European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes thursday october 11,1990 Mumm crisis in the null americans popularity soars with saudis by the los Angeles times Riyadh saudi Arabia a there used to be a Rule of thumb at american diplomatic receptions Here if you want 20 saudis to show up invite 100. If you want 50, Send out 300 invitations. Call them several times to make sure they Are coming. Things had a Way of not clicking. There was the time they invited a jazz combo to play George Gershwin and the saudis complained about a jew or the time the american embassy decided to celebrate Southern traditions with a cajun band and the religious police scaled off the entire diplomatic Quarter. Some saudis fled the embassy that night in the trunks of cars. So it has come As some Surprise to diplomats recently that american receptions and dinner parties Are suddenly the hot ticket in Riyadh. Now you invite 100, and 90 show up. In one of the most sheltered and conservative moslem countries in the world it is of to be american. A association with americans Isnit tainted the Way it might have been three months ago a one official said. A it does no to seem As daring As it was. I think if nothing else there a a new kind of Friendship that a come out of All of with More than 170,000 american troops stationed in saudi Arabia and . Television cameras probing every private Corner in the kingdom the saudis Are increasingly unabashed about their american flirtations. They Are buying hard Rock cafe to shirts commissioned by american journalists the ones that say a Kuwait City under new they motor Down Pepsi cola Street in the persian Gulf City of Khobiar mouthing the lyrics to a tone Loc rapture with their fingers drumming on the dashboard. They order their Hardeep a cheeseburgers with extra Barbecue sauce on the Side. Americans who launched the old arabian american Oil co., known As Aramco More than half a Century ago and helped build the kingdoms massive Oil Industry Are nothing new to saudi Arabia. Liking americans is really nothing new to saudis. Perhaps the Friendship has simply come out of the closet along with the Little discussed but longstanding political links that prompted the deployment of american troops Here. A the saudis have always Felt a kind of Affinity for the americans a one saudi government official said. A a let a face it the British Are obnoxious. The germans Are a Little bit like a mechanized tank division. The French Are impossible. A a there a something in the saudi psyche that a very similar to what a in the american psyche a he said. A maybe its because the rest of the world looks at us the same Way. The world sees the americans As cowboys you know wild Savages out on the Range and the saudis Are bedouins who roam the desert. A and the world resents both of us in a Way the americans because of their innovation and productivity and the saudis because of their at the Camel Market in Al Hasa last month an american television Crew filmed an old bedouin who was bringing his prize Breeding Camel to Market. He had recently named him Bush he said after the american president. A this Camel is Strong a he said a the is fierce he is intelligent he is a Leader of where politics used to be a subject politely avoided at most mixed social gatherings an american in Riyadh said that now he cannot Stop the saudis a there Are people that i would try to Start a conversation with two months ago who even want to Start. They a say a Why do you want to talk about the Arab israeli problem i know what you re going to say you know what in a going to say. Why Are Yojat doing this Why Aire you wasting both our time on this a now they want to what do they want to talk about first said several americans living Here the saudis want information. What is going on is Saddam Hussein going to withdraw from Kuwait is there going to be a War when How bad will saudi cities and towns be hit also one american official said the saudis a have their own agendas they want to push. Number one is Why done to you hit Saddam hit him hard and what Are you waiting for then they say a when All of this is Over done to forget to do something about a a americans in the kingdom who Are used to a dour reception when they Fly into saudi airports have described being robustly patted on the Back by Airport officials when returning to this country since the deployment of . Troops. One american woman said she was waiting in line behind several saudi women to use a Public restroom when one of them asked her nationality. A Praise god a the saudi exclaimed when the woman said she was an american. A go to the the Welcome has not been All warm. At the mosque in Riyadh a diplomatic Quarter the Sermon two fridays ago lambasted the presence of foreign troops in the land of the moslem holy cities of Mecca and Medina. An Anonymous cassette tape with a similar theme has circulated in religious circles throughout the kingdom. Islamic groups have thrust brochures into the hands of american female journalists and servicewomen explaining the proper role of women in islam. A los Angeles times reporter was detained for More than an hour by the religious police in Riyadh for attempting to interview a saudi government official to whom the reporter was not married. The reception reflects what has always been saudi arabians love hate affair with America and things american a Romance that lures thousands of saudis to the United states for College educations and holidays but later drives them just As surely Home again to the relative Solitude of the desert kingdom. History Laden 1st Cav begins arriving in Gulf oat to to a re a to Quot t a / a Tel. I i a. M a Ltd _. _ saudi Arabia a the army a 1st Cav div whose combat history stretches from last Century a Frontier Indian wars to Vietnam has begun arriving in saudi Arabia. It is the latest addition to the mass . Military buildup that began after Iraq seized Kuwait on aug. 2. Advance units of the division based in fort Hood Texas have been in the country for three weeks and the main body of 17,000 troops is now arriving on the Airlift from the United states. The divisions my tanks Bradley infantry fighting vehicles helicopters and other heavy equipment will arrive by ship Over the next week . Military sources said. The 1st Cav As it is known is the last major army unit known to be marked for news update Princeton club Princeton . A the last men Only dining club at Princeton University has voted to stay that Way despite a state supreme court order requiring it to admit female members. The vote tuesday by undergraduate members of the Tiger inn also reverses the clubs decision earlier this year to admit women and end a 100-year-old tradition. In february the Tiger inn voted to admit women if undergraduate members vote them in for two consecutive school years. Assignment to operation desert shield and will boost the . Troop commitment close to if not beyond the 200,000 Mark the sources said. The division is the fourth elite . Army unit deployed in operation desert shield and it brings with it part of a fifth. The 82nd airborne 101st airborne and 24th Mech inf div sent earlier All have storied pasts. So does the 2nd army div whose a a Tiger brigade of 3,000 troops will round out the 1st Cav As a full size division. The 1st Cav has served outside the United states for nearly 30 years since the end of world War ii possibly an army record. It was first organized As a division in 1921 at fort Bliss Texas drawing together some units that had already earned a Niche in history and remain part of the 1st Cav today. Among these Are battalions of the 5th Cav regt which fought the american indians in the 1850s, and the 7th cavalry a noted civil War regiment. It later gained notoriety under Gen. George Custer at the Battle of the Little big Horn in 1876 when the Sioux and other Indian tribes wiped out much of his command. The 1st Cav patrolled the mexican Border in the 1920s and �?T30s. During world War ii it retired its cavalry mounts to become infantry and joined the 1944 Campaign to recapture the Philippines from the japanese. The division was the first unit to enter Manila the philippine capital a claim it would repeat in Tokyo and again during the korean War when its troops were first to reach the North korean capital of Pyongyang. After years of postwar occupation duty in Japan the 1st Cav returned to the United states to be called on again when hostilities escalated in Vietnam in 1965. By then it had become the army a first airmobile division applying a then untested concept of using helicopters instead of armoured vehicles on a massive scale. The 1st Cav participated in Many events that symbolized both the Battlefield courage and die political controversy that marked the american role in Indochina. It relieved the siege of marines at Khe Sanh battled communist infiltrators along the cambodian Border and was the main Force in the 1970 incursion into Cambodia to destroy North vietnamese sanctuaries. In 1971, the 1st Cav became the last full american combat unit to withdraw from Vietnam. Chili in saudi Arabia a the hotter the better Hatch . Apr As if things weren to hot enough in the saudi desert soldiers Are asking for chillies to spice up their rations. Chili Farmer to Lytle is sending off packages of dried Green chillies and Jala Penos for soldiers with a hankering for something hot. Dried Chili is a regular item in Lytle a shop where she and her husband also sell Knickknacks and trinkets with a Chili Motif. Lytle said she sent some of the dried chillies to her Nephew who is serving in the persian Gulf after he wrote Home asking for Tabasco sauce and Chili peppers to spice up his meals. Over the weekend a Nebraska Man called and ordered Chili for his service member son who had lived in new Mexico. A the word is passing and the moms and dads Are calling a Lytle said. A a the soldiers put it in their soups and Sprinkle it on their food. Of course then the Guy in the bunk nearby sees it and says a hey where did you get that a a Lytle and her husband Jimmy own 600 acres of Farmland and grow 16 varieties of Chili. Lytle grinds the dried Chili sold in her shop at a Large Hammer Mill on the farm. Early Christmas mailings can save Money correction a recent Story in the stars and stripes about operation Send encouragement incorrectly identified one of the groups organizers. Her name is Debbie Powers. Schwet Zingen Germany a amps a getting those stateside Christmas packages in the mail Early can pay off in Nice savings. Space available mail or Sam must be shipped from Europe by nov. 30 to be reasonably sure of arrival before dec. 25, said Bill Tyler of the army postal group in Europe. Its the least expensive Way to get Par cels Back Home. Sam packages can weigh up to 70 pounds and measure up to 100 inches in combined length and Girth. A 20-Pound Box shipped Sam to Chicago would Cost $7.16, or $9.20 to Dallas. That compares to parcel Airlift rates of $8.36 to Chicago and $10.40 to Dallas priority mail rates of $15.27 to Chicago $17.27 to Dallas and express mail Al $30.55 to any eligible . Destination. Parcel Airlift rates priority mail Anc express mail can weigh 70 pounds Anc measure up to 108 inches in length Anc Girth. The pal deadline is dec. 7. Priority mail should also be mailed by dec. 7 letters can be mailed As late As dec. 10
