European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 7, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 3in the Gulf offers abound for Gulf War s 1st female pow Newaygo Mich. Up a army spec. Melissa Rathbun scaly a the first american woman taken prisoner in the persian Gulf War a is being flooded with offers for the film Book and television rights to her Story. Among the offers is $100,000 for an exclusive interview with the Globe a weekly supermarket tabloid her father Leo Rathbun said tuesday. But Rathbun Nealy a grand rapids native who will turn 21 on saturday docs not consider herself a hero her father said. A a in a no hero. I just got stuck in the Sand a she told her parents when she called monday night from the Hospital ship mercy following her release with five other american pos. She will spend up to four Days on the mercy followed by at least two Days of rest before returning Home. Rathbun Nealy told her parents she spent much of her Captivity in Baghdad Iraq alone in a room with a window through which she could see Allied bombs dropping on the City. She said she was treated Well and even managed to gain weight. The Bullet and shrapnel wounds she sustained when she was captured Jan. 30 Are mostly healed. Plans for return of forces under review in Pentagon by Ron Jensen. Middle East Bureau Riyadh saudi Arabia a plans for redeployment of troops in the Middle East have already been forwarded to Washington an official with . Central come said wednesday. A it is under review. And i think there will be some announcements forthcoming in the very near future that will talk about those forces that will be returning Home a said Marine Brig Gen. Richard i. Neal. That information however will be limited to the in Titial deployment of troops to Home bases he said. A obviously we can to ship 540,000 people Home All at  a a a a a a a a a a a a. There is a great Deal of equipment that must be cleaned before it can be loaded he said. A a it a a pretty Mammoth undertaking. So there a going to be folks Here for some time a he explained. Neal would not comment on whether that maintenance and cleanup work will be done by people already in the Gulf or by replacements. Neal also said the line of demarcation that separates coalition forces from the enemy forces in Iraq is holding. A was of today there have been no further incidents involving iraqi and . Or coalition forces a he said. Troops from the opposing armies Are to remain 1,000 meters from the line. The iraqis Are North of the line and the allies Are South of it. A if there is a reason that iraqi forces have to Cross that line the coordinating mechanisms Are. In effect that would allow that to happen a Neal said. Also the location of sea mines Given by iraqi officials during talks Between military leaders sunday have been corroborated by the discovery of documents at the port in Kuwait  said information about the sea mines also has come from prisoners taken from islands in the Gulf and the coalitions own mine sweeps. This he said makes the coalition confident that it knows where those mines Are. Nevertheless it will take time to Clear the Gulf Neal said. A it will require a pretty significant Effort by the Allied and coalition forces to Complete the sweep a he added. Lie also estimated that it will take at least six months to remove most of the mines from the desert areas. A there is an extensive amount of unexploded Ord Nance and an extensive amount of unexploded minefields in Kuwait a he said. A a it a going to take awhile. Six months May be optimistic a he added �?o1 think that for years to come there will be instances where unexploded mines Are located and where unexploded ordnance is located a although mans and information from iraqi officials have provided the allies with the location of Many minefields there probably Are some not documented Neah said. A your real concern is that a retreating army would have Laid mines to protect itself As any retreating army would Quot he said. Iraqi pos freed from British Camp by Amy Geiszler Jones . Bureau thirty two iraqi prisoners of War held in a British military Camp since the outbreak of operation desert storm on Jan. 17 were released wednesday. A we Are Happy now that they done to pose a risk to National Security a said a spokeswoman with the Home office the British office in charge of Domestic affairs. A a a Quot. A a a a the 32 were among 176 iraqi and other arabs who have received deportation orders from the Home office since september. The office deemed the 176 to be threats to National Security. The deportation orders for the 32 were rescinded when the British ministry of defense categorized them As pos because of their ties to the iraqi military. They were then treated in accordance with rules of the Geneva conventions that govern treatment of pos rather than guidelines under the 1971 immigration act. A ministry of  said the 32 pos a fall want to stay in the .,�?� at least for a Short time although the Geneva conventions dictate they should be repatriated to Iraq. The Home office will review All the pow cases and determine whether to giant the iraqis requests to stay in the United kingdom. Originally 35 pos jihad been held at the ministry of defense prison Camp a few Miles from stonehenge on the Salisbury Plain. Three pos were granted an Appeal from the British government and were released in the past few weeks the defense spokesman said. At least two of those granted appeals Are considering suing the Home office and the ministry of defense for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment said London lawyer Larry Grant. The two were on a list of names of iraqis studying in England. The iraqi military attache provided the list to the Bank of England when iraqi assets were Frozen. Not All the students listed had ties to the military Grant said. Some were civil Ian but the British government never checked whether they were rounding up the right students Grant said. One of his two clients had been a civilian student. The other Wasny to actually included on the list. He just happened to have the same last name As another iraqi on the list. A anybody who spent 10 minutes looking at their files would have spotted the mistakes in both cases a Grant said. The Home office was still working on the other deportation cases  and peace four year old Ahmad Ali flashes a peace sign while gripping a live anti aircraft round he found along the Beach in Kuwait City. Thousands of rounds of live ammunition and other unexploded ordnance were abandoned by retreating iraqi forces. 1st in Wurzburg Germany a amps a a Muslim 1st army div Soldier who failed to report to his unit shortly before it deployed to the persian Gulf has been charged with desertion. Pfc. William h. Allen of c Btry 6th in 1st Field arty was charged monday with desertion with intent to avoid hazardous duty. He was also charged with missing movement said maj. Steven Shively a spokesman for 3rd inf div. The division headquartered in Wurzburg has jurisdiction in the Case. Allen could however be tried for lesser charges or not tried at All based on the outcome of his pretrial article 32 hearing Shively said. Capt. John Clifton chief of the 3rd inf div criminal Law Section said the maximum penalty for Allen Quot could be up to five years in prison and a dishonourable discharge on the first charge and an additional two years imprisonment for the  f a Allens platoon Learned of if it would deploy to the persian Gulf on Jan. Is one Day after coalition forces opened their air War against Iraq. He was reported Ahr sent without leave on Jan. 24, four Days before his unit shipped out. German police subsequently arrested the 25-Yea a old Soldier feb. 15 at a friends House in Passau. Allen whose islamic name is Abdul Malik said in a feb. 9 statement that his Muslim Faith prevented him from taking part in the War. The statement was released by a Church group in Zirn Durf Germany that has demonstrated on his behalf. A