European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday August 11,1990 football fans make strange bedfellow by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Berlin senior airman Charles Williams drove seven hours to hear total strangers fill a gymnasium with snores. Williams a Security policeman at Ramstein a wound up huddled on a hard cot in the templehof a gymnasium with 60 other football fans who had flocked to Berlin for the first Ever Ameri can bowl. Related stories pages 21,25. I Don t snore but i know other peo ple who do he said tossing a glance Athis travel mates. Really it does t bother me. I came into Basic training with total strangers. It does t make that much difference. We re All in the Mili tary  the los Angeles rams take on the Kansas City chiefs in the German debut of the nil s american bowl series. Al though nearly 25,000 tickets remained unsold for the game hotel accommodations were hard to find in the City. Templehof officials opened the gymnasium on a free space available basis. By 9 . Friday a Mere 22 hours before Kickoff Only four cots remained. Robert e. Lee Spilman and sgt. 1st class Joseph Frenn hopped into a camper and drove up from Munich Only to find no rooms at the inn. We checked on accommodations at the local Camp Sites but that turned up nothing Spil Man said. The campgrounds Are really crowded Williams said. This in t too bad. If it came Down to it i d have leptin the car. They be gone through a lot to put people up for the night so i might As Well enjoy  fans from All Over Europe have streamed into the City. The Berlin Mili tary Community had donated 500 tickets to the morale welfare and recreation fund. The tickets were then distributed to service members throughout West Germany Greece Italy and Remote Sites in Turkey. Service members who bought their tickets through the Uso which had been granted duty train privileges arrived Early saturday in time for what s being hailed As the world s largest tailgate party Uso spokeswoman Carly har Ris said. This one s a Gem she said. We Veblen working on it for four months now it s been a logistical Nightmare but Ari exciting  despite the snoring that rattled templehof gym Williams took the ordeal in stride. I Haven t been Home in a while. Came Here to enjoy what i Hope will be an exciting football  Baker from Page 1 Borders that of the  Baker denounced Saddam and said Al the Western allies share an interest in thwarting this dictator s  but during a news conference he avoided the question of whether the United states would like to see Saddam overthrown by internal rebellion. He called that an Issue for the iraqi people to decide and added i m not going to suggest that this is something the unite states is interested in or  nato has Given the United state solid support for its policies in the per Sian Gulf Baker said. He noted that Brit Ain and France have already decided to deploy forces and he expects West Ger Many Canada and Belgium to announce soon that they will join military efforts inthe Gulf. A number of members of nato have indicated they do intend to Send military support to the efforts that Are under Way in saudi Arabia and the per Sian Gulf Baker said. The United Stales and its allies have clashed in the past Over so called out of area threats such As that now posed by Iraq. Hut with european allies dependent on the Oil Rich Middle East there was unanimity that the crisis required prompt political and if necessary Mili tary action by the Alliance. Baker hailed the meeting As extremely useful saying that it showed Nat could react to a different situation out Side of Europe this one full of  he told the ministers that nato s actions in responding to the crisis carry significance far beyond the situation inthe persian  we Are reminded that our Security and Well being can be challenged from new directions and new sources he said. And some of our member states like Turkey May acquire even greater strategic importance As we Cope with a changed Security environment.". Baker and the ministers discussed a variety of ways the Alliance could work together beyond military action to deter further iraqi aggression. Soccer from Page 1 Day a spokeswoman for the International sports Academy foundation said Friday. The foundation which is headquartered in Scheim West Germany Spon sors coaching and training courses for third world countries in All types of sports. The iraqis contacted us in May on taking a soccer course with their National team spokeswoman Barbara Dubberke said. It turned out that the top saudi arabian team from Al Jill would be Here at the same time. The two coaches were friends so they decided to have a Friend ship match  when the iraqi soccer players arrived they were quickly informed that the West s Boycott imposed in response tothe kuwaiti invasion included sports and the team withdrew to a hotel in the town of Lorsch West Germany. Sports tries to keep out politics Butan  if they were set Loose teach other on the soccer Field dub Berke said. The saudis who arrived in West Ger Many last week will Complete their training course with another  arranged to stay at a Sulzbach hotel about 30 Miles away in the Taun Sarea outside Frankfurt. We Are working with the iraqi embassy in Bonn and Hope we can get the iraqis out on a flight Home on saturday Dubberke said. The allies gave unanimous support . Economic sanctions against Iraq and backed any further action the . Security Council might take against  allies also stated their support for the Effort by Arab states to find a Politi Cal solution to the crisis Worner said this is a time when the Alliance must consult and harmonize the policies of its members and demonstrate Solidarity for those who Are threatened and those who Are taking action in response to the threat Worner said during a news con Ference. That s exactly what happened  meanwhile some 3,500 to 3,800.americans Are