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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no 301 monday february .11,1991 35c Dally and 50c sunday d 8693 Achenes Only one outcome7says Saddam will be Defeated by Joseph Owen and Vince Crawley Middle East Bureau _ Riyadh saudi Arabia a defense Secretary Dick Cheney said sunday that there was no a magic trigger Point for launching a ground War against iraqi president Saddam Hussein a army. A a there a going to be Only one outcome and that a his defeat a Cheney said in a news conference during his three Day visit to saudi Arabia. A i do not believe that any kind of pause or cease fire is in order. A the operation will continue until he a gone. By that i mean gone from  meanwhile Saddam saluted his country a resistance to a the warplanes of shame that have brought More than three weeks of bombardment the iraqi news. 1 a .�?�.�?�. A . Using old strategy Powell says Agency reported sunday. Ina said Saddam described the patience of the iraqi people As a the Force of Faith on the front line a the soldiers in Kuwait who have been subjected to relentless bombing by the Alliance in an Effort to dislodge them. Saddam hailed a steadfastness Faith and Light in the chests of the iraqis a and a their Faith that they should not relinquish their role assigned to them by  Cheney and Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joints chief of staff headed Back to Washington later sunday morning. They planned to Brief president Bush on monday on their consultations with Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf and his senior commanders. A Heifer said the .-led coalition has damaged or destroyed most of its major targets in Iraq and Kuwait. Iraqis air Force has a reached a Point of ineffectiveness a and the iraqi Navy a is virtually non existent Quot he said. Most of the country s production facilities for nuclear biological and chemical weapons have been destroyed Cheney said. �?o1 am struck by the enormous size of the iraqi military establishment a the size of the army the enormous number of tanks the hardened aircraft shelters redundant communications systems a Cheney Sard. A this clearly was a Force designed for major combat a Force that had capabilities far beyond those that were used to take  but he added that talks with . Pilots convinced him the coalition has made a major inroads Quot against iraqis military capability a i done to think it s the world s fourth largest army any see Cheney on Page 10 s1gonella, Sicily a Gen. Colin Powell fresh from meetings with his top commanders to discuss combat with Iraq said sunday that the United states is preparing to employ a strategy originally devised for a european War against the Warsaw pact. A a it a quite appropriate to the Battle that we face a Powell the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said about the Allied military a airland Battle doctrine. War in the Gulf Seel Pades 2 through a Uja re tit going to make up a new doctrine a he told reporters travelling with him. The airland strategy originated in the 1970s, envisions simultaneously attacking from several directions to surround and debilitate an opponent. Powell accompanied defense Secretary Dick Cheney for weekend meetings in Riyadh saudi Arabia with the persian Gulf commander Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf and other Allied military leaders plotting the War to oust iraqi forces from Kuwait. A in the first three weeks of the Gulf War the United states and its allies have employed round the clock air Power against continued on Page 10 pucker up Buttercup Media Pool every body gets thirsty sooner or later in the saudi Sands even Pryor okla., helps a Camel wet its whistle saturday. Goff is with four footed desert veterans. . Marine Chi. Douglas Goff of the 1st Marine div near the saudi Border with Kuwait.90 percent of lithuanians vote to secede Vilnius .s.r. Up saturday s overwhelming vote for Independence gave lithuanian leaders a Strong argument to support their secession drive but they acknowledged sunday that Moscow was unlikely to Stop its heavy handed fight against secession. With regular soviet military Maneu vers scheduled to Start in the Baltic Republic sunday lithuanians waited anxiously for Moscow a response to saturdays plebiscite on Independence. The lithuanian government said there had been no reactions by sunday., afternoon and there was no indication the troop Maneu vers have started. A everybody is wondering what they will do now a said lithuanian parliament spokesman Haris Subacius. Preliminary official results released Early sunday showed 84.43 percent of the 2.65 million eligible voters participated in saturdays balloting and 90.47 percent voted for Independence from the soviet Union. A a the Victory is Clear but what Are we going to do Wilh it Quot asked Algimantos Cekulis a lithuanian newspaper editor and member of the soviet parliament. Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev decreed last week that the lithuanian plebiscite was illegal and invalid and the Lithuania leaders said he was unlikely to change his mind about allowing the Republic to secede because of the popular mandate  
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