European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and Stripe thursday August 23,1990arab, Western nations toughen resolve from Page 1 in the Gulf including the palestinian uprising in Israel. Although the minister said he had carried a message from Saddam to Jordan a government he declined to discuss its contents. Jordan a . And iraqi ally has not fully committed itself to the International embargo As iraqi goods continue to pass through Jordan sport of Aqaba on the red sea. China and the soviet Union have slowed . Efforts to get . Approval for a military blockade to enforce sanctions on Iraq Western diplomats say. The soviets the past week sought to revive the military staff committee composed of the five permanent . Members before imposing a blockade and have emphasized they would Only participate under a , Flag. China has asked for More time to see whether voluntary measures against Iraq succeed. The state department said tuesday there were a credible reports Quot some of the westerners had been forced to go to Oil refineries and other installations . Officials said the administration is making contingency plans to Cut Back the embassy staff in Kuwait but said the embassy will not close despite iraqi demands that foreign missions in Kuwait City be transferred to Baghdad by Friday. In the clearest indication of the size of the . Military buildup in saudi Arabia air Force Gen Hansford t. Johnson estimated tuesday that at least 35,000 personnel Are either in or in route to the kingdom. Johnson is commander of the . Transportation come at Scott fab Iii. White House aides said Bush plans to sign an order activating about 40,000 reservists to help bolster the buildup. Iraq has moved surface to surface scud missiles into Kuwait increasing the threat of a chemical weapons attack Brig. Gen. Turki bin Nassar a saudi base commander said tuesday. But he said that . And saudi forces have defences against the scuds including . Patriot anti missiles in place in saudi Arabia. In other developments tuesday a in London British prime minister Margaret Aziz Thatcher urged the United nations to authorize the use of military action to Stop iraqi tankers in the Gulf. Thatcher said she would refuse to negotiate with Iraq to win Freedom for Britain s 4,500 hostages. A in Rome iraqi authorities told Western ambassadors that citizens of seven european Community nations will be allowed to leave Kuwait according to an official of the foreign ministry s persian Gulf crisis unit. The countries include Italy Spain Greece and Ireland. A . Officials said 75 . Staff and dependents left Baghdad and that the world body intends to remove the remaining 235 staff and families from Iraq. A a palestinian shouting a american Quot stabbed a tourist outside the old City of Jerusalem As anti american feelings ran High among palestinians in israeli occupied territories who support Iraq. A thousands of foreigners poured across the Jordan Border from Iraq including two former congressmen a George Hansen of Idaho and Thomas kindness of Ohio a who arrived on a flight from Baghdad. The pair had been in Iraq on a fact finding Mission. Also on the flight was lbs Anchorman Dan rather. A at the first All european meeting on the crisis in Paris Spain Belgium the Netherlands and Italy said they were sending warships to the from Page 1 transferred from Torrejon to Ramstein where the planets High pitched whine has become a familiar sound Day and night. On monday afternoon the base Airfield looked like a c-5 parking lot with six of the massive planes on hand Hobson said that with the cooperation of West German authorities the transports also arc lying in during the traditional quiet hours Between 10 . And 7 . However air traffic related to desert shield is a several times More intense Quot at Rhein main than at Ramstein Hobson said. Hobson said last weekend marked a the first time in history that All available c-5s and c-14is in macs Fleet a meaning those that were not Down for maintenance a were living. The command has 100 c-5s and More than 200 c 141s. Quot people arc willing to work Long hours without complaining and everybody wants to be a part of it a Hobson said. Air Crews Are working 20 hours at a time and occasionally More. Crew stopovers at Ramstein typically last 12 hours. All desert shield air Crews Are assigned to bases on the . East coast. Hobson said. Division workers including some who previously had planned leave at this time have been working 12-hour Days for about iwo weeks. The air Force is reviewing its leave policy to accommodate people who were needed for desert Maneki and had planned to take leave that was supposed to be used by oct. 1 or lost Hobson said. Quot we Aren t manned to run this Type of operation 24 hours a Day. Seven Days a week Quot he said. Quot if this continues obviously we re going to need More some help is being