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4 Crisis in the GcilfIj Thursd Bai sen for of c The Battalion Thursday, January 24,1991 Allies gain air superiority; Iraqis ‘ineffective’ WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top military official expressed satisfaction with the results of the First week of the Per sian Gulf war Wednesday, but said Iraq is “an enemy that is ingenious” whose air force may yet “choose to come out and chal lenge us.” For now, said Gen. Colin Powell, chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Iraqi air power has been “totally ineffective,” leaving the United States and its allies with signifi cant air superiority in the opening phase of the Gulf war. In a Pentagon briefing that marked the one-week mark of the war to liberate Ku wait from Iraq, Powell said more than 10,000 allied sorties had destroyed 41 Iraqi aircraft, either in air-to-air combat or on the ground. The Iraqis have an estimated 700 aircraft. Defense Secretary Richard Cheney pre ceded Powell to the lecturn and told report ers that “there may well be surprises anead for us,” including possible Iraqi air strikes, terrorist attacks and additional missile at tacks. Cheney acknowledged that Iraq’s mobile Scud missile launchers were proving more difficult than expected. Powell said the United States has lost at most one plane in air-to-air combat. Total U.S. losses in the first week amount to 10, he said. Cheney cautioned against expectations of a quick end to the war, saying, “A mili tary operation of this intensity and com plexity cannot be scored every evening like a college track meet or basketball game,” he said. Powell and Cheney both urged the pub lic, and the media, to understand that it was not possible to know how badly the furious air campaign had damaged Iraq’s military capability. Powell said the one-week mark was time to “take stock and dampen the oscillations between euphoria and distress.” He spoke about the mood around Washington, per haps around the country, when the early air successes did not lead to a one-week victory. He said Marine forces are assembled off shore, adding, “We are really just starting in earnest” to force Iraq from Kuwait. He described an enemy that is well dug in, with complex communications and a sophisti cated supply system. “Our strategy for dealing with this army is very simple: first we’re going to cut it off, then we’re going to kill it.” The Iraqi army is “sitting there dug in, waiting to be at tacked, and attacked it will be,” he said. He said allied forces were “Assembling a fairly sizeable ground force that can finish the job if necessary.” Armed with charts, maps and graphs, Powell said allied forces have achieved air superiority in the war, but said “there still will be losses” in the days ahead. Even so, he said, air attacks can begin to concentrate in southern Iraq and around Kuwait, where Iraq has massed tens of thousands of troops. Yet, he added, “We’re dealing with an enemy that is resourceful, an enemy that knows how to work around problems." F. JOE/The Battalion Progress pleases Bush; Iraq remains strong WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush said Wednesday night the war against Saddam Hussein is “right on schedule” and will be unrelenting. “There can be no pause now that Saddam has forced the world into war,” Bush said. The president said allied bombing attacks had knocked out many Iraqi airfields, given the United States air superiority and “put Sad dam out of the nuclear bomb-building business for a long time to come.” Bush, speaking to an audience of retired military officers, said, “I am pleased to report that Operation Desert Storm is right on schedule.” Military officials warned, however, that Iraq’s military machine remains strong despite intense allied attacks. “We’re dealing with an enemy that is resourceful, an enemy that knows how to work around problems, an enemy that is ingenious,” said Gen. Colin Powell, chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. But Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said Saddam “cannot change the basic course” of the war. “He will be defeated.” “There can be no doubt: Operation Desert Storm is working. There can be no pause now that Saddam has forced the world into war. We will stay tne course,” he said. Bush added, “No one should weep for this tyrant when he is brought to justice. No one, anywhere in the world.” Lawmakers began to question how much the war will cost, and how to pay for it. House Speaker Thomas Foley, D-Wash., said there were no plans now to raise taxes but that “it would be a mistake to put this entire cost on the next generation. ... It’s going to be a great cost, we know that. Very, very large cost.” House Minority Leader Robert Michel, R-IH., said that if a tax in crease became necessary, it probably would be a temporary income tax surcharge. However, he added, “Taxes