European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany edition authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 306 saturday february 16,1991 b 35c daily and 50c sunday d 8693 a offers to withdraw officials in the kuwaiti information ministry office in Dhahran saudi Arabia get on the phones to seek More details of Iraq s conditional offer to withdraw from Kuwait on Friday. The offer was made on radio Baghdad. Snowstorm snarls traffic on German autobahn Frankfurt Germany apr wind and heavy Snow brought blizzard like conditions to Germany on Friday snarling traffic and prompting the weather service to Issue severe weather warnings for parts of the country.  a a Quot a a a a weather officials in Offenbach issued a severe weather warning and said that As the storm front moved Easterly temperatures were expected to Rise slightly adding freezing rain to already hazardous conditions a spokesman for the weather office in Frankfurt said the snowfall was expected to reach an average depth of 6 inched by Midnight Friday. Police in Hessen reported traffic was jammed to a crawl for a 60-mile stretch starting at a main autobahn Junction at Wiesbaden near Frankfurt to the North toward Bonn. In nor Rhein westfalen Early weekend traffic was brought to a standstill in both directions Friday at 4 . On the autobahn Between Cologne and Olpe with numerous minor accidents jamming the lanes police said. Traffic jams of up to 20-Miles Long were reported on highways in nor Rhein westfalen. Officials on German radio directed trucks and other vehicles to pull off at rest stops to allow Snow Clearing equipment to operate. Shortly after Midnight Friday a 20-year-old Man was killed on an ice Slick Road in Iserloh South of Dortmund when his car skidded and crashed off the Road police said. In the Southern part of the county near Karlsruhe a Large truck carrying a cargo of nails skidded into an autobahn Guardrail scattering the tire piercing hazards Over the Highway police said. In Southern Bavaria state a which already had More than a foot of Snow in the areas of Wurzburg Niernberg and Hof a police said new Snow and wind caused Drifting and Cut visibility resulting in snarled traffic and dozens of minor accidents. In Belgium the snowstorm slowed Down or blocked traffic on most roads in Eastern Belgium on Friday morning. A dozens of accidents were reported including the Brussels Luxembourg expressway where traffic came to a halt in Wellin tellin Southeast of Dinant. Snow also blocked traffic on the expressway from Brussels to Cologne and other roads in the Liege area. The railway company Only reported minor delays and traffic at Brussels Airport was not seriously affected but the military Airport in Beau Echain 14 Miles Southeast of Brussels was idled. War in the Golf see pages 2 Dhahran saudi Arabia a a Iraq offered for the first time on Friday to comply with . Demands that it relinquish Kuwait raising Hopes for an end to the persian Gull  president Bush said conditions Iraq attached made it nothing More than a a cruel  Quot a a a there is nothing new Here a a grim faced Bush said of the iraqi Otter adding that other coalition members shared that assessment lie urged the iraqi military and people to Rise up against Saddam Hussein. A we thought we had a shot for peace that is not the Case a Bush said. As Bush spoke  ton the War pressed on in the Middle fast where Allied bombers continued their onslaught in the Kuwait theater the . Military said. A i think the president made it abundantly Clear that our Mission remains fundamentally the same a Marine Brig. Gen. Richard Neal told reporters m the saudi capital of Riyadh. At fridays military brie tag in Riyadh Neal the command spokesman reported he loss of an a6-l As it was coming in Lor a Landing on the Carrier America thursday. 1 he Pilot elected solely. I be also said an iraqi helicopter was shot Down i thursday by a . F-15. At the United nations in new York Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar said Iraq s Oiler deserved careful consideration. The Security Council was expected to take up the matter in closed consultations Friday at noon Psi and at a closed Normal meeting at 3 3 1 . St. In making the Oiler the Baghdad government said any withdrawal of its Torees a a should be tied to an israeli pullout irom the occupied lands. Throughout the Gull crisis the United states has _ see Iraq on Page 10 bad weather caused massive traffic jams in Germany on Friday including this one More than 12 Miles Long on the autobahn Between Dusseldorf and Essen