European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wilri m Humm Merih crisis in the Gulf related stories pages 2, 3 and 28 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed Force Good morning vol. 49, no. 137 wednesday August 29, 1990 St  nil  d 8693 a Usa eur by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer bracing for severe budget cuts the . Army Europe is looking at axing its equal Opportunity safety and exceptional family member programs and curtailing drug counselling. Usa eur is evaluating the measures As a possible Way to offset a fiscal 1991 budget that could be As Low As $3.88 billion a $333 million less than the amount Usa eur requested for its operation and maintenance expenses. The command s fiscal 1990 budget is $4,004 billion. The Money saving possibilities were spelled out in a spending guidance written by col. John c. Mutarelli chief of usage urn a budget division. Quot in View of pending budget reductions actions must begin now to develop plans to execute a lower budget a Muta Rulli said in the aug. 16 document. A commanders should be prepared on i october to implement the Radical actions necessary to ensure we achieve budget  Usa eur officials would not com see budget on Bock Page a Camel in the saudi desert pays no attention to an american tank and its Crew on Maneu vers , children foreigners free to leave Saddam says Nicosia Cyprus apr president Saddam Hussein announced tuesday that All women and children foreigners in Iraq Are free to leave the country on wednesday the iraqi news Agency said. In a decree issued tuesday Saddam said a fall women and children who Are foreigners in Iraq Are allowed to move freely in Iraq or to travel whenever they want starting tomorrow including the families Iraq is hosting a according to the news Agency. The report was monitored in Nicosia. It was not immediately Clear How Many women and children there Are among the 500 american hostages in Iraq. It also was not known if the decree would apply to the 2,500 american hostages in Kuwait. Iraq whose troops overran Kuwait on aug. 2, considers its Oil Rich neighbor part of Iraq. The announcement followed a televised meeting Saddam held with a group of foreign families earlier tuesday. During the meeting a woman with a British accent asked Saddam Why he was using foreign children a in something they can to  the iraqi president gave a Long answer in which he repeated that his hand was being forced by the Western troops massing in the Region. Iraq has moved some of the hostages to military Sites to prevent an attack on them. But the iraqi news Agency report on Saddam a see Saddam on Back pagem1 a Bradley begin reaching saudi Arabia saudi Arabia apr the army s heaviest ground firepower reached saudi soil tuesday for deployment behind Arab forces Manning the front line in the monthlong standoff with Iraq. Dozens of my tanks and m2 Bradley armoured Inton try fighting vehicles and scores More heavy support vehicles rolled Oft two huge transport ships at a port in northeastern saudi Arabia and were readied or the trip North into the desert the m is Are by far the biggest ground weapon in Llie burgeoning . Arsenal in saudi Arabia weighing some 60 tons and carrying a 105mm Cannon said to he accurate at 6,600 feet or More. The huge but speedy tanks a which can travel about 45 Mph a left the 24th inf div Mech in Georgia two weeks ago. The 24th�?Ts heavy firepower will be deployed in front of most other . Ground forces in saudi Arabia but still a Good distance behind the saudi led Arab forces which Are just Miles from the Border Wilh occupied Kuwait. The . Buildup a which could reach 200,000250,000 ground forces a is not expected to be completed until october. Transport planes Are arriving around the clock but the mis and the 24lh s other heavy weaponry have been Long awaited by . Military commanders. Until now Trie .-led multinational saudi defense Force has been Short on heavy ground firepower. A this is Boss a sgt. Ronald rust said As he showed off his my to a group of reporters. A this is the Cadillac Model. This is the top of the  up to now the Only . Tanks in saudi Arabia have been Vietnam Era m60s, brought by the 7th Marine expeditionary brigade and even smaller m551 Sheridan. Iraq has a formidable Force of soviet made tanks primarily the Export versions of its t-64 and t-7 2 models. The t-64 is comparable in armament and Armor to the mis that arrived tuesday the t-72 is equivalent to the More modern m ithe m1ai. The . Tanks Are considered to have Superior weapons sighting and guidance systems and the strategy for any tank War with Iraq is to use the air superiority of the american saudi and British forces to indict heavy Early damage on iraqi tanks. A a there a no doubt in my mind that Wco i since de Here if we have to a said it. Col. Barry walk a. A bring them the iraqis on a rub said. A a aet be the training and technology they be got the numbers Well Lake them