European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 10 b the stars Ano stripes thursday May 9, 1991battle from Page 1 102 vehicles racked up by Ibe apaches. A there was just destruction All Over the place Quot  i t. Col. Patrick Lamar the division s operations chief  the attack. Lamar said the Hammurabi was at two thirds strength or fielded at least two brigades when it was hit on Hight amp a 8. Quot we went right up their column like a Turkey shoot quoth said in an interview. Although the iraqi units fired Back . Losses were negligible. The 24lh lost a single m1a1 Abrams tank. One Bradley fighting vehicle was damaged and one Soldier wounded. According to . Commanders involved the March 2 attack was approved by the desert storm commander Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf after maj. Gen. Barry r. Mccaffrey the commander of the division reported that a scouting patrol of his 64th army regt had come under fire from iraqi forces. Two rocket propelled grenades a a weapon fired by an infantryman a Rifle a and a single round from a soviet made t-72 tank were fired at the patrol according to division records. There were no casualties or damage from the iraqi fire according to Lamar. Word of the Battle is still filtering through military channels where there is widespread controversy Over Bush s decision to end the War without destroying the Republican guard. But aides to Schwarzkopf in Riyadh saudi Arabia and senior military officials at the Pentagon denied the Webster from Page 1 american imprisoned one Day longer i think is  Quot i can categorically deny any Contact with the iranians or anything having to do with it Quot said Bush. On questions about vice president Dan Quayle Bush said Quot id love to be helpful to him in any Way i could., i want to help i done to Tike to see somebody unfairly criticized a Quayle has been in the spotlight during Bush a heartbeat episode because of concern that he is not suited to be next in line for the presidency. Bush who was vice president to Ronald keag3n, said he told Quayle a a you re talking to a Guy that went through something like this for about eight  a Bush said a a in a not about to change my mind about Quayle a when 1 see his performance and know what he a done Quot he added that Quayle has received a a bum rap in the press and accused the Media of a piling  on other matters Bush was asked about the review of White House travel policy in Light of the travels of chief of staff John Sununu. A i m going to have some changes and ill announce them soon a perhaps the next 48 hours Quot the president said. Bush defended .  performance during the persian Gulf War saying he had a no complaints whatsoever about the work done by the Cia Ana other intelligence agencies. Avs auit was a politics decision a it was a tactical decision by Schwarzkopf a said a senior member of the joint chiefs of staff. Mccaffrey has emerged As one of the most aggressive army Trank Ridd  of the War. A give Mccaffrey 6 a cts and hell take six Miles a a desert storm officer said. \ a a a under Bush s cease fire a orders Allied forces were to permit iraqi units with then tanks and other weapons to pass unharmed through american lines. But conditions of the cease fire Al a cd desert storm commanders to a respond aggressively if attacked. Army Gen. Collin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff defended Mccaffrey action. A they fired on us a Powell said erf the Irani division during an interview. Quot it was their . A no one can figure Bev fired on us a said Lamar a they were a. A Pii nevertheless Bush t Civ fee and lines anticipated some continued Vracr Ahari nut because of poor communications Between a too and and troops in tie Field a before we initiate  s  ctn e action a unless its under duress a we a e Tont to use the loudspeakers in the language that they Emder Miaad to Tell them that a a cease fire eat occurred a Marine Brig. Gen. Richard near operate foam director of desert storm said the Day the cease free went to effect. Although Mccaffrey a Arrmon was equipped with loudspeakers a countess Ora Forf Isopi they were never used to broadest word of the cease fire. A there Wasny to. Time to use the Belam put tsp Sadd Lamar a instead after the fid it aunt iraqi attack Mccaffrey assembled attack heh concert. Tori kit fighting vehicles an plane from Paget a was not injured. Accords Sig to at statement issued by the Headquarters of Che Allied relied operation Lor the kurdish refugees located far