European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 29, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3in the Gulf too hungry to wait iraqi refugees fight for food wednesday at a Camp near Safwan a town in Southern Gry a said maj. Youssef Ali Alnouri of the saudi military. A they see the food and they Iraq on the kuwaiti Border. A riot erupted when hundreds of people stormed saudi go  no serious injuries were reported and the food was so plentiful that some arabian food trucks and fought for meal packages thrown into the Street by both Refu people used wheelbarrows to cart it away. But the fighting marked the fourth straight gees and saudi soldiers. A we tried to be organized but the people Are just too Bun Day of chaos at food distribution Points in the War battered town. Gulf great Britain to replace some withdrawn troops from wire reports London a defense Secretary Tom King said wednesday that More than half of the British troops in the persian Gulf would be withdrawn by the end of the week but additional personnel would be deployed in the area. A we do not intend to retain a permanent ground Force capability in the area a King said. Although 28,000 of the 45,000 British troops will be Back in Britain or Germany by the end of the week As Many As 5,000 personnel Are being sent to saudi Arabia to oversee the return of equipment and stores King said. The remaining soldiers of the 4th brigade will operate As a group in the Region the defense Secretary said. A while their equipment is in the Gulf and we review Progress toward a formal cease fire we shall deploy some 1,500 personnel to take advantage of the training opportunities a King  salutes soldiers Toulon France a France on wednesday gave its first formal Salute to soldiers returning from the Gulf War honouring them in a military ceremony in this port City where nearly 2,500 troops have disembarked this week. Defense minister Pierre Joe reviewing the returning troops said he Felt proud. A faithful to its tradition of panache courage abnegation the French army has added a new Page of glory to its Long history.,�?� Joe said. Thousands of spectators Many of them family members of soldiers in the Gulf gathered for the Parade of infantry and motorized divisions Allied Aid needed to Avert starvation rebel kurd say Zak Iio Iraq a kurdish rebel leaders in Northern Iraq Are pleading for the  allies to Send food saying they Are More worried about starvation than Saddam Hussein a offensive against them. In a new report on the Effort to crush the rebellion iraqis official news Agency claimed thursday that gov Erna Cut forces have recaptured Dozhuk a City 25 Miles Southeast of this rebel held town. A life has returned to Normal there after the symbols of Gentry crime and treachery tried to rape it a said the Agency monitored in Cyprus. The report could not be confirmed. Rebels earlier said they had pushed beyond Dozhuk and were near Northern iraqis largest City Mosul 30 Miles farther South. The kurdish rebels said wednesday that the iraqi army was massing forces to retake the Oil Center of Kirkuk 150 Miles North of Baghdad. The insurgents also said they have asked the allies to allow them to use two captured iraqi warplanes a a Mig-21 fighter and a Soukhoi bomber a against Saddam a forces. The allies have ordered iraqi warplanes to stay out of the air and shot Down two of them last week. Kurdish pilots who defected from the iraqi air Force would Fly them a rebel spokesman said. He said six helicopter gunships have also been captured. The . Central come in Riyadh saudi Arabia said in a statement a we have no information to confirm that iraqi rebels have asked coalition forces for permission to use captured  it did not elaborate. Saddam loyalists Are widely reported to have retaken Southern iraqis major cities from shiite Muslim rebels and Are said to be moving reinforcements North to confront kurdish fighters. Helicopter Gui ships have been credited with spurring their successes in the South and kurdish rebel leaders say the gunships Are a prime concern in the North. The rebels in Zakhoo said wednesday that Saddam a government is refusing to deliver . Food supplies to them and that Turkey and Iran Are blocking shipments Over their Borders. They said the iraqis were shelling remaining Supply routes from Syria. A the food situation is very serious. We will face starvation if we done to receive supplies within one month a said Jala Talaban who Heads the popular Union of Kurdistan rebel group. Talaban said messages have been sent to the Allied coalition that forced Saddam a forces from Kuwait pleading that they allow supplies to reach the Northern iraqi Region that is part of the kurd a traditional Homeland. The mountainous Homeland extends into Iran Turkey and Syria which have in the past joined Iraq in resisting kurdish separatist movements. No major fighting was reported wednesday in Kford ish held Iraq a Broad Swath across the northeastern mountains that drops Down to Kirkuk. But a statement from the rebel Kurdistan democratic party said the iraqi army was massing forces in Saddam a Hometown of Cikrit to launch an attack against Kirkuk 75 Miles to the Northeast. The statement Tel exed to Nicosia Cyprus said More than 1,000 people were killed in the past week in air attacks on the Northern cities of Kirkuk Kif i Dozhuk Kalar and Tuz a Hurmat. A kurdish and shiite Muslim rebels have accused the government of using Mustard Gas and napalm to terrorize the population. Ahmed Armani a Talaban aide said the food and Medicine situation in the rebel held kurdish Region is especially bad because of the . Embargo on Trade with Iraq ordered after Saddam seized Kuwait