Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 19, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba Snow Cloudy tonight 26 second cuss Mai begin Mon number 0268 if it saturday free press january 10 Winnipeg free press vol m no 49 saw toy ohly Home delivery weekly Home delivery in Winnipeg outside Winnipeg main switchboard 9434331 Home delivery 957os50 classified 9562330 Allied attacks pounding the hell out of that country by Mark Fineman los Angeles times Jordan after nearly 48 relent less hours of surgical cruise missile strikes and bombing Baghdad resembles a ghost its residents having fled or in its sprawling residential districts largely intact but according to More than a dozen journalists who fled the embattled iraqi capital and arrived in Jordan by land the regime of president Saddam Hussein still appears very much in despite More than a dozen direct hits on key government installations throughout the the presidents main Palace was Des several of the journalists in a cruise missile attack that Saddam himself the soviet still in said he met with the iraqi Leader in his command Bunker there pounding the hell out of that said Alan a lbs news correspondent who arrived in Amman after a a photo Tomahawk cruise missile launch lights up night sky and deck of uss Wisconsin Early travellers recount human toll of War by Mark Heinrich Reuters Jordan a captured Pilot bundled into a commandeered iraqi taxi the body of a Little girl in a bombed Baghdad Street a fleeing journalist charged us for a ride to travellers reaching Jordan from Iraq yesterday brought tales of the persian Gulf wars human an iraqi taxi Driver arriving with two passengers at the jordanian Border crossing of Ruwe shed said his cab had been commandeered in route by iraqi military police to take a captured american air Force Pilot to an unknown they had a Pilot who looked very sad at his situation he was not said the describing the airman As Blond and police told him the Pilot was one of two Crew members in a fighter bomber shot Down in the first 24 hours of the persian Gulf the airmans colleague was Mustafa a palestinian spoke of civilians who died in the relentless air bombardment of the iraqi capital of i saw the body of a Young girl lying in a she could hot have been More than see it Page 4 count adds to despair for Raf pilots tearful airmen experience dread after second Tornado bomber lost Michael Speicher was first Pilot reported killed in Bahrain a they count them going they count them coming for a Squadron of Royal air Force pilots based in the persian the count yesterday added up to despair when a second Tornado bomber was Raf pilots broke Down in tears on their return to Muharram air base from a strike against iraqi air at the moment i am going through the full Range of said a tearful flight Mark from in from elation right Down to dread and fear of whatever your you still Fly the he we went As four Crew now we Are three tomorrow there might be two or on the squadrons second an engine on one of the two person Tornado bombers caught fire after being hit and the Pilot and navigator were seen to eject and there remained Hope they were Early another Jet crashed on re turn from a the Fate of the Crew was the Tornado were two of eight coalition planes that have been shot Down so far by also lost were four american one italian plane and one kuwaiti you feel guilty that you have survived and they said Squadron Leader Pablo from in Mason cried As he tried to explain How he dealt with flying repeated missions knowing that each could be his you have got to control your he you feel terribly there is a constant awareness that in a few seconds time you might not masons Squadron has one of the toughest jobs of the air Effort in the persian their jets carry two jp233 bombs suited for hitting the jets race Over heavily fortified air Fields at at a level below 30 metres before dropping their the pilots rarely see the craters left by the which also carry antipersonnel mines to prevent a rapid repair harrowing trip by car from Baghdad to the jordanian the virtually All of them television newsmen and the Only Western eyewitnesses to leave Baghdad since the War also confirmed that Saddam de Fence ministry has been demolished and that the satellite dishes on his main communications Tower have been at least two military airfields in the City were also taken out of the eyewitness More than Likely the last Independent and uncensored descriptions of the scene inside Baghdad for Days to went beyond picturing a City see i think Page 4 Tel Aviv rocked by missiles second attack in 30 hours from Preu Tersip the israeli City of Tel Aviv was hit by several missiles in an Early morning barrage today that could bring retaliation against Iraq and open a new front in the Gulf israeli jets scrambled after the second missile attack in two an attack on Baghdad would put strains on the desert storm Alliance fighting to oust Baghdad from Arab states including Egypt and Syria could come under pressure to pull out of the 28country officials in fearing an iraqi Chemi Cal urged israelis to seek the Protection of Gas masks and sealed there was no immediate word of casualties in the which were reported at local and no word on whether the missiles carried chemical there were unconfirmed police reports of five and some residents said they heard 10 in a defence department official speaking on condition of anonymity said three missiles were launched from Western Iraq toward the official had no information on where the missiles land an iraqi missile attack the night before slightly injured a dozen the israeli government held Back retaliation at that time persuaded by promises that Ameri can warplanes would try to eliminate iraqi missile american officials had said iraqi presi Dent Saddam Hussein was trying to drag Israel into the persian Gulf and Frac Ture the coalition of Arab states seeking to drive him from the multinational Force unleashed More punishing air attacks against Iraq this Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched from battleships in the Northern persian a reporter aboard a Royal Navy ship continual Waves of fighter bombers and ground attack aircraft left from carriers and bases in saudi said reporter Michael on Board the British destroyer Gloucester for Britain Independent television the command said yesterday that desert storm planes were flying mis Sions a Day a rate of More than one a Iraq broadcast a desperate Appeal today to muslims telling them there is no longer time for delay and that they have no option but to attack Western interests a statement on Baghdad radio urged muslims to attack the symbols and figures of the United the saudi Ara the followers of the Emir of Kuwait and their Canada is part of a coalition fighting in defence Secretary Dick Cheney declared an Airlift emergency and ordered 20 commercial airlines to see Israel Page 5 a photo ground personnel Roll 900kilogram bomb past f15 Index Ann 47 33 38 37 p Rusinas 17 monies 44 3y i ossified 28 comics 37 crossword 37 i deaths 28 travel x i v j 6 a emf Home Fajth provincial food win ref 33 swoosh ing by Nick Martin you could hear the iraqi missile As it Swo shed overhead and blew up within window rattling distance of his Northend Tel Aviv Menashe Broder mumbled yes because its Tough a Telephone interview while wearing a Gas the missile had come u Early morning yester Day Early thursday night in Winnipeg and the toughest part had been deciding where to t r the basement bomb shelter was the safest for a conventional warhead said during inn mid evening Tel Aviv time but the hermetically sealed master bedroom and adjoin ing bathroom could Best withstand chemical his one daughter living at and his Mother inlaw had chosen the sealed with tape and where they sweated it out from 2 to 6 while wearing Gas we have a Supply of water some things to said the Montreal whose brother Gabe is Bani brith regional director in most the sealed room contained a which an Al Clear during yesterdays allowing Broder to remove his Gas Over in former Manitoba Deputy health minister Ted Tulchinsky had just removed his mask after what was feared to be a second wave of iraqi missiles turned out to be a false we take the Alert Tulchinsky people were lulled a bit by the news the first Day of the american assault on that everything missiles was wiped those reports turned out to be Tulchinsky didst expect Jerusalem to be at the iraqi missiles Are he see aim Page 4 ;