European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany edition vol. 49 no. 334 saturday March 16,1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 35$ d 8693 troops move deep into Ira will stay until formal cease fire from wire reports some american troops have returned to positions deep inside Iraq but a senior us. Military official denied Friday that the move was intended to pressure iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Marine Brig. Gen. Richard i. Neal insisted that the military had moved soldiers Back to their most advanced positions in the euphrates River Valley Only to be sure they could control the area pending a formal cease fire agreement. Also Friday 499 iraqi prisoners of War were driven in buses into their Homeland from an isolated saudi Border crossing. A Lone Soldier changed his mind at the last minute and refused to go Home. The report about troop movements in Iraq came first in fridays editions of the los Angeles times which quoted Neal As saying a the purpose is to maintain a presence until the cease fire is agreed  the times said the troops elements of the 101st airborne and the 1st Cav army divisions a were intended to Send a signal to Saddam to sign a permanent cease fire agreement. But in an interview with the associated press Neal insisted that was not the Case. A there Are other ways to Send signals a he said. A the said a no i want you on the ground up there not covering it by flying he said the army divisions had reoccur Over it periodically a a Neal said. Pied positions they had taken by the time the War ended on feb. 28 in order to maintain troops on the ground rather than attempt to cover the area by helicopter reconnaissance. Officers had initially thought they could cover the Northern area Well enough by helicopter Neal said. But when Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf commander of . Forces in the area Learned what they had done he ordered the troops Back. He said Schwarzkopf a wanted them at those positions that they were at prior to the cessation of  president Bush has said .-led Allied troops who control 20 percent of iraqis territory following the persian Gulf War Quot Are not going too a All of them a out of there until there a a cease fire a formalized  Bush was spending Friday relaxing on the resort Island of Bermuda where he see troops on Page 10four indicted in videotaped . Beating former Secretary of state Alexander Haig left talks with Kuwait Oil co. Executive Larry flak who is coordinating firefighting efforts during a tour Ofa burning Oil Field in  Gulf s environment will be Long term War casualty los Angeles tap a an indictment unsealed Friday charged four lawmen with beating a Black Motorist in an assault that was documented on videotape and has spurred a Federal probe of police brutality nationwide. A it is a terrible moment and time for reflection when officers sworn to uphold the Law Are indicted for these most serious felonies a District attorney Ira Reiner said. There was no immediate comment from police chief Daryl of a a Gates who has been under growing pressure to resign because of the beating which minority communities claim is evidence of racism within the police department. The indictment charged sgt. Stacey Koon 40, and officers Laurence Powell 28, Timothy wind 30, and Theodore Briseno 38, with felonies in the March 3 attack on Rodney g. King 25, of Altadena. The los Angeles county grand jury returned the indictment late thursday after four Days of testimony on the beating which broke Kings Skull in nine places. The policemen surrendered to the District attorneys by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau the environment will be a Long suffering casualty of the persian Gulf War with potentially devastating Side effects for people agriculture and wildlife. Iraq dumped thousands of Gallons of Oil into the persian Gulf and torched hundreds of Oil Wells in Kuwait. Allied attacks on iraqis chemical weapons plants turned sections of the country into hazardous waste areas. Environmentalists Are particularly disturbed about the effects of More than 530 Oil Well fires that Are spewing out an estimated 150,000 tons of air pollutants every week. A Overall it has been an unprecedented environmental disaster a said Chuck Fox legislative director for friends of the Earth a Washington based group. A atmospheric pollution on this scale has never occurred before a said Michael Renner of world watch Institute a new York based environmental Organiza Tion. A human beings Are in effect conducting an enormous unplanned Experiment with the atmosphere of the  Renner quoted environmental scientists and kuwaiti officials As estimating Between 3 million and 6 million barrels of Oil Are going up in flames each Day at the burning wellhead Sites. Efforts to put out the blazes Are hampered because the necessary firefighting equipment is not yet available. Even after the machinery is in place officials say dousing All the fires could take two to five years. The dense plume of smoke reportedly stretches As far As Southeastern Turkey and Western Iran and poses several potential health problems for the areas population. Children and elderly people face a number of Respi see casualty on Page 10 Kings attorneys Steve Lerman and Robert d. Rent Zer were pleased. A although the family wishes privacy i am sure attorney Lerman and i speak for them in saying they thank the lord for sparing Rodney they thank the Public for their concern and support and they thank the grand jury for their dedication to Justice a said Rentzer. Rentzer said he hoped other officers involved in the beating would be punished. At least 11 other police officers were reported to have been at the scene As King was clubbed More than 50 times stomped and shocked with a stun gun. A neighbourhood resident captured the beating on videotape. Reiner said he Aspeci the Fri for help in enhancing the tape which was broadcast on news programs triggering a National outcry. On thursday attorney general Dick Thornburgh ordered the civil rights division to broaden an inquiry into the los Angeles beating to look for any patterns in All police brutality complaints Over the last six years. Shortly after the indictments were announced the four officers appeared in a jammed courtroom where they stood and heard Superior court judge Gary Klausner read the charges against them. Defense attorneys said they weren to prepared to enter pleas. Over a prosecutors protest the judge agreed to a postponement and scheduled a March 22 see beating on Page 10