European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Germany edition vol 49, no. 322 monday March 4, 1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 350 d 8693 a Iraq to Way to Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf and saudi it. Gen. Khalid bin Sultan sit across the table from fire talks open in a tent at a captured air base at Safwan Iraq on sunday. Media Pool iraqi military commanders As cease terms peace from stuff and wire reports iraqi military commanders on sunday approved strict terms for permanently ending the persian Gulf War said Gen i i. Norman Schwarzkopf. With continued iraqi cooperation the . Commander said a a we Are Well on our Way to a lasting acceptance of the terms followed a 3-Day-old temporary cease fire that failed to end All fighting or War linked dangers in Iraq and Kuwait military victors and losers met in a tent at an Allied occupied iraqi air base in Southern Iraq for truce talks hours after the United nations Security Council passed a Tough new Resolution demanding wide ranging concessions by Iraq. Also on sunday Tehran radio reported violence inside Iraq Between the peo pie and government forces during demonstrations against iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Baghdad residents reported a Large explosion in the iraqi capital on sunday. There Frere no reports of casualties and it May have been an accidental explosion of an iraqi warhead. Desert storm commanders led by Schwarzkopf and saudi it. Gen. Khalid bin Sultan pressed Defeated iraqi military leaders to release War prisoners and provide information for the Sale Clearing of land mines from Kuwait. After the two hour meeting at Safwan. See Iraq on Page 10 Fate drives Bradley go s plans off track re Dave. Stan re in a . A. By Dave Schiad. Middle East Bureau Central Iraq a staff sgt. Mike Orr who fought a Battle of his. Own to command a Bradley fighting vehicle saw his dreams break Down just As the real War heated do feb. 24. A a less than 40 Miles inside of Iraq Orris Bradley blew its vehicle distribution Box a the Gizmo that controls the flow of electricity to its weapons. And Orr spent the rest of the War commanding a a a Bradley towing it was a disappointing end to Orris quest to earn a combat infantryman a badge. The breakdown on the Battlefield ended a Long frustrating haul for the sergeant from Colville Wash. Orr 30, reported to fort Benning ga., last August after spending five years in Germany with a mechanized infantry division. During that tour he came to know the Bradley inside and out. He had worked All its fighting positions and attended fort Bennings master gunner course a 12-week school that teaches soldiers about All aspects of the Bradley. At fort Benning he was looking Forward to teaching others about the Bradley As a master gunner course instructor. But the forts bureaucracy had Olfier plans for Orr. A a �.�?������. A a a a a. A. A a was soon As i got there i was told 1 was going to the 197th infantry brigade because of the situation Here a said Orr sitting on top of his Bradley while a nearby Battle lit up the night sky. A i was assigned to their Cavalty Init and then i found out they did no to even have Bradley. They had m l 13 armoured personnel _ _ from there his plans got further off track. Instead of going to work As a cavalry scout on an my 13, he found himself pushing paper and posting maps in the. Battalions operations Section. Once in saudi Arabia he worked in operations sections and was eventually assigned to drive a hum Vee. Lie tried to talk himself into Job with a Bradley unit but did no to have much Success. �?o1 basically Felt like i Wasny to doing my Job a Orr _ see Bradley on Page 10 t Mission Washington a the air forces by bomber is incapable of flying As either a nuclear or conventional weapon because it. Lacks a system to Jam enemy radar according to House government operations committee documents released sunday. The panels material also found that the by cannot Fly Over Snow or slush when the temperature is Between 20 degrees and 47_degrees fahrenheit because the aircraft has no de icing system. The findings come on the heels of a re cent two month grounding of the 97-plane Fleet. The action was prompted by two incidents of engines falling out of the supersonic aircraft after the fan Blades broke. The a is which Cost $280 trillion each have been plagued with problems since it came into service in 1986. The difficulties Range from fuel tank leaks to the engine problems. Three of the planes have crashed in gliding one that went Down when a Bird flew into an engine. The aircraft had been conspicuous by its absence in the Allied air attack against Iraq in the persian Gulf War. The Pentagon maintains the bomber can carry both conventional and nuclear weapons and would Only be used amp a the event of a soviet nuclear attack. It also said the Crews of the aging b-52 bombers which the a is Are supposed to replace Are better Able to handle conventional bombing a but critics arid even some proponents said the aircraft a extensive problems have prevented the air Force from using the plane _ _ _ _ a the by was to fill the void Between our aging b-52s and the unneeded next generation stealth bomber but appears to be a $30 billion missing link a said rep. John Conyers d-mich., chairman of the House government operations committee. The panel plans to hold a hearing on the aircraft later this week. Apprised of the committees findings and Conyers complaints an air Force spokesman said the allegations regarding see b-1 on Page 10
