European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 49, no. 289 wednesday january 30, 1991 a a 2s daily and sunday d 8693 Ai raq says a hied pow Kil led human shield victim of raid waiting to get Back on track army pfc Robert Mccann reads a Book atop an overturned my As he Waits for a tank re Trieva Crew. He was driving the my onto a transporter last week when the trucks Axle broke forcing Mccann to Cool his heels for two Days in the saudi desert. The upended tank became a tourist spot for convoys heading North toward Kuwait front wire reports Iraq claimed tuesday that an Allied pow was kilted by a coalition air raid apparently while being held As a a human shield a the United states vowed to shoot Down any iraqi plane that tried to rejoin the War after taking Refuge in Iran. The official iraqi news Agency did not give the nationality or name of the captured Pilot it said had died. It said the airman was killed during an Allied attack on Baghdad. A there was no Independent confirmation of the report. Army Brig Gen Pat Stevens in at a briefing in Riyadh tuesday told reporters he was unaware of the report and could not comment. Last week Iraq said it would Send Allied pos to strategic targets. On monday it said some captive Allied airmen were injured by bombing raids. Tuesdays report monitored in Cyprus said the Allied pow was killed in one of 65 air raids against Iraq on monday night and. Tuesday morning. A one of the raids hit one of the departments of the ministry of Industry killing one of the captured foreign pilots who had been evacuated to that department a said a military statement carried by the iraqi news Agency. V to quote a the British foreign office reported tuesday that it called in the iraqi ambassador to Britain to explain iraqis claims that captured Allied airmen have been in Nirid Douglas Hogg of the foreign office said the ambassador was a a singularly ignorant about the reports. Stevens also said tuesday that the giant Oil Slick appears to be breaking up in the persian Gulf he said the see Iraq on Back Page War in the Gulf see pages 2 through 8, i 13 through 15to our readers changes Are in the wind at the stars and stripes and they re All designed to serve our readers better. A number of Content enhancements will appear on sunday including a full Page illustrated weather report that will become a daily feature. Meanwhile starting feb. 12, readers in regions outside Germany will receive a stripes newspaper that a delivered the same Day its printed providing readers in the United kingdom and other areas with fresher news from Europe and the persian Gulf. Formerly these editions were printed one Day and delivered the next the new Samc Day editions will be delivered in most areas by midday on the Day of publication. Among other changes a a a sunday Magazine replaces a a tvs it will contain general interest feature stories As Well As entertainment news and television program listings published every sunday. A sports fans will find Page of special interest beginning sunday that a where the Best sports stories will be displayed. A More space will be devoted to letters with see readers on Back Page from wire reports Washington a in his first interview with a Western reporter since the persian Gulf War began two weeks ago a defiant Saddam Hussein said Iraq will not surrender one Inch of Kuwait and promised a lots of blood will be shed in coming Battles. A we Are Only at the outset of this War a the iraqi president told can correspondent Peter Arnett. A in order to see who will win or lose it is to see who has the Devil on his Side and who has in the 90-minute interview Saddam suggested that Iraq started a Gigantic Oil spill and let 80 to 100 iraqi combat and transport planes Fly to Neutral Iran Arnett called the interview a a chilling tuesday in a Telephone Call from Baghdad to can Headquarters in Atlanta. A i met a Leader who is totally committed to the goals which he has set for himself a said Arnett who inter viewed Saddam late monday in a simply furnished Bun Galow on the outskirts of the iraqi i capital. A lots of blood will be shed blood on every Side a american French saudi blood and iraqi a Saddam predicted. He said a Only 3 god knows when ground warfare will begin or How Long it will last. Asked whether his forces will use nuclear biological or chemical weapons Saddam declined to an i ser directly. Quot Iraq will use weapons that will equate to weapons used against us a he said maintaining that unconventional weapons remain in his Arsenal Saddam also hinted that iraqi air Force planes leaving for Ira continued on Back Page Saddam income tax
