European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ike is vol. 50, no. 318 350 thursday february 27,1992 d 8693 a p. I u a year later kuwaitis silent  Kuwait apr a year ago there was boundless Joy when Allied troops liberated Kuwait from seven months of iraqi occupation. This year there is mostly gloom. Kuwait was trying not to celebrate the anniversary wednesday. True on tuesday evening the Seaside Highway erupted in honking horns and an occasional rattle of festive gunfire showed that the country a weapons confiscation program was not a Complete Success. Crown Prince Sheik Saad Al Abdul Lah Al Salem Al Sabah earlier led a silent March of 4,000 people. But the Only official ceremony scheduled for wednesday was an air show by 125 air Force planes from 10 coalition nations a novel event in the Middle East. The government shelved other plans out of respect for the families of an estimated 1,400 residents a More than 700 of them kuwaitis a still believed held in iraqi prisons. Most people Are feeling too Blue to celebrate at Nome anyway. A Down deep inside us there is unfinished business a said Altaf Sultan a Counselor. A when your House is broken into and your prisoners Are still in Iraq you done to feel like  much of the visible destruction is gone. Utilities returned weeks after liberation and the last of about 770 damaged Oil Wells was capped in november. Oil production is inning up Back salaries have been paid and stores Cater to every whim. The four Day weekend to Mark National Day and liberation Day prompted at least 200,000 people to leave Many headed for nightclubs in Dubai. But Saddam Hussein remains in Power in Iraq. Kuwait feels alienated from Many of its Arab neighbors. The owners of smaller businesses have not had their losses replaced. Deserts and beaches arc still infested with mines. About 1,600 people have been killed or wounded by them Over the past year the health ministry said. In general the expectation of a better Kuwait to emerge from the conflict has yet to appear. A people Are frustrated a said Cohanim Al Najjar a political science professor see kuwaitis on Page 2 president stung Kerrey boosted by South Dakota Sioux Falls . A president Bush a Campaign stung by the protest votes of South Dakota republicans says it will now a work harder a while sen. Bob Kerrey headed South on wednesday hoping that his democratic Victory Here will ignite a rally in the Delegate Rich primaries of March. Republican voters on tuesday repro lae a Man died Bush for the second week in a Row with nearly a third of those casting ballots in South Dakota opting for a uni  a a we need to work harder a Bush Campaign spokeswoman Torie Clark acknowledged. Kerrey said the Victory Over fellow farm state sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa and the rest of the democratic pack would ignite his Campaign. He immediately left Ifor Georgia whose primary is a week away and said he could fight on equal i terms against gov. Bill Clinton of Arkan Sas in Clinton a Southern base. A a in be got nothing to apologize for in a general election against George Bush and in a going to say to the Good democratic delegates that in Mon the Hunt for you a Kerrey said wednesday on cd so a this morning. The results in the South Dakota Republican race were a 69 percent of the vote for Bush. A 31 percent to the uncommitted slate. The weak Victory followed last weeks lacklustre performance in new Hampshire where Bush scored 53 percent in the Lead off primary against gop challenger Patrick Buchanan a 37 percent. Buchanan was denied a spot on the South Dakota ballot by state party officials who said he was late in complying with party rules. The state extended a trend of regional favouritism among the democrats and left see Kerrey on Page 2 sen. Bob Kerrey addresses a Victory rally in Sioux Falls ., on tuesday. Miakota rail its a Pierre Republican George Bush 69% uncommitted 31% Democrat Bob Kerrey 40% Jerry Brown 4% Tom Harkin 25% Larry Agran 1% Bill Clinton 19% Lyndon Larouche 1% Paul Tsongas 10% Doug Wilder 0% South Dakota s uncommitted slate was an anybody but Bush tickets amps from wire reports South Dakota dealt president Bush yet another political setback in tuesdays primary As nearly a third of that states republicans abandoned him in favor of an uncommitted slate. Bush managed to Muster Only 69 percent of the vote to 31 percent for the uncommitted slate. The unexpectedly weak Victory came a week after Bush scored a lacklustre 53 percent Victory in the Lead off new Hampshire primary against gop challenger Patrick Buchanan a 3 / percent and 10 percent for other candidates. Analysts said the vote was one More indication of voter dissatisfaction and a suggestion of Bush a general election vulnerability. A a there a no other Way to read it a said political analyst Stuart Rothenberg. A in this Case the uncommitted slate represents an anybody but Bush  a Pat Buchanan campaigned Day and night in new Hampshire and Drew 37 percent. And Here a non existent candidate who did no to Campaign Drew nearly As much of the  Buchanan loyalists Savoured the presidents predicament. A the president has been in a free fall for months now Ana there a no indication that he a leveling off. His political problems Are increasing daily a said Richard Viguerie an outspoken conservative activist and Strong Buchanan supporter. A Bush has been a failure from Day one a said Les Karas 64, a Republican who voted for the uncommitted slate. A a in a  about it but that a the Way it  Gary Brooks 48, a Pierre ., teacher and registered Republican said he voted uncommitted because a i just done to like what Bush is doing with the Economy right  in los Angeles where the president was campaigning Bush Campaign spokeswoman Torie Clark conceded a we need to work  still she said a we won. Well take those  meanwhile Bush went to a Mountaintop outside of see Bush on Page 2