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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, February 4, 1991

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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 04, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 4, >991 the stars and stripes Page 3 War in the Gulf Turkey Iraq fired two More scud missiles at Israel one late saturday an another Early sunday. . Officials said the first scud landed in predominantly Arab West Bank. Gulf War summary reported sunday Over 2,500 . Missions flown. More than 500 iraqi pos taken. 2 . Aircraft lost. Since Start of War. Allied sorties Over 41,000 missions flown losses reported by allies 14 americans killed in action. 14 americans non combat deaths. 105 americans non combat deaths in operation desert shield before War 40 missing in action including 27 americans eight British one italian. 29 Allied planes lost 21 in combat including 17 american five British one kuwaiti and one italian. Non combat losses six planes including four american one British and one saudi. 1a More than 630 iraqis taken prisoner 55 iraqi planes destroyed. Saudi Arabia one Marine was killed and two were wounded saturday when their Convoy in saudi Arabia reportedly was struck by Cluster bombs dropped by american warplanes. An iraqi scud missile was intercepted by a Patriot missile Over Riyadh on sunday. Fragments landed on a residential neighbourhood and injured 29 people. A b-52 bomber returning to Diego Garcia from a mls Gjon in Iraq crashed in the Indian Ocean. Three of six Crew members Are missing. Refugees bring to i is of Civi i a n casualties Ruwe shed Jordan a refugees who escaped Iraq and reached Jordan on sunday said Allied warplanes Are shooting at cars and killing people who Are fleeing Iraq. A i saw Many wounded people Many still bleeding this morning Many cars damaged and burned a said Abdullah Muhammad Falah a jordanian who crossed the Border with his family. A we were terrified Quot said his wife Hosnieh. A go Tell the americans so Many arabs Are being killed. Why a it is not the arabs fault for being there a she shouted angrily at reporters at the Border checkpoint 140 Miles Northeast of Amman. Independent often eyewitness accounts of air attacks on refugee vehicles have been repeated by dozens of., refugees from Many countries arriving at the Border Post in recent Days. Jordanian officials have made the same claim. . Officials have said repeatedly that they Are not targeting civilians but they admit that non combatants Are at risk because of the magnitude of the bombing Campaign. _ it. Gen. Thomas Kelly director of operations for the joint staff said Friday in Washington a we Are being As careful As Pecan not to Hurt civilians in this  but several egyptians said sunday that a member of we Are being As careful As we can not to Hurt civilians in this  it. Gen. Thomas Kelly their group was killed and two were wounded Friday when their bus was machine gunned by Allied planes near the iraqi town of Rubah 75 Miles East of the Border. _ _ a your bus was the Only vehicle tin thus Road when we were suddenly attacked by the planes a said Ayman Rifai 27, an egyptian Auto Mechanic who was wounded in the attack. A the first thing we knew was that we suddenly heard machine gun fire and the windows of the bus shattered a he said. A the Driver swerved off the Road and we All jumped out and ran into the desert trying to protect ourselves. A we saw three planes coming Back and machine gun Ning the bus again and again a Rifai added. Rifai said an egyptian named said Ibrahim was killed and another he identified As Hassan was seriously wounded in the attack. A was we were running away from the bus amid the shooting from the planes i saw Ibrahim fall Down Quot said another egyptian car Mechanic in the group Tariq Abdel Najib 25. _ a a a when the attack was Over we went to help him but we saw that he was dead with Many Bullet holes in his. Body a Abdel Najib added. U t. A we were terrified As the Phinus kept coming Back shooting a he said a we thought we were All going to die.�?�. A a Rifai said he also was injured in the incident and showed reporters Lajarge Bandage on his Back. The twats Althey managed to get to the Border saturday and crossed into Jordan Early sunday morning. The Allied attacks on the Highway As Well As a shortage of gasoline appeared to have reduced the flow of refugees. On sunday less than a dozen palestinians or jordanians had crossed the Border Post by midday. Only 32 members of other nationalities had arrived at the nearby red Crescent transit Camps where they Are kept while transportation is arranged  
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