European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 b the stars and stripes saturday february 23,1991bush sets deadline for Saddam from Page 1and to facilitate its Success a according to a statement to reporters by an iraqi official. V a. A a a a a a a the Council denied Iraq was setting fire to Oil Wells in Kuwait As part of a a a scorched Earth policy the United states said began recently. The Council called for the establishment of a . Security Council committee including the soviet Union China and other non coalition members to a get acquainted with the degree of destruction in Kuwait and Iraq. The statement was not a Point by Point response to Bush a demand that Iraq declare it is willing to withdraw from Kuwait by noon saturday. More than 700,000 Allied troops Are deployed against Iraq in the Sands of saudi Arabia and officials said the Force is ready for an overwhelming assault by air land and sea against iraqi forces entrenched in Kuwait. A High noon would be marked by clocks at the United nations Eastern Standard time officials said and any iraqi withdrawal must be accompanied by full acceptance of the . Resolutions. Noon in new York is 8 . In saudi Arabia. At noon Friday . Officials summoned an iraqi Diplomat and presented him with a list of requirements for a cease fire. A this goes to Saddam Hussein a said White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. A the Ball is in his court. The question is what is his answer what a in it for Saddam Fitzwater was asked. A a Chance to save his country a he replied. A among the requirements presented to Iraq arc. A withdrawal must be completed within a week. A All iraqi forces must be removed from Kuwait City within 48 hours of the beginning of the withdrawal. A All prisoners of War and third coun try civilians must be released within 48 hours. A Iraq must remove Booby traps and mines from Oil facilities and other areas. In response to Bush a demands a spokesman for soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev said iraqi officials on Friday reiterated their agreement to withdrawal 6 crashes in Turkey Pilot from Kuwait a Day after a cease fire. Fitzwaters list did not touch on the Issue of War reparations or discuss what military equipment if any the iraqis would be forbidden to take Back to Iraq. Bush a Rose Garden appearance was his first Public response to a soviet Bro cred peace plan a an Effort the president said he appreciated even though he declared that it attached unacceptable conditions on aft iraqi withdrawal. A the soviet plan Calls for an iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait to begin two Days after a cease fire an end to . Sanctions when the withdrawal is two thirds Complete and the lapsing of All remaining . Resolutions when withdrawal is Complete. The resolutions specify that Kuwait Safe inva Sion government be restored and that Iraq should pay reparations. A the plan specifics that prisoners of War be immediately released upon a cease fire and Calis for the iraqi withdrawal to be monitored by countries a designated by the United nations a not directly involved in the conflicts soviet officials indicated some changes in the plan had been made but they would not provide details. The president and Gorbachev spoke by Telephone on Friday night. Despite the Spring like setting in the Gar Den Bush spoke grimly accusing Saddam of launching a a scorched Earth policy against Kuwait in recent hours. He criticized the iraqi Leader for firing a fresh missile attack even As his foreign minister was discussing peace plans in Moscow. A they Are destroying the entire Oil production system of Kuwait a the president said of the occupying iraqi forces. Bush said he had consulted with desert storm coalition leaders and they had agreed to publicly describe their terms for iraqi withdrawal. He said the International coalition arrayed against Iraq a will give Saddam Hussein until noon saturday a to do what he must do to begin his immediate and unconditional withdrawal from members of Congress rushed to embrace Bush a demand for a pullout. Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole said the United states should insist that Iraq pay War reparations and that an International arms embargo remain in effect. Rep. Les Aspin d-wis., chairman of the House foreign affairs committee issued a statement of a Strong support for the presidents position and said the allies should insist on a total iraqi withdrawal within one week. He also said the soviets should withdraw from a the Nega Tilting business and the desert storm in Ciurlik a turkeys amps an air Force f-16 fighter bomber crashed near an air base in Southeastern Turkey where nato forces Are deployed to deter iraqi aggression. The Pilot ejected safely from the aircraft before it crashed about two Miles Southwest of Diyarbakir about 3 . Wednesday an american military spokesman said Friday. The cause of the crash is under investigation said army maj. Michael Maher of the joint information Bureau at in Ciurlik a. The pilots identity is being withheld As a matter of policy he said. The f-l6 was attached to the 401st tac fighter Wing at Torrejon a Spain. The Wing has had several aircraft deployed to in Ciurlik in South Central Turkey since september Maher said. At the turkish governments request nato aircraft from Belgium Germany and Italy deployed in january to air bases at Diyarbakir and Perhac also in Southeastern Turkey. Maher said he could not comment on whether the f-16 was operating out of Diyarbakir located nearly 350 Miles Northeast of in Ciurlik at the time of the from Page 1. Copter crashed while Landing in bad weather during a medical training exercise at 3 30 . Friday. Seven people died. In addition one Marine was killed and five were wounded in fighting along the Northern saudi Border. Neal said that in three separate engagements marines destroyed 18 tanks 15 other vehicles and captured More than 100 iraqi prisoners. Neal previously had said that about 50 of Kuwait a 950 Oil Wells and facilities had been set ablaze. A a he a Saddam Hussein carrying out his policy of destroying Kuwait a Neal just a continuation Only its a stepped up the thick Black smoke is not affecting Aerial attacks on Kuwait he said. _ in other developments a saudi reconnaissance unit supported by Marine gunships engaged an iraqi Armor unit destroying two tanks and a self propelled artillery piece. Saudi forces also moved about six Miles inside Iraq at one Point Clearing a 60-Yard-wide path through a minefield. Seventy five mines were defused and removed a saudi spokesman said. / a. \. \ a a v a a a a there were conflicting reports about the firing of scuds on Friday into saudi Arabia. The United states reported that three of the soviet made missiles were aimed at the Northern City of Hafar Al Batin while the saudis reported Only one. Both military commands reported that a single scud was fired in the direction of Dhahran and Bahrain on the persian Gulf. It was intercepted by a Patriot missile and the debris fell into the Gulf. The saudis also said that coalition forces had found 15 mines in the persian Gulf. They destroyed 12, removed two for examination and were in the process of destroying the last one late Friday said col. Ahmed Al Zobayan the joint forces spokesman. Zobayan described the incursion As a a reconnaissance in he said the action was aimed at a trying to learn As much As you can about the enemy a his reaction time his weapons systems his minefields and so on a to help the commanders to Start the ground War the right Baghdad radio announced earlier Friday that Allied forces had launched a ground offensive but coalition forces denied the report. A Baghdad radio Hasni to been a Vety Good source of information throughout this Campaign a said col. Barry Stevens of the British 1st Arrn div. Meanwhile the associated press reported Baghdad came under bombardment during the night and the bombs fell into the Early morning hours. Air raid sirens wailed and anti aircraft fire crackled As explosions echoed across the City a correspondent Salah Nasrawi reported. Another military official who asked not to be identified said the .-led coalition will have to launch a ground offensive within a month if it is to avoid the return of hot weather in saudi Arabia. Allies should a state directly to the iraqis the terms on which hostilities could Bush and his senior aides worked on his statement in the Oval office right up until he delivered it in the Rose Garden. Papers and telephones were being passed Back and Forth by Bush Secretary of state James Baker and Brent scowcroft the National Security adviser. At the Pentagon a senior military official said the diplomatic activity was not derailing Allied War plans. A desert storm continues to swirl on regardless a the official said. A we have our plan and we continue to follow it. Round the clock air attacks coalition members and , lawmakers offered their own assessments of the diplomatic actions. Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Kurt Cebe Alp Timocin said before meeting with Bush at the White House that a we should not allow him Saddam to withdraw heavy weapons especially chemical he conceded that imposing such a condition on any settlement a will be very in London British prime minister John major said the proposal was a not Good enough but was still an. Improvement Worth studying. France said the plan a represents a step in the right sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana a leading Republican said the soviet sponsored talks with Iraq Are a Undt in our Best interest at a we Are attempting i suppose to retain some Good humor with Mikhail Gorbachev. But the plans which have come Forward this week Are almost As difficult to fathom As the ones last Friday a Lugar said on no cd so a today show. A clearly we ought to continue to prosecute the War. We ought to continue to push Iraq out of Kuwait unconditional by a he said. The soviet iraqi peace plan followed Days of a diplomacy shuffle Between Moscow and Baghdad. Shortly after it was announced the White House expressed serious reservations and later said it posed unacceptable conditions. Gorbachev telephoned Bush to outline the proposal which a soviet official said had drawn a positive response from Iraq and the superpower leaders talked for 33 minutes. The plan appeared to be a major step from iraqis heavily conditioned peace offer of a week ago though notably the latest proposal omitted iraqis previous insistence that withdrawal be United to a settlement of palestinian issues a a linkage the United states has rejected repeatedly.b-52s from Page 1 though they would not say How Many of each Are involved or where they Are based. Without commenting specifically on the Basing agreement an air Force official said that having the Chance to refuel the massive b-52gs at some Point during Long operational flights is valuable because the lower fuel weight allows the bombers to carry More ordnance. The French embassy official said the . Military forces particularly the naw and air Force have made use of French military facilities As part of various nato training exercises Over the years. A but this is the first time since 1966 that i can recall the United states using any of our facilities outside the nato framework a the official said. France withdrew from Natow Sente graded military command Strutie and ordered the withdrawal of All . Forces in 1966. In 1986, the French government angered . Officials by refusing to allow air Force Falls from England to Fly Over French territory in route to bombing Libya. The refusal forced the aircraft to Fly a much longer and More hazardous route around the european land mass to their targets in that North african country. A French to dose 3 German bases Heidelberg Germany a France will close three of its military bases ii Germany this summer col. Ean Martinot the French Liaison to the . Army in Europe said Friday. A the bases at Karlsruhe mul Heim and Kehl probably will be vacated by july 1. The closures were first discussed last november a he said. The French plan to reduce their forces in Germany by 10,000 in 1991 and 1992, Martinot said. In line with these reductions the base at tub Ingen Germany will be partially closed and troop strength will be reduced at bases in the German cities of Freiburg Offenburg Reutlinger and Jastatt. Most of the units affected belong to the French 3rd army div with Headquarters in Freiburg Martinot a a a said. O
