European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Simn nope shot. 50, no. 153 Friday september 13,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the  armed Foitl 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 desert storm three brigades of the 1st Ini div Mecha the big red one a used the grisly innovation to destroy trenches and bunkers being defended by More than a the 0 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. Quot once we went through there other than the ones who surrendered there was t anybody Lett. Said capt. Bennie Williams who was awarded the Silver Star for his role in the assault. The unprecedented tactic has been hidden trom see troops on Page 2 ljcukii&3f avva Iurii a a v it ,. Group decides today on Fletcher report probe. The report is not a commission rep by the stars and stripes the seven members of the . Civil rights commission will consider today whether to investigate a report from commission chairman Arthur Fletcher that the civil rights of american service Mem cars and civilians in Europe Are being violated. In his report released wednesday Fletcher said also that racial discrimination seems to spill Over into the . Military Justice system in Germany where service members claim the Black to White ratio of prisoners in military jails is about. 4_lo-l. Stadt Wiesbaden Mannheim Stuttgart the report details civil rights and Kaiserslautern All in Germany in complaints Fletcher received during an August. No. R unofficial visit to military bases in Darm at the news conference Fletcher pm 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 a Arthur Fletcher Pha sized that the reports contents were a 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 s trip to Europe was sponsored by the National association for the advancement of coloured people among other organizations. Of the allegations he said evidence also seems to support allegations that about four Black youths for every one White Are sent Back to the United states from Europe when they have serious conflicts in the overseas military communities or with local nationals. According to Fletcher a report most Black service members he spoke with believe that disciplinary actions Are More see probe on Page 2 Kremlin expects marines to leave Guantanamo past blends with future ass in Gaorge this Chrysler 300 concept car a space age design with the look of a roadster from the 30s, will be a big draw at the 54th International automobile show in Frankfurt Germany. The exhibition starts saturday. See pages 14-16. Moscow apr 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 a 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 he 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 Miles from Florida. In a statement wednesday from Havana the Castro government complained that Gorbachev s remarks Quot 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 no to even allude to the i act 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. "1 think now we can speak about the reciprocal Steps on the part of the american administration to create a normalized situation a Pankin said. Quot on the Agenda Are questions about the reduction of the number of armaments for example those at Guantanamo and the number of limes american warships can Dock there a Pankin said. He said soviet officials also wanted Advance notice of Quot major military Maneu vers a and even might seek a total halt of  Back efforts to free hostages a Page 3