European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 b the stars and stripes monday february 18,1991u.s. Troops take 20 iraqis prisoner from Page 1 pm talking about the innocents in Kuwait too a he said. Bush said that last week 200 children were slain in Kuwait and their bodies were mutilated. Meanwhile Iraq claimed sunday that it had fired three missiles at the site of Israel s nuclear reactor and it said the allies now face defeat on the Battlefield after spurning Baghdad a diplomatic overtures. A military communique read Over Baghdad radio said three iraqi missiles scored a destructive strikes late saturday on dimona a Negev desert town where an israeli nuclear reactor is located. The communique said another missile hit the Northern israeli port City of Haifa. Israeli authorities said one 1 Raqi missile landed in the Negev Latuf saturday for the first time in the War. They said no damage was inflicted and refused to say whether dimona was the target. Iraqis defense ministry newspaper Al Qadi Siya said in a front Page editorial that the allies would Bear the consequences of their unfavourable response to iraqis conditional offer to withdraw from a Kuwait. a a a the Lack of response from the criminals and traitors to the peace initiative offered by the great Iraq will make the Battlefield in the Arab desert a Monument to the defeat of evil Quot the editorial said. A the heroic armed forces will prove for the first time that the desert Sands will be irrigated with american blood that half of Israel will Burn and that the Heads of the traitors will be Cut the diplomatic front iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz warned by the allies against flying out of his country travelled Overland into West Jrsn Iran afternoon Iran a official news Agency re Aziz was headed to Tehran where he would Fly to Moscow to meet with soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev As part of what could be a final peace initiative before an Allied ground War. . Commanders said saturday that they could not guarantee the iraqi diplomats safety if he flew from Baghdad. Allied bombers top off into Clear skies along the northeastern saudi coast sunday and headed for iraqi targets. But there was rain in the Central desert. Wet weather could soften Sands and affect plans for a ground offensive. Iraq claimed it shot Down four More Allied warplanes in the past Day but did not give the nationalities of the aircraft associated press correspondent Salah Nasrawi reported from Baghdad. Nasrawi said the iraqi capital had its quietest night since the War began Jan. 17, with no air raids late saturday or Early sunday. Heavy rain appeared to hamper air strikes of Baghdad but Iran a islamic Republic news Agency reported that ferocious bombing rocked the Southern iraqi cities of Fao Basra and Abul Kha Sib. A by a Quot a six missile or bomb explosions from the cities Shook windowpanes in Khorram Shah in southwestern Iran said the news Agency said. They occurred during a half hour Span ending at 1 30 . Sunday. The . Military command in Riyadh said. American artillery shelled an iraqi observation Post inside Kuwait and warplanes pounded away at fortified troop positions in the occupied emirate. Allied forces have been running Small patrols and reconnaissance missions into Kuwait and Iraq to gather information about iraqi troops dug in there military sources say. During a closed u n. Security Council meeting saturday iraqis envoy suggested that if heavy High Altitude bombing continued Iraq would be justified in usin Chemi Cal weapons diplomats who attended the session Page 1 Cial Union party Lowack sits on the parliaments foreign affairs and defense cd in Mitt is. Although on a private visit Low Acks itinerary in Riyadh included visits with saudi defense minister Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz and Gulf cooperation Council officials. A saudi Arabia and our allies find themselves in a difficu11 period fighting for Kuwait against Iraq and 1 wanted to show Solidarity and Friendship with the Alliance a he said. Criticized for inaction in the months after iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait Germany at first contributed Little More than chemical weapon detection vehicles. Later the government allowed More than $5.3 billion to the coalition and sent 18 Alpha jets and some 800 troops to Turkey the Only nato country that Borders Iraq. The deployment seemed minor compared with other Western nations actions in the Gulf conflict but it marked a dramatic break from Germany a tradition of stationing defensive troops Only on its own soil. Y in late january Germany appropriated another $5.6 billion for the Quot War Effort for the first Quarter of 1991. Lowack said further contributions Are not assured yet but the number of German troops in Turkey would Rise dramatically should Iraq attack Turkey. Y /. Y a he said Germany plans to provide Turkey with Hawk and Roland air defense systems and Hopes his country will Send saudi Arabia More chemical detection equipment. He said International Law experts and the German Public find the Basic Law permissive enough to allow Germany to provide substantial Aid to the War Effort. But Germany still must renounce the subdued International role it has played for decades at its allies request he added. A in the future tar of the opinion that we must become a Normal partner in the world Community and Bear All Page t the 3rd is As close to a desert division As the army has. Funk. 51, of Roundup mont., is regarded As one of the army a most experienced desert a generals the is the for around . Central come Headquarters in. Riyadh saudi Arabia a Quot wonder if we be got any patrons up there a a i Hope the Burden rests with men named Paul e. Funk 3rd army div Ronald h. Griffith 1st army Dibarry r. Mccaffrey 24th inf div and a handful of others the two Star Warrior generals of the persian Gulf. Mer commander of the National training Center at fort Irwin in the Mojave desert. Troops under Funk have been made to forgo even Basic necessities in the division s rigorous training program until they Learned to regard the desert vastness As Friend not foe by \ a by / a a a a an armoured officer from the Start of his career Funk also has been a helicopter Pilot. From a 15-month tour in Vietnam he