European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Iraqi . Troops Trade fire no injuries reported if shootout at Saddam s Retreat so Zakhoo Iraq apr As Allied forces tried monday to persuade More kurd to return Home to Northern Iraq British and iraqi soldiers exchanged gunfire at a nearby summer Palace of Saddam Hussein British military officials said. No British casualties were reported and there was no word of iraqi casualties in the shootout near the Northern City of Sirsen Well within the Allied a Safe Haven zone intended to protect the kurdish refugees. The British officials said the incident involved a British patrol and several iraqi soldiers inside the Palace Complex which is surrounded by 12-foot Walls. It is five Miles East of Sirsen Airfield where the British marines have their Headquarters. Also monday Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii asked the soviet Union for support in authorizing a . Police Force to replace american and other Allied troops protecting kurdish refugees in Northern Iraq. Quot soviet foreign minister Alexander a. Bessmer Nyoh meeting with Baker in Cairo on monday did not say publicly however whether Baker had persuaded him to support an expected  Resolution in the . Iraq rejected a previous . Effort to establish a police Force in Northern Iraq. The shootout was reported by the British defense ministry and confirmed by the country a embassy in Ankara Turkey the first iraqi gunfire at the Royal marines patrol took place at about 10 30 a.m., when three rounds were fired from the Palace Complex in front of a patrol see fire on Page 10troops get Down to work in Bangladesh a . Army Black Hawk helicopter is unloaded at the Airport in Dhaka Bangladesh on monday. Dhaka Bangladesh apr the first wave of . Service members to help Battle disease and starvation in Cyclone devastated Bangladesh scouted out possible coastal Sites monday for water purification units. Also monday a giant . Air Force c-5 Galaxy transport plane landed in Dhaka with five bail la needed helicopters that will ferry supplies to storm survivors. A a a a a a a a a. A a a a a a a. Millions of people Are threatened by sickness hunger and exposure following the april 30 Cyclone that killed More than 139,000, Many of whom lived on Low lying islands and in coastal villages along the of Bengal. A a a a a a a a a a a a a a  the first Advance teams for the . Military task Force arrived sunday in. Dhaka and 170 service members had arrived by monday night about equally drawn from the  air Force Navy and marines. Altogether More than 12,000 . Service members a including persian Gulf War veterans a Are to contribute to the International Effort to save storm survivors. A a a a a. A a most were expected to arrive by sea wednesday or soon after aboard the amphibious assault ship Tarawa and the seven other vessels accompanying it. The marines on the Tarawa had been headed for Camp Pendleton in California when they were diverted to help with the Relief Effort. Some of the most useful equipment coming with this group is Likely to be hovercraft that can scoot Over the swamped shores of the Bay of Bengal. A the Workhorse is going to be air cushioned vehicles a otherwise known As hovercraft a Navy 1.1 cd Milr. Pete Godbey said while lie waited for the c -5 c Galaxy to arrive. A it can go right Over the mud Flats the  Godbey 40, of Cincinnati arrived in Dhaka on sunday night from Pearl Harbor Hawaii to direct a medi see troops on Page 10mrs. Mandela guilty in kidnapping assault Johannesburg South Africa apr a supreme court judge found Winnie Mandela guilty monday in the kidnapping of four Young men from a Church Home in 1988 and convicted her of lesser charges in the beating of the youths at her  wife of african National Congress Leader Nelson Mandela had Beeri charged with assault in the beatings but the judge reduced that charge to her being an accessory after the fact. Sentencing was set for tuesday and mrs. Mandela was released on her own recognizance. A was Long As you All now know that i did not assault any child that is All that matters a mrs. Mandela told the court. She said she was Quot delighted about the reduction of the assault charges but said nothing about the kidnapping conviction. After the verdict was read she was hugged and kissed by her husband. The two emerged from the courthouse in and gave clenched fist salutes to a crowd of about 200 people who cheered and roared a Viva Viva a the trial heightened tension Between the government and the Anc see Mandela on Page 10 Mandela Bush says . Will give up chemical  for Accord Washington a president Bush announced monday that the United states would forswear the use of chemical weapons a for any reason a including retaliation if an International agreement to ban such weapons can be reached. In the past the administration had contended that nations should be allowed to retain the right to use such weapons in retaliation if attacked by similar weapons. Bush said he is taking the step in Hopes of accelerating negotiations under Way in. Geneva toward a global ban on chemical weapons. He also called on All major issues in the negotiations to be resolved by the end of this year and a treaty ratified by the end of 1992. A i Hope this initiative. Will Spur other nations to commit themselves equally to this critical objective Quot Bush said in a statement. The president said he had directed .. Negotiators to announce the step when the conference on disarmament meets in Geneva on tuesday. Bush also committed the United a states to destroy its entire stockpile of existing chemical weapons within 10 years once an International agreement on eliminating such weapons takes of feet. A the persian Gulf War has once see Bush on Page 10