European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 153 Friday september 13,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 35 d 8693 iraqi troops buried alive during assault officers say by Patrick j. Sloyan new Day fort Riley Kan. A the . Army division that broke through Saddam Hussein a defensive front line used plows mounted on tanks and combat earthmover to Bury thousands of iraqi soldiers a some still alive and firing their weapons a in More than 70 Miles of trenches according to . Army officers. In the first two Days of ground fighting in operation brigade a desert storm three brigades of the 1st inf div Mecha the big red one a used the grisly innovation to destroy trenches and bunkers being defended by More than 8,000 iraqi soldiers according to division estimates. While 2,000 soldiers surrendered iraqi dead and wounded As Well As defiant soldiers still firing their weapons were buried beneath tons of Sand according to participants in the carefully planned and rehearsed assault. A there is no Nice Way to kill somebody in War a the associated press reported defense department spokesman Pete Williams As saying thursday. A War is  Williams said he could not say How Many iraqi see troops on Page 2eucom studying civil rights Leader s report by j1mi Jones and Rosemary Sawyer staff writers . European come officials Are re viewing a preliminary report from the . Civil rights commission chairman released wednesday that alleges the civil rights of service members and civilian employees overseas Are being violated. A we Are concerned by the allegations in or. Fletcher a report and Are following up a said Navy capt. Gordon i. Peterson european come spokesman. A a working group was formed at the . European come to review theater equal Opportunity issues when press reports of or. Fletcher a concerns first appeared. It is too Early to discuss possible future a the contents of the report were mine and mine alone. This was not a . Commission on civil rights sponsored trip the report is not a commission report Arthur Fletcher Lions at this Early stage in our  from its chairman Arthur Fletcher. The seven members of the . Civil Fletcher held a news conference rights commission will consider today wednesday in Washington to release a whether they will investigate allegations preliminary report on civil rights complaints he received during an August visit to military bases in Darmstadt Wiesbaden Mannheim Stuttgart and Kaiserslautern Germany. At the news conference Fletcher emphasized that the report s contents were Quot mine and mine  he noted a this was not a . Commission on civil rights sponsored trip the report is not a commission report and this is not a commission hosted press  Fletcher strip to Europe was sponsored by the National association for the advancement of coloured people among other organizations. A the commission did not definitely see report on Page 2 Kremlin expects marines to leave Guantanamo past blends with future Skang mgt this Chrysler 300 concept car s space age design with the look of a roadster from the �?T30s, will be a big draw at the 54th International automobile show in Frankfurt Germany. The exhibition starts saturday. See pages 14-16. Moscow a the Kremlin expects . Officials to match its planned troop withdrawal from Cuba by removing a Marine unit at Guantanamo Bay and halting Maneu vers in the Region foreign minister Boris d. Pankin said thursday. A we have informed the United states about our intentions and asked them to take reciprocal Steps Quot Pankin told reporters. President Mikhail s. Gorbachev unexpectedly announced wednesday that thousands of soviets at a military training Center outside Havana would be removed and that soviet relations would be restricted to Trade with the hard line communist government of Fidel Castro. Gorbachev did not mention the estimated 335 . Marines based in cubans Guantanamo Bay or the occasional . Military Maneu vers in the Caribbean near the Island nation 90 Miles from Florida. In a statement wednesday from Havana the Castro government complained that Gorbachev s remarks a were not preceded by consultations or any Advance warning Quot and that a constitutes inappropriate  the foreign ministry statement carried by the cuban government news Agency Prensa Latina also complained that Gorbachev did t even allude to the fact that the United states has a naval base a Guantanamo a on cuban territory. Gorbachev talked about removing a training brigade based outside Havana and numbering about 11,000 without saying How Many were soldiers dependents or support personnel. The cuban statement said the number was much lower calling the soviet military presence in Cuba a essentially  it did not give a figure for the soviet Force. Pankin said soviet officials while making the announcement unilaterally expected to renew discussion of longstanding soviet demands Over Cuba. �?o1 think now we can speak about the reciprocal Steps on the part of the american administration to create a normalized situation Quot Pankin said. A on the Agenda Are questions about the reduction of the number of armaments for example those at Guantanamo and the number of times american warships can Dock there Quot Pankin said. He said soviet officials also wanted Advance notice of a major military Maneu vers a and even might seek a total Hall of  Back efforts to free hostages Page 3