European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 24, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 3 Iraq closed its Border with Jordan wednesday blocking the exodus of thousands of foreigners fleeing heavy Allied bombing. Six iraqi soldiers were captured tuesday after 3rd Arm Cav regiment soldiers encountered an enemy patrol and exchanged fire. Missile shrapnel from iraqi scud missile on tuesday peppered an Oil com Pany compound that houses hundreds of americans near an Allied air  results still not assessed War plane losses in Gulf War by the stars and stripes Riyadh saudi Arabia a weather continued to hamper the . Central Comdr a ability to assess the amount of damage done by the More than 12,000 Aerial sorties into iraqi and Kuwait in the wars first week officials said wednesday. In addition to Clouds which hinders photography and reconnaissance pilots involved in the raids have been too Busy to be of much help in spotting damage. A we need the Correct information but we re not going to Compromise the safety of our pilots by tasking them with target assessment As their main priority a a command official said. On other topics the command said a two american soldiers were injured by Light weapons fire tuesday night during a ground skirmish with an iraqi patrol. Soldiers from the 3rd army Cav regt at an observation Point near the saudi iraqi Border encountered the patrol and captured six iraqi soldiers. The wounded americans were treated and returned to duty. A the command denied reports that Allied air sorties were striking civilian targets. Iraqi television reported that a powdered milk factory in Baghdad had been hit in two Allied raids. A spokesman at the briefing air Force it. Col. Mike Gallagher said the Plant a has military guards around it barbed wire  a it has a military Garrison outside and numerous sources have indicated that the facility is associated with biological warfare  asked for the source of his information he said Only that they were a cent come sources. When he was asked if his reply meant that the report of the baby formula Pearlt bombing were incorrect Gallagher said a sounds Good to  a no american aircraft were lost to hostile action in the 24 hours preceding the wednesday afternoon briefing. However one Marine harrier Jet crashed tuesday during a training exercise. The Pilot was killed and the Accident is being investigated. Also an army ah-1 cobra helicopter crashed in a non combat Acci Dent. There were no injuries. A . And saudi officials have formed a committee to investigate Jall military questions relating to scud attacks and resulting damage a according to saudi forces spokesman col. Ahmed Zobayan. The committee plans to work with the saudi civil defense office and to determine the source of debris that fell on the Riyadh area during two missile attacks earlier this week. A the British army a movement toward the Border inside saudi Arabia is progressing so Well that two captains took time out to get married British officials said. The male Captain is a member of the 1st in the Royal scots and the female Captain is assigned to the Royal army medical corps. A anti Iraq coalition forces destroyed another mine in the Northern persian Gulf raising to 25 the number of mines located and eliminated there. Most of the mines have been identified As iraqi although military officials believe Many of them May have been Laid during the eighty a Iran Iraq War. A United states be 9 combat 2 non combat 3 helicopters non combat great Britain 4 combat 1 non combat Kuwait 1 combat Italy 1 combat saudi Arabia 1 non combat Iraq 17  a amps graphic