European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 08, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes Friday february 8, 1991 main the Gulf at a glance bombs for b-52s Are unloaded. A. A. A 1 a ,. Israeli assessments official israeli sources say . And Allied forces have destroyed about 600 iraqi tanks and that at least one division of the elite Republican guard has been badly mauled in bombing raids. \ a page3 postal delays expected. Tougher screening requirements on mail because of the Gulf War Means postal patrons in Europe will have to wait longer for mail coming from the states. A paged an embarrassment of riches the . Embassy in Germany is being showered with Money from citizens ashamed of other germans opposition to the Gulf War. A Page 5 fishing for targets Allied pilots say their aircraft fill the night sky Over Iraq and Kuwait trolling for targets just As if they re Quot fishing with your line out and hoping to find . A Page 6 plans for rebuilding Secretary of state James Baker Friday proposed a new Middle East Bank for reconstruction and development to help rebuild that Region following the Gulf War. 3 a Page 7 new thirst for information War with Iraq has set off a quest for information about the Middle East that has emptied bookshelves propelled newspaper circulations upward and sent television news ratings climbing. A Quot a Page 21. 1a ,,w.%vvwk\\wiwawv.v.v.viwiv.vi.v.w,v.viv.,,. A a a a a a. A a a. Shift of warplanes to Iran poses big problems for Iraq by Joseph Owen Middle East Bureau Riyadh saudi Arabia a several obstacles must be Over come before Iraq can use its estimated 134 planes in him against Allied forces military officials said. The iranian airfields May Lack vital parts and equipment needed to service the soviet built planes and pilots May suffer. Irom a Lack of Mission coordination and current intelligence data Allied officials said. In addition to technical barriers the officials pointed out that Iran has promised that the iraqi planes will remain grounded during the War. It . Officials have estimated that 95 fighters and 25 transport planes including the iraqi air Force s More sophisticated French. La mirages and soviet Mig-29s, have sought Sanctuary in Iran. A i can say As far As i know that Iran is serious when she says she wont allow them to return to combat a said Gen. Claude Sola net a French air Force commander serving in saudi Arabia. At the Pentagon . Army it. Gen. Thomas Kelly director of operations for the joint stall has said that Quot we have no reason to disbelieve the iranians. And in an a televised censored interview monday iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein said that a in All circumstances we would respect the decisions of the state of Iran a according to can television a assuming that Iran Sticks by its pledge iraqi pilots would be deprived of fuel maintenance weather data weaponry air tray tic control assistance and other essential support not to mention their planes. Eyck if they cleared those hurdles they still would have to escape iranian airspace. A a there a no possibility of them mounting an attack from Iran i would think a said group capt. Niall r. Irving a British Pilot and former Squadron commander. A it would be very difficult. They a have to get through iranian  if Iran were to release the planes however several factors would affect iraqis ability to launch a coordinated attack. Fits Tolje iraqi airfields a which the planes landed would have to offer a level of services corresponding to the planes needs said capt. Lance Jay a spokesman  . Central come a air forces. A a. A a a a a a a a.  a a 1. A. A but even a Field with sophisticated services might be insufficient. While the soviet built planes could Burn the same fuel As Iran a Western built air Force the iranian tools testing equipment weaponry and spare parts would also have to match iraqi needs said an f-15 Pilot who asked not to be identified the iraqi pilots would also need Mission planning support. With the passage of time and the coalitions further bombardment of iraqi communications Sites Irving said the iraqis would have a hard time keeping track of what is happening in the War and staying in touch with their commanders and each other. And they would have to know where they were going. A to navigate with pinpoint accuracy they a need maps a Irving said adding that the alternative would be to have committed the entire flight plan to memory weeks in Advance. Finally there s the question of facing coalition pilots in air to air combat against whom the. Iraqis have an abysmal record so far. They also would have to Dodge or neutralize coalition antiaircraft weapons. Saddam takes Cue from Genghis Khan Washington a in hiding his military assets behind civilian and religious Sites iraqi president Saddam Hussein is using a tactic that dates Back to Genghis Khan but has achieved Only moderate Success