
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 27, 1991                   TAG: 9102270429
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Cox News Service
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

SURRENDER SHEETS BOON FOR IRAQIS

The leaflets that allied warplanes have been dropping on Iraqi military positions for more than a month have become tickets of salvation for thousands of Iraqi soldiers.

The leaflets have promised good treatment and safe passage to Iraqis who lay down their arms and surrender and have instructed them on how to make clear their intentions to surrender.

After only a few days of ground fighting, it is clear the leaflets have been effective: many of the thousands of war-weary Iraqis who have surrendered have been clutching the leaflets tightly in their hands.

The leaflets informed the Iraqis of various acceptable ways to surrender.

The most unusual surrender involved an Iraqi soldier who greeted American soldiers and, in a Chicago accent, asked, "Where the hell have you guys been?"

The soldier was an Iraqi-American who told allied soldiers he was visiting his grandmother in Iraq when he was called up for service.

by CNB