European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 08, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse 10 a a the stars and stripes Friday february 8,1991irafrom Page 1 a a a a a ? a i a a j they caught fire but did not fully explode. Some windows were reported shattered at the foreign . The Van was 100 Yards from no. 10 Downing St., where the prime minister lives and works. Scotland Yard said the mortars apparently were fired through the Roo of the vehicle. No bodies were found in the Van Goodwin said. Press association reported that three mortar tubes could be seen bolted inside the Van and part of the roof had been crudely Cut away above them. V Home Secretary Kenneth Baker the Cabinet official responsible for Law enforcement said the mortars apparently were tired either by Remote control or by a timer. The Van which was parked off Whitehall a Busy thoroughfare lined with government offices was engulfed by flames after the mortars fired a this thing Wasny to sitting there for a Long time. It was there for a matter of seconds a said Goodwin. He said the mortar landed about 40 feet to 50 feet behind 10 Downing St. And dug a shallot Crater. The explosion scorched of a Wall of the building and broke windows especially in the upper floor. I in the House of commons Merlyn Rees a labor party lawmaker and former Home Secretary asked Baker a whose head a going to Roll for what he called a lapse of Security. A one cannot fault the police Security Quot Baker said a a. In an incident of this sort it is very very difficult to deflect it or to Stop two women who were participating in a peace Vigil near Downing Street on the cold and snowy morning said that a piece of the Metal landed in the Street near them. A one of the women said that there was a series of explosions and the Van burst into flames with Black smoke. A a a piece of Metal came flying past us a press association quoted her As saying. Or. Andy Ashworth told the British broadcasting corp a i heard three loud explosions sort of consecutively followed a second later by another explosion. I mean just loud Bangs basically. A when i turned the Corner i saw a White Ford transit Van its rear doors open a couple of sheets hanging out the Back of it. But the inside of the Van was a burnings inferno just flames completely engulfing the Van and Black smoke billowing up from the at the time of the explosion the key figures in the government were gathered at no. I0, including foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd defense Secretary Tom King Chancellor 6f the exchequer Norman Lamont attorney general sir Patrick Mayhew and the chief of the defense staff air marshal sir David Craig. The reinforced Glass of the Cabinet room did not shatter said a Downing Street spokeswoman. A those inside Jet the room in an orderly manner and went to another room. No one went to the window to look out into the Garden a she said on condition of anonymity. The iras deadliest attack in England was on nov 21,1974, when 21 people were killed by bombs Plante in two pubs in Birmingham. That attack was claimed by the Irish National liberation army an Ira splinter Page 1 firmly into iraqis Camp. A this War is a War against All arabs and All muslims and not against Iraq alone a the King said. Although he stopped snort of offering military assistance to Saddam he called on All arabs and muslims to support Iraq. A Bush said the Kings accusations Are a not the jordanians he said have a made a mistake to align themselves so closely to Saddam Hussein against the rest of the world.�?�, . Air Force jets meanwhile shot Down at least two iraqi Su-22 warplanes trying to flee into Iran on thursday and a third iraqi Su-22 was listed As a probable kill a . Military spokesman said. Also thursday a . Navy f/a-18 was lost in the Northern persian Gulf As it returned from an apparently successful Mission Over enemy territory. Search operations were under Way to find the Pilot who was listed As missing Marine Brig. Gen. Richard i. Neal said in Riyadh saudi Arabia. The . Command also reported that two iraqi helicopters had been shot Down by american planes and that one . Army uh-1 Huey crashed from non combat causes killing one Soldier and injuring four. Off the coast of Kuwait the Wisconsin followed the Lead of its sister battleship the Missouri firing its 16-Inch guns in Battle for the first time since the korean War. The Wisconsin fired 11 rounds on an iraqi artillery position Neal said. The British commander it. Gen. Peter de la Billie re said that although three weeks of missive air strikes had succeeded in softening up Saddam a Large dug in Force of ground troops a i believe the land War is a there is no indication that the iraqi army is going to crack in the immediate future from air strikes alone de la Billie re said in Riyadh. A a we re now moving on to the next phase in this Battle which is going to be the ground War probably the most difficult and certainly the final phase of the he said Saddam Hussein is hoping to win a War of attrition and inflict heavy casualties on the Allied forces particularly those from the West which Saddam thinks will enhance his stature in the Muslim world. President Bush said this week that he doubted the air War alone would drive Iraq from Kuwait. He and . Military officials have repeatedly said a decision on a ground assault has yet to be made. Asked about the . Military a View of a ground Campaign Neal said a i done to think i would attach the word inevitable to we have a Campaign plan that we re sticking to a he said. A a it a going Well. Its going better than anticipated and i think i would leave it at Neal said thursdays two Aerial kills by two . F-15s brought to 33 the number of iraqi planes downed in the wednesday . Pilots shot four iraqi warplanes out of the air As they headed for Iran in an apparent up scaling of . Efforts to prevent the enemy aircraft. From reaching Safe Haven. / Neal that about 134 iraqi plans have escaped to Iran so far apparently seeking Refuge from Allied bombing. These include 109 fighter aircraft among the Best in Saddam a air Arsenal he said. Allied warplanes kept to their round the