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By The Associated Press Edited by Kristine Long NEWS DIGEST Net>raskan Tuesday, February 8,1984 Clinton promises ‘no more empty threats’ WASHINGTON — The Clinton administration called on its allies Monday to extend a protective shield to civilians in Sarajevo by threatening air strikes if Bosnian Serbs continue their attacks. No more empty threats, the president said. The aim is to end the siege of the Bosnian capital, where 68 civilians were killed and some 200 injured in a mortar attack on a Muslim market place Saturday. It would require a change of heart by the European governments to whom the Clinton administration has as signed the primary responsibility for ending the fighting in the Balkans. In Houston, Clinton answered questions about why the Serbs should take this latest threat of air strikes seriously, given the West’s previous saber-rattling. “Let’s see what happens in the next couple of days,” the president said. “You know what I feel about that. I don’t think we should have any more empty threats.” The NATO allies last year blocked a U.S. appeal to both lift an arms embargo against the Muslim-led gov Nebraskan Editor Managing Editor Assoc. News Editors Editorial Page Editor Wire Editor Copy Desk Editor Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor Jeremy Fitzpatrick 472-1766 Adeem Leftin Jeff Zeleny Steve Smith Rainbow Rowell Kristine Long Mike Lewis Todd Cooper Jeff Griesch Night News Editors Art Director General Manager Production Manager Advertising Manager Senior Acct. Exec. Publications Board Chairman Jeff Robb Matt Woody DeDra Janssen Melissa Dunne James Mehsling Dan Shattll Katherine Policky Jay Cruse Sheri Krajewski Doug Fiedler FAX NUMBER 472-1761 The Daily Nebraskan (US PS 144-080) is published by the UNL Publications Board, Ne braska Union 34, 1400 R St., Lincoln, NE 68588-0448, Monday through Friday during the academic year; weekly dunng summer sessions. Readers are encouraged to submit story ideas and comments to the Daily Nebraskan by phoning 472-1763 between 9 a m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The public also has access to the Publications Board. For information, contact Doug Fiedler, 436-6287. Subscription price is $50 for one year. Postmaster: Send address changes to the Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska Union 34, 1400 R St..Lincoln, NE 68588-0448. Second-class postage paid at Lincoln, NE. ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 1994 DAILY NEBRASKAN emment and to bomb Bosnian Serb artillery and mortar sites if attacks continued. Partly out of concern U.N. peace keepers might get caught in the oross fire, the allies shied away from force ful intervention. Continued blood-let ting from what Secretary of State Warren Christopher called “unaccept able actions” by the Serbs was expect ed this time to result in allied unity. “We expect the North Atlantic Council will decide on a course of action, on an overall strategy, within the next few days,” Christopher said after President Clinton’s senior advis ers met for a second day at the White House. The NATO meeting will be held Wednesday in Brussels, Belgium. The ambassadors to NATO from the 16 allied countries are expected to at tend. In Brussels, European Union for eign ministers Monday urged the NATO nations to use all means, in cluding the use of air power, to lift the siege of Sarajevo. U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on Sunday asked the NATO allies to authorize use of air power in response to the shelling of Sarajevo. Clinton, in a speech in Houston, said he had long hoped the U.N. offi cial would take the step. Thepresident said, though, that “until those folks get tired of killing each other over there bad things will continue to hap pen.” Christopher said he expected the NATO Council to approve Boutros Ghali’s proposal to give commanders on the ground authority to call for air attacks. Vietnamese release remains of 12 soldiers HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam turned over to the United States what are believed to be the remains of 12 more Americans missing from the Vietnam War, four days after Presi dent Clinton lifted a trade embargo. “This is the first repatriation cere mony since the embargo has been lifted,” Army Lt. Col. John C. Cray, head of the U.S. MIA office in Hanoi, said. “I think that instead of hurting, it will in fact enhance our process. But Cray said that while the Viet namese government was not holding back remains of the MIAs as a bar gaining tool for the next step — the resumption of diplomatic ties — he believed that villagers may have been holding them or at least knew about them. Some of the remains the United States received Monday were turned in by villagers. President Clinton had made the lifting of the 19-year embargo contin gent on Hanoi’s cooperation and progress in the fullest possible ac counting of MIAs. U.S. veterans’ groups and families of MIAs opposed the end of the em bargo, saying the United States would lose its leverage in forcing Vietnam to cooperate in accounting tor the 2,238 American MIAs. But Cray said that since the lifting of the embargo, the Vietnamese had shown their commitment to the fullest possible accounting, and over the past weekend made final plans to join more than 100 American specialists in an other major search operation begin ning Feb. 26. “I believe that they will continue to work with us,” Cray said. The repatriation ceremony had been planned weeks in advance of the lifting of the embargo, and the Viet namese were not holding back re mains as families of MI As and veter ans groups have charged. ON SALE NOW AT TWISTERS 1 '■ MM > V- - <v swerveDriver MEZCAL HEAD Includes: Duel and A Change Is Gonna Come. THERAPY? 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