Teletext Recovery - 07/02/1991

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 21:05/ 8       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 7 Feb 22:55/ 8   CHENEY AND POWELL TO LEAVE  FOR GULF SHORTLY 2/22 US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell leave Washington for Saudi Arabia later this evening. Their mission in the Gulf is to review the overall course of the war and report back to President Bush on what steps should be taken next. Mr Cheney confirmed that their report would form the basis for any judgement on a land offensivj. The US hoped to end the war as soon possible "to minimises loss of life on all sides", he told a Senate Committee. 101 War headlinjs 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 22:05/18   BAKER PLANS BANK  FOR GULF REPAIRS 3/22  US Secretary of State James Baker has proposed the setting-up of a Middle East bank to help Gulf war repairs. He told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the bank would be similar to that founded to help Eastern European communist countries. "Efforts to secure peace in the Gulf warrant a multilateral commitment to reconstruction," he added. The new proposal aims to ease growing Arab fears that Allied air strikes on Iraq are destroying much of its civilian and industrial infrastructure. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 21:56/27   LAND WAR "INEVITABLE"  - SIR PETER 4/22 Commander of the British forces in the Gulf Lieutenant General Sir Peter de la Billiere has said he believes a ground war is inevitable. Sir Peter said the air campaign was moving into its final phase - softening up the Iraqi troops before a land offensivj by the Allies. He promisjd that the bombing campaign on the entire Iraqi army in Kuwait would be "massivj and unrelenting". The Allies were still doing all they could to reduce civilian casualties, Sir Peter added. 101 War headlinjs 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 21:46/31   US F-18 LOST SAYS US  MILITARY SPOKESMAN 5/22 A US aircraft has been lost on its way back from a bombing mission in the Gulf, a US military spokesman has said. Brigadier-General Neal said the F-18 was on its way to an aircraft carrier when radio contact was lost. One non- combat helicopter had also been lost. Speaking in Riyadh, he said F-15 fighter jets had hit three more Iraqi planes fleeing to Iran. Two were destroyed. He said 134 Iraqi planes were now in Iran - 109 fighters and 25 transporters 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 21:47/17   IRA SAYS IT CARRIED OUT  DOWNING ST ATTACK 6/22 The IRA has carried out a mortar bomb attack on Downing Street. Three improvised mortar bombs were fired from a van near the Ministry of Defence in Whitehall. One exploded in the garden behind 10 Downing Street. Two more fell near the Foreign Office but caused minor damage. The van exploded, apparently just after the mortars were fired, on Horseguards Avenuj at about 1005. A man was seen running from the van and escpaing on the back of a motorcycle. 108 Eyewitnesses see missiles fired Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 21:47/18   EYEWITNESSES REPORT  BLASTS IN WHITEHALL 7/22 Eyewitnesses of the mortar bomb attack on 10 Downing Street have spoken of seeing missiles fired from a transit van in Whitehall. A building worker, Jim Bishop, said that a section of the van's roof lifted off and three rockets were fired from inside before the whole van exploded. Dr Andy Ashworth, an ex-naval doctor, heard three consecutive blasts followed by a smaller separate bang, and saw a white van ablaze with open back doors. Police have confirmed that there was no onj inside the van. 108 War Cabinet meeting at time Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Headlines

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 21:57/17   MORTAR BOMB ATTACK DURING  WAR CABINET MEETING 8/22 The War Cabinet was meeting at 10 Downing Street when three mortar bombs were fired from Whitehall. The meeting was immediately adjourned and reconvened in another room. Police said a mortar had exploded in the garden behind Downing Street. It scorched the building and the windows of numbers 10 and 11 were damaged. Three diplomatic protection policemen were slightly hurt by the explosion and a passer-by is said to have sprained his ankle in his haste to leave the area. 110 Baker promises security review Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 21:07/02   BAKER PROMISES  SECURITY REVIEW 9/22 Home Secretary Kenneth Baker has told the Commons that the Government is reviewing its security measures in the light of the attack on Downing Street. But he said too much restriction on indivjdual liberty would be a concession to terrorism. Mr Baker said the business of Govjrnment had not been and would not be disrupted by the attack, the first using mortar bombs on the UK mainland. He added that the whole House would condemn the "deliberate and ruthless" attack. 107 Mortar attack on Downing Street Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 21:49/17   PM EXPRESSES CONTEMPT  FOR TERRORIST ATTACK 10/22 The Prime Minister has told the Commons of his contempt for the terrorists who attacked 10 Downing Street with mortars He said the timing of the attack showed it was a deliberate attempt to kill the Cabinet and destroy the British way of government. But the IRA had failed, as always. "Democracy will not be intimidated by terrorism," Mr Major added. The Queen also condemned the attack, saying that the bombers would "not succeed in undermining our way of life" 107 Mortar attack on Downing Street Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 21:48/32   SCOTLAND YARD APPEALS  FOR HELP ON BOMBERS 11/22  Scotland Yard is appealing for help to trace the recent movements of two men thought to be responsible for today's mortar bomb attack on the War Cabinet. Commander Georgj Churchill-Coleman said a white Ford transit van registration A862 NAR was bought in London last July by three men who paid cash. He wants to hear from anyone who remembers the van, its owners or where they stayed. Commander Churchill-Coleman described the explosion as a "cowardly and badly executed attack". Anti-terrorist hotline 0800 789321 Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 22:10/18   WAITING TIME WAIVED FOR  COLD WEATHER PAYMENT 12/22  Prime Minister John Major has said the one-week limit before cold weather payments can be made is to be lifted. He announced the easing of payments to those entitled to income support to the Commons at Question Time. Mr Major said the sevjn-day qualification period was being waived becausj of the exceptionally cold weather. "People should keep warm, secure in the knowledge that payments will be met to those eligible even if the cold weather lasts only a few days," he said. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 22:10/17   DPP "WILL NOT RELY ON  SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE" 13/22 The Director of Public Prosecutions has made a concession in the appeal of the six men convicted of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. The preliminary hearing of the Appeal Court was told that the DPP would no longer be relying on scientific evjdence to uphold the convictions. Forensic evidence played a vital part in the conviction of the six men. But when the Appeal Court last looked at the case in 1987 it also relied on two other areas of evidence to decide that the convictions were safe. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 22:1P/17   A PALESTINIAN AND TWO  IRAQIS TO BE DEPORTE 14/22 Two Iraqi nationals and one Palestinian detained for security reasons during the Gulf war are to be deported. The Home Office said the decisions were taken after their cases were heard before an advisory panel. One Iraqi national is to be released immediately, it added. Forty-seven detainees are still being held. Since September deportation notices havj been served on 176 Iraqis and other nationals. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch Headlines Politics

