European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes saturdayjifebrary_9,j991war in the Gulf at a glance a Cf-18 makes an Aerial pit Stop. Slippery assault the giant persian Gulf Oil spill could damage Cooling systems and perhaps Knock out engines in vessels that would carry marines to the beaches of Kuwait in an amphibious assault page3 torn allegiances arabs living in Israel Are being torn by conflicting allegiances during the persian Gulf War. A �?page4 tourism a casualty of War while losing the air War in the Gulf Iraq May be winning a different Battle of the skies Over Europe through the severe damage it is  the continents tourism and travel Industry. .,.7. A Page 5good news for iraqi pos  taken prisoner by Allied forces will be Given food if they a a Are hungry and Gas masks if they have none. A Page 6u.s. Help for iraqi military in the six years before Iraq invaded Kuwait the Commerce de part Hent approved exports to Iraq of $1.5 billion in equipment with potential military uses. A Page 7danger pay for troops a the Pentagon has authorized imminent danger pay of. $110 per month for thousands of additional . Service members in Turkey. Syria Jordan Egypt and Israel. A Page 21 anarchist group in has record of Urban terrorism by j. King Kriiger Mediterranean Bureau the organization claiming responsibility of 14 bombings and two slayings in Turkey since the Start of the Gulf War is an anti government group specializing in Urban terrorism observers say. A Dev sol has been opposed to every kind of government Turkey has had since the 1960s,�?� a . State department official said Friday. A it has very Little in the Way of ideology. You could probably term it an anarchist  Dev sol which Means revolutionary left has claimed responsibility for last weeks assassination of a top adviser to the turkish prime ministers office and thursdays slaying of Bobbie Mozelle an american civilian in Adana Turkey. Mozelle was shot four times As he prepared to go to work at in Ciurlik a. Responsibility for Mozelle slaying also has been claimed by the marxist let minist armed propaganda unit another widely known turkish terrorist organization. A a a a a a a before the latest string of attacks against targets linked to the coalition fighting Iraq Dev sol concentrated on assassinating Active and retired turkish officials who have been involved in counter terrorism work. Dev sol is one of the hangovers from turkeys political extremism of the pre 1980 coup period and along with other leftist movements is Active on the fringes of turkish University campuses. It is an offshoot of Day Gene revolutionary Youtha terrorist group that was Active in the 1960s, said the state depart mint official who asked that 1iis7 name not be used. Dev sol became Active in the 1970s. A. While Dev sol is indigenous to Turkey it has sided with Saddam Hussein because it shares some of the iraqi leaders ideas said the director of the London based re. Search Institute for the study of conflict and terrorism. A they View him As a hero because he is taken on the West a Paul Wilkinson said Friday in a Telephone interview. Dev sol is hot controlled by Iraq added Wilkinson but it is possibly encouraged by said Damn Scalls for attacks against coalition  sol wants to revolutionize Turkey  change its current government because of its pro Western views. Wilkinson a said. A. A. A a a. A a they also consider the present turkish government corrupt a Wilkinson said. Wilkinson believes the organization has a fairly Large base. He said he came to that conclusion after about 50 suspected members were arrested by turkish authorities in 1989 and yet Dev solos terrorist activities were not curtailed. However the state department official said he doubts whether Dev sol is a conc Sive organization and suspects it has very few members. A a  has a dime can Call up the newspapers and claim credit fora terrorist attack and i suspect that that is what has been happening a he said. The most recent bombs in Turkey exploded thursday night outside . And nato facilities in Izmir. No one was Hurt in the bomb attacks which occurred shortly after 8 . One of the bombs exploded outside Skrinyer Garrison the Headquarters of natos 6th Allied tac air Force the bombing took place in a residential area six Miles Southeast of downtown Izmir. The blast shattered windows in the Headquarters building and in a nearby apartment building said air Force capt. Scott Woodham a spokesman for the Allied Force. The second bomb exploded outside the Entrance Gate to Bayrasli Park the american military Community a recreation facility. The Park located in a no Heastern suburb of the port City in Wesaw Naturi a includes a swimming Ahding Fields. The blast caused slight Darmie to a Cement Wall surrounding the Park said air Force staff sgt Michael Fletcher a spokesman for Izmir air station. Contributing to bit report staff writers Gary Miller in Italy and Meridith Winder in England. Saddam s hit squads killing defectors iraqi pos claim by Vince Crawley Middle East Bureau Riyadh saudi Arabia a iraqi prisoners of War claim that Saddam Hussein is using a execution battalions to kill soldiers who try to surrender to Allied forces saudi arabians top military commander said Friday. In a briefing with reporters Prince Khalid bin Sultan described tactics Simi a Lar to those of acc used by East bloc regimes to Stop Border guards from defecting to the West. Iraqi soldiers trying to give themselves up must Cross minefields and barriers and prisoners in saudi Cus Tody reported that they done to know whom  Trust in their units said Sultan a saudi lieutenant general who commands the Arab coalition forces. The prisoners have reported that the execution battalions Are near Kuwait a Northern Border with Iraq Sultan said. The saudi military had been aware of these battalions which belong to Saddam a elite Republican guard he said. But the Prince would not give details on whether prisoners had said any iraqi sob Diers had been executed for trying to surrender. Sultan said he thought that releasing such information from prisoner interrogations might violate the Geneva convention on the fair treatment of pos. As of Friday saudi Arabia was holding 936 iraqi prisoners of War Cap tured since fighting began on Jan 17, he said. More than half were taken during the Battle for Khanji which he characterized As an important and successful test of coalition armed forces. An additional 418 iraqi soldiers defected Between aug. 3, the Day after the iraqi invasion of Kuwait and Jan. 17, the Day the War began Sultan said. A we regard them As military refugees a a he said of the prewar defectors. Brussels Belgium a amps although nato sees a no likelihood of an iraqi ground attack against Turkey the Alliance is prepared for a possible missile or air Force attack a senior nato official said Friday. The official said that based on assessments by nato allies and Turkey there would be no need for nato ground forces. For one thing the turks  Stantial ground forces in place to defend their Border against neighbouring Iraq said the official who requested anonymity. He said a you can be sure that our military leaders in this Alliance do everything to be prepared for any Type of contingency to do what is necessary to protect Turkey and to defend  Quot recently the Alliance did not appear to be so unified. Several nato allies including Germany and Belgium conducted sometimes divisive debates Over whether nato should come to turkeys assistance if attacked by Iraq they also debated the kind of assistance. The deployment of natos Allied Mobile Force air Wing including 42 aircraft from a Belgium Germany and Italy a is a very Clear Symbol and signal and really contributes to  Gulf Fleet warns Media to stay Clear Man a m at b Shrai n apr in Het St Good said the warning was repeated be Navy on Friday reissued a warning to the Media against flying Over its ships assigned to operation desert storm. Air Force it. Colleen Wise a spokeswoman for naval forces Central cause the overflights were continuing. A this is an8xtremely hazardous situation that could have tragic results a she said quoting a Central come statement. The warning was first made at the Start of the Gulf War Jan. 17. It applied to . Vessels in the red sea the persian Gulf the Gulf of Oman and Northern arabian sea. The United states has about 120 ships in these areas As part of the War with Iraq Over its occupation of Kuwait