European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes sunday August 18, 1991 two soldiers Lake part in a successful attack on a kuwaiti Oil Well fire Friday. Army does crack Job in Oil Well fire attack ahmad1, Kuwait a the . Army on Friday attacked a kuwaiti Oil Well fire a and won. The Mission pitted a combat engineering vehicle a a modified m60 tank a a against a 13-foot Mound of Coke and debris that had built up around a burning Well making it difficult for firefighters to reach the Well to repair it. Shortly after Dawn Friday an army Cev opened fire with 10 High explosive rounds and broke the hardened Coke into chunks that now can be scooped away. Quot they be done a Good Job a said Danny Clayton manager of the red Adair inc. Firefighting team that Wil extinguish and Cap the Well. A they probably saved us three or four Days of  Clayton said that normally his Crew would use dynamite to blast through the Coke which is a hardened mass of Sand hydrocarbons and Salt. Oil Well bg-93 in the Burgan Field near Ahmadi is among More than 730 Oil Wells that iraqi troops blew up with plastic explosives during their seven month occupation of Kuwait. Larry flak who coordinates firefighting for the Kuwait Oil co., said that 301 of the damaged Wells had been capped by Friday. Kuwait estimates it will take until March to extinguish most of the Wells and millions of dollars to repair them. Help on Friday came from the 58th combat engr co of Fulda Germany. It is among the support units assigned to Kuwait with the 11th Ardc Avreet. Each of the 10 rounds fired Friday was preceded by the radioed warning a on the  fired from 350 Yards away nine of the 62-Pound shells scored direct hits on the Mound and one skimmed the top. Each hit sent a Ball of Black soot into the air and chunks of Coke flying from the site. The wartime targets of Cess would be enemy bunkers buildings and Bridges. A a it a excellent training a said capt. Kevin Woods commander of the engineering unit. A a it a a live Mission with a real outcome instead of an inert  Brig. Gen. Robert a. Goodbary commander of the . Troops in Kuwait said he was pleased a that we can use a piece of equipment of War for peaceful and humanitarian  another observer was Michael Black who came into Kuwait As a Soldier during operation desert storm with the 24th inf div. Now he works for the Kuwait owned Santa be co. That supports the firefighters. He and his Crew on Friday were to begin pulling the shattered Coke away from the Well. Quot Small world Isnit it Quot he said. Pope asks Austria Germany pics Hungary up Pope John Paul ii celebrating mass saturday near Hungary a Border with strife torn Yugoslavia called for a peaceful Resolution of the ethnic Battles threatening to tear apart the yugoslav federation. The Pope spoke for More than two hours in his homily in the Border town of pics to 100,000 pilgrims including thousands who crossed into Hungary from Austria As Well As from the yugoslav republics of Croatia and Slovenia. Addressing those present in hungarian slovenian croatian German italian and latin the Pope called on Yugoslavia to seek peace in an apparent reference to the ongoing violence Between eth Nic croats and serbs. John Paul meanwhile urged austrians and germans to a act As a Bridge to Eastern Europe a and noted the history and culture of the germans was closely tied to the Catholic Church. He also praised ethnic hungarians who came Over from neighbouring countries for a having remained faithful to the intellectual and spiritual heritage of your  Many senior Catholic Church officials were present from surrounding countries As Well As from pm Csc sister cities of Ezek in Yugoslavia Lahti in Finland and Dijon in France. For East the Pope made a veiled reference to divisions among churches in Hungary and called on catholics and protestants to close the  Pope also said that 40 years of communism in Hungary had resulted in an a Iron listed organization that caused a pseudo ideology and lifestyle a leaving a need in the newly democratic nation for a Radical conversion to religious Faith. The Pope spoke highly of the efforts in the town to re establish Catholic schools and religious education. Following the mass the pontiff visited the towns 100-year-old Cathedral of which the foundations of the Church go Back to roman times when it was used As a burial site. Pecs was a major town in the roman province of Pannonia when it carried the name of Sophia a. The Pope praised residents of pecs for having accommodated Many ethnic groups. The town has been Home to ethnic germans hungarians and croats for centuries. In his final Blessing he said he would Pray for a a new Unity among nations which should build a new world which he called a a civilization of  he also called on people in responsible positions to a create Harmony and peaceful co existence on the european  iranian official denies women face death for improper dress Nicosia Cyprus apr an iranian official on saturday denied that women could face the death penalty for ignoring islamic dress rules that require them to cover their hair and bodies the islamic Republic news Agency reported. A those who do not observe the islamic dress codes in Iran Are not executed and what the Western Media have attributed to me Are pure lies a prosecutor general Abolfazl Musavi Tabrizi told Irna monitored in Nicosia. In a phone in program on Tehran radio thursday the prosecutor general said ignoring the dress code would be considered apostasy punishable by death under Iran a islam ii Laws. The full veiling known As Hijab was reintroduced As Law after the 1979 islamic revolution. Hard Core followers of the late revolutionary Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini object to any weakening of the islamic Laws and demand that women be punished even if their hair just slips from under the covering. But the government led by president Hashemi a Sfanjani has sought to ease some of the Laws on personal conduct. A fight Over attempts to detain women who were not considered fully covered precipitated a riot last month. Girl 8, killed in Accident boy 4, injured Karlstedt Germany a the 8-year-old daughter of a 2nd army div fwd Soldier was killed and the soldiers 4-year-old son was seriously injured in a one car Accident thursday afternoon a division spokesman said Friday. Tavia Mitchell died when the car driven by her Mother spec. Leslie Mitchell left autobahn 27 near Bremerhaven said Heinz Thompson of the division Public affairs office. Mitchell and her son octavious were still in a German Hospital in Bremerhaven on Friday Thompson said. Their injuries and condition were not known. Mitchell is an administrative specialist assigned to he co 498th support in on Clay Cavern. J the Cavise of the Accident has not been determined Thompson said. German and american authorities Are  Calls  Oil Sale blatant interference Baghdad Iraq apr Baghdad state run newspapers on saturday attacked the conditions of a  Oil Sale As blatant interference in iraqis inter Nal affairs. Al Jou Huriya which like other papers splashed the broadside across its front Page accused the United states of leading efforts in the . Security Council to place restrictions on the Sale due to its hatred of the iraqi people. The decision is designed to starve the iraqi people into dependence on the West the paper said. Quot the More they try to harm Iraq the More iraqis will believe in choosing National resistance Quot the paper said. It said the restrictions were aimed at keeping Iraq from claiming its deserved leading role in regional and International affairs but the iraqis would outlast them. A they will find in Iraq a patience which has never been seen by anyone before Quot the paper said. The . Security Council on thursday allowed Baghdad to pay for Relief supplies by Selling $1.6 billion of Oil. The Oil would be the first iraqi Export permitted since the Council imposed Broad sanctions after the invasion of Kuwait in August 1990. Iraq will have no control Over the Oil revenues which will be paid into an escrow account administered by the United nations. Al Qadi Siya the army daily attacked the . Plan for setting aside Money from the Oil Sale to pay Tor compensation to War victims and for the Cost Otoe stroking iraqi weapons. The remaining sum a is not enough even to cover the minimum needs of the iraqi people for food median and medical supplies a the paper said. The paper said the Sale was not designed to Alvevta e iraqis suffering but to deepen the siege. The newspaper Iraq said the , vote meant denying the iraqi people their Basic rights