European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 c the stars stripes Friday August 30, 1991 iraqi incursion repelled by kuwaiti coast guard Kuwait apr kuwaiti coast guard units have captured dozens of iraqi soldiers intercepted on a Mission that apparently sought to Salvage abandoned ammunition on strategic Babiyan Island officials reported thursday. Wednesday s foiled Mission was described As Iraq s most serious military move since multinational forces drove iraqi invasion troops from Kuwait in february after a seven month occupation. However an iraqi foreign ministry source denied on thursday that iraqi soldiers had invaded the Island the official iraqi news Agency said. The source who was not identified said there were no military activities in the area but no tet that it was a a hotbed for smugglers subvert ers of foreign Powers a said Ina monitored in Cyprus. Kuwaiti . Ambassador Mohammad a. Abulhasan first reported the iraqi infiltration attempt in a diplomatic protest in new York late wednesday. Babiyan Island coveted by the iraqi government for years is located at the Mouth of the Shatt Al Arab waterway iraqis Only outlet to the persian Gulf. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein had demanded Kuwait hand Over Babiyan before his forces invaded the kingdom on aug. 2,1990. Officials in Kuwait on thursday speaking on condition of anonymity said the attempt occurred at 1 . Wednesday when the kuwaitis spotted gunboats carrying iraqi soldiers approaching Babiyan. A number of the soldiers managed to land they said. A the kuwaiti forces opened fire on the infiltrators surrounded them rounded up 46 soldiers in civilian Guise a said one official. A they Are now being interrogated by the at least 34 iraqi soldiers managed to escape others were believed still hiding on the Island said the official. He added that the iraqis a used heavy weapons were reinforced with More gunboats from Fao Island. In Southern Iraq. The iraqis apparently wanted to scavenge munitions Iraq left behind when it retreated from the Island during the War Interior ministry sources said. A . Embassy spokesman said a we congratulate the kuwaitis on their Swift action in defending their a a. Kuwait a undersecretary for foreign affairs Suleiman Majed Al Shaheen. Summoned the ambassadors of the United states the four other permanent members of the . Security Council. He pointed to the a enormity of the iraqi perpetration a the Kuwait news Agency reported. Al Shaheen also met late wednesday with the ambassadors of Egypt Syria other persian Gulf countries to discuss the iraqi action. Kuwaiti minister of state for Cabinet affairs Shari Abdullah Al Othman told the nation in a statement that the iraqi infiltration bid a has been completely thwarted. Officials said the iraqis in recent months mounted similar infiltration attempts but without Success. Earlier this month the a1 Watan daily newspaper the pro government a1 be Wassah newspaper reported that 19 iraqi troops were captured after they crossed the Border. The . Government said this week that it will keep a military presence in the kingdom longer than previously planned. About 1,500 new soldiers began arriving monday to replace the 3,700-member 11th army Cav regt which in mid september is to Complete its return to Fulda Germany chief Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said tuesday.. Gulf forces Are below 38,000, Down from a Peak of 540,000 during the War. About 16,100 troops Are on ships the rest Are in Kuwait saudi Arabia. World american killed wife Hurt after cab jumps curb from wire reports London a an american Man was killed his wife injured wednesday at harrods department store by a cab that jumped the curb smashed through a display window pinning the couple underneath Scotland Yard said. The Man his wife were in their 60s believed to be on vacation in Britain. They were not identified pending notification of their families a Scotland Yard spokesman said. The couple was walking on the sidewalk in front of harrods at 1 30 . When the taxi went onto the sidewalk while making a turn the spokesman said. The taxi hurled the two through a display window of the store pinned them underneath. Security guards passersby freed the couple who were taken to Westminster Hospital. The woman was admitted to the Hospital in serious condition. The cab Driver was not injured in the Accident. Crash kills 52 in Turkey Dogu Bayazit Turkey a bus loaded with lebanese passengers plunged into a Ravine in this town near the iranian Border on wednesday killing 52 of the 53 people aboard the provincial governor said. The survivor was injured. The bus was travelling at High Speed failed to negotiate a Sharp curve the sem official Anatolia news Agency reported. Gov. Mehmet Kuzgun said 48 of those killed were lebanese the rest including the Driver were iranians. Kuzgun told the associated press the iranian bus was one of three carrying a total of 133 lebanese citizens who entered Turkey from Syria on sunday on their Way to an iranian City to visit the Tomb of a Muslim religious of some of lost Pompeii victims found Pompeii Italy apr they were among the last to succumb to the Wrath of Vesuvius. A teen age girl a slaves ring on her Finger a handful of terrified companions trying to keep out the choking volcanic gases with a cloth to their Mouths. The latest glimpse of the final moments of this ancient City a habitats after Vesuvius erupted aug. 24, . 79, burying it under Ash Stone came a few Days ago when the skeletal remains of at least five victims were dug up from a Bank of Ash Pompeii a superintendent of archaeology Baldassare Conticello reported wednesday. Conticello displayed casts made by pouring plaster epoxy resin into cavities left by three of the bodies. The archaeologist said he believed the five were among the last to perish because of the height of accumulation of erupted material. A we found the bodies on a layer of lava material that had practically reached the roof of the houses a Conticello was quoted As saying. The bodies were All facing the Mediterranean which nearly 2,100 years ago was about 200 Yards to 300 Yards away Conticello said. Archaeologists believe the live were victims of a second phase of the eruption. The italian news Agency Ansa reported that the first Skeleton found was that of a girl of about 14 years. She had a slaves ring on a Finger her Skull was crushed by a roof tile it said. The other skeletons also showed signs of fractures Likely from falling objects or structures some had pieces of cloth around their Mouths apparently to keep from inhaling some of the suffocating Ash Ansa said. Archie Logiste examine a East made of a Pompeii resident who is believed to be one of the last victims of hikes pressure for Honecker s return Bonn Germany apr in its strongest demand yet for the return of Erich Honecker Germany charged wednesday that the soviet Union violated a key treaty by helping the ousted East German Leader escape trial. Honecker was whisked away to the soviet Union from a red army Hospital near Berlin on March 13. Officials of the russian Republic have said Honecker Likely will be sent Back As a result of the failed coup by communist hard liners in Moscow but no official decision has been announced. Honecker ruled former East Germany with an Iron fist for 18 years until his ouster in 1989, he faces manslaughter charges for allegedly ordering Border guards to kill anyone trying to escape to the West. About 200 East germans died trying to flee. Federal Justice minister Klaus Kinkel said Honecker could spend the rest of his life in prison if he were convicted. But prosecutors say the 79-year-old Honecker could be deemed unfit for trial because of poor health. Chancellor Helmut Kohl issued a half hearted protest to the soviet Union after Honecker a flight apparently fearing anything stronger could jeopardize soviet promises to remove All red army troops from Eastern Germany by 1994. But Kohls Cabinet had harsh words for the soviets on wednesday saying the soviet military a involvement in Honecker s flight violated the treaty under which red army troops Are being removed
