European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany edition vol. 49, no. 335 sunday March 17, 1991 b authorized unofficial publication. For the . Armed forces 500 d 8693 Saddam promises reforms but Bush remains sceptical by the associated press a War weakened Saddam Hussein asserted saturday that he remains in firm control of Iraq but promised sweeping political reforms in a move apparently aimed at putting Down widespread rebellion. President Bush reacted so optically to Saddam a promises of democratic reforms. A if he a proclaiming Iraq will be a democratic nation Fine. The proof of that pudding is in the eating a he said. The president unrelenting in his criticism of Saddam More than three weeks after the end of persian Gulf War hostilities said the iraqi Leader has a a Zero credibility and he wants him out of Power altogether. A i find it very difficult to see a situation under which we would have normalized relations with Saddam Hussein still in Power a Bush said. A Bush and British prime minister John major meeting in Bermuda said Saddam still must comply with the terms set Down for a cease fire. But he. Again warned the iraqi president about breaking the rules set by the cease fire including the movement of aircraft in Iraq. A certain arrangements were made and certain ground rules spelled out with All the coalition forces agreeing and telling Iraq a certain things should not happen a moving aircraft for example a Bush said. But the presidents warning was far less direct than those issued in recent Days by Secretary of state James Baker see Saddam on Page 10af onslaught led to rout Mcpeak says Washington up the air Force basked in glory saying the enormity of air attacks against Iraq marked the a first time in history that a Field army has been Defeated by air  Gen. Merrill a a Tony Mcpeak the air Force chief of staff called the air War a a remarkable Success a As he disclosed details of an operation that proceeded As planned debilitating sad Mcpeak dam Hussein a offensive capability and cutting Short a land War that could have caused thousands of casualties. Mcpeak holding a Pentagon briefing Fri Day stopped Short of discounting the need for Allied ground forces in the theater. But his remarks suggested a diminished need for land troops. Coalition air Power was so Superior to iraqis strength that  forces controlled the skies Only hours after president Bush ordered the attack on Jan. 17, Mcpeak said. He called the persian Gulf deployment the a equivalent of a Berlin  the military flew nearly half of All aircraft stationed in the United states to support operations desert shield and desert storm. Mcpeak used dozens of charts that demonstrated coalition prowess along with two television monitors displaying video shots of a smart bombs hitting their targets with pinpoint precision. Air Force fighters and bombers accounted for 60 percent of . Aircraft deployed to the Gulf and 50 percent of All coalition aircraft. By the time the ground War began there were 2,790 Allied fixed Wing aircraft in the theater nearly 2,000 of which were fighters. Mcpeak detailed a four stage plan that evolved Over 30 Days in which Allied air attacks sought to paralyse iraqis military forces forcing them from Kuwait. The plan stretched to 39 Days due to worse than expected weather in the Gulf and the prolonged Mission of destroying the fixed and Mobile scud Sites used to a launch missiles against Israel and saudi Arabia. A we spent three times the Effort we thought we would on this jobs of eliminating the scud threat Mcpeak said. The opening phase of the air assault entered on eliminating iraqis offensive capability and command and control centers facilities used to direct military operations.  was a heavy attack very precisely delivered and see of on Page 10 a. A is amps Dave Dulio Nicole Brown buries her face in her hands after missing a word which left her in third place. Behind her Are the eventual runner up Lara Hughes and the Winner Jeff  Bee Winner earns right to feel big headed by Jimi Jones education writer Heidelberg Germany a when 8-year-old Lara Hughes misspelled a a repetitious saturday Jeff Sellers seemed to come out of a Daze. He breathed a sigh of Relief but his hands started to shake noticeably. A i was kind of scared a said Jeff the w inner in the ninth annual european spelling Bee. A i knew i knew How to spell the word she missed but i was scared id get one i did no to know How to spell  the next word was  pointing with his Pencil to each letter that head written Down the seventh grader slowly spelled the word meaning Large headed. Hearing the audience Roar he stood see Winner on Page 10