| Show NvokoMIIM10'agSOMbP'WO01Wig - 1 I 2A The Salt Lake Tribune Thursday January 17 1991 rar in Persian Gulf '4 Atx A S was "decimated" Correspondents in Baghdad said an oil refinery 10 miles south was burning Other targets appeared to be an airport missile sites and a communications center outside Baghdad ABC weapons or by attacking Israel Cheney outlined the allied strategy to members of Congress: Wednesday's attacks will be followed by a pause in hope that Saddam will withdraw from Kuwait If not a second series of attacks will strike Iraq's infrastructure again followed by a pause and then a third air attack He did not say when ground troops might join the battle Cheney said hundreds of US British Saudi and Kuwaiti aircraft flew in the first foray Sam Nunn a chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee predicted that the allied forces "will prevail in a matter of days or weeks Saddam Hussein has made a tragic ft anti-aircra- ft Nearly all the world condemned Saddam's Aug 2 invasion of neighboring Kuwait which Saddam justified as a historical land claim Then Iii 'r--41:'':- It: k k last-minu- qa're r I i) I' -'- ' 't ''':''' k - -r- N ' "for their safety" Invoking Revolutionary War poet Thomas Paine's famous dictum that "these are the times that try men's souls" the president said he long weighed his decision to send young US troops into combat and promised he would bring them home "as soon as possible" In his speech Bush cited the UN Security Council resolution authorizing the use of force after midnight Tuesday and last weekend's vote in Congress approving military action as measures that lent political and legal legitimacy to the attack have "Tonight 28 nations forces in the gulf standing shoulderto-shoulder against Saddam Hussein" Bush said After Bush's address key members of Congress from both parties closed ranks behind the president and the US forces in combat in the Middle East "We must now pray for a conflict that ends quickly decisively and with minimum loss of life" said House Speaker Thomas Foley DWash who had opposed giving Bush authority to launch the war anti-aircra- ft dead" Cheney said he had heard rumors that Iraq responded to the attack by firing Scud missiles but called those reports false Cheney and Powell refused to answer questions about the Pentagon's next step in the 'vv Cheney said only that he expected the war to last some time Although the opening night of the war was clearly dominated by air forces — Cheney said hundreds of i some although : - t 'i - d I CI AKG10 VZIP - 5 LaJ " :'::: AL txktialwa°:::irt —United Pteu International Photo Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater Secretary of State James Baker flank President Bush who spoke to US after war began Allies Pummel Missiles In Iraq Aimed at Israel Cox News Service JERUSALEM — US-le- d forces struck Iraqi missiles aimed at Israel in the first hours of the allied attack a top Israeli military official said early Thursday "We very much hope that the missile system that is deployed there in western Iraq or could be deployed there took a serious hit" Brig Gen Zeev Livneh said on Israeli Television "We know of hits We hope that all that is amassed there was hit and will be wiped out in the immediate future" he added Iraq had threatened to make the Israeli city of Tel Aviv one of its first targets if it was attacked Israel said it would retaliate although the United States had publicly urged it to stay out of the war US officials had feared that if Israel were drawn into the battle Arab states such as Egypt and Syria would leave the anti-Ira- q coalition and might even join with Baghdad to fight Israel About 2:35 am Thursday shortly after the first reports of the allied attack against Iraq the Israeli military ordered citizens to stay at home to open their gas mask kits in case of a chemical weapons attack and to keep the kits ready for immediate use The kits contain a gas mask syringes to inject atropine for protection against nerve gas and decontamination powder to cleanse the skin of chemicals Israelis were told over Israel Radio to listen continuously for new orders to watch television later in the morning for further instructions about using their gas mask kits and to call civil defense offices with any questions about protecting themselves The instructions stopped short of telling citizens to enter a sealed room in their houses that most have prepared in case of a poison gas attack The wailing siren that would warn Israelis of an impending Iraqi attack was not sounded The low rumble of warplanes high in the sky periodically broke the early morning silence over the city 4 IL r sorties were flown — the defense secretary said all US services were Senior Pentagon officials said "a wave of cruise missiles" apparently was used at the outset of the attack in addition to the warplanes Many US warships in the Persian Gulf carry cruise missiles which can strike with high accuracy through the use of navigational radar A second wave consisted of radar-evadin- g Stealth fighter-bomber- s bomband Navy A-- 6 ers sources said fighter-bomber- s flew Navy defensive missions for the assault forces and patrols to defend their bases Saudi Arabia has a first-rat- e air force consisting mostly of US