Teletext Recovery - 31/01/1991

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 22:1:/19       1/22       THE GULF AND OTHER TOP STORIES FROM BBC'S NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS TELETEXT SERVICE CEEFAX             A-Z Index News Menu GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 22:03/22   IRAQI MOTORISED ADVANCE  REPORTED 2/22 Up to 1,000 Iraqi military vehicles are reported to be advancing through Kuwait towards the Saudi border. The information, from a US air squadron leader, is based on other pilots' sightings and intelligence reports. Lieutenant Colonel Dick White said it was difficult to get a clear picture, but the vehicles appeared to be moving in columns and in small groups. US Marines sources said 50,000 Iraqi troops were massing near the border in the area of Khafji, from which Iraqi troops were driven out today. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 21:53/58   FIGHTING CONTINUES  NORTH OF KHAFJI 3/22 Fighting is still going on north of the Saudi town of Khafji, recaptured by Allied forces during the day. Iraqi troops were driven out of the deserted town by Saudi troops supported by air power and US Marines artillery. The Iraqis occupied the town yesterday in onj of five incursions across the border into Saudi Arabia. Eleven 11 US Marines were killed yesterday and 160 Iraqis were taken prisoner today. Two US troops - one female - were reported missing in today's operation. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 22:04/:<   NAVY SINKS IRAQI FAST  PATROL CRAFT 4/22 Two Royal Navy Lynx helicopters have taken part in an operation to sink an Iraqi fast patrol craft. The helicopters - from HMS Gloucester and HMS London - fired Sea Skua missiles and set the boat ablaze. American aircraft fired rockets at the craft, which was armed with Exocet missiles, and it went down. Another helicopter, from HMS Gloucester, was earlier reported to have sunk an Iraqi Soviet-designed landing craft. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 21:04/01   US AIRBORNE COMMAND  PLANE SHOT DOWN 5/22 US Defence Department sources say one of their C-130 Hercules aircraft was shot down by Iraq today. The sources, quoted on the CBS TV network, said it was thought to be a battlefield command and control plane. CBS said the plane had about 20 people on board and went down over either Iraq or Kuwait today. US military officials in Saudi Arabia said reports of a large plane being lost were being looked into. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 21:05/22   SADDAM VISITS TROOPS  IN KUWAIT 6/22 Baghdad radio has reported that Saddam Hussein visited his troops on Iraq's "southern front" - Kuwait yesterday. He personally directed the Iraqi thrust into Saudi Arabia, staying at the wront ovjrnight, said the broadcast. The Iraqi president met with his defence minister, and checked on the "rising morale" of Iraqi troops there, it said. The report of his personal role is a clear sign of the importance attached to the Khafji battle by Iraq's military, says a BBC correspondent. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 21:55/35   USA B-52 BOMBERS TO  BE STATIONED IN UK 7/22 The Government has agreed to a request to station giant US B-52 bombers in Gloucestershire for the Gulf War. Defence Secretary Tom King told MPs in the Commons that they would undertake missions against targets in Iraq and Kuwait with conventional munitions. They are being based at RAF Fairford due to a shortage of airfield space nearer the Gulf. The B-52s, which have a range of 6,700 miles, will take six to eight hours to reach their targets and will be refuelled in mid-air. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 21:45/28   ALLIED STRATEGY WILL NOT  CHANGE, SAYS QUAYLE 8/22 US Vice-President Dan Quayle has said Allied war strategy will not change despite Iraq's incursion into Khafji. Speaking after an hour of talks with Prime Minister John Major, he said there was "no hurry to engage in a ground campaign". Iraq wanted to hasten a ground war because its planes were being denied access to the air, said Mr Quayle. Mr Major reiterated that current strategy would be maintained, and any further Iraqi incursion into Saudi Arabia would be dealt with. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 21:45/18   FRANCE DENIES NEW  PEACE MISSION 9/22 The French foreign ministry has denied that it is embarking on a new initiativ to the end Gulf War. Iran's official news agency has said that officials from France, Iraq, Yemen and Algeria are meeting in Tehran to talk about ways to end the war. The French government said it was "too soon or too late" for a diplomatic bid to end the war and its official would not meet the Iraqis. The gathering in Iran is the first significant diplomatic initiative on Kuwait since fighting began. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 21:46/12   DEPORTATION LAWYERS WIN  DELAY FOR DEPORTEES 10/22 Lawyers for 43 Iraqis and Palestinians facing deportation from Britain have won more time to prepare their cases. They were originally told that appeal hearings against the deportations would take place tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday Now, the chairman of the panel hearing the appeals, Lord Justice Lloyd, has accepted the case for a postponement. The High Court ruled last week that the panel was the only forum for appeal. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 21:07/14   SCUD MISSILE "HITS  WEST BANK" 11/22 One Iraqi Scud missile has landed in the occupied West Bank, according to an Israeli army spokesman. No casualties were reported in what was the first Iraqi attack on Israel since Monday - the eighth since the start of the war. The spokesman refused to say whether any Patriot missiles had been launched. The Israeli army said it had a conventional warhead. All-clear sirens have been sounded in Israel's main cities, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 21:57/17   ECONOMY: LABOUR ATTACKS  GOVERNMENT POLICY 12/22 Labour has again demanded to know when interest rates will be lowered. In the Commons today, Labour leader Neil Kinnock accused the Government of "wearing down investment" by maintaining high interest rates. But the Prime Minister,John Major, insisted that inflation needed to be lowered and accused Labour of wanting to take the "soft option". Earlier, it was announced that this year's Budget will be on 19 March. It will be Chancellor Norman Lamont's first Budget since taking office 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 21:07/39   PAY RISES FOR PUBLIC  SERVANTS 13/22 The Govjrnment has announced it will givj public servants the full pay awards recommended by review bodies. The awards covjr nearly 1.5 million people, including nurses, doctors, the military and civil servants. The armed forces will get their award in full in April. For the others, it will be phased, starting with 7½%. The forces will get between 11.2% and 18%. Doctors and dentists are to get between 9.5% and 12.7%, and teachers will receive 9.5%. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 21:48/21   RUNCIE RETIRES AS  ANGLICAN PRIMATE 14/22 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie, has made his farewell speech to the Church of England's General Synod. He paid tribute to several of his colleagues, including his special envoy Terry Waite who was taken hostage in Beirut four years ago. Dr Runcie, 69, is retiring early after a decade in office. He will be succeeded by Dr George Carey in April. In the meantime, Archbishop of York Dr John Habgood will be in charge. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 21:49/18   ROUND UP  15/22 ROYAL The Prince and Princess of Wales have postponed a visit to India because of the Gulf war, Buckingham Palace has announced. BOMB A man was arrested in Belfast last night after a nail bomb was thrown at police in Mountpottinger, in the east of the city. It failed to explode. PETROL BP is to cut diesel prices by 4.5p a gallon from midnight tonight. EXPLOSION Several people have been hurt in an explosion at a petrol station at Aughnacloy in County Tyrone. The cause of the blast is not known. War headlines 130 Gulf military GulfIndex Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 21:19/28   US CONFIRMS KHAFJI  RECAPTURE 16/22 A US military official has confirmed Saudi news reports saying the town of Khafji has been recaptured from Iraq. Brigadier General Pat Stevens said Saudi troops, with US marine helicopter support, had cleared Khafji of Iraqis. Fighting was now continuing to the north of the town, eight miles inside Saudi Arabia, he said. A total of 160 Iraqi prisoners of war were taken in the fighting, which had not been a major invasion he said. The number of Iraqi soldiers killed would not be made public, he added. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 21:10/18   JAGUARS BOMB IRAQI  TROOPS 17/22 British Jaguars have been taking part in bombing Iraqi forces in Khafji, an RAF spokesman has said. The fighter-bombers had been very successsful over the last 24 hours, said Wing Commander Ray Horwood. The Jaguars had also struck an 11,000 tonnj Iraqi landing craft in the northern Gulf, he added. Jaguars are designed primarily for attacks on tanks and armoured vehicles, carrying up to eight 1,000 lbs bombs each. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 22:10/10   UK DISMISSES  INCURSION 18/22 British military officials have dismissed the Iraqi incursion into the deserted border town of Khafji. Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine, speaking at the UK military briefing in Saudi Arabia, said the Iraqi incursion was "not on any great scale". He said that the Allied air attacks would continue against targets in Iraq and Kuwait for several weeks at least. The Air Chief Marshal added that Allied air operations were achieving their objectives despite bad weather. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 22:01/13   IRAQ HAILS KHAFJI  INITIATIVE 19/22 Iraqi radio has said the battle at Khafji was a "crushing blow" for the Western forces, saying that Iraq had recaptured the initiative. A commentary added that Iraq's stand over the past two weeks was the first time Arabs had faced their enemies without being broken within days. The broadcast said US women soldiers were among US and Saudi soldiers captured, and were being treated well. It warned US troops they would leave in body bags, like the 11 marines killed yesterday, if they did not go home now. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 22:11/28   US DROPS LEAFLETS  ON IRAQI TRO 20/22 The US is blanketing Iraqi troops from the air with five million leaflets telling them how to surrender. The one-page leaflets, in Arabic and in English, tell the Iraqis to sling their weapons barrel-down over their left shoulder, and to wave a leaflet or a white object with a raised right arm. US troops are also being told how to recognise a surrendering Iraqi soldier. And US soldiers are learning Arabic phrases, such as "Throw down your gun" and "Put your hands up". 101 Headlines 130 Gulf War 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 22:12/08   US CLAIMS NEW AIR  SUCCESS 21/22 US military officials claim the tank- destroying A-10 aircraft has proved its worth in the battle around Khafji. The A-10, maligned by some for its lack of speed, was used yesterday and destroyed about 14 tanks, they said. No A-10s were shot down, and they will now play a major role in the expected intensj land war, said the officials. The plane was designed in the 1970s from lessons learned in the Vietnam war, and first deployed by the US in Europe to counter Warsaw Pact tank superiority over Nato. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 31 Jan 22:52/19   ALLIED AIR RAIDS  CONTINUE 22/22 Allied air attacks against Iraqi targets have been continuing in the past 24 hours. A US spokesman said American aircraft had carried out over 350 tactical strikes against positions held by the Iraqi Republican Guard. He said B-52 bombers took part in the raids and a French spokesman said the French planes attacked positions held by the Guards near the Kuwaiti border. A US spokesman added that the Baghdad to Basra road had also been attacked and many vehicles destroyed. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

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