European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday september 25,1990 Al in the Golf Gulf briefs Dod sets up hot line on sending gifts to Gulf by the Cox news service Washington a the Pentagon has established a special Telephone number to advise How to Send gifts to . Forces in the persian Gulf. Quot we re asking that would be donors Contact the hot line before collecting their donated items to make sure that they can be accepted a Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said. Quot before everybody goes to the trouble of rounding All this stuff up it would be Good if they give us a inquiries will be handled by the defense logistics Agency in Alexandria a. Before the hot line was set up the logistics Agency had already received dozens of Calls from people offering to donate items As varied As umbrellas and ice Cream. Quot the outpouring of patriotism is heartwarming a said Paul Trkula one of the hot line staffers. A we Are overwhelmed by the response. We Only wish we could take advantage of All the the Agency has had to reject perishable gifts such As chocolate Candy and lobsters. It has also rejected items that Are prohibited by the islamic culture of saudi Arabia including alcoholic beverages pork products sexually explicit literature and items depicting nude or Semi nude people. The hot line number which is not toll free is 703 274-3561,Magazine publishers to keep airmen Reading Washington api a Magazine publishers rallying to provide Reading matter to american troops in the Middle East have volunteered to donate More than 19,000 magazines a month to the air Force for its desert operation. Col. Royd Shetz director of morale welfare and recreation operations who oversees the air Force Library said that when Library staff members approached publishers about sending magazines to the Middle East the responses were invariably positive. Quot when the publishers realized that this was to Send to the troops they All stepped Forward and said a Well do this for free Quot Shetz said. Quot we Are very very magazines or periodicals that might be offensive to the saudis moslem sensibilities will not be included. Such decisions Are being left to military commanders in the Middle East who have knowledge of local customs and cultures. Publishers Are being asked to Send the magazines which Range from car amp Driver to woman s Day to designated army Post offices where they will be sorted and distributed through the military postal service. For now the subscriptions Are Quot open ended a . Times news digest faxed to desert troops los Angeles a the los Angeles times is sending a daily news digest to troops in the persian Gulf using facsimile transmission for delivery. The eight Page digest includes news from the Gulf the world and the nation As Well As comics and sports. The times is sending the news digest to the military command in Riyadh which in turn is sending it to troop units from All the services equipped with fax receivers. In addition the times is working with Marine units at Camp Pendleton Calif to deliver copies of the full newspaper. . Military officials and reservists have said that the troops want regular news . A. Photo caption in monday s editions incorrectly identified two soldiers As members of the 101st airborne div. The soldiers pictured next to a Fox chemical detection vehicle Are members of the 3rd inf dives 92nd chemical co in Gie Belstadt West Germany. Jordan s Queen says . Misrepresenting Hussein Amman Jordan apr american born Queen Noor said sunday her husband is a Loyal Friend of the West an experienced mediator for peace and an honorable Man who is being misrepresented in the United states and pressured to take sides. A there has been a lot of disinformation about his motives a said Queen Noor born Lisa Halaby of Washington . A it has been very although King Hussein has called on Iraq to withdraw its troops from Kuwait he has generally sided with his powerful neighbor Saddam Hussein while still trying to promote peace negotiations. On saturday he appealed to the United states to withdraw its troops from saudi Arabia As soon As possible. Queen Noor did not provide specific examples of disinformation but her husbands reluctance to sever Trade links with Iraq mainly for economic considerations has sparked . Accusations that he has become an apologist for Saddam. Since his Coronation in 1953, Hussein 54, has been one of the United states closest Arab allies. Like their Queen a Princeton educated daughter of a prominent airline executive Many jordanians now feel betrayed by the United slates. A people have this Queen Noor attitude that you Are either with us or you Are against us but this is an attitude that has never worked a the 39-year-old Queen said in the interview at Al May Awa Palace overlooking the bustling capital. A it has never been a responsible or constructive position in International relations. In be seen this attitude in the United states and of course in this Region As Well. A the feeling is that if Jordan does no to declare its position to be the same As that of the other country it is against them and that it is in another Camp a she added not directly naming the United states. A Jordan Hasni to chosen a Camp a she said. A Jordan has had its role throughout history of being a Crossroads. It is geographically a Crossroads and in politics it has been a mediator. It has been a Force for peace and stability. Working always for King Hussein of Jordan writing in a London newspaper monday said he is afraid the world is stumbling toward a a replay of 1914�?