Missiles flew once *,%Aft olit the VC1 y ended ,BL Wilham Matthews es staff Wnter WASHINGTON - Iraq's cease-fire didn't last long. Twenty nine hours after pronrising not to threaten U.S. planes over the northern and southern no-fly zones, an Iraqi air de- fense Tadar illuminated two Air Force planes during a routine flight. The planes, an F-4G Wild Weasel and an F-16 Fight- ing Falcon, attacked the radar with bombs and missiles. A day later on Jan. 22, it happened again. Two U.S. warplanes patrolling in the northern no-fly zone were "locked on" by Iraqi anti-aircraft radar, according to Pentagon officials. One of the planes, an F 4G, launched two High-speed Anti-Radia- tion Missiles, or HARM, at the site near Mosul, officials said. The missiles apparently missed their target. The radar ilhuninations and the U.S. at- tacks in response ended a brief cease-fire declared by Iraqi President Saddam Hus- sein as an inaugural olive branch to Presi- dent Clinton. Iraq announced Jan. 19 it would stop fir- .11i-d pi- - the n p1h. arid southern no-fly zones at midnig t~ ending hostilities for Clinton's Jan. 20 swearing-in. But at 1:09 p.m. Iraqi time Jan. 21 5:09 am. EST, as the new administration awakened frond late-night inaugural balls - radar warning gear on the two U.S. planes sounded, notifying the pilots they were being tracked. The F4 fired a radar-homing missile at the Iraqi radar site and the F-16 dropped two cluster bombs on the installation, U.S. European Command reported. Defense De- partment officials were unable to say whether the missile and bombs hit the ra- dar installation. Out of range Minutes before the planes were illurni- nated by radar, pilots reported seeing anti- aircraft artillery flashes on the ground. They did not respond to the flashes because they were out of range and were escorting a French Mirage on a reconnaissance mis- rion, the European Command said. The radar site was located in the north- ern no-fly zone, about eight miles south- west of the city of Mosul. A Pentagon spokesman said U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf region did not consult with Clinton or Defense Secretary Les As- pin before attacking the radar sites. "When we're threatened, we react. We inform them afterward," he said. "We were hopeful that the cease-fire would work," he added. "But we don't pay attention to Saddam's words, only to his deeds." At the White House, Clinton said the pi- lots did the right thing. "We're going to ad- here to our policy" of attacking radar and anti-aircraft sites when targeted, Clinton said. After the first incident, the Iraqi govern- nient insisted the cease-fire remained in ef- fect and denied the Pentagon's claim that U.S. planes were illuminated by radar. In other developments. Iraq permitted U. N weapons inspectors to fly unimpeded into' the country, a requirement of the United Nations cease-fire resolutions Iraq had been violating. B~t Saddam announced he would begin rebuilding a manufacturing plant destroyed by a U.S. cruise missile attack Jan. 17. U.S. officials said the plant, near Baghdad, was used to make material for nurlear weapons. Iraq also announced it was reopening plant the US. said was a biological weap- ons factory that was bombed during the Persian Gulf War. Iraq said it was an in- fint milk formula plant. String of encounters wounding many workers and guests. tion appeared to have improved along the Inside the weapons plant compound, the Iraqi-Kuwait border. cruise missiles destroyed four of seven Iraq staged provocative incursions into buildings, heavily damaged two others and Kuwait to retrieve military equipment in moderately damaged the seventh, the De- early January, but by Jan. 19 had with fense Department said. drawn from the border, the Defense De Elsewhere in the region, the allied posi- parti;ent sad. N TURKEY pgris River 4( Targets rallel NMLQ S Carrier 36th pa , I task forces , 'No fly" zones SYRIA U.S. 1 4 soldiers 'Baghdad IRAN III r I IRAQ 77 7 7 SA ROAN J0 ARA a 400 EZDM KUWAIT MILES Persian Gulf chronology President Bush An F-4G "Advanced demands that Wild Weasel" Iraq jhts or face fires a missile another at a surface-to-air allow U.N. fli( attatok. Baghdadmissile and radar betoks off- installation after the radar "locks on" to the American plane. Two F-1 6 Fighting Falcons drop several Iraq threatens cluster bombs on to down allied an Iraqi aircraft over anti-aircraft artillery the southern site after "no fly" zone and over being fired on. the northern zone above the 36th parallel established to protect Kurds. The Jan. 21 attack by U.S. planes on the Iraqi radar site followed a string of enoDun- ters between U.S. and allied aircraft and Iraqi radar and anti-aircraft artillery sites in the northern no-fly zone immediately be- fore Iraq announced the cease-fire. The Defense