated Press
PARIS — Hesitant European allies withheld approval yesterday of President Clinton's strategy to use force in Bosnia, pushing in the meantime for peacekeeping troops to oversee the agreement signed Sunday by Bosnian Serbs.
Secretary of State Warren Christopher said he was skeptical that the peace agreement would hold up. But a senior U.S. official on the trip said that the United States would support the plan if the Serbs did follow through and that U.S. peacekeepers might be sent to Bosnia-Herzegovina within days if the settlement was ratified by the Serbs' legislature.
The United States might commute about 2,000 troops as part of a first phase, diplomatic sources said.
Christopher, on a six day trip seeking a consensus behind Clinton's military proposals in case the settlement fails, got no assurances on stops in London and Paris.
His task was shaping up as a test of the Clinton administration's powers of persuasion as well as of the strength of the transatlantic alliance.
Christopher left Britain without specific endorsement of either air strikes against Serb artillery sites or the lifting of a weapons embargo that has hampered outgunned Muslins in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Prime Minister John Major is concerned that the war could be expanded if more weapons reach Bosna.
Christopher also found the French government in a dissonant mood. Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has described the division of tasks in the U.S. strategy as unacceptable.
Jupe said that the planned U.S. air role would mean having the U.S. military flying planes and dropping bombs and the Europeans searching for cover on the ground.
France, with 5,000 troops in Bosnia and Croatia on humanitarian missions, is concerned that an allied assault on the Serbs could expose them to new dangers.
The British and French prefer putting the emphasis on such measures as protecting civilians in Bosnian cities and villages with safe havens. The job could require up to
50,000 troops,including thousands of U.S. citizens.
But Christopher expressed doubt that the Bosnian Serbs intended to adhere to the peace agreement that was sigmed Sunday in Athens.
Other Bosnian Serb leaders already have questioned the plan, which calls for a cease-fire, an interim government in Sarajevo and establishment of 10 cantons along ethnic lines. They also are hinting the Bosnian Serb assembly would reject the plan Wednesday, as it has rejected settlements twice before.
Cinton, meanwhile, said Christopher's meetings with the allies were going well.
"We have agreed that we're going to keep the pressure up and have a united front and move forward, and we're developing our policy now," Clinton said in Washington.
Christopher talked to British leaders again, following up their five-hour dinner session Sunday night.
"Nothing was ruled in and nothing was ruled out," Christopher said.
The United States and Spain issued a joint statement saying they had agreed to develop stronger measures if the Serbs failed to implement the peace settlement.
BRIEFS
Koresh's death raises questions
The Associated Press
WACO, Texas—The discovery that cult leader David Koresh was shot in the head before a fire killed his followers raises many questions.
What does it say about the end of the 51-day standoff to federal authorities?
"The gunfire told us somebody was getting shot," said Jeff Jamar, the FBI special agent in charge during the standoff, yesterday. "Just who and why is the question."
On Sunday, authorities said X-rays and dental records proved that the charred body and skull found three days after the fire were the remains of 33-year-old Koresh.
Tests will be used to determine how much carbon monoxide is in his body. The higher the level, the greater the likelihood Koresh was alive when fire razed the compound April 19.
Preliminary findings showed Koresh died of a gunshot wound in the forehead. Although Koresh's body was found alone, all six cult members identified publicly by authorities had been shot in the head.
Nine cult members escaped. They said Koresh was alive when agents started spraying the compound with tear gas.
The Associated Press
U.N. assumes control in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia—U.S. troops pulled out their pocket cameras for some final pictures yesterday as they left the compound they have called home for months.
Today, the United States turns control over to the United Nations, which will call the effort Operation Continue Hope. More than 4,000 U.S. troops will remain for about a year, including a quick-reaction force to quell any unrest
The adjacent squatter camp is still there, but the residents aren't starving anymore. Still, burglars try to get through the barbed wire fence each night to loot the headquarters of Operation Restore Hope.
The 23-nation effort has fulfilled its mission of guarding food shipments and curbing lawlessness.
But the country will need help for years. Bandits remain a constant threat. There's no government or court system.
And since security in the countryside remains unreliable, many farmers have delayed returning to their fields for the wet season that has already started in some regions.
Still, there's little doubt there been a drastic change in Somalia. The streets are relatively safe, at least during the day.
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