supplied by european based personnel who have been sent on temporary duty to staging bases. At to Avjon a about 200 temporary personnel Are steeping on cols in a gym. Hobson said one worker told him. "1 l this were an exercise it a be islamic Center condemns Iraq Cairo Egypt Are the moslem worlds v erne rated Center of theology Al Azhar and Egypt a highest cleric on tuesday condemned iraqis invasion of Kuwait the two also indirectly urged the execution of Raqi president Saddam Hussein. Al Azhari a Sheik Tiad Vej Haq Aly Gad cd Haq and Egypt a Mufti Mohammed Sayed Tantawi justified the presence of foreign forces to defend saudi Arabia w h i c it in any m o s i e m s o p pose. The statements by Egypt a Mufti Mohammed Sayed Tantawi and Ai a har the ancient University mosque and scat of islamic learning were published in wednesdays state dailies. The moslem clerics statement was run in Al Akbar under the headline Quot the Leader of Iraq is treacherous and moslem have a duly to kill the text of the comments referred to a tyrant in general but not specifically a big Job Ken go of go dwarfed by the towering Tail Section of a c-5 Galaxy transport Jet three Crew members perform maintenance work on the huge aircraft at Rhein main a West Germany on tuesday. The four engine Galaxy is As High As a six Story building and almost As Long As a football Field. From Page 1 Ion Worth of the Pentagon s most lethal tank the ml-a2, but they Are not scheduled for delivery until the mid-1990s. In the interim candidates for Purchase could be the i Ai version or the m60 tank which the United states would like to Jettison from european bases if a nato draw Down occurs. President Bush already has waived a congressional limit to provide 12 More Al 5s to the saudis. Speaking on his plane As he returned to the United states Cheney stressed the iraqi threat to saudi Arabia. A the saudis Are facing a very Large tank army just across the Border in Kuwait a Cheney said noting that Iraq has massed upward of nine to 10 divisions in Kuwait. He said it is a heavily mechanized Force. A we have worked with the saudis in the past in a number of areas and basically what we re doing on a Short term basis is reinforcing their capabilities in these areas a Cheney said. The Secretary refused to confirm the exact kind of tanks that Are under discussion with the saudis. But he noted that the saudis have a some substantial air assets Quot from the United states such As f-5cs and the f15ds. The secret air also said the United states was looking at providing additional anti chemical warfare equipment to the saudis. . Pulling out of Baghdad United nations apr it seventy five . Staff and dependents have left the iraqi capital of Baghdad and the remaining 235 staff and families will be removed As soon As possible from Iraq and Kuwait . Officials said tuesday a . Spokeswoman declined to Call the move an evacuation but . Diplomats said the staff was being evacuated for their own safety during the Gulf from Page 1 Dent the Allied forces now in saudi Arabia can repel an iraqi air attack. Quot the w window of vulnerability which existed in the Days immediately following the invasion of Kuwait has passed. We now have a very Good air defense system in place and i am sure we can fulfil our commitments a Wilson said. 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 it the iraqis would seize the Chance of attack before the arrival of . Tanks by sea m two weeks the sources said it was Hii ulv Mil Ike v. A if they did we would Chew them up from the air and could relatively easily shut off their already stretched Supply lines Quot 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 Patriot anti missile missiles. 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 Quot severely degraded in the ii5 to j 30-degree heat in the potential Battle area. At Dhahran the main saudi air base parking space has become a critical problem. More than 240 fighter aircraft from three nations and scores of transport and helicopter gunships crowd tie Tarmac and a steady Stream of . Military and chartered civilian aircraft drone in around the clock As the steady build up continues. On average an aircraft lands at the base every 10 minutes. On tuesday . C-i4i Star lifter transport planes were Landing at Dhahran roughly every Quarter of an hour. Some were forced to sit idling on the taxiway for up to half an hour awaiting a Takeoff which would vacate a parking Bay. One . Pilot stepping off a Star lifter after a 7-hour flight from Madrid said this was his fourth visit to Dhahran in four Days. The saudi pilots at Dhahran flying British made Tornado fighters Only received the aircraft weeks ago. According to it. Col. Yahya Sahrar in 39, commander of the Royal saudi air forces 29th so a we Are now operationally fully ready and i believe m the Lon term Saddam will be shown that his invasion was a
