European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes Friday september 21,1990 news briefs training Accident in Gulf kills 82nd airborne Soldier Washington apr a . Soldier was killed thursday and two others were injured when their vehicle overturned during a training Mission in saudi Arabia the Pentagon announced. The casualties were from the 82nd airborne div. Their names were not released pending notification of their families. The dead Soldier suffered head injuries and was taken to Fleet Marine Hospital no. 5 in saudi Arabia where he was pronounced dead the statement said. Another Soldier suffered head injuries and the third was Hurt in his leg. Both were in stable condition. The Pentagon said it did not have further information about where the Accident took place. The vehicle involved was an All terrain troop and Armor Carrier. It was the second Accident since . Troops began deploying in saudi Arabia last month to confront an invasion threat from iraqi president Saddam Hussein. On aug. 12, an air Force maintenance worker was killed after being hit by a truck on a darkened  injured in live fire exercise in Gulf Dhahran saudi Arabia apr an army paratrooper suffered a superficial leg wound wednesday when struck by shrapnel from a misguided artillery Shell during live fire exercises in the saudi desert. The 105 my Shell struck Sand and exploded about 100 Yards from an infantry platoon from the 82nd airborne div. One of the soldiers identified by others in the platoon As pvt. Gustavo Torres of puerto Rico was struck in the right calf by a piece of shrapnel from the artillery Shell. Torres was treated at the scene a the wound required Only cleaning and bandaging a and remained in the exercise area while his unit completed its training. It. Col. Ned Spohn the commander of the artillery Battery that fired the Shell speculated that human error was to blame for the shot but said it was also possible the howitzer had suddenly shifted in the desert Sand. Spohn was using a hand held satellite position locator to Chart the exact location of the platoon and the Shell As part of the army a  killed when f-16 crashes into . Swamp Estill . Up a the air Force on thursday investigated the crash of an f-16 Jet that went Down in a Remote South Carolina swamp during a routine training Mission killing the Pilot. Air Force authorities identified the Pilot As it. Col. Barry Franklin Bost 41, of Myrtle Beach . Bost was an operations officer for the 70th tac fighter so at Moody fab 10 Miles Northeast of Valdosta a. Bostos f-16 crashed around 8 30 . Wednesday in Millers Lake a swampy wooded area in Hampton county along the Savannah River near the Georgia Border Moody spokeswoman Dee Tait said. Tait said the unidentified Pilot of a companion f-16 saw the Jet go Down and reported the crash to the Moody control Tower. Military helicopters and boats from Georgia a department of natural resources located the plane about 11 . On land owned by Bostick Hunting club off Highway 3 near Estill. Tait said the second Pilot returned to Moody without incident. Sci to provide free Calls for Gulf gis in emergencies Washington up a Sci communications corp. Said tuesday it will provide free Long distance Telephone service to . Military personnel serving in saudi Arabia in the event of a family emergency. Working with the red Cross Sci said it will provide the service to a a All 50 states 24 hours a Day seven Days a week on an indefinite basis in the event of a birth death or family  from Page 1 thursday that Iraq will Knock out persian Gulf Oil Fields if attacked by multinational forces assembled in saudi Arabia. The official Latif a assayed Jassim also said a Iraq will use All weapons at its disposal to respond to any aggression intended to Force its troops out of Kuwait. His comments were reported by the English language daily Jordan times and were made to jordanian journalists in Iraq this week. Jassim was quoted by the iraqi news Agency As requesting the to time. He did not disclose what Saddam a message says but it is Likely a rebuttal to Bush a speech to the iraqi people televised sunday. The Bush administration will do nothing to try to Block the airing in this country of Saddam a taped message to the american people the White House said thursday. A iraqi authorities have made it known. That they have a tape. We be made it quite Clear that it is not a controlled press in the United states As there is in Iraq a said Popadiuk. A we have a free press. The press is available to do anything it wants a Popadiuk said. He said that if Iraq decides to try to hand Over the tape to . Officials at the state department a we would be in a position to take it out of diplomatic  a we would accept the tape and try to make it available to the american people a he added. However Popadiuk suggested that Iraq could just As Well hand Over copies of the tape directly to . Networks. Three British parliamentarians travelling to Iraq thursday said time was running out for a peaceful end to the Gulf crisis and that they hoped their Mission to Iraq could Lead to negotiations. They said in Amman Jordan that they also aim to win the release of some British hostages. More than 400 westerners including 110 american women and children flew from Iraq to London on wednesday and the americans were to Fly on to North Carolina thursday. The state department said a similar flight sat Washington apr the army and the