airand most of craft including Kuwait's air force fled to Saudi Arabia during the Aug 2 Iraqi invasion Britain's air contingent in the gulf includes Tornado and Jaguar jets The military confirmed only that fighter-bomber- s US Air Force participated in the initial attack But the attack also likely featured the Air Force's radar-eludin- g stealth bombers Navy A-- 6 carrier-basebombers and several other jets including radar jammers designed to protect attack jets from enemy detection and fire F-1- F-1- t - o0 ' 01 ON i "IF 't"t 4 '''''il A' tfr 4 4t i ' 'T - ' e - 1 L - t k e cu 1r j ''' ' '' i il e ''''''' p '34 1 ' 7 - i SL - :t I I - t 1 7 ' I '' I 1C a - Nlit 4 ' - i 4 t - '- 2 !i 1 0e''''' 's 7 1 0 ( 1 fil4 - - r it ' 14 u :'''''t - P ' 4? i and Bonnie Raitt among others "It's going to be in very ' ri ting the Soviet - 0 f - 1 11 : la kv openoa yews rhw000t asmet ohm& r press under legis- t lative control 1 4hr But after howls ' '' iz-'- 3 of protest from v lawmakers who cited Gorbachev's 411 glasnost or open- ness as one of his greatest achieve- - Mikhail Gorbachev - ' 1 10 ments the k'6- - a Su- preme Soviet legislature agreed to a modified version of his proposal They authorized a committee and legislative leaders to take unspecified measures to "ensure objectivGorbachev proposed suspending the Soviet Union's press freedom law which curtailed state censorship and guaranteed independent newspapers and radio and television stations His suggestion represented another bid by Gorbachev to shift the nation to the right The press law which took effect last year has fostered the growth of independent newspapers of all political viewpoints although central radio and television remains under state control Kravchenko the new head of the state broadcasting authority Gostelradio for pulling the plug on a controversial television show last month and turning Soviet TV back into the bland government mouthpiece it was under Leonid Brezhnev The military assault in Lithuania has thrust the debate over objectivity in the media — especially television — into the open Boris Yeltsin the president of the Russian republic and Gorbachev's main political rival said Monday that independent newspapers and television producers who have tried to provide honest coverage of the Baltics "are simply being shut down" Soviet television on Wednesday night showed a report by popular Leningrad broadcaster Alexander Nevzorov that told the story of the assault from the Soviet military's viewpoint He quoted soldiers as saying they reached the TV tower that they stormed Saturday only after shooting had started Thy account I i i 01Iiiai waNt3111141SlikAliii Hammer Peter Gabriel It - By Brian Friedman Associated Press Writer MOSCOW — Stung by an article accusing him of leading a "criminal regime" President Mikhail Gorbachev on Wednes-maaaffday tried to stifle glasnost by put- - - - e online we'rsooarlikdit at least a aired half-doz- - Gorbachev Fails in Bid To Muzzle the Media i I 7 itwere itsg Sean pro from 1 ' Y 4 for Iraqi's withdrawal '''' times Tuesday Proceeds from the recording will go to the Spirit Foundation the philanthropy founded by John Lennon and Yoko Ono The song and the video were done in less than two weeks in order to send out the call for peace prior to Tuesday's UN deadline for Iraq td withdraw from Kuwait or face the threat of force Sean and Kravitz got the idea while the teen was home on a holiday from school ' - says director Jona- ducer Lenny Kravitz Lennon's widow Yoko Ono Tom Petty KC 4 immmummuommamo q u IliagliatimielioditiouswaimsbolamoilA1446020Mifiaik is the epitome of professionalism Ono Lennon Kravitz: "Give Peace a Chance" the clip N 0 Barbara Mandrell Jody Foster I L tilaWir''' - 1 e: AA16 George Foreman rAtm 01 ' I '' t - ' 1 4 - r o : 1 : 1 4 1 - i 41 4 - I A te p ni -111---- - 4 1 Jody Foster Irri-4- 4 :e I :1 14 I 2( i ir - n- 14a) 'N''''t ' 'N''' ' A 11 IC:":11 - 4 1 ' )11k Sean Lennon has released a version of "Give Peace a Chance" updated for the Persian Gulf crisis that was originally written during the Vietnam War by his father slain Beat le John Lennon The song and an accompanying video began airing around the country — Tuesday with its MTV der but coming 11 hours be 6014 6 111 fore the midnight deadline lk 44 - I f111 ‘ ' Lawmakers lambasted Leonid E d 't i 1- 4 I liberal ' I 81 ? 1 Barbara Mandrel' has been hospitalized with pneumonia after a family ski trip The country singer was listed in satisfactory condition in a Nashville hospital Tuesday "As of right now we have no indication from her doctor just how long she might be hospitalized" said Baptist Hospital spokeswoman Aileen Katcher Mandrell was hospitalized Saturday when she returned home from Aspen Colo with her husband and three children said spokeswoman Jeannie Ghent I 1 ) V 41 k 1 44 4'1 ‘'$ t t -i 4 t ' 144:'' p r et - itl d 740-:11 i 4' I t -'- q 4 10-ye- f' 4 it N 71 in April on George Foreman who fights for the title again — his fourth little Wednesday welcomed the arrival of his ninth child George The boxing champ's wife Joan gave birth at Northeast Memorial Hospital in Humble Texas to a son weighing in at 8 pounds 13 ounces The latest arrival was named George V The fighter's other three sons also are named George Foreman will