clock Pace thursday roaring off to unload their bombs on iraqi forces including dug in ground troops and their Supply lines. A French italian and qatari warplanes were among those flying 2.600 bombing sorties thursday. A total of 52,000 have been flown so far. Iraqi officials said the overnight raids on Baghdad killed 22 civilians and injured Many others. Iraq says Allied bombings have killed hundreds of civilians since the wars outbreak. But the British commander de la Billie re said. Saddam a is quite deliberately deploying his weapons among civilians with the precise of killing civilians a by drawing Allied bombing raids to residential neighbourhoods. A British commander said thursday that iraqi gunners Are putting up a tougher fight against Allied bombers firing More anti aircraft and surface to air missiles than earlier in the Gulf War. Frances new defense minister Pierre Joe said thursday that Allied bombings have a certainly caused thousands of deaths in Iraq but he did not say if they were All military. . Officials have refused to provide any estimates of casualties among enemy forces. Joe also announced that France was replacing the commander of its ground forces in saudi Arabia Gen. Jean Claude Mous Cardes for medical reasons. He added that French forces would be on the front lines of any ground Campaign. In other War related news a smoke could be seen billowing from Al Zafra in occupied Kuwait bolstering a a kuwaiti assertion that Iraq has begun destroying Oil Fields in the tiny emirate. A Between 60 and 100 people demanding an end to the War tried to March to the Palace of egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in Cairo but the protest was broken up by riot police. A in the desert War zone reporters who toured a major . Air base in saudi Arabia on wednesday for the first time were Given a look at sophisticated and deadly weapons including so called fuel air mines that spread a Mist that blows up in midair. A defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff were to head for the Gulf thursday night to get a first hand look at the readiness of . Forces for a ground offensive pileup of 100 vehicles kill 3 in California. Fresno Calif. Up a three people were killed in a grinding series of Chain reaction collisions involving up to 100 cars and trucks thursday As fog blanketed a stretch of . Highway 99 in californians Central Valley. A 10-mile Section of the northbound freeway South of Fresno was shut Down to Clear the wreckage and permit an investigation of the fatal crashes. Two of the fatalities occurred when a big Rig truck overturned on top of a car a California Highway patrol dispatcher said. Civilian from Page 1. A. Adana the bases cannot be used for the bloody games of /imperialism,�?� the caller said according to Anatolia. In Detroit to Zellbe a sister said she believed he was targeted because he was Black and easily identifiable As an american. A my brother was not a spy a Vanessa Washington said. She said Mozelle was an accountant for a company that provided serviced to incur lick. The . Embassy in Ankara said the company Vinnel Brown and Root handled contract employees for the . Military. ? earlier reports said Mozelle was a customs expediter. Mozelle was shot while getting into his car outside his apartment building in the affluent Kurt Lush District Anatolia and ical reporters said. He died after being hit by four bullets in the Chest and stomach the Agency said. 0 Washington said her brother a turkish born wife Fatma who is five months pregnant left for Detroit two weeks ago As part of an evacuation of american dependents from Turkey. Mozelle a 20-year air Force Veteran who served in Vietnam and retired As a master sergeant two years ago feared there might be terrorist attacks on americans in Turkey his sister said. A the was going to wrap up his work with the particular company in Turkey and come to Michigan to look for a Job a she said. Mozelle a widowed Mother Lydia said she had received a Valentine from her son hours after his death. She described him As a a wonderful son smart and very intelligent.�?�,. The . Embassy said Mozelle was killed by unknown assailants but several witnesses said they saw Only one gunman. Anatolia quoted an unidentified witness As saying a i saw a tall Man passing by me. Then he shot at the american who was trying to get into his car and the gunman tried to escape in a cab but later he left the cab and ran away on foot.dev sol which Means revolutionary left also claimed responsibility for thursday nights bombing outside the nato 6th Allied tac air Force come in a a. A a Quot. A a a a a a a in recent weeks bombs have been planted at More than a dozen Sites linked to the coalition fighting Iraq. Dev sol has said it is behind those bombings and is also among the groups that claimed responsibility for last weeks assassination of a top adviser to the prime ministers office. . Officials from the in Ciurlik base Are aiding the investigation into the killing said a . Spokesman at the base speaking on condition of missing Hercules Nea ankh alos Greece apr military units backed by mountaineers thursday suspended their search in rugged Mountain terrain in Central Greece for a greek military transport plane that vanished in bad weather with 63 airmen aboard the search near this greek shr base was called off at dusk As dense Clouds and free Zig temperatures hampered aircraft marines and cml Ian teams combing mount Thris near Greece a North Eastern coast for the c-130 Hercules aircraft missing since sergeant Dies of unknown causes Lan Stuhl Germany a an air Force senior master sergeant died monday morning at St. Johannis Hospital in Lan Stuhl. Senior master sgt. Charlie j. Branham 44, died at the German Hospital at 11 45 . Of unknown causes. An autopsy is being performed. Branham an air Force Veteran of nearly 26 years was the superintendent of Airfield management at Ramstein a and had been at the base since january. 1988 he was to retire this summer. Branham is survived by his wife Carnell and a. Son Charles. A memorial service was scheduled for 10 . Friday at Ramstein a Chapel 2. He will be buried in Tennessee. A
