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FRIDAY , JANUARY 25, 1991 VOL. XXIII NO. 79 . ~ THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Allied forces shoot down two Iraqi warplanes DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia (AP) The sorties are inflicting - Iraq's elusive air force heavy damage on the guards, GULF WAR ROUNDUP showed signs of life Thursday U.S. pilots and military com­ and sent two warplanes along manders said Thursday, but TURKEY the Saudi coast carrying the neither provided casualty fig­ feared Exocet anti-ship mis­ ures. siles. Both fighters were The allied tactics call for promptly shot down. "softening up" the Iraqi forces IRAN Iraq mocked the allies for from the air before trying to failing to launch a ground of­ eject them from Kuwait by fensive, but allied commanders OPERATION ground. Reports from Iran said they would stick to their The number of allied sorties say allied warplanes DESERT STORM Patriot missile blasted targets in game plan and intensify the passed 15,000 on Thursday, southern Iraq around-the-clock air strikes on Pepin said. Allied sources in intercepts Iraq and occupied Kuwait. Dhahran said the U.S.-led Iraqi Scud The U.S. Navy scored a vic­ • Hussein talks I page 8 coalition wants to pick up the tory in the northern Persian • U.S. hits Iraqi ships I page 8 pace, perhaps flying 3,000 mis­ Gulf, taking 51 Iraqis prisoner • GCAC in capital/ page 8 sions a day if the skies remain on a tiny Kuwaiti island and • 'Op. Desert FAX'/ page 9 clear. sinking an Iraqi minesweeper, • Lecture on oil I page 9 In addition, Pentagon sources American officials reported. • Bombs in Greece I page 9 said Thursday that U.S. sub­ Command They said a second • SMC teach-in/ page 9 marines, operating from the • President Bush says the war minesweeper exploded and depths of the Mediterranean against Saddam Hussein was sank, apparently after hitting a and Red seas, are continuing to "right on schedule," mine while trying to escape. ing skies to step up their relent­ fire Tomahawk cruise missiles undercutting Iraq's ability to • Allied sorties: over 12,000 Three Iraqis were killed on less air assault on Iraq and at targets inside Iraq. fight back. missions since start of war. · Qaruh Island Thursday in the Kuwait. Many of the attacks Gen. Colin Powell, chairman • Defense Secretary Richard • Losses reported by the allies: 20 Cheney said "there may well latest action by the U.S. Navy concentrated on Iraq's elite Re­ of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said allied planes lost, 41 Iraqi planes along the Kuwaiti coast, where Wednesday in Washington that be surprises ahead for us, n destroyed, 6 Americans listed as publican Guards, an Army including possible Iraqi air Iraqis have been sowing mines spokesman said. air attacks would intensify non-combat deaths, and installing anti-aircraft along supply routes and lines of strikes, terrorist attacks and 24 missing in action and 29 The Republican Guards, the additional missile attacks. Iraqis taken prisoner by allies. weapons on oil platforms. backbone of the Iraqi armed communications around the The United States and Britain forces, is a self-contained mili­ Iraqi city of Basra, near the each lost a warplane during the tary force with infantry, air de­ gulf and Kuwaiti border, in an As of 7 a.m. EST AP Graphic night Wednesday. The Ameri­ fense, tanks, artillery, intelli­ attempt to strangle the Iraqi can pilot was saved in a dra­ gence, special operations forces army in Kuwait. their commander-in-chief, then public opinion, with bombing matic rescue after his jet was and medical and logistics sup­ Despite the crushing allied air mocked the allies, saying they from high altitudes," the news disabled by ground fire and he port. assau1t, Saddam Hussein re­ fear a ground war. agency said. ejected over the gulf. "We are hitting them with all portedly visited his troops on "The commanders said that It quoted Saddam as saying The two crewmen of the Bri­ assets available to us," U.S. the front lines in southern Iraq because of his (the enemy's) the battle would be decided by tish Tornado GR-1 fighter­ Army Lt. Col. Greg Pepin said. and Kuwait on Wednesday. cowardice and fear of combat Iraq's superior will power and bomber are missing, British He estimated that more than The official Iraqi News with the land forces, the enemy patience. "It is only a matter of sources in Riyadh said. 150,000 of the guards are "well Agency said Saddam's com­ tried to avoid establishing any time before the enemy becomes The losses occurred as allied dug In" in Kuwait and southern manders discussed the latest serious contact ... and preoccu­ forces took advantage of clear- Iraq. developments in the war with pied itself, for the benefit of see GULF I page 8 SUFR hopeful for talk