air Force thursday called to Active duty about 7,000 reservists to support operation desert shield increasing by one half the number of National guard and Reserve members involved in the persian Gulf buildup. The Navy activated three Reserve units wednesday. Pete Williams the chief Pentagon spokesman said the Call up thursday of army and air Force reserves brought to 21,653 the total number of reserves from All services that have been activated for combat support and other roles in desert shield. Williams said he could not say exactly How Many Reserve members were affected by the Call up but by comparing previously reported Call up numbers with the Overall total provided by Williams thursday it appeared that about 900 air Force reserves and 6,200 army National guard and army Reserve members were called thursday. The air Force reserves in the latest Call up Are from units in South Carolina California washing Bonn West Germany apr with joyous singing and handshakes thursday the two Germany ratified their historic a unification treaty a vaulting the last Legal hurdles of a merger that is just 13 Days away. In the bundestag West Germany a parliament lawmakers loudly applauded their passage of the treaty and broke into a chorus of the National Anthem. Members of the vol Skammer East Germany a parliament stood up hooted with Joy and Shook hands after their vote in East Berlin. The bundestag approved the treaty by a 442-47 vote. It was passed by the vol Skammer 299-80. The treaty was the last one needing approval before the Germany unite oct. 3. Just last week the four world War ii victors and the two Germany signed a document Clearing away global urday is the last . Charter planned from Baghdad Iraq and advised All wanting to leave to sign up. So far about 1,500 americans have been allowed to leave Iraq and Kuwait on seven chartered flights but 1,000 More remain behind. Some of the american men remaining behind Are being used to shield iraqi installations from attack. The expulsion of Iraq from the asian games came As punishment for its invasion of Kuwait said delegates from the olympic Council of Asia. Persian Gulf nations and representatives of the exiled kuwaiti government had threatened to Boycott the Competition if Iraq was permitted to participate. British prime minister Margaret Thatcher said the , Security councils five permanent members a the United states soviet Union Britain France and China a had agreed to extend the Trade embargo against Iraq to air traffic. A we know there is a need to have an air embargo and a need to have it enforceable a she told a news conference while visiting Budapest Hungary. The 15-member Council was expected to vote on the measure Friday or saturday diplomats said. Under its terms participating countries could order aircraft headed for Iraq to land or be refused overflight permission. However intercepted aircraft could not be shot Down. The . Embargo on Trade with Iraq was approved just Days after Saddam a forces overran Kuwait. It has been largely successful having Cut off nearly All Oil exports iraqis main source of income and caused food shortages in Iraq that have led to rationing. Saddam has massed an estimated 360,000 of his troops in and around Oil Rich Kuwait which it annexed after the invasion. To counter the iraqi threat More than 100,000 . Soldiers have been rushed to neighbouring Oil giant saudi Arabia and half As Many Are aboard warships sent to the Region. Thousands of troops and dozens of warships from other nations also have converged. The French soldiers including foreign legionnaires gathered in French port of Toulon thursday to begin a four Day sea lift to saudi Arabia. About 4,000 ground troops will take part in Frances largest sea lift in at least 30 years. Ton state Delaware and new Jersey. The services did not say How Many of the activated reserves would be sent to the Gulf area. The Navy said the three units it was activating included 166 reservists but it said not All members of each unit would necessarily be called up. The units Are in California Colorado and the District of Columbia. The army said 28 army National guard units and 34 army Reserve units were being activated thursday. Most of the units provide transportation support while others include specialists in Law enforcement medical evacuation water Supply and chemical defense. They Are from Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado the District of Columbia Florida Georgia Illinois Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi Missouri new Mexico new York North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia and Wisconsin. Obstacles to unification and lifting the allies special rights. On july 1, a treaty merging the economies of both Germany took effect giving East germans the Deutsche Mark and plunging them into the Rigours cd capitalism. The latest treaty acts As the formal unification document and reconciles the two nations vastly different Legal systems. It preserves East Germany a Liberal abortion Law guarantees some social programs for jobless East germans and gives business investors first claim to East German property which experts say is necessary to revive the nations moribund Economy. But it leaves Many of the specifics of reconciling the two Germany Legal systems to a United German parliament to be elected on dec. 2. Army air Force Call up 7,000 reservists joyous German parliaments of treaty