European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes Friday March 8,1991homefrom Page 1 months in the desert where they first endured suffocating summer heat then chill and grit from Winter  a a a a h a a the . Central come said about 7,000 of the desert storm troops would arrive at their Home bases this weekend and the other half in less than a week. They include warriors from the 1st Cav div at fort Hood Texas the 82nd airborne div of fort Bragg n.c., and the-101st, airborne div of fort Campbell by. Those divisions form the elite xviii airborne corps whose Headquarters is at fort Bragg. A v v a among the first to leave the Gulf were 120 Crew members of three Azacs jets who arrived thursday at Raf Mildenhall Northeast of London on their Way Home to Oklahoma. A mostly they told us what they want is to head Over to the gym and get a hot Shower. The boilers Are work ing overtime a said base spokesman Frank Randall. The troops were to leave Friday for tinker fab okla. A a we be done what the world wanted us to do a said 2nd it. Alfred Sullivan 25, of Montgomery Ala. A now its time to go  in the saudi capital of Riyadh Allied arid iraqi com Manders were meeting again to discuss some of the wars unfinished business repatriation of Terri arts return of captured iraqis and missing persons. The missing include about three dozen foreign journalists who vanished while trying to cover the anti government rebellion that flared in Southern Iraq after the ashes routed Saddam a troops. A red Cross official in Kuwait City Kuwait Gian Battista Bench cat said that iraqi officials told the red Cross that 29 of the journalists would be turned Ovca to the humanitarian organization Friday. He also said the iraqis would be releasing about 2,000 kuwaitis who had been held hostage. The allies still hold about 63,000 iraqi soldiers. The iraqis say they have freed All their captives. The 15 american pos freed on tuesday were recuperating aboard the Hospital ship mercy in the Gulf. That left 24 americans still unaccounted for. Refugees fleeing Southern Iraq said the Republican guard used tanks and artillery to overpower insurgents in Basra iraqis second largest City v they said that government troops As they regained control executed some backers of the uprising displaying their bodies around the City to discourage further unrest. The revolt in the South coincided with an uprising by kurdish guerrillas. Iraqi army units stationed near the turkish bolder have pulled Back toward Baghdad Iraq possibly to buttress Saddam s Power. There were reports that the unrest had spread to the capital. From his exile in Damascus a syrian iraqi shiite. Leader Ayatollah Mohammed Taqi Modaressi said that rioting had spread to Baghdad Sal thaw a and Al shut Lla districts. Modaressi Ibars the islamic labor party one of seven shiite groups in an anti Saddam coalition. Saddam arid his aides Are sunni muslims. The a shiites make up 55 percent of iraqis 17 million  Page 1 said that while . Ground forces would not be part of the equation there would be an enhanced american military presence there. It would include a a capable naval presence a in the persian Gulf and regular exercises by . Air and ground forces he said. Quot let it be Clear a he said. A your vital National interests depend on a stable and secure  president also pledged to put America s newfound credibility in the Region to work in behalf of a lasting peace there. Peace making in the Middle East a requires compromised among the feuding parties Bush said. A we must do All that we can to close the Gap Between Israel arid the Arab states and Between israelis and palestinians a he said. / said there can be a no solely american answer to the problems of the Region but said no nation a a will work harder for a stable peace in the Region than we  he pledged that the United states would be a a catalyst for positive change.�?�. V a Bush restated . Policy calling for a comprehensive peace in the Middle East built around . Security Council resolutions 242 and 338 a and the principle of territory for  he said any solution must provide for israelis a Security and recognition while giving the palestinians legitimate political rights a in the past Israel has rejected this formulation. A while the policy appeared unchanged the president made Clear that he believes there is a new Opportunity for negotiations As a result of the War against Iraq. A mail of us know the depth and bitterness that has made the dispute Between Israel and its neighbors so painful and intractable a he said. A yet in the conflict just con eluded Israel and Many of the Arab states have for the first time found themselves confronting the same  army names More units withdrawing from Germany Heidelberg Germany a . Army officials on thursday announced additional units that will be with drawn from Germany As part of . Troop reductions in Europe. \ ,. \ the units which Are scheduled to depart by aug. 1, include the Forward deployed 1st inf dives he co and 299th combat support in in go Pingen and the 59th Ord brigade s 2nd Field arty det in a Ullendorf. About 1,100 soldiers will be affected by the deactivation of the 1st inf div units. Usa eur previously announced that the remainder of the brigade size Infarct by unit would depart from Germany by july 1. About 40 troops Are assigned to the artillery de pachment. Dodds assistant principal Dies at Naples Hospital Naples Italy a amps a Carol e. Mills an assistant principal at the Naples elementary school died wednesday in  a a Mentor jul service for Mills an educator in the department of defense