European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Autk0hi1e0 unofficial publication Foa the . Ahmed forces a j"�1 j �7t or Quot re in t a 4 it is�?o1 11 of m 11 i ill 11? vol. 49. No. 124 thursday August 16, 1990 a 25 daily and sunday d 8693 a i v1, i Ltd a a a Long haul in an american Sailor in a chemical warfare suit on the Cruiser Antietam keeps a Lookout through a set of High powered binoculars in the arabian Gulf on tuesday. By the associated press syrian troops planted their Flag beside the american Banner in the defense of saudi Arabia on tuesday and Arab har Burma sleds in the persian Gulf kept embargoed iraqi freighters at Bay. Two reports quoted iraqi authorities As saying 3,000 americans stranded by iraqis Blitz invasion of Kuwait on aug. 2 would not be allowed to leave until the crisis ends. In Washington the United states and re Alec Forres pages 3, 6, 7 soviet Union conferred on putting a . Umbrella Over any anti Iraq naval blockade. President Bush told a news conference tuesday the naval barricade now in Force might be extended to Jordan a red sea port of Aqaba a if it is a Hole through which Commerce flows a in and out of Iraq. Jordan a King Hussein is the new middleman of the Middle East and was headed for the United states and a meeting with Bush. He bore a private message from iraqis Saddam Hussein a reportedly the offer of a Deal. But Bush said he sees no Short term Hope for a diplomatic solution to the Gulf crisis. Abc to reporting from Baghdad said it Learned from a senior iraqi for eign ministry official that the jordanian King was bringing word from president Saddam that it s not too late to talk. The British broadcasting corp. On wednesday quoted the kuwaiti embassy in London As saying All 11 kuwaiti diplomats in Iraq together with their families were jailed following iraqis invasion. There was no immediate iraqi comment. . Military forces continued to pour across a 7,000-mile air Bridge into the arabian desert. It was the seventh Day of an operation designed to face Down an iraqi army that seized Kuwait and could threaten saudi Arabia out in the Sand paratroopers of the . Army a 82nd airborne div found Friendly saudis and tastes of Home a like delivery of Fasi food Hurt cars according to reports from a . Media Pool. But the Young americans also had to deaf with 115-Degrce summer heat and the potential for chemical warfare with Iraq. Snid one i a a we re trained and  North across the desert Oiler americans remained trapped in Kuwait and Iraq. One iraqi spokesman the ambassador to Greece told reporters in Athens the americans and other foreigners stranded by the invasion could leave a was soon As the threats from the United states and its allies Are  Abc quoted the unidentified official so Bush on Back Page saudi Job costs . Big Bucks by the Baltimore Sun Washington a almost $800,000 an hour a that is what Independent military analysts estimate the persian Gulf operation is costing the United states Over and above planned expenditures without a shot fired in anger. But even the expense of placing by air and sea an envisaged Force of 50,000 troops 30 ships and some 350 aircraft in the Region would be Only a fraction of the Pentagon a total $300 billion budget for every $1 million spent in the Gulf. $35 million is being spent elsewhere. Even if Iraq had not overrun Kuwait the . Troops ships air see costs on Back Page Reserve Call up under study by new Day Washington a president Bush is considering a Call up of National guard and Reserve units to help maintain the 7,000-mile-Long Supply line to saudi Arabia and to supplement or replace combat units sent there according to Pentagon officials. The Strain of a operation desert shield on the regular military forces was expected to be one of the topics on a briefing list for Bush during his scheduled visit to the Pentagon on wednesday defense officials would not discuss what specific Reserve and guard units might be called. A a it the presidents calf a a said one. Under Post Vietnam Laws enacted by Congress Bush would be Able to Call up the forces without declaring a National emergency. While Pentagon officials said defense Secretary Dick Cheney had made no formal recommendations on the subject they cited a pressing need for Reserve units with logistics specialities to help deploy the Force of three army divisions destined for the persian Gulf. A the army logistics Reserve could be called first Quot said one Pentagon planner. A but As this goes on Well be needing to see Reserve on Back Page saudi bound unit stocks up at k Mart Hines Villega. Apr the army w ent on a shopping spree at the Hines Vitle k Man store last week and got a Blue Light special on More than 24,000 items. K Mart manager Wesley Bennefield said officials at fort Stew Art which began sending troops from the 24th inf div Mech to saudi Arabia Over the weekend telephoned him last Friday to order items essential for the desert 2,400 cans of Bug Spray 5,550 bottles of skin lotion 5,550 tubes of lip Balm 5,550 containers of foot powder and 5,550 bottles of suntan lotion. A this has been a real treat. I be spent three Days on the Telephone a said Benne Field who had most of the items shipped to the base sunday night from k marts Atlanta warehouse. The army also ordered an item the local k Mart does no to carry 174,000 Gallons of bottled water. Bennefield said he had rounded up 84,000 Gallons from bottled water companies by tuesday morning and was trying to find the rest. Fort stewarts Public affairs officer maj. Don Keeling said it Isnit unusual for the army to go to local stores for such items. K Mart gave the army a discount on the order but Bennefield said he had not calculated the Cost. He said his store is not making a profit from the Sale. Quot you might say we re waving the nag a he said. Quot in a a patriotic