European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday july 26,1990 Iraq prom Paget in Stuttgart West Germany said he could not comment on the . Aircraft that flew from West Germany Saddam moved troops to the kuwaiti Border after accusing Kuwait and the . Of exceeding their organization of Petroleum exporting countries production quotas and driving Down Oil prices. He threatened to use military Torce if they did not adhere to open guidelines. At the same time he accused Kuwait of stealing Oil from the Ramaila Field which is along the Border and includes land both countries claim. Meanwhile egyptian president Hosni Mubarak announced wednesday in Cairo Egypt that Iraq and Kuwait will hold direct talks this weekend in a bid to resolve their Oil and land dispute. He also said Saddam has agreed to Stop propaganda attacks on Kuwait As of thursday. Official iraqi radio said that Saddam summoned . Ambassador april Glaspie for talks wednesday. The report gave no details on what was discussed. The disputed Oil Field extends two Miles into Kuwait but Iraq claims it owns the entire Field. Kuwait wants an Arab league committee to demarcate its Borders and says Iraq has rejected the request. Greens 2nd bid to halt chemical arms shipments rejected by appeals court monster West Germany a amps a a West German appeals court on wednesday rejected the Green party a second attempt to halt the transport of . Chemical weapons out of the country the rejection from the court for the state of Nord a Rhein westfalen came on the evening before the first shipment was scheduled to Roll out of the Clausen army depot. Quot a dangerous release of the chemicals during the transport through the Federal Republic is unlikely Given the precautions already taken a the court said in a statement. This was the second rejection of the party a Effort to Stop the withdrawal. An administrative court in Cologne turned Down the first request Friday. The Case being represented by attorney Ginter Urbanczyk of Mannheim on behalf of 12 West German citizens has the backing of the entire Green party. The party maintains that the operation endangers the West German population and that the withdrawal should be delayed until further precautions Are made. Urbanczyk said that the courts decision was final and that the group could not Appeal it further. In Bremen another group formed tuesday to Stop the operation the Frankfurter Mundschau reported. The group plans to go to the country a Federal administrative court seeking to halt the weapons shipment the newspaper reported. It said the group is made up of members of the Freedom forum physicians against atomic War an environmental organization women a group pastors and with the 12 citizens involved in the greens court Case. Britain group members were unavailable for comment wednesday. Chemical a a from Page 1 routes for safety and Security reasons. At Miessau the weapons will be loaded onto rail cars for the trip North to no Denham on the North sea. The train part of the operation is expected to last seven nights. In no Denham the weapons will be reloaded onto . Navy ships for transport to Johnston Island 700 Miles Southwest of Hawaii. Boyle said the chemical weapons will be destroyed later in a specially built incinerator on the Island. The munitions were brought to West Germany Between 1958 and 1968. Since then they have been stored maintained and monitored in Clausen without incident. Ing its forces from London apr Britain said wednesday it proposes to withdraw half of its troops now deployed in West Germany by the mid-1990s and to Cut the nations Overall regular forces by 18 percent. Defense Secretary Tom King announcing proposed wide ranging conventional defense cutbacks to parliament also said the government planned to maintain. Some 40 Royal Navy warship. The current ceding is about 50. King proposed that the Royal air Force be Cut from 89,00 f personnel to 75,000 by the mid-1990s and the army from 160,000 to 120,000. Britain has some 66,700 servicemen and women deployed in West Germany including the British army of the Rhine. They Are the second biggest foreign military presence after the United states. The announcement followed a five month review of defense expenditures by prime minister Margaret Thatcher and a committee of top Cabinet ministers in the Light of a reduced soviet threat. / the government Long the most hawkish in nato and one of the Western alliances highest defense spenders kept news of the review secret until word leaked several weeks after it began. King said Britain will make no reductions in its nuclear Arsenal retaining the present Polaris missiles. Navy officer in court martial on rape charge by j. King Cruger Mediterranean Bureau a . Navy officer charged with rape opted wednesday to have his general court martial tend by a judge rather than by the jury that had already been selected. It i8 Roto Quot e. Brown 27, made the request on the third Day of his court martial at naval station Rota Spain. A summary of wednesdays developments was provided by it. Paul Weishaupt a Navy spokesman. In making the request one of Browne a defense attorneys told military judge Navy capt Thomas a. Lawrence that his client was concerned about the compost Tion of the five Man one woman jury. The attorney Marine capt. , Drescher said Brown