European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thes a authorised unofficial publication Fob the . Armed forces a a a a to vol. 49, no. 131 thursday August 23 1990 j5f doily and sunday Good mom i n d 8693 a Morocco stripes Magazine a the worlds richest  5 a military uniform prices to  8 a Randy Barnett s car Corner Page 13 Bush orders Call up of military reserves Kennebunkport Maine apr president Bush ordered military reservists to Active duty in the persian Gulf crisis wednesday then declared that the United states has Quot All the authority it needs and ample naval Power to intercept ships and enforce the embargo against Iraq. The president discussed the Middle East situation after what he said was a a very full and 1 would say encouraging briefing by defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Gen Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Quot we Are not in this alone. We stand shoulder to shoulder right there in the Middle East with the armed forces of 22 other nations a Bush  this is not a matter Between Iraq and the United states of America it is Between Iraq and the entire world Community Arab and non Arab alike a he said. Bush declined to answer when asked Bee reserves on Back . To Washington apr the Bush administration decided wednesday to reduce the staff of the . Embassy in Kuwait but to keep it open despite a demand by iraqi president Saddam Hussein. About 2,500 americans Are trapped in the persian Gulf country. President Bush has described them As hostages and insisted a unsuccessfully so far a that they be permitted to depart. In other developments a a 19-Ycar-old Sailor was killed in an electrical Accident aboard the guided missile Cruiser anti Tam making him the second service member to die As a result of the persian Gulf crisis a Navy spokesman said wednesday. Petty officer 3rd class Daniel a Jones an electricians mate aboard the vessel was electrocuted said Navy it. Victor Beck a spokesman in Boston. The Accident occurred tuesday during maintenance of the ships ventilation system Beck said. Efforts to resuscitate Jones were made within three minutes of the Accident but he failed to respond. A Iraq claimed two unidentified aircraft crossed from saudi Arabia into iraqi territory on wednesday and violated its airspace. Iraqis official news Agency quoted an unidentified military spokesman As saying Quot two aircraft coming from saudi Arabia penetrated the Southern iraqi Border and ranged some five Kilometres three Miles in iraqi  the spokesman did not identify the planes nor say whether they were military aircraft. No other details were immediately available. The state department announced the . Intention see embassy on Back Page members of the 1st tac fighter Wing from Langley fab in Virginia eat breakfast at a saudi air base wednesday. Iraqi forces in bad shape British sources say Dhahran saudi Arabia apr iraqi troops based in Kuwait Are stealing water food and fuel to survive and their effectiveness As a fighting Force should not be overrated British intelligence sources said tuesday. The sources also said that the iraqi threat of chemical warfare is not As great As first feared. The sources said that the 120,000 iraqi soldiers occupying Kuwait Are in far worse shape than the West first believed and that even president Saddam Hussein a elite Republican guard is losing its Edge of combat readiness. The iraqi logistics system is a shambles and soldiers Are reduced to stealing water and siphoning gasoline from civilian cars the sources said. Many of the iraqi troops Are a Young and shaky a they said. American intelligence paints a picture of an iraqi army whose discipline is breaking Down and whose equipment is becoming increasingly unserviceable in the rigorous desert climate the sources said. 1 Quot there is a danger of giving too much credit to Saddam a capabilities Quot said air vice marshal Sandy Wilson commander of the British forces stationed in saudi Arabia. Wilson said he is confident the Allied forces in saudi Arabia can repel an iraqi air attack. A the window of vulnerability which existed in the Days immediately following the invasion of Kuwait has passed a Wilson said. Quot we now have a very Good air defense system in place and i am sure we can fulfil our  the intelligence sources said Iraq would probably have a a fairly Small chances of mounting either a successful chemical or conventional attack on Allied forces. Asked if the iraqis would seize the Chance of attack before the arrival of . Tanks by sea in two weeks the sources said it was highly unlikely. Quot if they did we would Chew them up from the air and could relatively easily shut off their already stretched Supply lines a one source said. The intelligence sources said the threat of chemical bombardment by Long Range soviet made scud missiles had been largely nullified by deployment of the Patriot anti missile system. Iraq possesses a very limited amount of deadly nerve gases such As Sarin and Tabun the sources said. They said Iraq has Large quantities of Mustard and phosgene Gas but the effects of these would be a severely degraded in the 115 to 130-degree heal in the potential Battle area. At Dhahran the main saudi air base parking space has become a critical problem. More than 240 tighter aircraft from three nations and scores of transport and see forces on Back Page