European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A a the stars and stripes Page 28 news rebels admit 2 soldiers May have been executed san Salvador Al Salvador a salvadoran guerrillas admitted wednesday that their forces May have executed two Crew members of an american helicopter they shot Down in the Eastern part of the country on Jan. 2. The rebels of the Faramundo Marti National liberation front said in a communique delivered to news organizations that two guerrillas have been arrested a on suspicion of having assassinated wounded prisoners of War.�?�. The helicopters Downing and . Charges that two of the Crew had been executed apparently played a role in president Bush a decision this week to ask Congress to restore $42.5 million in withheld military assistance to Al Salvador the Money has been Frozen because of what the administration said was a Lack of Progress in solving several human rights abuse cases in Al Salvador. Friday january 11,1991 Dod from Page 1. Iraq to encourage Saddam Hussein to Retreat Fitzwater said  we be made any number of gestures. We met for six hours yesterday and got no  Bush said wednesday that  it a not too later for a peaceful solution despite the failure of Secretary of state James bakery stalks with iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz in Geneva. But As he has done before the president said he does no to need authorization to wage War in the Gulf. A i still feel that i have the constitutional authority a he said. V . A   Quot    a Baker meanwhile arrived in Riyadh saudi Arabia for talks with saudi leaders. As lawmakers convened to debate the question of War and peace Bush a supporters in both parties put Forward a Resolution Clearing the president a to use United states armed forces to Back up . Goals of forcing Iraq from Kuwait and restoring its legitimate government. At the same time Senate democrats introduced their own Resolution asserting that continued use of International sanctions and diplomacy a is the Wisest course at this time and should be  in other developments a Iraq said Bush has been deluded by military advisers into believing the United states can win a War in the persian Gulf. A the Price which Bush will pay is not Only the . Defeat and the loss of . Strategic interests but Rivers of americans blood a said Al thaw a the newspaper of iraqis ruling baath Arab socialist Patty. A the state department ordered further reductions in its diplomatic missions in Yemen and advised americans to leave there As the Jan. 15 deadline for iraqis withdrawal from Kuwait approaches. A separate warning was issued for Algeria Tunisia and Morocco advising americans to a deter non essential travel to those countries and suggesting that those already there consider leaving a until the Gulf crisis   a an associated press poll indicated that if Saddam does not comply with the Jan. 15 . Deadline for leaving Kuwait 44 percent of americans surveyed said the United states should go to War. Fifty percent favored giving economic sanctions More time to work. A the United states and its allies were increasing Lyon a War footing making final preparations at Home and  evacuated its embassy in Baghdad Iraq thursday leaving just one Diplomat to Settle final details and the United states said All its diplomats would leave on saturday. Germany said thursday that its last Baghdad based diplomats had arrived Home and the european Community was expected to coordinate evacuation plans for diplomats remaining from its member states. An Media sue administration Over restrictive guidelines from Page 1 will  the american military television station for Germany the Benelux and the United kingdom will add a live Cable news network news broadcast to its weekday morning lineup and begin airing the  today show live beginning monday. A a today currently is delayed until late afternoon. The stars and stripes to plus Magazine w ill carry the revised schedules and further details of the changes on sunday. New York up  thirteen news organizations and writers filed a Federal lawsuit thursday that charged the Pentagon and White House officials with imposing unconstitutional restrictions on reporters in the persian Gulf. The lawsuit was filed two Days after the Pentagon issued new guidelines that in the event of War will require re Porte rss a. To travel in pools under military escort and submit All dispatches to defense department personnel for a Security review prior to release. A i would say to every journalist a raise hell about this  said Sidney Schanberg new Day columnist and one of the Phil stiffs. Asincejmra3, the executive Branch of the Federal government has virtually rewritten the rules of behaviour governing How the Media is to operate during military actions with Little protest Schanberg said. Reporters were excluded from covering the Grenada invasion in 1983, and the defense department failed to mobilize the Media Pool in time to cover the Panama invasion in 1989.reporters in saudi Arabia have complained that their news gathering efforts have been severely hampered by restrictions on movement imposed by the Pentagon. Thursdays lawsuit filed in . District court in Manhattan by the Center for constitutional rights named president Bush defense Secretary Dick Cheney Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams and joint chiefs of staff chairman Gen. Colin Powell. The 13 plaintiffs Are the nation harpers Mother Jones the Village voice . Weekly the guardian in these times the progressive monthly Pacific news service and writers Schanberg William Styron . Doctorow and the nations defense department correspondent Michael Klare. Nation editor Victor Navasky said the lawsuit seeks an injunction