European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Labja Iran Baghdad kurdish controlled area kurdish guerrillas prompt move into Iraq aps amps Ankara Turkey apr Turkey has decided to occupy a 3-mile-deep a Buffer zone in Northern Iraq to prevent turkish kurdish guerrillas from infiltrating into Turkey a government official said wednesday. The move Marks the most dramatic step Turkey has taken in seven years of fighting kurdish separatists. It could put Turkey in conflict with Iraq and raise tensions with the  Force poised on turkeys Border with Iraq to defend iraqis kurd. A we Are declaring a five Kilometre re Gion along the Border a Buffer zone a prime minister Mesut Yilmaz was quoted As saying in an interview with the turkish daily Hurr yet. A everyone who Steps into that area without permission will be fired  senior government official speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed the report. The move follows turkeys dispatch of troops into Northern Iraq on monday to attack bases of turkish kurdish rebels who have conducted Cross Border attacks. The  allies who spent months Arab group attacks . Office in Beirut protecting iraqis kurd from iraqi president Saddam Hussein raised no Public objection to the turkish military action. That May be because the operation fell outside the 3,600-Square-mile Allied a Security zone created in Northern Iraq in april for returning kurdish refugees. Turkey sided with the  coalition during the persian Gulf War. The United states staged air attacks from Turkey and Turkey also was a base for Relief efforts for the iraqi kurd who fled after their postwar rebellion collapsed. Yilmaz and the senior see Turkey on Page 2 Beirut Lebanon apr grenades exploded outside a . Office in Beirut wednesday and a previously unknown group said it staged the attack to underline its Isis nce that Western hostages be swapped for arabs detainees held by Israel. The attack came a Day after the pro iranian shiite Muslim kidnappers of two american hostages said they would Send a special envoy to the . Secretary general in 48 hours in a bid to end the hostage crisis. Police said three rocket propelled grenades exploded in the air near the offices of the . Development program in Beirut a shiite Muslim District of Bir Hassan shortly after Midnight. No casualties or damage were reported. An Anonymous caller to a Western news Agency claimed jugs possibility on behalf of the organization for the defense of the prisoners rights. A we totally reject the expected Deal for the release of an american and a British hostage at a time our Brethren remain in prisons in Israel and the West a the caller said in  of arabs have been detained by Israel including More than 300, who Are mostly shiite muslims held by an israeli sponsored militia in Southern Lebanon. Israel said it would Exchange the detainees for seven israeli servicemen missing in Lebanon since its 1982 invasion of that nation. The caller said the . Secretary Gen eral should not get involved in the hostage Issue. A we advise the Secretary general of the United nations or. Javier Perez de Cuellar the godfather of this Deal not to get involved in suspicious acts that serve the interests of american intelligence see Arab on Page 2 engineers win pact to repair kuwaiti bases Kuwait City a the . Army corps of engineers which supervised the restoration of Kuwait a electricity and water after the Gulf War was awarded on wednesday a $105 million contract to begin repairs on Kuwait a main military air bases. An announcement by the army corps Kuwait emergency recovery office said a the government of Kuwait has accepted and signed a . Department of defense proposal today to begin emergency restoration planning and engineering for two kuwaiti air  the heavily damaged bases Are at Ahmed Al Jabbar in the desert West of Kuwait City and Ali Al Salem to the North. The contract is for the first phase of work a to restore minimum emergency capability of Kuwait a air Force a the statement said. The kuwaitis had previously reached agreement with the United states to buy 50 f-18 fighter bombers before Iraq invaded. The new contract comes on top of the $400 million previously awarded the corps to restore the country a electricity and water service and to supervise reconstruction of Public buildings after the Gulf War. Work is under Way on repairing 150 of Kuwait a schools. In addition the corps is supervising repair work on government ministries and preliminary learning of the parliament building. Iraqi troops invaded on aug. 2, 1990, and were driven out of Kuwait by Allied forces on feb. 26. All of Kuwait a military installations were damaged during the seven month occupation by Allied bombing or by iraqi sabotage. Reporters flown Over the Ali Al Salem air base could see Shell pocked runways and bomb holes in the heavily reinforced Concrete roofs. Col. Doug Coffey spokesman for the corps said in an interview that the goal is to get the air bases operating by the Spring of 1992. Tribute to a Berlin landmark the Bradenburg Gate is illuminated by fireworks As thousands gathered in Berlin to pay 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