European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a the stars and stripes sunday january 20,1991 a amps Wayne j. Begasse two air Force i 17-a stealth fighter bombers Roll Down an Airstrip runway in saudi Arabia on Friday night. The stealth have been targeting iraqis missile  from Page 1 missile attacks. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney told reporters in Washington the Patriot batteries could be up and running As Early As later saturday. He said the defensive system was sent from . Military stockpiles in Europe. Each Battery has 36 missiles and a . Official who spoke on condition of anonymity said Israel was receiving at least two batteries in addition to the two it already has but which Are not yet operational. Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the . Joint chiefs of staff said saturday that the Allied forces were shifting from an initial concentration on bombing Baghdad and iraqis military communications networks to taking on iraqis ground troops including the elite Republican guard. A a. Also on saturday at least nine . Crew members were reported missing in action. The Pentagon released the identities of four Crew members it. Robert Wetzel 30, of Virginia Beach a. It. Jeffrey n. Zaun 28, of Cherry Hill . Maj. Donnie r. Holland 42, of Bastrop la. And maj. Thomas f. Koritz �?T37, of Rochelle i. Navy it. Or nor. Michael Scott Speicher 33, of Jacksonville Fla., was the first american casualty of operation desert storm. Pentagon officials listed Speicher As missing in action after his plane was hit by an iraqi fired surface to air missile on the first night of bombing. The iraqi attack on Tel Aviv on saturday a the jewish Sabbath a caused minor injuries and damage but no reported deaths. It was the second such attack Iii two Days and threatened anew to draw Israel into the persian Gulf War. A iraqi military communique broadcast later said the missiles a poured out of the missing in action the first american casualty of operation desert storm was Navy Pilot it. Or nor. Michael s. Speicher 33, stationed at Mayport Fla. Speichert a plane a single seat f/a-18 Hornet was shot Down by an iraqi surface to air missile Over iraqi territory. Sky making Tel Aviv and other targets a crematorium.�?T1�?T a what happened is the beginning of the path. Tomorrow is near. Palestine will be liberated a the communique said.  officials have expressed fear that if Israel retaliates against Iraq it could drive Arab allies out of the 28-nation anti Iraq coalition. But israelis Deputy foreign minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that was not necessarily the Case. A these Arab governments in the coalition Are not fools a he told Cable news network. A they understand exactly what he iraqi president Saddam Hussein is trying to do a Divide the Alliance confronting him. A we have said from the Start that if attacked Well respond a Netanyahu said but added a i think on the nature the timing the forces used the targets chosen we prefer to keep Saddam  saturdays missile attack on Israel followed three false alarms overnight. Or. Dan Michaeli director of Tel Avivm Sichi Lov Hospital said that 17 people were brought in with minor injuries and that two others had heart problems. There was another false alarm late saturday. Continuing an unrelenting Allied offensive against Iraq Waves of . Warplanes streaked North from saudi Arabia on saturday and other american planes continued to open a second front by taking off from in Ciurlik a and other bases in Southern Turkey. Marine maj. Gen. Robert b. Johnston told reporters in Riyadh that the number of aircraft missions flown by the United states and its allies now topped 4,000, while the . Navy had bombarded enemy targets with More than 150 Tomahawk missiles. A a he also reported that two Patriot missiles the . Anti missile weapons were fired inadvertently at 3 57 . Saturday and destroyed in flight. A Patriot missile shot Down an iraqi missile Over saudi Arabia Early Friday. Johnston the Central come chief of staff said he had no idea yet Why the missiles fired but said there were no injuries or damage. Iraqi radio claimed saturday that iraqi defenders had shot Down a total of 101 Allied warplanes. The allies have put their total aircraft losses at 10, including six american warplanes. Two British one kuwaiti and one italian warplanes also have been lost. _ Johnston said Iraq has lost 10 aircraft in air to air combat. British Royal air Force fighter bombers meanwhile attacked iraqi missile Sites a British officer said. French jaguars destroyed a fuel and Supply dump in Kuwait Frances defense minister said saturday. Baghdad came under heavy Allied bombardment Early saturday which followed devastating strikes that knocked out its Telephone communications electricity and water supplies. . Pilots say the iraqis have been mounting a More vigorous defense than they did during initial Allied strikes. Iraq apparently angered by detailed. Descriptions of bomb damage in Baghdad reported by Western journalists said saturday it was expelling the remaining three dozen or so foreign correspondents remaining in its capital. The journalists who have left Iraq in the past two Days have described the iraqi capital As a ghost town nearly deserted As residents flee or hide from the constant cruise missile and bombing attacks. Also saturday the Baghdad government appealed to muslims worldwide to attack Western targets. .-led naval forces warned ships saturday to enter the Gulf at their own risk after mines were spotted in the normally Safe Southern Gulf Waters. British group or nor. David Henderson who Heads two squadrons of British air Force pilots based in Bahrain said British made Jaguar jets had flown raids saturday on targets including surface to air missile Sites an anti aircraft emplacement and scud surface to surface missile Sites. A a . Stealth fighter bombers have also targeted iraqis missile launchers. Heavy Cloud cover has been disrupting some Allied bombing runs but the weather was expected to break soon. The . War Effort received some new support in the House on Friday when members followed the Senate a Lead and overwhelmingly adopted a Resolution in support of . Troops and the presidents performance. Contributing to this report staff writer Joseph Owen in Riyadh air by Jimi Jones staff writer Rhein main a Germany closed its Gates to no official traffic saturday in part because of the increasing intensity of anti War demonstrations across Europe. Entry to the base will be limited through monday to base residents and those with official business base spokesman maj. Steve Knechtel said. More than 1,000 anti War demonstrators picketed at the main Gate saturday and a major protest was scheduled for sunday. German police vans and buses occupied a major portion of the main Exchange parking lot on saturday in Advance of the sunday protest. An estimated 100,000 people took to the streets of German cities saturday amid continuing anti War protests that ranged from Road blockades to demonstrations outside . Installations. In Stuttgart about 15,000 people participated in a peaceful demonstration holding banners calling for the deployment of a German arms dealers to the front and saying a Hitler is dead a but Saddam  in Berlin demonstrators holding anti War banners and chanting a a genocide interrupted a live television program of Adf German television. Police in major cities reported no incidents of violence As of late afternoon. A member of Germany a governing Alliance and defense minister Gerhard Stoltenberg both criticized the protests that have been occurring daily throughout Germany. Quot a Stoltenberg. In an interview in the Welt am sonntag newspaper asked where were the peace demonstrators on aug. 2, when Iraq invaded Kuwait. Edwin Huber general Secretary of the conservative Christian social Union accused the protesters of turning their rallies into anti american demonstrations. At Rhein main All shopping facilities remained open despite the entry restrictions. Non residents Are advised to shop at other locations Knechtel said.  not sure How the Security police Are interpreting the order but they re definitely trying to restrict traffic and people at the Gates a Knechtel said. Knechtel said senior officers made the decision Early saturday morning at a daily crisis action team meeting. It was ordered As an increased Security precaution and in anticipation of protesters. The heavier workload for Security policemen since War erupted in the Gulf also was considered he said. Ii ??9 a report staff writer Mary Neth associated press and United press International