European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday March 24,1991 in the Gulf by George Esper the associated press us Qasir Iraq a iraqi and american troops eyeball each other across the ceasefire demarcation line but the Only shooting is Between the government forces of Saddam Hussein and resistance fighters. A the War is Over now and we Are friends a said a grim looking iraqi officer at a military checkpoint in  oar a town of about 6,000,held by Fia dam s government but surrounded by Lis. Forces a they say hello and we say hello. No problem a the officer said. Quot a no no a he said when asked if he was angry at the americans. A Cluster of officers around him smiled. All were sharply dressed in uniforms. Except for one they were unarmed. A the iraqis refused Friday to allow this reporter and a photographer Tannen Maury past the checkpoint which is the Gateway to a major naval base and Center of a town where rebel opposition has been reported. The naval base included docks loading cranes warehouses Railroad facilities and Barracks. A ship  there. A we have orders not to say anything a the officer said. A this is iraqi territory. A that is the american Side a he said looking Down the Road less than a mile at the checkpoint guarded by troops of the . 3rd army div. Three Bradley fighting vehicles their guns pointed at  oar were at the checkpoint . Forces Are occupying about 15 percent of iraqis territory until a Perma Nunt cease fire is signed. The rebellion in Iraq has complicated its completion. . Troops allowed three iraqi soldiers to pass through the barbed wire Roadblock in a water truck after searching them. The iraqis Only source of fresh water is on the . Side of the demarcation line. The truck goes Back and Forth at set times escorted by . Military police. A a they re a Little intimidated by us a said it. Don Murray 30, of Tampa fla., a platoon Leader. Iraqi civilians arc allowed passage either Way but they and their vehicles Are searched for arms and ammunition. Murray said 50 to 60 cars pass through the american checkpoint daily. A i Don t think a lot Are fleeing a Murray said. A the majority of them work the Fields. They Cross to do their work and come Back Home. They come Back a lot of times with tomatoes. There a a lot of two Way  Murray said americans keep tabs on the officers at the iraqi checkpoint through night sights and High powered Scopes. Another. . Officer said there had been no exchanges of fire but that he saw tracers Over us oar during the night. A the next morning a he said a we saw three bodies sort of Hung Over a Wall on the Edge of  the officer said in the previous 48 hours More than 100 iraqis had come Over to the . Side identifying themselves As government troops but it. John Bartlett 33, an interpreter from Pocatello Idaho said most of a group of iraqi soldiers mans a cease fire checkpoint at us Qasir Iraq. Them Are resistance fighters and others who want out of Iraq. The United states earlier had been turning Back iraqis who wanted to surrender but began accepting them again thursday. A i suspect it s for humanitarian reasons a Murray said. A these Guys would be killed if they stayed on their Side of the Fence. A lot of these Guys have done things Over there that would cause them to be killed by the government. They re coming out of the  another . Officer said a a there a a thug running the place a referring to the iraqi naval Commodore at us  War vet missing presumed drowned Evanston 111, up a Navy Seaman who returned safely from the persian Gulf War and a Friend were missing f riday and presumed drowned after their Small Sailboat capsized on Lake Michigan during a Welcome Home party authorities said. Currents and 40-degree water temperatures forced authorities Friday to recall some 30 divers who had Hen searching for James Nicholson 20, of Chicago and Danny Joyce 20, of Skokie Deputy police chief Frank Kaminski said. He said Nicholson had just returned front the persian Gulf. Nicholson Joyce and three of their friends had gone to Lighthouse Beach about 11 30 pm. Thursday with a Case of Beer Kaminski said. Somewhere along the Way they a borrowed Quot two Small sailboats from nearby Homes and paddled them out on the Lake because they had no sails Kaminski said. The boat containing Nicholson and Joyce overturned Early Friday at least 50 Yards from Shore Kaminski said. He said there were no life jackets on the boat. A \ a a a. A a a a a Quot a a a a a a it a unclear. But the two got into the water a whether one fell in or whether he went in and the other went to save him a or both jumped into the water Quot Kaminski said. A a they re missing and it appears they have been victims of a drowning. The Lake is a real cooler. It can be very treacherous at times. Those undercurrents Are  Jim Joyce 25, Danny a brother said a Danny went in to save somebody else Danny tried to jump into the water to save the Guy who had come Back from saudi Arabia a i he three people on the other boat saw the trouble and lost sight of the two men in the darkness Kaminski said. . Assets of iraqi couple in National Council of churches Washington a the government on Friday froze 1 tic assets of an iraqi couple living in California and a firm located in the state saying they were involved in Saddam Hussein s arms network the Treasury department s  foreign assets control identified the iraqis As Anees Mansoor Wadi and his Wile Sha Saban Al Hayderi of the Santa Monica area. The firm. Bay industries inc., is located in Santa Monica a the three have been linked to International arms procurement on behalf of Iraq a said r. Richard Newcomb director of the Treasury Agency. Newcomb said Wadi Quot has been an officer in several corporations directly connected to Saddam s arms trading and procurement  Quot the announcement said 11 Banks in nine locations in new York California and Georgia have been notified of the freeze. Was Kington up the National Council of churches launched a drive Friday to raise.$1 million for Relief reconstruction and peacemaking in the Middle  As churches we Are committed to responding in humanitarian assistance to the suffering people of the Middle East and thereby witnessing to the other face of War a said  havens executive director of the no cd a Church world service and witness unit. The Campaign by the ecumenical Agency with 32 protestant and orthodox Church members follows a a United a Lions report that Allied bombing of Iraq had reduced that nation to a Quot pre Industrial age Quot and amid on going concern about Lunoe the iraqis caused in Kuwait the Rev. Gabriel Habib general see aviary of the Middle East Council of churches told a meeting of . Church officials via speakerphone from Cyprus that As a result of the War a anti american feelings exist Quot in the Middle East a but a he said a christians and muslims done to hesitate to express appreciation for what the churches have done. This Campaign is a Symbol of pare Pership that our people will never for-yet.�?�,. A Habib also urged the churches to press the . Government to Quot lift sanctions against the people of Iraq at this time Quot regardless of whether Saddam Hussein remains in Power. The . Report prepared by under Secretary general Martin Ahti Saari urged an end to the .-mandated embargo on food and other essential supplies. Church world service the Relief Armol the Council is already Active in the Region. Quot working with the Middle East Council of churches cos has provided $216,000 in Aid since the crisis began aug 2 with Iraq s invasion of Kuwait Quot a the most immediate needs of the directly affected populations Are food clean water and medical care Quot said Dale Bishop director of the acc Middle East office. A 1 Council officials said that there is an urgent need in Iraq for medicines and Hospital supplies. Vaccines of All kinds Are needed , As Well As insulin and medicines for other chronic conditions. A. A a Quot. A a. The Middle East Council of churches has scheduled week in convoys into Iraq to Carty supplies donated Quot from All Over the world Quot Habib said. In Kuwait Church officials Are in the process of determining what supplies Are needed most  in Jordan Aid is needed to help 36,000 families who fled Kuwait following the invasion. Most of those families Are egyptians or palestinians. Medical supplies food and livestock feed Are needed in the West Bank and Gaza strip As israeli imposed Security restrictions continue to disrupt economic activity Council officials said