European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Sim lamp amp Helpes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Flag vol. 49, no. 180 thursday october 11, 1990 25 Dahy and sunday Bis Mimi d 8693 a of Jet crash in Gulf kills 2 400 americans others to be flown out of Iraq by the associated press an air Force full fighter Jet crashed wednesday in saudi Arabia killing both Crew members. It was the third Accident involving american military aircraft in the persian Gulf Region in three Days. In Iraq meanwhile 400 americans foreign born family members and other foreigners signed up for the first .-chartered evacuation flight from Iraq and Kuwait since sept. 22. The flight was to leave from Baghdad Iraq later wednesday. Most were being evacuated from Kuwait and were taken by bus to the iraqi port City of Basra. From there they left wednesday morning on an iraqi airways flight for the iraqi capital. And on the new York Exchange the Middle East crisis helped push Oil prices briefly to a record $41.15 a barrel wednesday before falling Back to $40.88 in Early trading. That was 48 cents above tuesdays close of $40.40 and higher than the previous record close of $39.54 per barrel on sept. 27. The upward trend has been caused in part by the slayings monday of 19 palestinians in a clash with police in Jerusalem and iraqi president Saddam Hussein a threat to retaliate against Israel. On tuesday Saddam announced that Iraq had added another missile to its Arsenal and he said it could be launched a against the targets of evil when the Day of reckoning  he made it Clear he was referring to Israel and the .-led forces sent to saudi Arabia after Iraq invaded Kuwait on aug. 2. More than 170,000 . Forces Are deployed in the persian Gulf Region. Saddam has repeatedly tried to link the status of palestinians in the israeli occupied territories with his annexation of Kuwait indicating he might withdraw from the emirate if Israel pulls out of Arab lands seized in 1967. Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir was quoted wednesday by a German newspaper in Berlin As saying that the nations in the persian Gulf will collapse like a houses of cards if Saddam stays in Power. In an interview with the Berliner mor see crash on Back Page Pentagon ban on free smokes Burns lawmakers by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a some lawmakers Are fuming Over a defense department policy that bars the military services from accepting donated cigarettes for their personnel in the persian Gulf. The Issue flared last week when several pallets of cigarettes donated by the . Reynolds and Philip Morris were mistakenly accepted and shipped to saudi Arabia by an unidentified unit in violation of a 4-year-old policy. Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said last week that the unit had been reminded of the policy and that the incident would not happen again. But at a hearing of the House armed services committees morale welfare and recreation panel wednesday several lawmakers said tobacco is a Legal product and should not be banned from the defense departments list of items that Are acceptable for donations to the . Forces in the Middle East. A i am very upset that such a decision has been made a said rep. Martin Lancaster a Democrat from a tobacco producing District in North Carolina. A this is a lawful product that does not cause problems for the Host  it is a ludicrous in the extreme to sell cigarettes As part of Normal Exchange service product inventories see ban on Back Page cleaning up crash Sites amps Lynda Davidson the wreckage of the c-5a Galaxy that crashed aug. 29 at Ramstein a Germany is being Cut into 8-to-9-foot chunks with help from such workers ased Norman of the general support Center at Sermersheim. He a cutting through part of the Wing while co worker Klaus Droege stands above. The pieces will be stored at Ramstein until officials at Kelly fab Texas decide to turn them Over to Metal contractors. Thirteen people died in the crash just after Takeoff on a transport flight for operation desert shield. Go Dies of wound after shooting spree from staff and wire reports Grafe Wohr Germany a Friedberg Soldier who went on a shooting spree at a Grafe Wohr dining facility died late tuesday from a head wound he suffered after turning his m-16 on himself a 3rd army div spokeswoman said wednesday. The Soldier who died in an Erlanger Hospital killed his supervisor and wounded another member of the unit in the incident which occurred about 1 45 p.m., pfc. Jennifer Avema said. The name of the assailant is being withheld until his family is notified. The supervisor was identified As staff sgt. Curtis Scretchen. The other Soldier pfc. Brian k. Norris a 20-year-old welder suffered a leg wound and is in stable condition in an Eschenbach Hospital Averna said. All three soldiers were assigned to the 2nd in 67th Armor regt in Friedberg. The assailant entered the dining facility with a m-16a2 and opened fire on Scretchen a Cook with 14 years service who had been in Germany for one month. Scretchen 32, was dead on arrival at Gra Fen Wohr a military clinic Averna said. As the assailant turned to leave the facility he shot Norris in the right thigh United press International reported. A a he Sok a Avema told up. A the Wasny to seriously injured. He just happened to be  the assailant then fired three shots at a third Soldier who was Rushing into the dining facility but missed him up said. He then shot himself in the head up reported. Scretchen a native of Waycross ga., is survived by his wife staff sgt. Vanessa Scretchen. A memorial service was held for him wednesday at Camp Algiers in the Grafe Wohr training area. Army officials Are still investigating the shootings