DESERT STORM: DAY 22 : Political
An American civilian employed at an air base in Adana, Turkey, was assassinated by a lone gunman. The base is used for bombing raids on Iraq. A terrorist group said he was killed because of the Persian Gulf War.
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Gen. Colin L. Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were to head for the Gulf tonight to get a firsthand look at the readiness of U.S. forces for a ground offensive.
Ramsey Clark, a former U.S. attorney general, said he saw many Iraqi civilian casualties during a private visit to Iraq. Clark, a longtime peace advocate, was in Baghdad to see the results of U.S. bombing raids. France’s new defense minister, Pierre Joxe, said allied bombings have “certainly caused thousands of deaths” in Iraq, but he did not say if they were all military.
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