European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes Marine seeks of avoid Gulf duty a Page 7 and i a a r us y i t a Fufa Siks author led unofficial publication for the . Armed Forcer Good morning vol. 49, no 128 monday August 20, 1990 St daily and  d 8693 a . Ships at tankers As a Ltd it 1fr c v Augi m a i 1 a -. Al v. A foreigners will starve Iraq warns from wire reports iks warships fired the first shots by american forces in the persian guff crisis on saturday in an Effort to halt two iraqi tankers. Also on saturday. Iraq warned that thousands of foreigners being detained in Iraq will suffer first if the . Blockade curtails food. The threat which singled out foreign babies and elderly people was immediately denounced by the United states As an illegal Quot use of innocent civilians As pawns in the Middle past standoff. The Baghdad government is holding 3.000 americans 4,000 britons and about 14,000 other westerners among the More than 2 million foreigners caught in Iraq and Kuwait when iraqi troops invaded Kuwait on aug. 2. Iraq announced late saturday it had begun moving some of the foreigners to Quot strategic locations around the country. Iraqis foreign minister Tariq a i said he did not consider the iraqi Treal see shots on Back Page sailors line the rail of the battleship Wisconsin As it moves through the Suez canal in route to the red sea on saturday. Americans angered Over Lack of Allied support by the Baltimore Sun Des Moines Iowa a with the persian Gulf crisis now in its third week american bile appears to be rising Over the failure of . Allies to Send troops to the Middle East. Interviews with people in Iowa a midwestern state that likes to think of itself As the nations heartland reveal a mixture of confusion and quiet anger that the United states seems to be going it basically alone in the saudi arabian desert. Many Are directing their emotions not at iraqis Saddam Hussein but at those allies which have yet to assume a larger share of the military Burden especially Western Europe and Japan. A the people that Are really dependent on this Oil should be the ones that Send the troops a said George Harrelson of Newton Iowa. A Why should our taxes go up to help these people Quot concern already is growing Over the Price tag for the operation officially expected to Cost $1.2 billion through the end of september at a time when the budget deficit is worsening and a nationwide economic recession May have begun. Or towns like Packwood in Northeast Iowa where Farmers gather at the Coffee shop to discuss the latest overseas developments As they wait to Harvest a bumper Corn crop criticism of France West Germany and Japan is mounting. A that Oil is More important to them than it is to us a said Max Dickey a com and soybean producer. A i done to under stand Why we have to be the police  Japan receives More than 60 percent of its Oil from the Gulf Region. For Western Europe the figure is 20 percent for the United states 22 percent. Jimmy g. Stone whose 33-year-old son Jim just left Norfolk va., aboard a Navy ship bound for the Middle East thinks the United states had no Choice but to Block Saddam Hussein. A you can to let the Guy go a he said but continued on Back Page Gulf Airlift strands space a travellers in . By Gary Pomeroy and Chuck Vinch staff writers army staff sgt. Anthony Rossi knows Lull Well space available travel is not guaranteed. He was prepared to Book himself his wife. Cora and their son. Carlos on a commercial flight from san Diego to Frankfurt West Germany at the end of his 40-Day lease if necessary. It became necessary. ,. Like Many americans who armed in the United Stales on lease via space a Tchue the military employment to the Middle East began the Rossis were faced with a bitter dilemma a waiter pay. They paid. Hut Many other military families have been unable to and thus have been stranded in airports across the United states. Some have qualified for special emergency Loans. Rossi had expected that the . Troop buildup in the persian Gulf after Iraq invaded Kuwait on aug. 2 would affect space a traffic. But he Wasny to prepared for the staggering numbers of Axne a hopefuls he encountered. Van he called the military Airlift c omd unit Nal at Dover fab del., from Sacramento Calif on monday a i was told the waiting list was 3,000 Ami there was limited seating on the planes that were leaving. A i was sick to my stomach a said Rossi who is stationed in Hanau West Germany. He was hoping to get a flight from Travis fab Calif to Dover and then on to Germany he said a the waiting list at i rav is on monday was 000. A i did no team go to tile term in  lie said. At i inv is is fir noise a Cor me Sod of i is to j actual the situation