European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a the stars and stripes sunday january 27 1991war could stymie cleanup of huge spill continued from Page 1 the spill on Iraq which is in Possession of Kuwait a main Oil storage and loading terminal. It is from there that the allies say millions of Gallons of Oil arc being pumped. The Slick already has reached the saudi port of Khan i about 60 Miles from the source of the spill said . Tatary an environmentalist with the saudi meteorological and environmental Protection Agency. Tatary said wind and currents arc taking the Oil South along the Shore at a Pace that would bring the Slick to Jubal 105 Miles South in about two Days. A this is the disaster that everybody has feared a said Walter Vreeland an environmental adviser to the government of Bahrain an Island kingdom off saudi and Bia. A a Vreeland said the War could scuttle any attempt to clean up the crude. A i done to know How you could contemplate coping with the situation a he said. Oil facilities and critical desalination and electrical plants on the saudi coast were getting ready to try to fend off the spill said saudi government officials. The saudis keep the exact location of such facilities confidential. A a a a a a a a a. A source with the state run saudi Arabia Oil co. Said tax from Page 1 legislation contain a provision stating that military personnel As Well As designated support personnel have until six months after leaving the combat zone to file their tax returns. The designation of a support personnel includes government civilians contractors directly supporting the War Effort red Cross workers and accredited journalists. The most significant difference Between the executive order and the congressional Bill pertains to interest paid on any refunds due the House committee staffer said. The Bill contains a provision that says the refunds will accrue interest beginning april 15, the Normal filing deadline and extending to whatever Date the taxpayers file their taxes. For example a taxpayer who is due a refund and serves in the War zone until May 30, 1991, and then Waits until oct. 1 to file 1990 tax forms would accrue interest on the refund from april 15 to oct. 1. Bush a order activated a Law that allows enlisted personnel serving in the combat zone to avoid Federal taxes on All income and officers to avoid Federal taxes on the first $500 of their income each month while in the theater. The executive order applies Only to income earned by eligible personnel after Jan. 17, the Date hostilities broke out. Bomb blasts in Adana car from wire and staff reports Adana Turkey a an explosion damaged a car outside the . Consulate and another blast blew off the door of a turkish american organization in this Southern City on saturday authorities said. No one was reported injured. The attacks on . Targets were the first reported in Adana the main City near the strategic in Ciurlik a being used by . Warplanes bombing Iraq. The blast outside the consulate saturday damaged the front of a car and blew out windows in nearby apartments officials and witnesses said. The car did not belong to consulate personnel a consulate spokesman said. The vehicle was in a parking lot next to the consulate which shares a building with several apartments. About the same time another blast blew out the door of the turkish american association in a different part of the City witnesses said. The explosion destroyed windows and damaged the building inside. A on Friday an american owned car caught fire in a residential Section of Izmir causing a bomb like noise when a tire exploded an air Force spokesman said saturday. The 9 40 . Fire was quickly contained by turkish firefighters said stuff sgt. Michael Fletcher 7241st air base group spokesman. Officials believe the fire could have been caused by a Short circuit in the electrical system Fletcher said.. And turkish authorities Are investigating the incident. Oil booms and chemical agents were being readied to protect the plants and crucial ports. Kuwait a two water desalination plants on the Gulf will probably have to be shut Down said Abdulrahman Abdullah Al Awadi Kuwait a exiled minister of  Cabinet affairs. But a third Plant on Kuwait Bay can produce enough drinking water to Supply the entire population remaining in the country and the occupying iraqi forces he  military spokesman it. Col. Ahmed Zobayan said the spill began when iraqi forces apparently turned on pumps at the sea Island terminal 10 Miles offshore from Kuwait a main Petroleum refinery and loading Complex at a1 Ahmadi just South of Kuwait City. The pumps can move at least 100,000. Barrels of Oil per hour or 2.4 million barrels per Day he said. It was not known whether they were pumping at full capacity. A a it a not just any other Oil Slick. Its in the Middle of a bloody War zone a said it. John Williston of the Canadian Navy. A a it a atrocious its outrageous. If its intentional its  the massive amounts of Oil Are suffocating All Marine life that the Slick touches Al Awadi said. A a it a that kind of feeling when a person suffocates a person. That suffocating feeling is exactly what is happening to the environment now a he said at a news conference in Dhahran saudi Arabia. Iraq said in a letter released at the United nations in new York on Friday that a vast Oil spill in the Gulf was caused by the bombing of iraqi tankers by . Planes. But Allied officials dismissed As minor any spills stemming from air attacks. Tank from Page 1 forces continues to be a primary target of the .