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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, February 14, 1991

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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 14,1991 Baghdad bomb shelter hit by Allied warplanes but there was no indication from Baghdad or Moscow a that Saddam is willing to relinquish  Bush has unflinchingly stood by. Page 10 b the stars and stripes troops froth Page 1 cities around the Chicopee mass., base As the hourly Roar of the massive cargo jets pounding East to saudi Arabia. Or and the children who have watched the big. _ planes come and go for six months responded with More than 32,000,construction paper hearts sometimes decorated with paper lace flags and peace symbols and sealed with a lots of  a the word got Dut and it just exploded a said col. Joseph Curley who gives Valentines to troops shipping out. A we just Tell them to carry theras far out in saudi As they can get them and then pass them on.�?�. Cards also festoon the hangar that serves As a makeshift passenger  men and women waiting to ship out smile at misspellings on Reard wished a a Happy Valentines Day to the  a a in a sorry you have to go to War a wrote Lorraine Rivera of Holyoke mass. A Why can to Gorge Bush and Salem just Arm wrestle but i guess you can to do that. Anyway i Hope you come Home  a kids. You gotta love them a said Navy chief Petty officer . Wicks from Montgomery ala., As he read each message on a massive heart filled poster contributed by the first Grade at holy name school. In Westfield. A and it does t matter whether they Are american or saudi or  meanwhile in Atlantic City n.j., the Claridge hotel and casinos 2,00 employees signed a 5 foot by 8-foot card to seven fellow workers now serving in the Gulf. An american Eagle will be released near Dale hollow Lake in Tennessee on Valentines Day to show . Troops abroad they Are loved and missed said Al Cercre of the National foundation to protect the american  from Page 1 tacks by his organization. V the extremist Leader said that his organization killed egyptian president Anwar Sadat and that a your bullets will also reach Mubarak who has sold his soul to America. Our plans Are currently directed to a building in Frankfurt. V a. A a a the . Forces have several major bases in and around Frankfurt including Rhein main a. The most notable .-controlled site in the City is the historic Abrams building which is v corps Headquarters. The corps has sclera hints deployed in the Gulf Region. Al Tamini said that German pilots deployed in Turkey could also be the target of . John Woodhouse a . European come spokesman said wednesday that he had not read the Stern report. However he said the command takes Al threats seriously. A in the absence of a specific threat we maintain a High state of Security throughout All our communities a he said. From Page 1 Thel Raqi capital. A i was sleeping and suddenly i Felt heat and the Blanket was burning a Adnan said. A i turned to try and touch my Mother who was next to me but grabbed nothing but a piece of  a hours after the attack the shelter was still ablaze and firefighters struggled to extinguish the flames. A senior civil defense official said scores of people remained buried in the rubble. Health minister Abdel Salam Mohammed Saeed told reporters that there were 1,000 people inside the shelter but rescuers and residents of the District said Between 400 kind 500 people were inside in the overnight raids telecommunications centers in the Al Qadrieh and Al Jamileh districts were hit As was the governments Palace of conferences. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said wednesday the United states does no to know Why civilians were the command Center that was levelled but he suggested that Saddam May have been using them As a shield against attack. A we done to know Why civilians were at that location a Fitzwater said a but we do know that Saddam Hussein does not share our value for the Sanctity of human  Fitzwater pointed to iraqi aggressions since the fighting began Jan. 17, including Saddam a movement of civilian hostages and prisoners of War to military Sites for use As human Shields his dispatch of a execution squads to halt iraqi deserters and his placing command and control centers a on top of schools and Public  _ additionally the spokesman reported that . Officials had discovered earlier wednesday that a two Mig-215 have been parked in the front door of a treasured archaeological site which dates Back to the 27th Century  he gave no further details. The . Military command has maintained that civil Ian casualties Are an inevitable byproduct of the strikes aimed at military and strategic targets. The outcry Over the wars toll on civilians was Likely to  refugees said wednesday that 30 people were killed and about two dozen Hurt when Allied planes attacked the bus they were Riding in near the raq Kuwait Border on saturday. A we heard the planes come and they dropped bombs. One fell in front one hit the bus and one fell behind a said Shihadeh Ibrahim Shihadeh who arrived wednesday at the jordanian Border Post of run nishid. A the bus caught fire and some were  with the War thundering ahead Baghdad radio reported Early wednesday that Saddam had told soviet envoy Yevgeny Primakow he is prepared to cooperate with the soviet Union and other nations in a peace Effort. The report however said the soviet