European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 21,1990 defense Secretary Dick Cheney shakes hands with a member of the 82nd airborne div during an Impromptu visit sunday in saudi Arabia. Page 28 a the stars and stripes . Rejects to free captives from Page 1 the official iraqi news Agency quoted the iraqi president As saying. In the meantime Saddam said the remaining foreign captives including 3,000 americans will be held at vital iraqi targets to avoid the a flood of fire that will result if .-led forces attack Iraq. Lbs television reported from Baghdad on sunday that 35 americans including four women and three children have taken Refuge at . Diplomatic a a quarters in the iraqi capital. It did not specify what it meant by quarters. The report quoted the officer in charge of the . Embassy in Baghdad Joseph Wilson As saying he and his staff were doing everything possible to prevent americans from being rounded up by iraqi authorities. Lbs also reported that some other americans had been taken from a Baghdad hotel and dispersed As human Shields at strategic locations. Meanwhile thousands of . Troops continued to pour into saudi Arabia and . Officials have said the deployment could reach 200,000 men and women. Other Western and Arab countries have contributed troops to the growing multinational Force but it is still made up of mostly . Soldiers. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said sunday that Iraq has massed 200,000 troops and More than 1,000 tanks on the saudi Border. A should Saddam Hussein be foolish enough to launch an attack on saudi Arabia we would be Able to do a very effective Job of making him pay a bit of a Price for that a he  from Page 1 enemy radar systems to detect it. The single scat fighter is capable of carrying a variety of weapons including laser guided bombs and air to ground missiles. Although military analysts describe the largely soviet supplied iraqi air defense system As third rate because it has seen Little use in the past decade Tolin said he would not a sign off the iraqi defences As being a second rate or third rate  the air Force bought 59 of the twin engine aircraft and three have crashed since it first started flying in 1981. The last rolled off the Lockheed Assembly Tine last fall. They Cost $42.6 million each but when research and development costs arc thrown in the Price tag rises to $106 million each. R the cider Cousin of the b-2 stealth bomber has been such a closely guarded military secret that the air Force did not even acknowledge its existence until 1988,. When the Squadron leaves for an undisclosed location in saudi Arabia there will be Only 12 stealth fighters remaining in the United states. The air tankers that took off from Beale also will be flown to southwestern Asia to support the a desert shield Quot operation officials said. The tankers can Fly at near sonic Speed and at altitudes of up to 50,000 feet refuelling several aircraft without slowing Down or descending w Here Jet engines bum fuel More rapidly. 4 Gulf bound soldiers killed in pickup crash Hopkinsville by. Apr four soldiers who were to join . Forces in the persian Gulf were killed saturday when their pickup slammed into a toll Booth state police said. A fifth Soldier was critically injured in the Accident at the Hopkinsville toll Plaza on the Penn rile Parkway about 15 Miles North of fort Campbell on the Kentucky Tennessee line. Two toll collectors said the truck was going Between 75 and 80 Mph when it slammed into the Cushion in front of one Booth according to trooper Mack Brake. The soldiers were members of the 101st airborne div of which 17,000 Are being sent to saudi Arabia said Bill Harralson spokesman at fort Campbell. The names of the soldiers were being withheld until relative were notified Harralson  from Page 1 that they not offload and violate the  in another incident saturday a search team from the guided missile Cruiser England conducted the first inboard inspection of a suspicious ship by a . Warship As a result of Bush s interdiction orders thursday. Officers aboard the England asked the chinese ship Heng Chun Hai for permission to Board after . Authorities questioned its cargo Load according to Pentagon officials. The boarding party discovered fertilizer from Iraq on the southbound ship and ordered it to return to its port of origin. Pentagon officials said it is now at Anchor in the persian Gulf reports conflicted on an interception that led to diplomatic protests by Sudan and Jordan. According to . Officials the destroyer Scott intercepted a cypriot cargo ferry flying the Flag of Sudan that was believed to be loaded with aluminium chromate a chemical used in the manufacture of some chemical weapons. The ship was headed toward the jordanian port of Aqaba off the red sea but turned away just outside the Gulf of Aqaba after the Scott a warning. Johannesburg South Africa apr police say 49 Blacks were killed Over the weekend in tribal fighting waged with clubs machetes and Spears. The latest casualties brought the death toll from a week of violence to at least 291. Soldiers were sent in to assist police in Toloza and other townships East of Johannesburg where Battles broke out a week ago Between xhosa and zulus the country a two largest Black tribes. Despite the increased Security presence 49 Blacks were killed in Toloza and five neighbouring townships from saturday morning through sunday night said police spokeswoman it. Ida Van weel. At least 213 Blacks have died in Toloza and neighbouring townships since aug. 12. Seventy eight Blacks were killed in Soweto township Southwest of Johannesburg during the same period. Xhosa on sunday looted a deserted migrant workers Hostel in Toloza occupied a week earlier by thousands of zulus. One Hostel building was set afire. Police fired tear Gas and shotguns to drive Ott looters. But when the police left the looters returned piling refrigerators stoves and other items into cars and pickup trucks. There were scattered clashes and at least one Zulu the governments of Sudan and Jordan both complained that the vessel was in route to Aqaba to pick up 800 sudanese refugees who had fled Iraq and Kuwait since the iraqi invasion of Kuwait on aug. 2. A we obviously Are prepared to see to it the sanctions the . Voted and the legitimate government of Kuwait asked us to undertake Are carried out a Cheney said sunday during a three hour visit to a key staging base for . Troops and equipment. As . Forces and arms continued to pour into the Region Cheney speaking on Abc tvs a this week with David Brinley a said that the intention was to Quot put enough forces in saudi Arabia to deter a military conflict and that a should Saddam Hussein be foolish enough to launch an attack on saudi Arabia . Forces would be Able to do a very effective Job of making him  sources said however that the United states would feel much More comfortable when it has More troops in saudi Arabia. Cheney sunday continued his four Day trip with consultations with the leaders of Bahrain. He also visited . Troops and pilots at an air base in saudi Arabia. Cheney is next scheduled to visit officials in Oman the United Arab emirates and Egypt to solicit continued support for the International efforts against Iraq. Was killed sunday morning witnesses said. Some zulus returned to the Hostel to pick up their possessions. A they Are trying to kill me a one Zulu Man said of the xhosa. Quot it is a  More than 6,000 armed zulus remained at hostels in other parts of Toloza police said. Witnesses reported two groups clashing in a 15-minute pre Dawn Battle on one of Soweto a dirt highways. A number of wounded were left writhing and screaming for Aid before the sides separated exhausted. Camp followers moved in to take away the injured. Other residents said they saw a roving mob grab a Man suspected of belonging to a rival faction club him senseless. He was then burned to death by placing a fiery gasoline soaked tire around his neck. Police and detachments of troops which moved into Soweto in Force saturday have been unable to Stop the widespread conflict despite firing on warring groups with tear Gas Bir shot and rubber bullets. The fighting spilled Over into Soweto from a Cluster of three townships East of Johannesburg on thursday. The sprawling township of 2 million has since seen its worst to Lance. 49 killed raising toll to 291 in s. African tribal violence