European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany edition vol. 49, no. 325 thursday March 7, 1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 350 d 8693 a35 Allied pos released 15 americans in group arriving in saudi Arabia in the Sii see pages 2 through 5 by Laura King the associated press thirty five Allied prisoners of War including 15 americans arrived wednesday in saudi Arabia from Iraq. The allies also freed the first iraqi pos wednesday about 300 out of More than 63,000 held by coalition forces. They left Northern saudi Arabia for Baghdad Iraq aboard two planes the . Military said. The Allied pos arrived at an air base in the saudi capital of Riyadh aboard a chartered red Cross plane and were greeted by Allied commander Gen 11. Norman Schwarzkopf and other officials. A everyone of them s a hero a Schwarzkopf said after greeting a the treed pos. A it s almost  a. A a a a a a. A a several of the former pos were bandaged and one had a cast on his Teg. Another idea Fri tied As an american f-16 Pilot was carried from the plane on a Stretcher. The Only woman . Army maj. Rhonda l. Cornum had both arms bandaged and in slings. She smiled As she left the plane. Cornum a arms were believed to be broken when her helicopter crashed military spokesman Brig. Gen. Richard i. Neal said. He said one pow suffered a broken leg and two had Back injuries. Cornum 36, of East Aurora n.y., had been reported missing Over the weekend while on a search and res Cue Mission in a Chinook helicopter. One other female pow army spec. Melissa Rathbun Nealy of Newaygo mich., was released monday by Iraq the freed americans were flown to Bahrain later wednesday and were to be taken to the Navy Hospital ship mercy Neal said. The pos were turned Over to the red Cross in Baghdad on tuesday but High winds and poor visibility delayed their departure from Iraq. On wednesday under the supervision of red Cross representatives they left their Baghdad hotel and boarded a bus for the Airport. All wore yellow jumpsuits emblazoned with the letters pm and All appeared in generally Good condition. In addition to the 15 americans the freed captives included nine britons nine saudis an italian and a kuwaiti. The release of the prisoners was among peace army maj. Rhonda Cornum who has two broken arms is greeted by Gen. Ii. Norman Schwarzkopf wearing camouflage hat in Riyadh saudi Arabia As she Steps off a plane that carried 35 Allied pos from Iraq. Terms Laid Down by the victorious allies. Iraq which released 10 other Allied pos on monday said the 35 released wednesday were the last prisoners it held. If True that would leave 28 americans unaccounted for in the fighting. The Pentagon now puts the . Casualty toll in the 42-Day War at 115 dead and 330  of the americans listed As missing were aboard an air i orce gunship that disappeared Jan. 31 after Radi oing a terse mayday. Wreckage of the plane has been discovered in the persian Gull a spokesman at Hurlburt Field in Florida said wednesday no official casualty figures were released by the iraqi see pos on Page 10rebellion in Basra apparently crushed from staff and wire reports Nicosia Cyprus a iraqi troops appear to have crushed a rebellion in Basra and were reported moving wednesday on other Southern cities in revolt but kurdish guerrillas said they had taken control of five cities in the North. Baghdad radio reported meanwhile that Saddam Hussein has sacked his Interior minister a the Man responsible for iraqis internal Security a and appointed a Cousin to the Post. The _ radio said Samir Mohammed Abdul Wahhab was a relieved of his government. Post by a presidential decree Saddam signed tuesday. It said Ali Hassan Al Majid the governor of Kuwait during the iraqi occupation was appointed As Abdul Wahhabi a successor. Aai the most serious anti government protests and riots of Saddam a 12-year Rule have spread across Iraq since the country a disastrous defeat in the persian Gulf War. The Bush administration tuesday said the allies would not inter Erfe in iraqis troubles and it told Iran and other outsiders to stay out of the unrest. Iran pro see Basra on Page 10 he most be there pow s wife insisted by the los Angeles times Camp Pendleton Calif. For three painful hours on tuesday Mary Hunter thought her Marine husband was dead. When military officials released an Early list of american pos turned Over by the iraqis on tuesday the name of chief warrant officer Guy Hunter was not on it. A i just lost it. I thought the worst a said Mary Hunter whose husband was among the first pos captured when his military reconnaissance plane was downed in the. Southeastern kuwaiti desert bracing herself against grief she turned determinedly to the military officials a you Tel them to get in there and count again. Guy must be. There a she told them a indeed when the marines contacted Hunter at her Camp Pendleton Home shortly after noon they had Good news the initial list had been see wife on Page 10. Classified ads Magazine \