European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday february 18,1991 the stars and stripes b Page 5 War in the Gulf Bush has sights fixed on Saddam by Jacif Nelson the los Angeles times. Washington a a a in the. Privacy of the White House president Bush refers to Saddam Hussein As a that lying sob and has vowed to associates that the iraqi dictator will no longer pose a menace to the Gulf Region or be Able to claim a Victory of any kind when the War finally ends. The president has personalized the conflict in his own mind say sources who have counselled with him because he is convinced that it Springs from a the evil work of one Man a Saddam. Given that mind set some Bush advisers expect the president to Settle for nothing less Han Saddam a removal from Power and the destruction of most of Baghdad s War making capability a not just the liberation of Kuwait. A a he a not ready for this War to be Over quite yet because there a still too much of Saddam a military machine left a a said one senior government official. Reflecting that unwavering determination to rain punishment on Saddam and his forces the president has developed a Stock reply to All proposals from within the administration for a pause in the bombing a a let a just stick to the plan a he says. In private according to sources close to him Bush has grown increasingly quiet and reflective. And while he May rail about Saddam and express frustration at the dictators behaviour Bush is described As remarkably Calm in approaching the most momentous decisions he has faced since entering the White House. A the president is much quieter than any time that i be seen him Over the past 10 years a said one adviser a the s Calm too but he s also angry. You can see the anger in his Quot Quot a it s on the president s mind All the time a says another longtime associate who says the War has preoccupied Bush like nothing else since he took office a Little Over two years ago. A a he a totally focused and does no to want to discuss anything but the War. Talking about the ground War hell say a we re not there yet but we re getting a a in the past when making decisions on other things he would say a lets move slowly and look at All the but not on the War. He a decisive and knows where he s going a the associate said. The president say some advisers has been More relaxed since the War started than he was in the weeks leading up to the commencement of hostilities on Jan. 17. A the was More intense in that period and his face was puffy and he looked tired a a Long time adviser said. A but now its a moral As Well As strategic Mission and he a much More relaxed. Quot a there will be no deviation whatsoever in terms of what we do in finishing this Job Quot the source said. A a he a not going to be deterred i done to care what kind of civilian casualties May occur he feels we re on the right the president according to one of his advisers be lives that regardless of any concessions Saddam might offer a a we be got to destroy his capability to wage War now because if we done to do that now Well have to go to War again in the Bush is described As being dismayed and incensed at what he considers Saddam s cold blooded disregard for his own people for the military reality facing him and for the i a the just can t accept it that Saddam does t understand what All the United states can do to him Quot a source said. A the can to understand How Saddam can put civilians a women and children a Intizar Nve a Way. And he can t understand Saddam a says a the Guy lied to his of n Arab colleagues. Why should i Ever believe him l in s a lying sob Quot Bush who has never departed front the hard Liziie course against Raddant that lie set when iraqi forces invaded Kuwait on aug. 2, was described by associates As Quot comfortable with the idea of launching a full scale ground War despite the potentially heavy american Cas unities that could result. A final decision to begin the ground phase of the conflict May come within Days. A a chemical weapons Are the presidents biggest worry right now a said one source a because that a the Only option that Saddam has v describing the chief executive s feelings Friday when Saddam seemed to express willingness to withdraw from Kuwait an associate said that Bush was Quot one angry texans when it developed that Saddam a offer was accompanied by a Long list of unacceptable conditions. Upon first hearing of the iraqi proposal Early Friday morning Bush told aides that if indeed Saddam was proposing to comply with United nations demands and withdraw his forces front Kuwait unconditionally a As initial news reports suggested a then of course we have to accept it As a peace a but 1 doubt it a Bush was quoted As adding focus on civilian dead the new York times Jerusalem a in the aftermath of the . Attack on an iraqi Bunker in Baghdad on wednesday night Many israelis Are shaking their Heads at the hand wringing coming from some Over the deaths of Timber a sports equipment company in Tullahoma tenn., has crafted a special Bat fortress Dent Bush and is. Troops stationed in th6 persian Gulf Region. The a Tennessee Thumpert softball Bat features a likeness of iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein. In he at by the associated press violence apparently linked to the persian Gulf War erupted saturday in Lima Peru and Santiago Chile injuring at least seven people including a Marine guard at a residence for . Embassy Security personnel in the chilean capital. Leftist rebels bombed a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Lima injuring at least six people in an assault reportedly to protest the Gulf War police said. Witnesses said five armed rebels also briefly took Over the peruvian North . Cultural Institute in Huancayo 120 Miles South of the peruvian capital. A at Santiago attackers fired an antitank rocket and automatic weapons against the embassy residence. The Marine was Cut by Tolving Glass police said. In Washington on saturday the state department renewed a a travel advisory for Peru it had issued last week because. A. A. A 6 others of Gulf War related terrorism. The peruvian rebels members of the tupac Amaru revolutionary movement said the attack was in response to the War radio reports said. Bombs planted by the rebels destroyed the Interior of the restaurant located in the upper class Monte Rico District in Lima witnesses said. One bomb failed to explode and was deactivated by police the men and women making the attack were armed with machine guns radio reports said. Two weeks ago tupac Amaru rebels destroyed another Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet on a main Lima Avenue. No one claimed immediate responsibility for the Santiago attack. A police source said the rocket malfunctioned and did not explode but the Impact damaged a vehicle parked in front of the embassy residence. Security officials political analysts and average israelis say they believe that president Saddam Hussein either set up the incident in which 400 or More iraqis reportedly died or fabricated some of the results and reaction shown on television around the world. But even if Saddam did not As maj. Gen. Uri Orr put it a what arc the iraqis crying about they fire missiles at us explicitly in order to kill civilians. What Are they complaining about a Many israelis have Long viewed Saddam with contempt. He has threatened to Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Attack Israel for More than a year and he has fired 33 missiles into the Tel Aviv and Haifa areas. People have been killed As a result of the attacks and thousands of Homes have been destroyed. Yoni Lutwak a 25-year-old student pos Ely a in order to put pressure on american Public and in Voricl Ruam a psychologist who is an expert on body language told the newspaper Maaris that As he examined the televised pictures of an iraqi Man sobbing just outside the Bunker Quot i saw signs of play acting in a staged or. Yosef Trotsky a Burn specialist at a Tel Aviv Hospital said he believed that several of the Burn victims a were anyone with fresh severe Burns a would be in such pain that he be Able to sit still a much less give interviews for television he said. Feb. 18/1951 a Gen. Omar n. Bradley told Congress that . Troops in Germany would be a in great danger if War came and that More army divisions must be rushed to Western Europe to support the two now stationed there.30 years ago today. Feb. 18, 1961 a a 35-ton Crane near Roswell n.m., slipped Over the Edge of an underground missile pit and fell 18 stories and exploded killing six workmen and injuring 14.20 years ago today. Feb. 18, 1971 a Striate investigators charged that Beer and liquor salesmen plied High ranking american officials in Vietnam with favors a such As a Villa with maids a to promote sales of t h e i r p Rod acts lose Xvi Yemen o i lit a by b As est _."10 years ago today. I be. 18, 1981 a Secretary of state Alexander a Haig or. Told congressional leaders that the United states should step Aid to the Junta in Al Salvador in Light of hard evidence that the leftist guerrillas there Are receiving arms from Cuba Ethiopia and Vietnam. A a a
