European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                / v /. Page 24 a a the stars and stripes thursday january 31,1991postage Price increase starts sunday by the stars and stripes Penny pinching letter writers will have Ivi hours sunday to save 4 cents. The Cost of mailing a first class letter will increase from 25 cents to 29 cents at one second after Midnight saturday. But the   Europe wont empty its mail drop boxes until 7 30 . Sunday. Mail deposited in  drop boxes before that time will be postmarked saturday meaning that a 25-Ccnt stamp is still enough. Letters mailed after the 730  collection will be postmarked sunday. Those bearing only�?~25-Ccnt Stamps will be marked postage due and sent to their destination where mom or brother Bill will have to cough up the extra 4 cents to hear from you. The air Force has asked postmasters at air Force installations to collect mail from their drop boxes As close to Midnight As possible. Mail bearing insufficient postage that is deposited after Midnight saturday will be stamped postage due but will be delivered said maj. Kathleen Tierney i t Rector of operations at the 7025th air postal so at Kapaun air station Germany. The person receiving the mail with insufficient postage will have to pay the additional postage fee Tierney said. A Navy spokesman in London said there is no Navy wide policy concerning when the first mail pickup will be after the rate hike. People using Navy facilities in Europe should Check with their local Post office to see what the policy will be on sunday he  from Page 1 said. According to Schwarzkopf there were four iraqi incursions in All beginning late tuesday evening and continuing into wednesday. . Officials described the iraqi assault As a Multi pronged a probing attack to size up enemy strength and weaponry. One iraqi incursion began around noon wednesday As an apparent ruse. A Force of up to .80 armoured vehicles and 3,000 to 4,000 troops approached saudi positions with the turrets on the iraqi tanks turned away As if they planned to surrender. However the iraqis engaged the saudis who were backed up by Marine artillery and air support. By late wednesday about. 50 iraqi troops in armoured personnel carriers were holding Central Khanji . Marines and saudi troops deployed on the outskirts said. It was the first time Iraq held any saudi territory since the War began. As the ground Battle broke out air sea clashes were reported in the Gulf and bomb Laden Allied warplanes thundered off runways in saudi Arabia to strike targets deep in Iraq. Reports from marines on the ground spoke of Street fighting in Khanji. Marine it. Col. Cliff Myers described the fighting As a  As the marines battled iraqis in the Moonlight in freezing temperatures. Marines in a Small weapons and scouts platoon said the two sides exchanged or til cry and Small  fire throughout the Day. A a a a a. A  the iraqi forces also fired rockets to Ward the rear positions of the Allied units around the town the marines said. Some 25 iraqi soldiers were reported captured according to Pool reports. Platoon commander it. Michael Ragoza 26, vowed the allies would push the iraqis out of Khanji. A if they control the town for the moment its Only going to be for the moment a he said. A saudi tank stood at the in prance to the City and the marines said kit least 10 others had surrounded the town to Cut off any Retreat or Advance by the iraqi forces. The Battle began around Midnight when a Small iraqi Force crossed the kuwaiti Border into Khanji where they were engaged by troops from the tiny Gulf state of Qatar. The qatari destroyed two iraqi tanks and took 10 prisoners preliminary reports said. The heaviest fighting was right at the saudi kuwaiti Border according to the Pool dispatches by reporters in the Airhea. They said that when the iraqi assault began the allies had troops patrolling Khanji but there were no soldiers stationed in it. Units from the 1st Marine div rushed to the outskirts of the deserted Border town and began lobbing artillery at the approaching iraqis Pool reports said. Marines also apparently engaged a larger iraqi Force with vehicles firing Tow missiles and air support from air Force a los Marine a-6 bombers and Marine ah-1 cobra attack helicopters. Tow stands for tube launched optically tracked wire guided missiles. The marines then pulled Back and saudi soldiers were sent in to take Over the fighting said a senior . Military official in Riyadh saudi Arabia. By mid afternoon some iraqi soldiers remained holed up in Khanji and the saudi troops were a trying to talk them into surrendering a said the official in Riyadh a a v a Quot a iraqi radio monitored by the British broadcasting corp., called the strikes a Triumph for its forces. An iraqi military communique described the iraqi action As a a massive assault. All through the Battlefront with saudi  before the outbreak of fighting there was talk of finding a Way out of War. The United states and the soviet unit i declared tuesday night that a cease fire would be possible if Iraq made a an unequivocal commitment to withdraw All its troops from Kuwait and took a icon Crete Steps in that direction. A the White House said however that the statement reflected no change in . Policy. