European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse A . A a a it f in 3ao i q i a army alcohol policy extended to civilians Page 2 a Navy partially unveils stealth fighter plane Page 5 a Azacs allies eyes in the sky Page 9 a Oakland a Bob Welch notches 20th Victory. Page 17 the s trs of rip e s authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 1 up Gnu. U of Cal vol. 49, no. 127 sunday August 19, 1990 25 0�i>y and sunday d 8693 a Iraq vows to hold of All a aggressive nations Bush oks Call up of some reserves by the associated press in an apparent escalation of the stakes in the already tense Middle East Iraq on Friday said it planned to hold All foreigners from a aggressive nations until the threat of War against been cased. Meanwhile president Bush has decided to Call up tens of thousands of army air Force and Navy reservists to support the . Military deployment to the Middle East. Final details of the Call up will be worked out by the Pentagon in the Days ahead administration officials said Friday. An army official said As Many As 80,000 army reservists could be called to Active duty based on the army a recommendations to the president. Some notices to reservists could go out this week. The other services contribution to a Reserve Call up would be substantially smaller. The iraqi announcement a Clear indication that westerners in iraqi custody could now be considered de Facto hostages said foreigners would be scattered to bases and civilian locations throughout Iraq. Iraqis invasion of Kuwait on aug. 2 trapped an estimated 2 million foreigners. Of those about 21,000 Are westerners including approximately 3,000 . Citizens and 4,000 britons. Late Friday a statement carried by the official iraqi news Agency and monitored in Nicosia quoted iraqis parliament speaker Sadi Mahdi As saying Quot the people of Iraq have decided to play Host to the citizens of these aggressive nations As Long As Iraq remains threatened with an aggressive in Washington officials said Bush made his decision to draw on some of the nations 1.2 million reservists because of logistical problems faced by the military services As they continued a massive troop and hardware movement to the tense Gulf Region. Presidential spokesman Marlin Fitz water said the Pentagon had asked hush to authorize a selective Call up of reservists. Quot in recent years. Congress has allocated More and More of the support functions for the military to the Reserve so that you find a major aspect of our support in terms of cargo handlers and doctors and medical specialists and so Forth Are there Quot he said. Meanwhile fresh concerns were raised about the safely of americans after 35 . Citizens were removed from the Rashid hotel in Baghdad and taken to an undisclosed location most Likely another hotel. American diplomats in Baghdad believe the americans May have been taken to the Milia Monsour a hotel where British citizens Are being detained. But iraqi authorities prevented the embassy officials from entering the hotel to Check Richard Boucher a slate department spokesman said. Iraqis ambassador to the United states Mohamed Al Mashat repealed that the americans in Iraq and Kuwait be i can assure you they Are Well treated and will be released in due time a he said. The movement of americans from the Rashid hotel in Baghdad followed a threatened Roundup of . Citizens in iraqi occupied Kuwait a Day earlier. Fitzwater said the idea of gathering the americans in one location appeared to have fizzled a handful of americans five or six showed up at the appointed hotel but were told by the staff there Quot they had no idea what this was All Fitzwater said that iraqi officials when questioned about the 35 americans in Baghdad a told us that they Are Safe but have not Given us any explanation Why they w e re move d or w h e re t h e y said Quot we Are also discussing this matter with the other nations who have people in Baghdad to try to get everyone to work in concert in bringing diplomatic pressure on Baghdad to make sure that these citizens Are Safe and accounted in new York the in. Security Council see Iraq on Back Page Long goodbye a crewman on the guided missile frigate Samuel b. Roberts shares some parting words with a Young woman on the pier at the Newport , naval base last week As the ship prepared to depart for the Gulf. Support groups help those left behind Cope by Ron Jensen staff writer families left behind when soldiers go into a potential combat situation should Cope with the separation just As they do when the troops Are away at 3 simple Field exercise a mental health official says. Quot you be added More Depths of stress. I done to think it changes a said or. It. Col Neil Horowitz Quot you Cope the same therefore the ones remaining at Home should enlist the same coping techniques that have worked during other separations said Horowitz chief of psychological services at the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden West Germany. Quot take a deep breath and size up the situation a Horowitz advised. Quot take a look around you. Its not the end of the world. Stay Busy. Maintain your routine if possible. Whatever it is you do keep doing the advice May become pertinent for spouses in Europe if troops from Here Are called into service for operation desert shield in saudi Arabia Horowitz however was not discussing any spec die operation when he was interviewed by Telephone Friday. The spouse left behind usually a woman can help herself by staying informed about events if her partner is in a potentially eruptive situation Horowitz Seo groups on Back Page
