European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse P&ge10 b the stars and stripes Friday february 22,1991 vows to stay on Page 1 is a amp Rajz Aid St that was needed was an order to go. Quot amp tart it Tut Eye of desert storm a the official said. �?o7 tier a Soiret Nimg Viz Lull right at the Ido Soow Aziz was expected to arrive about , we Scot a tune and to go directive to Gorbachev a i Tnuett office with an answer to the soviet peace plan and vim at the foreign ministry and the presi Oerry to Dice. 7 a rim the peace proposal have not been Dis Pound but the Washington Fosi reported that Bush to Artiev he should add three conditions iraqi v Ito Beaual iroc Kuwait within four Days from the time r Strees to do a disclosure of All minefields and release fat prisoner. Trie 5our-Day readmit was said to have been Calcut Iru Ted to 5oree the iraqi Anny to leave Many of its tanks sent no some Allied pilots flying missions Over Kuwait re penned continued Stea a Success knocking out iraqi a it Espnes a month of round the clock bombing of positions its. Ground forces still face a Fonda Oie eni enc Titre army the airmen said. A anyone who thinks at2� going to be two Days or pays. Or Jive Davs i think is crazy just because of sneer numbers it of Pec per said capt. Bradley Seipel a we poofs system officer on an of he a a a it a kind of like Rene Petrie saving the a War would last five Days a a amp Mitita a of trials said thursday about 300,000 i Iraq Mopps to Quot Hie Kuwait Heater a 10 divisions plus the l3v Vobe member Republican guard a still appear. J. ,. To be in fighting form. A a on the front lines sgt. Jose Roche 28, whose Marine company is dug in within sight of Border fort Ifica. Tons said troops Are expecting close combat. A biting kicking scratching whatever it takes a he said. A when you re fighting hand to hand its just a Street fight.�?�. A Grimmer scenario is iraqis possible use of chemical weapons a which . Commanders say they expect one a ground assault begins. F a i Pray to god its not going to happen but yes i m convinced they re going to use chemicals said col. Samuel Raines commander of the army a 7th engr brigade. His unit is expected to be among the first to go into Battle. Battlefield intelligence suggests iraqis May fire rocket propelled grenades filled with cyanide a. Chemical weapons also could be connected to land mines or sprayed from helicopters commanders said. If the War goes on for much longer hunger could be among iraqis worst enemies. Agricultural experts said iraqis Spring Harvest could be All but wiped out for Lack of fuel and manpower. In Iraq s battered capital misery has deepened daily. Quot this is no Good a a grizzled Man told a correspondent John Rice in Baghdad. A there is no food no gasoline no water a. A we done Waht this a added a grocery owner. A we want to live.�?�. Meanwhile . Military officials confirmed several cases of civil unrest in Iraq possibly directed at Saddam a ruling Arab baath socialist party or at the iraqi Leader himself. They said there had been two or three disturbances Over a period of three to four Days. One was in the Southern City of Diw Aniyah they said without indicating when. They provided no information about the other alleged protests. A travellers leaving Iraq had quoted iraqi officials As saying 10 local leaders of the baath party were shot to death by a crowd of several thousand in Diw Aniyah on feb. 10. A Quot ithe . Officials said their information based on reports from people within Iraq indicated one disturbance had been put Down but they did not say whether this was in Diw Aniyah or elsewhere or what form the repression took. A a a in other developments a a member of the exiled kuwaiti government claimed occupying iraqi forces have stepped up killing and the torture of kuwaitis in the last two weeks concentrating on women children and detainees. Kuwaiti minister of planning Suleiman Mutawa said in Geneva that iraqi soldiers Are killing torture victims to prevent them from reporting on the atrocities later. A iraqis military denied that about 400 of its soldiers surrendered to a . Army helicopter Force saying such incidents a Only happen in american Marine Gen. Richard Neal said wednesday that the . Force smashed 15 bunkers and took 476 iraqi prisoners. But the iraqi rebuttal carried by Baghdad radio and monitored in Nicosia Cyprus on thursday attributed the the top . Commander in the Gulf Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf. The iraqi statement described him As a so called general Schwarzkopf commander of the .