European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 24,1991 the stars and stripes b Page 3 _ key War in the Gulf As saturdays noon Deadlie passed live television reports from Baghdad showed explosions around the City and reporters said an air raid was under Way. Warplanes and missiles struck Baghdad three times Friday night and twice again saturday morning. Iraq fired Back with anti aircraft guns and what appeared to amp a soviet made surface to air missiles. Gulf War summary since Slart of War Allied sorties 91,000 missions flown reported by allies 43 killed in action including �4 americana and 19 saudis 37 americans listed As non combat deaths. An additional 105 americans listed As non combat deaths in operation desert shield before War. 51 missing in action including 30 americans 10 British one italian and 10 saudis. A 13 prisoners of War including nine americans two British one italian and one kuwaiti.41 Allied planes lost 32 in combat including 23 american six by fish one kuwaiti one Mian and one saudi Quot non combat losses nine planes including seven american one British and one saudi. Twelve american helicopters to non hostile causes More than 2,770 iraqis taken prisoner. 135 iraqi planes destroyed plus six helicopters. The saudi news Agency said Iraq fired a scud missile at the kingdoms Eastern province Early saturday but it exploded in the sky and its debris fell harmlessly onto the desert. Iraqi troops in Kuwait have reportedly stepped up Quot a systematic Campaign of executions a and property destruction the . Military command said  increase in Kuwait . Says by Ron Jensen and Joseph Owen Middle East Bureau Riyadh saudi Arabia a iraqi troops in Kuwait stepped up executions and property destruction in the face of the . Deadline to pull out of that beleaguered nation a senior . Military official said saturday. A it seems like a terror Campaign is going on in Kii wait a said Marine Brig. Gen. Richard Neal a spokesman for the . Central come. A we hear a lot about executions and other atrocities a he said attributing the information to kuwaiti resistance forces and unspecified intelligence sources. He said Many of those killed May have been tortured. The iraqis seem to be a destroying the evidence a Neal said during the daily military news briefing. Later saturday British. Group capt. Niall Irving said the British had received unconfirmed reports that the iraqis were rounding up All kuwaiti males Over the age of 13, with the exception of very old men. The increase in executions coincided with a jump in the number of Oil Well fires in Kuwait. There were at least 190 Oil Wells ablaze in Kuwait on saturday night and Irving said the smoke extended More than 100 Miles to the  said the smoke layer Rose to about 10,000 feet. It did not hamper pilots missions saturday although in some places it would have been thick enough to do so. A a military official speaking on condition of anonymity said the stepped up terror Campaign was a Factor in the determination of when or if to launch a full scale ground Campaign. _ a obviously it has to fit into the equation but in a not sure where a he said. The official also said he did not see the terror necessarily As a prelude to an iraqi pullout from Kuwait. There was no evidence saturday afternoon that Iraq was preparing to leave Kuwait. President Bush had set a deadline of noon est saturday for the withdrawal to begin. In the minutes before the deadline 8 . In the Middle East coalition forces were again bombing Baghdad and Iraq ired a scud missile at Israel. At the military briefing Neal also reported an in. Gag ement saturday morning Between marines and iraqis. The marines destroyed four tanks with Tow missiles while eight other tanks fled. They were attacked by . Air and artillery fire but Neal had no report of damage to the fleeing tanks. As the tanks fled unprotected iraqi infantry troops surrendered and marines took control of 143 prisoners. In other developments a an army patrol engaged an anti aircraft artillery site Early saturday destroying several pieces and two tanks. An army helicopter in a separate engagement saturday destroyed two tanks and a truck. A coalition spokesman col. Ahmed Al Zobayan confirmed that the iraqis had launched scud missiles from Baghdad a which indicates that the enemy is hiding or trying to hide some Mobile or transportable launchers within civilian  a the British reported that Jaguar jets attacked and damaged five More iraqi airfields saturday and had six direct hits on artillery Battery positions Friday. A Neal reported that during the 38 Days of operation desert storm the allies have destroyed 1,685 iraqi tanks 925 armoured personnel carriers and 1,485 artillery pieces. The losses represent about 40 percent of iraqis heavy ground we Pomy. But the numbers May be even higher. 1 a a i would like to know How much we Are damaging a Neal said. A this maintenance and repair capability is  a a two Navy helicopters crashed Friday after experiencing engine problems Neal said. At 4 30 . Friday a Navy sh-60 had engine failure on Takeoff from the guided missile frigate Halyburton. The helicopter landed in the water and All three crewmen were rescued. At 9 . Friday another Navy helicopter went Down in the red sea after having engine problems. Three crewmen were rescued and the search continued for another one