now in Kuwait and restricted from leaving the country Baker  United states is very disturbed about the restrictions on Freedom of tray Al of All foreign nationals in Iraq and in Kuwait including of course american government officials and american Citi Zens he , if not All foreign nationals Are being prevented from leaving Iraq an Kuwait against their will. As far As we know nothing has been asked or demanded for their Freedom. Their restraint is though against All International  Are not calling them hostages he added because discussions Are on going. About obtaining permission for them to  Bush from Page 1 Dan Sudan and Mauritania. Moussa said the Resolution is binding Only on the 12 Arab league countries that voted for it. However those nation include Egypt and Syria which have the largest Arab armies in the Middle East after Iraq. Bush applauded the meeting and said maybe just maybe and i m not optimistic somebody can talk some sense into Saddam. The vote concluded the Stormy one Day Summit of Arab Kings and presidents that was called in a last ditch bid to solve the persian Gulf crisis through Diplo Matic Means rather than the  of a  Force. The draft document included a Strong condemnation of Iraq s invasion of Kuwait my a demand that Kuwait s ruling Royal family be restored to Power. Conference sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said iraqi for eign minister Tariq a i denounced the Resolution and vowed that the iraqis would not be pushed into withdrawing from Kuwait. The draft also implicitly endorsed the presence in saudi Arabia of the  multinational Force to forestall an Iraq attack. Hush responded to. The saudi re quest by sending thousands of troop Sand aircraft to saudi Arabia s Border one and a to Volilla of ships to the persian Gulf. Saddam said in a speech Friday that arabs everywhere should attack Western forces in the persian Gulf Region an overthrow the saudi Royal family. Bush responded to those incendiary remarks it s not unexpected. He is so isolated in the world so much backed into a Corner by world  Bush said he would Monitor the crisis and the continuing buildup of Ameri can forces from his vacation Home on the Maine coast ill be in very close touch he said. Baker was to Fly there saturday to Brief the president on his trip to Europe this week. Bush under terms of the War Power act Friday officially informed Congress of the saudi military deployment an played Down the possibility of War. I do not believe involvement in hostilities is imminent Bush said in a letter to Congress. To the contrary it is my belief that this deployment will facilitate a peaceful Resolution of the  hush said our armed forces will re main so Long As their presence is  he said the forces Are equipped for combat and have a defensive mis Sion. Iraq Bush said has an enormous and sophisticated War machine near Kuwait s Border with saudi Arabia. Several thousand american combat troops already Are on saudi soil supported by a powerful contingent of air an naval forces. Their Mission is to defend the saudi kingdom amid Hopes that worldwide economic pressure will Force Saddam to withdraw from neighbouring Kuwait. . Officials have refused to publicly reveal the scale of the troop deployment code named desert shield and aimed a forestalling an iraqi invasion of the saudi kingdom the world s largest Oil exporter. But several Pentagon and administration sources who declined to be identified by name revealed planning that could involve the largest deployment of . Ground troops since Vietnam. We have contingency plans that could result in the insertion of up to 200,000 to 250,000 ground forces before it s All done said one source who added that the troop Transfer also could be capped at any Point. Such a deployment would take up to60 Days to Complete the sources said. A Pentagon official said troops could come from units in Colorado Kansas Texas Georgia Kentucky and North Carolina. At least 2,300 american ground troops from the 82nd airborne do have landed in saudi Arabia As the first wave of the deployment. Additional f-15 tighter jets and a-10 tank killer Jet were ordered to the Region. Two Navy Hospital ships the mercy and the Comfort were being readied for deployment to the Middle East. Two . Aircraft carriers flanked thesauri coasts. More than 20 other warships including a third Carrier an the battleship Wisconsin will be in the Mediterranean sea or nearby Waters by next week. Americans apparently support hush decision to Send troops to saudi Arabia Een though it could Lead to War Accord ing to separate polls released  today polling 610 people found that 81 percent supported sending troop sin. Lbs news surveying 773 people found 63 percent approval. And a poll of769 people by Abc news and the Washington Post found 74 percent support. In other developments on Friday Cash strapped East Germany halted millions of dollars in Trade with Iraq on Friday joining a worldwide embargo but endangering the fragile existence of some East German factories. The econ9mics ministry said it was complying with a . Resolution to Cut economic ties with Iraq because of us aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait. East Germany had been a big exporter of electronics agricultural machinery Industrial equipment and some chemical products to Iraq. The 12 nations of Community rejected Chetion of Kuwait and defied iraqi orders to close their embassies in Kuwait. The dec foreign ministers joint statement that Iraq had a subsume the Powers of govern the Oil Rich emirate and that i determined to maintain their Dij missions to protect hundreds i peans trapped there. Australia Canada and Vav Many on Friday committed so International Effort to isolate or a representatives from Italy Gium indicated at the Nat that they would announce their v on supporting military moves in few Days. The european iraqi Annex n 3 ight to. No in Ger to an