European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                B the stars and stripes Friday january is 1993 at a glance the rising Waters of the Mosel have made a Venice out of the German town of Zell. Continuing rain has been wreaking havoc across Northern Europe. Other photos on Page 11 . Weather Story on Page 13.little Hope for pos a Senate committee has Quot no com pelting evidence Quot that a few dozen american soldiers May remain alive in Southeast Asia nearly two decades after the Vietnam War ended. A Page 4 Index 1 Abby Ann Landers. .17 classifieds. 25-28 comics . 22-23 commentary. 15 crossword. 17 faces a no places. 24 letters a 14 Money matters. 16 sports. 29-36 weather. 13 corrections because of a source error an article wednesday incorrectly identified the officer who decided to return the soldiers and helicopters of the 502nd aviation regt to Germany from Somalia. It. Gen. Robert b. Johnston the combined joint task Force commander in Somalia made the decision. From Page 1 died. Saddam threatened to Quot turn the skies of Iraq into a lava against the oppressors. A. Senior military officers and pilots involved in the Allied Mission said their planes faced no resistance from the iraqi air Force or surface to air missiles. Baghdad said it would agree to two . Requirements that led to the air strikes but the key Issue of iraqi anti aircraft missiles in Quot no Fly Quot zones remained unsettled. The Pentagon said one of the four iraqi anti aircraft batteries attacked by Allied warplanes was destroyed and the three others apparently escaped damage. It nonetheless characterized the Mission As successful. Quot the iraqi Southern air defense network is now seriously degraded Quot said Pete Williams the defense department spokesman. Quot in our View the operation was a Success. He described the bomb damage As Quot moderate Quot and disclosed for the first time that one bomb hit an unintended target. He had no details on the errant bomb Quot its fair to say that not every single target was hit Quot Williams said. Quot but that was never our measure of  he said the purpose was to Quot Send a signal Quot to Saddam Hussein that he must abide by , Security Council cease fire resolutions. In add on to the four missile batteries that were fired on the Allied planes targeted four air defense command centers that include radar and communications facilities. Williams said he could not accurately assess the damage to those four Sites. Williams said the iraqis moved two of the four missile batteries away from the attack Sites after the raid. He said he was not sure whether those two were damaged but they cannot immediately be used because they Are out of  they Are not a threat to coalition aircraft Quot he said. He said a third anti aircraft missile site remained operational. Later however the Pentagon said it had Learned that the iraqis had disassembled the third Battery near Jailil in Central Southern Iraq. A ,. Earlier thursday Brent scowcroft the National Security adviser to president Bush said Quot in the neighbourhood of half the missile Sites had been destroyed. Williams asked about scowcroft a remarks said he could riot confirm his estimate. Quot i done to have a percentage for you a he said. Quot i Don t have a Box score for you  Williams also disclosed that of the Allied bombs that missed their targets one hit a some kind of Structure that was not supposed to have been bombed. He said he did not know what kind of Structure it was nor whether any civilians were in or near it. The spokesman also said the government had no information on any iraqi casualties. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said the raid had Quot a significant Impact Quot on iraqis Southern air defences. . Planes were Back Over Iraq thursday taking photographs to Verity damage reports and looking for any signs Saddam would try to strike Back. A Pentagon official speaking on condition of anonymity said the air Force was preparing to Send More aircraft to saudi Arabia. It was not immediately known How Many More would be sent or from which bases. The air Force planes that participated in wednesdays raid flew from saudi  attack eliminated at least temporarily the ability of iraqi forces in the Southern air defense network to communicate Between missile Sites an official said. A Clinton from Page 1 selection must be ratified by the full committee but its vote is considered a formality. Clinton also defended his Retreat from a Campaign Promise to Cut taxes on the Middle class. A the american people would think i was foolish if i said i would not respond to changing circumstances Quot Clinton said alluding to sharply higher estimates of the Federal budget deficit. Quot i think it would be irresponsible for the president of the United states to never respond to changing  he also rejected suggestions that he was reneging on a Promise to produce a comprehensive economic plan immediately after his inauguration next wednesday. Quot i done to know who led you to believe that a Clinton said. He said he would Complete his decor nomic plan Quot in the near future Quot and it would be unveiled in a state of the Union address Quot not Long after i take  members of Clinton a White House staff were drawn predominantly from his Campaign although there were a few Fresn faces. The first members of his White House team named by Linton were a Craig Smith to be dec political director. Smith was Clinton a political director when he was governor. A Carol Rasco to be Domestic policy adviser. She was a senior adviser on those issues during the Campaign and a longtime Clinton aide. A Eli Segal his Campaign chief of staff to be assistant to the president for a. Tiona service charged with creating a program of volunteerism. Quot he will make National service happen Quot Linton said. Quot it is very very important to me.