Department said that from -fire, Iraqi forces were Jan. 17 to the cease aggressively painting coalition aircraft with radar and firing on allied planes with anti- aircraft artillery. After two days, U.S. planes began to strike back. On Jan. 19, a U.S. F4G was illuminated by radar about 14 miles east of Mosul. The F-4 fired a HARM at the radar. An hour later, an F-16 reconnaissance plane was fix-ed on by anti-aircraft artillery, but was not hit. And two hours after that, two F-16s were fired on by anti-aircraft ar- Lia- ab~* 12 mitea nDrth of Mosul. In re~ sponse, the F-16s dropped cluster bombs on the ardlIery site, the Defense Department said. Bush Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said Iraqi warplanes were making a series of quick flights into the no-fly zone Jan. 19, "sticking a toe over the line" in hopes of luring coalition aircraft into an anti-aircraft missile trap. Avoiding the trap Before announcing its cease-fire, Iraq set up an array of SA-2, SA-3 and SA-6 anti. aircraft missiles, Williams said. "They' re trying to lure coalition planes into the area so they can shoot them down," he added, but coalition planes were avoiding the trap. The run-ins with Iraqi radar in the north followed major strikes by U.S. and coalition planes against missile sites in the southern no-fly zone and an attack by U.S. cruise missiles against a factory capable of produc- ing weapons- grade material for -nuclear weapons. Williams said the strikes "functionally neutralized" Iraq's southern air defense ra- dar system, destroying much of it and leav- ing the remaining parts unable to commu- nicate with one another. In the cruise missile attack against the weapons plant, Williams said, 45 missiles were launched, one failed upon launch and 38 of the remaining 44 struck their targets. Three landed short of the plant in an or. chard, three landed inside the plant oom. pound, but did not hit any buildings, and one apparently was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the Al Rashid hotel in Baghdad, killing two hotel workers and L U.S. jets down an Iraqi MIG-23 Flogger over the northern zone and hit anti'aircraft missile sites that fired on allied aircraft. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, marking the anniversary of the gulf Irrar, declares: "The aggressors will fail in their evil purpose." U.S. warships fire 45 cruise missiles at an alleged nuclear facility near Baghdad, killing at least two people. In the first daylight raids on Iraq, U.S. and British aircraft, with French planes providing air cover, bomb Iraqi missile sites that survived the Jan. 13 bombing in the southern zone. U.S. jets bomb Iraqi anti-aircraft batteries in the northern zone. Iraq reports 21 dead. Source: Associated Press An Iraqi-declared cease-fire takes effect. Allied military surveillance flights continue over the "no f I " zones. About 300 men from L U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division travel by convoy to the Kuwait- Iraq border area to counter any assault. President Clinton is sworn in. An F-4G fires a HARM missile on an Iraqi air defense radar site about 10 miles south of Mosul after the Iraqi installation turns its radar on. U.N. weapons inspectors land in Baghdad. An F-4G and an F-16 are targeted by Iraqi anti-aircraft radar, near Mosul. The F-413 launches two HARMS in response. ATPCO Approved.For Rplease 2.OQO/08/11 CIA-RDP96-PO792ROO0400330001-7 14 MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE Weprosecute serious injury claims against the U.S. Government worldwide for military dependents and retirees. BIRTH INJURIES DP`T INJURIES MISDIAGNOSIS DISABILITY CLAIMS FREE Medical / Legal Consultation No Fee IfNo Recovery THOMAS J. LYONS, ESQ. Certified Civil Trial Attorney Former LTCJAG USAR MARTHA L. NEESE, ESQ. 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"The con- spiracy cupboard is bare," the committee said in its 1,000-page report. - While conceding that it is impossible to say with absolute certainty that no American is being held captive anywhere in Cambodia, Laos or Vietnam, the committee said evidence gathered over the past 10 years offers no encouragement. No live-sighting report checked out, photos said to be of POWs proved fraudulent, leads led nowhere and even the best evidence was inconclusive, the committee said. In its search, the committee combed through thousands of pages of previously clas- sified military documents, repeatedly visited Vietnam and questioned scores of U.S. offi- cials military men, POW activists, family meWbers, Vietnamese government officials, missionaries and others. The efforts vielded evidence, and in many 68&"FVW§0AfF#&1Wetnam 1W instances, "tantalizing evidence that raises questions," said committee chairman Sen. John Kerry. "But evidence is not fact and