European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 27, 1991 the stars and stripes a a a key in Ciurlik a Turkey Amman police broke up anti War protests in several turkish cities Friday firing tear Gas at protesters who burned american and israeli flags. A turkish news Agency said one Man was killed in Tat Van. Page 3 scale of Miles 200. Samarra 1 a a a. A a a Baghdad Olla of Karbala Hilla experts saturday set up barriers to try to contain the huge fast moving Oil spill blamed on Iraq that threatened water supplies and the fragile ecology of the persian Gulf. Cairo Israel Suez canal Egypt Nile River Aswan saudi Arabia an Najaf a Iraq rata i Kuwait / Kuwait City Egypt will order changes in commercial aviation patterns to keep planes entering Egypt from the South away from the strategic Aswan High dam. Friday nights scud missile attack on Riyadh killed one and destroyed a government building but no injuries were reported in a second attack Early saturday morning on Dhahran. Riyadh Dhahran Qatar a amps Sharon Kildany seven iraqi warplanes made emergency landings in Iran saturday after seeking permission. One plane caught fire and crashed when  dumping outlawed by rules of warfare saudi Dubai Arabia Dhahran Bahrain Qatar major water desalination plants amps Snar Ort Killay Geneva apr the deliberate dumping of Oil or attacks on installations that May cause grave ecological damage Are forbidden under updated rules on warfare that have been ratified by 100 countries a leading Swiss Jurist and member of the International committee of the red Cross said saturday but professor Hans Haug of Bern University also noted that neither Iraq nor the United states Britain France and Italy have heeded repeated appeals by the i arc to become party to the 1977 a protocol no. 1.�?� the protocol extends the Geneva conventions on the Protection of War victims. As a Neutral intermediary in armed conflicts the All Swiss i arc monitors compliance with International humanitarian Law. The United states said Friday that iraqi forces Are deliberately dumping huge quantities of Oil into the persian Gulf in what a Pentagon spokesman termed a environmental  Industry experts said it could become the worlds worst spill threatening water supplies of millions of people. Iraq said in a letter released Friday at the United nations in new York that a vast Oil spill in the Gulf was caused by the bombing of iraqi tankers by . Planes. A care shall be taken in warfare to protect the natural environment against widespread Long term and severe damage a says article 55 of protocol no. 1.�?~ it adds a this Protection includes a prohibition of the use of methods or Means of warfare which Are intended to or May be expected to cause such damage to the natural environment and the Crecy to prejudice the health or survival of the population a protocol no. 1 contains 102 articles. Haug said that Large parts specifically those that forbid carpet bombing and other indiscriminate attacks on the civilian population have become International customary Law. This Means that those rules first outlined in the Hague Netherlands convention of 1907, now bind All countries regardless of whether they have ratified them or not. In a Telephone interview Haug said it was a a bit difficult to say whether the article on the environmental Protection had already become generally binding customary Law. But he added that although this Rule was a relatively new a it could be argued that it was part of generally accepted safeguards protecting the civilian population. The United states has signed the protocol which was adopted in 1977 at a. 110-country diplomatic conference in Geneva. But it has not yet been sent to the Senate for ratification. Washington officials say that protocol no. 1 could give recognition to terrorist groups because it Grants captured guerrilla fighters the same prisoner of War rights As regular soldiers. Britain Italy and Germany were also among the signers but France and Iraq were not. Most other countries in the persian Gulf Region including saudi Arabia Kuwait the United Arab emirates Bahrain Qatar and Oman Are already parties to protocol no. 1