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." 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