European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and Stripe Friday january 18,1991 War in the Gulf War brings support sadness censure by the associated press with anguish and some reluctance Many nations backed the  attack on Iraq As a necessary evil. But angry anti War protesters marched by torchlight in Germany and others in Australia wept at a midday sit a in. A. A a a a a. A a a a a a a a a. A a a a a a probably the most favourable reaction to the air assault thursday was on world financial markets which surged on the apparent Success of the initial raids. Oil prices a expected to fuse with the Onset of War a dropped instead. Allies of the United states not participating in the attack including Japan and South Korea strongly supported the action. Longtime foes such As Cuba and North Korea denounced it. Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher who sent troops to the persian Gulf last year predicted the War a will finish in the defeat of the  a dictators Don t withdraw they have to be Defeated. To show the world that if anyone else should have similar ambitions they will be similarly treated a she said. In the soviet Union which approved the . Securi. To Council Resolution allowing Force against Iraq after Jan. 15, president Mikhail Gorbachev gave a National address to a express our deep sorrow that military confrontation could not be  he reassured Western allies that a the soviet Union will go on cooperating with other countries and the United  he also urged president Bush to make one last attempt to Contact iraqi president Saddam Hussein to hasten an end to the War. The soviet Union was iraqis longtime ally and main arms supplier before the aug 2 invasion of Kuwait. China which abstained from the Security Council vote urged restraint among the nations at War. A we still Call for peace and Hope that the flames of War will not spread or expand a said foreign ministry spokesman i Zhaoxin. Among Washington a strongest allies German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said he Learned of the attack with a deep  British prime minister John major Vose forces flew in the first air raids said he Hopes a it is Clear to Iraq that the scale of the Allied operation is such that they cannot  others echoed the sentiments of a crestfallen Javier Perez de Cuellar the . Secretary go neral whose 1 Ltd hour peace initiative failed. He wondered How War could have erupted a after All my efforts after the efforts of so Many countries so Many different  Vatican City Pope John Paul ii began to Pray shortly after being informed of the  attack the italian news Agency Agi reported. The pontiff looking tired and disheartened called the outbreak of War a a grave defeat for the world. A i Pray that the experience of this first Day of conflict is sufficient to make understood the horror of what is happening a he said. For a smaller number it was a Day of jubilation. Kuwaiti exiles poured out of their Homes in the Gulf state of res so a Pope John Paul ii appears worried As he Calls for prayers for peace during his weekly general audience at the Vatican on wednesday the Day before the  attack on Iraq. Bahrain and filled mosques to Pray for Victory. A the people Are very Happy. This is a great Day a said Hassan Quad a 27-year-old kuwaiti police officer who fled his occupied country two months ago. A i want to return to Kuwait As soon As possible.�?�. Kuwait a exiled Crown Prince and prime minister Sheik Saad Al Abdullah Al Salem Al Sabah told kuwaitis under occupation that a the Sun of liberation will soon Rise and the hour of deliverance from the despotism of the criminals is  among Middle East countries not in the Allied Coli lion against Iraq the governments reacted with caution or criticism of the  attack. Jordan closed its International Airport and airspace. Iran expressed a deep regret at the outbreak of War and asserted that Israel would Likely Benefit from the conflict a a a. A. A libyan Leader col. Moa mar Qadhafi urged the United nations to limit military operations to liberating Kuwait and to halt air raids on Iraq. President Zine Al abiding Ben Ali of Tunisia asked the Security Council to Stop the War. Hundreds of students at the american University of Beirut staged a sit in to denounce the bombing raids and a mourn the iraqis who  the Palestine liberation organization like Iran railed against Israel while urging Muslim and third world countries to unite in the face of a boldfaced and treacherous aggression against Iraq. In a statement issued in Tunis Tunisia the plots executive committee said the attack was launched by the a american zionist european  a a this is a Black Day in history. The americans zionists and europeans Are Allied together against Iraq its. People and the Arab  the popular front for the liberation of Palestine a hard line palestinian faction called on All arabs to join the War in iraqis behalf. By the associated press a bang dad declared the daily Star of London. In Beijing shoppers huddled around radios at outdoor Market stalls. Hundreds of new yorkers gazed up silently As news of the wars outbreak flickered around the times Square ticker. Thick Black headlines and around the clock broadcasts told the world of the . And Allied attack striking Iraq on. Thursday to oust Saddam Hussein s troops from Kuwait the emirate invaded 5vi months ago. Iraqi radio went off the air before the attack but resumed broadcasting hours later carrying a defiant speech from Saddam. The iraqi news Agency monitored in Nicosia Cyprus continued to transmit but its reports were hopelessly garbled a perhaps because of jamming. Government run radio and television stations in saudi Arabia Bahrain and other Gulf countries aired reports of the military operation in a straightforward fashion based entirely on announcements from Washington. Kuwaiti radio in exile broadcasting from the saudi port City of Jidida was jubilant. It blared religious slogans decried Saddam and assured homeless kuwaitis that their Homecoming was at hand. A Victory belongs to Kuwait and the people of Kuwait a the radio said. A Saddam Hussein will be taken to task and he will have to pay dearly for his grave  the three traditional . Networks a Abc lbs and Abc a suspended regular programming and dropped most commercials. Cable news network brought the news to Many americans and much of the world. The associated press reporting from saudi Arabia was the first news organization to give official . Confirmation that War had begun. Newspaper headlines were predictably Large . Unleashes All out attack on Iraq a proclaimed the 2 million circulation Dong a ilbo newspaper of Seoul South Korea. The Sun of London a front Page read a Blitz on  a a the new York times devoted its entire front Page to the fighting under a three tier Banner headline. The Paris based International Herald Tribune put out special editions As did the Telegraph  Sydney Australia which filled 10 of 11 pages in its extra w Ith Gulf news. The courier mail of Brisbane. Australia also published a special edition its first since world War i. Major Frencht newspapers stopped their presses to remake front pages. But it was television that dominated the a wars coverage Early in the attack. Can the Atlanta  All news network filled its air time with live reports from a Trio of reporters in Baghdad who provided vivid descriptions of wave after wave of airstrikes huge explosions and flashing skies. A if this was surgical bombing i done to like being this close to the operating table a Anchor Bernard Shaw one of the three can reporters told viewers at one Point wednesday  a in Manila Philippines till five television stations went to full time Gulf coverage mostly relying on can feeds. The american forces network in Seoul suspended regular programming for live can coverage and feeds from Abc