European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 51, no. 274 u. 350 monday january 18,1993 b d 8693 fires missiles into heart of Iraq bursts of anti aircraft Are Light up the Baghdad sky sunday evening during the . Raid. The picture was shot from a in screen. Iraqi president Saddam is his nation sunday. A Hussein address attack targets suspected nuclear Plant Washington apr angered by military provocations and Stormy rhetoric from iraqi president Saddam Hussein the United states conducted strikes against Iraq on sunday. The attacks included a dramatic Tomahawk missile attack against a suspected nuclear fabrications Plant near the capital Baghdad and the Downing of an iraqi Jet. In Baghdad Cable news network broadcast live scenes of anti aircraft weapons going off in the night sky. It reported that the downtown a1 Rashid hotel was damaged. Explosions could be heard in the background. In Washington White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the attack on the site 13 Miles South of Baghdad was intended a to ensure that Iraq never again acquires weapons of mass  Fitzwater said the goal of the attack was to seek iraqis compliance with . Resolutions. He said he did not yet have an assessment of damage to the suspected nuclear Plant. A senior defense source said . Navy ships Baghdad crackles with sounds of War Baghdad Iraq apr glowing anti aircraft shells streaked Over Baghdad late sunday As the United states fired cruise missiles at a suspected iraqi nuclear weapons site on the outskirts of the capital. An explosion wrecked the lobby of the Al Rashid hotel where foreign journalists and visitors stay. Hotel workers said a woman at the hotels reception desk died when the roof caved in. Eight to 30 people were injured workers said. There was no immediate report from president Saddam Hussein a government about damage to the target outside Baghdad. American to reports quoted the government As denying the site was in iced in nuclear weapons work. It was not immediately known whether the blast see Baghdad on Page 2 launched More than 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles shortly after 5 . Greenwich mean time targeting a military site South of Baghdad. The missiles were fired from ships located in the persian Gulf and the red sea the source said. Earlier sunday a . Jet shot Down an iraqi plane and attacked air defences in Northern iraqis no Fly zone As Saddam threatened a a final and decisive Chap term a in his conflict with the West. Fitzwater at an earlier briefing sunday confirmed that an american f-16 fighting Falcon Jet had downed an iraqi Mig-29 warplane Over the Northern zone which was set up in 1991 to protect iraqis kurdish minority. The hostilities took place in a remarkable final week see attack on Page 2