European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 28 the stars and stripes thursday october 8,1987 Iraq threatens Blitz with Long Range missiles Manama Bahrain a Iraq threatened on tuesday to answer the latest iranian missile attacks on Baghdad by blitzing iranian cities with air raids artillery and new Long Range mis Siles thai can reach  in the Day. Iraq said its jets raided a Large naval target usually meaning a ship. There a no immediate confirmation of the attack which the 1 iraqis said occurred Al 6 30  wednesday morning shipping sources in the Gulf reported a loud explosion off the coast of the United Arab emirates. A radio Monitor said the blast appeared to have been caused Titan Irani an speedboat attack on a Container vessel. The Monitor speaking on condition of anonymity said the boat s Generator exploded but there was no tire and no word of injuries. There was no Independent confirmation of the report. Two missiles hit the iraqi capital monday night and Early tuesday killing or wounding an unspecified number of people. Iran had fire two dozen soviet made scud a missiles into Baghdad beginning late last year but these were the first attacks since feb. 13. A cypriot vessel was burning out of control tuesday off Iran in the persian Gulf where Iran and Iraq have been at War since september1980. Iraqi warplanes set it ablaze monday Dur ing raids on two iranian Oil terminals in which four other tankers were damaged. Maritime Salvage executives in the Gulf Saidis tugboats tried to extinguish inc fire but gave up. The Crew abandoned snip. Iso official receives god civilian Honor Washington the Cnair Masef Thueso to Board of governors Hajj ii Given the department of defense s Hal civilian Honor the of standing Public a be medal rior his signify file and welfare of milies during a ionization chairman Dennis p. Aug was Docant contribution to the service members am. Thi tenure As United so since May 1984. David j. Armor for Force Man it Secretary of . R personnel presented the medal and cd Dunn to Lon Glasl week. Long is Crew Ltd with orig Ming and devel Oping a us Nemo and program designed to instill a Iff patriotism and pro Fin military service Rufli slug Uso programs not leadership to Malar the challenges laced by  and moving the non profit Sot Favard maj Fligh profuse marketing strategies. Ight plane no Dang Man s Pilot sen Ham Horne Calif. A president Reagan Nater was in danger Whipf Small plane passed nears helicopter Oyd rhe presidential ranch in Santol Barbara real its Pilot testified. The m8rine%pt. Lejk. Michael  monday it a tense hearing Kir the Pilot of the Small pm kaid he bad ample warn ing of the plane s a Ptach aug. 13, and made a gentle turn to  t  Pilot of a fipe Sherokee army pvt Ralph Williaj Byers 32, of Ort Lewis wash.,is seeking upe gain his Lic Entella hearing Over seen Boyaj administrative Law j we for the National Mupo Rution safety boards Raffic around the Mountain Tuk ranch ised during presidential visits to was t concerned at the approach of thei plane Glynn testified the reason Aat Little bit aggravated was because it Seemi to me that he did t have Good situation awareness. He did t know where be was ulcer hits Fri appointee again swearing in put off indefinitely Washington Dpi Fri director designate Wil Ham sessions hospitalized once previously fora bleeding ulcer was readmitted tuesday to a Hospital in san Anto Nio Texas but is in stable condition the Fri announced. In a Brief announcement acting director John Otto said the swearing in ceremony for the Texas conservative scheduled for thursday has been indefinitely postponed Otto said sessions was admitted to the methodist Hospital in san Antonio earlier in the Day for a recur rence of bleeding in inc ulcer thai was discovered Las week when he was taken ill in route to Washington for his  that time doctors said sessions was found to have a duodenal ulcer a superficial erosion in the first portion of the Small  or. Richard Rubio. Sissions private physician said the Federal judge was thought to have experienced More bleeding which is not uncommon in these uses sessions 37, was receiving medication and was re ported in stable condition. Olio said the doctor did not consider the illness to be  and said surgery was not anticipated. Drug treatment is successful in inc vast majority of patients inc National Institute of health said but if such treatment docs not work surgery May be  said if an ulcer is left untreated serious com plications can develop. These include bleeding ulcer perforation meaning an ulcer has eroded All the Way through the Wall of the stomach or duodenum and intestinal obstruction. Doctors Sard he ulcer discovered last thursday on the Day sessions was originally to have been sworn in As the fourth director of the Fri was benign and induced by aspirin. Budgeting from a Gen Law would be j27ttuipn, and it would go into effect nov. 20. The jaw retires the defense department to absorb half of $23 billion mandated reductions. Butil permits Weinberger to exempt All or pan of the funds for personnel. For  in personnel however the defense depart Musl slice into accounts for operations or procure jul f  made no recommendations Sta the thrust of his analysis was to protect personnel. Tim appeared to reflect the thinking of most senior Mill so officers