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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes wednesday september 5,1990 news briefs deployment of b-52s to Raf Fairford cancelled Raf Fairford England a amps a a routine deployment of b-52 bombers from Long fab Maine to Raf Fairford has been cancelled because of operation desert shield in the Middle East an air Force spokesman said. The deployment which was to have been the third and final one this year was set to begin thursday and last until oct. 8. Usually three to six bombers Are deployed to Fairford from stateside strategic air come bases said capt. David Fruck a spokesman at Raf upper Heyford a Fairford support base. The previous two deployments took place in april and june. The planes normally support nato warfare training exercises. Until Early this summer Fairford had supported Kc-135 Aerial refuelling planes on temporary duty from stateside Sac bases. The air Force units that were once a part of the european Tanker task Force were deactivated aug. 7 As part of a budget cutting measure announced in january by Secretary of defense Dick Cheney. A caretaker Force of about 50 people forming the 7020th air base so will remain at the base about 35 Miles West of Oxford. Soldier killed 1 injured in Cycle truck Accident Stuttgart West Germany a one Soldier was killed and another seriously injured Early tuesday when their motorcycle hit the Back of a civilian truck on autobahn 8. The soldiers assigned to the 502nd engr co at Neureul Cavern in Karlsruhe were westbound Between Stuttgart and Karlsruhe when the Accident occurred at about 5 15 a.m., said 7th engr brigade spokeswoman Virginia Jenkins Fraser. The brigade is withholding the victims names until relatives Are notified she said. One Soldier died at the Accident scene. A German ambulance took the other to the a Solingen county Hospital. . And German officials Are investigating the  sergeant Dies during company run Vicenza Italy a a staff sergeant assigned to the combat support co 3rd in 325th inf regt died tuesday after apparently suffering a heart attack during a company run a Southern european task Force spokeswoman said. The soldiers name is being withheld until his family is notified spec. Lisa Beth Snyder said. The 37-year-old Detroit native was taken to the 45th Field Hospital in Vicenza where cardiopulmonary resuscitation was attempted. An autopsy was to be performed on wednesday Snyder  held in 86 bombing of Berlin disco that killed 3 Berlin apr police have arrested an Arab on suspicion of complicity in the 1986 bombing of the la Belle disco that killed two . Soldiers and one turkish woman a Justice official said tuesday. Cornel Christoffel spokesman for the West Berlin Justice authorities said that a Man he identified Only As Ali c. Had been detained in East Berlin on aug. 27 on suspicion of aiding and abetting murder. More than 200 were also injured on april 5, 1986, when a powerful Early morning blast rocked the packed disco a popular nightspot with . Solders stationed in West Berlin. The bombing led to the . Air raid on Tripoli and Benghazi after . Officials claimed that Libya was involved in the  from Page 1 could offer no further information now on the number of ships or aircraft that would be Lent. The United states has the regulatory authority to charter commercial cargo ships a and other countries have that authority a the source said. The . Request was made just Days after president Bush launched an Effort to persuade allies to help foot the Bill for the . Deployment in the Gulf. The defense department has said the mobilization will Cost about $2,5 billion by oct. 1 and $ 11 billion by the end of 1990. Under the plan the United states would like to see financial contributions from Japan West Germany saudi Arabia the United Arab emirates Kuwait and South Korea in addition to other european allies. The Bush administration is reportedly seeking a total of $10 billion. Nato sources said the United states did not ask for financial Aid at the nato meeting. The Alliance has come under criticism in recent weeks for not reacting strongly enough to the Gulf crisis. British prime minister Margaret Thatcher roundly criticized the european ellies for their Minniel re Sponser and said the europeans were in danger of losing the global Protection of the United states unless they broadened their View of Security interests to include the Gulf. Quot it is sad that at this critical time Europe has not fully measured up to expectations a Thatcher said thursday at a gathering in Helsinki Finland of european leaders from conservative parties. The Only countries in Europe which have done significantly More than the minimum Are Britain and France. Nato allies and the 12-member european Community have supported the . Resolution condemning iraqis invasion and annexation of Kuwait and have also backed the International Trade and military embargo against Iraq. However nato citing restrictions in its charter from becoming involved in a out of area conflicts has not collectively assumed a military role in the crisis. Instead it has left action up to its individual members., other leaders have said the crisis demonstrates that natos charter restrictions on a out of area activity Are  from Page 1 allies to cover expenses of the . Military operation in the Gulf Region. Secretary of state James  leaves thursday for saudi Arabia and the Gulf Region to solicit financial contributions to bolster the . Effort and also to provide economic assistance to countries hard hit by the embargo against Iraq. He also planned stops in West Germany and Italy. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady was setting out on a similar Mission tuesday to Paris London Seoul and Tokyo. Quot we Are going to have to expect More cooperation from the 22 countries that Are participating in this Effort a said rep. Dan Rostenkowski d-ill., the chairman of the House ways and Means committee. Rostenkowski who returned from saudi Arabia on monday night also said on a a lbs this morning that americans Are Quot just going to have to recognize the fact that sacrifice is going to be necessary. I think we re going to have to raise revenues Cut spending be a Little More prudent about the Way we spend our defense  sen. Carl Levin d-mich., appearing with Rostenkowski echoed the Call for More International support. A a we be got to focus on a number of things and one is the Burden sharing Issue. We must get More of our allies there in greater  Levin said the morale of . Troops a is very very  but he said they Are in an a extraordinarily difficult environment and Are getting a no mail yet no newspapers no cigarettes. We re going to have to worry about rotation and Relief for some of our forces/1 meanwhile soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze proposed an International conference on the Gulf crisis that would also take up the Arab israeli conflict and the civil War in Lebanon. Shevardnadze in a major foreign policy address delivered in the Pacific coast City of Vladivostok also said sundays Summit in Helsinki would Mark a a major Milestone on the Road toward resolving the crisis in the persian Gulf.�?�. He repeated Moscow a condemnation of Iraq s invasion of Kuwait and appealed anew for a Resolution by diplomatic Means rather than military Force. The text of his speech was distributed by the official Tass news Agency. A for the first time in history the International Community has acted with. Unanimity and firmness in response to aggression and in seeking to eliminate its consequences Shevardnadze told an International meeting on asian  from Page 1 women and children who want to leave on the iraqi airways flight diplomatic and airline sources reported from Baghdad. One iraqi airways source said the airline was a a unofficially advised to ready a plane to carry 138 foreigners tuesday night to Amman the Only foreign Airport open to iraqis Flag Carrier. One Western diplomatic source said 24 americans Are among those trying to leave on that flight. The others Are britons canadians italians French and Irish nationals he said. In Amman diplomats including a . Embassy official said the iraqi airways plane was chartered by the . Government and was to carry about 200 Western evacuees. More than 700 Western hostages a women children and a few ailing men a have left but the departures of others have been complicated by Iraq s refusal to allow foreign airlines to land in Baghdad and by Long delays in processing their exit permits. The latest Large scale departures were saturday when three flights left Baghdad. Other evacuees have travelled across the desert to Jordan. The British organized Convoy left Kuwait at Dawn tuesday British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd told reporters in tax if saudi Arabia where he was meeting with the deposed kuwaiti government. They were headed for Baghdad in seven buses and a car Fie said and hoped to travel out of Iraq from there. About 148 women and Between 150 and 155 children were reported in the Convoy. A foreign office spokesman said later that the Convoy had been organized for British citizens but it was not known whether some people of other nationalities were included. A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 left Britain tuesday for Amman carrying Relief supplies for Jordan which has been overwhelmed by a human tide of asian and Arab refugees from Iraq and Kuwait. In Jordan the flight was to pick up 150 British citizens and 250 egyptians who had left Iraq and Kuwait the airline said. West Germany said 98 of its stranded women and children have arrived in Baghdad after an Overland trip from Kuwait on monday. Twenty four italians also made it by Road to  from Page 1 Dent. Other reports that the vessel was seized and taken to the omani port of Muscat could not immediately be confirmed. The Only other ship that . Forces Are reported to have boarded and subsequently prevented from Docking was the 91,478-ton Kota Wilrama managed by the Pacific International lines of Singapore. That vessel was intercepted aug. 28 in the red sea boarded and searched and then prevented from proceeding to the jordanian port of Aqaba. Jordan has been one of the weak links in the blockade because of its pro iraqi sympathies and its relatively open northeastern Border with Iraq. The Pentagon has reported that More than 350 ships of various nationalities have been challenged by . Warships in the persian Gulf and the red sea and at least 10 boarded since the . Security Council decreed the embargo. About four dozen coast guard members trained on boarding vessels in the Caribbean to Searchi for drugs have been sent out to help the Navy with cases that necessitate boarding to Check ship registers and cargo  
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