with office of Student Affairs By KATE MANUEL to be there Tuesday." News Writer Father Peter Rocca, the assistant vice president of Student Services in the Office Editor's note: This is the first of a of Student Affairs, said that O'Hara, who three part series examining the newly­ will be out of town at a meeting until formed campus minority coalition Stu­ Monday, did write a letter to a member of dents United for Respect (SUFR) SUFR. When the demonstrators came to her While next Tuesday's meeting office on Martin Luther King Day, O'Hara between Patricia O'Hara, vice president had said she would need to look into of Student Affairs, and members of the SUFR's organizational status in du Lac, group Students United for Respect Rocca said. (SUFR) may not be held when O'Hara did not want to call off next scheduled, both sides hope a discussion Tuesday's meeting, said Rocca, but she about the situation of minorities at probably thought it best to do so after Notre Dame will occur soon. checking the appropriateness of such a The upcoming meeting was scheduled meeting in du. Lac and finding it in response to the demands of inappropriate. demonstrators who had crowded the O'Hara has suggested that SUFR apply Student Affair's office last Monday, for official recognition through Student Martin Luther King Day, seeking an Activities and she is certainly willing to open forum for discussing minority talk about minority issues and demands issues. with students, s~id Rocca. Last Wednesday, after a meeting had Because O'Hara has been told that SUFR been scheduled, however, members of is a coalition of ethnic organizations SUFR say they received a letter from already recognized on campus, he said, O'Hara in which she cancelled the she is planning to meet with the officially meeting because Student Affairs does recognized ethnic groups on campus and not recognize SUFR as an official believes that basically the same people University organization. would be in attendance at either type of SUFR members said that O'Hara had meeting. agreed earlier in this school year to "Every year we (the minorities on meet with groups of students concerned campus) have become more of a cohesive about minority issues. SUFR said it is group. This year we decided to be more such a group of concerned students and aggressive to meet our needs and that O'Hara's cancellation of the concerns. This year we decided to come meeting is another evidence of together as a coalition under a name "disrespect" toward minorities by the (SUFR). That's the only difference-the The Observer 1 E. G. Bailey Administration. name," said Robert Price, a Notre Dame Operation snow storm "We are still planning on having that alumnus, who is a SUFR spokesperson. Thousands of miles away from the conflict in the Middle East, sophomores Bill Carey meeting Tuesday," said one SUFR Representatives of SUFR describe it as a member. "She made a public (Navy ROTC) and Kevin Prendeville make their way to classes despite significant see SUFR I page 4 drops in temperature, increases in wind chill. commitment and we are ~xpecting her ---~----~-~-------~------------------------------------..... Friday, January 25, 1991 page 2 The Observer INSIDE COLUMN WEATHER Forecast for noon, Friday, Jan. 25. I want my Lines show high temperatures. cable TV for 20 10 Yesterday's high: 17 Yesterday's low: 13 CNN, of course Nation's high: 83 (Homestead, Fla.) The other day I --------­ Nation's low: -32 plopped down on the (International Falls, couch in my room Minn.) and flipped on the TV to see what was on. Forecast: I To my utter dismay, Increasing cloudiness J all three {count 'em, and cold today with a 30 · three) television sta- percent chance of snow toward evening. Highs tions in South Bend Rich Kurz were showing -soap around 20. Cloudy and not as cold tonight with a operas. Sports Copy Editor Just over a week 70 percent chance of ago, the Villanova Wildcats, one of my fa­ snow, possibly accumu­ lating 1 to 3 inches. Lows vorite college basketball teams, were play­ FRONTS: ing the Georgetown Hoyas on national TV­ 5 to 10. Partly cloudy and except the game was on ESPN. This meant I • • cold tomorrow with highs • in the middle 20s . had to sit by my phone and call a sports line COLD• • WARM STATIONARY• • every few minutes to get an update on the ©1991 Accu-Weather, Inc_ score. Pressure And then, last Wednesday, the war in the ® © ~~~~ ~ [I] ~ Persian Gulf erupted. After a few days, the HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN T-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT. CLOUDY CLOUDY three major networks went back to regular Via Associated Press GraphicsNet programming, leaving us to find ou~ infor­ mation only when the networks decided to break in and update us.

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