Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 21, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba World Winnipeg free september 1994 a9 Bosnia Mission under the gun Ottawa ponders pulling out troops by Dianne Rinehart Canadian press Ottawa Cabinet discussed yesterday whether Canada should pull its peacekeepers out of Bosnia in Light of tight resources and new commitments to defence minister David Collenette said Cana Das defence resources Are strained with troops in the former Yugoslavia and another 600 in so we have to maintain some and Given the diminishing resources the armed forces we have to make sure that at some Point in time were not asked to contribute to an emergency and we find it difficult finding the the governments decision will not be announced until after an Al party debate on peace keeping in the commons we involve All members of the House on is sues affecting the National Collenette sources indicate the foreign affairs depart ment favors a that departments Andre would not comment yes but an aide said a decision must be made Canadas peacekeeping mandate in which began in March expires at the end of the 780 troops stationed there Are due to be rotated Back to Canada beginning 19 and re placed by peacekeepers from the Royal Canadian from but a threat to break a in arms embargo to bosnian muslims if bosnian serbs do not reverse their rejection of the latest peace plan by endanger canadians in in Canadas top Soldier said lifting the embargo would endanger canadians equipped to undertake humanitarian not fight a and it would encourage renewed if theres going to be a resumption of fighting then we cant carry out our therefore theres no Point in being said John de chief of defence de Chatelain said the peacekeepers Are help ing but How Long nations Are going to be prepared to continue to pour Aid when the sides dont seem to want to come to is another the in Secretary general has said the lifting of the arms embargo would make the uns Posi Tion you cant take sides in a civil not draw hostile fire As a party to the in spokesman Fred Eckhard said Canada has 500 troops in whose Man Date ends but that Mission is less questionable because a ceasefire is holding Collenette announced yesterday that Canada is sending 17 canadians on a reconnaissance mis Sion to Haiti to evaluate what form a in peace keeping Mission to that country should remove mortars or face serbs told relatives mourn Soldier killed in recent clash with bosnian serbs in Reuter sap Bosnia Herze Govina United nations commanders have told bosnian serbs they must remove their big guns from a in heavy weapons exclusion zone around Sarajevo today or face the threat of nato air a senior in source bosnian serb forces had to pull Back artillery and mortars violating a 20kilometre no weapons zone around Sarajevo by Midnight 5 cd today or run the risk of nato air the source told Reuters in they were encouraged to believe there would be very unpleasant con sequences if the weapons we rent the in source the serbs had removed most of the weapons violating the but three guns had yet to be the source we identified 18 weapons of con we believe 15 have been re the Bra bosnian serb army has told us they will try to re move the other three on wednes Bosnia warring factions withdrew most of their artillery and mortars in feb Ruai y after nato is sued an nato War planes have previously attacked a serb antiaircraft gun violating the exclusion and French in sol Diers destroyed a serb antiaircraft Cannon earlier this top in officials tried to persuade bosnian serbs yesterday to restore utilities to but for a sixth Day the besieged capital remained cold and in the As temperatures dipped with the of isl of a halt in the humanitarian Airlift added to the miserable re minder of two past Winters when a Raj vans were Short of food As just a few hours after the Airlift started up yesterday a Small arms Bullet pierced the fuse Lage of a c130 French Aid plane As it landed in no one was Hurt and the plane was Able to unload its said Ron a in spokesman in Gene but the Airlift was suspended for the rest of the regiment can still serve in but top general less than pleased by Stephen Ward Canadian press London the airborne regiment will stay on Cana Das roster of peacekeeping units despite problems in Rwanda and John de Chaste lain said Canadas top military officer said he is less than pleased about two serious separate incidents by sol Diers in where an airborne unit is part of in but i think the appropriate disciplinary action has been taken in both he said in an the general said he still has Faith in the regiment and they will remain a unit that can be called upon for in i have no reason to believe that these incidents Are any endemic Fol Lowon of concerns within the air borne in quite the he those troops who went there knew they were under the spot he i have no reason to believe at the moment that theres any particular in finds bodies in Rwanda Reuter but that what the minis Ter asked me to find defence minister David Collen Ette announced last week that de Chasteain would investigate the airborne operation in Rwanda and report whether changes Are de Chas Elains investigation comes after a master Corporal in Rwanda was sent to Edmonton last week to serve a 58day sentence in a military he was part of a group of soldiers that shot up an abandoned building with a Shotgun 3 after drinking nobody was two soldiers under the master corporals com Mand were fined in a separate incident two weeks two other soldiers were disciplined for taking part in a blood brother the who accidentally Cut themselves too deep were sent Back to de Chatelain said he Hast started his investigation because Hes spent the past several Days at tending a nato meeting in but his staff have begun work on he said he expects to go to Rwanda in late Stop pocket pagers from watch a Beeper can save time and time again beep in touch i 94448121 the laughs Are so Are the tire our lowest Price All season radials i 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