European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes monday August 13,1990 gis bowled Over by Long wait at it by Rob Staggenborg of Flag orders As the muggy room took Berlin you Don t get much sleep a Carter staff writer its toll on the travellers. Said. By Rob Staggenborg staff writer Berlin a Allied travellers returning Home from saturdays american bowl in West Berlin were met with a two hour wait at Allied checkpoint Bravo. Related stories photo Page 23. The first american bowl to be held in Germany Drew a paid attendance of 55,429, which included a Large number of Allied service members. At 11 . Sunday checkpoint Bravo on the Berlin end of the Helmstedt Berlin thoroughfare was filled with frustrated sighs and grumbling from 30 Allied travellers stuck in line. Checkpoint. Maps Laboured Over stacks news briefs its toll on the travellers. A normally there a a wait anyway but i did no to expect a two hour wait a said Chris Barrett who was heading Back to the Giessen sub Community of Kirch Gons with friends Jon Pennington and Dave rash after watching the los Angeles rams beat the Kansas City chiefs 19-3 at olympic stadium. Freddie Carter of Augsburg took the wait in stride tossing a football to a huddle group of gis. A i thought wed just ride through but there a a lot of people around Here for the game a he said. A luckily its not raining or anything. A a in la probably gel some sleep. Being in Berlin you done to get much sleep a said. Some travellers walked into the checkpoint building then opted to forgo checking in with the maps. A i know in a hot supposed to do this but Heck who a going to know a said one i who asked that his name not be used. A there Arentt any checkpoints for the germans driving through. All you have to do is stay away from the lanes marked military and drive right through. There a n body Checki  a the whole checkpoint stuff is getting ridiculous anyway a he added. A they Tore Down Charlie and they should have Tom Down Alpha and  currently people travelling on civilian passports do hot have to process with maps at checkpoints located at the beginning and the end of the autobahn from Helm Studl to Berlin. But military personnel travelling on id cards still must Stop at the checkpoint. American service members and family members streamed into Berlin from As far away As Greece and Turkey for the game. The Uso had distributed 500 tickets through Neucom and secured duty train status to Berlin. Gis came from the far Corners of Ger Many from major communities such As Kaiserslautern and from smaller areas such As Heilbronn and  Medellin drug figure killed by police during raid Bogota Colombia apr a Medellin Cartel figure shot and killed by police who raided his fortress apartment was responsible for coordinating shipments of cocaine to the United states and Europe and terrorist attacks in Colombia police said sunday. Gustavo de Jesus Gaviria the 41-year-old Cousin of the cartels Leader Pablo Escobar was shot and killed saturday when he fired on a special anti narcotics police unit raiding his apartment in Southern Medellin according to an official statement. Escobar forced underground by the authorities search for him had charged his Cousin with managing the cartels terrorist network and its shipments of tons of cocaine to the United states and Europe said Gen. Octavio Vargas operations chief of the National police. A the damage caused to the Cartel by the elimination of Gaviria is incalculable a Vargas said. Vargas who planned saturdays raid said Medellin residents angered by the cartels terrorist tactics had tipped off police to Gaviria a whereabouts two weeks  soviet Region declares sovereignty Moscow apr the autonomous Republic of Karelia on the Border with Finland has declared sovereignty from both the Republic of Russia and from the Central soviet government the official soviet news Agency Tass reported. Karelia which includes a Large amount of onetime finnish territory is one of 20 a autonomous republics located within the 15 soviet republics. The russian Republic where Karelia is located is the largest and most populous province. Karelia Home to 700,000 people declared that its Constitution and Laws take precedence Over those of Russia and the soviet Union Tass said saturday. But it softened the declaration by agreeing to voluntarily cede some of its Powers to both. Karelia a declaration also states the right to independently decide matters of International relations As Well As to change its state and Legal status Tass said the declaration specifically emphasizes that it is not intended to drive a wedge a a tween the governments of Karelia and Russia de by reformer Boris n. Yeltsin. Eight of the Union republics have declared some form of sovereignty from the Kremlin with Lithuania taking the strongest