European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes. Saturday March 2, 1991 at a glance israelis celebrate a War free purim. Sore Point for Moscow Iraq s defeat in the Gulf War is causing new concern among soviet generals about How to respond to the advanced weaponry used by the  military forces a a a page4 looking for a stalemate a battered and bloodied iraqi president Saddam Hussein Hopes to cling to Power by turning a Mill tary debacle into a political stalemate with the inadvertent help of president Bush and other foes. A a pages iraqis a fearsome army the iraqi army was the fourth largest in the world. Battle hardened from eight years of War ready to make Allied blood flow. So what happened a pages religion in the military the persian Gulf War has posed a great career Challenge for military chaplains while boosting interest in Jude Christian religion among service members. A pages 14-15 whereas the mail the military answers one of the hottest questions among military families right now. Why has mail to troops in the persian Gulf been delayed for weeks a a a a a a a a a Page 16 now the economic War with guns silent in the persian Gulf businesses and Consumers say they Are still facing several elusive economic  a Page 17in the Gulf Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line. 16 comics 19-21 commentary. 13 letters .12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 22 weather. 11 stranded go captures 7 iraqis after surviving a sandstorm by the stars and stripes Southern Iraq sgt. Gary Mills knew that unarmed iraqi soldiers were meekly surrendering across the battlefield., but a face to face encounter he had with the enemy was a bit More intriguing. A alone in a foxhole with Only his m-.16, Mills of North foie Alaska was startled tuesday by footsteps and the sound of arabic being spoken poking his head out he saw seven enemy soldiers carrying ak-47 rifles and other weapons. A i put my Back to the Wall and thought a if i keep real still they wont even know in a Here a a said Mills who is assigned to the 299th engr in. The ordeal started with a drive through the desert. Mills and two other soldiers were hauling a Bulldozer on a trailer Rig late monday when they were caught in a heavy rain and then a fierce sandstorm. The soldiers decided to pull Over to the Side of the Road and wait until visibility improved. However the dirt shoulder was Loo soft and the truck overturned tipping the Bulldozer on its Side. The other two engineers hitched a ride to get help while Mills stayed to guard the Rig. Mills stayed with the truck most of the night weathering another driving sandstorm concerned that the Bulldozer might be hit by passing traffic Mills wan dered off to a foxhole he had seen ear. Her. At Dawn tuesday Mills heard voices and spotted the. Iraqi soldiers. A i almost let them walk on by. But then i thought of their ak-47s,�?� said Mills 31. A i thought if someone gets Hurt a and its my fault i wont be Able to live. With  so jumping to. His feet in the foxhole Mills pointed his m-16 at the iraqis As they passed just 15 feet from him. He yelled the Only arabic word he knew a a Keef a or halt some threw themselves to the ground and froze others turned around and stared at Mills. There was a tense moment when one of the soldiers on the ground tried to get up using his Rifle As a prop. A Wyo Man understand what in a telling you a Mills recalled saying. A a done to touch that  a using hand signals he ordered the iraqi soldiers to empty their pockets and step away from their weapons. Mills said it was then that he realized what a pitiful lot they were. Their uniforms did no to match they carried Flimsy Gas masks and had no helmets. They were carrying res and water they had just pilfered from his truck. A they thought i was going to kill them for robbing my food a he said. Instead Mills took his prisoners Back to the overturned Bulldozer and gave them the rest of his res and water. A then they really cheered up a Mills said. A i thought ,.you Guys Are on vacation and in a still out Here. A. One iraqi approached Mills coming so close that his tally touched the end of mills�?Tm-16. A a j a get away a Mills ordered a it done to know  but the Soldier reached out took Mills face in both hands and kissed his Cheeks. 