European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 4 b the stars and stripes Friday March 15,1991 revenge attacks by kuwaitis cause for . Concern a general a tribute Usa eur commander Gen. Crosbie e. Saint visits with spec. Jon Price or the 1st inf div who was wounded during operation desert storm. Saint visited All . Casualties at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center during his visit. By James Gerstenzang the los Angeles times Washington revenge attacks by kuwaiti soldiers and resistance fighters against palestinians and others have become a a big concerns As the United states pushes Tor restoration of order in newly liberated Kuwait Bush a Duimstra Tion officials said wednesday. A White House official said that the concerns stemming from reports of beatings torture and murder were raised by Secretary of state James a Baker Iii when he met with the kuwaiti Emir in saudi Arabia saturday. The official said that Sheik Jab bar Al Ahmed at Sabah a assured us he would do his Best to prevent people from taking reprisals on their  administration officials meanwhile have taken the position that in the words of one a a there a Only so much we can do to Stem the attacks. However a human rights organization has called on the administration to prevent such attacks saying that action to Stop the abuse is part of the United states responsibility As Leader of the coalition that freed Kuwait. The wave of violence directed at palestinians moroccans and other arabs based on suspicion of collaboration with the iraqi occupiers has begun to fulfil earlier administration fears that the iraqi occupation would be replaced by a second wave of bloodshed and atrocities. The beatings and interrogations reflect the deep hatred that grew among kuwaitis toward other arabs Given favourable treatment by iraqi forces during the seven month occupation. It also raises questions about what will become of the foreign residents who make up a Large part of Kuwait a population. A there Are some pretty shocking Sto Ries that have been relayed and these sorts of things if they Are True would obviously be of great concern to us a state department spokesman Richard Boucher said. He said As did others that the United states had been unable to confirm any of the reports and that a senior kuwaiti officials have assured us that actions of the Type described in the news reports this morning Are not the policy of their  the reports put the administration in a difficult position after supporting the resistance and kuwaiti military As Homegrown members of the .-led anti Iraq coalition it is faced with the task of trying to rein them in or stand by while they practice rough Street Justice with brutal attacks on civilians. The attacks on suspected collaborators at a time when the kuwaiti Legal system is far from restored have drawn increasing attention in recent Days. The los Angeles times and others reported wednesday that hundreds of people arrested Over the past two weeks have been dumped at the iraqi Border Many of them having been tortured and brutally beaten by kuwaiti troops. Tuesday those dropped at the Border by a truck driven by a uniformed kuwaiti Soldier included an unconscious moroccan Man identified As Aziz Multi Whoso arms were Cut and whose face was caked with blood. Three friends said that he  unconscious for four Days since kuwaiti soldiers Hung him by his feet and tortured him with electric wires. Earlier reports that . Special forces troops stood by without intervening when kuwaiti soldiers beat up a palestinian boy prompted the human rights organization Middle East watch to tile a complaint with Secretary of defense Dick  found alive Calls Ray Nam mass. When Kenneth a Smith s phone rang late at night he hoped for news about his son Michael reported missing in action in the War with Iraq. But he did no to expect to hear his songs voice. Pee. Michael a. Smith 22, a member of the 1st inf div that has been attached to Vii corps was on the line tuesday from a . Military Hospital in Germany. He was injured out alive. Quot he was missing for three Days until somebody finally heard him moaning and groaning a his father said. A and somebody pulled him . While refuelling Quot a tank in Kuwait Smith was blown off his feet when an iraqi artillery round landed about 500 Yards away his father told the Brockton Enterprise. He was pinned under a pile of rubble. Ties Hurt but he Sall right a said the private s Mother Cecelia Smith. Iraqi soldiers used kuwaiti school month bastion of brutality by Edith a Lederer the associated press Kuwait City Garish Pink and Blue paint could t mask the Trail of bloodstains along a corridor where schoolboys once laughed. And a layer of Sand  hide a Large Patch of dried blood near a mysterious indentation in the schoolyard. The Al raw a elementary school was no longer a Citadel of learning it had become a bastion of brutality. For More than seven months there were no Joyful shouts of Young boys. The Only sound neighbors heard were screams in the Middle of the night. On wednesday teachers came to the two Story school for the first time since the iraqi invasion on aug. 2 and found the classrooms trashed and Graffiti covering the Walls. They also found the bloodstains on the walkways in the Yard and on a Wall beneath a caricature of Kuwait a Emir Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah who w As portrayed with Donkey s ears. Quot i feel maybe some animals come not humans Quot said Talib Ashkanazi. 45, principal of a nearby High school who was in charge of assessing nine schools in the Al raw a area and had already visited four others. A All the schools Are the same  a kuwaiti school principal Talib Ashkanazi in the music room Only two pictures of Young boys playing the cello and trumpet remained unscathed. Shattered Glass torn paper and debris littered the floor. A in one classroom student records were scattered on the floor some open to the Page with the names and occupations of their fathers a fall the schools Are the same a destroyed a Ashkanazi said Ashkanazi wandered through the school s two inner courtyards looking at some of the Graffiti written by the iraqis n dam is the a crop a the iraqi Flag will Fly Toner head and we arc Roine to do stray everybody Quot and Quot death to Jaber Mubarak and fahd a the last two referring to egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and saudi arabians King fahd. An artist who signed his caricatures a a Khanti the iraqi had painted four panels of a Young Man falling in love with a woman in a Low Cut dress and handing her a Flower the Only touch of warmth in a scene of devastation. Ashkanazi stopped longest at two proverbs written in flowery arabic script which he said showed the iraqis Preo Ccu Pat Ion with Kuwait a wealth a a Happy cottage is better than a Palace and a if poverty is a Man ill kill  from the Early Days of the occupation the elementary school had become entwined with death. In sept. 6, iraqi troops reported finding the bodies of five of their own men m the schoolyard and accused kuwaitis living nearby of killing them. _ the iraqis roasted eight kuwaiti families from their luxurious houses adjacent to the school gave them 15 minutes to pack their bags and then set their Homes on fire. \. Sami Abu Kha de 30, whose Home was one of those torched said the iraqis May have planted the bodies As an excuse to take Over the school for a military base. In the following months Abu Khaled said he could stand on the roof of his nearly destroyed House and Sec the iraqis using the school for weapons training and for detaining kuwaiti hostages