European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 13, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 3 Turkey in Thelula a iraqi scud missile hit an israeli neighbourhood injuring six people. Another scud fell in a Remote area. In Ciurlik a key Syria Lebanon Allied naval forces major water desalination Plant Oil Slick Allied bombing a scud attack 200 Mosul Kirkuk Jordan Amman \ Baghdad Gulf War summary since Start of War reported by allies More than 65,000 sorties flown 32 killed in action including 12 americans and 20 saudis. 25 americans non combat death Job. An additional 105 americans listed As non combat deaths in operation desert shield before War. 46 missing in action including 28, a a americans eight British one italian and nine saudis. 12 prisoners of War including eight americans two British one italian and one kuwaiti. 29 Allied planes lost 22 in combat including 15 american five British on kuwaiti and one italian. A non combat losses seven planes including five american one British and one saudi. Six american helicopters to non hostile causes More than 1,040 iraqis taken prisoner. 135 iraqi planes four helicopters destroyed. 147 planes flown to Iran. . Pilots destroyed four More missile launchers in Western Iraq and a fifth apparently blew up on launch. Iraq said Allied rockets ripped through Headquarters of the ministry of Kuwait now a headed by Saddam Hussein s Cousin. Six people reportedly were killed and 17 injured. Rata i Kuwait Khanji Al mishap _ safari Iya saudi Arabia eight iraqi soldiers walked through their own mine Fields and surrendered to an egyptian armoured division after crossing the kuwaiti Border. A Riyadh Bahrain a amps Updale Susan Harris Qatar British and French i a soviet defense ministers were 1 envoy in Washington to discuss 1 pursued possible Allied ground 1 peace talks offensive against Iraq. 1 in Baghdad. . Aircraft blasted an iraqi Convoy of 25 to 50 vehicles in Southern Kuwait and shot Down an iraqi helicopter near Mosul in Northern  May face Gauntlet of chemical mines by j. Michael Kennedy the los Angeles times Riyadh saudi Arabia a Iraq May have combined two of the most dreaded forms of weaponry to Lay a perilous Gauntlet for foot soldiers readying for a ground attack a land mines armed with deadly chemical weapons. A  military official said monday that mines sown in Southern Kuwait May contain nerve and Mustard gases As a Way of thwarting an Allied attack on that front. The official said the iraqis had Laid an estimated half million mines along the kuwaiti and iraqi Borders. Many of them he said May contain not Only chemical weapons but also May be made of hard to detect plastics. They May have As Little Metal As that found in the Spring of a ballpoint pern a a a a we recognize the iraqis were involved in mine warfare for nine years against the iranians Quot said the . Official who spoke on condition he not be identified. A they bought Large quantities from everyone in the world who would sell them and the mines they have include the most sophisticated they can  the official said the mines could Well be armed with the same kind of chemicals used to kill both iranian troops and kurdish rebels in the conflict in the 1980s. The use of such chemicals in warfare is banned by International Law and has been since world War i but the iraqis have consistently threatened to use them against the allies attempting to retake  most common Way of delivering the chemical weapons is by air or artillery. The use of chemical mines is but one problem facing Allied troops As they attempt to Advance on the iraqi front lines. The military official said that getting to the iraqis would involve going through wire trenches berms and other obstacles including burning ditches. The iraqis have Learned their method of laying obstacles from the soviets who believe in a tiered system of defences. Ironically the lineup of obstacles is one of the things . Officials believe is Caus ing so few desertions across the line. They have speculated that iraqi troops simply cannot get through their own deadly Maze. The official said that minefields present such terror to troops that they can slow Down a ground assault by hours As soldiers gingerly make their Way through the explosives. He gave the example of two battalions of Quot troops Hoth of. Which went through a minefield. One of the hat talons made it through quickly because incoming mortar  helped Clear a path and forced them to Advance hastily the other battalion took two hours and suffered heavy casualties. While much of the technique of traversing a minefield has been around for decades there Are some new wrinkles including such devices As fuel air explosives. Those bombs dropped by Parachute deliver a Spray of gasoline Over a Large area which is then detonated causing a High pressure blast that can Knock out some types of mines. The disadvantage said the . Official is that the Parachute drops can be inaccurate and not All min a Are detonated. Bombs dropped from air planes  detonate some mines. But again the shrapnel pattern May not get them All. When the allies do go through a minefield they will probably begin with what is called a mine Clearing line charge which is a string of explosives fired across a targeted area. That would be followed by heavy equipment moving across the minefield digging up or detonating the explosives. The method of finding mines in some cases might also be As simple As a Soldier with a mine Detector. A you can to just use me system to get through a minefield a he said. The official said american troops were prepared for the possibility of minefields filled with chemical weapons. But he also said that having to go through such Fields offered the worst scenario. The Best method of getting past a minefield he said was to go around it. A i want to bypass it a he said. A i want to use whatever method i can to bypass the obstacles a a