earned the distinguished flying Cross the legion of Merit and the army air medal with combat v. A a armoured Battle at any scale in this War will be incredibly fast incredibly violent and incredibly heroic. Or incredibly disastrous a says one Central come army officer. A and if the scale is All out it will be like nothing Ever a. A. A a a a commanding Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf and the brass in the Pentagon and Riyadh War rooms of course will devise the Bailie plan and its Many contingencies. But at so Eric Point after the engagement begins the decisions and adjustments in execution will pass Inex Orab v by to those officers on the front. / for years the Pentagon has promoted the doctrine of individual initiative. Even americans far removed from the i 1 itary have probably heard that potential Adversa Ries particularly tie soviets and now the soviet trained iraqis suffer from pvt centralized command. In contrast . Officers enjoy the Freedom to move and exploit conditions on their own initiative. Officers Here say in fact that there Are plenty of limits circumscribing that Freedom in this age of High tech Communia fins and dense layers of command. But with an armoured Battle occurring faster and with greater firepower than Ever in history Field commanders at two Levels in particular will be called upon for the judgments on which medals or conversely casualties arc earned. Army armoured tactics strongly emphasize Mobile Ary Mored battalions. Much of the training in Europe has envisioned battalion level movements. But perhaps More important in this open Field desert theater and the subject of exhaustive training Here has been movements of larger units the armoured division. The marines also Are deployed by division although none match the Armor of the army a heavy divisions. And the marines Are at sea in a pair of Marine expeditionary forces also with lighter Armor. Here Are sketches of some of the frontline fighting generals any one of whom by Fate and deed could affect the turn of Battle of Paul e. Funk. Maj. Gen., . Army commanding the 3rd army. One of two heavy armoured divisions on the front h. Griffith maj. Gen., . Army commanding the 1st Armedi a one time medical assistant and assistant division spoils officer Griffith 54, of Lafayette ga., distinguished himself in combat in Vietnam first As an adviser to the regional forces of the South vietnamese army then with the . 4th inf div he holds the Bronze Star with combat v for valor and the purple heart. The 1st army like the 3rd, is a heavy tank division Fielding the Best of the army a my Al main Battle tanks. Griffith a background includes both troop commands and staff positions and two years As an assistant professor of military science at the University of California at Santa Barbara a a a / a Barry r. Mccaffrey v maj,, army commanding 24th inf Mech. Because of his extensive record Mccaffrey was a larger than life hero before the War even started. A he come funded an infantry platoon in combat in the Dominician Republic and served two Tours in Vietnam jts Parachute infantry battalion adviser to the Vietnam pts and As an air assault infantry company commander in the 1st Cav div. He was twice awarded the distinguished service Cross the army a second highest decoration for valor and twice the Silver Star for valor the next highest decoration. Three times he. Won the Bronze Star with combat v for valor he was wounded three times and required Long hospitalization for one wound. Mccaffrey taught american government and politics at West Point commanded a mechanized infantry battalion in Germany and held staff assignments in nato and in the office of the . Army chief of staff. Lie has a son serving As a lieutenant in the 82d airborne and a daughter who is an army nurse. The 24th inf is a combination of an old fashioned foot sold Ier division and a modern armoured unit a the army a heaviest division its rapid deployment Force. It was one of the most heavily decorated divisions to serve in the korean War its officers and men earning a combined nine medals of Honor 104 distinguished service crosses 942 Silver stars and 1,277 Bronze maj Gen., . Army commanding the 1st inf div Mech. The 1 St is another of the heavy Mobile infantry divisions of the modern army. Rhame 50, of Winnfield la., served two Tours in Vietnam a As a company commander with the 12th Cav ref and As an senior District adviser with the vietnamese army Quot educated As an accountant with an mba in com troll Enship Rhame has earned his stars commanding virtually every unit in the army a an infantry platoon a cavalry company an armoured battalion an infantry brigade and now a mechanized infantry division. He holds two Silver stars for valor the legion of Merit and the Bronze Star with combat v. William m. Keys maj. Gen., . Marines commanding the 2nd Marine div. A a a a. / a by a marines Combine their Armor infantry and artillery into their divisions. The 2nd is one of two deployed on the ground in the Gulf War. Keyes a native of Fredericktown pa., served two terms in Vietnam a one As a company commander and another As an adviser to the South vietnamese Marine sri a a. A a he holds the Navy Cross medal just below the medal of Honor the Silver Star the legion of Merit with combat v and the Bronze Star with combat v for . Maj Gen., . Marines commanding the 1st Marine div. A a of by a a. Y. / Myatt 50, of san Francisco served two combat to amp irs in Vietnam one As an adviser to the South vietnamese marines and the other As a platoon and company commander. He holds a bachelors degree Iii physics a masters degree in engineering . Smith maj. Gen., British army commander of the 1st army div. A a division from the United kingdom contains Twe brigades instead of the Standard three. But the British and their challenger main Battle tank Are among the most highly regarded in the coalition. A was c0mit1issi0r>ed a paratrooper and served with British forces in Africa. South America the Mideast. Malaysia and Australia. Aviado Kamalani who commanded an israeli tank battalion against iraqi forces inside Syria in the 1973 Mideast War has said British armoured units May be better trained and equipped than americans for the crucial task of breaking through iraqi lines. And that Kamalani says a a a the moment the War will be
