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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 51, no. 273 500 sunday january 17,1993 b d 8693 a vows to More . Troops a so a in a a Vav n v / i a v 1 Quot a 0 i i Jib arrive in do St by the associated press Iraq on saturday vowed to shoot Down Allied aircraft in the no Fly zones Over Northern and Southern Iraq and a battalion of . Troops continued to reach Xuy wait to protect the emirate from possible reprisal. Quot Iraq has rejected the no Fly zones that were in sed unilaterally by the governments of the United tates Britain and France a Deputy Premier Tariq Aziz told a news conference in Baghdad the iraqi capital a we have decided to resist this and we Are resisting it now by All Means politically and  Aziz said that iraqi soldiers had been Given the go ahead to shoot Down Allied aircraft Over any part of Iraq. The announcement raised the possibility of another clash Between Iraq and the allies who regularly patrol South of the 32ndt>araltel and North of the 36th to protect rebel shiite muslims and kurd respectively. Iraq offered compromises on two other conflicts it had with the United nations. Iraq agreed to guarantee the safety of in. Flights to Baghdad so Long As they flew directly from Amman Jordan a avoiding both no Fly zones imposed by the allies. And it said it was talking with . Negotiators see Iraq on Page 2 troops from the 1st in 9th regt 1st Cav div arrive at Kuwait a capital from fort Hood Texas on Friday. \ a a a a a a a a a 9rams. Los Angeles apr a Pacific storm filled dams to the brim for the first time in years washed millions of Gallons of sewage into the Ocean and swept a Man to it his death in a swollen Creek. The storm which dumped More than an Inch of rain on los Angeles on Friday showed no sign of relenting saturday. The National weather service posted flood watches from Santa Barbara to san Diego and from the coast to the desert. A state of emergency was declared in los Angeles and in Orange and Santa Barbara counties. A a there a simply no place for the water to go a said meteorologist Bruce Entwistle. A this is probably the most flooding potential we be seen in a Long  about 100 people were evacuated from an apart ment Complex in the suburb of Montebello late Friday because of fears of a mudslide on a nearby Hill. Rain has fallen Over the southwestern United states for nine of the past 10 Days and was expected to persist through the weekend already 9.2 inches of rain have been recorded in los Angeles this month triple the Normal rainfall for the period. To the North the storm dumped nearly 4 feet of Snow on the Mammoth lakes ski resort possibly contributing to an explosion and fire at a condominium Complex that killed two people and injured three. The cause of the blast was unknown but Snow had sea Rains on Page 2soldier recalls smell of death in Somalia by Steve scholar Kaiserslautern Bureau the one thing pfc. Scott Mcdonald will always remember from his stay in Somalia is the smelt. He was not sure if it was the smell of rotting human flesh excrement or dead animals. But the odor unlike any he had experienced changed his Outlook on life. A when i went into Mogadishu there were Mounds of Earth on the Side of the Road. They were fresh Graves. The smell was everywhere a said the infantryman with the 10th Mountain div Light from fort drum . A was we travelled through the City animal carcasses were also on _ the sides of the Road. The stench was  Mcdonald was at the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center in Germany recovering from a nasal see Somalia on Pago 2 a amps Steve scholar pfc. Scott Mcdonald gets checked Friday by Lan Stuhl nurse Judy Strong. The Soldier had been medically evacuated from Somalia because of a nasal infection. Kill 6 somalis find Cache Mogadishu Somalia a . Troops shot and killed six somalis a at least three of them civilians a after the americans came under fire a . Military spokesman said saturday. A Day after the gun Battle . Army soldiers on saturday uncovered what the spokesman called the a Mother lode of arms caches a 30 bunkers West of Mogadishu stuffed with More than 1,000 tons of arms and ammunition. Marine col. Fred Peck said the ordnance in the bunkers would fill 150 to 200 five ton trucks and included surface to air missiles 500-Pound bombs Small arms machine guns and ammunition. Peck said at least three of six somalis killed in the Battle Friday were innocent civilians caught in the Cross fire. Four of the six wounded also appeared to be civilians. The incident began when a six vehicle see troops on Page 2  
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