European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 a a the stars and stripes monday january 28,19913rd army div trains for from Page 1 Armor said air Force capt. Stuart Ramsey a Pilot assigned to the battalion to coordinate air strikes. A the iraqis have nothing that can Stop a Maverick Armor piercing warhead a he said. \ although there will be a a lot of close air support that will play an important part of the Battle a Ramsey does not be at the front Lieve his service is a going to win this War. No matter How much the air Force does there a still going to be a ground once the division has punched through iraqi defences the drive will be relentless he said v a a a. A once you crack a Hole you done to Stop a he explained. A night and Day Are going to become one. The kids driving these tanks Are going to be pushed to new Levels of tankers in the battalion said they were up to the Challenge. A when the bullets go off ill be scared a said sgt. Tamsey Johnson 36, of Oceanside Calif. A but when i fire this 120mm gun the first time the fear will go away. I have Confidence in this tank. A a in be been with it since it was delivered. I know it la get me Burton the battalion commander said he has been trying to prepare his soldiers for the failures As Well As the successes they will face in Battle. A i think in All of us there a a spark that says this War will be one of the most exciting times of our lives. But in be let my kids know this is deadly serious. A a they be got to toughen their minds a he continued. A they will make mistakes and the Impact of their mistakes will be a in be got to help these kids live with a p. A themselves after aloof this is information for this report was gathered by combat Pool reporters on the scene with the 3rd army div iraqis scouting positions of ground troops by the stars and stripes Northern saudi Arabia iraqi troops crossed into saudi Arabia at least once last week in Ari apparent Effort to determine the Loca lion and strength of Allied forces a coalition officer said saturday. However . Scouts along the Northern saudi Border just several Kilometres from iraqi positions have been told to avoid clashes with enemy patrols for now. A a they re trying to figure out where we re at a the officer said. A i have told my Guys to avoid them just observe the confirmation comes As evidence mounts that the air War now Well into its second week will not be enough to Force Saddam Hussein a army from Kun Vait. Massive Allied convoys of men and equipment have been moving North through the arabian desert for most of the past week. The tension along the Border has increased As the likelihood of a ground War increases. Only several Kilometres of Rocky desert separate the opposing armies. A a it a like being on a Volcano a said sol. Jim southerly. 82nd airborne div. A a it a really desolate but it could blow at any lets some refugees Cross jordanian Border Ruwe shed Jordan a Iraq reopened its Border sunday for the first time in four Days allowing a trickle of refugees and Oil trucks to Cross through this jordanian Border Post. A Only 70 tunisians and one jordanian family crossed by Early afternoon but some said 3,000 to 5,000 people were waiting at the iraqi Border Post of Trebil for permission to Cross. The jordanians were allowed through As a special Case because their 2-Ycar-old daughter had died of kidney problems while waiting at the Border jordanian officials said. A tunisian who refused to give his name said his group and most others waiting at Trebil had been there since before or just after the Start of Allied air raids against Iraq on Jan. 17. Jordanian authorities told foreign journalists to leave Ruwe shed Early sunday afternoon. It was not immediately Clear if other evacuees would be allowed to Cross later in the Day. Iraqi diplomats in Jordan a capital Amman said without elaborating that the Border was closed last tuesday a for Security reasons a airline offices damaged in Ankara explosions Ankara Turkey apr bombs exploded sunday at two offices representing foreign air lines in this capital City causing damage but no injuries according to Security officials. The explosions appeared to be part of a bombing Campaign that has also struck Istanbul and the Southern City of Adana since the persian Gulf War began. Police said the first blast occurred at 11 30 . Local time at an office representing japanese saudi arabian Canadian and austrian airlines. The office is across a Highway from the . Embassy. The second explosion occurred during the same hour and about 200 Yards away at the offices of air France. The offices were All closed. Dev sol a leftist underground organization claimed responsibility for the Page 1 spills left Washington on sunday for saudi Arabia to help advise the saudis on ways to limit damage from the crude Oil gushing into the Gulf. Schwarzkopf also said two f-15s shot Down four iraqi Mig-23s sunday Southeast of Baghdad. He said no . Planes were lost. The general said 39 iraqi aircraft have flown to Iran since the War began Jan. 17, including 23 a most of them fighter aircraft a in the previous 24 hours. Iran has Salait will confiscate any planes that land there for the duration of the War. Meanwhile in Washington defense Secretary Dick Cheney said sunday that . Forces will be ready for a ground assault on iraqi forces Well a before the end of a a a a a a a a it a. A a. A a a a a we be always assumed that we would eventually have to Send in ground forces a Cheney said All but conceding that massive air strikes alone wont oust Saddam Hussein a army from Kuwait. Cheney interviewed on no cd so meet the press a said the . Deployment