-zionist units measure up to Best of . By Ion Jensen a. To amp of ctr cast Bureau a saudi Arabia a despite the easy Cap Iii a nearly ski1 Raqi Perm mess wednesday evening is frees is if face an army filled with soldiers inv Puitz fir a hit it fight a to binary official said. To tit or a Sun it uni ii out there that if you done tort. It to Lett jus. A tent. Theve i kick your Hutt a said the Aidlic Rdv Turrif a Traci round briefing thursday room my t at said list disparity Between the Rood True Nat raq. Trout a wide. Some have had Only six it time Weed to Tram my. Others like the Kepueli vat Quaid. Are Ream w fight lather than Roll Over be said. Tut ? Aop Rienth ran am of a Bunker com chef Hiie afternoon and surrendered to the Liuti Neu copiers. It was the latest in a string of incidents in which iraqi troops reacted to combat with Little interest in returning the units on islands in the persian Gulf surrendered Early in the War without putting up a fight. Several Hundred prisoners also have simply defected into the hands of Allied forces. A there Are places on the Battlefield and we saw that last night where clearly its a joke a the official said of iraqi fighting capability. The Republican guard Saddam Hussein a elite Palace guard is no joke however. A if there Are any units in the iraqi army that Are As Well trained As say the 1st Marine div or the 24th inf div Mech that a what we re talking about a he said. A in our judgment when we talk about them being elite units we put them on a Par in training with our units. No better no on the Battlefield that Means american attackers will have a tougher fight against the Republican. Guard than against most regular iraqi troops. A it May be the difference of a Guy who actually fires his Rifle a four out of four actually firing instead of two out of four a he said. A it May be the difference of a Guy who really has got the guts to stand up with a rocket propelled grenade at 50 meters and take on an m1a1 tank whereas the other Guy would stay in his it May be the difference of a Tanker who a willing to come out of his Hole in a t-72 soviet built tank and engage two meals instead of just saying a this is it for my a a that a the a the guard often listed As including 150,000 troops has been poised in Iraq to move wherever needed. A we think the Republican guard is still very Mobile if it chooses. Because we have no empirical evidence to the contrary a the source said. Uht can be Friend or enemy to gis at front it Tut Hurt to ii bar pet apab1a a for Iro it me a no arc Iii Tiiu t nuts itt Suc inc veiny. N i Itaipu la. Tilt a Trinkl Lutzi Leiis a ii Ift i Viii Vav pc Xii Ding thu Wule us Obi i it our. Icci Mozug it allows them n Iii a Tut -�ustb.\, Ini Ivr Tow a a Pahut amp a peace plans and hit inv met to Ritam Temam Irinec w periodic , he hrs Vna Lungu Are times o dismay and or Many no pc t a x Veel Fuex Montial i islet. Anc it Prat in the Sun to a Erie i a vat nisus be int next be kind of eerie Ritre no us Fredri in Ion Row get it Ery said Lance Cpl. Anthony Caparco a new York resident serving with the 2nd Marine div on the kuwaiti Border. When the skies Are overcast the Sente of isolation is magnified. A in the desert when its Cloudy its a darkness you be never seen before a Caparco said. So important is Light to . Commanders that they Are briefed daily on the slightest changes. Last week marked the beginning of the darkest nights since the War began with luminescence dropping to near Zero. Camps located nearby now fade into nothingness As dusk deepens and soon even adjacent tents become invisible. With rules strictly enforced to ban even a cigarette Ember the desert at night is a void. For one Veteran 1st army div officer a 20-mile trip just after dark recently became a seven hour ordeal As he and several passengers tried to find their Camp. Even though he used a sophisticated navigation device that led him to within a few Hundred Yards of his destination the major found his Headquarters Only when he heard the rumble of the Gas generators. Similar experiences led one army brigade commander to Issue a Stern warning after two hours those who can to find their Way Home must pull into the nearest desert Camp or sleep where they Are in the Sand. The tens of thousands of troops in the desert seem to disappear after Nightfall due in part to the blackout rules. Although there May be hot meals at breakfast or lunch dinner is the time for pre packaged combat rations. Vehicles on the move must do so without even dashboard lights. Its no wonder then that nighttime Means bedtime. Thlu report waa complied by Gorga Manaa Middle East Bureau from information gathered by Pentagon Pool Raport Era on the Alana lie. Csiga cur tit Saint i. In Iii. Avci s j Ini it Chi Wutt. It Cru la air. Or or. Tvs Quot is . Grum t do int Nydin a or a Zuj to a nov out in Tair _ i to. Snow blast from Page 1 of Del Csc said a 2.2qx>und explosive device had dam aued the pipeline. The official then referred any further questions to Campsa. No one has claimed credit for thursdays explosion jeeves said. The pipeline was attacked in 1984 by Eta the Basque separatist group and put out of operation for More mar in hours. In Thuis Dav a Quot blast damage was not Quot considered major Aceves said. A your technicians controlled the situation very quickly this morning and we expect the pipeline to be re stored to service sometime Early thursday evening Aceves said. The pipeline built by the . Government in the late 1950s, runs from naval station Rota Spain to Madrid and outlying Torrejon a before continuing to Zaragoza the location of another .-Spanish air base. A Aceves said the pipeline carries gasoline diesel fuel and kerosene for both civilian and military users
