European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes Friday september 20, 1991 an airline attendant for Northwest airlines curries a baby and assists a passenger after the engine of the Jet caught fire during an emergency Landing thursday. More than 30 passengers were injured while sliding Down escape chutes. See Story on Page 8.hughes accused on b-2 the top Pentagon auditor at Hughes aircraft has asserted that the aerospace company overcharged the air Force on development of the b-2 bombers radar system. A Page 5aids testing urged Federal health officials Are recommending that patients entering hospitals routinely be Given tests for infection with the aids virus. A Page 6u.s. Poverty worse a new study says the United states has More poverty and is less Able to Cope with it than any of the major industrialized democracies. A Page 7yeltsin slightly ill russian president Boris Yeltsin cancelled appearances for a second Day because he was Quot slightly ill Quot and resting at Home. A Page 8wolf facing extradition former East German spy chief Markus Wolf will return soon to Germany to answer charges of espionage. A Page 9 anaemic recovery the american Economy has been beset with a Host of problems ranging from sluggish consumer spend ing to a virtual standstill in commeria Cal construction. Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 comics. 19-21 commentary. A a a a 13 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 Bush again warns Saddam not to hinder . Teams Portland Ore. Apr president Bush thursday held out Hope for Quot a new Era of peace and Prosperity after warning Saddam Hussein that he could again face . Warplanes if he impedes United nations inspections of his nuclear facilities. In remarks at a political breakfast Here Bush Dow played the new dispute with Iraq choosing instead to focus on democratic changes in Eastern Europe and the soviet Union. A we have an unprecedented Opportunity to build a new Era of peace and Prosperity Here and abroad to build a new world order where the Rule of Law prevails Over the use of Force a Bush said. His comments came a Day after he disclosed a plan to protect . Inspection helicopters in Iraq with . Military aircraft if Saddam continues to restrict the inspectors. The . Team is trying to inspect iraqis nuclear chemical and biological weapons capability which is to be destroyed under . Cease fire resolutions that ended the War. The president also has agreed to saudi Arabia s request for Patriot anti missile missiles to be placed As a defense against possible iraqi aggression the White House said. Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the United states believes Iraq still has a several Hundred scud missiles like those used against saudi Arabia and Israel during the Gulf War. Bush said he was a plenty fed up with Saddam a evasion of inspections of his nuclear facilities that Are required by the . Cease firc resolutions. Those resolutions also provide Lor inspection and destruction of ballistic missiles along with chemical and biological weapons facilities. A we intend to see that these resolutions Are complied with. He s not going to question our resolve on this a the president told reporters wednesday during a Stop at the grand Canyon. In an appearance intended to highlight the administration s environmental record Bush praised an agreement cutting Back a nearby Power Plant s Fulfur dioxide emissions blamed for limiting visibility in the area. Later in Portland apparently referring to controversy Over the Northern spotted owl. Bush said people should not lose their jobs because of Quot extreme environmental positions. Don t believe we need extremes to solve the  the Timber Industry says proposed limits on logging in the old growth Timber areas where the endangered owl lives could Cost tens of thousands of jobs. Police officers in riot gear ringed the convention Center As about 500 people staged a noisy demonstration on the streets outside protesting . Policies ranging from aids to the Middle East. Nine were arrested on charges including harassment burning a Flag disorderly conduct and using a megaphone. Quot after his Stop in Portland on a political fund Raiser for sen. Bob Packwood a Ore. Bush was to Fly on to los Angeles to plug his transportation policy and raise Campaign Money for sen. John Seymour  from Page 1 deployment of Patriot missiles. At the same time you know i can t stand Here and Tell you that we know with absolute certainty that there Are no More scud missiles left or no More  saudi Arabia has placed a $984 million order Tor patriots but those missiles launchers and associated equipment Are not due for delivery until 1993. The United states sources have revealed has drafted plans to escort inspection helicopters on no notice inspections of iraqi weapons operations. That planning followed repeated foot dragging by the Baghdad government which put roadblocks in the Way of . Inspections and attempts to use . Helicopters in unimpeded Surprise inspections throughout the country. That plan reportedly includes sending additional aircraft