European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 19,1993 strike on Iraq the Star s and stripes 0 . Washington up Ankara denied a request from president Bush to allow . Combat aircraft based in Turkey to Fly offensive airstrikes against Iraq diplomats based in Europe and Turkey said monday. Bush made the request during a Telephone conversation sunday with turkish prime minister Suleyman Demirel who rebuffed the president based in part on the a Domestic perception that the islamic country should not provide overt assistance to the very nations that refuse to help Musl Iris in Bosnia and Herzegovina senior turkish diplomats based in Europe said. Turkey and other islamic nations have asked the . Security Council to lift the arms embargo on Bosnia so the besieged Republic can defend itself against serbs. And they have pressed the United nations to authorize enforcement of the ban on serbian military flights Over the Region. The United nations has. Not approved either measure. Secretary of state Lawrence  said last week that the West a failure to Stop the carnage in the former Yugoslavia has a Cost us in the moslem  he said for example that the turkish foreign minister a takes me to task on the administrations a inability to Deal with the problem every time they meet. A the turkish government has so much discomfort and internal pressure from events in Bosnia that we could not allow the allies to launch attacks from incur like a in Southeast Turkey a senior turkish Diplomat said under condition of anonymity. But diplomats said Demirel told Bush that ., British and French combat air a Craft based at in Ciurlik a could defend themselves from attack while carrying out their approved Mission to police the nobly zone above the 36th parallel in Northern Iraq. And Allied aircraft participating in operation provide Comfort the Mission to enforce the Northern no Fly zone and protect kurd who fled there in the Wake of an aborted coup attempt following the persian Gulf War were forced to do just that. . F-4g wild weasels from in Ciurlik Early monday attacked iraqi surface to air missile Sites North of the 36th parallel after coalition aircraft were fired upon officials said. An iraqi Mig-23 venturing into the no Fly Boneless than two hours later was downed by a missile fired from a . F-16 fighting Falcon the officials said. And . F-16s dropped four Cluster bombs designed to destroy aircraft run ways by dispersing Over a wide area prior to detonation on the a Ashinah Airfield it Northern Iraq after being attacked by anti aircraft artillery they said. Pentagon officials and . Diplomats based in Ankara were careful to Point out that the Allied sorties were routine and the or action merely defensive. A fall of today a incidents occurred while combined task Force provide Comfort coalition aircraft were conducting routine patrols in the no Fly exclusion zone North of the 36th parallel a Pentagon spokeswoman Susan Hansen said. A the pilots arc allowed to act in Sel defense the Diplomat said. The White House press Secretary. Marlin Fitzwater told reporters sunday that a pm not aware of any objections on any part of the attacks on Iraq. Rumours sirens laser guided bombs on the aircraft Carrier Kitty Hawks hangar Bay sunday were adorned with messages from sailors to iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein As Well As with messages to their families. A. Ii Dhahran saudi Arabia apr air raid sirens went off monday in this Eastern saudi arabian City which Allied warplanes Are using in the Campaign against Iraq As Well As in Kuwait City. The sirens sounded As rumours circulated in the persian Gulf that Iraa had fired a scud missile. Military and aviation officials could not confirm any such attack but offered confusing accounts of what Trig Ger cd the sirens in Washington a senior Pentagon official said there was no indication from . Early warning satellites of any scud missiles launched from Iraq. Iraq fired about 40 scuds each at saudi Arabia and Israel during the 1991 persian Gulf War. The saudi alarm went off about 11 50 . As reports were emerging about a new air raid on Iraq by .-led allies. The All Clear sounded about five minutes later. It was not immediately known what triggered the Alert. Officials at the civil defense office for saudi Arabia s Eastern province initially said there was a test then said the Siren was triggered by Accident. They said they were checking further. A a in Kuwait sirens went off near Kuwait International Airport. A senior air Force officer said it was a false alarm. Dhahran has a sprawling air base used by ., British and French warplanes monitoring iraqis no Fly zone in Southern Iraq 5renewed fighting Sparks jitters in Israel Jerusalem apr israelis Are watching the drama in Iraq with a mixture of jitters and Vul caught Between the soothing words of their government and the instant Impact of live to  military a assessment and that of Independent analysts is that a replay of 1991 a when 9 iraqi missiles hit israeli cities a is highly unlikely., a but As the daily had Ashot pointed out monday a then too our common sense told us nothing would  it is this uncertainty about iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein a logic a the fear of what he might do if cornered a that nags the israeli consciousness. The delicate line Between caution and panic was evident monday when Israel radio broadcast reports that a scud missile was fired at saudi Arabia. L israelis immediately remembered that most of the missile attacks on their cities were preceded by similar attacks on saudi Arabia. Soon afterwards Israel radio reported a minor run on Gas masks. Western Europe Paris apr at government level Western Europe stood uncritically behind Washington As Allied pressure on Iraq increased monday but some commentators and political outsiders warned of Pitfalls. Italy a chief opposition party the democratic party of the left former communist said the attacks were a deplorable and suggested iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein might be strengthened by the confrontation. Liberation a left of Center French daily said president Bush a administration a has shown itself incapable of developing a Clear coherent policy for the Post Gulf War a among Europe a governments and most of its major opposition parties there was extensive support for the attacks and Little overt criticism. Britain s opposition labor party showed signs of a split. Its defense spokesman David Clark endorsed the actions while left Winger Tony Benn accused the conservative government of a taking the armed forces of this country deeper and deeper into what could become a full blown War without any authority from the commons  government leaders in Germany Norway and elsewhere asserted that Saddam had brought the Allied Wrath on himself with repeated provocations. But in Italy and Spain which contributed to the Allied Effort in the 1991 persian Gulf War there was no indication that either government was considering get Ting involved this time around. La Unita the newspaper of Italy a former communists said the attacks were nothing More than a a punitive expedition a in what it described As a a irony of sorts la Unita said the attacks a risk strengthening Saddam not weakening him allowing him to present himself to his own people and the entire world As a victim of  the French communist party also has denounced the attacks a they were launched As usual in the name of . Security Council resolutions a said the party s newspaper thu mate. A but Security Council resolutions which apply to Israel occupied territories and the palestinians Are for Washington just scraps of  swedish prime minister Carl Bildt took pains to say Saddam had no justification for thanking Sweden for purportedly denouncing the attacks. A honestly i do not know quite what he is referring to a Bildt said. A whatever it is it is a misunderstanding by Saddam  Sweden cautiously commented on the first Allied attack last week saying it was a regrettable that new acts of War were taking place but agreeing they were necessary. In Paris liberation a editorial said the renewed conflict was a scarcely a present for the incoming . President Bill Clinton. The results of Bush a policies in the Gulf Region a Are far from exalting Quot it said