PERSIAN GULF WAR
U.S. still at war with Hussein
WASHINGTON (AP> — As
allied forces prepare to claim
their main military objective,
the Kuwaiti capital city, the
Hush administration is turning
its focus to the destruction of
Saddam Hussein's army within
Iraq.
Pentagon officials said Iraqi
forces were "in full retreat"
from Kuwait, and that the U S.
Army's VII Corps attacked and
defeated a division of Saddam's
Republican Guard troops inside
Iraq.
Allied troops were poised to
enter Kuwait City, following
U.S. and Saudi special forces
that entered Tuesday.
With Hussein facing the loss
of not just the war but his army
as well. President Hush vowed
to press the fighting "with un
diminished intensity" and pre
vent Hussein's troops from es
caping surrender
"He is trying to save the rem
nants of power and control in
the Middle Fast by every means
possible." Hush said "And
here. too. Saddam Hussein will
fail."
Vice President Dan Qiiaylo.
reflecting the administration's
stiffened stance against Hus
sein. made clear (lie United
States wants to render the Iraip
leader powerless.
"Saddam and his military
machine are simply incompati
ble with a lasting and just
peace." Quayle said
The administration's tough
talk was endorsed by allies
Britain. France. Kgypt, Ger
many. Italy and )apan all said
withdrawal alone was not
enough and that Iraq must com
ply with all \2 U N resolutions
imposed after Iraq's Aug 2
takeover of Kuwait
Members of Congress, react
ing to the prospects of a sweep
ing allied victory, urged Hush
to give Hussein no quarter after
a White House meeting with
the president
"Our mission is clear it is
time to finish the job, onee and
for all." said the Senate Repub
lican leader Hob Dole of Kan
sas
Sen Richard I.ugar, R
Ind . said "The president told
us that we re going to continue
to prosecute the war Imm a use
Saddam Hussein has not sur
rendered and it's very impor
tant that he Im* defeated, that
Iraq f>e defeated
A Democrat, Sen. Patrick
l.eahv of Vermont, said Hush
"has strong support from the
Congress in making sure there
isn't any way for Saddam Hus
sein to declare victory. It isn't a
victory: it's a rout."
House Speaker Thomas S
Foley. Ik-Wash . said he hope I
Hussein would la* forced to ac -
count to his countrymen for
policies that have bankrupted
Iraq and left it in ruins
Congress wants allies to pay up
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers consider
ing President Hush’s request for $15 billion in
taxpayer money to finance the Persian Gull War
are demanding that allied countries deliver on
their promised financial help.
The House Budget Committee examines the
spending proposal today, a day after members of
the Senate Appropriations Committee grilled ad
ministration officials on the plan.
While leaving little doubt that Congress will
ultimately provide whatever money the Pentagon
needs to conduct the war with Iraq, senators
spent much of their time Tuesday complaining
that America’s war allies have fallen short of con
tributing their fair shares.
|apan and oil-rich Arab nations were favorite
targets
"We have this check-in the-mail syndrome,
especially with some countries that have the most
ability to pay.” said Sen. Patrick Leahy. D-Vt
"When you watch some of the actions of Japan,
its sort of an arrogant condescension toward us."
"The Saudis would have been the 20th prov
ince of Iraq if we had not moved." said Sen. Al
fonso D’Amato. K-N.Y. "It shouldn't be on the
back of American taxpayers
Other countries have delivered just $14 '» bil
lion out of the $53.5 billion they have promised
to pay the United States for its military efforts in
the gulf
Japan has promised $10.7 billion in assis
tance and delivered $1.3 billion. Saudi Arabia
has sent $6 billion out of $16 8 billion in pledges;
Kuwait has provided $3.5 billion out of $16 bil
lion promised; and the United Arab hmirates
have paid $1 billion of a $3 billion pledge
Administration officials have said they be
lieve the $15 billion in U S funds, plus the
promised allied payments, should lx* enough to
finance the war through March 31. Hut they con
cede that Bush may have to seek more money
should the fighting last longer
White House budget director Kii hard Har
man and Deputy Defense Secretary Donald At
wood told senators they believed the allies would
make their payments in full by March :tl
Hut some senators advised the officials that
unless they moved quickly, the United States
might never receive all the pledged help
"Remember, bovs, bill ’em while the tears
are falling," said Sen Dale Bumpers. D-Ark . re
calling the advice of a law school professor. "En
forcing the contribution commitments is going to
lie impossible once the crisis is over
Members of the Senate panel also said they
would scrutinize Hush's request to ensure that it
sought funds for the war effort, not for other pro
grams the Pentagon might want to pursue
Hush and congressional leaders have agreed
that military spending will decline over the next
five years Atwood and Harman said the war
spending bill seeks to replenish weapons and
other supplies only to the level of the planned
cuts
The administration believes the It S deploy
ment will cost about $40 billion in fiscal 1001.
