PERSIAN GULF WAR
U.S., Iraqi troops exchange
fire across Kuwaiti border
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia
(AP) — A waiting world
watched Baghdad and the bleak
Arabian desert Wednesday —
Baghdad for word on peace, the
desert for news of all-out war.
On the northern battlefront.
where a million men braced for
the fight of their lives, probing
and skirmishing intensified.
American helicopters carted off
hundreds of Iraqi prisoners af
ter one action, and Iraqi gun
ners zeroed in on a U.S. unit in
another, killing one American
and wounding seven.
A key French lawmaker said
the Desert Storm allies would
give Iraq until late Thursday to
respond to a Soviet peace pro
posal. or face a final offensive
to drive its forces from Kuwait.
"Now. more than ever." said
French Foreign Minister Ro
land Dumas, "the ultimate de
cision rests with Saddam Hus
sein."
I.ate Wednesday. Baghdad
radio said President Saddam
was sending Foreign Minister
Tariq Aziz to Moscow "soon"
with the reply of the Iraqi lead
ership to the Soviet plan. The
proposal is believed to call for
an unconditional Iraqi with
drawal from Kuwait, combined
with vague assurances that
Saddam could stay in power
and the Palestinian question
would eventually be addressed.
The Soviet initiative was de
scribed by the U N. secretary
general. Javier Perez de Cuel
lar. as a "historic opportuni
ty." and U S ally Italy also en
dorsed it Mouse Speaker
Thomas Foley said that if the
withdrawal is unconditional.
"I don't know how (President
Mush) could fail to accept it
Bush kept a public silence on
the issue Wednesday, a day af
ter describing the plan as "well
short” of U S requirements.
Although Bush did not elabo
rate on his ohje< lions. Kepubli
can Mouse leader Robert Michel
said, "We want to see condi
lions change" in Iraq that is
Saddam ousted
Bombs mining Iraqi agriculture
NICOSIA. Cyprus (Al’l —
The war has denied Iraq the
manpower, fuel and transport
needed to harvest what had
promised to be a bumper
spring crop.
Food experts now say the
best hope for hungry Iraqis is
that Baghdad will be defeated
quickly. Then, thousands of
tons of emergency food could
flow into the country, and
farmers could receive essen
tial supplies.
"Kight now. it's pretty
bleak." said John Barker, who
has been monitoring the situa
tion for the U S Agriculture
Department
"Food stocks are low;
prices are high Farmers who
have become used to modern
systems are going ba< k to
primitive wavs horse
drawn carts, sii kies Fveryone
is wondering how they'll get
tht harvest in." he said in a
telephone interview from
Washington
Iraq hail been (minting on
increased production to make
up for some of the food lost in
August when the United Na
tions imposed a trade embar
go to force Iraq to relinquish
Kuwait.
NEAR THE KUWAIT BOR
l)ER (AE) — Marines guard
ing their camp got a lesson in
how close the war really is
when a dozen figures ap
peared about 200 yards out in
the darkness, their command
ing officer said Wednesday
A sentry shouted "Malt!"
and the figures hit the
ground The jumps Marines
grabbed their guns and lo< ked
and loaded I'he unexpected
guests tumped up and ran
The Marines believe the
men wen- "line-walkers." or
Iraqi deserters i omiiig ai ross
the border to give themselves
up. said (apt Doug
Summing. U of Dallas, Tex
as. < ommanding oftu er ol the
2nd Marine Division Infantry
company.
Summing said hi* fait Uid
about scaring off the Iraqis be
cause his unit has a front-row
seat for the psychological op
erations the allies are con
ducting to encourage deser
tions,
• • •
IN NORTHERN SAUDI
ARABIA (AP) - The U S
military is taking steps to im
prove communication I**
tween pilotsjand ground com
manders to avoid more casu
alties by friendly fire, offii ials
saiil this week
At least 1(1 U S soldiers
have l>een killed by allied lire
sun e the war liegan |an 17
()n Sunday, an Apache hel
icopler of the 1st Infantry Hi
vision mistakenly fired a
llellftre missile at a Bradley
fighting vehicle, killing two
infantrymen and wounding
si\ others
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