was particularly worried about some jurors responses to questions made during the selection process. The questions involved what the appropriate punishment for rape is and whether intoxication could diminish a persons responsibility. Brown married and the father of an 11-month-old daughter is charged with raping a female officer aboard the ammunition ship Suribachi during the Early morning hours of april 4, while the ship was on a port visit to Cartagena Spain. If found guilty the resident of Rawlins wyo., faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. During the prosecutions Brief opening statement wednesday morning Marine capt. W. Gary Sharp told the judge that the evidence will show that the accused had sexual Intercourse with the victim by Force and without consent. Drescher referred to the incident aboard the ship As an a undeniable tragedy and an undeniable misunderstanding a but said it was up to the judge to decide whether the incident constituted rape a lesser charge or no crime at All. Drescher said that before the assault occurred Brown and the alleged victim were in a group of officers who attended a social function at the Spanish officers club in Cartagena. The group ate and drank there before leaving the club Early in the evening Drescher said. Some officers including Brown and the alleged victim went Back to the Suribachi to change into civilian clothes before returning to Shore for a night on the town. The officers split up with the alleged victim and Brown going in separate groups. The female officer whose name and rank have been withheld to protect her privacy returned to the ship sometime after Midnight Drescher said. Brown returned about 30 to 45 minutes later and went to her stateroom which he had formerly occupied before the woman moved into the compartment with a female Roommate he said. Both the accused and the woman had been drinking that evening Drescher claimed. He painted a picture of Brown As a jangly 6-foot-4 Inch Man weighing 190 pounds. It was unbelievable he said that in a darkened Cabin a Man of Browne a size could have removed his clothes pulled Back a Blanket removed the woman a underwear climbed into the lower berth of bunk Beds and had sex without housing the woman a Roommate who was in the upper berth. Once the alleged victim became aware of what was oing on Drescher said she pushed Brown away and e fell onto the floor and curled up. T ufos from Page 1 Nomen ufos All that weird stuff Quot Reed said a apparently she really got Kenny to believe in that sort of thing. We tried to talk him out of going Down there but be told us he was t going Back to the army. A we really done to understand what a going on. Kenny is just an average Guy a real Good Foster could not be reached for comment. Her attorney Barry Beroset declined to comment except to say that Foster is under investigation by Federal authorities. Who have confiscated a computer and a number of disks belonging to her. Hueckstaedt was arrested july 13 when police stopped him for driving a Van with broken Tail lights. He led police to four of the others including Beason who were staying at Foster s apartment. Eccleston was later arrested at a nearby Campground called fort Pickens. During the visit with his sister arid brother in Law Beason also told of the groups plan to Hole up in an underground shelter in Florida before aug. 4, when Lebanon was to invade Israel and set off a Chain of events leading to the end of the world and the second coming of Christ Reed said. F a Soldier who served with Beason and the others in Augsburg said the six had talked about going to Florida to Hunt Down the Antichrist the biblical figure who Many christians believe will Challenge the second coming. Army officials initially said the six soldiers belonged to a group called the end of the world and had left letters behind in Augsburg about their supposed Lee Perlock of Osceola the Mother of Kris Perlock said her son strongly denied that he Ana the others were part of any sort of cult in a Telephone conversation saturday. A when i told him what the army had been saying about this cult business he just started to laugh be Perlock said in an interview. A the said that was pure however Perlock refused to Tell his Mother the reason for the Florida trip because he was convinced that the military telephones were tapped. Hueckstaedt smother Bonnie Hueckstaedt of far son wyo., also said her son had called saturday but did not want to talk about the soldiers motives because he thought the Call was being monitored. Davis apparently did talk about what the six so Judien had been doing during a Call to his father Tom Davis of Valley Center Kan. But the elder Davis declined to comment on what his son said. A a that a for him to talk about if he wants twp Kajj this is Over a Davis said. A but he a not a flighty kid. Tie would not have done something like this without a darn Good reason. I can to imagine that the army to up have let him re enlist especially for a military intelligence unit if he was some kind of Lee Perlock expressed similar sentiments about her son. A this just seems so put of character for him said. A a that a not the kid i know. He had All Kucs of plans after he got out in about a year. He wanted m travel go to College. A so Many things about this just done to
