Winnipeg Free Press

Sunday, October 27, 1991

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 27, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free october army tightens its grip on Dubrovnik residents look to escape soldiers depart Slovenia from a Reuters Yugoslavia the yugoslav military bombarded remain ing croat strongholds in Eastern Croatia yesterday and strengthened its control Over the port of do where War weary Resi dents looked for escape but in neighbouring More than people waved the Slove Nian Flag and released a flock of White doves As the last yugoslav sol Diers Slovenia is now the republics president the events contrasted the differ ent fortunes of the two republics since both declared Independence june Slovenia has moved close to full Independence since reaching a european Community brokered truce with Federal officials in but Croatia has been locked in a bitter civil War against the Federal Mili tary and ethnic serb rebels in Croatia opposed to a series of ceasefire plans have failed in where More than people have died since with Dubrovnik apparently under yugoslav the offensive by the ser dominated yugoslav Mili tary shifted to Vukovan and other croat held areas in Eastern Home to most of the republics ethnic croatian defence officials said Vukovan came under heavy attack by Federal rockets and tanks yester yugoslav infantry units charged the but were officials clashes were reported in at least five Eastern croat held strongholds the last obstacle to the army drive to control the entire ethnic serb More than 40 croats have been killed in Eastern Croatia since Fri croatian officials and the slav news Agency Tan Jug in a medieval port and once Yugoslavia main tourist Federal forces halted dec spokesman Simon Smits said the Federal army had reached within three Kilometres of the towns ancient walled and mediators were trying to arrange talks on an evacuation of the army reportedly offered free passage to croatians who and reports said some croats were abandoning their yugoslav Navy Vic Admiral mip drag Jokic said that men aged 18 to who have been mobilized into croatian must stay in the where some including some have been Cut off by a three week a ferry carrying humanitarian Aid to the City was turned away yester croatian sources on Fri a boat with food and Medicine was allowed to More than people gathered yesterday on a Dock in Slovenia Northern Adriatic port of Koper to watch the last yugoslav soldiers de before the july truce ended there were about Federal troops in a photo croatian soldiers Rescue a Comrade injured when a grenade fired by yugoslav troops hit his position in a Village near serbian draft dodgers abound by Williams los Angeles times Yugoslavia Milan figures Hes As Long As he Doest sleep at Home at like thousands of other Young men in Bel the 22yearold serb rotates among the Homes of friends and relatives where the Long Arm of the yugoslav army conscription Force is unlikely to Pluck him from his comfortable his Reserve unit has been summoned to the front of Serbia War against croatian but too Young to nurse grudges from the last War and accustomed to the peace and rela Tive Prosperity in which he was is Evad ing the army Call for what he considers a Point less this War is being waged by the older Genera and Young people dont feel they Are part of insists who is far from alone in his refusal to about 85 percent of Belgrade reservists or dered to Active service this month have report edly ignored the mobilization providing the first signs of popular resistance to a War that has quickly exploded from sporadic skirmishes to an uncontrolled bloodletting Between Yugo Salvias largest elsewhere in reservists have been More with at least half of those in the provinces answering the callup the widespread evasion of military service among Young men in Belgrade is Likely a Conse Quence of their exposure to the privilege and special protections accorded the children of government and communist party figures in this which is both the serbian and Federal Capi these kids Wear Gucci loafers and eat lunch every Day at observed a Belgrade they May like talking Tough and strutting around in chetnik refer ence to the serbian nationalist fighters in youre not going to get them to go out into the Cornfields and a glance around the capitals boutique filled streets reinforces the argument that Many Bel Grade youths Are used to a Good life built during the when Yugoslavia borrowed heavily from the West and spent the Money mostly on sidewalk cafes Are Day and with Young people Clad in imported clothing and designer although inflation is climbing toward 500 percent and Indus trial production is restaurants Are full and the most exclusive shops Are still doing a booming the capitals trend toward draft dodging High lights a flaw in the serbian leaderships thinking that propaganda and a perceived threat to fellow serbs elsewhere in Yugoslavia is enough to bring its coddled youth to arms for a political cause that could Cost them their most Young men Are against fighting in the one reason is very simple and completely understandable they dont want to said Lina who runs be grades fledgling Center for Antiwar army drive to historic City cuts Swath of destruction woman jostled As she registers for Dubrovnik Reuter Yugoslavia the yugoslav army drive toward the historic croatian City of Dubrovnik Cut a Trail of destruction along the Adri Atic leaving whole villages abandoned and tourist resorts fighting Between the army and croatian rebels along the main coastal Highway to Dubrovnik from the South left hardly a House undamaged and burned Down whole hillsides of once thick in five Kilometres from Federal soldiers celebrated the Day after the biggest Advance on Dubrovnik in three weeks of they Sang patriotic serbian songs and unloaded volleys of gunfire into the these Are our its All Over a fed eral Soldier from the neighbouring Republic of Montenegro this is a he stood in front of a supermarket and a House that were still in flames after heavy a huge hotel normally used by the military was gutted by fire and its Walls pockmarked from a joint sea and land attack by Federal forces when they overran Kupari on the army said the croats set the hotel ablaze As they although the army took command of key positions on Hills around it said it had no intention of completing the few Kilometres needed to take the fortress City listed by the United nations As a world heritage we Are not going to destroy Dubrovnik be cause of its historic said local com Mander Radojica All around him soldiers lounged by the Road some gathered around a Soldier playing an accordion and Sang Victory others celebrated with whisky or the Highway into Dubrovnik was crowded with military it was blotted with the hulks of crushed and Burntout cars abandoned in haste As Battles in most of the surrounding houses have been abandoned and the Only sign of life is cats and goats Cusit Tif suit i open sundays off with this Coupon on any la 6 it 7 ficus d or 6 flowering 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they uncovered drug cases in the first half of this a 50percent increase from the com parable period in University said to owe millions in sales taxes by Ronique Missiaen Peninsula times Tribune Palo Stanford already struggling with a significant budget May owe the Federal government an additional according to congressional documents obtained by the Peninsula times using a government apparently to avoid having to pay millions in state sales the University bought hundreds of millions of Dol Lars Worth of Laboratory equipment in the the University made its purchases with the help of a few office of naval research according to the documents released to the newspaper by John Dingell cd subcommittee on oversight and ninety Days after the the office of naval re search officials transferred the prop erty titles to the documents s in Many the trans Fer violated regulations of the office of management and sources the governments representative on Paul said the transactions show but a University 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