which ends Sept 30. not Including the costs of
ac tual combat The Defense Department has said
the costs of fighting alone could be $77 billion
Several lawmakers said they favored provid
ing emergency aid to Israel, which has incurred
expenses from being on constant military alert
and preparing for an Iraqi gas attack.
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Kuwaitis reclaim
capital from Iraq
KUWAIT CITY (A I’) kuwaiti resistance leaders declared
lull* Tuesday they were in control of their smoke filled and
ravaged ( apital following nearly seven months of lrai|i cut u
pallon
They said fleeing Iraqi troops had taken thousands of ku
waiti captives with them and left l>o hi nil an armory of tanks
and loaded weapons
U S Army and Saudi spec lal forces probed the city Tues
day, the vanguard of an allied force of thousands poised to
enter the coastal city Some of the U S commandos wore
Arab headdresses along with their uniforms, and i arried
small, easily < oncealed automatic weapons
latter, troops of the 1st Marine Division entered kuwait
City after a daylong advanc e from central kuwait. according
to a pool report They then took part in a battle against Iraqi
troops at kuwait International Airport
During their advance, the Marines said they destroyed
more than 1(H) Iraqi tanks
kuwaiti resistance leaders < homed Iraqis rounded up their
hostages from schools and mosques The hostages included
relatives of kuwaiti military personnel and prominent fami
lies, these leaders said
"They were killing us |ust for no reason They were c has
ing us They were killing us, we don't know why,” said
Mahdi alkallaf, who claimed he was a resistance fighter
"The life was horrible It wasn't a life," said resident
Sadeq al /.adi in a television interview
The c itv appeared to have largely escaped the* effects of al
lied bombing, but there were burned-out buildings and road
bloc ks set by Iraqi troops
Abandoned Iraqi T-55 tanks were sc attered along the high
way into town, as well as transport trucks and smaller vehi
c les. Klsewhere were handguns, machine guns and anti tank
launchers abandoned by Saddam Hussein's fore es
One Iraqi anti-airc raft battery was abandoned, fully loaded
Major hotels were damaged and burned by retreating Iraqi
forces Many of the other office towers and modern buildings
1 svmtxds of kuwait's oil prosperity 1 were devastated
Most of the elec tru ty and water supplies have been cut
"A lot has I men destroyed I hope a lot has been left," said
kuwait's Finance Minister Sheik All khalifa al Sabah in a ra
dio interview.
Fscorted by kuwaiti resistance leaders, the special forces
soldiers wont first to the Saudi Kmbassy and then to the
American diplomatic compound, where they found the U S
seal hanging on the outside wall and the gates c hained shut
They decided against immediately entering the c ompound
for fear of mines and booby traps
One U S soldier, who refuse'll to give his name, carried an
American flag to the- gates of the compound lie1 said it had
I men given to him during the let Offensive in Vietnam in
ltitiH by a Marine who died in his arms.
The dozen or so members of the special forces said they
had entered the city after meeting with the- resistant e leaders
Resistance officials said the Iraqi troops Imgan their with
drawal Monday night from the city, which had a pre inva
sum population of about 4T>0,000.
They said some Iraqis may still be in one sea tor of the c ity,
and others hidden in sc hools. The resistance leaders reported
taking an undetermined number of prisoners to a local )ail
However. U S officials in Saudi Arabia and Washington
said the allies did not control the kuwaiti capital vet
Outside the c ity. Iraqi prisoners were lacing transported to
the rear in dozens of buses
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