European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes tuesday january 29, 1991 . Believes bombs halted Oil flow a a. A a a. A a a a a a a a. A. _. _ a _ _ a. A _. A a a. _. A _ from Page 1 riots were fired and no injuries were  it was not immediately Clear where the missiles were aimed or Why the Patriot batteries set up across the country were not fired. Officials said the missiles were equipped with conventional High explosive charges and did not carry chemical weapons. On monday the Baghdad government claimed a  attack sunday on Kuwait started a fire and spilled Oil into the Gulf. The United states said its warplanes attacked a kuwaiti Oil facility saturday in an attempt to halt the flow of crude that was creating the worlds worst Oil Slick. Stevens said nothing about a second . Attack on the Oil facilities. On sunday in Riyadh Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf said the fire was started by Accident Friday when the . Navy engaged a Small iraqi mine laying boat next to the sea Island terminal. The general said a a. That a not exactly the Way we intended to do  the Baghdad radio broadcast did not mention the giant Oil Slick which . Officials maintain was begun by iraqi forces in Kuwait. The saudi news Agency reported monday that saudi Oil minister Clisham Nazca told the saudi Cabinet that Iraq has pumped 460 million Gallons of Oil into the Gulf. He also was quoted As saying the flow apparently has been halted. Schwarzkopf said sunday that there was a no indication Allied bombing raids caused the giant Oil spill. He said . Full fighter bombers used a smart bombs to attack a coastal Oil facility in Kuwait on saturday to try to prevent More Oil from entering the Gulf. International experts arrived in the Region monday to work on cleaning up the huge Slick. A norwegian ship equipped with cleanup equipment was off the coast of Bahrain and a British consortium was flying in More than 70 tons of equipment including booms and suction skimmers. Coast guard and environmental Protection Agency experts met with saudi officials to put together a cleanup plan. . Officials expressed Confidence the attack significantly reduced the flow of crude to the 35-by-10-mile Slick which could threaten desalination plants supplying water to saudis and Allied forces. Schwarzkopf said the . Warplanes targeted a Complex of pipes linking Oil Fields with an offshore loading buoy for tankers. He said a videotape taken after the air. Strike indicated much less Oil was flowing from the loading buoy after the attack. Stevens also reported a . Marine av-8b harrier Jet was lost in combat monday a the first Allied loss in More than two Days and the 11th . Plane lost in combat during the War. Stevens said the Fate of the Pilot was not known. The allies have reported losing 24 planes in the War 18 of them in combat. Stevens said the allies continue their around the clock bombing Campaign against strategic targets in Iraq and Kuwait. Military officials said the allies carried out More than 2.000 sorties monday pushing the total to More than 25.000 since Jan. 17. Scud missile launchers have been a principal target of the coalition bombers but the Washington posh citing Well placed but unidentified officials said monday that Only eight of 30 fixed scud missile launchers had been hit As of Friday a and that there was no photographic proof of any Mobile scud launchers being destroyed. The Post also reported that 65 percent of iraqis airfields Are operational along with 8,000 to 9,000 pieces of High Grade anti aircraft artillery. The allies took advantage of Clear skies again monday to press rely Niles air strikes. French Mirage and Jaguar warplanes pounded iraqis elite Republican guard troops in iraqi territory near the Border with Kuwait and italian Tornado fighter bombers took part in an Allied  Page 1 Forward to setting an exact Summit Date As soon As is  the official reasons for postponing the Summit were the Gulf War and the arms control talks. Left unspoken were administration concerns about the Kremlin a crackdown on rebellious Baltic republics. The president had earlier indicated that he might defer the feb. 11-13 meeting because of soviet military actions against the Independence movement in Lithuania and Latvia. Regarding the talks to reduce strategic arms Baker said the two sides were a getting Down to the very end of the line after eight years of negotiations on arms control. He said they wanted agreement a was rapidly As  a the Gulf War makes it inappropriate for president Bush to be away from Washington a Baker said. A in addition work on the Start treaty will require some additional  the strategic arms reduction treaty that Bush and Gorbachev had hoped to sign in Moscow remains unfinished. Baker culled the unsettled issues technical and said they might be wrapped up next month. The treaty under negotiation would slash Long Range bombers missiles and nuclear submarines by about 30 percent. Baker said a major sticking Point blocking agreement is a Portal to Portal monitoring a or ways to patrol missile Assembly plants to ensure that cuts mandated by the treaty Are implemented. Other sticking Points include exchanging data from missile flight tests and inspection of bomber production facilities. Pressed by reporters about the Baltic crackdown Baker said Gorbachev was a wrestling with a number of problems and a coping with them to the Best of his  Bessmer Nyoh asserted meanwhile that his government and the United states Are a acting together a against Iraq under . Security Council resolutions. On saturday he registered concern that the  military assault on Iraq was harming civilians and the iraqi Economy. Flag raised Over Island Eastern saudi Arabia up1 a kuwaiti naval officers raised their country a Flag Over the first piece of territory recaptured from Iraq claiming the tiny Island of Baruh in the name of the emirate