from the United states a lighters and tankers a to supplement the fighters and bombers that remain in saudi Arabia. There Are about 36,000 . Troops in the Region including about 16,000 at sea around the arabian Peninsula. The air Craft Carrier Abraham Lincoln is making a port Call in Dubai in the United Arab emirates scheduled to end today and the Carrier Forristal is in the Eastern Mediterranean. Williams said that Iraq a has a Long Way to go before the inspection teams have a full picture of where their weapons of mass destruction Are what their capacity is to produce them and to deploy  he said each inspection turns up More information so Quot its very important to continue these  inspections Williams said make it hard for Iraq to attempt to reconstitute any of its nuclear chemical or biological weapons  from Page 1 tic Field commanders showed . Soldiers were killed and maimed by the bomb lets during combat and during lulls in the fighting. The accidents occurred when individuals and groups either stumbled on or a played Quot with bomb lets despite warnings to leave such munitions untouched. A it was a serious problem Quot said air Force it. Gen. Charles Horner who directed the desert storm air War. During an interview Horner said air Force Cluster bombs intended to halt iraqi troops fleeing Kuwait on the so called a Highway of death Quot May have injured . Army troops that occupied the area Days later. The air Force munitions Are designed to leave unexploded devices acting As air dropped land mines. The army bomb lets Are designed to detonate on Contact but thousands remain unexploded on the ground. The . Munitions contributed to an unexpected Stream of casualties at Battlefield medical stations. Pentagon officials said Iraq did not use such weapons. A there is something about them the bomb lets that just begs you to pick them up a said maj. Jim of Donnell who told How some soldiers of the 1st inf div Mech played catch with the explosives wounding three in one incident. In another Case James Naberman a department of the army civilian attached to the unit filled a bag with the unexploded bomb lets and placed it in a humvee. A the did no to make it Over the first bump in the Road a an army officer said. A we were surprised because we had been expecting mostly Burn casualties that you get with tank Battles a said Virginia Stefanakis. A spokeswoman for it Gen. Frank la doors the army surgeon general. Instead she said the Quot blast effects from munitions Quot injured Well More than 5 1 percent of the soldiers wounded in action. But St Stanakis refused to provide specific breakdowns for these casualties or detail similar wounds that might have been caused through detonation of iraqi mines. Members of the surgeon general s stall who have been analysing the bomb let problem refused to be interviewed by new Day. Stefanakis said the army study of casualties had not been completed. The study Quot will be classified Quot Stefanakis said. According to the Pentagon 403 americans were wounded Between the beginning of the ground War that started feb. 24 up until april 11, Well after the cease fire went into effect. That figure includes 163 casualties in confirmed incidents 90 in the scud missile attack on a Barracks feb. 26 at least 65 soldiers injured by other . Weapons m a Friendly fire incidents and eight . Pilots downed Over Iraq. With those 163 casualties accounted for. The number of ground War wounded in other incidents drops to 240. A when these Liguras Are released you will see that More than half of the 240 other casualties were wounded by our own munitions Quot said one army officer familiar with the casualty study. Quot it May wind up closer to 60  from Page 1 the direction of c Croatia to the cheers of thousands of onlookers. 1 heir destination was not immediately Clear but the mobilization appeared to be at least an attempt by the military to intimidate croatian fighters who have blockaded Federal garrisons in several key towns m the Republic since saturday. Thousands of people lined the High Way greeting them with cheers and throwing sandwiches and cigarettes to them. The soldiers mostly reservists replied by flashing a signs. Meanwhile the yugoslav news Agency to Jug reported that croatian Force s continued to attack Federal Barracks in the coastal City of Sibenik. Heavy shelling by tanks and cannons were reported by Belgrade radio As the army fought to break the siege Belgrade radio reported shelving and shooting in and around Osisek Eastern c Croatia s main City. Military sources confirmed that croats occupied the army Barracks there but Only after soldiers managed to move out most of their equipment. Barracks in Vukovan and nearby Vin Kovcin in Eastern Croatia were also under attack fan Jug said citing a military statement. And Street fighting had broken out in Gospic near the Adriatic. 1 he c Oralian defense ministry reported that an army munitions warehouse in Ogulin Southeast of Rijeka was set a Haze by Federal jets to keep it out of c croatian hands and up to 20 Federal soldiers were killed in the resulting explosions