European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a the stars and stripes sunday september 9,1990 hardship grows for foreigners in Gulf by the associated press hunger and hardship grew saturday for stranded refugees in Jordan As Well As among diplomats and other foreigners holed up in Kuwait whose iraqi occupiers faced further pressure from a  Summit this weekend. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein told president Bush and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to remember when they meet that a Iraq did not invade with its armies either of your  a i am not saying to you what your decision should be a Saddam said in a statement read by an announcer on iraqi television. The comments were billed As an open message to the two leaders before they meet in Helsinki Finland. Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak also looked ahead to the Summit today. He said after meeting with Secretary of state James Baker on saturday that he hoped the United states and the soviet Union could take a unified approach to the Gulf crisis. A i Hope that Gorbachev and Bush have one line for dealing with this problem a Mubarak said in English. Mubarak who has been reluctant to discuss the size of the egyptian Force deployed in the Gulf Region said a we intend to Send other forces in the very near  he gave no details. Another Freedom flight of americans was expected out of Kuwait on saturday a Day after Saddam a government allowed 165 americans and some other foreigners to leave the latest flights in the week old Airlift. Iraq said saturday it would halt chartered flights to Amman Jordan beginning today because of jordanian complaints they Are overwhelmed by the influx. But a spokesman for Amman a Airport Mashnouk Elkorashi said crowding at the Airport was not a problem. Another possible motivation for the cutoff emerged when the iraqi spokesman Naji of Haithi suggested that the Short haul Charters to Amman were relatively unprofitable for iraqi airways. The iraqi spokesman said regularly scheduled flights would continue to leave normally and the state department said Charters to evacuate foreigners would continue As Well with destinations other than Amman. Five weeks after Iraq invaded Kuwait thousands of americans and other westerners remain trapped in the two countries. Many Are held As human Shields if War Breaks out. Swedish and norwegian diplomats saturday evacuated their embassies in Kuwait but said they defied Saddam a order to officially close them. Iraqi troops have surrounded the . And other compounds where diplomats running Low on supplies have been drinking boiled swimming Pool water and using furniture for firewood. In Dhahran saudi Arabia a . Military spokesman said one Pilot was hospitalized and a second escaped unhurt when a . Army helicopter crashed during a night training Mission. The crash of the oh-58 Kiowa scout helicopter Friday evening was the second in two Days. A Marine corps ah-1 cobra gunship tipped Over after a hard Landing 24 hours earlier slightly injuring both pilots. About 100,000 . Troops Are dug into the saudi desert South of the kuwaiti Border at an estimated Cost of $ 1 billion a month facing an estimated 260.000 iraqi soldiers in and around Kuwait. Scores of . And other warships in the persian Gulf Region Are enforcing a  embargo against the Baghdad government. . Forces gained More momentum saturday when five amphibious Landing Craft passed through Egypt a Suez canal toward the Gulf Region bringing the total number since monday to 12. Saddam who seized Kuwait in a dispute Over Oil land and Money has called on moslem to wage a holy War against the United states and its allies in the Gulf crisis. A jordanian Border official said that 225.000 egyptian refugees were waiting to Cross from Iraq but that Jordan was holding them Back because it was overwhelmed by the 100,000 refugees already stranded in its desert. Y a they Are waiting under terrible conditions for permission to Cross into Jordan to continue their journey Home Quot the official said who cannot be identified under regulations. A but we cannot Cope with such huge numbers before the asian evacuees already inside Jordan waiting for transportation to their Homes Are shifted Quot he added. James n. Purcell director of the International organization for migration appealed in Jordan for ships and aircraft to repatriate the asians squatting in hot and dirty Camps a before human suffering becomes a human  the United states said Friday that it will dispatch 27,000 tons of Rice vegetable Oil and wheat flour Worth $12 million to the Camps agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter said in Washington. The food is to be shipped from ports by sept. 30, a statement issued by the department said. Other countries have pledged millions of dollars in Relief but distribution has been slow. In Kuwait a few foreign embassies a including the . Mission a were still defying a 2-week-old iraqi order to shut their doors. But without Power water Telephone service or food the diplomats were being forced to  from Page 1 ish flags flying Side by Side. To shirts showing the faces of Bush and Gorbachev superimposed on Saddam a visage were Selling for $20. Bush and Gorbachev accompanied by their wives arrived seven hours apart to identical red carpet greetings from finnish president Mauno Koivisto. Bush denounced Iraq sharply in his arrival remarks saying it must be denied the a fruits of  Gorbachev spoke in More restrained terms of the need to ensure that positive trends in the world Are not a thwarted by any  he did not mention Iraq or Saddam by name. Both Bush and Gorbachev made it Clear they were hoping to use the Summit to continue the improvement in relations Between their two countries. A if you want to think of a complicated situation shift the clock Back several years and think about How difficult