European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday August 14,1990 if. A Sailor pushes two 500-Pound bombs past fighter jets on the deck of the Carrier Independence in the Gulf of Oman. Iraq from Page 1 agreed to Send. About 1,000 More egyptian troops were schedule to arrive monday. The United states already has nine ships in the Gulf seven in the Mediterranean and aircraft carriers and their Battle groups in the red sea and Indian Ocean. Canada Denmark and West Germany have also committed ships. In Ankara Turkey parliament on sunday gave the government permission to declare War and Send troops into combat if Turkey is attacked. Turkey s air Force has moved several squadrons of Jet fighters to Forward bases near the iraqi Border. In other developments an iraqi Oil Tanker steamed away empty from loading terminal monday after saudi Arabia refused to let it Dock diplomatic sources said. Sources at the terminal at Yanbul saudi Arabia said the Tanker Al add Isiah was unable to gain entry be cause tugs necessary to help ships Dock did not  same sources said pumping through the pipeline had ceased. The saudi pipeline was Iraq s last major operating Oil Export outlet following the closure of two pipelines through Turkey last week in retaliation for the Iraq invasion of Kuwait. Aboard the la Salle flagship of the joint taskforce Middle East commander rear adm. William m. Fogarty said . Troops Are prepared to defend themselves in Case of an iraqi chemical weapons at tack. The fact that they do have chemical weapons i disturbing to everybody throughout the world Fogarty said. But he added we Are a trained Force. Feel confident we Are prepared to defend  president Bush will break off his Maine vacation tuesday to return to Washington for two Days of Brief Ings on the crisis in the persian Gulf and on the budget deficit the White House said monday. Bush plans to return to his oceanfront summer Home wednesday after a military briefing and speech to Pentagon employees White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said. Iraqi troops on monday refused to allow a British Diplomat to recover the body of a Man shot near the kuwaiti Border the foreign office said. The troops stopped British Consul Larry Bank from travelling to the Border with saudi Arabia where he was to arrange for the body of Douglas Thomas Croskery to be taken to Kuwait s capital said a for eign office spokesman. Banks was travelling with an iraqi military guard but they were unable to persuade the iraqi troops to let them through. There seems to be a shortage of Central control i Kuwait said the spokesman who spoke on condition of anonymity. He said the iraqis have not told Britain where Croskery s body is. The foreign office said Banks would make another attempt to recover the body on tuesday. Croskery a businessman and father of two was shot and killed As he tried to leave Kuwait with a group of foreigners on saturday. A foreign office spokesman said Iraq had not responded to its protest at Croskery s death which must be construed As  at the United nations Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar said that Only the Security Council has the right to impose a naval blockade on Iraq outdid not criticize the .-led attempt to Cut off iraqi shipping. News briefs Pakistan says it repelled attack by Indian troops Islamabad Pakistan a the govern ment said monday its armed forces repulsed a attack by Indian troops along the cease fire line that divides the disputed territory of Kashmir officials said. India denied the claim. The defense ministry said the attack on Remote observation Post in the Himalayas occurred sunday the Day after talks ended be tween the two countries to ease Border tensions. Defense officials said pakistani troops use heavy artillery anti tank guns and mortars to counter an Indian attempt to capture an outpost on the Kel sector in Pakistan controlled Kash Mir. The outpost is located about 60 Miles North East of Muzzal Garabad the capital of Azad free Kashmir. Crews working to clean up third Houston Oil spill Houston a Salvage Crews on Mon Day transferred Oil off a Barge that buckled and leaked about 21,000 Gallons of heavy fuel Oil the coast guard said. It was the Houston Shi Channel s third Large spill this summer. Now they re just trying to clean up the remaining Oil said coast guard Seaman Karl Christensen. They re using booms and vacuum trucks Small boats and absorbent pads. There were some skimmers and pumps supposed to be arriving later today to help with that  the Accident occurred while the Barge was being loaded at an Arco petrochemical Dock sunday morning. Liberian rebel Leader agrees to discuss truce Harbel Liberia a rebel Lead Rcharles Taylor agreed monday to meet with gambian Leader sir Dawda Jawara to discus West african Calls for a cease fire in Liberia s civil War. It was the first time Taylor agreed touch talks. Taylor s Man Euver will Likely delay deploy ment of a five nation West african task Force mobilizing in neighbouring Sierra Leone. The Force was expected to move into the besieged liberian capital of Monrovia this week to Force truce in the War. Taylor earlier said his troops would fight an peacekeeping Force. Also monday about 200 foreigners including one american left Monrovia to rendezvous with . Marine helicopters in Buchanan the rebel held port about 90 Miles Southeast of Monrovia. More than 200 marines from warships off the liberian coast were airlifted to Monrovia on aug. 5 to evacuate americans and protect .installations. Washington has said they would not intervene in the War. On sunday president Samuel Doe reverse Dan earlier Promise to step Down by october and said he wants to stay in office for at least a year after the regional Force moves in to halt the fighting. Taylor has repeatedly demanded Doe immediate resignation. Army troops called in to help fight Forest fires / � a it m i to i via to a b. R a a i m in a  National Park Calif. A giant 2,000-year-old Sequoias were treated with fire retardant to protect them against flames advancing monday through i the Majestic Forest. In Oregon 1,200 army soldiers were being sent to take up firefighting positions. Fires also burned in Alaska Washington Idaho and Utah. More than 6,01 0 people worked Sun Day to Corral five lightning fires that have burned More than 120,000 acres of Eastern Oregon said . Forest service spokesman Jim Cju est. About 100 sol Diers from fort Lewis wash., were sent to Oregon on sunday. Another 1,11 0were to follow monday after some Quick training. Drought and the threat of More Light Ning in California worried tire officials after More than 200,000 acres burned statewide in the past week. More lightning Means More fires said forestry department spokesman Chris Parker. What we re seeing is the culmination of four years  Yosemite was declared off limits to tourists Friday. By sunday More than 2,200 firefighters were battling two fires in the Park that have burned 17,000 acres. The flames were about 10 Miles from such landmarks Ashi Capitan half dome and Yosemite Falls and within two Miles of a stand of giant Sequoias workers tried to protect the Trees by Clearing debris and undergrowth fro around their trunks and applying a chemical fire retardant. Seventy five people tied a Park settlement sunday to escape one of the fires. Fires since last week in Californi have burned 127 structures ranging from outbuildings to Homes. Sixty six were in Foresta near Yosemite. The Park which usually gets 25,000 weekend visitors was empty of tourists. More than $10 million in property has been destroyed by the fires Yosemite tire officials said sunday. The Cost of fighting the fire had passed $1.5 million sunday evening. The Park s chief naturalist Len Mckenzie called the fires catastrophic and blamed past Park management for the size and intensity of the blazes by sup pressing All wildfires in the Forest he said a huge buildup of dead Wood dry grass and other fuel built up. We overprotected the Forest a said. Thunderstorms like those that brought24,000 recorded lightning strikes last week to California were expected to re turn by tuesday. The state has had below average precipitation since us mid-1980s. In Tehama county about 200 Gnu North of Yosemite two blazes a i charred a combined 130,000 acres off nest. In Sequoia National Forest about 100 Miles South of Yosemite a fire Tud burned More than 24,000 acres. The 200,000-acre figure for the Suvis probably pretty conservative forestry department spokes or. Karen Terrill. What i hear the  baying is that this could get to be Niu h much