risk As in Southern Turkey. A the a-6 was file Tyrique Carrier Theodore Roosevelt and was on a  sight Over Northern Iraq when it reported the firings and  -9 . Tuesday Quot air Force Cash. Marcella Adams operation provide Comfort so amp est Ramum a said wednesday. A a a the Pilot reported thus chores Short bursts of triple a anti aircraft artillery i want1 Short do his aircraft. He was flying at about a Swissi 3�e Lime of the firings and the triple a went of Arion 3�orj feet below and nowhere near his aircraft _ _ she added that a the a Rwy firings name just minutes apart. The first took Grace 29 nautical Miles Northwest of Mosul and the second conic plane six nautical Miles West. Of  both dries Are Foca ced South of tie safety zone established by the Amiliea of rat them Iraq. Reporters in Dozhuk said us. Aircraft Cus Imasd m Fly Over Dozhuk on wednesday the dry25 to Miles South of the turkish Border is Jet ouch Side Quot the of mme Aang Belt in Northern Iraq occupied Fey Allied , _ _ Allied commander have Arimo pledged that if their Mission of getting the Jei Uriss Home is to succeed they must further expand diem Security zone to include Dozhuk. Artillery for the assault which began at 8 15 . According to Lamar the attack ended after noon with the wreckage strewn Over a couple of Miles of route 8, the main euphrates River Valley Road to Baghdad. A senior desert storm commander said details about the Post cease fire attack were withheld at the time even though officials in Riyadh and Washington knew the extent of the damage shortly after the Battle ended . Headquarters in Riyadh reported the clash As one in a. Series of a Small engagements a and the Pentagon said fewer than 200 vehicles had been destroyed after the 24th inf div was engaged by a a reinforced  a we knew exactly what the damage was but it did no to look Good coming after the cease fire a the desert storm officer said. \.  Pete Williams press spokesman for defense secure tary Dick Cheney denied there was any Effort to suppress details. A a the conduct of ground operations is being reviewed in two Days of hearings before the Senate armed services committee. On wednesday the panel was to look at the 1st Marine div. On thursday the 24th inf div was to be  a a . Army officer participating in a still classified a lessons Learned review of desert storm said that me Caffrey a March 2 attack was the biggest of the Campaign. A the big difference was that the 24th caught a Republican guard division on the move a the officer said. A the other divisions were hitting smaller blocking units that were dug in.�?�,. Occupying that provincial capital would be. A major escalation of the Allied military Effort. Troops on sunday reached the outskirts of Dozhuk but had not moved Inlo the City. A. A a. A a a by a iraqi soldiers appeared to be digging in around the City setting up sandbag positions with machine gun about two Miles from . Units. But Marine capt. Bill Mcevoy said his battalion was having no problems with the iraqis. A / a both sides have been pretty cooperative a said Mcevoy of Camp Lejeune n.c.. Officials said they could not comment on whether. . Forces would retaliate for the fire directed at the Navy . I a elsewhere the last american troops pulled out of Southern Iraq on tuesday after fighting a War and. Helping the refugees it left behind. Elements of the 3rd army div rumbled across the Sun scorched desert littered with blasted iraqi tanks and Eri lured Northern Kuwait to begin the Long journey Back to Germany. A a y \ the division was one of the Lead combat units in the drive to push iraqi troops out of Kuwait. It. Col. Dan Merritt commander of the divisions 2nd in 67th army regt said his troops were among the last to Cross the Border at mid morning. A out Here you measure time by events a said Merritt 43, of Gladewater Texas. A that was another event that helped put the close on  contributing to this report staff writer j. King Cruger in incl Lik Turkey. Faces in place stack files suit from wire reports actor Robert stack has filed a 510 million my set against the Star a supermarket tabloid claiming that it lib eled him in a Story he said  him of being too vain to admit his health is failing. In court papers filed in  Angeles stack said the a nory would Lead readers to believe he wan a an old Man crippled by failing health that threatened his ability to continue hosting the extremely successful Elev lion series or   a stack 72. 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