European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany edition vol. 49, no. 333 Friday March 15,1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 356 d 8693 a Emir Jabir Al Abinad Al Sabah kisses the ground after returning to  s ruler ends exile but faces new trials Kuwait apr Kuwait a ruler ended seven months of exile thursday returning to his once prosperous nation to face a Mammoth rebuilding Job and an increasingly restless and dissatisfied population. Emir Jabir Al Ahmad Al Sabah landed at Kuwait International Airport late thursday afternoon on a flight from saudi Arabia. What might have been a wild Celebration of Freedom was instead a Low key official reception by government officials and diplomats. The dignitaries greeting the Emir applauded As he disembarked from his plane. Security was tight at the Airport and soldiers carrying automatic titles encircled him. The 64-year-old Emir had been in exile in the saudi resort town of taif. He fled Kuwait unceremoniously last aug. 2, just ahead of invading iraqi troops. A mis country bears Little resemblance to the land he left behind. Iraqi troops and civilians devastated the nation and virtually All kuwaiti citizens both Rich and poor Are spending Long hours in lines waiting for fresh food gasoline water and cooking Gas. Jaber is widely respected among kuwaitis of All social classes but Many Are upset with the failure of his government to restore electricity and other services since the iraqis were driven out feb. 26. The Emir also has been criticized by some for his continued absence alter the country was liberated by the .-led coalition. Kuwaiti officials cited a Lack of adequate Security As the reason. His Palace was ruined by the iraqi invaders. A Safar a Jafar 30, a Bank employee who. Worked in the anti iraqi resistance said a see ruler on Page 107 expos relate tales of fear mistreatment Washington a former prisoners of War told stories thursday of beatings fear and loneliness during their Captivity in Iraq. One said the iraqis jolted him with electrical shocks and several said they were forced to make Antiwar videotapes against their will. Air Force maj. Jeffrey Tice of Sellersville pa., said the iraqis wrapped his ears and Chin with electrical wires and shocked him during interrogations in which they tried to convince him to make an anti War videotape. But he added a at no time during that Type of treatment did i think 1 was going to be killed by  another former pow said he was More fearful about the future. A about 90 percent of the time you Felt you were in danger of losing your life a said Navy it. Jeffrey n. Zaun of Cherry Hill . More than a dozen former pos spoke out publicly for the first time in news conferences thursday at two military facilities in the Washington area. They were among 21 former pos who returned to the United states on sunday. Several air Force pilots said they were mistreated in most cases by being physically beaten. The highest ranking of the air Force former pos col. David Eberly of Brazil ind., scratched a Calendar on his Baghdad Iraq cell Wall to keep track of time and exercised by walking in Short paces. He said that in Early february it see pos on Page 10in computer system sold by cafes by Steve Taylor. Munich Bureau Munich Germany a a software virus has been discovered on computer disks sold As part of Packard Bell systems at the army and air Force Exchange service in Augsburg. Germany. The virus was discovered in mid february by an army data processing analyst on his Packard Bell 386hx Home computer Dennis Cox Packard Belles director of marketing in the United states said his company cannot Trace the source of the Bug in the super via video Utility disks which were made by another company. A we Are not accepting nor denying responsibility for the virus a Cox said. Cox said that Packard Bell takes stringent measures to ensure that computer viruses done to slip by their Assembly processes but a that does no to mean it can to  he said Packard Bell buys video Utility disks from several different manufacturers and  provide the source of the suspected disks. A Rick Adams Packard Belles representative in Germany said computer bugs by their nature have a Way of working themselves into other systems. A they really Are out there. Its almost impossible to Trace the source Adams said. He said the Augsburg virus appears to be an isolated Case. But sgt. Brian Boyer who discovered the virus said he has Learned from other computer users that the virus May have jumped to other ism compatible systems. Boyer discovered the virus in the Packard Bell computer he bought at the Augsburg Exchange. The virus also was found in a random sampling of scaled software sold with other computers in Augsburg said Boyer who is also a part time Panasonic electronics representative at the Augsburg Exchange. The virus was found on super via video Utility disks delivered before dec. 25, Boyer said. Machines delivered after that Date do not contain the Bug Boyer said. The virus called music Bug causes the computer to mimic hardware problems usually in the disk drives. The Bug prevents users from storing or retrieving information on the drives said Boyer a data processing specialist for the army. This makes the Bug hard to find because most users wont suspect that the software a the computer s programs a is the problem Boyer said. Like All viruses music Bug will replicate itself and jump from system to system Boyer said. One Way to get rid of the virus is to replace the see virus on Page 10