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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, January 22, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 22, 1991 the stars and stripes a a Page 7 War in the Gulf Philippines expels iraqi diploma police cite links to botched bomb attempt Manila Philippines apr the Philippines monday expelled a senior iraqi Diplomat citing Strong evidence linking him to a misfired weekend Botna ing in which one iraqi was killed and another injured. Foreign Secretary Raul Mang Lapus told reporters that iraqi first Secretary Mwafak Al api was Given .72 hours to leave the country because of his links to saturdays bombing. The bomb went off by Accident about a Block from the Thomas Jefferson cultural Center a  Library in Manila. An iraqi citizen was killed and another injured police said. Security sources speaking on condition of anonymity said the injured iraqi had Given police the Telephone number of the iraqi embassy. If the reports Are True it would apparently be the first time Baghdad Hail carried through a if ineffectively a on its threat of global terrorism in response to the  assault on Iraq. On sunday the . Embassy said the bombing was apparently a an example of the announced iraqi intention to target . And Allied installations and interests.�?�. A a a. Y a a police said they found an iraqi passport issued to an a Ahmed j. Ahmed along with the remains of the Man killed in the bombing. They said Ahmed and. Abdul. Sattar Hashim apparently entered the country last month. Hashim who was in Jurod in the blast reportedly was a student at the University of Manila. . Embassy spokesman Stanley Schrager said american officials assumed the intended target of the bomb was the. Thomas Jefferson cultural Center a Library operated by the . Information service. The site is also near buildings of the National police commission and the department of Trade. Schrager said the Jefferson Center and . Government libraries in Davao and Cebu would be closed until further notice. The International school Manila notified parents sunday that classes would be suspended until further notice for a Security considerations.�?�. About 22 percent of the 1,800 students Are americans. Among them Are children of . Diplomats and businessmen. In an advisory to the 140,000-member american Community the embassy recommended that All Large gatherings of . Citizens be cancelled for fear of terrorist attack. Embassy officials said unspecified Saccu Rity measures were undertaken at a u a government housing area and other installations. In december 1989, commit nist rebels fired grenades at the housing area but there were no injuries. The communist dominated National democratic front had threatened attacks on the six . Military bases and other american installations if hostilities erupted in the Gulf. The iraqi official Al Ani told television network Abs can sunday that his Only knowledge of the bombing came from news reports. Buddy system Media Pool a Gas masked american Soldier carries a dog to a bomb shelter in a hotel in Eastern saudi Arabia As sirens warn of incoming iraqi scud missiles on sunday. Patriot missiles owned nine of 10 scuds  copters relocating North toward Kuwait Eastern saudi Arabia up a Marine helicopter base located hundreds of Miles South of the kuwaiti Border soon will be moved to within 25 Miles of the Frontier to support advancing . And British army troops /. A1 a a a a a a. A we Are establishing a Forward position in Ai Iticia Tion of the ground War a said it. Col. Mike Aguilar executive officer of the Marine air group 16, or mag 16, of the 3rd Marine air Wing. Pointing to hundreds of transport and attack helicopters Aguilar said a a we re going to take everything you see Here. We re really now too far away from the Border for a helicopter base.�?�. Aguilar said the move was not made earlier because the marines did not want to frighten the local population and because a there were still Hopes a few. Days ago for a peaceful Resolution of this  the redeployment will affect several thousand men in mag 16 and includes hundreds of attack and transport helicopters. A the new base also could accommodate Kc-130 transport planes and British harrier jets. Plans Call for the base to provide a Landing zone for incoming Marine ground troops and could provide them with air support. Is stealth missions an air base in saudi Arabia apr a a Teddy Bear sent by an american woman to a any service member has become the Mascot of one of the stealth fighters flown by the air. Force against targets in  Jeronamy the Tan 8-Inch-Long stuffed toy has been Riding in the cockpit map Case of the radar evading f-117a since the first flight Over Baghdad Early thursday. A i got it from a 34-year-old woman in mail addressed to any service member a Sand air Force staff sgt. Brad fibres. A so i though Ltd Fly it around then Send it Back to her when its All Over a let her know where its  he did t identify the donor. Bowers is Crew chief for Jerona mods temporary Home stealth fighter no. 793, nicknamed a invisible  not to Missi new York apr As television networks scrambled to cover a wave of iraqi missile attacks of saudi Arabia on sunday the . Military asked reporters to refrain from giving details that could help the enemy. It was the second such warning in two Days. On saturday the second Day of scud missile attacks against Israel israeli authorities posted censors on a 24-hour basis in . Network bureaus there. They warned ail network reporters against broadcasting exact locations of missile strikes and the extent of damages. Officials were concerned that live broadcasts describing the direction and Quot location of missile strikes and the damage inflicted could help the iraqis by giving them information on the missiles a Cura cd. Also on sunday the Atlanta based can came in for criticism at Home. Demonstrators surrounded can Headquarters in Atlanta to protest what they called the networks failure to cover demonstrations supporting the . Troops in the persian Gulf. Police originally estimated the crowd at 12,0 j0 but later downgraded the number to 1,000. A a we Here is can How a demonstrators yelled As they began entering the networks Headquarters in downtown Atlanta. About 150 people got inside before Security  the doors. The intruders talked with a can reporter for about 15 minutes before leaving the building peacefully. Can Public relations director Steve Haworth said Quot we be covered scores of pro and anti War demonstrations around the country in a balanced manner. Two of our affiliates covered the demonstration in  during sundays scud attacks in saudi Arabia can quoted a lbs report As saying that a missile had a chemical warhead. Can subsequently corrected its report saying lbs Hadnot mentioned chemical warheads. A we said the exact opposite a that they were conventional Quot said lbs spokesman de Devlins. Sundays coverage was something of a family affair for can whose initial news from Riyadh was by Chris Turner son of de Turner can s executive sice president for news gathering. They Are unrelated to can founder l de Turner. The younger Turner 50, complied with warnings to put on his Gas mask Midway through his live report  
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