European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Operation Lesert shield _ authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed Force Good morning vol. 49, no. 156 monday september 17, 1990 a a 2sc daily and sunday d 8693 iraqis View message from bus Saddam assails . A lies by the associated press iraqi television on sunday broadcast a taped message from president Bush to the iraqi people but followed it up with a scathing response from Saddam Hussein. Iraqi television appeared to have broadcast the message in its entirety sunday evening around 7 . Local time. A Iraq stands isolated and alone a Bush said in his message from the Oval office. A Saddam Hussein tells you that this crisis is a struggle Between Iraq and America. In fact it is Iraq against the world. A no one knows what Iraq might be today what Prosperity and peace you might now enjoy had your leaders not plunged you into War a Bush said. A now once again Iraq finds itself on the Brink of War. Once again the same iraqi leadership has miscalculated. Once again the iraqi people face tragedy a he said. A Saddam Hussein has told you that iraqi troops were invited into Kuwait. That a not Tnie a he said. A your own returning soldiers will Tell you the kuwaitis Are fighting valiantly in any Way they  he said the United states had helped Iraq import a billions of dollars Worth of food and other commodities in the past and helped end the Iran Iraq War two years ago with . Sponsorship. He said that Quot instead of acquiring new Oil Wells by annexing Kuwait this mis idea act of aggression will Cost Iraq Over 20 billion a year in lost Oil  the . Sanctions against Iraq Are meant a not to punish the iraqi people but As a peaceful Means to convince your leadership to withdraw from Kuwait. The decision is in the hands of Saddam  a no one a not the american people not this president a wants War. But there Are times when a county when All countries. Must stand against aggression a Bush said. The iraqi response which was far longer than Bush a message assailed the a claims and lies of the . President. A the words show he is trying to impose himself on world Public opinion Quot the announcer said in a statement translated by Cable news network. It said Bush wanted to be a the dictator of the whole  a Bush is envious of Iraq and of its people a the iraqi message said. Quot Iraq will always fight him and his allies a the British the French and other  the iraqi statement included a reiteration of iraqis historical claims to Kuwait and iraqi grievances against Western nations and Israel. Meanwhile International indignation see message on Back Page War erupts Jan backs major air strike Washington up a the Pentagon believes that a massive use of . Air Power a including bombing aimed specifically at iraqi president Saddam Hussein a is the Only effective option for forcing Iraq from Kuwait if War erupts the air Force chief of staff said in an interview published sunday. Iraqis huge army and tank forces mean a air Power is the Only answer that a available to avoid a bloody land War that would probably destroy Kuwait Gen. Michael j. Dugan told the Washington Post. Dugan the air forces top general said the same conclusion has been reached by the other members of the joint chiefs of staff and by the commander of the . Forces in the persian Gulf Region Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf. Related Story Page 4. A the cutting Edge would be in downtown Baghdad. This bombing would not be nibbling at the edges a Dugan said in an interview during a trip to saudi Arabia last week. A if i want to Hurt you it would be at Home not out in the Woods someplace a he said. The air Force has about 420 combat planes and 250 support aircraft flying from about 30 airfields in the persian Gulf Region supplemented by Marine and army fliers and Navy aviators on three aircraft carriers. Until about two weeks ago Dugan told the Post . War planners had compiled a list of potential air targets that included iraqi air defences airfields warplanes intermediate Range missile Sites Communia see War on Back Page toddler rescued from Hole a an emergency worker wheels 20-month-old Kevin Rescue workers spent 14 hours trying to retrieve the Davis to a waiting ambulance Early sunday after boy from a Hole in Denver. Story on Page 6. Salary demands seen As unification threat Frankfurt West Germany apr a request from East German parliament deputies that they keep their salaries after the oct. 3 unification met with angry reactions sunday in West Germany. The request contained what in West Germany was interpreted As a veiled threat by the deputies to vote against the unification treaty unless their demands were met. The deputies Are demanding that they continue receiving their salaries and benefits after East Germany a first democratically elected legislature is dissolved with unification on oct. 3. The request came in a letter by the vol Skammer or parliament speaker Sabine Bergmann Pohl to West German leaders including Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The deputies want to be paid at least until the All German elections on dec. 2. Such a move would Cost West German taxpayers already worried about the spi Raling Cost of unification $1.9 million. The deputies monthly income is set at $3 750. Bergmann Pohls letter was published sunday by the West German newspaper Bild am sonntag. A East German deputies blackmail Kohl a the newspapers front Page headline said. After unification 144 deputies from the 400-member vol Skammer will be integrated into the West German bundestag until the elections for a United parliament on dec. 2. The other 256 deputies will lose their status. A this different treatment is causing Strong unrest in vol Skammer a Berg Mann Pohls letter said. A the resulting anger is leading to uncertainty about the vote on the unification treaty. The vol Skammer is scheduled to vote thursday on the unification treaty. The lengthy document that regulates All a two thirds majority is needed to ratio Legal aspects of unification. Bild am sonntag said Kohl and Interior minister Wolfgang Schaeuble were angered by the request and were rejecting the East German request. Officials of other political parties also criticized Bergmann Pohls letter. Bergmann Pohl said sunday her letter had been misunderstood and that she had Only asked that deputies not going to see salary on Back Page