Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 16, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba Cloaked calories theres often More to fast food than meets the appetite 27 sports bombers stand aside san Antonio club gets permission to woo Mike Riley 43 world soviet affairs Alexander Bessmer Nyoh new foreign minister 52 sunny today 8 Clear tonight 18 second cuss mail registry january 1 1 991 weekly Home delivery in Winnipeg outside Winnipeg main switchboard 9439331 Home delivery 957o550 Cuba lifted 9562330 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Baghdad Stokes Furnace of hell worldwide clamor of Lea ignored Gulf clock ticks past Lith hour attack will come spokesman hints israeli Soldier guards Hawk missile in occupied West Bank As his country prepares for attack from Winni Eggers Pray for Miracle to prevent War peace vigils staged across City by Gerald flood and Brenda Suderman Winni Eggers did the Only thing they could to prevent War in the persian Gulf yesterday they at vigils across the they prayed for for the safety of servicemen and the Comfort of their they prayed for Wisdom and humility for leaders and divine inspiration to solve unfathomable they prayed for in praying for that there will be a miraculous Maureen Thomas said As she left the tiny Wood panelled Chapel at Broad Way first Baptist i prayed god would touch his Saddam Hussein heart and turn his life around the same Way he did for the apostle said Gil Pat a retired civil servant who was a Canadian infantryman in 01 when the second world War being there really showed me that War Doest do he it was the War to end All and it were talking about doing it teacher Mickey a citizen whose Nephew is a Marine in saudi Arabia and whose brother in Law and family Are in prayed that no harm came to i guess in Here because i feel everyone considers War is in Evita she i think if we concen trate and think about peace and Pray peace guides our leaders that Hope fully peace can prevail and solve the i think if i had answers i be people had started arriving at the Chapel at 7 the Vigil lasted All Day and then was picked up at half a dozen churches across the City last Val executive director of the Winnipeg coordinating commit tee for said there was Little protest activity yesterday As parliament debated prime minis Ter Mulroney announcement that Canada will fight in the Gulf if War the nations first commit ment to War since the korean con at this we feel weve done the Best we can Klassen see students Page 4 from a Preuter Riyadh the United nations deadline for Iraq to pull out of Kuwait or face Force passed at 11 cd yesterday with no signs in saudi Arabia of any intention to launch an immediate strike against iraqi troops in there were no indications in Riyadh that forces in saudi Arabia planned an imminent attack and no significant air activity Over the saudi the saudi capital was Calm with Rush hour traffic appearing to be a bit lighter than usual this morning under Cloudy barring an attack by the Start of a persian Gulf War now lies in the hands of president Bush and Allied armed with congressional authorization to drive Iraq from was described As Resolute and at peace with him Iraq declared a Furnace of hell doubling ofcf18s in i pondered 1 by John Douglas 3 Winnipeg free press 3 Ottawa a plan to double can is Adas air commitment to the persian Gulf has been drafted by military officials in the event the International Force requires additional Assis sources said although the government recently boosted Canadas air defence commitment to 24 cf18 Jet fighters and a 707 midair refuelling two department of National defence officials confirmed yesterday the con Tingent could be awaits anyone trying to dislodge its troops from what president Saddam Hussein faced was thousands of combat scores of warships and some of the worlds most sophisticated spearheaded by Abc news said last night air Force b52 bombers had been moved to bases in a persian Gulf country it did not the air Force has never conceded b52s have been As signed to operation desert shield but a detachment is known to have been based at Diego in the Indian Baghdad Defiance combined with a worldwide clamor of last i Nute appeals to Saddam and anti War after the set 29 by the United nations Security in members have the right to drive Iraq out of Kuwait by its expiration did not mean War was but exhausted diplomats see Iraq Page 4 atm Mimm the officials said if the United nations War Effort required can Ada would be willing to Send up to three squadrons 24 More fight ers and three midair Canadas role would not Only allow it to Fly patrols Over the Northern Gulf zone to protect Supply and Hospital but also engage enemy aircraft and Fly cover for Allied bomber see contingency Page 12 fear mingle on tiny Gulf Island Carrielee Callaghan sports peace symbols on her by Courtney Tower special to the free press Bahrain some Are some Are some whistle jauntily past the the massive burial Mounds on this persian Gulf Island that awaits the most dreadful War Arabia has Ever Hope still runs High with some for a Las minute however such As Saddam Hussein suddenly bowing and crying but the Best guess is that the Days and weeks of tense the final and the dashed Are Commodore Kenneth commander of Canadas three War ships and 27 warplanes says that if it will arrive soon and very hard whether it is sad dam or the forces that shoot on the iraqi were very concerned about a preemptive at Summers said in an interview in the dockside shed that is his command Saddam Hussein is clearly in a weak id probably try a preemptive attack to try and take out As much of the Allied forces As i so a preemptive attack is see Quick Page 12 businessman behind bars on seven fraud charges by Paul Samyn Norman Bruce Mcleod was in jail last night after being charged with seven counts of fraud Over the controversial Winnipeg Busi Nessman was to appear in court this morning on the which each carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in Mcleod arrest at an Osborne Village restaurant yesterday after noon by the ramps commercial crime unit comes after More than a yearlong investigation into a com plex web of companies that allegedly defrauded hundreds of Manitoban of millions of the charges Laid yesterday against and three of his companies Stockton financial services Stockton equities and great Bear development relate to an alleged fraud of Winnipeg area investors in a real estate transaction on a group of City apartment information ramp filed in court last March to search the offices of Mcleod several Finan Cial institutions and the Legal firm he dealt with detail manoeuvres Mcleod made to arrange financing for the apartment see ramp Page 4 Ann f 30 30 17 36 47 20 38 0 86 at 30 f 49 4e f v it Baltic crackdown spreads Kremlin repeating lithuanian pattern in Latvia by Francis dines new York times service Moscow there were More signs yesterday that the Kremlin was preparing to follow up the Mili tary crackdown in Lithuania with similar actions in the other Baltic states of Latvia and claimant gets in the lithuanian capital of Vilnius the National salvation the new pro Moscow body being used As an apparent front for inviting the soviet military to called yesterday for direct Rule by presi Dent Mikhail similar Calls were heard As Well in Latvia and Estonia at pro Moscow rallies organized by communist party leaders Loyal to in the commons adopted a unanimous Resolution yesterday condemning the soviet Union for its murderous crackdown on Lithia external affairs minister Joe Clark introduced the ask ing the soviet Union to refrain from further this House asks the to respect its obligations under the Helsinki Accord and the Paris the Resolution in the National Salva Tion committee charged that the which is led by lithuanian nationalists seeking to reestablish an Independent Lithuania and which has no was preparing to unleash direct military actions and pogroms against pro Moscow see Estonia Page 5 ;