European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Germany edition vol. 49, no. 337 tuesday March 19, 1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 35c d 8693 Abush demands reparations he says iraqis must pay for environmental damage Hail to the troops president Bush Waves jubilantly to the crowd in Sumter n.c., at a ceremony sunday to Welcome service members returning from the persian Gulf Region. With him Are air Force capt Spike Thomas right whose Jet was shot Down during the War and it. Nick Dodson a fellow Bier who led a successful Mission to Rescue Thomas. They re based at Shaw fab near Sumter. Washington a president Bush demanded monday that Iraq pay War reparations for its a environmental terrorism and said he wanted to Cut arms sales to the Middle East. Nonetheless the administration also announced new Steps to underwrite sales of military goods. Bush just Back from postwar talks with leaders of Britain France and Canada compared notes with Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii who returned sunday from a trip to the Middle East and Moscow. Meanwhile . Officials in Riyadh saudi Arabia said monday that the United states has threatened to resume attacks if Iraq tries to put its warplanes in the air. On sunday Baker acknowledged that grounding iraqis warplanes would help rebels seeking to topple Saddam Hussein the United states was not arming the insurgents. The . Threat to attack loyalist iraqi forces came in a meeting sunday Between iraqi and . Military command-., ers in Allied occupied Southern Iraq said two officials with the . Central come in saudi Arabia who spoke on condition of anonymity. . Officials say Iraq has put military planes and helicopters in the sky in the past several Days in its struggle to quell internal rebellion against Saddam Hussein heightening concern that Allied forces could be attacked. The Central come called this a Clear violation of the terms of a temporary cease fire set two weeks ago. Saddam is battling twin rebellions by ethnic kurd in Northern Iraq and shiite muslims in the South. Thousands of pc pie have been reported killed. Asked monday about the strife in Iraq Bush said that there is some rebel fighting against Saddam a regime in Baghdad itself As Well As in the North and South. The president spoke at a White House he received a humanitarian award for his a moral courage and unshakable it was presented by Nobel laureate Elie i Csc who implored Bush a to listen to israelis fears in the Gulf just As Israel should listen to the Percsi dents the president said he wanted to build on the Good will in the aftermath of the War against Iraq to Calm the turmoil in Lebanon reconcile Arab israeli differences and find a solution for the Palestine Ian problem. He cautioned a i done to think the american people ought to think that you can wave a Wand and solve All three of these very difficult problems at he added a i think the longer one Waits to take any initiatives the danger is things revert Back to a status quo. And i think that will be unacceptable a the United states and its allies in the persian Gulf War arc holding talks at the United nations this week on conditions for a permanent cease fire. A broadly speaking people know what is required a Bush said. A i would like to Sec us reduce the flow of weapons into the area. Iraq must pay reparations or pay damages. The More one looks at the environmental terrorism that they embraced the More the world understands that they have got to do something about during the War Irao set More than 500 Oil Wells ablaze in Kuwait and is suspected of unleashing millions of barrels of Oil into the Gulf. Bush said Iraq is a wealthy nation that spent its Money on weapons and aggression. A now we be got to Sec that they use their resources for helping their own separately the White House said Bush would seek congressional approval allowing the Export import Bank a government Agency to underwrite up to $1 billion in foreign military sales by . Companies. White House press Secretary Marlin see Bush on Page 10 won 1, Moscow apr Mikhail s. Gorbachev appeared monday to have won Strong endorsement for his efforts to preserve the soviet Union but referendum results showed him losing on an Issue that could strengthen his chief rival. Soviets voted sunday on whether to Back Gorbachev a efforts to keep the deeply divided country together under his leadership in the russian Republic citizens also voted on whether to make the presidency a popularly elected office. Parliament now appoints the president. Preliminary returns from Moscow Leningrad and other parts of the russian federation showed overwhelming support for this measure. A if confirmed the result would be. A Victory for Gorbachev a political rival Boris Yeltsin who leads Russia the largest of the 15 soviet republics. Gorbachev speaking to reporters after he cast his ballot sunday described the plan to change How the russian president is elected As a very a we cannot talk about the preservation of the Union. If we accept this proposal a Gorbachev said. He see Gorbachev on Page 10 army restricting some by Luke Britt and Dave Schiad Middle East Bureau Dhahran saudi Arabia a a hundreds of thousands of american soldiers have been ordered to stay out of saudi arabian communities in part to avoid offending muslims observing Ramadan one of islam a most holy rituals. The extent of the restriction was not immediately Clear because the . Central come in Riyadh would not respond to questions monday. However it was known that a major segment of the army was affected including the xviii air see Ramadan on Page 10 today s $ buys 1.57 Marks a Page 17 a a a a a i. A a a
