European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse On patrol near a Bullet scarred sign to Baghdad. Staples of duty Inza Kho live ammo and the streets. Continued from Page 1 coalition forces arrived to establish a temporary Camp for kurdish refugees hiding in the mountains although the iraqis were gone the tension lingered a Valyou were wide awake on the Midnight shift said sgt. Svend Sheppard 23, of Anaheim Calif. A Sheppard Turner and spec Terry Robinson Are a patrol team in this City there Are three missions for the maps Here a to patrol the main Supply route escort convoys carrying supplies and patrol Zakhoo. A a a _ _. Quot we re Here to keep the City secure Quot said Sheppard. Quot we re Here so the kurd will feel Safe and repopulate the ,. That is happening. Each Day More than 1,000 iraqi kurd return to their Homes in the City. Many also move a Quot into the Community of Blue and White tents East i or that now has More than 15.000 residents. Most however a continue past this area to. Homes farther East -1 Day Zakhoo buzzes with life. The main Market Street is alive with activity As Turner steers the humvee r. Past the parked cars and jaywalking pedestrians this seems to be a poor town. It is dirty and most Homes Are Small and in need of repair. A for the most part the soldiers Are no longer a Novelty Here. They still attract the attention of children however who wave and shout Quot hello a Quot the kids Are something Quot said Turner 21 of Largo my Quot once you Stop they flood the vehicle 11 Quot we were teaching them to say a i love George bush1 and a Usa no. 1, Quot Sheppard said. Robinson Learned a few kurdish phrases that he shouts at children. A i get it messed up with my Deutsch most of. The time Quot he said. The children often try to sell items to Temps such As iraqi Bills bearing Saddam Hussein a picture and scarves like the kurd Wear on their Heads. Adults Are Friendly too but sometimes they give the. Passing troops a cold shoulder Sheppard said. The -. Soldiers Are always aware he said that this country and their s were recently at War. A people Are. Pretty Friendly but they blend in with the people who Arentt very Friendly he said. Quot we watch or to much the patrols work in 12-hour shifts cruising the streets to let the kurd know the americans have not left them., there Are a couple of Points of special interest for the r amps. The first Aid station and water purification Plant arc both guarded by americans so they keep a close warm on their colleagues Sheppard recalled one night when a. Worked Securi y at the first Aid station an old map and a baby died. Quot. Page 2 b the stars and stripes a saturday my 11, t99l Quot an iraqi doctor delivered a baby caesarean with no aesthetic Quot he said Robinson 21, o St. James to remembered Quot it looked like a Tittle shop of horrors in there its no Hospital f want to go into quote just past the Hospital Turner turned left onto a narrow dirt Road Robinson who rides with the upper half of his body extended above the vehicle where he mans the m-60 machine gun called out Quot there a a mine up Here on the left watch it a they had earlier marked it and. ,. Reported it to an explosive ordnance detachment. Each. Noon the Eod blows up All munitions found in the area. As the vehicle approached the spot where the mine was a found Robinson said Quot its gone some kid probably a picked it up and is trying to sell a. Munitions Are another thing the children of Makhol Rytow sell munitions of All kinds. Rounds from ak-47s. Grenades. Land mines. The children find them and bring town hoping to sell or Trade them with the gis. Who Are told to stay away from the stuff. Some maps have reported children throwing things at their . Fear someday it will be a grenade tossed in innocence up try much got the City cleaned up Shep Pard a. Said. There a still a lot in the Countryside Quot s a there Are plenty of minefields around. On the drive from t Border two tank decoys also Are visible. And Many of a the Are topped by Stone bunkers once occupied by ,. Iraqi soldiers. Also nearby is a former training ground for the Palestine liberation organization. One of the targets at the shooting Range Sheppard said was a picture of a pregnant woman. The radio in the vehicle crackled and the team was told to Check out a Quot desert coloured truck Quot parked on the traffic Circle it turned out to be a couple of soldiers who had stopped for Tea. That is usually the extent of the Calls for the Zakhoo patrols Sheppard however once responded to a Call where some children had tossed bullets fire., one child was burned badly on the neck when the Blaz exploded. 1. The vehicle pulled to a winding Lane thai took them to a House on a Hill overlooking the town. They Call the House mikes Coffee shop after a platoon sergeant in the. Company. Quot we give different places names so we have Points of a a reference a Sheppard said they have named some of the streets Here for streets in through a narrow Street Sheppard said Quot in a sure glad we done to a Jive to Doji Cense plate checks Here i to Call in that one. Squiggly line. Squiggly line. Squiggly line Quot these military policemen Yvere not deployed to the Gulf _ Region for operations. Desert shield and storm an they thought the whole affair would pass them by. Quot we thin about it every night Quot said Sheppard. 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