who in the past have preferred to protect Pes Noel atthe expense of new weapons. Under the revised Law Weinberger is  a recommendation to Reagan who must notify the Congress of his Choice by oct. I the Pentagon comptroller s analysis Sai Duffit personnel funds were totally exempted  every non personnel account will be it faced by 10.5percent below the fiscal year 1988  level specifically it said the open pro Tempo of deployed forces will a reduced by Levels achieved in fiscal year i9so," just before soft Reagan administration took office. J that Means the army wild decrease its operation by about 30 percent what it presently docs the paper said. Large exp less such As those at the National training be astr in the desert of California would be restricted Pas would joint service exercises. Similarly the analysis said the Navy s steaming Days would by reduced to 33.5 in each Quarter a reduction of ambut 30 percent. Ship Crews will not receive Suffi fent training to meet deployment sched Ules in mid. Some ships May be lied up. Exercises will be Ancelet. The Navy will be unable to meet nation  air the paper said air Crews will not be. Arc to perform assigned  since som tits May not be Able to meet minimum requirements for Safe flight they will be unable to Fly. And readiness will decrease in All scr Vica eng hours in procurement the Purchase of Ehl helicopters four of is fighters and two of Ujj liners would be delayed As would the Purchase pkg tactical missiles of various types.  would be Cut by $200 million and spare is by $300 million the anal Ysis Laid. In strategic i tors. The Purchase of three air Force my missiles a one Trident 2 Navy missile would be delayed. To cons Truclio of a Large Navy ship such Ata cruise a submarine would be delayed. In the army the mar Cha of 36 my tanks and 31 Bradley  would be postponed. However if Weinberger should decide to Cut  personnel the analysis said a reduction in Force could Range from 275,000 with no exemption Down to67,000 if three quarters of the account is exempted. With no exemption the analysis said the Pentagon id be required to enforce massive separations 1 of Rie from the service and to hold Down  Quality will be wiped out it Laid As More  of the recruits today Are High  highest ratio since world War 1, those Young people uld be less Likely to enlist the analyst Al that no exemption will leave hollow Force with inv Basic cadre adding ships will be lied  to Gyer it said morale will be lowered As working Day and family separation in crease in an attempt to per Floc missions 1 if half of the personnel i twill was exempted reduction of 164,000 people a Mcabe necessary the analysis said negating the  improvement achieved in the Reagan admin Stralik that would reduce the armed forces to a level below it of 1979,the analysis said. In i covering memorandum. Helm said any plan Weinberger chose the first Cut so made in discretionary costs including Perman changes of station bonuses for enlistment or re enlist tent proficiency pay for aviators and fund for re serve training. Bork from Page 1 Tern fond said in a statement issued through his of fice and later read from the Senate floor. The prob Lem it that this Man either is not now or was not inthe past responsible and candid in stating his views and making his  sen. Dennis Deconcini d-ariz., urged Reagan to withdraw the nomination. Let s begin again he said. Sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., said judge Bork is wrong on civil rights wrong on equal rights for women wrong on the right to privacy and wrong on Freedom of speech and president Reagan is wrong to try to put him on the supreme  supporters praised Cork s intellect and integrity and said he was the subject of unfair criticism. The nation will be ill served if the Senate reject this remarkable Man said Simpson. Sen. Orrin Hatch Ruuti said if we politicize the judiciary of this country. We will lose one of the most valued liberties and  Senate minority Leader Bob Dole a Kan admitted after a meeting with Reagan that we Are still Short a few votes according to my count of the i00-member Senate. Think he s angry about it Dole Taid of Reagan. He feds personally bad about some of the republicans i must add and some of the democrats who have politicker this confirmation i think he used the words that it has taken a Lotof the dignity away from the entire process " Arm i from Page 1 with the Senate and convince them that additional cuts in the officer corps is detrimental to the combat readiness organizations Jones on the enus Jed  officials have temporarily delayed the Starling Dat for using the new enlisted evaluation report the new report which  Fifley duals was to have been in use by included a req i under of a initial concern was the administrative workload which would overwhelm the company commanders Jones said. In one army corps in Europe he said that would involve about 30,000 evaluations. If you multiply that across the entire Sarruf " Jones also i the service for a steadily dec _. Of eligible 18-year-old men and women has intensified and the army May follow the Navy s Lead and put More recruiters into the Field. We us the Navy add some 500 and people who lost enlistments Wen the army and the air Force Jones said. Army is considering adding 300jtooten, he said. A decision on the  month