1a. A a a eventually a medical evacuation helicopter landed across the Road and Mills marched his prisoners to it. The helicopter Crew Wasny to quite sure what to do with the iraqis but Mills had rib doubts. A a in a dropping Mem off a Mills said. A one person can keep seven occupied Only so  As the iraqi soldiers waited to Board the helicopter for a prisoner of War Camp one of the iraqis turned to Mills clasped his hands together and slightly bowed his head. A thank you a he said in English. The others waved goodbye. Mills does no to believe he did anything a there was Only one of me but i had the upper hand because i was in a Hole and they were in the open a he said adding a they were Nice  com piled from Pentagon Media Pool report a witness aiding search for gunmen who shot army officer in Turkey by j. King Cruger _ Mediterranean Bureau a a a janitor was helping police Friday put together a composite driving of two suspects in the attempted slaying of a . Air Force officer in Izmir Turkey. Thursdays shooting of it. Col. Alvin Macke in the Fate was the second attack on an american in Turkey in a month Dev sol an underground leftist group opposed to the Gulf War has claimed responsibility for both shootings Macke 44, was evacuated to the land Stuhl army regional medical Center in Germany where he was reported in stable condition. Marie Shaw a spokeswoman for the facility said no medical details were available. A. Macke is chief of the accounting and finance division at natos Allied land forces Southeastern Europe in Izmir. Macke who arrived in Izmir in october 198#, is on an 18-month unaccompanied tour capt. Bryan Holt an air Force spokesman in Izmir said. His wife and four children live in Lebanon Conn. He was shot As he tried to enter his fourth floor apartment in Izmir Holt said. A one of the suspects was described As tall and the other As Short and Stocky Holt said. A building janitor who helped Macke after the shooting saw the assailants and is helping police with their com posits Holt said. Holt provided the following account of the shooting the attackers entered the elevator on the ground floor of the building at the same time As Mack. They got off at a lower floor and Mack who was in uniform continued onto his floor. As Macke tried to open the door to his apartment about 5 15 p.m., the two men confronted him. One of the men was armed with a handgun. A the gunman fired several shots but. Only one of them struck Macke a Holt said. A a a a a a a a a. A the colonel said that after he had been shot he somehow managed to throw a briefcase at the individuals. That v startled them and they ran Down a  a. Macke chased his assailants Down four flights of stairs but had to Stop and rest at the Bottom of the stairwell where the gives on Oberammergau. Germany a amps a Oberammergau a bavarian town with 5,000 residents will give rec vacations to 100 veterans of the Gulf War starting in april the towns mayor said Friday. The vacations Are for single or married veterans and include a 14-Day stay in a local hotel with three meals a Day guided Tours and entertainment mayor Klement fend said. A american soldiers will receive 85 of the vacation packages. Eleven of the passes will go to the. British troops and four to the French contingent. The recipients will be chosen by their commands fend said. A. A a the offer was made in reaction to the anti american overtones in Many peace demonstrations fend said. A. Janitor came to help him Holt said. The janitor took Holt to the american clinic in Izmir where he was initially treated be fore being transferred to a turkish Hospital for further treatment Holt said. After the attack a caller claiming to represent Dev sol contacted a newspaper office in Izmir and said the group had shot Macke according to a wire service. Report. A. A a we will continue our activities until imperialism gets its hands off the Middle East a the caller reportedly said. A we punish the imperialist Powers by shooting a top ranking american  the first shooting claimed by Dev sol or revolutionary left occurred on feb. 7. In that attack Bobbie Eugene Mozelle of Detroit was gunned Down in Adana Turkey As he was getting ready to go to work. Mozelle was a civilian employee at the .-turkish base at in Ciurlik in Southern Turkey. The group has also claimed responsibility for 15 bombings in recent weeks. It said it launched the attacks because of its opposition to the coalitions role in the War against Iraq. Contributing to this report Thalf writer Peggy David a on in Kaiserslautern Germany. Vacations Oberammergau the site of the world famous Oncc-every-10-years passion play  than 500,000 hotel bookings a year City manager Gerhard Ostler said. A number of other German towns and cities have expressed their support by offering the families of soldiers free use of Public transportation and use of municipal institutions such As zoos swimming pools and other sporting facilities