European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 07, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Germany edition the Sto amp my ropes vol. 49, no. 356 Quot sunday april 7,1991 b authorized unofficial the us armed forces 500 d 8693 Iraq accepts . Cease fir nations Rushing Aid to kurdish refugees United nations apr Iraq on saturday accepted a Tough Security Council Resolution calling for a permanent end to the persian Gulf War iraqi diplomats said. V a a a a a a the diplomats said the acceptance came in a 23-Page letter from iraqis foreign minister Ahmed Hussein Khu Dwayer Al Sammar Aei to Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar. A Iraq has found itself facing Only one Choice that it must accept Resolution 687 the cease fire Resolution a said one of the diplomats who translated the letter informally from the arabic. But the letter also complained the Resolution was unduly harsh and listed numerous objections ranging from the settlement of iraqis Borders to disarmament in the Region the Diplomat said. Iraq also urged that All sanctions be lifted at once the diplomats said who requested anonymity. . Officials had no immediate response to the action. A spokesman for Perez de Cuellar said the . Chief awaited official translation of the iraqi letter. The Security Council Resolution stipulates that Iraq must destroy its chemical and biological weapons As Well As ballistic missile systems with a Range of More than 90 Miles under . Supervision and not acquire such weapons or nuclear capability in the future. The Resolution is intended As a permanent end to the Gulf War which followed iraqis invasion of Kuwait on aug. 2. A cease fire on feb 28 stopped the fighting. Iraqis acceptance of the terms followed a parliament session earlier saturday to vote on the measure. A we have no alternative but to accept this unjust Resolution for reasons known and Clear to you and to the iraqi people and the world at Large because the evil forces who arc Strong have agreed to practice tyranny and aggression against Iraq Quot Mohammed Mehdi Saleh speaker of the iraqi parliament told the Assembly at the Start of the session. As parliament met hundreds of thousands of vanquished kurd ignored Baghdad a offer of amnesty Tosee Iraq on Page 10 jump Start to warm weather a Lamb kicks up its heels at a farm in East Parson fled Maine the Frisky offspring is Mal whose rearward flight occurred in step with warm Spring like weather that flanked by two companions who seem less enthused than the wild and woolly Mam moved into new England last week. Cheney to submit base closing list _ by Chuck Vlinch v Washington Bureau Washington a defense Secretary Dick Cheney will submit a list of suggested base closings thursday to an Independent panel created last year to erase the rancor from the politically charged .1 process. A senior Pentagon officials have said the list probably would go beyond the 86 Domestic closures ordered in 1989 under the first incarnation of the base closure 0 and realignment commission. That commission was dissolved afterwards. The new commission headed by former new Jersey Republican rep. Jim courier will have until july to study Cheney a recommendations and add or delete any bases. The commission chartered under the fiscal 1991 defense authorization act deals Only with Domestic bases. The Pentagon can close overseas bases without congressional review. But a defense. Department official said there is talk of including some overseas bases in this weeks list although no final decision has been made. Last year Cheney announced the planned closure of 150 overseas facilities ranging in size from Large bases to isolated athletic Fields. That process which has been delayed by the Middle East deployment is ongoing. A despite the massive operation in the persian Gulf the Pentagon remains committed to cutting roughly 25 percent of its Force Structure and personnel strength by 1995. A if you re making cuts of that Magniri tude it Only stands to reason that the see Cheney on Page 10 in by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a seventy two years after he fell in Battle during world War i Cpl. Freddie Stowers is finally getting the recognition he deserves. Stowers a Black Soldier from South Carolina assigned to the 93rd inf div is being recognized posthumously with the medal of Honor under a recently completed review that sought to identify Black troops who May have been unfairly denied decorations for their heroism in world War i. He will be come the first Black from that War to receive the award. The army conducted extensive research at the National archives and found that Stowers was recommended for the top military Honor but for unknown reasons his recommendation was never processed. Once the army Learned that a legitimate recommendation had not been lawfully processed officials conducted a thorough review of Stowers actions in world War i. Army chief of staff Gen. Carl Vuono army Secretary Michael Stone and chairman of the joint chiefs Gen. Colin Powell All reviewed Stowers file and unanimously recon i mended that president Bush award him the medal of Honor. Stowers was a squad Leader in co a 371 St inf regt which was leading an attack on a Hill in the Champagne see medal on Page 10 j
