European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 22, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 3 War in the Gulf Turkey Iraq claims it is dispersing More than 20 pos among civilian economic education and other targets Rubah. Baghdad mll�0 military personnel have been stationed at u. S. Television network bureaus in Israel to forestall censorship violations. Gulf states have All but halted Oil exports through the Suez canal because of the War. Karbala iranians report having heard . Jets bombing the iraqi port City of Basra three times during the night. Iraq Hilla an Najaf Kuwait City a a. Saudi Arabia is. Y.>c-\4 \. Yes v s to out a a a a a. A   s s str a a a a w a v. A a .v.\v�?T,v-. A a so jul. I Dhahran Qatar  i Quot i Viool of doctors and lawyers in Jordan join growing anti american protests. Evacuees crossing into Jordan report seeing the wreckage of a . Warplane a few Miles inside Iraq. Ten scud missiles fired at Dhahran and Riyadh. Nine scuds destroyed by Patriot missiles one Falls in persian  against Saddam s elite is crucial Washington a every night the skies Over Kuwait and Southern Iraq Thunder with the sounds of High explosive bombs hurtling toward iraqis elite Republican guard dug into the desert Sands below. American warplanes a including the air forces massive b-52 Strat fortress bombers a keep roaring through the daytime sky dropping the bombs that Are a. Key part of the strategy to drive iraqi forces from Kuwait. R Pentagon officials will say Little about the Success of the bombings but the relentless lash of air Power has to be taking at least a psychological toll on the iraqi troops. The iraqi ground forces faced nothing like this in the 1980-88 War with Iran. Tens of thousands of bombs Are being dropped. The payload from a three plane a cell Quot of b-52s can Crater an area 1.5 Miles Long and one mile wide. In Vietnam people hundreds of Yards from the target area of a b-52 had their eardrums blown out by the concussion of the blasts.f/a-18 attack jets of the Marine corps and f-15e fighter bombers also Are pounding the Republican guard Saddam Hussein a most powerful armed Force. Yet the outcome of the Campaign appears Uncertain. A the Jungles of Southeast Asia Are hardly comparable to the open spaces of the Middle Eastern deserts. But . Pilots apparently Are discovering that in Iraq As in Vietnam enemy ground troops can find ways to hold out against even the heaviest bombardment. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf commander of . Forces in the persian Gulf area said sunday that bombing raids on the Republican guard forces in their desert positions Are being complicated by the iraqis ability to spread out and dig in. A the Republican guards have been dispersed for quite some time a Schwarzkopf said on abcs a this week with David  a a armoured divisions Are very very Tough things  out under the Best of circumstances when you re going after them with the Type of weaponry we Are so this is not something that a going to happen very quickly a the general said. Besides shielding themselves,.from the bombing by hiding in armoured vehicles the Republican guard Likely Are utilizing tactics characteristic of their soviet and British derived fighting doctrine. That would include using Burlap not Ting to camouflage bunkers and tank positions dug into the Sand and relying on land line communications instead of radio transmissions that can he detected. Allied Success against the Republican guard is vital it could determine the length and human Cost of the All out ground War that seems increasingly Likely. The Republican guard Force is by lived to number Between 1 10,000 anti 150,000. Its composition and area of deployment make it ideally suited for the War strategy Saddam seems to be pursuing Hunker Down stay alive pull the enemy into a full scale ground fight. Iraqis regular army units numbering an estimated 300, 100 men Are deployed Between the Republican guard units and the Kuwait saudi Border. Although they Are More numerous the regular army soldiers Are not As important to . Strategy As the Republican guard according to Pentagon sources. The regular army units Are poised to take the initial blow of any direct Allied thrust into Kuwait. Because they Are so heavily dug in they Lac the Man Euvera Billy of the Republican guard. They also Are less a Well equipped less Well trained and not As experienced As the elite Force. The guard Lorce is highly. Mobile designed to move quickly into position As reinforcements or to Cut Oil a flanking move by enemy forces. The Force is sell contained with its own Supply line Intilli gence specialists reconnaissance special operations forces air defense infantry and armoured brigades