European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany vol. 49, no. 323 tuesday March 5, 1991 authorized unofficial publication for the  armed forces 35c d 8693 agrees 10 pos 6 americans include the Only female prisoner army spec. Melissa Rathbun scaly right and an unidentified Man Are released to the red Cross in Baghdad along with eight other Allied military prisoners. Ruwe shed Jordan apr the first to Allied prisoners of War released by Iraq including an american woman arrived at this jordanian Border Post monday on the first leg of their trip Home a the 10 pos wearing Cyl of jumpsuits arrived at a jordanian air Force base in this Remote desert Border Post at 9 p.m., where they were whisked aboard helicopters without speaking to reporters. A i a the helicopters were to transport them to a military Airport near Amman where a . Air Force plane was to Fly them to the . Medical ship mercy off Bahrain it. Gen. Thomas Kelly said at the Pentagon. Among the prisoners released was army spec. Melissa Rathbun scaly 20, of grand rapids mich., the Only female Allied Soldier listed As missing in action. The red Cross in Geneva said the other americans released were Rathbun Nealye a companion at the time of her disappearance army pc David Lockett 23, of fort Bliss Texas Navy navigator Bombardier it. Jeffrey Norton Zaun 28, of Cherry Hill . Navy it. Robert Wetzel 30, of Virginia Beach a. Air Force maj. Thomas e. Griffith 34, of Goldsboro , and Navy it. Lawrence Randolph Slade 26, of Virginia Beacha. 7 Quot a a a 77. 7. Rathbun scaly Lockett and Wetzel had been listed As missing. The other prisoners released included three British soldiers and one italian capt. Maurizio Cocciolone a Pilot. The release came less than 24 hours after Allied and iraqi military conders met in Allied occupied Iraq. Both sides agreed to free All prisoners and Baghdad promised an initial a symbolic  Quot we understand this will be the beginning of a Long process to liberate All of the pos the iraqis and the allies a said i Andreas Wigger the chief red Cross Delegate in Baghdad. A the first Batch of Allied prisoners of War was Only made As a Goodwill gesture by the iraqis and they have to work out plans for repatriation of the rest.�?�. Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said the next prisoner release will be made by the allies. Me said plans were for 300 iraqis to be freed on tuesday but a a technical delay with the saudis May postpone the release said Williams who did not elaborate. In Baghdad the 10 pos were Given Swiss chocolates soda and cheeseburgers before leaving in three cars requested by the International committee of the red Cross escorted by three iraqi army cars. Cocciolone and Zaun whose a-6 Iri Trudor Jet was shot Down on the first Day of the air War were among the Allied pos shown on iraqi television in the Early Days of the War. Zaun a navigator Bombardier had a neared badly battered and with others had woo Denly recited statements critical of the Allied War Effort. Quot red Cross doctors in Baghdad found that All 10 were in Good health according to Angelo Gnaediner red Cross Del it see pos on Page 10 in he Gulf see pages 2 through 5rebels Safwan Iraq apr iraqis Republican guard launched a fierce crackdown on protesters demanding the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and the establishment of an islamic Republic in Iraq witnesses said monday. The guard which was routed by Allied troops last week was reported to be turn ing some of its remaining tanks and guns on the demonstrators who Are apparently disgusted with Saddam a handling of the persian Gulf War and sense that he May be  were reports of protesters killing government officials including the mayor of Basra a governor and a son of Saddam. Witnesses said demonstrations had erupted in at least eight iraqi cities stretching from iraqis second largest City Basra to the holy City of Karbala in Central Iraq. They said that in sortie places the iraqi troops were shooting women and children. A the special forces Are destroying everything in  of them. If anybody shouts from a building they Knock it Down a said Mahar Haka Wati 24, a jordanian photographer who came to Kuwait from Basra. Haka Wati said he saw Republican guard tanks moving through the streets see troops on Page 10 by Joseph Owen Middle East Bureau Kuwait City Kuwait a it was not a dignified burial. For three Days the iraqis charred body Lay beside a Large pile of burned garbage and blackened refuse in a vacant lot in Kuwait City a Ruma Thya District. Some kuwaitis covered the Corpse with a Small carpet and a layer of fresh dirt Friday morning. Thousands of Hies still danced across the burial Mound that of worst of iraqi occupiers kuwaitis say Lufti a. A. A a a a a. Ter noon trying to find a Way in. Many gave up and settled instead for nearby boxes of rotting fruit. The dead Man was an iraqi intelligence officer who had terrorized the neighbourhood Ruma Thya Block 3, residents said. As other iraqis fled the City feb. 26, relatives of a slain kuwaiti Man found the officer and killed him in the vacant lot which sits behind a mosque. They burned the body and left it lying near the trash Heap. On Friday afternoon Salem Al Shawaf 28, a kuwaiti Mechanic offered to lift the carpet to reveal what was left of the iraqi. Nadia camber a Junior High school teacher stood nearby with her three Young children. When she was asked if it would be unsettling for the children to watch she replied a they have seen much worse a a. So have other kuwaitis apparently. Many Kuwait see officers on Page 10