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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday August 18,1990 " our  news briefs army truck overturns spills munitions on Road Savannah a. A wreckage of an army Convoy truck that overturned on a High Way and spilled munitions bound for the Middle East was cleared Friday amid reports that stinger anti aircraft missiles fell onto the Road. Army officials said the vehicle that crashed on interstate 95 was part of a Convoy that left near by fort Stewart headed for docks near Savannah on thursday night said a fort spokesman maj. Don  refused to describe the types of munitions that spilled. Georgia state patrol spokesman . Cole Man said the department of defense asked civil Ian authorities to Block off both sides of the Road and create a Safe area about 1,000 feet wide while awaiting explosives experts. Man who fled from Iraq wants to help others Champaign 111. A businessman Michael Saba was Lucky enough to escape from Iraq after it invaded Kuwait. Now he wants to help americans trapped there and their worried families in the United states. Saba who took a taxi from Baghdad to the jordanian Border on aug. 8, formed the coming Home committee to gather information raise Money and prepare emergency transportation to get other americans out of the Middle East. By thursday after appearances on to talk shows Saba said he had heard from about 50 people who fled from the Region and from similar number of frantic family members. He s gathering information on americans inthe persian Gulf for a computer record oversee ing preliminary exit arrangements and organizing hoped for charter air service and ground vehicles to reunite families faster. Crash delays rebel Leader on Way to liberian talks Monrovia Liberia a rebel Lead Rcharles Taylor suffered minor injuries in an Auto Accident delaying his departure for peace talks with a rival rebel chief and an envoy to president Samuel k. Doe an official said Fri  Woewiyu Taylor s spokesman and de sense minister said the Accident occurred As the rebel chief prepared to leave Liberia for talks monday in Banjul Gambia on How to resolve Liberia s 8-month-old civil War. The Accident was not serious but Taylor re turned to the Firestone rubber Plantation clinic for treatment and to arrange transportation Woewiyu said from Abidjan Ivory coast. The Plantation is 35 Miles Southeast of Monrovia. Woewiyu did not say when Taylor would leave Liberia for Banjul. S. African police use tear Gas to halt fighting Johannesburg South Africa a police fired tear Gas Friday to break up groups of armed men As authorities tried to halt Savage Lack factional fighting that has killed at least 173 people in the past five Days. Police in armoured vehicles dispersed groups of zulus armed with axes and Spears in various parts of Soweto witnesses said. The police again used tear Gas. Close from Page 1 of such activities As the Sheinberg military Community in West Germany Venema said. As of july 31, there were 190,785 soldiers actually Inu Sarteur. This is Down More than 5,000 soldiers from the March 30 total of 196,204. And the March 30total was Down 6,500 from a year earlier. A 1st personnel come official said in april that the army had ordered Usa eur to staff the command at 96 percent of its authorized strength in fiscal 1990because of budget constraints. To achieve the 96 per cent staffing goal Many soldiers assignments to Europe had been curtailed he said  
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