Union was partly to blame for the War. Soviet presidential spokesman Vitaly Ignatenko said iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz would travel to Moscow on sunday to continue negotiations that Primakow started in Baghdad. A the deciding Factor for us is what does he say about getting out of Kuwait a Fitzwater said. In Eastern saudi Arabia skies were Clear wednesday As Waves of warplanes roared off on bombing runs. The Hunt for targets in Kuwait has been complicated by pits of buttling Oil that have been spewing Shiroke. At the Pentagon rear adm. Mike Mcconnell said tuesday that there May be More than 50 Pil Field fires. He said iraqis Are suspected of placing charges on Many Wells but that Allied bombing May be responsible for some blazes. A a a. I a. A a a a a there is an advantage from their Point of View of starting a fire. I creates smoke. And makes it difficult for us to find targets a Mcconnell said. But new tactics Are evolving in the air War. One Allied strategy is the formation of a killing boxes a rectangles of several Square Miles each in Kuwait and Southern Iraq. When Allied planes have destroyed the artillery tanks and radar Sites in one Box they move on to another. A key element in the new approach is the use of f-16s As Forward air controllers to Circle Over a sector and direct the other planes to targets. \ in other developments a at the United nations Cuba and Yemen were leading a push to keep the first . Security Council debate on the War from being held in closed session. Both sides said wednesdays vote could be close. A a High ranking Pentagon source denied a lbs news report tuesday night that the United states has agreed to give Israel the a Friend or foe codes so that israeli pilots could coordinate with Allied pilots if the jewish state decides to attack scud missile launchers in Western Iraq. A . Military officials said tuesday that american and saudi forces used air strikes artillery and naval gunfire to attack an iraqi Force in Kuwait. Neal said the iraqi Force included tank artillery armoured vehicles and trucks. The Allied a combined arms operation involved saudi and . Marine artillery and multiple rocket launchers Marine aircraft and 18 rounds from the 16-Inch guns of the battleship Missouri he said. To our readers because of the overwhelming response to the stars and stripes Valentines Day promotion your Valentine May not be in today a paper. Additional pages will be published beginning sunday feb. 17. Watch for your Valentine in the advertis0 ing pages of the stars and stripes. A a faces in places from wire reports some of the events sound crazy but then the idea of a big carnival in the Middle of the Alaska Winter might strike Many As a bit bizarre. A the spirit behind the Anchorage fur rendezvous the Quot City a big 10-Day Winter festival is to cure Cabin fever and whomp Winter blues a in a place where Winter lasts half the year a by luring people outside to celebrate. While new Orleans celebrates Mardi gras and scantily Clad revellers whoop it up Al carnival in Rio Anchorage residents bundle up and have a citywide party out in the Snow. A. A after you be looked at that Snow Long enough you want to get out and do things in it a said Pip Martin fur rendezvous director. Alaskans put. On snowshoes and play softball using a Bright Orange Ball. Some get out their canoes and paddle Down Snow covered Hills. Others go Bowling on Frozen streams using real Bow Ling balls and pins. The $1.7 million festival put on by six paid fur rendezvous staff members and 6,000 volunteers runs through feb. 17. Carson s departure denied a spokesman for Johnny Carson denied a report that the late night talk show Host will be replaced by comedian Jay Leno. A a it a not our practice to comment on non factual matters untruths leaks and irresponsible Media plants a said Carson spokesman de Hookstratten responding to a new York Post Story published monday. The tabloid quoting a a High ranking Industry source it did not identify reported that Abc television executives have decided to give Carson the Boot after his 30th season which begins this fall As Host of a the tonight show starring Johnny Carson.�?�. Get it write judge says a Federal judge in Houston frustrated by spelling e punctuation and grammar errors in Legal documents As taken Steps to give More lawyers the write stuff. For years . District judge Lynn Hughes has edited documents submitted by lawyers. He has corrected spelling mistakes and misused capital letters added and deleted punctuation Marks and crossed out excess words. He has completely rewritten the w Ork of several lawyers. But some have failed to absorb Hughes lessons prompting him to take direct action in his Battle against bad writing. Hughes now is attaching a copy of his writing Prim i i you Orrl w info Ultra plan a us a a x or a word hints five minutes to clearer writing to the work of the worst offenders. A a stairway to Success Patti Brehler could have taken the elevator but you done to get into the guinness Book of world records that Way. S instead she dashed 1,152 Steps to the top of Detroit a 72-Story Westin hotel 63 times during a 24. Hour period that ended sunday raising just Over $500 for the american heart association. That a a total of 7.82 Miles which the 34-year-old woman Hopes will establish a guinness world record for a 24-hour vertical Stair climb. \  
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