iiuu1xi Vol. Cl, No. 77 Ann Arbor, Michigan -Friday, January 18, 1991Ciht @99 Th hgnday Saddam strikes back: missiles hit Israel; U.S. vows to retaliate TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Iraq struck back against a non-stop ham- mering by American warplanes the way it said it would - by lobbing mis- siles into Israel last night. At least eight missiles landed in Tel Aviv and elsewhere in Israel last night, all Scuds launched from western Iraq, Israeli and U.S. officials said. The Scud is Iraq's deadliest ground-to-ground missile. President Bush condemned the at- tack on Israel last night and "is out- raged at it," the White House said. "Coalition forces in the Gulf are at- tacking missile sites and other targets in Iraq," Bush's spokesperson Marlin Fitzwater said in a statement. The Israeli army said the weapons bore conventional, not chemical, war- heads. "We know for sure of a few that fell, but we can't tell what kind of warhead or whether it was chemical warfare," said an Israeli army official. Israelis were ordered into shelters at about 2 a.m. and told to don gas masks for protection against Iraqi chemical weapons as the first air raid sirens sounded over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Numerous explosions could be heard. Brig. Gen. Nachman Shai, the Is- raeli army spokesperson, said there were at least seven casualties, all lightly injured. Police reports said at least 30 people were taken to Tel Hashomer Hospital in Tel Aviv, but none of the casualties were from chem- ical weapons. The United States had urged the Jewish state to stay out of the Persian Gulf war, fearing its entry would split the alliance against Iraq. Some American television networks reported last night that the attack in- cluded nerve gas. An Associate Press reporter monitoring the radio said there was no such announcement. CNN said Pentagon officials in Washington re- ported that the missiles carried conven- tional weapons. ABC News, however, quoting what it called reliable sources high in the Is- raeli command, said there may have been as many as 20 nerve gas victims taken to a Tel Aviv hospital. There was no mention of nerve gas on Israel Ra- dio. A military source in Washington said 10 missiles were launched and eight landed, but no details were given on where they landed. All were launched from western Iraq, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The U.S. warplanes' failure to knock out mobile Scud launchers made the missile attack on Israel possible, said Sen. Sam Nunn, (D-GA.) "We knew we hadn't hit those," the Senate Armed Services Committee chairper- son said. Military officials said Iraq also had fired a single missile toward allied forces in Saudi Arabia. The missile was intercepted and destroyed. Bush, who had left his office to have dinner in the White House resi- dential quarters, was informed of the attack by his National Security ad- viser, Brent Scowcroft, said Fitzwater. "The president has also discussed this matter with Secretary of State Baker and Secretary of Defense Ch- eney. The president is outraged at, and condemns this further aggression by Iraq," the statement said. Israel did not retaliate, much to the administration's relief. Zalman Shoval, Israel's ambassador to the United States, said his country reserved the right to retaliate, but an- swered with a non-committal smile when asked it it would do so. "So far the State of Israel has paid the dearest price of any other countries in the Middle East which had faced Iraqi ag- gression, except Kuwait itself," he said noting that the Jewish state is not part See ISRAEL, Page 2 Andrew M. Levy/DAILY GRAPHIC War protestors' condemn U.S. aggression s. Y AmandaNeuman Daily Staff Reporter k{ Less than 24 hours after United States forces initiated Operation Desert Storm, students braved f% m the cold to rally against the war on the Diag at 11 a.m. yesterday. The rally, organized by the Students Against U.S. Intervention in the Middle East (SAUSI), drew 500 protestors by Ann Arbor policef estimates, 2,500 according to rally organizers. Clutching their bodies for warmth, students lis- tened to speakers beg for peace in the Middle East and condemn U.S. actions in the gulf.