European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 10, 1991 the stars and stripes a a Page 3 War in the Gulf key Allied naval forces Allied planes major water desalination Plant scud attack Turkey i a in Ciurlik a Oil Slick Allied bombing Oil Field. Sea Laww Otvas it. J a Virv. % s ssh a i Tel Aviv i Jerusalem Tigyi Israel Jordan Syria Lebanon m Iraq fired a scud missile at Israel on saturday morning injuring at least 26 people and damaging 150 apartments in Tel Aviv. Erbil Kirkuk a Cikrit Baghdad o a top Saim arabian official said saturday that the desalination Plant at Saf Aniya had been closed to prevent damage from an Oil Slick moving along the saudi coast. He said the Oil Slick could reach Jubal in two to three Days. Meanwhile the soviet Union agreed to lend two i4.rge Oil skimming ships to saudi Arabia. Iraq rata i marines along the Border West of the umm Godair Oil Field in Kuwait used artillery fire to Pound a command Post and called in air strikes on the position Quot As Well. Scale of Miles 200 umm Godair Oil Field Khanji r Ai Minab Safat saudi Arabia Jubal. A.  we Dhahran Riyadh Bahrain if 1 Qatar. A Quot w i a amps update Susan horns Gulf War summary reported saturday 2,400 sorties. One scud attack. Eight iraqis surrendered. Since Start of War reported by allies More than 57,000 sorties town. 30 killed in action including 12 americans and 18 saudis. 24 americans non combat deaths an additional 105 americans listed As non combat deaths in operation desert shield before War. 45 missing in action including 27 americans eight British one italian and nine saudis. 12 prisoners of War including eight americans two British one italian and one kuwaiti. A 28 Allied planes lost 21 in combat including 14 american five British one kuwaiti and one italian non combat losses seven planes. Including five american one British _ _ and one saudi. Six american helicopters to non hostile causes. More than 936 iraqis taken prisoner. 135 iraqi planes destroyed. 750 iraqi tanks destroyed. 650 iraqi artillery pieces knocked out. 600 iraqi armoured personnel carriers destroyed. 147 planes town to Iran.  f-15 fighters knocked out a scud launcher in Western it Iraq near Quot the syrian Border. A Marine reconnaissance Mission into Kuwait on thursday night under covering fire by the battleship Wisconsin could be an indication that preparations Are under Way for a ground attack. Israelis tackle familiar task cleaning up after scud attack Tel Aviv Israel up a israelis on saturday resumed what is becoming a ritual cleaning up after a scud missile attack. Hours earlier the latest iraqi missile a the 31st directed at Israel a ravaged a residential Section of Tel Aviv damaging dozens of Homes and setting cars ablaze in debris strewn streets. Prime minister Yitzhak Shamir speaking on i Fjaerli television said the nation Wou 1 do Tor bedraggled into a premature Quot confrontation by the continuing missile. Barrage but warned that the policy of restraint could be abandoned if chemical weapons were unleashed on the jewish state. Military authorities reported 26 injuries from the Early morning attack. Nine people remained hospitalized by midday saturday no injuries appeared to be life threatening but at least three were considered Seafous. A i am Happy the number of casualties is limited a said housing minister Ariel Sharon touring the soldering strike site. The exact location could not be disclosed because of military censorship orders. A this is a situation that we must find a Way to put an end to a he said. A in no Way can we just depend on other people a state run radio and television networks reported that an undisclosed number of scud killing Patriot missiles were fired to intercept the Lone incoming scud. Hearing three explosions perhaps the sound of patriots knocking out the scud. All or part of the scuds conventional warhead apparently crashed into a Street leaving a gaping Crater said an israeli radio reporter on the scene. About 150 apartments were damaged in the latest blast the radio said. As in previous attacks much of the damage to the residential neighbourhood appeared to be caused by falling debris. Several burned out cars attested to the Early morning fireworks. Rescue dogs sniffed Tor trapped ramp silents in rows of Homes that had windows acid Walls blown out and rafters exposed. Two israelis have been killed As a direct result of the missile strikes and approximately 300 have been injured. Several other deaths have been attributed to heart attacks and misuse of government issued Gas masks. Despite threats by iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein to use chemical weapons against israeli allot the missiles have been armed with conventional warheads. O Israel radio quoted Shamir As saying that iraqi use of chemical weapons against Israel a would mean an escalation of the situation and would mean introducing new rules into the  Israel would not sit by idly while its citizens were exposed to Poison Gas he indicated. A when Israel feels that it must eliminate the iraqi threat it will not hesitate to take action a Shamir told a television interviewer. I