European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 6,1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3 in the Gulf \ n a \ a s kuwaiti claims ruling family has hit squads new York apr a prominent kuwaiti banker on monday accused the ruling Al Sabah family of hiring hit squads to kill leaders of Kuwait a pro democracy 1 movement. Kuwait a ambassador a family member denied the allegation. \ Abdul Aziz Sultan chairman of the Gulf Bank of Kuwait said in an interview on Abc tvs a night line that he has a Strong reason to believe that some members of the Al Sabah family Are setting up some assassination task Here in  Sultan said the squads consist of former members of the kuwaiti secret police. He said the goal is 1o enforce the Rule of the Al Sabah family in the newly liberated emirate. A a we do have some hard evidence a Sultan said. A but in a really not at Liberty to divulge  he said he was airing the allegations to help Avert further violence. The program also included an interview with a hospitalized pro democracy opposition Leader Hammad Al Johan who was wounded a few Days ago by a Man he identified As a kuwaiti who entered his Home and shot him Point Blank. Al Johan said a no comments when asked who was behind the shooting. But he said it was done deliberately by a Man who tried to give the impression that he knew him. Kuwait a ambassador to the United states sheikh Saud Nasir Al Sabah said his government strongly condemns the shooting of Al Johan. He denied that the ruling family had anything to do with the shooting or any assassination plot targeting other pro democracy leaders. A a a. A a a a a a Al Sabah also appearing on a a nightlife a said he was a extremely disappointed with sultans allegations referring to the banker As a Good Friend and a a very responsible  also reported that London a Scotland Yard had passed on word to a pro democracy Leader in Brit ail Nat there was a plot against him by an Irish Republican army hit Man linked to the Al Sabah family. A i could very clearly deny All these facts. Its not in our habits. Its not in our customs a Al Sabah said. The ambassador said kuwaitis have Freedom of speech. He said the government has not said a a not to the pro democracy movement but Only needs time to restore order to the emirate following the ouster of the Iraq invaders. Fleeing violence in Iraq an iraqi refugee holds her child and a package of american military rations a meals ready to eat a at a . Army checkpoint near Safwan Iraq on monday thousands of iraqis Are streaming South to escape unrest in parts of their country. Witnesses say iraqis re army publican guard has launched a crackdown against demonstrators demanding the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. The . Checkpoint just North of Kuwait is among those run by the military to control smuggling Check papers and assist people in need. Snared by death s grip in Southern Iraq a he was the Best runner in the battalion the sharpest shooter in the company a big kid with Quick reflexes and a Good Eye. When he heard the blast he ran for cover everyone thought it was iraqi mortar fire. Daye Wieczorek bolted toward his Bradley fighting vehicle. His boots pounded the Sand. One came Down on a Small Metal Cylinder. It blew up. It was Wieczorek a last sprint. In just a few seconds he was among three soldiers from the1 same company felled not by iraqi fire but dormant Allied Cluster bombs. A the flew up in the air a said pvt. Mike Jones 20, of Dallas. A when i got to him he was real Glassy eyed. I kept talking to him. His hands wanted to grip something. �?o1 put my hand Down and told him to grip it. I knew he was in pain because he put me in  the explosion Quot blew Wieczorek a legs off. During the night after a helicopter plucked him from the Sand and tool him to a medical base he died. Pvt David Wieczorek 20, of Gentry ark., was a member of the 1st Cav div the division nicknamed the Wolf pack is dug into a bombed out iraqi Republican guard outpost it was meant to pass through. But thursdays cease fire froze positions in place. The Wolf pack now Waits in an enemy Field littered with unexploded bomb lets dropped from Allied warplanes. In a legacy Likely to last years the battlefields of Iraq and Kuwait also Are covered with an array of iraqi mines. On feb 26, seven american soldiers were Killeck while trying to Clear a Landing strip in Southern Iraq of Allied Cluster bombs. It a a a lot of these air munitions have a High Dud rate a explained maj. Bob Bynum 40, of South Fulton Tenn. A these things become like Little mines when they just Lay there Only much More unpredictable. A vibration can set them off. A doctrine states you done to use these munitions in places where you re going to put your  battalion commander it. Gol. Michael Parker 42, of Dallas said it probably Wasny to a Good idea to stay on the Republican guard outpost just West of the Northern kuwaiti Border. But be said any area in the Region May be As bad. The Wolf pack and the rest of the 1st Cav rolled onto the Republican guard emplacements a week ago after a 200-mile trek through Iraq. There were no deaths from iraqi fire. On thursday morning the soldiers woke up to word of a cease fire. They peeled off their chemical warfare gear and raised state National and battalion flags Over their armoured vehicles. They scampered through iraqi bunkers and Battle positions scavenging vehicles for souvenirs. Green fatigues with the Republican guards inverted red Triangle were highly coveted. _ few paid attention to the tiny cylinders scattered throughout the Encampment. Officers said one private picked up a bomb let and put it in his pocket. It took off his hand and a leg at the thigh but he survived. On Friday word spread that Wieczo Rek had died. Wieczorek manned on of the m60 machine guns that protect  a 14 Bradley when they re not moving. He joined the army under a College funding program and planned to go to school when he got out. He had a Girlfriend at Home and bought a car before heading to saudi Arabia in september. He was by All accounts an exceptional athlete and such a Good shot that the army wanted to Send him to sniper school. It after the 1st Cav was sent to the desert Wieczorek won a soldiers medal for finishing first in a 12-mile battalion March with full gear. A the was outgoing Gung to really great physically a a said Rickey weeks 31, of Tupelo miss., who bunked with Wieczorek in Basic training. A the was a funny Guy real smart always making jokes. And he was a great runner. He could really  on saturday the Wolf pack gathered in a Dusty Circle for a memorial service. Wieczorek a machine gun was stuck muzzle Down in the Sand his helmet placed atop the weapon and his boots in front of it. A platoon sergeant read a Roll Call of soldiers standing at attention. One name got no answer a Wieczorek a he called plaintively. A Wieczorek a a Brief pause then a bugler played blast s echoed and smoke curled from several Points on the horizon As combat engineers detonated ton after ton of captured iraqi munitions. The soldiers drifted away