dependents schools since .197 ,. Was scheduled for 3 30 . Today at the Naples naval support activity  03, died at the Naples Navy Hospital emergency room. Hospital officials would say Only that Mills died of natural causes. A before joining Dodds Mills a native of Bayonne n.j., was a teacher in Public school systems in new Jersey. New York an knew Mexico. She taught at elementary schools in Idar Oberstein. Germany and in Avellino Italy. She became principal at Avellino in 1978. Mills transferred in 1990 to Naples elementary school. She is survived by a sister in new Jersey. Services held in Augsburg for 11 month old girl Augsburg Germany a amps a memorial services were held thursday at the Sheridan Cavern Chapel for an 11-month-old Augsburg girl whet died sunday a military Community spokesman said. Eboni Davis died about 11 30 p a. At a German Pedi atries clinic after a Short illness Fred Milton said. She is survived by her Mother Dannelet Davis and her grandparents master sgt. And mrs. James Davis. No other details were immediately available. From Page 1a Quot. A a a a. V. The anti Iraq coalition and play into the hands of president Saddam Hussein by bringing Israel into the War. The ambitious israeli plan for a air ground operation was favored by israeli military officials who argued that the United states could not guarantee the destruction of All Mobile and fixed scud missile Sites in Iraq without inserting ground forces to search for and help destroy the  the . Officials described the incursion plan As a bold and dramatic operation that would have been possible with Allied air superiority. The plan also explains the great importance Israel attached to obtaining the . Aircraft identification codes that would have Al in eyed the israeli air Force to recognize As Friend or foe any Allied and iraqi warplanes Over Iraq. Administration officials said that in order to head off the retaliation they sent . Special operations forces into Western Iraq to help locate the Mobile launchers. . Officials believed they had Israel s tacit agreement not to retaliate for scud attacks after Bush discussed the scud threat on dec 11 with prime minister Yitzhak Shamir in that prewar discussion Bush had assured Shamir that the . War plan called for aggressive attacks on scud Sites. A but when Iraq launched the. First seven missiles against Tel Aviv and Haifa Israel on Jan. 18, the tacit agreement was replaced by pressure to respond. The a infrared signatures of iraqi boosters were detected by . Early warning satellites which Simuta reassignment Ahlhorn Germany a amps a air Force officials Are declining comment on the possible closure of Ahlhorn a despite a reassignments team recent visit to the Northern Germany base. The reassignment team met with the 100 . Personnel at the facility and discussed personnel options that would be available if the base closed according to two air Force sergeants who met with the team. Quot Doug Moore a spokesman for the . Air forces in Europe said the team visited Ahlhorn Quot to discuss personnel issues with the people affected by those issues. But i am not going to speculate on the future of operations at Ahlhorn a the team visited the facility feb. 19-21, and Ahlhorn was. The Only base the personnel specialists visited. Neoushy transmitted the. Launch warning to the Pentagon. Pentagon officials in turn relayed the warning instantly Over a newly  secure hot line called a Hammer Rick a to Tel Aviv officials said. . Intelligence also monitored israelis initial response As it scrambled about a dozen Jet fighters a what pne . Official described As an a intensive combat air patrol but not a a strike  within hours of that launching defense minister Moshe Arens was on the hot line to defense Secretary Dick Cheney who spent that evening at the White House Fielding Calls with israeli leaders along with Secretary of state James Baker and Bush. Arens described the plan for a full scale assault to Cheney and requested . Military assistance for a full retaliatory strike. Administration officials said the israeli plan called for flying transport planes loaded with israeli troops through Jordan or saudi Arabia to the iraqi desert where they would systematically attack the fixed scud Sites at iraqis Large h-2 and h-3 air bases. The israeli helicopter and ground forces also would conduct scarch and destroy missions for Mobile scud launchers while israeli warplanes flew strike and reconnaissance missions in the skies of Western Iraq. The plan called for israeli Aerial tankers to also Fly through saudi Arabia or Jordan to support the air of orations including refuelling the Large attack helicopter Fleet that would set up a temporary base in the iraqi desert to support the ground forces and hold off any attack by Iraq. Administration officials said the operation would have required israelis air Force to maintain a Large a combat air patrol to secure the corridor through saudi Arabia or Jordan. Moore said. The sergeants said the team directly discussed me bases possible closure. A there have been a lot of rumours floating around about us closing a a sergeant at the base said. Quot this just makes us that much More sure about itis Ahlhorn is a German army helicopter base that is also Home to det 3 of the 10th tac fighter Wing from Raf Alconbury England. The detachment is a Forward operating base for the Wing s a-10 Thunderbolt ii aircraft. A los from Alconbury deploy to the German base a few times a year for training a Wina spokesman said. The majority of the . Personnel assigned at Ahlhorn Are maintenance workers he said