step when it declared its Independence on March 11. Liberian troops Force attackers to pull Back Paynesville Liberia apr government troops backed by an armed car counterattacked sunday against Charles Taylor a rebels forcing them to Retreat and leaving at least 18 civilians dead. Bodies of refugees and pieces of clothing from their bundles of belongings Lay in the Street of this suburb of Monrovia the capital. The government Victory appeared to dash rebel Hopes to seize the capital before a West african task Force mobilizing in neighbouring Sierra l eone sails to Monrovia to try to Force an end to the nearly 8-Moiuh-old  a sad departure a a Happy return Terry Waggoner holds her daughter Tara and struggles to keep from crying saturday As her husband leaves the port of Baltimore aboard a medical ship bound for the troubled persian Gulf the traveler at right is Penelope Nabokov 10, walking toward a plane saturday in Amman Jordan. She son her Way Back to the United states. The girl was on a British airways flight caught in the iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The iraqis finally allowed passengers to enter Jordan first Stop on the journey Home. . Blockade of Iraq imminent continued from Page 1 Over enforcement of the sanctions. President Bush said saturday that he considered the . Resolution on sanctions to be sufficient Legal authority for the United states to Stop and search ships suspected of carry ing prohibited products to or from Iraq or Kuwait. Earlier sunday in Baghdad iraqi president Saddam Hussein called on his nation to get prepared for a Trade embargo and International sanctions imposed in retaliation for the invasion of Kuwait Saddam linked a possible iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait to an israeli surrender of the occupied territories. Israel on sunday rejected As a cheap propaganda Saddam a proposal to resolve the Gulf crisis by linking a possible iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait to an israeli pullout from the occupied territories. The iraqi president also demanded the withdrawal of american and other forces from saudi Arabia and an end to International economic action against his nation. A if the spark of War is started Many will be burned a Saddam  in a statement read by an announcer on Baghdad radio and television. Saddam proposed that if the International Community wanted military forces kept in the Region those forces should be replaced by Arab forces a with the  Council making All the arrangements on which nationalities should be involved. The United states France and Britain have sent ships to the persian Gulf Region in an Effort to Force Iraq out of Kuwait and defend strategic Oil Rich saudi Arabia from possible iraqi attack. The United Stales also has committed an estimated 50,0 10 troops to the operation. Egypt and Morocco have also sent troops to saudi Arabia to face iraqi forces massed along that country a Border with Kuwait. Other developments sunday a a a . Airman died sunday in saudi Arabia As the result of an Accident becoming the first american killed in the desert kingdom since president Bush ordered the . Military deployment last week the Pentagon said. The Pentagon identified the dead Man As air Force staff sgt. John Campisi who was assigned to Offutt fab neb. _. A circumstances involved in the Accident arc under investigation a said maj. Doug Hart a Pentagon spokesman a the iraqi news Agency said a group of pilots has offered to Fly suicide missions against . Ships sent to the Gulf As part of the multinational Force  defend saudi Arabia. A Britain said sunday that one of its citizens was reportedly shot in Kuwait near the Border with saudi Arabia heightening concern for the safety of thousands of foreigners trapped inside Iraq and Kuwait. A the turkish government will ask parliament for the Power to declare a slate of War and Send armed forces into combat in the event of an escalation of the persian Gulf crisis. In addition to massing troops on the saudi Border Iraq reportedly sent soldiers to turkeys Border after it imposed economic sanctions on Iraq and shut Down the twin pipelines that carry iraqi Oil through turkish territory. In Saddam a statement on sunday women were urged to organize their households and economize 10 h Al p Aeh Rev e v i Story a liberation of Jerusalem Mecca and Medina tins is your role a the iraqi Leader said in the message. Saddam on f riday declared a jihad or holy War on saudi Arabia and Western nations moving forces to the Gull. 1 he three cities Are considered holy to moslem. In the statement monitored in Nicosia Cyprus Saddam said supplies were adequate to withstand the .-imposed embargo. On saturday iraqis revolutionary command Council warned that people Selling food on the Black Market would be executed