European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 athe  stripes Friday March 1, 1991war in the Gulf a w  peace terms called unique expert says allies refused to psf by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium it a the conclusion of the t if War May be unique in that an iraqi Promise to f Uit fighting was not enough for the  coalition to end hostilities historians and military analysts said that a probably because the War had separately defined political and military objectives and a simple cease fire fell far Short of those objectives the experts said. In the last week of the War the Irakis made at least four different proposals for a cease fire that were rejected by the  coalition As insufficient. The coalition even ignored iraqis Calls for a cease fire tuesday while the iraqi army tried to Retreat from Kuwait in one Day. A a it a hard to draw a parallel a said James Herzog professor of government history und politics at the University of Maryland s Belgium Branch. A but 1 a believe the coalition  letting him Saddam Hussein off the Hook As much for political reasons As for military reasons.�?�. The White House seemingly underscored that a Point tuesday when spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Saddam s pledge to withdraw a changes nothing. It does not annul the annexation of Kuwait or meet any of the coalitions other Jarms the War goes  according to the White House a simple absence of hostilities did not guarantee Long term peace and stability in the Region primary goal of the . Coalition. Instead Herzog said that accepting a cease fire on Saddam s initial terms would have left him with much of his forces intact and allowed him to achieve Quot a Nice propaganda ploy that would have Given him a political Victory that it was Only the come Ned military might Bluhe United states and 29 other countries that beat  a a a the modern age of instant communications also sets the ending of the Gulf War apart from previous conflicts several historians said. _ �?o1 think the difference in this  the instant communication and therefore the action of the. Soldiers on the Battlefield is sent up to the political level much faster than it Ever could have been in me past a said col. Andrew Duncan a spokesman for the International Institute for strategic studies in a London a Quot.  one Side is being told to carry on by the. Of political level a which is also telling the political eve of the other Side to take some particular action and they refused to do so and the forces had to continue the Battle. That s pretty unique."sevcra.1 historians and military analysts said there were no apparent parallels Between the Gulf War arid analysis world War ii in which the allies required the total and unconditional surrender of nazi Germany and Japan. A a a a they re not asking Iraq to surrender and allow victorious troops to drive peacefully to Baghdad and assume control of the country a Duncan said. Military historians said closer parallels could be found in the Arab israeli wars. In 1956, egyptian president Gama Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez canal. To response a British French and israeli coalition attacked egyptian forces. The War ended with a . Resolution sponsored by the United states and soviet Union. In the Gulf War the soviets tried to mediate an end to the hostilities Days before the ground Campaign. Began. And the War is ending on terms drawn up by  a ,.a. A both the 1967 and 1973 Arab israeli wars were Short conflicts that ended with . Resolutions. But . Security Council resolutions on the persian Gulf go much further than those dealing with the Arab israeli conflicts. They include economic sanctions a framework for ensuring regional stability and reparations for War damages. The reparations Resolution carries reminders of world War 1, when the British and French extracted heavy reparations from the germans. Some historians think the severity of the reparations caused the St sequent German government to fail and led the Wayto the Rise of a Soldier named Adolf hitter. A that s one of those things dial the West does t want to have happen again is Jome Little Corporal coming along who says he was Jouble crossed and feeding on that resentment a a said Herzog a retired a Navy officer t / try but. In Many ways the West has sought to drive Home the same message in the end of the War that it has expressed since the beginning of the crisis that peace has More to do with the Long term Security of the Region than it does with the simple absence of hostilities. \ a the Way we re winding this thing Down is to Send a political message to the world that the United Stales is going to Hack up its principles Quot Herzog said. Allied forces watching for atrocities suspects by Ron Jensen Middle East Bureau a Riyadh saudi Arabia a from their defensive positions american and Coli lion forces Are on the watch for iraqi sol _ Diers suspected of committing atrocities in Kuwait the . Command said thursday. It /. To a without getting into specifics there Are lists that have been generated by the kuwaiti resistance and other sources a said Marine Brig. Gen. Richard Neal Deputy director of operations for Central. Come. A. A a. A during the seven months that iraqi troops occupied Kuwait there were constant reports of tortures and executions. Those reports increased in the Days before the ground Campaign. Neal said the coalition has a a pretty Good feel Quot for those who Are responsible. Quot we know certain organizations that were probably tasked with carrying out some of the things we be been talking about a he said any iraqi Soldier who approaches Allied roadblocks and shows no hostile intent and is not a suspect in the atrocities will be allowed to pass. A a a the cease fire ordered by president Bush began at 8 . Local time 6 . Central european time thursday on the Battlefield. Coalition troops were or dared into defensive positions Neal said but Are allowed to defend themselves if fired upon. In the first 10 hours there were two violations of the cease fire. A we expect cd that there would be a he said. A there Are some Fellows out there who Are hard Core and will fight until they can to fight any longer.�?�. But Neal said most iraqis want to go Home. The allies arc using loudspeakers to announce the cease fire to iraqi troops and invite them to throw away their weapons and approach the coalition positions. A your intent is no longer to fight Quot he said. A we Are trying to avoid any More casualties on both  incident occurred at 12 30 . Thursday when members of the xviii airborne corps were fired upon by tanks and rockets while trying to remove bodies from a crashed uh-60 helicopter. Another incident involved Brief artillery fire. Neal gave no. Reports of casualties from these incidents. During the War Allied forces knocked out 40vi of iraqis 42 divisions each averaging 12,000 troops . Military officials said. The allies also destroyed or captured More than 3,000 of the 5,000 tanks Iraq had in the War theater 1,857 of its 5.000 armoured vehicles and 2,140 of it 3,500 artillery pieces. A there were very very Large numbers of dead a said Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf who Heads the . Central come. But he declined to give an estimate. The saudi ambassador to Washington Prince Bandar bin Sultan quoted saudi military sources As estimating that 85,000 to 100,000 iraqi soldiers were killed the Washington Post reported Schwarzkopf said desertions were High among the iraqis a As much As 30 percent of the troops in some units. At least 80.000 iraqi troops were taken prisoner Many of them relieved or even of lighted to be captured. . Losses were put at 79 killed a 28 of them in the ground Campaign a and 213 wounded. Contributing to this report the associated press in Dhahran saudi arable a kuwaiti soldiers wave their soviet made re. 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