European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 51, no. 267 350 monday january 11,1993 b d 8693 a More aboard the Kitty Hawk a sooner or later american military forces will have to tangle with those of iraqi president sad dam Hussein . Fighter pilots said sunday. An immediate confrontation was averted when the White House announce saturday that Iraq had a backed Down and removed surface to air missiles that were threatening . Air patrols Over Southern Iraq. But the pilots expected More a cheat and Retreat tactics from Saddam a military. Quot he just keeps Chipping away at this thing and sooner or later it has to explode. I wonder if we Are delaying the inevitable said it. Cmdr. Dale Bruetting 41, the executive officer of an f-14 tomcat fighter Squadron. Some believe the next period of tension could come around the Jan. 20 inauguration of presi see pilots on Page 2 Iraq denies claim i t b a eked Down Nicosia Cyprus apr a defiant Iraq insisted sunday that it did not Back Down in the missile standoff in the persian Gulf and suggested that the Bush administration was trying to mislead the american Public. The United states France Britain and Russia had Given Baghdad until Friday night to remove missile batteries from Southern Iraq where Western allies set up a no Fly zone to protect dissident shiite muslims. On saturday . Officials said the missiles had been moved. A White House statement that Iraq yielded to the . Ultimatum mis not True a said a spokesman for president Saddam Hussein a ruling revolutionary command Council. The spokesman a comments were reported by the official iraqi news Agency. The spokesman who was not identified said Iraq s planes and air missiles a were in the places we decided they should  he acc Jisc the Bush administration of trying a to find a Way out of the standoff and suggested that the White House statement was intended to a mislead Public opinion or to damage our  but the spokesman also offered a dialogue with the United states and suggested that Baghdad hoped for better relations with the Clinton administration. The remarks from Washington a May be intended to Burden president elect Clinton with his Bush a policy which is governed by personal reasons and motivated by unjustified hatred a the spokesman  United states Britain and France have been patrolling a no Fly zone South of the 32nd parallel since see Iraq on Page 2 from wire reports Mogadishu Somalia a seven . Congressmen came under sniper fire sunday during the first visit by american lawmakers since the Start of operation restore Hope. The snipers began shooting As the con to Bairoa. The town is at the Center of the famine Triangle in the country a Interior. At a Hospital in the town the lawmakers watched As a shrivelled child cried in his mothers arms. Nurse Mary of Reilly of san Francisco told the lawmakers the child was 3 years. T y Gressional delegation arrived at one of to old weighed Only 16.5 pounds and has a Dishun shot spots a sports stadium where tuberculosis. Restoring Hope 1,500 . Marines Are encamped along the so called Green line that divides the City Between rival clans. Marine riflemen took up positions behind sandbags and the lawmakers were rushed from their vehicles into be the a the i of w a. \fh1 a the . Force in Somalia reached its highest level last week with 21,648 service members. Taking part in operation restore Hope. The total includes 781 troops involved in operation provide Relief the Effort to transport food to famine stricken Somalia. The operation is based in Kenya. Among other countries contributing troops to the Relief Effort Are. I France 2,533 Italy 2,533 Morocco 1356 Canada 1,356 saudi Arabia 643 rooms Neath stadium after briefing congressional Mem source . Central comes amps Susan Harris Bers were taken to an armoured personnel soldiers pull out. Carrier and sped out of the area under heavy military escort. Earlier sunday marines battled a seven member somalian gang that tried to ambush the marines under cover of darkness in an Alley next to the former . Embassy compound a spokesman said. Three somalis were killed and one wounded said Eric Carlson a chief warrant officer. There were no Marine casualties. Earlier sunday a the lawmakers flew aboard a c-130 Hercules transport plane a a he a probably going to die a. Of Reilly said. A ooh my god a said rep. Curt Weldon a Pai the death rate has been Cut dramatically since the arrival of . Forces in Bairoa on dec 16, said nurse Jane Exner of Philadelphia. The lawmakers praised the . Military Effort but expressed pessimism about what will happen when the american a the biggest disappointment we found is that to e United nations is doing nothing the . Is dragging its feet. They should be there As real players at this stage a a rep. John p. Murtha d-pa., said. Murtha chairman of the House defense appropriations subcommittee cited concerns Over the Cost of the operation about $500 million Over a five month period. Other lawmakers in the group were Bob Livingston a la. George Darden a a. Jack Reed , Nick Joe Rahall 11, . And Tony p. Hall a Ohio. A somalian youth tries to climb aboard a Marine armoured personnel Carrier saturday in Mogadishu. . Military hardware has a come a local attraction for youths