are never temporary. They’re usually permanent.” Defensive missiles continue success rate Riyadh sustain Scud attacks Dhahran 9 DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A barrage of Patriot missiles was fired from a major air base here on Wednesday, and witnesses saw at least one explosion to the north, in dicating an incoming Iraqi Scud mis sile had been destroyed. Air raid sirens also sounded in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, 275 miles to the southwest, and witnesses said it appeared two Patriot missiles had been fired. The firings came just as Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Gen. LEBANON IRAQ W L O Amman S# f f —WEST ISRAEL ^ \ / JORDAN SAUCH ARABIA Aqaba JORDAN Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were finishing a news conference at the Pentagon, briefing reporters on the progress of the week-old Gulf war. Witnesses in Riyadh said it ap peared that a Patriot missile hit something over a hotel where many reporters are staying. They saw what appeared to be another Patriot fired, but apparently it did not strike any thing. In Dhahran, one of the explosions WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration, declaring satis faction with the first week of war, promised defeat for Iraq’s Saddam Hussein but cautioned Wednesday there may be “surprises ahead for us.” President Bush denounced Sad dam as “one misguided man” dark ening the future of mankind. Military leaders said allied bomb ing had destroyed Iraq’s two nuclear research reactors and seriously dam aged factories believed to produce chemical and biological weapons. Saddam “doesn’t know how badly he’s been hit,” Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said, pointing to dis ruption of Iraq’s communication sys tems. Military officials warned, how ever, that Iraq’s military machine re mains strong despite intense allied attacks. “We’re dealing with an enemy that is resourceful, an enemy that knows how to work around prob lems, an enemy that is ingenious,” said Gen. Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Bush prepared to make a speech on the war before a military audi- shook Dhahran International Hotel, just off the allied air base from which the Patriots were fired. Eyewitnesses reported seeing two Patriots intercept an incoming mis sile at a low altitude not far from the end of a base runway. After a flash in the air at the mo ment of interception, the witnesses said a large object fell to the ground and exploded, sending smoke and dust into the air and tremors throughout the base area. ence Wednesday night. Vice President Dan Quayle visited military bases in three states, consol ing families of U.S. airmen held in Iraq. He pledged that the United States “will hold Saddam Hussein and his henchmen personally accountable” for mistreatment of POWs. The House, by a vote of 418-0, condemned Iraq for parading POWs before cameras to make obviously coerced statements. At a Pentagon briefing, Powell and Cheney faced a barrage of ques tions about the extent of damage in flicted on Iraq by unrelenting bomb ing attacks. Powell said allied forces have seized air superiority and now in tend to focus attacks on Iraqi ground forces entrenched in and around Kuwait. He said the Iraqi army is “sitting there dug in, waiting to be attacked and attacked it will be. “Our strategy for dealing with this army is very simple: First we’re going to cut it off, then we’re going to kill it.” Cheney said that Saddam “cannot change the basic course” of the war. “He will be defeated.” Emergency vehicles were seen sec onds later speeding off the base and toward the area where the explosion occurred. Of all the attacks on Dhahran, this was the first one to cause any kind of a ground tremor near the base. On Tuesday night, debris from a Patriot-Scud interception rained down on a compound housing Americans who work at the Saudi- owned Aramco oil company. Cheney said, “There may well be surprises ahead for us,” including possible Iraqi air strikes, terrorist at tacks and additional missile firings. White House press secretary Mar lin Fitzwater saia, “This is not going to be wrapped up in a week. We’re not going to have this done in time for weekend talks shows and the eve ning news. This is going to go on. It’s S >ing to be day after day just like is. The administration promised “full consideration” to a request from Israel for an additional $13 bil lion in economic aid over five years. The administration rejected a broadcast report from Baghdad that allied attacks had destroyed a baby milk factory in Iraq . The plant actually was used to produce biological weapons, Fitzwa ter said. “Any reports coming out of Bagh dad are, in effect, coming from the Iraqi government,” Fitzwater said. Iraq has “used a lot of disguises in a lot of different ways,” Fitzwater said. 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