European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse A Lump sum upfront payments to ease rental costs Page 3 a Cia Calls Juk assassination Story a a ludicrous Page 4 a confident Nasa eyes Columbia launch Page 5 a african National Congress ends 29-year guerrilla War Page 8 j. I Vii vol. 49. No. 117 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces. It r to in. Thursday August 9,1990 s Iff f a ? a of i if i a f it 11 i be d 8693 a v Civ. . A j1 a. W s. I 3 p a a a Titi. A a z. A %n6 a a a a re a a i a Ltd it f Ltd a Quot a f a the Carrier Saratora its flip tit deck lined with sailors leaves the Mayport Fla naval announced for the Mediterranean area. Al military writer Washington a president Bosh on tuesday dispatched american warplanes and ground troops to saudi Arabia where sources said a multinational military Force was being created to defend the vulnerable Oil kingdom fron Vatlak by Iraq. Government sources said Egypt and Morocco were joining the Effort part of an accelerating International response to iraqis occupation of Kuwait. And in a surprising development the Pentagon hinted Typl West German troops could be part of the International Force. While using an Oil embargo As its principal tool to convince Iraq to pull out of Kuwait the White House is clearly hoping that a multinational defense Force will deter iraqi president Saddam Hus skin from launching his million Man army against the saudi Oil Fields. There was no announcement from the White House of the a military moves. Word came from authoritative Pentagon sources and from Capitol Hill. A a we re not playing games a said while House spokesman Marlin air water. Quot we believe there is an imminent a threat to saudi plans drawn up by . Officials Call for the International Force to serve As a 1 a a a trip wire to deter Saddam. Explaining the reasoning for pulling a together troops from a number of nations to protect the saudi kingdoms outnumbered 38,000-Man army one Penta a gon official said station tuesday for a 6-month Mission a if Saddam Hussein sees a group of continued on Back Page 4 pressure mounts on Saddam Hussein by the associated press the pressure grew on an increasingly isolated sad Lam Hussein tuesday As Turkey barred tankers from loading Oil from a pipeline that carries iraqi Oil through turkish territory to the Mediterranean. The decision effectively stopped operation of the tip clinic adding to the potentially crippling effects of a worldwide Trade embargo ordered against Iraq for its invasion of Kuwait. Sanctions forced Iraq to Stop using i second turkish pipeline on monday. Oil executives said iraqis use of a saudi arabian pipeline also had been drastically Cut because there was no one to buy the Oil once it reached the other end. Also tuesday iraqis proxy government in Kuwait announced it was abolishing the Royal government system in the country turning the emirate into a Republic. In other developments tuesday a Jordan appeared ready to provide an Overland escape route for foreigners caught in Kuwait which iraqi troops have occupied since last thursday. A All 28 americans picked up monday by iraqi invasion troops in Kuwait turned up in a Baghdad hotel and appear to be Fine said a . Official. The americans were bused from Kuwait along with dozens of other foreigners rounded up by the iraqis at three hotels. A travellers said saudi Arabia deployed missiles along its Border with Kuwait facing the iraqi military buildup. A Oil prices continued to Rise. In new York West Texas intermediate jumped 25 cents to $28. 30 a barrel tuesday. In London the spot Price of Brent blend the most widely traded International crude Oil Rose $1.47 to $28.25 a barrel up from $26.78 on monday. The turkish government announced tuesday it see pressure on Back Page. African nations agree on troops for Liberia Monrovia Liberia apr West african nations agreed 1 tuesday to Send troops to Liberia where a rebel Leader was holding foreign hostages and threatening to attack . Marines guarding the american embassy unless other nations intervened to end the evil War. See related Story Page 2 a More hostages Weie taken tuesday a Aisne to 22 the number it he by it Byj Leader Quot Prince Johnson. 1 he hostages in clude an american identified As c Hris Mende 27, a mining contractor from Sacramento Calif. About 14 or 16 foreigners were seized from a hotel on the outskirts of Monrovia monday night. Johnson presented the 22 hostages from eight Lount nex to foreign reporters at a news conference tuesday. He said they would not go tree until a peacekeeping Lorce conies to thus West african nation where 5,000 people mostly civilians have died in the 7-Monih-old civil War. Street Battles raged in Monrovia meanwhile As rebels Loyal to Johnson fought troops of president Samuel k. Doe who remains holed up in his fortified mansion. Heavy fighting broke out near the . Lmh Assy. It was not immediately Clear if the deploy ment of the Lise nation West african Force would prompt Johnson to free the captives. The hostages were presented to foreign reporters in a Back loom of Johnson s Camp at Caldwell a town a Lew Miles from Monrovia. Most of the hostages said tuesday their Best Hope Lor Freedom was intervention by the West aim an Loice. Quot our safety depends on these people see Liberia on Back Page
