European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Germany ,-\vx<ownvxv>>>xx\>wx<<�?~s�xnsv�.\nssx<,>x�?~.<-,-,s edition Kandil ripes vol. 50, no. 21 saturday May 4,1991 b authorized unofficial pub cation for the . Armed forces 35# d 8693 Abush denies hostage Deal says he did t Aid Reagan in alleged 1980 plan Washington a president Bush on Friday vehemently denied visiting Paris in 1980 to help the Reagan presidential Campaign Cut a Deal with Iran to delay the release of american hostages until after the election. The president in his first Public comments on the resurgent allegations called news accounts suggesting such a Deal took place As even As Bush sought to quell the controversy his administration granted permission for former iranian president Abolhassan Bani Sadr to enter the United states to promote his Book charging that just such a mid Campaign Deal was struck to delay the hostages release. Bani Sadr is Likely to meet with congressional democrats considering an investigation of the allegations. Bush spokesman Marlin Fitzwater As part of the White houses response to the allegations said such a review would make democrats a look to an Oval office photo session the president refused to answer when asked if anyone in the Reagan Campaign Bro a Rcd an arms for to stoics Deal with Iran but said the resurgence of stories alleging such a Deal was some accounts alleging a Deal was Cut have said that Bush Reagan a vice presidential nominee travelled to Paris see Bush on Page 10iraqi troops flee growing Allied zone from wire reports hundreds of iraqi troops withdrew from Northern Iraq on Friday,.fleeing an expanded Allied Security zone established to protect hundreds of thousands of returning iraqi kurd. The turkish government meanwhile closed its Borders for several hours to humanitarian Aid for the kurd in the latest in a series of problems Between the .-led Allied forces and their hosts. Also Friday a Western Relief organization reported 100 cases of cholera in the past week among the refugees at the iraqi turkish Border. It said three people had died of the disease. More than.600 iraqi soldiers including Republican guards roamed through the Hillside iraqi resort town of Sirsen on Friday apparently on their Way to ii City South of 1�?~mosul an iraqi Cit South of the turkish Border. A rag tag Convoy of jeeps dump trucks and troop carriers transported the soldiers their bedding and electrical goods South. Several of the trucks broke Down and one had to be towed part of the Way by the army a 3rd in 325th airborne which was Manning positions on the Road. A a what a circus a said it. Col. John see troops on Page 10 with plenty of help from willing kurdish children army pfc Jakc Birman 21, of Santa Cruz calif., stacks Wood that will be used to construct a refugee campsite in Zakhoo making trip to Gulf to discuss . Postwar role Washington apr defense Secretary Dick Cheney will leave sunday for the persian Gulf to discuss with . Allies the postwar role of american military forces in the Region. Among the key issues on the Agenda for Cheney strip to saudi Arabia and five other Gulf states is what military hardware a if any a should be left behind after the Pentagon completes its troop and arms withdrawal from the area military sources said Friday. Because the future . Role in the regions Security arrangements has not been decided Only a Quarter of the tanks artillery and other heavy equipment that american ground forces used to push Iraq out of Kuwait have been shipped Home. Senior military officials speaking on the condition of anonymity say the movement of the arms depends on reaching a series of Complex sensitive agreements with various Gulf states on their Security needs. _ Cheney a meetings with government officials in Kuwait Qatar Bahrain Oman an the United Arab Emi rates As Well As saudi Arabia could answer the ques Tion of whether some of the . War Materiel might be left behind or sold to allies in the Region. No formal pacts have been reached. In the meantime the . Military has been gathering its hardware at major depot storage Points such As in the Vicinity of King Khalid military City in Northern saudi Arabia. A we done to know what to do with it. We Haven to a clue a complained one senior military source. A we Are having to erect shelters to keep the stuff from deteriorating in the deserts harsh environment the officer said. A if we got a decision tomorrow on. What to do with it it be too president Bush and Cheney have insisted repeatedly that they have no plans to base . Troops Ejra gently in the Gulf Region. Both however say they would be interested in leaving a hefty pile of War Materiel behind. Such a a of equipment would make a sense if air and ground forces needed to return to the \ j see Cheney on Page 10total deaths near 100,000in Dhaka Bangladesh apr corpses were strewn along Bangladesh a ravaged coastal Belt Friday As the official death toll from the country a most devastating typhoon Rose to nearly 100,000 people. An official of the red Crescent the Muslim equivalent of the red Cross said 99,256 people had been confirmed killed in tuesdays storm. The .-based Relief organization care International estimated at least 100,000 died. National newspapers said the final toll May reach 300,000 with waterborne diseases arid starvation stalking those who lived through eight hours of natures fury. 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