�?�. Wilhelm used the occasion of his announcement to try to recruit disaffected voters. Quot we Hope to win the support of those who no longer feel at Home in the gop and for those who voted for Ross Perot Quot Wilhelm said. Filling in the top of his White House staff Clinton named George Stephano Poulos As his director of communications and Dee Dee Myers As his press Secretary. They held those jobs during the Campaign. Bruce Lindsey one of his closest friends and confidants was named director of the White House personnel office overseeing appointments to jobs throughout the  because of a reporting error a list thursday of events marking the birthday of Marlin Luther King or. Incorrectly stated the location of a performance by the shape International school choir. The choir will perform at the International club at shape during u 2 . Ceremony monday. Because of an editing error an article thursday listed the wrong area code for the phone number that soldiers in the grades e-5 through e-8 can Call to inquire about joint service staff assignments at . Embassies. The Correct number is . Civilian 410 6772134/7361 or Dan 923-2134/7361, ext. 2631/2633/2638 or fax 410 677-5352 or Dan 923-5253. From Pago 1 balance of Power in the Middle East Wasny to Worth the problem that the iraqi dictator has posed in the Region since the War. Quot i think we Felt we  take out Saddam then because he provided a kind of balance in the Middle East a said Sperling of the 1st Cav Day in binding in go Many. Quot if we got rid of him someone worse could fill the void. But i think we realize now that we should have gone after  since the War Saddam has flouted the in. Resolutions and provoked the attack Sperling said. A Marine with the Marine corps Security Force co in Naples Italy agreed. Quot we need to do something about the situation a said set. Peter Latsonas 27, a Denver native a to until last night things were at a standstill Quot but Cpl. Xavier Dixon 27, also in Naples said the United states should have continued fighting the Gulf War until Saddam was no longer a threat. Quot when we first landed during the Gulf war1 was scared because 1 did t know what to expect but after the first 24 hours the fear went away and i was ready to do my Job so we could go Back Home a a Dixon said. During the War he was a member of the Echo 211 arty unit from Camp Pendleton Calif. His unit landed in saudi Arabia feb. 24 and headed North securing kuwaiti Oil Fields on the Way. Still Dixon from warm Springs a said he would have held off on going Home to finish the Job to his satisfaction. Quot we could have gone All the Way to Hussein a front door a he said. For All the desert storm veterans questioned the air strike brings a sense of adj amp Vul. Quot it was just like two years ago a Sperling said. Quot we warned him warned him and warned him and he did no to react. Finally we set a deadline that deadline passed and we hit him. Quot the Only difference is i watched last night s strike on television. Two years ago it was my wife watching television and i  even get to a radio a Dixon Latsonas All of the aircraft returned safely. Worth flew 28 combat missions in an ef-111 in 1 Coupon t even get to a radio a a a 1 Sperling a native of Succasunna n.j., t. A i Egl War. Flew an Ahl cobra attack helicopter a a feel in which was used in during desert storm to cover the 3rd wednesdays raid electronically jams army div As it pushed through Iraq and Ray car. Denying the opposition the into Kuwait. Ability to track incoming aircraft. Ivr. 1 1 a. 1a _. T _ wednesday s air strike wont be the last in the opinions of people asked because Saddam is mustering support from other arabs by standing up to the United states. Prior to his current Post As chief of Wing safety Worth commanded the 42nd electronic combat so at upper Heyford. Worth said wednesdays attack _. ,. Prompted him to remember the exp Lara the strike could ultimately play into Bon he Felt about finally getting the of Saddam s grander plans some said Al port Unity to do what he and his Crews port Unity to do what he  had trained for. He said that Many of the pilots who flew their first combat Mission wednesday probably Felt the same Way. Quot nobody wants War Quot Worth said. Quot no want Phi it body wants to drop bombs. But when you him a snerling it p support for have 10 do at it is reassuring that we my opening said. Were trained  Unnur Helford Eri it atom its report weft Weller Kevin Doug upper hey Boru England said he was Kerty in Kaiserslautern Germany Ron Jensen in a Firnberg a pleased that it was successful and that a Lysis inapt a a a a Nanc l to fief at though it signals to other nations that the United states will stand by the . Resolutions and that Saddam s behaviour had to be corrected. Quot i think our reaction was what he