European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Germany edition authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 304 thursday. February 14, 1991 35c daily and 50c sunday heavy toll reported As allies hit Baghdad bomb shelter from wire reports. In what could be the single biggest loss of civilian life reported so far in the Allied air War missiles slammed into a Baghdad bomb shelter on wednesday and killed 400 to 500 people witnesses said. The . Military command said the site was an iraqi military command and control Bunker that was a an Active target for some time. A we have no explanation at this time really Why there were civilians in this Bunker a Marine Brig. Gen. Richard i. Neal told reporters in the saudi capital of Riyadh on wednesday. A we done to feel we attacked the wrong Bunker or made a the White House meanwhile responded coolly to an iraqi overture that it might be willing to talk peace. The White House said there could be no Retreat from the demand that Iraq get out of Kuwait. As the War turned 4 weeks old . Nili tary officials in Riyadh also said Iraq has managed to Rig makeshift military communications and Supply links despite Allied bombing aimed at smashing them. They said the iraqis were drawing on Long Battlefield experience in the 1980-88 War with Iran. A the bomb shelter hit wednesday during 12 hours of intense air raids on Baghdad a was also a legacy of the Iran Iraq War one of five big shelters built in the capital during that conflict. Witnesses said the Entrance to the shelter in the Middle class residential Al Amereh District took direct hits from at least two missiles fired by Allied War planes before Dawn. The missiles pierced 9 t eth of Concrete. Reporters taken to the scene several hours later by government officials counted More than 40 charred bodies Laid out on the ground. At a Baghdad Hospital where the injured were taken a badly burned 17-year-old Omar Adnan said he was the Only survivor of his six member family a correspondent Salah Nasrawi reported from continued on Page 10 jihad terrorists target Frankfurt Stern report says Bonn Germany up a the Leader of the extremist islamic jihad his group is planning to kill egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and carry out an attack in Frankfurt Stern Magazine reported wednesday. The weekly quoted the organizations Leader Aita mini As saying in Ari interview that no country that has sided against Irac in the Gulf War will be Safe from at. See terrorists or Page 10 late news Bonn Germany apr shots were fired at the . Embassy in Bonn wednesday evening West German Ard television reported. Ard said initial reports indicate machine gun fire was involved in the shooting and that several bullets struck an outside Wall of the building. . Embassy spokesman Cornelius Walsh said he knew Only that an a incident had occurred near the embassy. Walsh said he was still checking with Bonn police to get details. Am Erica is sen d to troops in Gulf Byrud Tynan. Associated press whether via song videotape or Crayon and construction paper Valentines of love longing and support poured out across the country for american soldiers at War in the persian Gulf. Thousands of messages came from children in the quiet new England Valley around Westover fab the last sight of Home for thousands airlifted to the persian Gulf. War is As close to the Little farming villages and Brick see troops on Page 10 Sunrise sortie a us. F-16 Jet fighter streaks across the sky As Sunrise Bia. Allied aircraft have stepped up their bombing Cam Breaks wednesday Over a mosque in Qatar saudi Ara pain against iraqi positions in the past 48 today a special Valentine s Day messages stripes Magazine
