European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday january 18, 1991 the stars and stripes a a a Page 11 War in the Gulf americans evacuated from in Ciurlik a by j. King Cruger Mediterranean Bureau some american family members and government employees were flown out of in Ciurlik a in Turkey on wednesday night just hours before the attack on Iraq. A a a a a a a the voluntary evacuation continued thursday with flights ferrying passengers to . Bases in Europe in route to the United states according to Gap. Marcella Adams a spokeswoman for the . Logistics group Turkey. A i can to give you the number of people involved because it is politically sensitive a said air Force Gap. Judy Burk an in Ciurlik spokeswoman. A More than one air Force cargo plane was involved. I believe they went to Frankfurt a Burk said thursday. A at a town meeting earlier in the week and again yesterday dependents and american workers were offered the Opportunity to leave and some accepted the offer a Burk said. She referred further questions about the evacuation to the . Embassy in embassy spokeswoman who asked not to be identified said thursday that she did not know How Many people had left in Ciurlik. �?o1 just done to know How Many in Ciurlik is a Long Way away. The offer was not a onetime Only offer. People will have the Opportunity to leave there Over the next few Days a the spokeswoman said. A there was no pressure on the people to stay or to leave. There had been a Lon term contingency plan in place at in Ciurlik to ask people to leave. The offer was made because the base needs residential housing and other facilities to accommodate additional personnel a the spokeswoman said. All department of defense dependents schools in Turkey were closed thursday. A schools will reopen when we think it is prudent to do so a the embassy spokeswoman added. A in Ciurlik a Large air base in Southern Turkov was not involved in desert storm according to Burk. A the mood is tense Here. Traffic got piled up at the Gate As turkish guards examined All cars coming on base a Burk said.-. A a a a a a a. A a a a Quot a the base is tilted defensively a Burk said. A a a a a. A a a the base with an Active duty population of nearly 2,000, has three squadrons off ill it 15. And f-,16 aircraft currently deployed there. The turkish government said earlier this week that it would allow the United states to double its air Force contingent in Turkey to % planes to help defend the Only nato member bordering Iraq. Burk said she could not disclose the number of aircraft at in Ciurlik but said that the number of planes in each of the three squadrons was limited by the turks to no More than 24 planes each. The situation was Normal at Ankara air station in the turkish capital according to Gap. Marcella f. Adams base spokeswoman. A we had a selective recall at the air station but most people went ahead and came into work on their own. Things arc fairly quiet on base a Adams said. A shops and turkish schools Are open in Ankara and it is business As usual. Aside from traffic being slowed Down by two inches of Snow on the ground nothing has been affected and everything is functioning normally Quot Adams said.. Center s windows smashed in Germany Berlin apr vandals smashed windows thursday at a . Cultural Center in Kiel and amid a swirl of demonstrations against the Gulf War anti War activists called a strike against backup plans to treat wounded american service members in German a in a personally angry about the demonstrations. They re demonstrating against something that we have done to help them As Well a . Army sgt. Renata Booker said at a Berlin Headquarters surrounded by protesters. A if we Hadnot come to their help years ago they have the Freedom to the German television station Ard estimated that More than 100,000 people demonstrated in German cities thursday the sixth straight Day of widespread Antiwar protests. Most of the demonstrations were peaceful but violence prone radicals also appeared to be at work. Three fires broke out thursday evening in suburban Bonne a diplomatic Community and police said arson was suspected. One fire did extensive damage to a Woolworth store. A. A a. A. A a a a. A a a coalition of 41 peace groups said protesters on saturday would blockade Rhein main a from which american troops and supplies Are sent to the persian Gulf. Young students left school to protest As they have for several Days. A boy in Berlin carried a placard saying a no one Speaks for the children of the during the night vandals smashed Large windows at the German american Institute in Kiel in Northern Germany. Like Many american schools and military shopping areas the partially ..-funded Kiel Institute was closed because of the threat of terrorism As Well As anti War violence. A . Diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity said the protests so far were not Large compared with the Early 1980s when leftists in Germany and elsewhere in Europe held immense demonstrations against the introduction of . Medium Range missiles. German leftists now Are a looking for an Issue a he said. A v police reported eight arrests in Frankfurt including three suspected of looting a Butcher shop whose windows were smashed by protesters. The other five had to an estimated 7,000 marchers mostly Young people demonstrate thursday in Stuttgart Germany against the War. Be dragged from the Entrance of a . Military site. A one Day strike was called by an organization of Young men performing Community service in place of the military draft. A we did no to refuse War service in order to become military henchmen in Community service a the Frankfurt group said. Its members who mostly work in hospitals objected to a plan to have German hospitals stand by in Case . Military facilities in Germany Are overwhelmed with wounded from the Gulf. The military Headquarters in Berlin attracted a Large number of the 20,000 demonstrators police counted in the City. They blocked two entrances periodically chanting a yanks go some threw burning leaflets through the Iron Gate but . Guards extinguished the action Sparks More . Anti War protests by United press International angry anti War protesters were Back in the streets thursday sometimes burning flags and clashing with police to protest operation desert storm. But others waved the Flag in support of the american led operation to oust Saddam Hussein from were arrested across the nation a from big cities like san Francisco to Small towns such As St. Cloud Minn. A As they sought to shut Down Federal buildings disrupt traffic and shout their a no blood for Oil opposition to the military action that shocked the nation wednesday evening. Early polls however showed president Bush has the support of a Strong majority of americans. A Washington Post Abc news poll said 76 percent of those interviewed supported the president. In Lafayette Square across the Street from the White House where 14 demonstrators had been arrested wednesday night opposing groups numbering no More than 100 both tried to make their Point to the president. Some carried the Ever present a no blood for Oil signs while others displayed the Flag in support of Bush. Across the nation in san Francisco the biggest demonstration of Early thursday a a a peace blockade a unfolded As some 1,000 people formed ranks and blocked the entrances to the Federal building. At least one Flag was burned As protesters chanted a no War noway the Federal building is closed today a and apparently succeeded in shutting the building Down As frustrated workers returned Home rather than run the Gauntlet of demonstrators. A on wednesday night thousands of demonstrators swarmed through the City streets and onto the san Francisco Bay Bridge forcing the California Highway patrol to close the Span for nearly two hours. At least one patrol car was set ablaze. Quot a hundreds of anti War demonstrators gathered in government Center in Boston on thursday morning and an estimated 400 to 500 protesters encamped on the Plaza near Boston City Hall a Short distance away other demonstrators gathered in front of the John f. Kennedy Federal building. Boston police said 40 demonstrators were arrested thursday morning As they staged sit ins or tried to gain Access to the Juk building. In St. Cloud Minn., police arrested 29 anti War protesters who blocked the in trance to the Federal building downtown. Police capt. Leonard Smallwood said the demonstration against the War a very very a