not proof." Kerry, D-Mass., a Vietnam veteran, said the massive amount of information the inves- tigation amassed provides the nation with "a reality base" with which to deal with the POW and missing-in-action, or MIA, issue. For example, the Defense Department's count of MLAB from the Vietnam War is mis- leading, he said. The Pentagon lists 2,264 Americans as un- accounted for. In fact, nearly half of those - 1,095 - are known to have been killed, but their bodies never were recovered, Kerry sai& Among the remaining 1,169 niissiM 305 "were either known to have been Laken cap- tive or were lost in circumstances under-whiah survival was deemed. likely or at least reason- ably possible," Kerry said. "There is no indi- cation at this time that any survive." Committee member Sen. Jesse Helms, R- N.C., who promised at the beginning of the in- vestigation to produce a live American POW, apologized for missing most of the committee's meetings. He underwent heart surgery., , - The committee's investigation was "as good a job as could possibly have been done," he said. "I associate myself with Me committee re- port]," said Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who frequently challenged government offi- cials who said there was little likelihood that Americans remained in captivity. However, Grassley and Sen. Robert Smith, R-N.H., included footnotes to the report that said they did not agree with the metiority of committee members that there is little evi- Send A Valentine to Someone You Love It's one way to say you care. So say it in our special Valentine's Day page that Will be appearing in Army Times, Navy Times and Air Force Times. Your Valentine will appear worldwide in the issue of February 22, so you'll be sure to reach that special someone - wherever he or she may be stationed. It's simple and easy to do. Just write your message on the form below (or use a plain piece of paper). 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He and other former military mem- X be i, be interviewed, talk about their ongoing research on alie activity and 'mental abductions," in which aliens en. ter the minds of earthlings for hours. They disagree on many issues in their research, but they all take a stand against widespread ridicule of UFOs. Psi Tech takes private and government scientists to se- cret sites where the company has found repeated UFO activity. He and eight other off-duty or retired military of- ficb!ts who work for the company use a technique called remote viewing, which involves training the unconscious to explore a target with rigorous discipline while suppress. mg the imagination, he says. They are not psychics, he says. Dames was an Army intelligence officer until he retired in 1991. He started Psi Tech in 1989. The company works for a number of clients, including private companies. Their work does not deal just with UFOs. For instance, they gave information to United Nations officials about underground biological warfare research and development facilities in Iraq just before the Persian Gulf war. Others who am or have been connected with the mili- tory also investigate UFO reports. For instance, there is the 4,500-member Mutual UFO Network Inc. (MUFON), some of whose members have been members of the military. Former Air Force Capt. Kevin Randle and retired Air Force Maj. George Filer, who both served in intelligence, will speak at jt ~ MUFON conference in Washington, D.C., Feb. 6. The focus of the conference3~q, is the question of whether the governmentlis hiding the truth about LJFOs, a preoo- cupation Dames doesn't like. Among those convinced the government is withliolding information is Randle, a Vietnam veteran and an intelh. gence officar in the Air Force Reserve for 10 years. He Vr wrote UFO Crash at Roswell with Don Schmitt, pub- lished in 1991 by Avon Books. Randle is now an inactive reservist. Randle is convinced a Alien ship? The arrow crash near Roswell Army points to an alleged Airfield, UFO that Ed N.M., July 4, 1947, involvedand Frances Walters show a flying saucer, and in their book was cov. The GulfBreeze ered up by the federal , government. The officialSightings (MOMOM 1990). explana. Photo was taken in Gulf tion is that a mihtary Breeze, Fla., in 1987. balloon crashed. .1, Randle and Schmitt have interviewed more than 400 1e, including 37 who sion in their brains. Bayr they handled piecesNeither bodies nor debris of.the ever existed PeOP , flying saucer debris he clatims. (Randle scoffs and eight witnesses at this theory, and says who say they saw he has bodies of dead aliens bold in his hand a piece recovered at the crash of debris that one witness site. claims Her says he has talked to have taken from the to more than 50 people scene.) who claim they have been What happened at Roswell mentally abducted by is