European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 23, 1991 the stars and stripes a a Page 3 air bases conventional a weapons plants Cherpital nuclear biological warfare Turkey in Ciurlik a casualties were reported in Tel Aviv Israel after at least one scud missile hits during a new assault. Kirkuk forces scud intercept iraqi bombing Rubah a Amman Cairo Suez canal Israel Samarra. A a a. Baghdad nil0� Egypt Karbala a Hilla an Najaf saudi Arabia scale of Miles pilots from the Carrier John f. Kennedy begin hitting iraqi targets with new standoff missiles. Pilot of Navy a-6 intruder attack bomber rescued somewhere in iraqi desert by helicopter. Air Force a-10 pilots provide covering fire during successful Rescue. A Iraq admits that bombers from bases in Southern Turkey hit the Oil Rich Region of Kirkuk and the Southern port of Basra in Iraq. Navy reports pilots Sank an iraqi mine layer and another ship in the Northern persian Gulf. Rata i Kuwait Riyadh. I a. I \ \ Dhahran Qatar Sas Patriot missile defences foil new scud missile attacks on saudi cities of Dhahran and Riyadh. Aerial photography shows Iraq has blown up Oil Wells and storage tanks in Southern  jarred but a swayed by pow scenes by John King Dhahran saudi Arabia apr f-14 tomcat Pilot Rake was just Back from Iraq and he was bragging about his hits and belittling enemy pilots for running from dogfights. A i done to think they wanted to die a Rake said. He asked that his radio Call name be used instead of his real name. Why if shot Down and captured by Iraq Rake said his bravado could be used against him. American pilots Are anxious these Days horrified by the scenes of captured pilots and other service members being shown on iraqi television. But they Are determined not to let their emotions distract them from their Mission. To the contrary. It. A a we will hit Mem harder and make him pay for every violation of decency a said an air Force a-10 Pilot capt. Mike o Dowd of Bergenfield . Still the iraqi capture and treatment of downed pilots and Crew a and the daring Rescue of a Navy Pilot behind enemy lines monday a underscore the dangers of being shot  it puts a Jab in your gut a said capt. Pete Edgar of Littleton . A it does no to make you feel that great about what is going on up there but i would Hope he would treat  the Geneva  the Stark images of the first american prisoners of the persian Gulf War hark Back to Vietnam a War most troops in the Gulf Are too Young to remember. They also remind the nearly half million . Service members in operation desert storm of training they would rather forget. V air Force pilots and Crews must undergo a stint of survival training learning to collect Mountain drinking water from condensation on a Plant or to search a desert for dry Stream Beds that might yield a lifesaving gulp of Gritty water. Members of the army Navy and marines receive similar training. They Are also taught when they should a or should not resist the demands of captors. Military spokesmen refuse to discuss specifics of a resistance training except to say that most combat troops receive at least a briefing on the potential enemy a culture and Likely interrogation tactics. The spokesmen refuse to disclose orders Given to troops. But there Are indications that Given iraqis brutal past service members have not been ordered to risk their lives to defy enemy interrogators. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein has a history of television a confessions a including ones by Public officials arrested for crimes and a British journalist who was executed for alleged espionage. During his eight year War with Iran Saddam often broadcast interviews with iranian prisoners o t War. Two marines among his latest pos denounced the War on iraqi television but most american Servi Cemcem Bers believe the statements were beaten out of them. A the lessors of Vietnam come Back i think a said air Force col. Hal Hornburg an f-15 Wing commander. A i would say that every american flying an aircraft Over Here. Under extreme duress May say some things they certainly done to mean. As far As in a concerned that a not a problem because i know where their hearts  a \ / a a a a a a the Pentagon is restricting the information it releases about missing fighters for fear it could be used in interrogations. Military officials will provide Only the. Name rank age and Branch of service of anyone who might he a prisoner. It will not release  or other personal information. All aircraft carry survival kits. The basics include beacons and radios several Days Worth of water and rations flares and smoke grenades. Most pilots also carry sidearms. But All the. Gear in the world May not keep pilots alive a and free a if they be been shot Down deep in enemy  the fear you just put it somewhere Back there behind the adrenalin a said o Dowd the a-10  recalled his reaction when lie watched the iraqi to interviews a a my god this poor Guy has been traumatized and has been beaten. And that could happen to