European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                / Germany edition vol. 49, no. \312 Friday february 22,1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the  armed forces 35c d-869p defiant Saddam vows a a. A a a a v a. A / a a.  v. A a. A a. A. A a a a a _ a a a. A to stay on chosen7 path War in the Gulf Dhahran saudi Arabia Apas the War Vigil ticked toward an expected Allied ground offensive Saddam Hussein declared thursday that Iraq is willing and ready to fight a ground War if president Bush continues to reject his peace efforts. As Saddam spoke his foreign minister Tariq Aziz was headed for Moscow with iraqis answer to a soviet peace proposal. Bush was reported to have told soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev the proposal needs additional conditions to be acceptable to the United states. Quot there is no path except the path that we have chosen. And which Tariq Aziz has carried to Moscow a Saddam said in a speech broadcast by Baghdad radio. It was not Clear from Saddam a 40-minute address the first in his own voice since feb. 10, what iraqis response was to the peace initiative. Saddam did not say if he had accepted or rejected the plan the details of which have not been disclosed. In his speech the iraqi Leader reiterated the linkage Between an iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait and an israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories a a linkage the United states has adamantly rejected. In Washington White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater called Saddam a a speech  a the repeats the same invective and disregard for the United nations mandate that we have heard so often since August 2,�?� Fitzwater said. At about the same time that Saddam spoke Iraq launched several scud missiles into saudi Arabia in a rare Daylight attack the . Military command said. The saudi military briefer col. Ahmed Al Zobayan said two scuds were intercepted by Patriot missiles and the debris fell harmlessly into the desert. After two nights of heavy bombardment weary residents of Baghdad iraqis capital had a night free of Allied air attacks. The iraqi occupiers of Kuwait did a not a a a a a a a a a v a a a a a in a midday communique iraqis military said the allies carried out Jnore than 320 raids on military targets in the Southern War zone Over the past 24 hours a More than three times the number re ported the previous Day. The iraqi military communique also claimed iraqi forces inflicted Quot substantial losses on the allies with missile strikes on front line positions. The . Command said thursday two americans were killed in the crash of an army oh-58 scout helicopter overnight while returning from combat operations along the Border. The command said two other . Aircraft also were lost. An air Force f-16 fighter crashed after suffering engine failure while being refuelled in flight and a Marine ch-46 helicopter was wrecked in an emergency Landing. The f-16 Pilot ejected an twas rescued. One helicopter crewman suffered a broken leg the command said. British army col. Barry Stevens said Britain a 1st army div engaged in its heaviest artillery shelling of iraqi positions thursday. He said the division s entire artillery contingent participated firing 1,300 shells and 144 rockets. A . Military official in Washington speaking on condition of anonymity said preparations for the ground assault were continued on Page 10 Saddam Hussein a nil blast damages be bases in Spain by j. King Cruger Mediterranean Bureau a pipeline carrying fuel to Torrejon arid Zaragoza air bases was damaged by an explosion Early thursday and knocked out of service. A spokeswoman for Campsa the Spanish operators of the 480-mile pipeline said the explosion took place about 5 . Near a lying in of Alco school of mines my Dia Pool staff sgt. Robert Archiable of Elkhart ind., explains to .-made m-21 anti tank mine works. . Mines Are a group of marines in Northern saudi Arabia How a among the Many types being utilized by iraqi forces. Railroad siding the town Lea seven Mil is North of Cordoba. Quot we done to know the cause of the explosion at this time a said Clara Aceves the la did based chief of Sas Campsa a press department. Quot the explosion is being investigated by Spain a ministry of Interior and we Are awaiting jts  it May be that the cause is a bombing but we done to know that at this  earlier thursday an official who answered the phone at the Madrid Headquarters of Spain a ministry see blast on Page 10 inside a of wants to Cut 600 officers Page 9 go life insurance proposal Page 17