against the Pentagon a guidelines. The Pentagon a current policy a deprives the people of the ability to make a judgment on How the War is being conducted and that a not what a democracy is supposed to be about a he said. The presidents of the four major television networks Abc lbs Abc and can sent a letter to Cheney wednesday  strongly objecting to the Pentagon a restrictions and urging him to reconsider. The restrictions a go far beyond what is required to protect troop safety and Mission Security and jeopardize the a practice and principle of free reporting a the letter said. Abc Washington Bureau chief George Watson who hand delivered the letter said a we done to need a National Security guide looking Over our shoulder and interfering with our news  said Schanberg a we done to have Access now in the Gulf and that affects All of us a people Over there and the people Back Here Reading about it a said Schanberg who won a pulitzer prize in 1976 for his reporting from Cambodia for the new York times. Gorbachev warns Lithuania of pressure for direct Rule Vilnius  apr president Mikhail s. Gorbachev warned lithuanian lawmakers on thursday he faces increasing demands to impose direct Rule in the festive Baltic Republic if it does not comply with National Laws. A. A     a. V . Lithuanian leaders quickly rejected Gorbachev a Appeal which Lithuania a president vytautas Landseer. Gis called  a new and dangerous  about 5,000 lithuanians after hearing radio and television newscasts of Gorbachev a warning from Moscow massed outside the parliament late thursday to. Support the drive for Independence they fear a takeover attempt by soviet paratroopers sent by the Kremlin to round up a reported 13,000 draft dodgers and deserters. Gorbachev a roughly worded Appeal to the lithuanian parliament reinforced the hard line he took monday when he ordered the paratroopers into seven secessionist republics to round up draft dodgers and deserters Gorbachev has been taking the harshest measures against Lithuania the Republic most advanced and Radical in its Independence drive. In another secessionist conflict demonstrators rallied in the Southern Republic of Georgia late wednesday after their rebellious parliament denounced Gorba Chevy so a interference in their conflict with the enclave of South Ossetia. The enclave itself is seeking Independence from the Kremlin. Some Radical hard line politicians have urged Gorbachev to impose direct Rule Over ethnic hot spots but foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze has warned this might Lead to a dictatorship. Gorbachev said citizens social and political organizations and others have demanded a restoration of constitutional order reliable guarantees of the Security and Normal conditions of  a they demand the introduction of presidential Rule a he said. He urged the lithuanian parliament to mend a its ways. A. A a. A    a  the supreme soviet of the lithuanian soviet socialist Republic must understand with All due measure its responsibility to the people of the Republic and the soviet Union a he said. V Early official reaction in Vilnius the capital of Lithuania was negative. Vice president Kazimieras Motieka told parliament he views Gorbachev a Appeal As a threat and recalled 1940, when the Kremlin forcibly annexed the Independent Baltic states. His remarks were reported by Rune Konta Taite a spokeswoman for the lithuanian parliament. Kuwaitis from Page 1. In Germany where his wife is expecting a baby at any time. At a nearby Telephone spec. Peter Pedersen 21, of he co 511th military intelligence in from Stuttgart Germany said a everybody had High Hopes. We were looking Forward to something happening. I listened to the news every half hour during the meeting. Its kind of depressing that both real powerful countries can not come to a Compromise. Does everything have to be decided by War  a spec. Lee Burdick 20, also of the 511th, said a this morning we had great Hopes they would actually sit Down and solve the whole thing. Baker definitely went in with an open mind but the iraqis minds Are set a they re not leaving. A i think americans and the majority of the iraqi people done to want War a he said. A but Hussein is being  War he said is inevitable. But he a not ready for it. A a we re prepared a Burdick offered. A no ones Ever ready for  a. Baker and Aziz finished their Meetin Britain a 7th army brigade mane Vered through the saudi arabian night toward an objective that was being pounded by fire from challenger tanks Warrior armoured fighting vehicles and dismounted foot soldiers. The live fire exercise was one of eight or nine that every desert rat unit has gone through since arriving from fall in Bostel Germany in Early october. A a in a describe our attitude As one of quiet Confidence a said it. Col. John Moore Bick a battalion commander. A but we re very sober and rational about the idea of going to War. In some ways Jan 15 will be just another Date on the Calendar a everybody is too Busy to be preoccupied with w hat might or might not happen then. But on the Day itself people will be thinking about it. We Hope to. Get some idea of what a going to happen  the British got an indication of How things could go a few minutes later. As the night exercise ended word began circulating though the British Camp that the just concluded talks in Geneva had ended without anything being resolved. A it does no to look promising  voice said from the darkness. A Baker is going to hold a press conference in a few minutes. The iraqi foreign minister will go  a i done to know Why he a bothering a another voice answered. A if he a smart hell get Back to Baghdad and Start digging himself a Hole to crawl into  deep