European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Special assignment a Young boy stands amid the rubble of a destroyed neighbourhood in Dozhuk in Northern  and uncertainty kurdish refugees return to ruined Homes and a questionable future editor s note staff writer Joseph Owen spent three a weeks covering operation provide Comfort in Northern Iraq. By Joseph Owen staff writer in the stifling noon heat any Day last Spring the iraqi City of Zakhoo appeared As Little More than a vague outline of Hills in a sea of Haze when seen from the nearby turkish Border. But in the evening the setting Sun ignited the City a Talles Structure a Grain silo with a glow clearly visible 15 or 20 Miles away. It seemed like a Mirage appearing on the Dusty treeless horizon for a few hours before vanishing into the blackness of the no electrified iraqi night. The silo became a Beacon for iraqi kurd during the two months that its grounds were the Headquarters for operation provide Comfort s joint task Force Bravo. Some kurd came because they were curious others wanted to sell something. And Many feared the presence of . And other Western troops was another Mirage that would disappear at the end of the Day. So they demonstrated to persuade the americans and other westerners to linger. Quot yes yes Bush no no Saddam Quot became the kurd favorite chant not Only in Zakhoo but All Over Northern Iraq. At a . Checkpoint West of the provincial capital of Dozhuk a Man in a Small bus passed a Marine a note one Day in june. Quot kurdish people is lighting up with pleasure at the sight of you a it read. Quot they always thank us for being Here. I guess they re getting used to it. They want us to stay a said Marine Lance Chi. Ronnie a. White 21, of grand rapids Mich. The task Force already had moved its Headquarters tuesday july 23, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 1