European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 29, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 3 Turkey in Ciurlik a War in the Gulf a bomb placed underneath a car exploded monday in the parking lot of the main government tax office in Ankara Turkey. A Tat Van Syria the . Military said saturday s attack by american warplanes apparently has halted the flow of Oil into the persian Gulf that was begun by Iraq. Scale of Miles 200 Navy a-6 jets attacked two iraqi naval vessels in the Babiyan Channel monday with undetermined results but another attack on an iraqi patrol boat in Kuwait s Harbor left it burning highways out of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem were jammed with cars sunday night As much of their population sought Refuge from iraqi missile barrages that have struck the two cities. Preparations for the ground confrontation continued around the clock with front line troops in the Northern saudi desert digging Foxholes and bunkers. Riyadh Bahrain  \ it Qatar a amps Wos Boohoo at least one iraqi scud missile hit Israel monday night. No Patriot missiles were kuwaiti naval officers sunday raised their country s Flag Over the first piece of territory recaptured from Iraq claiming the tiny Island of Baruh just two Days after it was retaken. Patriot missiles turned Back an iraqi scud missile attack on the saudi capital of Riyadh late  Navy just like its air Force it hides Well by the stars and stripes aboard the aircraft Carrier Ranger a like the iraqi air Force Saddam Hussein a Navy has been More interested in hiding than fighting. A the iraqis Are not As aggressive As we had thought but they Are not As easy to find As we had thought either a said. Capt. Marc Liebman a Dallas reservist and one of the leaders of the Carrier group 7 information Center. Despite the Lack of targets a-6e intruder attack bombers directed by the Ranger have sunk at least 15 iraqi vessels in the past week. American warplanes patrol the Northern Gulf almost 24 hours a Day on armed reconnaissance and have repeatedly attacked the iraqi port Fumm Qasir. A we feel that we Are gaining ground in finding the surface combatants the missile firing patrol boats the mine laying ships and this sort of thing a said capt. Jay a Campbell the Ranger air group mar Battle Force is dedicating the exocet is what we re really worried about. I d hate for my stereo to get wet a it. Chris Eagle a once we have found them we have succeeded in putting them on the Bottom a he said Quot rear adm. Ronald j. Zlatoper said the attacks Are designed to keep open the option of a . Amphibious assault. Particular targets include vessels carrying exocet anti ship missiles which could threaten even relatively Large . Warships. A the exocet is what we re really worried about a said it. Chris Eagle 27, of Wheaton md., an a-6 navigator bomber. A a in a hate for my stereo to get wet. Downed pilots. Some of the patrol boats have fired at . Warplanes and Many Are believed to carry the exocet. �?o1 think if you look at the ultimate objective and that is full control of the Gulf these iraqi boats tend to introduce an element of Lack of Complete control Over the sea Here a said capt. Ernest e. Christensen commander of the Ranger. A so there is no question that we have got to take them out a . Pilots arc willing to take them out but encounter some obstacles. First the commander. He said the much of its Effort to finding these boats iraqi sailors to give Early warning of both in port and at sea. A bombing raids and threaten the safety of the iraqi boats and the Oil platforms Oil platforms tend to confuse the airborne that conceal them pose several dangers radar which is Why the iraqi ships hide naval officers said. The platforms straddle near them. The routes of . Attack planes allowing plus iraqi warships look like patrol. Floats from Friendly nations particularly Kuwait. Pilots say they often can. Verify a vessel As iraqi Only after it has fired at them. Eagle said he flew a Mission on the second Day of the War to confirm the presence of a relatively Large iraqi Utility boat. To verify the ships identity he and his Pilot had to get close to the boat. A was we flew by the Crew started shooting at us a he said. A because they had shot at us they cleared us to drop bombs on  eagles a-6 dropped a 500-Pound bomb on the ship and a they quit shooting a he said. A that incident emphasizes the danger involved  missions. The Ranger s 155th attack so has lost one two Man Crew to iraqi ground fire. The Fate of the two fliers is unknown. A one of them was the Roommate of it. Dan Fuller 38, of Stillwater , a personally i try not to think about it until we go Home after the War then i might cry. But one of the Guys was my Roommate. And every Day i go in. And i see his things and i think a he is coming  a. _ information for this article visas gather <41 try Pentagon Pool reporters on the scene in the persian quit f a