European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 49, no. 277 Friday january 18,1991 a a 33 doily and sunday 0 8693 afar so Good Allied planes blasting Iraq 3 from Staft and wire reports Central saudi Arabia the United states and its allies followed up devastating pre Dawn air strikes with Daylong attacks thursday in a furious bid to drive Saddam Hussein a armies from Kuwait and break his military might. American military officials said the iraqis offered minimal resistance and  would keep pounding away to prevent Saddam from marshalling his forces. The White House demanded Saddam  the state department said it was too late for him to end the fighting by offering to withdraw from Kuwait. A the pause for peace is Over a said spokeswoman Margaret d. Tutwiler. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney described the initial phase of the War As a so far so  but he cautioned against Early assumptions of Victory saying a there have been casualties and there Are Likely to be More  Cheney said at a morning Pentagon briefing that one . And one British aircraft had been lost. The american plane was an f/a-18 fighter bomber and Cheney said the Pilot was the first american combat death in opera see War on Back Page 1 Fry smoke and fire billow from a Petroleum storage tank farm in Khaki saudi Arabia hit thursday by iraqi artillery. A Iii my my Iii rpm pm a a a 1 of it. A yet a a a Ait ? a a a. It a . Air Force f-15 Eagle fighter its afterburners ablaze streaks northward just after Sundown thursday near an air base in Eastern saudi Arabia. A