European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4. The stars and stripes saturday february 9, 1991war in the Gulf  a a a a. A. A. A. A it a a a a a a a a a a. A Awe have to keep going Forward by the stars and stripes saudi Arabia a. Third army div soldiers Are making final preparations for a probable attack across the Bleak arabian desert a move that would be one erf unprecedented Speed and ferocity. A you Are going to see entire corps mane vering across the Battlefield a said a a col. Leroy a Goff a 3rd army div brigade commander. A we Haven to seen Al a mints of that size mane vering since the North african Campaign in world War  an army corps can include More than 40,000 soldiers. Should they be required to attack Coa lit Ion forces will try. To take advantage of armoured vehicles that shoot and run and travel faster than 40 Mph. A we have to keep going Forward. Done to get bogged Down. Done to Stop a said it. Col. Dana Robertson commander of the division Engineer battalion. His troops must Deal with the Long wide iraqi defensive fortifications a. Miles of bunkers berms Ted minefields containing countless thousands of sophisticated anti tank mines. Commander said the initial minutes of an attack could be devoted to air and artillery strikes designed to blow pathways through the minefields for the armoured forces. But that a not Likely to disable Al the mines. Iraq purchased Many mines from Italy that Are designed to withstand the Brief Shock of an exploding artillery Shell. They Are triggered instead by the More lasting pressure of an Arpio Rcd Chi Robertson recently watched his soldiers practice attacking simulated mines and Rolls of concertina wire. To get to the anti tank mines his engineers will have to Brave artilly find infantry fire As Well As it rec scatterings  mines that arc difficult to detect. One of the initial Point men m the engineers assault is a Soldier who throws a grappling Hook into the mine Field hoping to trigger Booby traps and trip wires. A i Tell my men All of the training they be had has prepared them for this Quot Robertson said. A we want to be through the minefield before Sadda m Hussein can  the iraqis weak Point is that most of their guns Are not self propelled and Are deeply dug into fixed positions said col. John f. Michitsch the division artillery commander. That Means that if the Allied armoured Force can penetrate the Iines at unexpected places and keep moving it would take the iraqis considerable time to shift and re aim their guns he said. A a while the colonels study the big picture of land warfare the divisions company commanders like capt. Neftali Rodriguez Drill their soldiers on details a details like How garbage can get them killed. During an evening meeting with his sergeants Rodriguez talked about a walk he took along the concertina wire ringing his comp any a forlorn outpost. Instead of tumbleweeds soft drink cans were blowing and rattling their Way across the Flat Rock flecked desert. And a Motley assortment. Of plastic bags and Field ration wrappers was impaled on the concertina wire waving like so much dirty laundry a anything that Isnit natural i want it up off the ground a he told his sergeants explaining that any Hope of finding traces of terrorists or iraqi patrols will be lost unless the sea of trash forming around the company area is cleaned up. A in the mornings weapons Are cleaned vehicles maintained trash picked up. And the stage is set for a most thankless chore. The latrines Are emptied and two �?ovol-4--&Quot in Teers a men Rodriguez caught out a. #. A amps Dave Schad soldiers from the 101st airborne dives support command Burn human excrement in Northern saudi Arabia. The heavy smoke is from diesel fuel used to Burn the waste. Side their tents without their Gas masks strapped to their hips a Are Given the Job of burning human excrement. An army ritual since Long before Vietnam the detail is properly done with diesel Oil which creates the plumes of oily smoke that hang Over Many desert encampments. It takes a Long time to Burn and one of the privates eager to get the Job done decided to pour some gasoline on the fire. A Sheet of flame erupted but the private escaped unsigned. That evening the sergeants heard about it from the Captain. A now that a one letter i do not want to write a he fumed. A a a your son torched himself burning was Tica information for this article was gathered by Pentagon Media Pool reporters with the 3rd army Der Saddam image has israeli arabs Over divided loyalties by Lynda Goldman special to the stars and stripes Tel Aviv Israel a israeli arabs Are torn by conflicting allegiances during the persian Gulf