European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Germany edition the Sra awl stripes no. 49, vol. 353 thursday april 4,1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 35c d 8693 Schwarzkopf sees no . Role in aiding anti Saddam uprising by Christine Hauser United press International Dubai United Arab emirates a Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf said wednesday that the United states will not if interfere in the uprising against Saddam Hussein. The general also reiterated that he will not Tell Iraq to Stop using helicopter gunships against rebels in Northern and Southern Iraq. Schwarzkopf the commander of Allied forces in the persian Gulf area made the a television interview during a visit to Dubai United Arab emirates As part of a regional tour. A we gave the iraqis in Safwan the permission to Fly helicopters. We made it Clear we re staying out of their internal affairs the four Star general said after meeting with senior . Military officials. A when they asked about helicopters we agreed they could Fly them because that would not be a threat to the . Troops a he said. A it was part of the agreement in the town of Safwan lies within a chunk of Southern Iraq occupied by Allied troops pending a formal cease fire to end the Gulf War. Questioned about . Policy on the iraqi rebellion and whether the United states would Aid the kurdish and shiite insurgents Schwarzkopf said it was never . Policy to Back any one group. A was far As supporting any one faction in Ira that has never been a policy of the United states. But my personal position is i would t mind seeing Saddam Hussein removed from Power a he said. Schwarzkopf made his comments in a Dubai to Levi Sion interview taped at the Home of a High ranking s . Military official. He arrived at the Home in the exclusive neighbourhood of jul Mirah in a 12-car motorcade. Dubai police officers lined the streets for hours. Before his arrival and a girl waved a plastic kuwaiti Flag As he passed. He said the unrest in Iraq precedes the War. A when you have that sort of uprising it Means the seeds of unhappiness have been there Tor Many Many ears a a he Saia. Schwarzkopf met in Dubai with the Ead of the . Air Force Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Al Sahyan . Consul general John Limbert and other . Military officers. A a in a visiting the , to pass on my compliments to the . Forces on the wonderful Job they did and to thank the people for their great support Quot Schwarzkopf a fleeing kurd reportedly turned away by Iran from wire reports Diana Iraq a fleeing government forces several million kurdish refugees were stranded wednesday in Snow capped mountains without food or she Ter Relief workers said. Many were reported dying of hunger and exposure. The official iraqi news Agency meanwhile said government forces had Recap tured the last Large City in rebel hands a Suleim Aniyah 160 Miles North of Bagh dad. There was no immediate comment a on the claim by rebel officials. The news Agency claimed kurdish of the City a received our soldiers with cries of Joy and cheers for iraqi president Saddam Hussein a r Many of the exhausted and lived refugees whose exodus nearly has emptied major cities in their traditional Homeland were trying to reach the iranian Border but apparently were being turned away. Relief workers in Diana a town 25 Miles from the iranian Border called the situation a catastrophe in the making with 2 million to 3 million refugees a ready living in the mountains under harsh conditions. President Bush speaking with reporters in Florida where he was vacationing a said a a in a troubled by the situation in Iraq this human he said he had discussed the situation earlier tuesday with turkish president see kurd on Page 10 a Convoy of turkish trucks moves kurdish refugees from the Border tuesday after they fled into Turkey to escape iraqi in German s killing tied to embassy attack by de Reavis staff writer. The weapon used to kill the German executive in charge of Selling off the assets of former East Germany was also used in the february attack on the . Embassy in Bonn a prosecutors spokesman said wednesday. Detlev Karsten Rohwedder was killed late monday by shots from a belgian made 7.62mm in Rifle said Rolf Han Nich of the Federal prosecutors office in Karlsruhe. The gun was one of the weapons used to fire some of the 106 shots at the embassy Hannich said. No one was injured in the embassy attack which occurred at 7 . On feb. 12 when gunmen raked the building with automatic weapons fire. The German terrorist group red army faction has claimed responsibility for both attacks. Hannich said the investigation has not turned up any promising leads so far. One part of the investigation is focusing on whether remnants of the Stasi the former East German ministry for state Security was involved in the Rohwedder slaying Hannich said. The Stasi which East germans referred to As a the octopus a had 85,000 full time employees Ana an army of official and unofficial spies informing on the East German populace. The stasis past is promising to be one of the most difficult problems facing a unit see killing on Page 10
