European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Solan vol. 50, no. 163 tuesday september 24,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 35$ d 8693 Iraq bows to . Term but guidelines for inspections remain vague by the Washington Post United nations a iraqi foreign minister Ahmed Hussein facing the possibility of imminent .-led military action said sunday that his government wants to cooperate with . Inspectors and will allow . Helicopter flights to Sites believed to contain iraqi weapons of mass destruction. However Hussein s Brief meeting with the current chairman of the Security Council French ambassador Jean Bernard Merimee left unclear whether iraqi president Saddam Hussein intends to comply fully with the councils demands that there be no interference with the inspections. Iraqis latest dispute with the Council was caused by Baghdad s refusal to permit . Inspectors to use German supplied helicopters. Iraq had argued that the German helicopters could be used for espionage and it viewed the helicopter overflights As a violation of its sovereignty. The meeting came on the eve of mondays address by president Bush to the . General Assembly. . Officials have said that Bush a advisers want him to set a deadline for iraqi compliance and to warn that if the deadline is not met the United states and its allies will use military forces to protect the helicopters. . Officials in Washington said sunday night that they had not yet been informed by Merimee about the meeting and that any comment would not come until Bush gives his speech. Other diplomats Here said that while they would need to know More about what happened in sunday s meeting their impression based on hints coming from Baghdad in the past few Days is that Iraq now is convinced that Bush is serious about using Force and that Baghdad will give in. These sources said they believe see Iraq on Page 2yugoslav truce appears to be holding Zagreb Yugoslavia f apr a truce Between Yugoslavia a Federal army and Croatia appeared to be holding at midday monday with Only scattered overnight clashes reported in the War ravaged Republic. A i think we have gotten Over Thesee related Story on Page 3 worst a Croatia a president Franco Tudja Man said late sunday the yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug reported. The cease fire agreement signed by Tadjman and Federal defense minister Veljko Kadijevic officially began at 3 . Sunday although isolated attacks were reported into the night. It was unclear whether the leaders had the control Over their forces or the will needed to enforce a lasting truce. At least five previous cease fires in Croatia which declared its Independence on june 25, have failed to end the fighting that has claimed More than 500 lives. Croatia a 4.75 million people include about 600,000 ethnic serbs Many of whom do not want to live in an Independent Croatia. The Federal military is dominated by officers from neighbouring communist Serbia the county a a largest Republic and has increasingly sided with the ethnic serbs. Tadjman ordered lifting a blockade of Federal Barracks in Croatia but did not say whether croatian troops would be see yugoslav on Page 2 yugoslav Federal army soldiers celebrate at a position near Sarvas after learning of the new cease fire agreement  planes staying in Turkey to protect kurd Ankara Turkey a the ground troops of a .-led Force based in Southeastern Turkey to protect iraqi kurd will be withdrawn but Allied warplanes will continue to provide deterrence the turkish foreign ministry said monday. The statement clarified an announcement saturday that the turkish government had decided to extend the forces mandate for three months. It said the participating nations agreed that its air component would suffice for the task of protecting the kurd against any new crackdown by the iraqi government. It also said the Allied Force would be restructured accordingly after the decision to remove combat troops from the Border town of silo i and support units stationed at Batman. Seventy five . Helicopters were based in Batman. The 4,600-Strong Force had been stationed on the Border since july after a larger coalition Force pulled out of Northern Iraq. The coalition helped 1.5 million kurd return Home. The kurd fled to Turkey and Iran after their failed March uprising against iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The Force had units from the United states Britain France Italy the Netherlands and Turkey. The United states provided 3,293 soldiers 53 warplanes and 75 helicopters. Its mandate was to expire on sept. 30. The Extension had been sought by senior iraqi kurdish leaders who visited Turkey last week. The Allied warplanes Are based at in Ciurlik a in Southern Turkey 420 Miles Northwest of Iraq. . Army maj. Michael Mckinney a coalition spokesman at in Ciurlik said he was not informed of the decision. He said there were 65 Allied a fixed Wing aircraft at the base but numbers fluctuated. These he said included . F-16 and a-10 warplanes eight British jaguars and eight French Mirage of is both fighter reconnaissance planes. American and French Kc-135 tankers see Allied on Page 2