turn 43 before his scheduled April 19 title fight against He began held the title from 1973-7- 4 Evander Holyfield The retirement his comeback in 1987 after a 3' i u 4 ' ':" '''''4zi:i ity" 1 4t '''''' ( i 4z k k 6't- r t I than Demme Foster stars as FBI agent Clarice Starling in Demme's upcoming thriller "Silence of the Lambs" and unneurotically focused on the work at hand "She's as as can be imagined" Demme says in Mirabella magazine recalling a 3 am visit to Foster's trailer during a late shooting sequence " come in' he said "My knock was met with this crisp 'Door's open in her neat Clarice chair straight-baca in was Jodie "There sitting at Starling wardrobe with the script open in herI lap She glanced the door and said 'What's up?' Me would have been sprawled all bright-eye- d I suddenly felt like I was staring at the best of the out in there professionalism in the movie business" Lately Foster has been working on what will be her directorial debut "Little Man Tate" the story of a child prodigy but she hasn't lost her love of acting "Performing is not like anything else" she says "There's a part of me that loves surrendering to it loves to be able in kind of an intoxicated way to just let go" iii3 - -' 4 - w214e' li t' - ti S' ) I braced for a bigger crowd expected to gather as the news of war spread As the war began more than a million troops faced one another across the swirling sands and crowded waters of the Persian Gulf Besides 425000 Americans there are 265000 other military personnel in the allied forces They are backed by about 2000 tanks 2200 armored personnel carriers 1800 planes 1700 helicopters and 150 ships including six US aircraft carriers and two battleships On the other side 'Saddam commands 555000 regular troops and 480000 trained reserves as well as a militia of about 850000 men Of these 545000 are in southern Iraq i' 1' - c4!' 1 t 1 i lt p t 1 - quickly erected barricades and state-supporte- d !1 t Democrats castigated Bush "Congress must be prepared to vote to provide our troops anything they need to prevail" said David L Boren chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee William S Broomfield a House Foreign Affairs Committee member said: "It's time for us to get out of Bush's way He's the commander in chief and there's only one commander in chief" Sen Edward M Kennedy DMass who opposed the use of force said: "All Americans join together at this difficult time in supporting our courageous men and women involved in these hostilities" But Ronald V Dellums a leading House opponent of going to war said he was "outraged" calling the attack "an inestimable tragedy" The possibility of an Iraqi counterattack loomed Saddam had repeatedly threatened to use his stockpile of chemical weapons and to attack Israel if his nation was attacked Air raid sirens sounded in Riyadh Saudi Arabia and planes were heard above a US air base in Saudi Arabia Military officials ordered reporters to don gas masks but later said it was a false alarm Early reports said the handful of Scud missiles Iraq managed to fire fell far short of any possible targets In Israel the army warned people in a radio broadcast to stay home and keep their gas masks at hand in case of chemical attack As the first reports of war crossed television screens in Washington only about 53 protesters remained in the rain at Lafayette Park across from the White House But police 4 Powell Says Iraqi Planes Didn't Put Up a Fight Continued From A-- I ed in the initial attacks on targets in Iraq and Kuwait Based on the lack of response from the Iraqis Cheney said: "I am generally of the opinion that we achieved a high degree of tactical surprise" A US official said the planes came in at "a high altitude" so as to decrease the likelihood of their befire The offiing hit by cial who spoke on condition of anonymity declined to elaborate Interviewed on ABC Les Aspin chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said "What we had was an ace in the hole here the ability to jam their electronics" Aspin said US military leaders believed their jamming would be so effective that it could almost amount to "when Saddam Hussein picked up the phone the phone would be : 0 ' war-maki- 1 I0 NI ' 5:: countries and so many personalities that we are now facing a war" he said "I can only be saddened by the beginning of hostilities" Reaction in Congress which narrowly authorized the attack on Saturday was overwhelmingly support-ly- e Ii y4 tI for war" The president waited until the first waves of air strikes launching Operation Desert Storm were well under Early reports from Gen H Norman Schwarzkopf commander of all US forces in Saudi Arabia indicated the first phase of the allied operation against Iraq "are proceeding according to plan" Bush said The president said the United States had no designs on conquering or occupying Iraq In addition he stressed that US war plans were intended to devastate Saddam's chemical and nuclear weapons potential and his capacity to threaten his neighbors in the gulf In an apparent appeal to the Iraqi military to remove Saddam Bush emphasized he had no quarrel with the people of Iraq and said he prayed -z- y t way or nearly complete before he went on television to speak to the na- ilogi Bush telephoned