PERSIAN GULF WAR
Scud missile hits U.S. barracks
DHAHRAN. Saurli Arabia
(AP) in the worst Si ud at
tack of tfie Gulf War, an Iraqi
missile on Monday demolished
a barrai ks housing about ltMl
American soldiers The I S
military said serve emeu
were killed. ‘IK wounded and
41) unaccounted for
Baghdad radio hailed tfit* at
tack, saying the missile strut k
"the coward traitors who mort
gage the sacred places of the
nation and turn Arab youth
into shields of flesh "
Saddam Hussein's troops
have hurled dozens of missiles
at Israel and Saudi Arabia since
the Gulf War began |an. 17, but
most have been knocked out by
US .-supplied Patriot defense
missiles.
It was not immediately clear
if Patriot was fired to inter
cept tlie Scud on Monday
One reporter said he saw a
Patriot explode in the sky over
Dhahran. Also, several law
makers who were briefed at the
Pentagon, including House
Speaker Thomas Foley. II
Wash . and Republican leader
Bob Michel of Illinois, said
they believed a Patriot was
fired.
But there were some televi
sion reports quoting U S. offi
cials saying a Patriot was not
fired because the Scud was
breaking up in flight The re
port could not be immediately
verified
The Gentral (Command also
said it appeared die Si ud mav
have broken up in flight. si at
tering debris tiiat iut the bar
rai ks The explosion .it the bar
racks suggested it was bit tn
the Scud's warhead The i inn
maud did not indicate if a Pa
triot was fired
George Manes. Middle Hast
bureau chief for the military
newspaper Stars K Stripes, said
an air raid siren gave scant
warning of the approaching
Scud
Manes, basing bis ai < mint on
military eyewitnesses, wrote
that a large piece of the missile
that apparently contained the
warhead plunged straight
down into the barracks creat
ing an orange fireball on im
pact
The barracks was located in
an industrial area about three
miles from the huge military air
base at Dhahran A singed sign
at the entrance marked it as the
home of the 47Tith Quartermas
ter Group, a reserve unit from
Farrell. Pa
The attai k came at about H it)
p m . while some of the sol
diers were eating dinner and at
ter others had apparently gone
to lied or were relaxing Many
surv ivors were in civilian
clothes sniiic m sweatsuits
or gvm shorts
I lours later the t ’ S milit.irv
hrougllt in lights ,i hat khoe
and a team ot engineers to i lear
the rubble
Two true ks i arrs ing about Ja
me rubers of a miners' company
arrived The workers donned
leather gloves to se.irt h
through the rubble, and some
carried pit ks and shovels as
thev trudged down the road to
ward the building, still stir
rounded by main of its survn
ing residents
The search lasted most of the
night, but appeared to lie over
by alxiut -t a in when bright
seart blights were dimmed and
only a few security guards
could be seen standing around
the wret kage
After the blast, a i h iplain
moved among the survivors,
consoling them Some soldiers
appeared to lie in shot k, others
embraced each other in an
guish Many were m tears
In the rubble, four pairs ol
boots poked out from under
blankets Sleeping Ixigs anti
military uniform lielts were
scattered about on the i barred
floor There was little left of the
building but its steel girder
frame
Bush: Surrender only
way to end war now
U XSHINCTON |AIM President Hush isn't .ibout to ae
i rpl Iran's u ithdraxval from Kuwait in am muse short of out
rtijht surrender ,mtf the pru e of peace went up whim an
enemy missile exploded into an Amcruau tiarrai ks in Saudi
Arabia
Tin- president's new terms are explic it Reparations for hu
wall, and an announi ement of unconditional w ithdrawal
from Saddam Hussein personally
Hussein's imperiled forces are not going to get an easy
c ease fire, no matter the w ithdrawal order hroadi ast hv Hugh
dad Radio
''There's no way you're going to have him (Hussein) get
out of Kuwait and have a (ease fire if he’s still shooting
(Scuds) at Israel and Saudi Arabia," said Sen Sam Nunn. I)
(hi c hairman of the Armed Serve cs ( ommittee
Sen rhris Dodd. DConn . said Hussein is trying to re
Irieve w fiatever he r an in the fai e of defeat It s a last-minute
oloy .it liest and ought to he flatly rejei ted." he said
Six weeks ago, the Radio llaghdad withdrawal order might
have averted the Persian (lull War One week ago. it probably
would have ended the conflii t without a ground assault
Not now at least until Iraqi forces have retreated under
t' S and allied fire (last the holders of Kuwait, or surren
dered themselves as prisoners of war It's fair lo say there is
no trust of any Iraqi announi ement here Pit/water rei ailed
hhafp Iraqi tanks approached with their turrets pointed
h.u kward the signal of surrender then opened fire
"This could he a massive trii k." a senior Pentagon of fit ial
said "We ll tre.it them as hostile, until they prove other
w Ise
IRAQ
Continued from Page 1
Gorbachev tried to broker <i peace plan last week
that called for an Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait over a
three-week period. Iraq accepted the terms, hut the
U S led allies rejected them President Hush then
countered with an ultimatum for a seven-dav with
drawal that Iraq turned down
The Soviets had presented a new proposal to the
U N Security Guuiu il on Monday, a few hours before
the Baghdad announcement It wasn't i lear if Iraq was
referring to that plan or last week's plan when it said
its withdrawal would be in line with the Soviet pro
posal
Baghdad radio said the Iraqi leadership asked that
the Soviet Union "exert efforts at the U \ Security
Council to achieve a ceasefire and put an end to the
criminal behavior of the I ’nited States and its allies
Tlit> radio attributed the statement to an unidtmti
lied official spokesman
The announcement said the leadership "had
stressed its acceptaiu e to u ithdraw in a« i ordance with
l! N Security llouncil Resolution t>ti() when it agreed
to the Soviet peace proposal
"In compliance with this de< ision it i ontinued.
"orders were issued to the armed fort es tor an organ
ized withdrawal to the positions in which they were
before the 1st of August l‘t‘10
Resolution titit). passed on Aug 2. the day lrai| in
vaded Kuwait, "demands that lrai| withdraw iinmedi
ately and unconditionally all its fortes to the positions
tn which they were lot atetl on 1 August t't'iti
The resolution also t ailed on lrai| and Kuwait to
immediately negotiate their different es
The Baghdad radio statement suggested that Iraq
would withdraw regardless of whether the allies
slopped attai king them The allies have reported ureal
sum ess hi the first two days of their hone ground invii
sioti
"Our forties, whir h have proved their fighting and
steadfastness ability, will confront any attempt to at
tai k them while implementing the withdrawal order,"
the radio said
" They will tight with force and courage to make
their withdrawal orgaili/ed and honorable
The announcement followed a radio commentary
that desi rilied Bush as "the i riminal of .ill times
I'he Baghdad report appeared to take the White
I louse by surprise
"We've heard the radio reports." I it/.water said
There's been no contact with our government No an
thoritative contact with the l' \ that we re aware ot,
so that really we don't consider there being anything
to respond to '
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