European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday August 10,1990 . Forces arrive in from Page 1 american officials again expressed concern about More than 3,000 . Citizens stranded a and possibly detained in Iraq and Kuwait. Saddam said his 100,000-Man invasion Force seized Kuwait because the emirate had wronged Iraq a overproducing Oil driving Down world prices and iraqi revenues and by demanding repayment of huge Loans it made to Iraq. He also reasserted longstanding iraqi territorial claims on Kuwait. In announcing the abrupt annexation wednesday the iraqis claimed that a history has proved that Kuwait is a part of  Bush in a White House address televised to the nation declared that history had instead proven that a we must resist aggression or it will destroy  Saddam disclaims any design on saudi Arabia which Borders both Kuwait Ana Iraq. In new York iraqis . Ambassador Abdul Al Anbari emphasized wednesday that his country has no plans to invade saudi Arabia. Asked by a can reporter if Iraq might use chemical weapons against . Soldiers he said a let us Hope  american officials said they considered the iraqi army an a imminent threat to saudi Arabia. They said intelligence reports indicate the iraqis Are in offensive formations. The United states rushed to saudi arabians Side Bush said because the american Economy heavily dependent on imported Oil would be threatened if Saddam a an aggressive dictator a took Over Gulf oilfields. Bush who demanded an a immediate unconditional and completed iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait later told reporters . Forces would not try to drive the iraqis out of that country. The gis Are there primarily to defend saudi Arabia he said and he hoped the global . Trade embargo ordered monday would pressure Saddam into a pullout. American officials provided few Public details of the strength and timetable of the . Military deployment in saudi Arabia. At least 5,000 ground troops were involved . Sources said along with 140 f-15s, f-16s and other Jet fighters and bombers. Besides the 82nd airborne div Pentagon sources said Bush ordered elements of the 101 St airborne div and the Iraq s military forces troops 1 million tanks. 5,500 fighter planes 700-plus warships 43 ass Susan Harris 24th infantry div mechanized to duty in saudi Arabia. The 101st is equipped with attack helicopters that could be launched against advancing tanks. In addition 4,000 . Marines were flown to saudi Arabia and some units were deployed near the Oil terminal town of Khanji which abuts the Border of iraqi occupied Kuwait Mideast diplomatic sources said. And five . Air Force Azacs reconnaissance planes were flown to saudi Arabia said Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The Bush administration called the intervention a a multinational Effort but few other governments initially climbed aboard. Egypt and Morocco denied reports by . Sources that they had agreed to Send troops to saudi Arabia. Only the British said they would Send unspecified military forces. However egyptian president Hosni Mubarak said his country May later take part in an All Arab Force. Meanwhile the six nation Gulf cooperation Council an Alliance of Arab emirates condemned the iraqi aggression raising the possibility that the smaller Oil states might join the .-led Force. A brigade of troops from the emirates was already in saudi Arabia. Secretary of stale James a. Baker Iii flew to Turkey with assurances of financial and military support for Ankara in closing of the iraqi Oil pipelines. He told reporters he would Send John a Kelly assistant Secretary of state for the near East to Damascus a to see if we can coordinate with the syrians Quot on collective efforts against Iraq. At the same time Baker verified reports that the United states also has been in touch with Iran through a third party  not All arabs condemn iraqis takeover of Kuwait. In iraqi aligned Jordan for example the moslem brotherhood movement the strongest bloc in the parliament called on arabs a to stand firmly against american  Powell said in Washington that the iraqis although hardened by a recent 8-year War with Iran Quot Are not invincible. They Are not 10 feet  the Best immediate . Weapon appeared to be the economic embargo which had already Cut off much of iraqis All important Oil exports. Bush said a additional Steps Quot might be needed a an allusion to a naval blockade of Iraq orchestrated by the United states. A the necessary . Warships were assembling. Nine . Navy