European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A f is i Felt Germany i edition the  no. 50, vol. 4 wednesday april 17,1991 b a authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 35c d 8693 weather delays Relief Effort 7,000 kurd reportedly dying each Day on turkish Border about 1,500 iraqi refugees in Safwan Iraq clench their fists and shout a no food no water we want Freedom a at a protest near the kuwaiti Border tuesday. Silo i Turkey apr dust storms and heavy Rains kept Relief helicopters grounded in this Remote Region on tuesday As . Troops set up a base Lor ferrying supplies to iraqi kurd who Are desperately awaiting Aid at Border Camps. Relief workers say that up to 1,000 refugees May be dying daily of exposure dehydration and dysentery along the turkish Border. That does not include the scores dying each Day among those who fled toward Iran. American officials plan to use Between 70 and 80 helicopters to move Hoo tons of supplies daily to refugees in the motto famous Border area. But the bad weather difficult terrain and Lack of Liny infrastructure in the re Gion have delayed the Effort a there is bad weather in the area. The helicopters Arentt flying and i done to know whether they la try to carry out any lifts today a said sgt. Blaine Vene Nui a spokeswoman at the .-turkish in Kirlik a where the International Aid operation is being coordinated. A she said transport planes continued to Parachute supplies to the crude Remote settlements. In Safwan Iraq about 1,500 iraqi Refu gees marched to a . Army Border Post tuesday chanting against Saddam 1 jus skin and pleading for Asylum before american troops withdraw the demonstrators chanted a Saddam is Hitler As they Mare lied along the Highway from a .-run Refuge to the army checkpoint where they held a rally. Men women and children assembled in separate groups As speakers with megaphones exhorted them to press for International action that would protect them front any reprisals by Saddam a regime. The men thrust fists into the air and echoed the chants of a speaker who said the refugees cared most about Freedom not about food or water. Another speaker read a poem that said l Pari.  to hoops a re wilful raw i no from the  they occupied in Southern Iraq after defeating Saddam a  will remain in Safwan and other Border areas hut Only until a i,44l them her United nations peacekeeping Force deploys in a demilitarized zone. Also tuesday officials at Britain a Royal air Force base in i Matasol. By see Relief on Page 10 pm in part a we refuse anything but tree Gorbachev tries to heal japanese wounds Tokyo apr soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev devoted tuesday his first Day in Japan to Chipping away at the Mutual animosity that has kept Tokyo from sharing its immense wealth with its impoverished neighbor. A a a a Gorbachev spent the Day meeting with prime minister Toshiki Kaifu cheerfully chatting with emperor Akihito and shaking hands with Tokyo residents. A it is time to do everything so that our Peoples. Will never again Drift into the disaster of enmity a Gorbachev said at a nationally televised court banquet tuesday night. A on the threshold of a new Century and millennium we must take from the past Only that which brings us together and enriches both  he was referring to the huge task of Healing the wounds left from world War ii when the soviets seized four islands off Japan a Northern coast and tens of thousands of japanese prisoners of War died in siberian Camps. In his banquet Toast Gorbachev offered condolences to the families of the japanese prisoners who perished but stopped Short of a formal apology. He is expected to give the japanese a list of the dead before he leaves on Friday. That follows the tone of reconciliation he set monday in the siberian City of Khabarovsk where he visited the Graves of japanese who died while being held prisoner. The territorial dispute remains a formidable obstacle. A a a a a a a a a a a Quot a. Japan demands return of All four islands a known to soviets As the Kuril islands and to japanese As. The Northern territories a before it will sign a treaty for see Gorbachev on Page 10 soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev left Waves to the crowd at a soviet Art festival tuesday night in Tokyo. With him Are japanese prime minister Toshiki Kaifu Raisa Gorbachev and Sachiyo Kaifu. Stars and stripes Reader Survey pages 14,15 and 16