' A2 " ' —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday Match 28 2003 1 America at war Soldier vs officer incidents do occur By Sharon L Cranson AP National Writer The Kuwaiti desert scene was brutal and chaotic two U S officers mortally wounded 14 other service members hurt all especially troubling because the man taken into custody for it was one of their t'l ' ’ " wtiitifif throoghouttojurtritoa delivered hfiy Without having to travel nwtwllii by ground from Knwait - -vdnsk ' 5t By Dente IX Gray: Associated Press Writer v TAIJIT AIRFIELD Southern Iraq transWith the arrival of a second-largeairport plane Iraq’s field took a crucial rote Thursday in ' American war strategy — a way to sidestep Iraqi attacks on supply lines and get the troops what they need TbM airfield mothballed since die 1991 GulfWar Was captured by US soldiers on Saturday It is now an important forward base on the way to Baghdad supplies and men can be C-1- 30 st ' ImWl ii (W area But officials at Camp Lejeune£v were hiring This is a testify posted sign’ :??" declareduBush International Air-port” The immediate goal: to qeedr v all die stuff ofwar— niel amrmmi- tion wate food remfbrcements — to the front shortening supply lines that had extended as much as 200 miles : into Iraq -- j : There were reports of song short" ages Thursday as US and British troops continued to encounter unex Brig Gen Vincent Brook a VfThera are a lot offerees out die command for thecentral that still want to fight They didn’f spokesman said he had not heard of any shortfalls ' exactlyroll over and surrendef said a iff supplies“We haven’t had any 'jsfr Marine helicopter pilot whowoulduse Jrisniclii are so v- proUans that would hinder operation-onlat this point” he said He insisted that collateral in not wrapped up creating ‘ that we are plans for die war were woddn£H'$- V'dani But the fight enemy stro Nasiriyah thekeycity on Fighting continued at Basra and et Brooks toUreporten marly dial some Marines had been Naj' all Shocking yes Unique no Attacks on American commanders by their own embittered frightened or unruly troops have been documented from the soupy Vietnam jungles back to George Washington’s chilly colonial battlefields Prosecutions however are rare military his1 torians say Officials are still investigat- y PI PI By Hamza Handawl Associated Press Writer ? BAGHDAD fcaqi-T- he? heaviest bombardment in days including an attack bn I withAi ing Sunday's attack on a brigade command center of thenigbtsky Before the attack the Iraqi defense minister warned US-le- d forces would have to fight for the city street by street “The enemy must cone inside Baghdad and that will be its grave” Defense Minister Sultan Hashem Ahmed told a news conference in a downtown hotel “We feel that this war must be prolonged so the aiany pays a high price” The braggadocio was followed by the latest series of ne Terry Anderson a Texas A&M University historian said the killings unfolded against a backdrop of sour morale drug rise and the knowledge that President Nixon was drawing down US forces The troops felt they were fighting a lost cause and were unwilling to die for it But very few were charged In the first such Vietnam court-martimilitary jurors found Pvt Billy Dean Smith innocent in part because of doubt about whether the grenade pin Smith had matched the detonated grenade At the time an Associated Press article said the Army investigated 96 alleged braggings in 1969 and 209 in 1970 totaling 101 deaths Jim Klimaski a veteran and al Washington DC lawyer specializing in military law for the last 25 years said linking any grenade to a specific sol-diwas tough Shooting er See SHOOT on A7 Mm piiMife attacks w1 BagMaH including one of the strongest blasts felt in days Shortly after 11 pm Thursday (3 Rm EDT) the heart of the city was rocked by explosions A building inside the “Old AP photo and smoke can be seen over Baghdad on Thursday night Strong explosions shook central Baghdad late Thursday and buildings dose to the Information Ministry appeared to have been hit Fire Mines in waterway delay food aid By Tlnl Ttan Associated Press Writer mine-detecti- ng US Brig Gen Vincent ' AP photo Iraqi children run to welcome British Troops from 42 Commando Iraqi town of Umm Qasr 22 miles south of Basra on Thursday developed die mines “from another country’s designs” even after UN sanctions had been imposed Brooks added refusing to elaborate “Before 1991 Iraq did not have these’! he said Civilians in the region got their first sizable delivery of aid Wednesday firom seven trucks that came overland from Kuwait But aid agencies still fear a humanitarian crisis Most Iraqi families are believed to April Twelve vears of economic sanctions have left 60 percent of the 22 million people dependent on government rations distributed under the U-N- program The program which