-. "We demand accountability now. We are tired of these insane tirades about protecting democracy and self-determination. We are tired of hypocrisy and U.S._ aggression, " said first-year Rackham student, Toml Abowd. Abowd denounced President Bush's actions, but pledged support for the soldiers stationed in the gulf. "We, this group, this body cannot be anti-soldier. It is not they who are responsible for the actions of Bush and his generals. Supporting U.S. troops means bringing them home now," Abowd stressed. As television cameras and reporters circled around the steps of the Graduate Library, another speaker criticized the president's actions. "Mr. Bush has no right to speak for the world. George Bush is our elected representative, not our emperor," said LSA senior and Arab-American, Deyar, who gave only her first name. .>. - Deyar, a Chaldean, said she fears being placed in an internment camp like many Japanese-Americans were during World War II. See PROTEST, Pg 2 Jewish students fear for Israel by Jay Garcia and Gwen Shaffer Daily Staff Reporters The Alphi Epsilon Pi fraternity was discussing chapter business last night when a house member came in and announced that Tel Aviv, Israel was under seige by the Iraqi military. "Everyone just got up and left," said fraternity member and Business School senior Craig Fischer. The strike on Israel evoked emo- tional reactions from University stu- dents, most of whom learned of the attack from television reports. In particular, Jewish students expressed anguish at the turn of events. Nicole Sanderson, a graduate stu- dent in the Institute of Public Policy Studies, said she was on the verge of tears when news came of the attack upon Israel. She added that her emo- tions ranged from outrage to sorrow to anger. Many expressed fear for the safety of innocent people, including Amer- ican students, in Israel. "My first reaction was that I needed information because I was concerned about my friends in Israel. Then I felt helpless. Then I felt bit- ter. And now I'm just very sad," said first-year LSA student Elissa Gold- man. "There are a lot of people I know actually there right now. I'm afraid of what will happen," said Alex Horowitz, an LSA sophomore. LSA sophomore Dan Brown, a member of Zeta Beta Tau, said many people in the fraternity said they feared for the lives of family and friends in Israel. "I don't have any relatives in Is- rael, but it's still the homeland," Fischer said. "I think it's disgusting and un- called for that the Iraqi's would bomb innocent citizens and a hospi- tal instead of military bases," said first-year LSA student Becca Don- nenfeld. "I don't think Israel should retaliate because once they do, the U.S. is going to lose all of their Arab allies," she added. LSA junior Dana Miller said she was in shock after hearing the news. She also felt sorrow for the two planeloads of Soviet and Ethiopian Jews that were arriving in Israel yes- terday for the first time. Many Jewish students said last night that they weren't sure if Israel should retaliate against Iraq, while others said they thought Israel had no choice but to defend themselves. "It's obvious that Saddam wants (Israel) to attack, so they should just give him what he wants. (The Iraqi attack) scares me because it's such a religious attack - it's like another Holocaust. It isn't an attempt to knock out the military, just the Jew- ish people, to make the Arabs happy," Steve Feinstein, an LSA See JEWISH, page 2 Allied air forces continue attacks CENTRAL SAUDI ARABIA (AP) - The United states and its allies followed up devastating pre- dawn air strikes with daylight at- tacks yesterday in a furious bid to drive Saddam Hussein's armies from Kuwait and break his military might. American military officials said Iraqi planes had not engaged the allied aircraft in any dogfights. De- fense Secretary Dick Cheney said at a morning Pentagon briefing yesterday that one U.S. and one British aircraft had been lost. The American plane was an F- 18 Hornet fighter-bomber, and Ch- eney said the pilot - Lt. Cmdr. Michael Speicher - was the first out to do." Gen. Colin Powell, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said: "I'm comfortable that we were able to achieve control of Iraqi air space. That's not to say the Iraqi air force has been totally destroyed." U.S. military officials said 750 planes flew missions in the first hours of war, including the heavy- weight of the American air fleet, the B-52. The first allied air strike came before dawn, the second about seven hours later. The second- wave attack scored direct hits on the Iraqi Defense Ministry and the post office headquarters, the British Broadcasting Corp. re- ... . .. .. ': %tz M ..