just two Days after it was taken in an assault by Allied marines. The seamen were flown to the Island aboard a . Sea King helicopter saturday one Day after the tiny stretch of land was wrested from iraqi control by Allied forces. A �?o1 kissed the Sand and raised the Flag of my Homeland a said a kuwaiti Navy Captain who was aboard the Landing party and declined to give his name. A we Are the first kuwaitis to return to our country since Saddam invaded but soon Many More will follow. It is a matter of time before he is forced to  3 countries report attacks by terrorists by the associated press bombings that May be linked to the . Role in the persian Gulf War occurred in Greece Turkey and the Philippines monday and some countries instituted additional Security measures to prevent War related violence. In the greek capital of Athens terrorists fired an anti tank missile at an american express office and a bomb blast Shook an insurance office building. No injuries or major damage were reported and there was no claim of responsibility. A bomb placed under a car in Ankara Turkey exploded in the parking lot of the capitals main government tax office the Semi official Anatolia news Agency reported. No injuries were reported and it was not immediately Clear whether the bombing was related to the Gulf War. Nevertheless following the attack the governor of Ankara Saffet Arikan Bezduk asked people who witness terrorist acts to inform police immediately. A Day earlier foreign airline offices were bombed in Ankara. In Istanbul and the Southern City of Adana offices with . Connections have also been attacked in the past week in Gulf related violence. A turkish court on saturday banned distribution of a leftist weekly newspaper toward 2000, because an editorial urged workers to stage a general strike to prevent turkeys direct involvement in the War said Hasan Yalcin the Ankara Bureau chief of the publication. Turkey has allowed . Warplanes to use one of its airfields to launch attacks on Iraq. In the Philippines monday assailants hurled a bomb at a provincial radio station and left a poster that said a Long live Saddam criminal  one person was injured by the bomb which exploded outside the station. Iraq has urged muslims to attack Western interests in response to the  Allied air  of iraqi military targets. The bombings aim to drive Saddam Hussein a troops from Kuwait which Iraq invaded aug. 2. Over the weekend nine people died and More than 100 were injured when hindus and muslims fought with acid bombs and homemade revolvers near new Delhi India in a riot triggered by a pro iraqi demonstration news reports said. A. A a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a fight among pro iraqi demonstrators in the Remote pakistani Village of Khar meanwhile led to a gun Battle that left three dead and eight wounded. Elsewhere in Asia Calls for a Dawn to noon anti War strike went ignored in Dhaka Bangladesh. About 100 people paraded through a commercial District but witnesses said there was no violence. Pro iraqi demonstrators have staged daily Street protests in Dhaka since the War began but no major islamic groups or political parties supported the strike. Immigration authorities in Hong Kong said monday that they had begun requiring visas from iraqi nationals effectively barring their  Page 1marily with the persian Gulf and represent a a status report to the country on where we Are on the Progress of the War.�?�. Fitzwater also said that Iraq has a been better than anticipated in terms of rebuilding their equipment and Patching bombed runways. But he added a we believe we Are making Progress in this  he also said that the United states had made Contact with the government of Iran through Swiss diplomats and had received new assurances that Iran would Honor its neutrality and impound the reportedly defecting iraqi warplanes a until the War is  the Washington Post reported monday that significant portions of iraqis War machine have Surv ived the air assault. The newspaper quoted unidentified govern ment sources As saying that . Bomb damage assessments can confirm hits on Only eight of iraqis 30 fixed scud missile launchers while there is no photographic evidence of the destruction of any Mobile launchers. Responding to the report Brig. Gen. Pat Stevens said Allied attacks on iraqis scud launchers appear to be working. A we have been very successful in a very difficult situation a he told reporters in Riyadh saudi Arabia. A we continue to target scud launchers. We believe Yve Are effective in doing so. We believe we have seen a  the newspaper also said that nearly All of iraqis air defense radar was destroyed the first week of the War but that about 20 percent was now Back in operation. A Pentagon source who declined to be identified refused to comment on the specifics of the Post Story but said the military would be a a astounded if Iraq had not put efforts into rebuilding facilities. Lie said these efforts Are an a enormous Drain on iraqi War energies. He said the allies Are now Able to a inflict damage with relative impunity and that the iraqis now Lack centralized control. He said the iraqis on the ground Are using ammunition a at a delightfully rapid rate and time is on the coalitions Side. A Over time we Are going to Wear them to their Knees a he said. Bush told the National association of religious broadcasters that a when this War is Over the United states its credibility and its reliability restored will have a key leadership role in bringing peace to the Middle  acknowledging dissent to the War including some among clergymen Bush said a i know some disagree with the course we be taken. I am convinced that we Are doing the right thing.�?�. He added a the first principle of a just War is that it supports a just cause. And our cause could not be More Noble. We seek iraqis withdrawal from Kuwait a immediate completely and without