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 22:51/37    IN BRIEF 15/22 CHILDREN The charity Barnardo's has launched a £2.5 million appeal aimed at helping children with AIDS and setting up services to help victims of sexual abusj. BBC WALES is to shed more than 300 jobs as part of a £2,800,000 cost-cutting plan. Some 150 jobs are going among all levels of staff and the rest by putting somj services out to private tender. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military GulfIndex Newswatch Headlines WorldNews

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 22:12/48   IRAQ MOVING  GUNS 16/22 Allied military sources say there are signs that Iraqi forces are moving their anti-aircraft guns into residential and business areas. The sources said aircraft guns were being moved into streets and on top of buildings in Kuwait City and Baghdad. Iraqi ground forces are also thought to be starting to take shelter in civilian buildings. The Allies have stressed that their campaign is designed to attack only specified targets and minimise civilian deaths and injuries. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 22:52/38   52,000 SORTIES  FLOWN 17/22 A US military spokesman has said a total of 52,000 sorties have been flown in the Gulf conflict so far. Brigadier-General Neal said targets of the air attacks included the Iraqi Rjpublican Guard, fixed military positions, bridges, roads and railways. Lines of communication were being hit to prevjnt the Iraqi army re-supplying, he said in the latest Riyadh briefing. Three minor Iraqi ground probes along the northern Saudi border - one in a truck and two on foot - were spotted and destroyed, he added. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 22:03/27   JAGUARS IN THIRD  AIR PHASE 18/22 RAF Jaguar planes are bombing artillery and ammunition stores and Silkworm sites, says a UK military spokesman. Captain David Henderson said that the planes were also targeting bridges to cut off the troops. Speaking in Riyadh, he said the air campaign was in its third phase. The aim was now battlefield disruption to soften Iraqi troops before a land war. A UK naval spokesman said British navat forces had disabled three Exocet-armed Iraqi ships, one minelayer and two other miscellaneous vessels so far. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military s Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 21:53/37   BATTLESHIPS SHELL  IRAQIS 19/22 The US warship Wisconsin has joined the USS Missouri in shelling Iraqi targets off the coast of Kuwait. The vessel was reported to have engaged and probably destroyed an Iraqi artillery battery in southern Kuwait. A BBC correspondent says the warships, able to reach targets 15 miles inland accurately, are probably operating just 10 miles off the Kuwaiti coast. Meanwhile, a Saudi military spokesman has said Saudi troops fired at 14 Iraqi soldiers who tried to cross the border last night. One was captured. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 22:03/07   ALLIES HAVE FUEL  EXPLOSIVES 20/22 Allied military sources have confirmed that fuel air explosives are among the weapons held for possible use in the Gulf. The devices, which were used in Vietnam, spread an inflammable mist in the air which is then ignited in a huge explosion. The sources said fuel air explosives could be used in detonating mines and clearing minefields before a ground offensive. They said the weapons would help to reduce casualties in a ground assault. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 21:53/37   41 ALLIED RAIDS  SAYS IRAQ 21/22 The latest Iraqi military communique broadcast on Baghdad radio has said that 41 Allied air raids have taken place during the day. Communique number 40 said the raids were directed at residential and civilian areas, by aircraft firing from a distance. It did not say that any Allied planes had been shot down during that period. The communique also repeated an earlier claim that a missiles was fired last night at Haifa in Israel. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Feb 22:04/11   IRAQI PLANES  CRASH IN IRA 22/22 Six Iraqi planes entered Iranian airspace yesterday and today but only onj landed safely, the Iranian news agency IRNA has said. One plane crashed in Iran after it was reportedly hit by Allied jet fighters ovjr Iraq. The pilot bailed out and was taken to hospital in western Iran. Four other planes also crash-landed and were severely damaged, IRNA said. Two crashed in Lorestan province, one in Kurdistan and onj in Bakhataran. The US said its pilots shot down two Iraqi planes heading for Iran yesterday 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

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