European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 1, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3 crisis in the Gulf pilots on both sides avoid hostile moves in skies Over Gulf Long first Day a an unidentified member of the 265th guard unit is one of those activated for quartermaster det relaxes thursday in service in saudi Arabia and Thuv slav Marine who refused Gulf duty is confined Honolulu apr the military has confined to Barracks a Corporal who went on a hunger strike and refused deployment with his unit because he opposes . Involvement in the persian Gulf crisis. Cpl. Jeffrey Paterson 22, refused to leave with members of his unit part of the 1st Marine expeditionary brigade when it was deployed to saudi Arabia on wednesday said staff sgt. Christopher Grey a Public affairs officer at Kaneohe Manne corps air station. No charges have been filed against Paterson Grey said. He was confined to his Barracks area and could face charges of disobeying lawful orders and missing movement he said. Eric Seitz a lawyer for Paterson said he was unable to Contact his client thursday. He charged Marine officials with unlawfully  4 a a / Paterson of Hollister Calif., filed for conscientious objector status aug. 17, citing his opposition to . A a interventionist policy in the Middle East. He has been on a hunger strike since aug. 24 to draw attention to his situation. A a a preliminary recommendation issued wednesday said Paterson a request for conscientious objector status should be denied. A final decision on the request will be made by the office of the commandant of the Marine corps a base spokesman capt. Leonard Ryan said earlier in the week. Seitz said he expects the request to be denied and will seek an Appeal in Federal court if it is. In the preliminary recommendation an investigating officer said that although he found Paterson sincere in his position it was based on political a and not moral considerations. A the has read a few books talked with some people who influenced him and now bums with the Zeal of the convert a the recommendation read. The committee to defend Jeff Paterson a group of local peace activists who have taken up his cause called Paterson a strike a Victory because it kept him from going to the Mideast against his will. A the has successfully carried through on his Promise to fight this War a the group said in a written statement. On tuesday Lance Cpl. Eric Glen Larsen of the 4th Light anti aircraft missile in at Hayward Calif., also filed for conscientious objector status to avoid persian Gulf duty. Larsen cited his religious beliefs. Aboard the Independence apr despite earlier reports of cat and mouse Maneu vers . Navy officers say american and iraqi fighters have been steering Clear of each other and Are careful not to Cross Boundary lines. Officers aboard the aircraft Carrier Independence said thursday that . Navy forces were operating cautiously so As not to provoke a confrontation while the United nations tries to negotiate a Resolution to the standoff caused by iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait. . Pilots of the Carrier based f-14s and f 18s Are stopping Short of Waters off Kuwait. Iraqi pilots also appear to be staying Well behind kuwaiti and iraqi Borders said rear adm. Jerry Unruh commander of the Independence Battle group. Jets launched from the Independence Are conducting missions in the Gulf. Iraq has also avoided moves that would indicate hostile intentions he said. Unruh attributed iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein a caution to the deterrent posed by the International Force and economic sanctions imposed against Iraq. Last week there were reports that american pilots had locked their weapons radar on iraqi planes in what one Crew chief described As a a Little  he said however that the iraqis had refused to go along with the game. The reports were not confirmed by the Pentagon or . Commanders in saudi Arabia. Unruh spoke to reporters aboard the Independence a Forrestal class Carrier stationed just South of the Gulf. The f-14s and f-18s Are being launched North into the Gulf to protect other naval vessels patrolling the area. Unruh said Iraq has exocet and silk womb missiles in Kuwait a but we have no indication that they Are ready to employ them for use against our ships or  As for the embargo Unruh said ., British and French ships surrounding the arabian Peninsula were tracking 50 to 75 ships a Day in their efforts to keep commercial vessels from leaving or entering iraqi territory. The Force has made exceptions for those ships carrying Medicine. Unruh said few problems have been associated with the crowded airspace in the area. In addition to commercial traffic the skies Are filled with hundreds of military jets and transports for the multinational defense of saudi Arabia. But one of the carriers Squadron leaders said fighter pilots were carrying fewer Long Range missiles on their missions because they wanted to make visual identification of All targets. A one of our worries is fratricide a said Squadron commander Sel laughter of the Black knights f-14 unit. Another Squadron commander Dave Nickle paused when asked How he would feel if assigned to attack an iraqi target knowing the site might also House Western hostages. Nickle glanced Down at the floor for several seconds before saying a your Job is to go hit that target and that a what we re going to do. Somebody else has to worry about  Jesse Jackson discusses crisis with Saddam iraqi minister Nicosia Cyprus apr the Rev. Jesse Jackson met thursday with iraqi president Saddam Hussein and foreign minister Tariq Aziz to discuss the persian Gulf crisis officials said. Jackson who flew to Iraq for the . Television show a inside edition a met first with Aziz who explained to him the reasons behind iraqis annexation of Kuwait said the official iraqi news Agency monitored in Cyprus. A Gaziz explained iraqis historical and legitimate rights in Kuwait and president Saddam Hussein s initiative on aug. 12 As being the sound foundation for reaching just and equitable solutions for All issues from which the Region suffers particularly the suffering of the palestinian people a Ina said. On aug. 12, Saddam offered to withdraw from Kuwait if Syria pulled out of Lebanon Israel left the Gaza strip and West Bank and . Forces withdrew from saudi Arabia. Iraq invaded Kuwait on aug. 2. Later a government spokesman said the . Civil rights Leader met with Saddam. No details of that meeting were released immediately. Jackson an unsuccessful candidate for the democratic presidential nomination in 1988, flew to the Middle East earlier this week seeking a peaceful solution to the crisis. . To push Energy conservation Marine Cpl. Jeffrey Paterson attends a wednesday oily in his support before being confined to Barracks. New York apr the Federal government will raise Domestic Oil production and launch its first Energy conservation advertising Campaign in More than a decade Energy Secretary James Watkins said in fridays new York times. He described the Campaign As a response to the persian Gulf crisis. The United states imported about 700,000 barrels a Day from Iraq and Kuwait before the . Embargo was imposed. By december the shortfall will be made up by increasing production at alaskans Prudhoe Bay Watkins said in an interview. The enemy department also is seeking another 30,000 barrels a Day from Texas and 50,000 barrels More from companies that have developed Oil reserves off the coast of Santa Barbara Calif. The new Energy saving Campaign will begin in mid september. It will urge americans to conserve Oil through such measures As inflating their tires to maximum pressure driving More fuel efficient cars and observing Speed limits. If everyone responded to those Steps almost 200,000 barrels of Oil could be saved daily Watkins said. The department also will promote the use of gasohol. Drivers of the Energy departments More than 12,000 cars and trucks were directed thursday to begin buying alcohol blended fuels in an Experiment to measure fuel savings. Watkins said he hoped the program would a Send signals to the private sector that wed like them to do  the department has decided not to Speed up the drafting of a new National Energy policy to make the country More fuel efficient. That policy is to be delivered to the White House in december and to Congress in the Spring