began in 1996 lets Iraq sell unlimited quantities of oil to buy food medicine and other humanitarian goods The program was suspended when die war began and od V0U1 FAVOIITE BEVERAGE 5tvsfoi SCRATCH & LOTTERY COME ON OUT & HAVE A COLO IEEE & 01 OF FUN rasvicsTtanimtiaiona 12 TICKETS AVAILABLE LB HAMBURGERS 17 Souih Full Injection I yft weapons-produci- ng facility The Military Industrialization Authority of Iraq complex is in the Youuifiah area about 12 miles south of the capital “Lmr IN “LOANS' Home Equity Loans uh IMS CM Sm undt hensTOMMaMnaetaN ym mM tatlfeai at a UlgMIy i Checfti cm tael FuicuuKsvniii piBisFEnninncssTS ' Fbxmoe heme tnaxovemente vstUdee educxiUon dett ccneoUdatton and manat the towwt Home Equity talee to Mrttay Sat ttw Mgpeet cflowobto tax daduettane far Interest payments on consumer Hems USU ' 11-- "FOWERIALL Stu Inipecione VE PST TIE Community Credit Union 4 LOTTElt $65 MDIJON State Safety Inspection nmlnflBMiWrtwpumpBcMaJProtMm ees of a Lam (Sr aame wSti ipecU ( you loan eceSr Wx tat afdM cf2S Home Bqutty SHRIMP if 0 ' One massive blast sent flames and drase orange smoke reaching into die sky In addition to foe attack in the center of the city otha very strong explosions were heard southwest of Baghdad Iraq’s satellite television channel was cutting in and out after die airstrike The US forces had hoped to knock out Iraqi television and radio to disable Iraqi leada Saddam Hussein’s propaganda outlets There also was bombing in the Mosul area in northern Iraq beginning about 10:30 pm (2:30 pm EST) Hours earlia loud explosions were heard in and around Baghdad with witnesses saying an unknown numba of people were killed and injured in an attack on a housing complex for employ- Home Baidty SPECIALS FEATURING PUT WHEEL OF FORTUNE SflUIDAr 787-004- United Nations diplomats have feuded in recent days ova how it should be administered when resumed Countries that oppose the war want Washington to bear most of the bun Sen of feeding and ' rehabilitating Iraq Grill & RIBS ON THE WEEKEND 3131 N Main Logan the Southern UUiUU - Sports Bar UR I In Palace” complex — a presidential compound hit in earlier attacks — was targeted in the precision bombing strike The compound on the west bank he Tigris River includes a camp of the RepubhcMj GRAND OPENING Brooks told a briefing at Central Command in Qatar Iraq System as they go on patrol have food to last only into late WEEKDAY LUNCH ' ' one of Saddam Ihusein’r aldompoundsinthe of Baghdad rattled the capital late Thursday ABOARD RFA SIR GALAHAD — Desperately needed food and aid for people in southern baq was stranded offshore Thursday because of mines Saddam Hussein’s regime placed in the strategic Gulf port of Umm Qasr military commanders said Coalition officials hoped to clear the explosives and relaunch the relief operation Friday “This port is fundamental to the feeding of the country” said Roger Robinson-Brow- n captain of the Sir Galahad a British Royal Navy ship loaded with humanitarian supplies Air Marshal Brian Burridge commander of British forces in the Parian Gulf said two mines woe discovered in the Umm Qasr shipping channel and detonated Wednesday during a sweep by Royal Navy divas and specially doltrained phins More sweeps woe ordered Thursday to make it safe for waiting ships to dock at Umm Qasr with thousands of tons of food and other supplies Two Australian merchant vessels each are carrying 55000 tons of wheat The mines found in the waterway can be programmed to let some ships pass and then detonate at certain point if Noorryenc own' the 101st Airborne Division in Kuwait which took the lives of Army Capt Christopher Scott Seifert 27 of Easton Pa and Air Force Maj Gre-Sto40 from Boise gory Idaho A military magistrate has found probable cause that US Army Sgt Asan Akbar committed the crime according to a statement issued at Fort Campbell Ky home of the 101st Akbar has been moved to Germany The sergeant a black Mus-lim has been described as resentful about alleged reli- gious and racial discrimination in the Army While troops have killed their officers in other wars the problem escalated late in the Vietnam conflict It was called “fragging" a reference to the use of fragmentation grenades a handy weapon difficult to trace to a specific soldier From 1969 to ’72 such v killings took at least 86 lives 788 least and wounded at according to Defense Depart- ment and congressional records cited in the 1978 book “Crisis in Command” by retired Maj Richard A Gabriel ami Lt Col Paul Savage The authors considered the numbers “conservative” In the June 1971 Armed Forces Journal an unofficial publication about the military Col Robert D Heinl Jr alleged fragging cases had reached one a week in the morale-plague- d 23rd Infantry Division known as the Ameri-c- al s IbamlylaraSnd aosTfcxc lacn ad 7SS4080 set: Frankun Imho if" 'I A v r