European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Germany edition vol. 49, no. 331 wednesday March 13,1991 b authorized in Forcial publication for the armed forces 350 d 8693 wounded sergeant says . Tank fire killed 3 gis by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Lan Stuhl Germany a a Soldier who lost his leg in the persian Gulf War says . Tank fire killed three members of his engineering unit and wounded him and two others. The army however says the deaths resulted from enemy fire and land mines. Staff sgt. Hilbert Potter assigned to the 82nd engr in from Bamberg Germany said a main gun round from an my Abrams tank hit his personnel Carrier killing the Driver. Two other soldiers were killed by an Abrams tanks machine gun when they tried to signal that they were americans said Potter who led the seven member squad. Potter said he and the other two wounded men were hit by the machine gun. One Man apparently escaped uninjured. Army capt. Steve Rego a spokesman with the . Central come in Riyadh saudi Arabia said sunday that preliminary investigations show that sgt Dodge Powell and sgt. William a. Strehlow both 28, were killed by land mines and that enemy fire killed the vehicles Driver pfc. Aaron w. Howard 20. However investigators have not ruled out the possibility of a Friendly fire a a a Day at the Beach cording to it. Col. Charles Willey a spokesman for the army element in the Gulf. A a there san investigation that is ongoing and while it is ongoing it would be inappropriate for me to say anything a he said monday. Willey had no additional information tuesday but said a i can assure you that it is being looked a investigators have not talked to Potter or another wounded Soldier from his squad said the men who Are recuperating at army hospitals in Germany. Army officials in saudi Arabia and the United states including department of the army Headquarters said they did not know How the three men were wounded. Potter 30, is certain. A it was an my a he know when i see an my. We train with those Guys and there a nothing that a going to make me believe anything Potter who is at the army regional medical Center in Lan Stuhl had his right leg Amputch just above the knee As a result of the feb. 26 incident. But he said a a in a not bitter. In a not mad. It was a Job to be done. A i understand accidents do gis on Page 10 Baker s peace efforts stalled by old obstacles i . Army gen., h. Norman Schwarzkopf tuesday holding Small kuwaiti flags and Prince Khalid bin Sultan of saudi Schwarzkopf also tilled a Small bottle Arabia pose on the Beach at Kuwait City with Sand As a memento. By United press International Jerusalem a with the palestinian question at the Center of the Middle East deadlock Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii confronted the warring parties tuesday and found the path to peaceful settlement still strewn with some familiar obstacles. Baker probing for signs of flexibility against a backdrop of tension met with israeli officials and a group of leading palestinians to press his Case for the Start of a dialogue that could be rewarded b peace gestures from moderate Ara a a a a a a. A a a a. A a a. A however there was no immediate sign of Retreat by Israel from its hard and fast resistance to negotiate a turnover of occupied territory to the palestinians. In Public at least the 10 palestinians who met with Baker did Little More than repeat a statement of political principles that included a .-opposed leadership role for the Palestine liberation organization. Hanan aah Rawi said Baker asked the palestinians to move ahead a without the Plo perhaps with other Arab in a sign that procedural disputes still stand in the Way of any move toward negotiations Faisal Husseini who also attended the meeting said afterwards the dialogue. In the Golf see pages 3 through 5 Plo must be at the table. That is How All the palestinian people but the palestinians seemed satisfied the United states unlike in the past intended to push Israel toward ski Husseini said he was struck by bakery a determination to go Forward and not be discouraged. On a Day that saw him reaffirm the american commitment to israeli Security Baker voiced Hope that the just concluded War against Iraq will go Down in history As a the last great Battle in the Middle on the diplomatic front the consensus Baker has been trying to build since arriving in the Middle East on Friday had yet to produce indications of a breakthrough in attitudes hardened by years of Arab israeli conflict and nearly 40 months of the palestinian uprising in the israeli occupied territories in the West Bank and Gaza strip. Israeli officials continued clamping Down on palestinians in those areas after an Arab Driver in Gaza drove into a group of israeli soldiers killing two. By Luke Brit staff writer a an 8th inf div military policeman said he had removed a set of License plates from an Auto with an expired registration tuesday when he was stopped by the cards owner a the division Provost marshal. Spec. Shawn Braley of the 8th my co said he took the plates from a car in a bad Kreuz Nach Germany housing area. Braley said that after he placed them in his patrol car it. Col. Earnest Dixon reached inside and took the plates. Dixon declined late tuesday to comment on the incident. Dixon s registration expired dec. 27, according to Braley and an employee with the . Army Europe office of vehicle registration in Heidelberg a letter was sent to Dixon in february warning that the registration would be revoked if the car were not registered immediately the registry employee said tuesday night. Dixon never responded and the cards registration was revoked feb. 21, the employee said. Braley said he was on routine patrol when he saw the car. He removed one plate and was removing the second when Dixon a wife came out of a nearby House he said.,. A a she said her husband was colonel Dixon and that he would take care of the car today a Braley said. A i told her i was just doing my Dixon a wife went Back into the House and Braley removed the second plate then put both plates in his patrol car. The Provost marshal came out moments later. A the walked past me and went to my car and took out the plates a Braley said. A i saluted but he did not return my Braley said he told Dixon that he should not take the plates. The colonel replied that he would take care of the registration that Day Braley said. Although he returned to the my station without the plates Braley said he still issued the colonel a ticket. The ticket was turned Over to the my operations Sec see my on Page 10