� and a War that no one wants but cannot Stop. _ the Monarch wrote in the guardian of the peril of an uncontrollable War that would shake every capital in the Middle East. A i fear the current course of events could be a replay of 1914. To repeat that scenario would be an inexcusable tragedy. If the same Effort by the world Community in the present marshalling of military forces the imposition of sanctions and the commitment of colossal sums of Money were to be applied to a political solution i am convinced it could be achieved a Hussein wrote in a front Page article. Despite setbacks Hussein said he is not ready to give up. A i am stubborn enough to believe there is still a Chance to prevent War. I refuse to concede that events can not be brought under control. A and i cannot conceive that disputants would commit themselves to a War that is so contrary to their vital interests. As for victors and spoils Middle East wars have produced neither Only graveyards for false illusions and seeds for future the Cost of failure would be too great Hussein wrote. A the effects of a War against Iraq will not be limited to the confines of that country. They will reverberate in every capital throughout the Middle East. They will create the very instability such action was designed to prevent. A for these reasons a political solution is imperative a like her husband Queen Noor sunday said the crisis clarified the need to resolve the Arab israeli conflict. A it does nothing for the credibility of the West in this Region to see so much emphasis placed on . Resolutions concerning Oil producing states in the Region. And nothing like the same emphasis being placed on longstanding disputes that threaten regional peace and stability such As the Arab israeli dispute. A there Are resolutions concerning that dispute that have existed for 23 years and have not been implemented a she said. Arabs Queen Noor said consider the . Refusal to negotiate the israeli occupation of palestinian territories inconsistent and unjust. A injustice strikes at the heart of people at their most intense passions a she said. America s 2 Hospital ships in Gulf prepare for casualties aboard the mercy up if diplomacy fails and statecraft turns to War to resolve the persian Gulf crisis the Battle broken bodies of american soldiers will mostly end upon two Hospital ships now waiting offshore. A we Are planning for a massive number of casualties a capt. Paul d. Barry told reporters who visited the mercy sunday. A that is what we Are drilling for. If there were any hostilities there would be great numbers in the first the Pentagon has made formidable preparations for the possible death and mutilation of american troops. The mercy and its sister ship the Comfort Are the worlds largest medical trauma centers on land or sea each having l,000beds and facilities. A any victims of the potential Middle East conflict would be flown by helicopter or taken by boat out to the converted Container ships which Are All White with three Large red crosses painted on each Side in accordance with the Geneva convention. Hospital ship personnel mainly try to stabilize severely wounded soldiers for later evacuation and treat lightly injured troops who can be returned to the Field within 30 Days. The vessels Are designed like medical production lines to Deal with potentially vast numbers of casualties among the some 150,000americans now in the Gulf Region. Patients exposed to chemical weapons can be decontaminated if required and then ushered to a receiving area where doctors assess which cases need urgent surgery which can wait and which Are beyond treatment. A the focus of the trauma medium is on those first few Golden hours said it. A Nide. Martin Robinson who runs the receiving area. A the faster you get an individual to a medical treatment facility the better their chances i Pristine spacious wards Are no different than a Large american Hospital except for Many Metal loops for strapping Down furniture during Stormy weather. But the main difference is that work is either endless training on mock patients or an Avalanche of damaged people in one of the most intense medical environments possible. Medical system anybody has Ever envisioned could Ever handle the tremendous amounts of casualties that you might see in the first few Days of War a said cmdr. Paul Garst 36, a physician from South Holland iii., who is in charge of one or two intensive care units. A you have to look at ways of doing it the Best you can even if it is not the same asm the United sunday was the first meeting at sea Between the two Era cars the largest hospitals each Ca Stalf personnel of whom some 600 Are medi njilcr<2 , in Oakland calif., and mostly operates in the Pacific and the comforts Home port is ?re.�?T has generally been on duty in the Atlantic. A frs be a a they had been Given special a Fth i trains about the Likely effects of the types of chemical an nerve agents Iraq is believed to possess. This w nerve a would mostly be dealt with on hut i f s y a svy it injection of atropine antidote Mere a uld cause More bodily injuries. The a land a of it have bum and skin specialists plastic 22illpu mona7 experts on Board for anyone the 6as and gets blisters on the Interior of