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein has said that Kuwait seized nearly six months ago is irrevocably part of Iraq. In fighting tuesday Royal Navy attack helicopters Sank three iraqi vessels a two patrol boats and a mine layer a off the kuwaiti coast with a skua anti ship missiles. The iraqi vessels armed with machine guns and Small  were believed to be carrying commando troops to stage raids in northeastern saudi Arabia. Col. Ahmed a1 Zobayan a saudi military spokesman in Riyadh said wednesday that the saudi Navy detected 16 iraqi sea mines and that 10 were destroyed by saudi . And British naval vessels. He said the allies were pursuing the other 10. He said . And British aircraft de. Stroked three iraqi patrol boats wednesday near. Babiyan Island off the kuwaiti coast and the Navy destroyed or disabled three More patrol boats in the Gulf. At least one iraqi ship that had been set ablaze reportedly entered iranian Waters seeking safety. In other action wednesday a French warplanes flew into Iraq and carried out two More raids on iraqi Republican guard units near Basra before returning safely to a base ii raft Arabia  spokesman Gen. Raymond Ger Manos said. A Iraq meanwhile allowed hundreds of egyptian refugees to flee into Jordan after having closed the Border to them. Egypt is one of the 28 countries participating in the anti Iraq  of bombings rocks cities in Gulf linked terror by United press International bombs rocked . And other Western targets wednesday Iii two turkish cities an explosion rattled the Qatar embassy in Beirut and lebanese police detained six suspects As terrorists continued to stalk iraqis enemies. The turkish underground organization Dev sol took responsibility for explosions in Istanbul and Ankara saying it detonated the bombs to protest turkeys Alliance with the .-led multinational Force in the persian Gulf. Police said a blast rocked the offices of the International Catholic migration organization in Istanbul at 7 30 p.m., damaging the ground boor and a car parked outside. A second blast la minutes later rocked the offices of the american Union firm in Istanbul. Almost simultaneously a third explosion occurred in the italian consulates compound. In Ankara two petrol bombs exploded in the Bulga District about 8 p.m., setting fire to two cars belonging to . Service Mcm bars. No arrests have been made in. The bombings police. R gunmen killed the chief adviser to the prime ministers office wednesday. Police said three assailants fired four shots fatally wounding retired it. Gen. Hulusi Savin As he and his wife left their car outside their Home in the heart of Ankara. A written statement signed by Dev sol was found nearby officials said. They gave no details of its contents. Sayin was rushed to a Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival police said. His wife escaped injury. It was not immediately known whether sayings murder was linked to the persian Gulf War. A Small bomb blew up wednesday out Side Qatar a embassy in Beirut Lebanon there were no casualties police said. The blast occurred shortly after dusk and was heard across the lebanese capital. _. A a a a Quot no one claimed responsibility for the explosion. Security agents at Beirut Airport detained six palestinians including a ranking guerrilla official for questioning Security officials said wednesday. The officials said the key guerrilla figure in custody was Walid Khaled the spokesman for the Fatah revolutionary Council of Sabri Al Banna and better known As Abu Nidal. On tuesday two people were slightly injured when three bombs exploded near facilities belonging to Izmir air station in Turkey an air Force spokesman said wednesday. An air Force Security policeman suffered a bruised Back and a Turk suffered head cuts capt. Bryan Holt said. The explosions occurred Between 6 45 . And 7 40 ., Holt said. A Dev sol Bas claimed responsibility for the bombings the Anatolian news Agency said. Bush from Page 1 armed services committee speculated that the iraqi attack was designed a to increase what must be the very Low morale of the iraqi forces.�?�. Meanwhile the iranian ambassador to the United nations Kamal Kharrazi said on no cd so a today show that iraqi planes that have flown into Iran in recent Days have been a a seized and the pilots Are being detained inside Iran a a. As prisoners of  . Military officials said they weren to worried about the exodus of at least 90 iraqi aircraft into Iran. One congressional source who spoke after receiving a military briefing said an iraqi transport plane had returned to Iraq after flying to Iran. . Quot analysts said it appeared the fleeing planes were not piloted by defectors but were part of an iraqi plan to Safe guard its Best aircraft from Likely dest Nic Tion by . Warplanes. A a a a also interviewed on a today Quot Nunn said he thought the -soviet statement indicated the two superpowers were holding to the original War  of forcing iraqis withdrawal from Kuwait and restoring the occupied nations governments the statement seemed to suggest that the United. States might be willing to suspend the intense air War on iraqi targets v with less than total withdrawal of All iraqis troops. Total a withdrawal is a demand embedded in the . Resolutions that gave the .-led coalition authority to wage War to dislodge Iraq from Kuwait. The statement said in part a the ministers continue to believe that a cessation of hostilities would be possible if Iraq would make an unequivocal commitment to withdraw from Kuwait they also believe that such a commitment must be backed by immediate Concrete Steps leading to full compliance with the . Security Council  on Capitol Hill a source who had been briefed by administration officials said that there were hints of indirect diplomatic contacts with Iraq but offered few details. The source spoke on condition of anonymity. Quot Bush was Resolute in predicting Victory and offering no hint of Concession As he devoted much of tuesday nights state i the Union speech to the War. / a the War in the Gulf is not a War we wanted a he said. A the world Well knows How this conflict began and when. And i am certain of How it will end. So that peace can prevail we will prevail a a in a pleased to report that we Are on course he said. A a Iraq a capacity to sustain War is being destroyed. Time will not be Saddam a salvation.�?�. In their statement Baker and Bessmer Nyoh declared it a will be especially important to try to resolve the Arab israeli dispute when the Gulf War ends. A a without a meaningful peace process a one which promotes a just peace Security and real reconciliation for Israel Arab states and palestinians a it will not be possible to Deal with the sources of conflict and instability in the Region a the statement said. The United states. Has resisted efforts by Saddam to link the Arab israeli dispute to iraqis occupation of Kuwait