European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 49, no. 293 sunday february 3, 1991 35c daily and 50c sunday d 8693 Iraq vows destruction a by he associated press. Baghdad vowed it would use every Means from a Kitchen knives to weapons of mass destruction to fight its enemies and two . Planes were shot Down saturday in the War with Iraq. A nothing Short of Victory is acceptable to us a iraqis army newspaper Al had Disya said saturday. A the iraqi leadership and people will not give up their country a Marine maj. Gen. Robert Johnston of the . Central Corrod said the planes an a-10 and an a-6, apparently were shot Down by iraqi anti aircraft artillery. He would give no further details on How Many people were aboard the Piam re had been shot Down. Johnston speaking at Quot a briefing in Riyadh saudi Arabia also said that another . Service member had been killed in combat possibly by a Friendly  the death occurred Early saturday when a Marine Convoy apparently was hit by Allied Cluster bombs Johnston said. Two other marines were wounded. A saudi military briefer said later that five iraqi tanks trying to Cross into saudi Arabia were repulsed by qatari tanks Friday night. Four iraqi tanks were destroyed and the fifth fled North col. Ahmed Al Zobayan said. He did not say where on the saudi Border the engagement took place. Meanwhile Iraq launched a missile attack against Israel on saturday night and an army spokesman told israeli radio that one rocket apparently landed. It was the ninth such attack on Israel since the Gulf War began. A there has been one missile fired and one hit reported a Brig. Gen. Nachman Shai told israeli radio. A at this moment we Are searching for the site of Impact a he said. A was far As we know there have been no injuries or  at the Riyadh briefing Johnston also said there had see Iraq on Page 10iraqi sailors say they were off to Iran aboard the frigate Curts apr captured iraqi sailors have told an interrogator that they were ordered to flee to Iran with their boats and wait until the end of the persian Gulf War. A they got a special order that they should leave the area immediately to go to Bandar Khomeini port which is in Iran to save All their boats a said a kuwaiti naval officer who identified himself As maj. Ibrahim. A a Ibrahim a Liaison officer to the . Navy interrogated 35 iraqi sailors whose vessels had been sunk Over the past two Days. He was told that the order to flee to Iran came to captains by special messenger. The Story from the prisoners held on the Curts a . Guided missile frigate seemed to indicate Quot that Iraq was trying to do with its Navy what it did with Many of its Best warplanes a Send ships to Iran for storage during the a War. Ibrahim said most of the Crew members aboard the Cellec Tion of iraqi patrol boats and Landing Craft initially were told that they were going to Basra an iraqi port. The new destination was announced Only after the boats had left the iraqi port of umm Al Qasir which had been devastated by air strikes. He said the sailors were told to stay in Iran until the War ended. A they know they cannot fight and they done to have the ability to defend themselves against the aircraft a Ibrahim said. A they want to keep their ships in Iran see sailors on Page 10 in the stars and stripes today you la find some changes a a weather Page including maps of Europe and the United states appears on Page 11. The. Weather Page will continue As a daily feature. A sunday Magazine replaces to plus and it features general inter est articles As Well As entertainment news and information. A sports fans will find news of interest starting on the Back Page. Sailors aboard the Curts guard iraqi prisoners who were blindfolded before being taken to land. On by Joseph Owen Middle East buit us Riyadh saudi Arabia a the International committee of the red Cross has reminded the warring nations in the persian Gulf of their responsibility to treat prisoners of War humanely an official said saturday. The reminder was prompted by the appearance of iraqi prisoners in saudi television Friday said Arnold Luethold committee Delegate for the arabian Peninsula. It also came about two weeks after Iraq paraded 13 coalition pos be fore television cameras to answer questions Puscus by an unseen interrogator. A for us its quite Clear that prisoners of War Are not supposed Tyybe shown on television a Luethold said in Art interview. Part ii chapter.13 of the third Geneva convention requires that prisoners of War be protected against a facts of violence or intimidation and against insults and Public  the pow protections were part of four Geneva conventions approved in 1949 in response to the treatment of prisoners of War and civilians during world War ii. At a news briefing saturday night saudi army col. Ahmed Al Zobayan was asked about the Issue  he a oui have a to look into this  a spokesman in the Pentagon a information office said officials there were not aware of the red Cross message. Saudi Arinah a English language second Channel broadcast the videotaped segment of the prisoners during the 10 . News show Friday. It depicted several prisoners captured in the saudi town of Khanji lounging on. See pow on Page 10