congressional and selected world leaders in the hours before the attack A downcast UN Secretary-Genera- l Javier Perez de Cuellar left the UN building in New York on Wednesday night "What can I tell you dear friends? After all my efforts after all the efforts of so many i' 1 A Mg Before the attack began Gen H Norman Schwarzkopf commander of the multinational force told his troops: "Our cause is just You must be the thunder and lightning of Desert Storm May God be with you" Military experts in Saudi Arabia said weather had determined the timing of the attack A cold front was forecast to move into Baghdad over the next day The attack marked the fifth time the United States has committed itself to a major war in this century which is already the bloodiest in human history Bush watched television reports of the attacks in a small stutly off the Oval Office along with Vice President Dan Quayle and three other advisers "Right on schedule" he said re':'':':Ai - '- area miscalculation" anti-aircra- ft i - ii -- nations have contributed to an army of 690000 against Iraq including 425000 US troops Saddam's troops number 545000 in the threatened to do by using chemical reported the first strike: Bush Pledges War Won't Be Like Vietnam tion apt° f- ttack outs aghdad fire in all directions thunderous explosions way off in the distance" and "red tracers" were visible after 2:35 am Thursday local time That was 6:35 pm Wednesday EST minutes after network news shows signed on A more intense wave of bombing began at 3:45 am local time over downtown Baghdad Correspondents described a sky full of tracers and bright orange flashers within a mile of their hotel After a particularly intense barlit up the night rage of sky over Baghdad CNN reporter John Holliman said: "It looks like a million fireflies" The first bomber attack was met fire and surfacby intense e-to-air missiles over Baghdad correspondents reported But there was no indication that Saddam had responded as he had repeatedly "Anti-aircra- Continued From A-- I visit to Baghdad last weekend "The United States together with the United Nations exhausted every means at our disposal to bring this crisis to a peaceful end" Bush said "However Saddam clearly felt that by stalling and threatening and defying the United Nations be could weaken the forces arrayed against him "While the world waited Saddam Hussein met every overture of peace with open contempt While the world prayed for peace Saddam prepared es 1: 'i":':::-'-'7"-"- 1 2 111 ' Continued From A-- I saying "The mother of all battles has now started" Bush said the bombers aimed at targets in Iraq and Kuwait including facilities that make chemical weapons Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said the raids were intended to knock out Iraqi missiles radar facilities aircraft and other weapons that could shoot down the allied planes Cheney said early casualty reports were "very encouraging" He gave no details but added "The operation appears to have gone very well" There were unconfirmed reports that every US plane returned safely to base and CNN cited Pentagon sources as saying the Iraqi air force Spotlight F777- -1 r 303eaniEnomgAPIRV333A443544UP4343a —tinned Noss intechOhonal Photo Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Gen Colin Powell brief press as first wave of war ended at daybreak in Middle East 4 ' 1 was at odds with reports by witnesses including an AP reporter Gorbachev suggested the Soviet Union's current political and economic crisis was threatened by radical newspapers such as Moscow News and required "constructive dialogue and cooperation" He initially suggested suspending the nation's press law one month "We could decide to suspend the press law for one month and the Supreme Soviet could ensure full objectivity" in the media he said Deputies he suggested could control all newspapers from the Communist Party's official newspaper Pravda to new independent papers such as Commersant a radical economic and political weekly Lithuanians Bid - Farewell to Nine Martyrs VILNIUS USSR (AP) — Huhdreds of thousands of people bid a tearful farewell in the silenced Lithuanian capital Wednesday to nine countrymen turned martyrs by their deaths at the hands of Soviet soldiers In the neighboring republic of Latvia Soviet forces shot and killed one man as he drove across a bridge hi Riga the capital Latvia and the third Baltic republic Estonia also are pressing for restoration of their independence but they have not gone as far as Lithua: nia The three republics were an nexed by the Soviet Union at the start of World War A crowd police estimated to be as large as I million — almost twice the population of Vilnius — jammed the city's Roman Catholic cathedral a square surrounding it and the funer: al route that wound through narrow streets to a hilltop cemetery A tenth person was being buried in Kaunas the republic's second city: Four others were being buried sepal rately In a eulogy Russian Orthodox clergyman Father Khrisostom ac knowledged that ethnic Russians had been involved in the killings and apologized "This is a shame for all of us" he said "Believe me Lithuanians we Russians are with you" Calling for peace he added "It is not possible to stop blood with blood" I faftlpo&O00Oflo r ' |