vessels Are now patrolling the Gulf iraqis Only direct sea outlet. And a 15-ship task Force led by the aircraft Carrier Independence was just outside the Mouth of that strategic waterway. In addition the Carrier a height d. Eisenhower accompanied by five other warships passed through the Suez canal into the red sea. A handful of British and French vessels were on duty in the area along with two soviet warships. The soviets have condemned iraqis actions but have shown no inclination to join a blockade. The battleship Wisconsin bearing Long Range cruise missiles programmed for iraqi targets was steaming across the Atlantic for the Mediterranean with a task Force led by the Carrier Saratoga. The air Force reported four b-52 bombers had been sent to Diego Garcia a . Base in the Indian Ocean Southeast of the Gulf. The aircraft Carrier Dwight d. Eisenhower sailed through the Suez canal into the red sea on wednesday. A ships from Page 1 ing Force of . Ships in the persian Gulf. . Military sources said the Antie terns arrival brought the naval contingent in the Gulf to 10 vessels the most since the Iraq loan War ended two years ago this month. Together the Ticonderoga and the Antietam. Carrying the worlds most advanced system of radar and weaponry can cover the entire Northern end of the Gulf and the desert Region where iraqi planes might be expected to strike. 4 the Aegis system named for the mythological shield of zeus is built around a Quot phased array radar that is designed to pick up and Analyse Aerial targets at distances of More than 200 Miles. An Aegis Cruiser normally operates with a Carrier Force As its first line of defense in the open Ocean. The Antietam which arrived in the North arabian sea with the Carrier Independence several Days ago is the first Aegis Cruiser to enter the Gulf since july 3, 1988, when another Aegis ship the Vincennes shot Down an iranian a-300 Airbus killing All 290 aboard. The Vincennes had mistaken the passenger Jet for an attacking fighter plane. A defense department inquiry blamed the disaster in part on crewmen unused to the stress of combat and some technology design problems. Even before the Downing of the iranian Airbus some . Naval officers on duty in the Region had questioned the Wisdom of bringing one of the Quot super ships into the narrow confines of the Gulf where aircraft carriers never venture. Gen. George Crist the Marine general who then headed . Central come defended his move on grounds that the Vincennes was ideally suited to meet the threat of a new iranian missile Complex along the coast of the Strait of Hormuz. The Aegis cruisers which Cost Over $1 billion each carry a mixture of Long Range anti aircraft and anti ship missiles and have a Crew of about 395. From stations in the red sea and the Gulf the two ships Are capable of monitoring aircraft movements Over thousands of Square Miles above saudi Arabia and Iraq. The Eisenhower a position in the red sea puts its planes within Range of Northern saudi Arabia where a first Batch of . Troops arrived wednesday. The Eisenhower will soon be augmented by the Carrier Saratoga and the battleship Wisconsin which departed . East coast ports in the past two  Independence is expected to remain outside the Gulf. Hostages released in Liberia Monrovia Liberia apr a rebel Leader Prince Johnson on wednesday freed foreign hostages including one american. At the same time liberians West african neighbors prepared to Send in peacekeeping troops to try to bring a halt to the bloodshed. Savage Street Battles raged in the liberian capital of Monrovia where rebel armies Loyal to Johnson and his rival Charles Taylor were fighting each other and soldiers of the beleaguered president Samuel k. Doe. Johnson seized the hostages monday and tuesday in a bid to provoke foreign intervention in Liberia s bloody 7-Monih-old civil War. Earlier in the week the rebel Leader presented 22 hostages from eight countries to reporters at a news conference. The British foreign office said Johnson released All the remaining hostages wednesday but said it had no total number. However one official in London said four britons were among those freed. In Washington the state department said the freed foreigners were Back at a hotel. He identified the american As Chris Mendez. The other hostages included an argentinian a dutchman two West germans and 10 lebanese. Diplomats said wednesday that 2,000 West african troops were being sent to Monrovia by sea from Freetown the capital of neighbouring Sierra Leone