European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Operation desert shield ill authorized unofficial publication forthe . Armed forces hip nigh vol. 49, no. 155 sunday september 16, 1990 a a 25c daily and sunday d 8693 a France expels iraqi attaches urges . Air traffic embargo by the associated press France retaliated saturday for iraqis raid on its official residence in Kuwait expelling dozens of iraqi diplomats and civilians and pledging to Send warplanes tanks helicopters and 4,000 troops to saudi Arabia. French president Francois Mitterrand also urged widening the . Economic sanctions on Iraq to include air traffic. A we will do what must be done a Mitterrand told reporters after an emergency Cabinet meeting. A but we wont be taking  iraqis ambassador to France Abdel Razmek Al Hachimi said Iraq a will take reciprocal measures at a diplomatic level a but did not specify what those measures might be. . Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii met saturday with West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in his latest Effort to gain financial and military support for the .-led multinational Force in the Gulf. After the meeting Kohl announced West Germany had promised $2 billion to the military Effort. West Germany along with Japan had been criticized for not doing enough in the Campaign against Iraq. Japan has promised $4 billion in Aid. The West German Constitution pro Hibits Bonn from sending forces outside the nato area and the japanese charter prohibits deployment outside japanese territory. Both nations however Are heavily dependent on imported Oil. In Iraq and Kuwait meanwhile the economic sanctions appeared to be taking effect. There was a report saturday that food was so Short in Kuwait that iraqi troops stationed there were eating zoo animals. The deployment of 150,000 . Troops in saudi Arabia and about 30 warships in the Gulf area is costing the United states $ 1 billion monthly. The soldiers face about  it a a a a five spitfires and two hurricanes pass Over the Royal Standard flying Over London a Buckingham Palace. 50 years later great Britain remembers its a finest hours London apr spitfires and hurricanes from Britain so finest hours in 1940 joined with jets representing the country a persian Gulf Force on saturday in a Salute to the Battle of Britain. The procession of 168 aircraft flew Over Buckingham Palace where Queen Elizabeth ii and Prince Phillip were waiting on the Balcony at noon. Also in the Royal party was Prince Harry son of Prince Charles. Prince Harry was celebrating his sixth birthday on saturday. King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium and Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands represented Britain a wartime allies. Prime minister Margaret Thatcher and members of her Cabinet watched from another stand. The flight marked the 50th anniversary of the turning Point of the Battle. On sept. 15, 1940, the Royal air Force inflicted heavy losses on the Luftwaffe As it staged Daylight attacks on the capital. Two Days later Adolf Hitler suspended plans for an invasion of Britain. The 300 pilots and navigators were led by air vice marshal Bill Wratten commander of 11 group which fought the Battle of Britain in the summer and autumn of 1940. Wratten piloted a spitfire Mark 2 credited with shooting Down three German aircraft. Two hurricanes and five spitfires from the Battle of Britain memorial flight led the cavalcade which included the red Arrow acrobatic team a Lancaster bomber and some of the Tornado jets like those deed with the multinational forces in the Gulf n the ground there was a Parade of 1,400 see remember on Back Page Ploe 265,000 iraqi troops along Kuwait a Border with saudi Arabia. Aside from wanting to share the financial Burden . Officials Are concerned that the buildup in the Gulf not be seen As Only a . Operation. Baker last week urged nato allies to Send troops even in Token numbers to symbolize shared involvement. On Friday Canada Belgium Italy and Britain promised to bolster their forces in the Gulf with tanks combat troops fighter planes and More ships. The military Effort along with the see iraqi on Back Page Senate riled about leaks of tax plan by the Washington Post Washington a the anger and frustration surrounding the stalled budget talks erupted on the Senate floor Friday As gop lawmakers bitterly complained about disclosures to reporters of a Bush administration tax proposal. A i am sick of playing games a said Senate minority Leader Robert j. Dole a Kan. A i am not certain we ought to continue to negotiate on this basis. It is not going to work if this garbage keeps piling up Day after  a what we re looking at Here Are not random leaks a complained sen. Phil Gramm a Tex. A a we re looking at a concerted partisan Effort to affix the  grievances about the disclosures were also aired at the Andrews fab officers club where a Small group of the negotiators discussed taxes Friday according to officials familiar with the proceedings. Fridays planned meeting of the full budget negotiating group was cancelled and the talks were not scheduled to resume until sunday evening. The revised schedule virtually guarantees that an agreement will not be reached until late this week. President Bush on Friday described the talks As a kind of up and Down like a roller  asked if he expected an agreement at sundays meeting the president said a expected one a week  the publicly stated reason for the hiatus was that staff aides needed time to produce revised Cost estimates for proposed tax changes and Benefit program cuts. But officials said they also hoped tempers would Cool Over the weekend. The tempers were sparked by reports that a package of tax Law changes the Bush administration proposed earlier in the week would effectively reduce the Federal tax Burden Over five years for those with incomes higher than $50,000 a year and raise the taxes paid by those with lower incomes. The income Levels represent adjusted Gross incomes for individual or joint tax returns. The analysis by congresses non partisan joint committee on taxation took into account the proposed changes to Federal taxes including excise and capital gains taxes and revisions of Federal income tax deductions. The committee also projected that a competing democratic tax plan would Cut the Federal tax Bill Over five years for those with annual incomes lower than $20,000 and raise it for those with higher incomes. A there is a deliberate Effort by some on the other see Senate on Back Page