War. A in their hearts israeli arabs identify emotionally with Saddam Hussein a said shr Nuel Tolidano a former adviser of Arab affairs to three israeli prime ministers. A the instills a Pride in them and brings the palestinian Issue to Light a problem they want very much to solve. Most reject his stated desire however to destroy the state of Israel. A their Heads Tell them that they Are not ready to do anything to help Saddam because they believe rationally that his cause is  v for some of the 800,000 israeli arabs this problem symbolizes a dilemma that has been gnawing at them since Israel became a nation 43 years ago. A they have lived so Long in a country whose declared enemy is the entire Arab world against it a Toledano said. A the majority of israeli arabs do not like living in Israel but because they have too much to lose will not act against  Alexander Bligh the Arab attains adviser to prime minister Yitzhak Shamir said the loyalties of israeli arabs have Wung Back and Forth throughout the latest round of Middle East tension and violence. A from the Start of the Gulf crisis until january 15, israeli arabs identified with Saddam Hussein a Bligh said of the period that preceded the outbreak of the War. A they openly supported him As did much of the Arab world in the Middle East and around the  but when the first missiles fell in Israel last Xun Ontjo. The mood changed. Many Arab mayors and Ordinary Arab citizens opened their Homes and volunteered their help to the jews who were in Range of the missile attacks along the coastal area he said. A in the last week though the arabs have begun to parallel the iraqi attacks of Israel to the bombardments by Allied forces on Baghdad a he said a they seem to be looking Forward to the postwar period when the world will try to Deal  solution to the palestinian  but Farhat Agbaria a sociologist from the Arab Village of mus mus disagreed. Agbaria said that most of mus must 4, 0u residents identity strongly with the jews especially now and that Many Arab towns and villages within israelis Green line the Border prior to the 1967 six Day War feel that Way too. A a the scuds cannot distinguish Between Quot our two Peoples when they Are targeted Here a said the 30-year-old member of interns for peace an organization founded 10 years ago to promote jewish Arab cooperation and peaceful coexistence. A a we have a common Fate the jews and arabs of Israel. We run into our sealed rooms and Wear our Gas masks just like everyone else. It s a horrifying  Agbaria acknowledged though that there Are extreme elements among israelis arabs who Side with Saddam arid who View themselves palestinian first and Foremost. Twelve israeli arabs have been. Arrested in the last two weeks on suspicion of spying for Iraq the suspects Are believed to be a part of a spy ring recruited recently by the Plo police said. Three of the suspects were released thursday. The police said that the Recruiter a former israeli Arab who alternately lives in Iraq and Egypt is believe to be connected to iraqi intelligence. A according to a police spokesman the suspects Are accused of collecting Intelli gence data and transferring it to the agent abroad. Some of the suspects had been asked to transmit. Information on the exact locations where scud missiles landed in Israel police said. -. Despite torn Alli Gencks Felt by israeli  said he feels a i a future or in a democratic Israel which has 10 arabs in the 120-member parliament. A most Arab citizens Are Loyal to Israel. And Many would remain Here As israeli citizens no matter what the palestinian solution is a he said. C. Goldman is a free Lance writer in Tel Aviv Israel Friendly fire suspected in loss of radar by the stars and stripes a  Arabia a ground a a surveillance radar for detecting enemy troop movements May have been destroyed by Friendly fire near the Northern saudi Border a week ago. _ a a a a a officials would not discuss How the radar unit was destroyed but the iraqis just across the Border have similar  systems which the air Force has been targeting. The two soldiers operating the system received bruises and Light injuries. The radar hut and the Small trailer were destroyed but the truck an old 2/2-ton six Wheeler was unscathed. There is speculation within the unit that the radar was a victim of misidentification by a Pilot on the prowl for such systems on the iraqi Side of the Border which is very close. There is Hole in the radar hut consistent with a missile entering from the South. The units identity and location were not available for Security reasons. Information for this article was gathered by Pentagon Pool reporters on the scene in saudi Arabia