European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany edition the Stan stripes a vol. 49, no. 360 thursday april 11,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 35c d 8693 . Draws new line for Ira aircraft warned against attacking refugees by the associated press the United states has warned Iraq not 1 to use its ground or air forces against a kurdish refugees fleeing the War Tori country the White House said wednesday. Presidential press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said the . Warning was delivered at the United nations and at the f iraqi embassy in  said the iraqis were told that a no ground or air forces will be permitted see related Story on Page 3 that would be deemed a threat to Relief operations under Way or to officials dispensing the Aid. A we have informed Iraq that the United states the United nations and other coalition officials would be operating in these areas to distribute humanitarian assistance to the kurdish population a he  a a a a a we expect these officials to be allowed to operate safely and without military threat from Iraq a he added. Other . Officials said the warning Drew a line along the 36th parallel and prohibited helicopter gunships As Well As fixed Wing aircraft from opening fire on the tens of thousands of homeless kurd and other people concentrated in Northern Iraq. Implicit in the warning is that the planes and helicopters would be shot Down if Iraq persisted in using them against the refugees. Fitzwater also announced a stepped up Effort to provide humanitarian assistance. A we do want the american people to know we Are responding a Fitzwater said. The warning covers All of Northern Iraq including the cities of Mosul and Donok. Hundreds of thousands of kurd see Iraq on Page 10 hungry refugees beg officials for food at a Border Camp set up by Turkey to handle kurd fleeing Saddam Hussein s military.64 Minsk factories strike in Defiance of Gorbachev by Brian Friedman the associated press Minsk .s.r. Tens of thousands of workers wednesday defied Mikhail s. Gorbachev a Appeal for a moratorium on protests by streaming from factories in the byelorussian capital in an open ended strike for higher pay. A the communist party drove us Here a read one placard held by workers marching to Minsk scentral Lenin Square. A put food from chernobyl on the government table a read another sign. A the people Are waking up a Sergei Kluchko a Miner from Donetsk in the neighbouring Ukraine told the estimated 40,000 workers and others packed into the Square at midday during a slight drizzle. Organizers said 64 enterprises a including a gear Plant an electronics factory and a tractor factory a were on strike in the Minsk area. They did not say How Many people were involved. The walkout ignored an impassioned Appeal from Gorbachev on National television tuesday for a moratorium on strikes and demonstrations. A we face the danger of economic collapse a the soviet president said citing stepped up challenges to Kremlin authority. He also proposed to simultaneously make a faster transition to a free Market system. But Gorbachev a plan for salvaging the Union of 15 increasingly fractious re pub see strike on Page 10secretive task of picking army Marine chiefs begins by Susanne m. Schafer a military writer Washington with All the deliberation and secrecy that attends the selection of a Pope the Pentagon Stop brass Are working on selecting new uniformed chiefs for the army and Marine corps. The subject is a delicate one Given the fact that the chosen commander must work and Deal with those col leagues who May have been passed Over for the position Pentagon sources say. A a it a a mysterious mix. Not Only does a. Chief have to have lots of time in command and High qualities of leadership he a got to have political acumen in order to Deal Frith con Gress and the Pentagon a appointed leadership a said one officer speaking on condition of anonymity. A a it a something like the College of cardinals when they get together and choose a Pope a another said. A no smoke comes out of the Chimney but the politics that precedes the decision is pretty  although some of the generals prominent in the persian Gulf War May be considered for the posts the Early word is that Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf commander of operation desert storm turned Down the Chance to become army chief of staff. The current army chief Gen. Carl f see task on Page 10classified Ady a in i Magazine