European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse -1. A / Syi Quot a a it % at the refugee Camp in Safwan capt. Carolyn Sullivan examines a baby suffering from dehydration and pneumonia. A Young girl left sits next to a Wall of her Bullet riddled Home in the town. Rag women pull a a bucket of water from a Well in Safwan. They. Use the water for doing their laundry. A amps Luke Britt to it. 10�?T� army engineers string concertina wire around the refugee Camp in Safwan. Security was increased due to ions of possible terrorist activity aimed at the refugees. Works for the government. If we Woron there i m sure they a do it Quot Karakas said. The refugees have marched through town in Small groups no More than 100 at a time painting anti. Saddam Graffiti on Walls. They pc set fire to the City Hall and ransacked the Post office. They hold Small nightly rallies on the outskirts of town to drum up support among the town s citizens Karakas said. Military police in the town say they Are certain the a refugees have Access to weapons although attempts to find the guns have failed. Nevertheless soldiers play Down the potential for confrontation Between refugees and u a troops. A they fight the Republican guard there s no Way they would shoot at us Quot said sgt. Steven Scott also with the 503rd. They re waiting for us to As word of the impending american withdrawal spread through Safwan last week the town s citizens and the refugees became More desperate. A Safwan Man was found in his Home dead from a gunshot in the neck and a Day later two refugees were stabbed to death outside town. A representative of the Safwan government left for Baghdad wednesday to ask that a Security Force to provided for officials of the town but the u s military says an armed iraqi Force in the City is of the question. A spokesman for the said the organization does not intend to lot the town become the base of operations for rebels fighting the Republican. Guard but would not Rule out the possibility that rebels could operate from somewhere in the zone it Day a 116,1991 the stars and stripes a Page 15
