European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Kurdish guerrillas prompt move into Iraq my a d a t\._l. / a t. 1 1 i aps amps Ankara Turkey a Turkey on wednesday declared its troops will occupy a narrow a Buffer zone in Northern Iraq in an Effort to Stop Cross Border raids by turkish kurdish guerrillas. The decision Marks turkeys most dramatic step in seven years of fighting its kurdish separatists. A we Are declaring a 5-Kilometer 3-mile-deep Region along the Border a Buffer zone a Premier Mesut Yilmaz said in an interview with the turkish daily Hurr yet. A everyone who Steps into that area without permission will be fired  the decision could put Turkey into conflict with Iraq and raise tensions with the  Allied Force poised on turkeys Border with Iraq to defend iraqi kurd. Yilmaz said the turkish military operation to crack Down on turkish kurdish rebel hideouts inside Iraq was proceeding As planned hostage team readied for Wiesbaden Hospital a the operation is going on successfully according to a plan set up by our military authorities in accordance with our intelligence. It will achieve its goal soon a Yilmaz read from a statement at the end of a Cabinet meeting. His remarks were the first Public acknowledgement of the turkish incursion into Iraq that reportedly began with air raids Early monday. Yilmaz said the government would take a every necessary measure to keep the area clean from  the Demarti appeared to he a reference to the decision to occupy the Buffer zone. An official said that Iraq s kurdish groups who have controlled Northern Iraq since an Allied humanitarian Force pulled out july 15, would be banned from the Buffer zone. He Stid iraqi kurdish Fead see Turkey on Page 2 by the associated pres the White House said wednesday that it is readying a team of medical and psychological experts to Send to Wiesbaden Germany if needed for the possible release of Western hostages held by islamic kidnappers in Lebanon. White House spokesman Marlin Fitz water said it has no new evidence that a release was imminent. He said the move was taken in response to rumours from diplomatic channels and the statement delivered by islamic jihad on tuesday to a news organization in Beirut. A we have had these reports from a number of sources that a British hostage and an american hostage May be released Fitzwater told reporters at Kennebunkport Maine where president bus is on vacation. A we mainly just wait and see. In Piep ration we be notified the families of six american hostages that we have these rumours and so there s always a pos Sibili the government has told the families a to be prepared to go to Wiesbaden if they want to a he said. A at the same time we have a reception tempi from the state department that s Bein organized now a that team will be sent to Germany a was soon As we get any Bard information a he said. The air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden frequently serves As a Stop for freed captives. Bush counselled tuesday against people getting their Hopes up. Fitzwater said Bush has assembled a hostage reception team on past occasions that turned out to be false alarms. The kidnappers islamic jihad said tuesday that they would Send a a special envoy to . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar within 48 hours in a bid to break the hostage deadlock. The group see hostage on Page 2 6,700 stateside troops to by Chuck v1nch Washington Bureau Washington a even As its overseas draw Down picks up steam the United states is set to show its continued commitment to defend Europe by sending 6,700  troops to Germany for reformer �?T91 this month Pentagon officials said wednesday. About 2,000 soldiers from the 8th inf div Mech and 2nd army Cav regt will join those troops for the follow on tactical ground exercise code named certain shield.  units to deploy include elements of Iii corps and the 13th corps support come from fort Hood Texas Iii corps arty from fort Sill okla the 4th inf div Mech from fort Carson Colo. And the 10th Mountain div Light from fort drum . In addition numerous smaller combat support and combat service support units will participate. This will be the 22nd training exercise in the reformer return of forces to Germany series which is designed to showcase . Ability to quickly move military muscle from the United states to Europe in a crisis. The deployment phase together with certain shield will be hosted by natos Northern army group and is scheduled to run from late August through late october in Northern Germany and the Netherlands. Reflecting the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the soviet withdrawal from the Region this years exercise will be far smaller than the traditional full scale tactical Maneu vers that stretched across Large chunks of the German Countryside. In fact no tanks and few tracked vehicles will be deployed As participating units will instead make extensive use of. The kinds of computer Battle simulations that were tested and refined during the 1990 exercise. While belgian German dutch and see reformer on Page 2 tribute to a Berlin landmark the Brandenburg Gate is illuminated by fireworks As thousands gathered in Berlin to say tribute to the structures 200th anniversary on tuesday night. The Gate modelled after the Entrance to the greek acropolis was built two years after the death of prussian Monarch Frederick the great and stands just Yards from the area where the Berlin Wall once divided the City during the cold War