in the Gulf is nearing the half million Mark and is nearly Complete. But Cheney said the final go ahead for a ground War remains a a presidential Quot Cheney also said that . Production of the successful Patriot anti missile missiles Nad been a cranked up to make sure there Are enough to protect against continued iraqi scud rocket attacks in Israel and saudi Arabia. A there is a distinct possibility that he Saddam May eventually begin to fire scuds with chemical warheads a Cheney said. A a that a a threat not Only to our forces in saudi Arabia but to civilian populations there and in Israel As Well. So its a capability we would like to a a a a Quot v a a As administration officials made the round of to talk shows Bush kept track of developments from the presidential Retreat at Camp David my. The president gives his state of the Union address to a joint House Senate session on tuesday evening and will submit his budget for fiscal 1992 the following monday. A no tax a said White House budget director Richard. Darman. We expect this to be manageable because we expect to have very substantial foreign contributions a said Darman who was interviewed on cd so a face the nation a a a a a a / a Allied fighter pilots meanwhile continued their furious bombing of iraqi positions in Kuwait and Southern Iraq which they described As a devastated landscape of shattered Bridges and fires beyond number. Returning pilots reported knocking out an Airfield and hitting two Railroad Bridges in Southern Iraq said air Force it. Col. Mike Scott a . Command spokesman. Bombers continued hammering away at the dug in a positions of the Republican guard in Southern Iraq. The islamic Republic news Agency reported sunday that iraqi anti aircraft guns remained silent when Allied bombers made overnight raids on the of Basra. Other developments a the British said the Royal air Force apparently knocked out a silkworm missile site in Iraq. A Iraq fired another round of scud missiles at saudi Arabia and Israel but All were shot Down by . Patriot missiles Allied officers said. A Baghdad hinted late saturday in a broadcast on iraqis new a Mother of Battles radio that it would use unconventional weapons against the allies. Iraq did not specify what it meant by unconventional but Saddam is known to have an Arsenal of chemical and biological weapons. A the allies claimed another piece of Kuwait on sunday when iraqi troops surrendered a second occupied kuwaiti Island this one called Mara dim just off the coast. \ a a a a a a. A a a Quot a an a-6e intruder from the aircraft Carrier Ranger was flying Over the Island sunday and saw below written in stones the words a sos we surrender a Complete with the misspelling. A Navy commander said the iraqis had from 20 to 30 men there As Forward observers but had not been Able to Supply them for at least a week. Neither ships nor aircraft Nave yet contacted the men Page 1 nazi holocaust. Genscher did not elaborate on what Germany is feared to do. The Welt am sonntag newspaper reported Germany is considering sending Patriot Roland and Hawk missile systems to Israel Germany has committed More than 5 billion Marks $3.3 billion to the cause and has promised More. It has also sent 18 warplanes to Turkey to help protect that nato ally from neighbouring Iraq. But nearly daily anti War protests and German evasiveness Over whether the 18 War jets would actually be used if Turkey were attacked have placed the germans under intense International scrutiny. Many members of Chancellor Helmut Kohls govern ment have expressed an interest in intensifying Germany a involvement in the Gulf Effort but those Hopes Are complicated by German pacifist tendencies. Volkir Ruehe general Secretary of Kohls Christian democrats said now is the time Tor Germany to help Israel and prove German Solidarity with the coalition. A German policies must now take Concrete Steps for the Security of Israel a Ruehe said in an interview with the Hamburg Abend Blatt newspaper. He also demanded that the social democrats declare their willingness to support the government in trying to intensify Germany a role. In a new poll by the Enid Institute 68 percent of the respondents blamed Saddam Hussein for the War and 66 percent said War is the Only Way to dislodge him from Kuwait. But 51 percent opposed sending the 18 German planes into action a position also taken by the opposition social democrats. Americans escape injury in blast by the stars and stripes an american woman and her daughter escaped injury sunday in a spectacular Gas station explosion near Heidelberg Germany that engulfed their car in flames. However an unidentified Man was seriously injured in the afternoon Blaze. . Military police would not release the name of the american woman but said she is the wife of a . Army civilian employee from the Heidelberg area. The explosion occurred at an Esso station on autobahn 5 when a Mercedes rammed into a Gas pump. German police said the Driver of the Mercedes was taken by helicopter to the Ludwigshafen Burn Center where he was listed in serious condition. Witnesses reported to police that the Mercedes entered the station at a very nigh Speed ploughing into to pump. The car was immediately engulfed in Flam it nearly 20 feet High. The american woman who was putting Gas in hot own car nearby ran with her daughter to safety Lefoi their car caught fire witnesses military policemen from Heidelberg a Patric Henry Village were near the station when the exp Losic occurred. They helped put out the fire and admin Sti first Aid a military spokesman said. German police estimated the damage at Abri 500,000 Marks or about $340,000