-led coalition. Allied bombers took off from dozens of bases in saudi Arabia pressing the non Stop air War against Iraq for a 10th  Eastern saudi Arabia site of a huge air base the planes were taking off into Clear skies a Good weather for stalking their targets. Scott said there were no planes lost in the 24 hours ending saturday afternoon. Earlier in the Day three . Air Force f-15s shot Down what were believed to be three iraqi Mig-23s Over Iraq army it. Col. Mike Gallagher said. That brings the total number of iraqi aircraft shot Down in air to air combat to 22. Another 23 have been destroyed on the ground . Officials said. Iraqis air Force believed to be hiding in hardened bunkers has sat out much of the fighting so far. However radio reports from Iran said seven iraqi warplanes were intercepted saturday by iranian air Force jets in iranian airspace. The reports said six planes made emergency landings in Iran and the seventh caught fire and exploded while Landing. Meanwhile three marines were killed and two were injured in a vehicle Accident in northeastern saudi Arabia related to an artillery barrage on an iraqi position inside Kuwait. One of the injured marines was evacuated by helicopter according to Media Pool reports filed from the scene. The other had injuries described As not serious. The largest artillery barrage of the 10-Day-old persian Gulf War was kicked off about 1 . Saturday by an artillery task Force with the 1st Marine div. The battalion sized Force with 155mm howitzers and other equipment fired on a suspected iraqi position about six Miles inside Kuwait near the a shaped Border with saudi Arabia. In another development a pro iranian Muslim fundamentalist official said saturday that Iran has provided shelter for most of iraqis civil aviation Fleet. The officials said Iran is also supplying food and Medicine to Iraq while it Battles the 28-country coalition. The official said Iraq feared its civil aviation fleets would be destroyed during continued air raids by the .-led coalition forces. Iran which fought a War with Iraq from 1980 to 1988, has opposed iraqis invasion of Kuwait but has also deplored the deployment of the Allied coalition. The radio said that the iraqi pilots were being questioned and that Iran reminded both sides in the Gulf War of its . Air raid sirens sounded throughout Israel at 10 . Sunday evening and israeli radio said it was due to a missile attack. Less than an hour earlier a scud missile was intercepted Over the saudi capital of Riyadh but the body of the rocket crashed Down on the Edge of the City. There were no immediate reports of casualties. There was also an Alert in the saudi City of Dhahran but there were no reports of missiles. Israel came under fire Friday for the fifth time in eight Days. Several iraqi missiles struck the Tel Aviv and Haifa areas Friday evening eluding the net of .-supplied Patriot defense missiles. One Man was killed and 61 other people were injured. On saturday Israel announced a second death from the scud attacks. Also on Friday night two scuds fell toward Riyadh. One was intercepted by a Patriot but another sheared off part of a six Story building housing government offices witnesses said. One person was killed and 30 were injured saudi officials said. Before Dawn saturday two More scuds came in Over the Dhahran dam Mam area in Eastern saudi Arabia saudi officials said. Patriots were fired and one was intercepted but fragments of another hit the ground. Bank modifying  service Frankfurt Germany a merchants National Bank a automated Teller machines will be out of service from 7 . To 10 . Tuesday for installation of improvements in the system. Two changes will affect customers dramatically said Yvonne Wise a merchants spokeswoman. An automatic personal identification number reset will allow a customer to use an  card within 24 hours of its being  cards Are captured by the Green machine if the wrong identification number is used three times in a 24-hour period. With the current manual reset system customers often have had to wait three to five Days before using their cards again. Another improvement which takes effect March 26, will give customers Access to their automatic Check loan Alcor account overdraft Protection. Until the change begins  receipts will note the available balance and the a with Acle balance As identical. This Means that if a customer has $500 in an account the  receipt will read a Avail bal $500, with acl $500,�?� regardless of the amount of the customers automatic Check loan. After March 26, if a client has an automatic Check loan Worth $300 and an account balance of $500, the receipt will read a Avail bal $500, with acl $800.�?�. A a a. The  will give no warning to customers when their automatic Check loan is accessed. To avoid dipping inadvertently into their acl customers should get an account balance before proceeding with their Cash withdrawal. . Teens arrested in Frankfurt Frankfurt Germany a amps a eleven american teen age boys were arrested by German police thursday following an attack on three German teens a Frankfurt military official said saturday. Reports from the German police give no indications about the cause of the attack said it. Col. Allen grammar the Community a Provost marshal. But a link Between the beatings and previous violence by american youths seems unlikely grammar said. Those incidents involved third country nationals not germans he said. The incident occurred on a subway train about 9 30 . At the Dornbusch. Stop near three american housing areas. The fighting broke out when three German teen age boys attempted to pass through a group of 15 to 25 american teens in order to leave the train Gram Mer said. One or two of the German youths ran out of the train As the american teens gave Chase Grammer said. German and military police were called to the scene and 11 teens were picked up at several locations along routes toward the housing areas he said. A the teens were held at the German police station All night and released to military police Friday afternoon Grammer said. It German authorities who have primary jurisdiction in the Case confirmed the arrests but refused to give any other details. R