European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 3, the stars and stripes wednesday july 1, 1987 news updates deaths confirmed Anila philippine flagging policy in Gulf Washington it i Many senior United states arc questioning the Wisdom Protection to 11 kuwaiti Oil Tanh us in the persian Gulf and fear the attic Stales is being drawn into an open end situation Over which it has Little control. Knowledgeable senior officers say that the joint chiefs of Scal tand the regional commanders concerned with the persian Gulf were kept informed of the negotiations and look pad in discussions. Bui one Admiral said a would be stretching it to say that the chiefs were in on the decision or even asked their opinion some generals and admirals were Crit ical of the joint chiefs for not challenging the proposal to Register the tankers under the american nag whether or not their views were sought. Two re flagged kuwaiti Tanker Navy warships from he americ Ahmid Date East Force Are heading for a Are expected to pass i Gugh the Strait of Hormuz the Secco Duffeck of july and come within Range franian silk worm missiles As the of Pony Heads Northly Kuwait the Crews of warships will be at Condi Knafl their highest stale of Battle read int As they pass through the Strait the will also be operating under revised Mai of engagement which Are said 10 by Flore responsive to a hostile threat nose governing the frigate Stark when it was attacked apparently acid cnally by an iraqi aircraft in May. Thirty seven american sailors Wen killed in Pic attack american military officers who were interviewed said Hal they did not fore trouble on this initial passage. They be also confident thai the Navy Conj " cop with any subsequent threat . In Spile this by the military Imus wind generals in and out of misgivings about the s re Flag Ging policy bugs la Flat do not know now Long ii narc or we Chi will Lead. More senior T frs spoke of on the Condo a i thatt be identified officer said thai throughout sly 7-Ycar-old War Between Iran an Iraq the United slates has officially taken a Neutral position and upheld the principle of Freedom of navigation with a Small but representative Force of warships in the Gulf. An Admiral said his official policy of neutrality was undone by the Iran Cen tra affair and now by the by a flagging the kuwaiti ships the United Stales has placed itself on the Sid of Iraq he said. This May mend fences with the Gulf state arabs but it is Al to create the very confrontation which forbears we sought Lavoid in the region.1 Robert Hall Aja Daffian for the National Security Pocil expressed sur prise Chat Jug was Una Sinuru within Llic pump Tilary Over a casting Hal joint chiefs of sum were fed in the decision making process 5m the beginning and fully supported the move. The deliberation of the joint chiefs of staff Are classified but in Rapcune to a question on the White House Dechi onto re Flag the ships the departing Marine commandant. Gen. , Kelley a Mem Ber of the joint chiefs said last Thura Day that life ii full of Lousy options from which choices sometimes have to be made. In thai context he said he sup ported the re flagging. According to a several knowledgeable officers few in the military took the orig " Tal kuwaiti request seriously. The surprised when Secretary or de spar w. Weinberger who hashes a ref caution for prudence in the use laces became a Champion of a clogging inc kuwaiti Hal Wein Berger s inquiries 8te military focused on i s technical Abi i gym support the pol icy not on the Wisdom of Cuie policy it self. Some senior officers sobbed this turnaround More to wet Benr s re action to the political juror Over lift Iran Contra affair than to any change in his customary belief in military restraint. Politics overcame philosophy one officer said. Open Accord spurs Rise in Oil prices open in Ddlan pm barrel i end of month Chacra Tatum a nuns to Tel Hurt Gimm Etta Stfort new York a Oil prices climbed monday lifted by a new open production agreement. Contracts for August delivery of West Texas intermediate the . Benchmark crude Oil. Were quoted at $20,41 a barrel at around midday up 17 cents from Fri Day s close. August crude hit a High of $20.70 earlier in the session. Volume was brisk on the new York mercantile Exchange with around 38,000 Crute futures contracts rep resenting about 38 million barrels hav ing changed hands by midday. A barrel is equivalent to 42 Gallons. Ministers of the 13-Nalion Organiza Tion of Petroleum exporting up unifies meeting in Vienna Austria decided sat urday to increase the Cartel s total Oil production a Bil this summer but cancel a further Rise this fall the ministers agreed to limit the group s official output to 16,6 million barrels a Day for the rest of he year. Analysts said such a move could boost crude prices above the current level of around �18 a barrel. This Market has absorbed a lot of buying said Madison Galbraith senior Energy specialist for Merrill Lynch Energy futures. Galbraith no cd that futures prices for Healing Oil also posted big gains on the Namex monday with product for july delivery quoted at s3.25 cents a gallon around midday up from Friday s close after reaching a High of 54.10 cents. In the meantime the new open agreement could also mean slightly higher prices for gasoline this summer suggested Dillart Spriggs president of be Iro cum analysis ltd., a consulting firm in new York. Go killed in 4-car crash on autobahn Worms Germany a 23rd Ord co Soldier we tilled in a four car Accident near Friday morn ing a com Muni Typl Timian said Mon Day. The specialist four was tray autobahn b-40 when the accides stirred about 8 45 police and a Semb a Ilmira Nedical clinic doctor army off. I in Accident scene. Where Hctor pronounced the Soldier juju mgt Robert Baldi said. _ r in the Soldier s ear was admitted to the army regional medical Center in Lan Stuhl with a broken leg and facial lacerations. A German drive of the oihem0mrrecr broken legs and internal injuries taken to a German Hospital in Ziern. Older s name is being withheld cation of relatives. The won Moffic Accident investigation Section the 23rd Ord co is a Kriegsfeld army depot. 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