European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 51, no. 264 350 Friday january 8,1993 b d 8693 a seen to . Forces by Gary Pomeroy staff writer the surface to air missiles that Iraq is repositioning in the no Fly zone in Southern Iraq pose Little threat to . Aircraft an official for Jane a defence weekly said thursday. The soviet made Sa-2 guidelines and. Sa-3 Goas both Date to the mid-1950s and were used against americans in Vietnam and the coalition forces m operation desert storm said Ian Kemp a spokesman for the London based Trade publication. Kemp did not know How Many of the missiles Iraq has but indicated the. Two kinds represented a. Small part of its available a spectrum of  �?o1 think its More show of Force a Kemp said. A if it was serious they would put in a Complete spectrum of missiles. And of course you have to ask yourself what they Are trying to defend. Its indicative of a a gradual escalation a he said. A they have More modern missiles in their  a key disadvantage to the radar guided missiles is that they give away their positions when the radar is turned on Kemp said. . Air Force officials would not comment on what tactics would be used to disable or avoid the missiles. However Kemp said the United states has at least three types of radar jamming aircraft in the Region that see threat on Page 2 after Allied ultimatum Tuu Rcv area of kurdish majority Anli aircraft missiles in postilion along 32nd parallel area of shiite Muslim majority Jjo Fejes saudi 100 he Lueia Washington a Iraq has moved anti aircraft missiles positioned near the Southern no Fly zone following in ultimatum from the United states and its allies senior. Pentagon officials said thursday. A a there a been movement. But we re not sure what that Means yet a said one official speaking on condition of anonymity. A to describe it As positive would be premature. Lets nope its for official said. E its for the right reasons a the a we j. Castelio the official said it was t immediately Clear whether Iraq had moved the missiles Back to their previous positions which had been demanded by Washington and its allies. At the Pentagon spokesman Bob Hal declined to say whether Iraq had moved the missiles away from the no Fly zone. Quot we Hope that the iraqis will respond id the demarche hat was Given to them at the. . Last night. And we Hope they Wilt respond Hall told a Pentagon news briefing a but in a not going to speculate to in just not going to get into giving an intelligence assessment of where the missiles arc at a Given  the surface to air weaponry had been put South of the 32nd parallel in an apparent attempt to threaten the Allied aircraft policing the Southern zone set up to protect the shiite minority in Iraq from air attack. The official said that if the missiles had been returned it would be in line with Saddam s previous a cheat and Retreat pattern of dealing with United nations Post War demands. The official warned that it could be see Iraq on Page 2.a . Marines take cover at the ransacked american embassy in Mogadishu late wednesday As machine gun fire erupts nearby. From staff and wire reports Mogadishu Somalia a . Attack helicopters tanks and ground forces blasted clan positions in Northwestern Mogadishu with heavy fire thursday in an Effort to crush increasingly Brazen sniper attacks on .-led troops. The Early morning attack followed clan militiamen a refusal to surrender heavy weapons As demanded by . Marines. Cobra ah-1 gunships humvee with anti tank mis Sites and it Battle tanks took part in the assault on two Arsenal compounds controlled by Gen. Mohamed far Rah aided one of Somalia a two main warlords. One Marine was reported wounded by other . Troops in what officials said was a Case of mistaken identity. The wound was not believed to be life threatening no further details were immediately available. There was no information on somali casualties. Some shooting could be heard in the compound of the 10th Mountain div Light support come he. Where element s of cod 502nd aviation regt from Mannheim Germany Are staying. It is not known if any task Force soldiers were injured. However personnel Are confined to the compound after dark. Since the arrival of task Force 5-158 on dec. 31, random shots have been fired at the compound area nightly. The . Assault was the biggest demonstration of firepower since operation restore Hope began on dec. 9, and it came after several Days of sniper attacks on marines and worsening clan skirmishing. A we hit them with a firestorm a a maj. Gen. Charles e. Wilhelm commander of the 1st Marine division told reporters. He said the assault was ordered after it was deter see clan on Page 2 weather halts spill cleanup Sumburgh Shetland islands apr Salvage Crews stood by in frustration thursday As lashing Rains and High winds stymied efforts to Rescue wildlife and Dean up a spreading Oil spill from a battered leaking supertanker. Brian Davy the senior forecaster at the governments weather Center in Aberdeen Scotland said new gales were expected in the area later in to dutch Salvage Crews were a. Alvage marshalling equipment in Hopes of pumping the remaining Oil out of see spill on Page 2 see related stories on Page 9 a amp Stix Foj Wujs feb vat we tej son o Kim said wednesday that tha Navy should permit woman to Fly combat aircraft missions and to a Arva aboard All Navy ships including submarines and amphibious Vassal a. Sea Story on Page 5