military analysts say. From the mongol wars to Vietnam armies have used civilians As human Shields Homes As hideouts for weapons and religious buildings As military garrisons now the Pentagon says Saddam has resorted to using schools mosques and hospitals As military Headquarters to escape the round the clock Allied bombings in Iraq and Kuwait. And it could work a at least for a while. A a a we be not going to attack civil Jim targets a Gen h Norman Schwarzkopf commander of . Forces in the persian Gulf told reporters. V but Pentagon officials say privately that Saddam cannot rest completely at ease. There May come a Lime when judgments must be made about whether a civilian site has effectively become a military target. A already a building that the iraqis i by Meridith Winder . Bureau coded messages broadcast recently by radio Baghdad have a a note of desperation a a terrorist expert in Britain said wednesday. A in one broadcast it was said that anyone helping with the a Mother of Battles would be declared a Martyr and their widows or family could Benefit through compensation a Paul Wilkinson said of the broadcasts monitored by the British broadcasting corp. A since when do you pay people to become martyrs that sounds like the words of a desperate man.�?�. Wilkinson directs the London based research Institute for the study of conflict and terrorism and is a professor of International relations at Scotland a uni claimed was a baby formula factory was destroyed by Allied bombs when . Officials said it Wasa biological weapons Plant. In such cases . Officials say the so called a a smart a bombs employed by the allies Are Able to pinpoint a target and hit it without damaging surrounding structures. Pentagon officials say they have reports that the iraqis Are taxiing aircraft into residential streets to keep them from being attacked in addition to putting communications and Headquarters operations in civilian buildings. . Officials claim such activity does not bother them because it wont significantly affect the War. Officials say religious Sites Are sure to be avoided in any event. History shows however that despite policies against hitting civilian Sites in past wars some end up getting demolished by attackers who determine they Are enemy havens. In Vietnam the United states also had a policy against attacking civilian targets but Many villages were flattened when they were found to be or believed to be Viet Cong Supply and weaponry stores. But Vietnam with its Jungle cover was a far cry from the Middle Eastern desert said Vincent Demma a historian at the . Army Center for military history. A you  make a distinction Between military and civilian As clearly As you can in the Gulf a he said. Further analysts question whether Saddam can reap extensive Benefit by. Using civilian facilities because there simply Isnit enough room to hide much military hardware. A a in a not sure that he can somehow put half a million troops and 5,000 tanks in a residential area. He can to hide it All a a said Marine maj. Gen. Robert b. Johnston Schwarzkopf a chief of staff. The tradition of hiding behind civilians dates Back to at least the 13th Century when Genghis Khan a horsemen Rode be Hind civilians and military prisoners. 1� world War ii the germans fortified the the famous medieval monastery of Monte Cassino near Rome with artillery and held off an Allied Advance. The americans eventually attacked the site and took it Demma said. Varsity of St. Andrews. Wilkinson said elements of the cryptic messages were iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein a Way of a a trying to trigger More attacks and implement  a there arc very specific messages to certain individuals to take action a said Frank Brenchley chairman of the institutes Council. A there were general Calls to a strike the infidels. Its obvious these messages Are in code and give code names for those  a Brenchley and Richard Mccarthy who is in charge of press and publicity for by cd a world service said such broadcasts by radio Baghdad have been made Tor years. A in the past some of these messages were handled by a Palestine liberation organization splinter group a Brenchley said. A called the voice of the Plo this group s transmissions May have been put out of action because of the Allied bombing raids. This has caused a delay in terrorist  f compan it and control apparatus Tor the iraqi government has also been heavily damaged a said Wilkinson who to Cen stvdyin8 terrorism for 24 years. This explains Why there have been few terrorist  the professor pointed out that the Vestern Security services also have cracked Down on terrorist activities. A. Many potential terrorists have been captured or forced underground a Wil Anson said. A others particularly diplomats have been expelled from Western countries. It May be relatively quiet now but there s a Strong possibility that terrorist attacks will increase