European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The steam prices vol. 61, no. 272 350 saturday january 16,1993 b d 8693 Iraq bows to . Inspections . Troops arrive in Kuwait by the associated press an iraqi government spokesman said late Friday that his government had informed the United nations it was giving clearance for . Inspection flights to Baghdad. The announcement was made As the first Batch of . Troop reinforcements arrived Friday in Kuwait. An information ministry spokesman made the announcement about a half hour before expiration of a 10 . Central european time deadline set earlier Friday by president Bush for Iraq to comply with . Resolutions. The statement said word was Given to the . Special commission. Which is in charge of weapons inspections in Iraq in Baghdad and in new York As Well As to the Security Council. It said Iraq could not guarantee the safety of the flights because the responsibility lies with the United states Britain and France whose warplanes Are violating iraqi  the Bush administration Friday was cautiously studying the starting today last moment iraqi response. . Officials meanwhile would neither confirm nor deny a report that one of the allies bombs struck an apartment building during wednesdays .-led air raid on Iraq. Iraq has vowed revenge for the raid in which it claimed at least two civilians were among 19 dead. But no retaliatory a lion had been taken by Friday afternoon. A on Friday the first contingent of up to 1,100 . Troops from fort Hood Texas arrived at Kuwait s International Airport see related stories on Page 10 to beef up the military presence on the Border reporters said. About 300 special forces members already arc in Kuwait assisting the kuwaiti military. The first 350 soldiers from the Texas base arrived Friday afternoon and three jets were to Fly i about 650 others later Friday of missiles allies were i it Raqu a movement into zones where protecting dissident shiites and kurd ant Baghdad a dispatch of planes Over a Southern no Fly zone were other factors that precipitated the raid. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said it was possible that another air strike would be necessary. Quot i would Hope it would not be necessary but there  be any mistake on his Saddam a part Quot Cheney said Friday morning. Quot we Are prepared to do it again if we have to. The Washington Post quoting unidentified air Force sources reported Friday that a stray 2,000-Pound bomb heavily damaged an apartment building near Basra. The newspaper said Pentagon officials gave no explanation and no casualty estimate. Cheney said he could not confirm that an apartment building was hit but did not Rule it out. Quot its always possible when you drop weapons like this that you can have collateral  Cheney discounted iraqi film of a damaged building saying that during the Culf War Iraq see Iraq on Page 2 the first . Troops ordered to Kuwait alter the Allied attack on Iraq Board buses shortly afer their arrival in Kuwait City on Friday. The troops from fort blood Texas were sent in to help defend the country against possible retaliation by Saddam Hussein a  the Wheela weekly Page on automotive news shooting Mars new Somalia cease fire Mogadishu Somalia a scattered Small arms fire still crackled in Mogadishu on Friday after leaders of 14 somalian factions agreed in Ethiopia to Stop fighting and turn Over heavy weapons to the .-led multinational Force. Meanwhile the International committee of the red Cross temporarily shut Down operations in Somalia because of the killing of one of its staffers. I arc spokesman Tony Burgener said red Cross staff members would stay in their stations until monday while the Agency decides whether it can continue its Relief efforts under current Security conditions. The announcement followed the shooting of Kurt Lustenberger a 32-year-old Swiss who was killed by somalian gunmen thursday evening in Barbera. Clan violence continued Friday in Mogadishu where members of one sea related Etory on Page 3 clan captured a member of another in their neighbourhood and shot him in the head. A crowd of somalis Lustenberger kept journalists from approaching the site and refused to identify the two clans. It was not Clear How quickly the warlords could advise their forces of the cease fire agreement. Somalian telecommunications have been knocked out by civil War and looting. . Military officials said they had not yet been advised about the agreement reached in Addis Ababa. Faction leaders could not agree on who would participate in a National reconciliation conference scheduled in March. That dispute referred to a committee was the main stumbling Block in the talks that began Jan 4 for a scheduled two Days. . Spokesman Farouk Mawlawi in Mogadishu said the shooting of the red Cross worker was accidental and occurred during a wage dispute. He said a somali Drew a gun fired at the floor and the Bullet bounced up and hit Luston Sou Somalia on Pago 2navy to Block mass exodus from Haiti Miami apr . Ships and planes will patrol off the shores of Haiti to prevent a feared mass exodus of refugees the head of the . Coast guard said Friday. Quot this is not a blockade Quot said adm. J. William Kime calling the Effort a humanitarian move coordinated with both the Bush and incoming Clinton administrations. President elect Clinton said thursday that he will have the coast guard continue intercepting and returning haitians Quot for the time  thousands were said to be preparing to depart from their impoverished country because of Clinton a Campaign pledge to provide them Refuge until democracy is restored in Haiti. Up to 17 coast guard vessels five Navy ships and a dozen aircraft will take part in what has been dubbed operation Able manner Kime said. The deployment could last several weeks to several months Kime said. Some will float just outside Haiti a 12-mile territorial limit to intercept sailboats and freighters that May at see related Etory on Page 6 tempt to reach the United states boats without refugees will be allowed through. Officials refused to Call the Mission a blockade a term with hostile overtones when it is used to describe actions aimed at stopping shipments of goods or weapons during wartime. The coast guard decision still hit a nerve in the already angry haitian Community in Miami 600 Miles from Haiti. Quot we Are extremely disappointed that or. Clinton is going Back on his Campaign Promise Quot said Steven forester attorney for the haitian refugee Center. Quot he called the policy unlawful and inhumane and said he would change it. And now he a enforcing it with a vengeance. Quot this is complicity with the regime that persecutes Many of these people. Out of the thousands who have been returned it s not inconceivable that hundreds if not thousands have run into harm s  some of the . Vessels Are already steaming toward son Haiti on Pago 2 f if a Quot i of or m Fez  Hoph my try Amiin ,i11, new