European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse . Open lion Sampras upset in Paris a Page 24 5 is. H. A. A a a is s s the staffs and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 49, no. 202 Friday november 2, 1990 a a 25 Dally and sunday d 8693 Iraq vows to free 4 american Bush accuses Saddam s forces of barbarism by the associated press Iraq on thursday promised to release four More american hostages soon and insisted it was treating foreign captives Well. President Bush denounced the hostage holding and vowed to drive Saddam Hussein from Kuwait. A they have committed outrageous acts of barbarism a Bush said of Saddam a forces. A brutality a i done to believe that Adolf Hitler Ever participated in anything of that aboard the amphibious assault ship iwo Jima sailors and marines paid sorrowful tribute to 10 comrades killed in a boiler room Accident. The deaths tuesday were the biggest single Navy casualties to Date in operation desert shield the . Military deployment launched after Iraq overran Kuwait three months ago. Despite iraqi assurances about the captives welfare two american hostages painted a picture of fear and desperation in what one called the a iraqi letters smuggled from the two were released by a . Official in Baghdad Iraq. In one the author pleaded with americans not to forget their captive countrymen. A i have been in the iraqi gulag system for almost two months. We Are virtually prisoners in Iraq a wrote one of the unidentified americans. Another wrote that he had been moved five times and was receiving no mail or messages. He said he had lost 35 pounds. A please do not forget the guest hostages a the first writer pleaded. Iraq Calls the detained foreigners guests. Bush on a Campaign swing in Burlington mass., made it Clear that the plight of the hostages was much on his mind. He see Gulf on Back Page a color guard crosses the deck of the iwo Jima during a memorial service for 10 of the amphibious assault ships sailors. Trick or Treater Dies in possible poisoning from wire reports Santa Monica Calif. A Young trick or Treater is believed to have been poisoned when she collapsed and died of cardiac arrest wednesday. Another trick or Treater in California was hit by a car and killed while crossing a Busy Street and his brother was critically injured by a second vehicle. Other halloween stories on pages 3 and 6 authorities said 7-year-old Arial Katz collapsed and died about 8 . Wednesday after trick or treating. Police said she had no previous medical problems. Tests were being conducted on her body and the Candy she had gathered to find any evidence of Poison. In Stanton 5-year-old Hoang Minh be was killed and his 7-year-old brother Thanh was critically injured when they were hit by separate cars near knotty a Berry farm. The Brothers were with sue other trick or Treater about 6 . When they got caught in the Middle of a Busy Street after attempting to Cross without a crosswalk sheriffs it. Larry Richey said. Neither Driver was charged. Meanwhile in Detroit an organizer who walked the streets with other volunteers to deter devils night arsonists on halloween eve said children took Over the streets the next night to look for treats. A the streets Are overflowing with Chil see Poison on Back Page thousands spend night in 7 20-mile traffic Jam Munich Germany apr thousands of German Drivers spent the night stuck in a Mammoth traffic Jam but at least they set a record a the lines stretched 120 Miles. Police said thursday they could not remember a longer traffic Jam on the Highway Between Nurnberg and Berlin. The Jam developed late wednesday As Drivers from former East Germany were returning Home after a one Day Holiday and germans from the West were starting another Holiday in some parts of Germany. Many minor accidents and a construction site coupled with rain and fog brought traffic to a halt on the heavily travelled autobahn. The two Lane stretch of the Highway has become known As the a trabant Racetrack a named after the slow two stroke cars made in East Germany that Are used by most germans from that part of the country. Authorities also reported a 30-mile Jam on the Highway Between Hannover and Berlin. Last years opening of the Borders Between the two German states and the oct. 3 unification has caused a multifold increase in traffic Between the two parts of the country