it would be to work this equation now get the International support that has been gotten but try to do it without the soviet Union being a part of it a Bush said. A clearly i Hope that Well come out of this meeting tomorrow not with every difference ironed out but with a common purpose so that. The United states and the soviet Union will be seen by others around the world to be in Accord in our determination to Stop this ugly aggression a he added. He called Gorbachev a not some adversary a but the Leader of a country a with whom i think we re going to have increasingly productive  a if the nations of the world acting together continue As they have been to isolate Iraq and deny Saddam the fruits of aggression we will set in place the Cornerstone of an International order More peaceful stable and secure than any that we have  he added a much is at stake and there is much the world stands to gain if we  Gorbachev said it was important for the two men to meet personally to a discuss the acute crisis in the persian Gulf and a number of other issues and to cooperate. The White House took pains to minimize the chances for a breakthrough on arms control at the Summit even though talks Are moving slowly to reduce nuclear stockpiles As Well As to Cut conventional forces in Europe. A this is not a negotiating session a one official said. Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze arrived with Gorbachev one Day after declaring he was a ready if necessary to go to Iraq to seek a peaceful Resolution of the Gulf crisis. Bush plunged into a schedule of appearances lasting through the morning and Early afternoon despite his overnight flight from Washington. He stopped his limousine to shake hands briefly with the crowds along his route Between stops. Bush also said he wanted a very much to visit . Troops in saudi Arabia but planned to wait until a fall our forces Are there and things Calm  he said he hoped the american military deployment in the persian Gulf a will keep Saddam Hussein from doing anything  the soviets have been urging a diplomatic solution to the persian Gulf crisis but foreign ministry spokesman Gennady Gerasimov said earlier that the soviet Union would be willing to Send military forces to the Middle East under a military staff committee that included officers from the five permanent members of the . Security  from Page 1 Ward toward the Community of Boron and was visible for 30 Miles across the Mojave desert. Air Force officials evacuated test areas near the fire As a precaution while aircraft flew into the smoke Cloud to determine if it posed a health risk to Boron a 2,500 residents. The smoke contained Trace amounts of Hydrogen Chloride but the slight amount of the chemical and its Quick dissipation posed no threat to base employees or nearby residents Dalby said. Boron school officials however acted cautiously keeping students inside until the air cleared. In addition to the bum victim six others a including a firefighter a were treated for smoke inhalation one person suffered a broken Elbow and another a Cut on the hand. The Titan Booster motor was destroyed and the test Tower was burned but there was no immediate damage estimate and no word on the accidents effect on the Titan program. Air Force officials immediately launched an investigation into the cause of the fire. The Titan 4 is the nations largest unmanned launch vehicle ordered by the air Force after the challenger disaster grounded nasal a shuttle Fleet. It consists of a two stage liquid fuelled vehicle and two solid propellant boosters attached to the sides of the rocket. The Titan 4 made its first flight in june 1989 and its second launch june 8, 1990. Each $200 million Mission launched from the Cape canaveral air Force station near Florida a Kennedy space Center carried classified military payloads. Each Titan Booster which is 112 feet tall and designed to fire for about two minutes has seven segments. The air Force is developing an advanced Booster for the rocket and it was a test version that was destroyed in the  Bri from Page 1 commander of the divisions 2nd Gade. A the Sand Here is pretty much the same a he said. But Villanueva who actually drives a tank in the saudi Sand said otherwise. A Over Here the Sand is too Loose a he said. A the tank can get stuck easier. Its easier to throw a tread when you make a turn. Done to make hard  there is Little for this Crew to do Here. They try to sleep during the hot hot hot part of the Day. Most of their training but not All of it is done during the night. And they think about the possibility of combat and what  do if the guns begin to pop. At first they talk Tough about it. About kicking butt. About running Saddam Hussein out of Baghdad. But then the tune changes. A a it a scary done to get us wrong a Carter said. Quot but like anybody you have to talk junk to get Over the  its not All junk however. If they Are frightened by the Prospect of tangling with iraqis 5,500 tanks they Are More afraid of spending additional Days in this endless arid parking lot with no clue to what s happening. A they never Tell us what a going on a Villanueva said a they just Tell us to move from Here to there. We Are like  a sgt. 1st class Edward Parangan the tank commander agreed. A if we had More information about what a really happening wed have More Confidence in ourselves a he said. A we ainu to got no problem with fighting a said spec. James Parrott the tank loader. A we 11 Roll across the Border any Day if they want us to. But to sit Here doing this crap every Day this is a waste of  whether it takes a War to Send them Home or a lifting of the tension that brought them Here Carter is confident that hell be stateside within two months saying goodbye forever to the saudi arabian desert. ,. A a we re going Back to the United states a he said. And then he added a and the Gas better be 50 cents a gallon