European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse D strike halted at . Bases in Turkey Page 3 d Magellan spacecraft drops into Venus orbit. Page 4 q off base jobs in England soften blow of weak Dollar Page 13 d Wayne Grady takes Lead in pea championship Page 17 the stars and Jiries authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol.49, no. 120 sunday August 12, 1990 25 daily and sunday d 8693 a Bush seeks tighter Iraq cd 12 Arab nations condemn Saddam s Washington a president Bush said Fri Day that he was determined to see economic sanctions tightened up even More against iraqi president sad dam Hussein to Force his troops out of Kuwait. I would advise iraqi ships not to go out with Oil the president warned. He spoke with reporters aboard air Force one in route to his Maine vacation Home. As the president spoke some Arab nations were agreeing to Send troops to saudi Arabia to defend against an iraqi attack. The president s comments came a few hours after Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii met with nato counterparts in Brussels Belgium to press for common action against Iraq saying the world could be plunged into a new dark age if Saddam s aggression went unchecked. Other stories on pages 7 and 24. Asked whether he was calling for a naval blockade to enforce a . Trade embargo against Iraq Bush re plied i m not prepared to use the word blockade but we Are president said Saddam s Call for an Arab holy War against the West was the frantic ploy of a Man who i isolated in world opinion. It won t work he said. Saddam said in a speech Friday that arabs every where should attack Western forces in the persian Gulf Region and overthrow the saudi Royal As he said that economic sanctions can be tightened up Bush added the troubling thing is we re up against a Man known for his brutality and although the iraqis were reinforcing their troop numbers in Kuwait Bush said there s no evidence right now that Saddam Hussein would be foolish enough to Cross that Border into saudi Arabia. Of 20 Arab league members attending an emergency Summit in Cairo Egypt 12 voted for a seven Point Resolution to help defend saudi Arabia. Libya the pal Estine liberation organization and Iraq voted against the package. Algeria and Yemen abstained and Tuni Sia was absent. It was not Clear who the missing two votes represented Amr Moussa Egypt s permanent representative to the United nations said the Resolution is binding Only on the 12 Arab league countries that voted for it. However those nations include Egypt and Syria which have the largest Arab armies in the Middle East after Iraq. The vote concluded the Stormy one Day Summit of continued on Back Page army troops from fort Bragg n.c., Board a c-141 transport plane at Pope fab in Fayetteville for deployment to saudi Arabia. A 3 if in i a. ? re
