European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside strides for Jami "j3-  of iha82�� i v i tit . Military on the move in Gulf crisis the Authon Ueo unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol.49, no. 122 tuesday August 14, 1990 25t daily and sunday d 8693 a blockade of Iraq beefed up by the associated press Britain and Australia said monday they will help the United states interdict iraqi shipping but France said it would not join the barricade because that would make it a co  in the persian Gulf. The Netherlands said it would Send two frigates to the area As a Symbol of Solidarity. Official egyptian sources said the first syrian ground forces were expected in saudi Arabia monday but saudi sources said Only that the syrians Are expected this week. The ground forces joining thousands of . Troops already there Are a de sense against iraqi troops massed in Southern Kuwait at the saudi arabian Border. British foreign office minister Wil Liam Waldegrave announced monday afternoon that sailors would Board any vessel attempting to break economic sanctions against Iraq imposed in the aftermath of Iraq s aug. 2 invasion of neighbouring Kuwait. If there is evidence of sanctions bust ing the Navy will take the necessary Steps Wald grave said. The foreign office said Britain was responding to a request from the kuwaiti government in exile that it take Steps to ensure the effectiveness of sanctions authorized last week by the . Security Council. President Bush said sunday he would use any Means necessary to enforce the . Embargo. In Paris a government spokesman told reporters that a . Trade embargo against Iraq and Kuwait occupied by at least 130,000 iraqi troops does not extend to intercepting shipments of Oil by the government of Iraq s president sad dam Hussein. Any attempt by French warships to Stop tankers would make France a co belligerent in the Oil Rich Region along with Iraq the spokesman said speaking on condition of anonymity. The dutch government did not immediately announce whether its two ships an american Serviceman looks out to sea aboard the command ship la Salle in the persian Gulf monday afternoon. A which May not arrive until september would interdict iraqi shipping. A spokesman at Australia s foreign ministry did not hesitate to use the term  he said also on condition of anonymity that the aim of the naval Force was to prevent any supplies from going into or out of Iraq. The soviet Union has two warships in the Gulf but has said it would consider joining a blockade Only under . Auspices. Vladimir Polyakov the soviet Union s new ambassador to Egypt told reporters in Cairo that 8,000 economic and military advisers were in Iraq but none took part in the Conquest of Kuwait. Three thousand egyptian soldiers had arrived in saudi Arabia by sunday the Vanguard of a 10,000-member Arab league Force including syrian and moroccan troops that the league last week see Iraq on Back Page wreaths Mark Wall s 29th anniversary by Ken Clauson staff writer Berlin the Berlin Wall quietly turned 29 on monday but there was none of the raucous Celebration that marked its opening last november. Many of the tourists Chipping away at its scarred face in fact did not know the significance of aug. 13. The Only official activity was a Small Wreath laying ceremony at the memorial to Peter Fechter a youngest German shot by Border guards while trying to scale the Wall near checkpoint Charlie in 1962. He fell to the ground on the Structure s Oast Side and slowly bled to death while people in the West watched help Lessly. West and East Berlin politicians spoke then wreaths were Laid at the foot of a wooden Cross with strands of barbed wire laced around its lop. Here where Peter feebler died we can feel How much suffering the Wall caused East Berlin mayor Tino Schwier Ina said during the ceremony. At other Points near the Wall an american and a German conducted the last of the Persona vigils they be held each aug. 13 for years. Joseph Werner a retired new York High school teacher handed out Small Green flags to people walking along Friedrich Strasse where checkpoint Charlie once stood. He wore a placard with the words Vigil of Hope happiness  Werner has stood on the same spot each aug. 13 since 1981, but this year he said his work is done. "1 feel i be done All 1 could he said. Now if s up to the germans to solve All these Complex and Monu mental problems they re facing but i m sure they  Werner first saw the Wall in 1978. The experience was so emotionally wrenching that he vowed to do what he could to bring it More into the world s Atten Tion he said. Just North of the Reich Stag. West Berliner Leonhard Friedhelm lit tall candles and placed them beneath photos of several of the people who died during escape attempts. Dressed in Black. One Helm Knelt on a Black Pillow while ringing a Bell Lor those who failed to make it to the West. One was Friedhelm s  brother we was shot and killed in into Wink to ing to Cross Luv Wall at Bari Viuca Strasse. Friedhelm now 40 years old has held a 24-hour Vigil every aug. 11 Lor the past 25 years. This will to his last he said because it is an appropriate time to Stop. His health is also failing he said. Near the Brandenburg Gate the ceaseless clinking of tourists pounding souvenir chips out of the remain ing inner Wall was i Hoed by the hammers of a Restora Tion Crew on top of the historic Gate itself. A couple of Miles away East Berlin resident Horst Lang 56, worked with a Crew removing slices of the Wall that will become part of a West Berlin memorial. The Wall was built to halt the exodus of East Ger mans to the West More than 25 million. Easl Ger mans fled West from 1949 until the Wall went up in 1961. That makes aug. 13 a historic Day Lang said but really nothing special. Nov. 9, the Day a fell is far More important to Herlmer. Lang said he would like to see a Park built on As much of the spate inc Wall occupied As possible.  the new capitalists last Berlin Don t want a Mer cedes plan to build on potsdamer plat to go through he added. The spate should be turned into a Busy Pla a Lull of Small shops and cafes he said. Much like it was 2 i years ago