similar to other "mental aliens. Dames shares some of abductions," Dames says. Randle's and Filer's In Psi Tech's remote conclusions. viewing, He says Psi Tech has 'Ve have seen the [Roswell compiled evidence of witnessesJ standing outside mental abduc- in tions, He believes that'sa catatonic state, or what happened at Roswelllying in bed, or driving in up and down 1947. Aliens orchestratedthe road, while these the crash in the minds 20 or so spheres moved of the overhead, witnesses, using highly zigzagging bark and forth technical -methods to from person to person." create an illu- _10h Th em ry s unusual way of remembering events By Loretta Howard Sp~dal W LIFE iN THE TFMES Hurry up! Be here now! Be there then! Don't be late! Be on time! Time! In our fast-Paced world, time is a valuable com- modity. Our day-to-day schedules are dependent on traditional watches and clocks: Wake our spouses for physical training at 0400; get the children off to school by 0730; be on the job by 0830; stop by the commissary for more bread and milk before lunch ends at 1300; leave work at 1730; stop by youth se, Aces to pick up children from practice at 1800; and -go on. A typical schedule all based on exact timing is part of our daily existence. Military families have an additional and n u usual way of tefliiig time. We measure ti e periods by location. This is the stan- dard by which we retain memories. The longer we have been military and the more locations we have shared, the more we use this method. Once we have been in the military lifestyle for more than one location, we almost always answer the question of "when" with "where," When did our youngest daughter learn to ski? That was Germany the third time. When was our son named most valuable Player in a basketball championship? This happened the second tour in Germany. When did we first learn of the sport of throwing buffalo chips? Oklahoma. When did a tornado hit a nearby town? Missouri. When did I have my appendix out? Korea. During the Persian Gulf war, I was working for a bank in the Maryland sub- urbs of Washington, D.C. My flyiends and co-workers were predominately people who had never had direct contact with a Mili- tary lifestyle. The majority had grown up and even attended college in the same gon. eral area. Aside from numerous worldwide vaca- tions, all of their lives had been spent in the Northeast corridor. After my 16 years as an Army spouse, this wns the first time I took the time to notice that place associa~ tion is characieristic of-military families. Initially, it was a matter of translation. For instance, once during our lunch break, there was a discussion about the best age to allow your teen-age children to date. Right away I thought Georgia and Mary- land. Our two oldest began dating when we were in Georgia and the youngest ones were just starting during our time in Mary- land. Therefore, the oldest had to wait un- til age 16, but the younger ones were dat- ing at 14. Another time some friends and I were discussing when we became interested in the banking or business as" of our para. legal field. I responded with Germany, which I then translated to the late 1980s. MY co-workers were amazed with the system but quick to acknowledge its poten- tial usefulness. One friend and fellow em- ployee, a former Air Force man, was de- lighted to hear the old system again. Mary people spend their entire lives in one geographic location. We all know poo. pie who five near or in the home in which they grew up. While, of course, there is nothing wrong with this lifestyle, it does require a more exact method of analyzing time than we in the military have. 1 remember my brother's wedding as our second time assigned to Georgia. Other people would have to remember August 1983. That seems harder, somehow, Sometimes, military families complain about the problems of each move with the implication that it would be easier to re- main in one location. This special item was broken; that heirloom was lost. It is work to get the kids to adjust to the new environment. Shopping war, better at the old location. Windows are never the same size as the 40 pairs of curtains that you shipped. Life is not perfect but each move achieves a new perspective for our place-time memory. Being aware of the value of our place- time association gives the military family an additional positive aspect to look at dur. ing the next.reassignment. We are moving along our own historical ti h me ne with the advantage of new, exciting locations to apark our memories. Where do you remem. ber for 19929 Loretta Howard is a paralegal and free-lance writer married to an Army sergeant first class assigned to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Approved For Release 2000/08/.11 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0400330001-7