European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                , Fri vol. 52, no. 99 50$ monday july 26,1993 d 8693 . Jet fires on iraqi site Baghdad Iraq a a . Air Force Jet at tacked a missile site in Eastern Iraq after iraqi radar targeted the plane the defense department said. The iraqi site apparently fired Back but missed. Baghdad denied the report however. A statement by the iraqi information ministry said sunday that either the Pilot was imagining he was fired on or certain parties in the american administration Are trying As usual to create a crisis the reported incident came saturday night hour before . Inspectors left Bahrain to install surveil Lance cameras at two iraqi missile Sites. Iraq had blocked the installation but relented last week easing tension with the United nations. The inspectors part of a commission set up after the1991 persian Gulf War to oversee the destruction of Iraq s weaponry were due in Baghdad on sunday afternoon. The cameras Are to ensure that Iraq does not develop Long Range missiles. There was no damage estimate immediately available from the reported confrontation. The Pentagon said an air Force f-4g wild Wease patrolling the Southern no Fly zone in Eastern Iraq fired the missile about 10 50 . Iraqi time saturday. Other . Aircraft then saw what appeared to be single surface to air missile launched in the same area said a statement released by a spokesman col. Dave Garner. All . Aircraft returned safely to base the statement said. Baghdad denied that its radar locked on to the planer that the site was hit by . Aircraft. It also denied firing a missile at . Aircraft. The confrontation would be the latest in a string of incidents that have occurred in Iraq since the United nations established air exclusion zones where iraqi air Craft Are not supposed to Fly. . Planes operate under standing orders to fire a iraqi missile Sites if they turn their radars on the patrol Ling aircraft. A Volley of Gulf War surprises so 4r-.i in = " i is  a i is msl6-._.-i a. -. -k-.v. ,--, a in .1-x, i Vav prone to rages Book alleges by Barton gel Manthe Washington Post Washington in a new history of the persian Gulf War that re draws the Public portrait of its Field commander Gen. H. Norma Schwarzkopf is described by key sub ordinates As a Man of profane an dysfunctional rages who turned his Headquarters into a dispirited bunk or and had Little to do with the Cru Cial air Campaign against Iraq. Former defense Secretary Dic Cheney the Book says was offended enough by Schwarzkopf s Imperial trappings and fits of fury that he considered firing him As commander of Allied forces in the months before the War. Instead the Book says he Dis patched a three Star general As Schwarzkopf s Deputy to be a Buffer for the staff and sweep up the inc s commander in chiefs Bro Ken  the Book describes numerous vivid scenes in which the new Deputy. Army it. Gen. Calvin a. Waller tried to Calm Schwarzkopf with corny jokes and shield the cowed and humiliated staff. But even with those intercessions the Book says Schwarzkopf threatened to fire or court martial in succession his senior army commander Navy commander air Force commander author Rick Atkinson discloses new details about the planning and conduct of the persian Gulf War . Missiles flew secret routes Over Iran in route to Iraq. H Washington accepted special equipment from Israel and used an ultimatum to keep Israel out of the War. Senior generals twice proposed to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons. The destruction of the Amariyah Bunker in Baghdad which killed 204 civilians was based in part on an urgent report from an iraqi spy. H former defense Secretary Dick Cheney watched in wonder during a Long flight from Washington As a major held a place for Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf in a toilet queue and a colonel stooped on hands and Knees ironing the general s uniform. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf chief air targe Teer and the commanders of both army corps in the desert. In crusade the untold Story of the persian Gulf War author Rick Atkin son of the Washington Post discloses scores of new details about the plan Ning and conduct of the War fought in january and february 1991 and the diplomatic struggles that led up to it. Atkinson who won a pulitzer prize at the Kansas City to times for a 1982 series of articles that later became Book on the . Military Academy s class of 1966, interviewed every senior american decision maker on the War see Gulf on Page 2 shells slam . Base in Sarajevo Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a at least four tank rounds pounded a . Base in the bosnian capita sunday hours after a new Accord was to have silenced the big guns Long enough tallow peace talks to begin. Miraculously soldiers said no one was injured. But two . Armoured personnel carriers were destroyed one still burning45 minutes after the attack and three other . Vehicles parked outside the base were damaged. One officer said he believed up to nine rounds were fired in the attack which also damaged the base s building. It was not Clear How Many peacekeepers were at the base at the time. This was direct fire. It was not an Accident the base commander French col. Roger Duburg said of the attack sunday afternoon. When asked who had / fired he said the  attack on the . Base just a Short distance from the residence of the commander of . Forces in Bosnia was the most Brazen of recent attacks on peacekeepers by rebel serbs emboldened since the threat of Western military intervention was lifted. An obviously angry Duburg said with out elaborating that the attack was a  but he suggested that the unite nations under the latest Security coun cil Resolution could Send its own signal by calling in airstrikes. That Resolution created six Muslim havens in Bosnia of which Sarajevo is one and authorizes  airstrikes if peace keepers Are attacked in the Safe areas. See . On Page 2 army Barracks in Europe to get $42 million in upgrades by Craig Martin suf writer the . Army Europe plans to pour More than $42 million into renovation projects for soldiers quarters during Fis Cal 1993 and 94 As part of the single sol Dier Quality of life program. Barracks in Vicenza Italy and Heidel Berg Kaiserslautern Stuttgart and Wurzburg Germany Are slated for improvements according to Usa eur spokesman Michael Keldermann. The Hanau and bad Kreuz Nach area support groups in Germany also plan to install kitchens in soldiers quarters Dur single soldiers today ing the same time As part of the program Keldermann  19 projects to repair about 2,653 spaces will Cost taxpayers More than $42million, Keldermann said. The renovations will give soldiers More living space and will provide bathrooms in each room. The projects include major repair of building systems such As water sewer and electrical lines and a private Bath in each room costing a total of Between $1 million and $3 million Keldermann said. Kitchenettes Are being installed Inmany Soldier quarters at an average Cost of about $4,500 per Complete unit. The Money comes from the army s operation and maintenance budget. Kitchenettes also Are funded with some Nona Propri ated funds. There was no initial Start up Cost  quarters under the pro Gram Keldermann said. However the upgrade and modernization of Soldier quarters continues to be a top operation and maintenance. Funding  most of the $42 million goes into the buildings themselves Keldermann said. However area support groups will look at procuring furnishings and recreational equipment for the renovated buildings Keldermann said. The single Soldier program which give soldiers More Freedom in the Barracks was initiated in october 1991. It called for some fundamental changes in bar Racks life including allowing soldiers to decorate their rooms drink alcohol in their rooms and have visitors who Don thave to sign in and out