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THE BANNERGRAPHIC March 4,1991

Iraq releases first 10 allied POWs

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) Fierce fighting was reported today in the southern Iraqi city of Basra between units of the Republican Guard and opponents of President Saddam Hussein, including defeated soldiers arriving from Kuwait. Refugees fleeing Iraq told reporters in Iran that Saddam’s eldest son, Udai, was killed in the battle, along with a provincial governor and the mayor of Basra, according to Iran’s official Islamic Republic News agency. AN IRAQI opposition leader in Damascus, Syria, also reported the killings Sunday of the governor and mayor in the reported uprising. The leader did not mention Saddam’s son Udai. The Iranian agency said the

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refugees reported government forces were using tanks and heavy weapons to battle the rebels. It said the sound of explosions could be heard 25 miles away in the Iranian city of Khorramshahr. The agency said some people were wounded in the clashes. THE REPORTS could not be independently confirmed. There are no Western reporters in Basra. The reports come from sources who oppose Saddam and would like to see him overthrown. Anti-Saddam demonstrations were reported during the weekend in five eastern Iraqi cities, Iranian media said. U.S. military sources said 7,000 soldiers were recalled to Baghdad, apparently to protect Saddam. The U.S. military sources said Saddam had ordered two mechanized

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) today released the first 10 allied

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‘THEY SEIZED THE governor and the head of the municipality and killed them. I am sure of it,” he said. Jabr also claimed soldiers retreating from Kuwait joined the fighting against the government in Basra. Tehran Radio, citing reports from refugees, said fierce fighting continued today in Basra. IRNA said refugees arriving in the western Iranian city of Ahvaz said the people had taken control of Basra and that there had been an escalation in anti-government demonstrations throughout Iraq. UDAI HUSSEIN, 28, has served as an aide in his father’s “special bureau,” the president’s private security and intelligence unit. A few years ago it appeared Saddam was grooming him as his suc-

military prisoners of the Persian Gulf War, including six Americans, and sent them off in a motorcade to the Jordanian border with Red Cross officials. Among them were Melissa Rathbun-Nealy, 20, of Grand Rapids, Mich. the only female allied soldier listed as missing in action and Navy navigatorbombadier Lt. Jeffrey Zaun, 28, of Cherry Hill, NJ. THE OTHERS included three British soldiers and one Italian, Capt. Maurizio Cocciolone, a pilot. Only Rathbun-Nealy, Zaun and Cocciolone could be immediately identified. The release followed by less than 24 hours a meeting between allied and Iraqi military commanders in allied-occupied Iraq in which both sides agreed to release all prisoners and Baghdad promised an initial “symbolic release.” Angelo Gnaedinger, Red Cross delegate general for the Middle East and North Africa, said all 10 were found to be in good health after a checkup by Red Cross doctors. ALL WORE identical yellow jumpsuits with white and red “PW” patches on their chests and backs. After receiving Swiss chocolates, Pepsi Cola and cheeseburgers, they left for the border in three cars, escorted by three Iraqi army vehicles. The 10, one of whom had an arm in a sling, were handed over to the Red Cross at 10:30 a.m. at Novotel hotel in downtown Baghdad. The released prisoners declined to be interviewed but did allow a photo session before leaving for

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cessor. However, in October 1988 Udai bludgeoned to death one of Saddam’s favorite bodyguards. Saddam at first ordered him to stand trial but later changed his mind after a supposed public outcry for clemency. The agency said refugees reported demonstrations in other towns near Basra such as Taunuma and Abul-Khasib. THE REFUGEES said some soldiers returning from Kuwait handed their weapons over to the people and joined in anti-govern-ment demonstrations, whiie only the Republican Guards remained loyal to Saddam. Refugees from Iraq on Sunday reported there also were violent clashes between government forces and anti-Saddam protesters in alAmarah, Nassiriya and Kut.

Jordan, silting at a long table in the hotel. They showed no signs of fatigue or malnutrition. RATHBUN-NEALY giggled while posing for a photographer who told her the photo was for the cover of Paris Match , a French magazine. The servicewoman was apparently captured on Jan. 30 at the Saudi frontier after a two-truck convoy she was in came under small arms fire as it tried to deliver supplies to front-line U.S. troops. Cocciolone and Zaun, whose A-6 Intruder went down on the first day of the war, had been among POWs shown on Iraqi and U.S. television after their capture; appearing badly battered, they recited woodensounding statements critical of the allied war effort. Allied officials protested their treatment. THE 10 RELEASED prisoners were taken first in a Toyota minibus to the al-Rashid Hotel, where foreign journalists are based, then shortly to the Novotel hotel, where the Red Cross representatives were wailing. They showed no emotion today as they were filmed being escorted off of the bus, walking briskly into the hotel. Iraq was known to have held 13 allied prisoners of war, all men and including nine Americans, two Britons, an Italian and a Kuwaiti. Sixty-six allied troops were listed as missing: 45 Americans, 10 Britons, 10 Saudis and one Italian. GNAEDINGER said a number of Iraqi POWs also would be repatriated today but he did not know the specific numbers.

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By The Associated Press Here are the latest developments related to the Persian Gulf Wan Around the Gulf: • The freeing of allied prisoners was among terms agreed to by Iraqi commanders in truce talks at a desert air base in southern Iraq on Sunday. Desert Storm commander Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf told reporters after the meeting: “I am very happy to tell you we agreed on all matters.” • Baghdad Radio announced on Sunday that Iraq had accepted United Nations peace conditions, which could clear the way for a permanent cease-fire in the Persian Gulf War. In response, the U.N. Security Council authorized mercy flights of good, medicine and water purification equipment into Baghdad. • Reports suggest Iraqis’ anger at Saddam Hussein for leading them to defeat is beginning to boil over. Iran’s official radio on Sunday reported violence between Iraqis and government forces during demonstrations against Saddam in at least four Iraqi cities. • On Monday, Iraq was taking a belligerent line on the subject of allied surveillance flights. A military spokesman on Baghdad Radio said the overflights are meant to terrorize the Iraqis and that they violate the truce. Washington: • President Bush was meeting Monday with his national security advisers and addressing leaders of veterans’ organizations. • Secretary of State James A. Baker 111 leaves Wednesday on a postwar diplomatic mission to the Middle East and Soviet Union. On NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday, said the United States wants to leave the job of policing the Persian Gulf region primarily to its Arab partners. • National security adviser Brent Scowcroft says the United States could “tolerate” Saddan Hussein staying in office. However, he added on ABC’s “This Week With David Brinkley”: “The character of the peace could depend quite a bit on whether or not Saddam Hussein remains in power.” • White House chief of staff John Sununu said the United States “is not uncomfortable” with the idea of Saddam seeking asylum outside Iraq.

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