European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes tuesday october 23,1990incorrect addresses delaying saudi mail from a amps staff reports improperly addressed mail is creating a significant delays in processing letters and packages to operation desert shield according to the military a postal service. The biggest problem appears to be that people Are using the a any service Mem Era address to mail letters and packages to specific service members when the sender does not have the Correct address postal officials said. A this incorrect address creates a delay in mail getting to the service member Ana also delays mail delivery of properly and news Brief dressed mail for All other service Mem ers a said the officials. They emphasized that a any service member addresses Are to be used Only for generic mail that is not intended for a specific service member. Individuals who need an address for a deployed service member should Contact the military installation on which the serv ice member was stationed prior to desert shield deployment. Letter writers can also Send the mail to the old address and it will be forwarded the officials said. Those who wish to Send mail to any service member in the Gulf Region should use the following addresses. For army and air Force personnel any service member operation desert shield Apo by 09848-0006. For Navy and Marine corps personnel aboard ships in that area any service member operation desert shield Fpo by 09866-0006. In a related development a military postal official in Berchtesgaden Germany said he has been a a overwhelmed by mail destined for saudi Arabia. The problem is mail addressed to Apo 09209, which is one of the zip codes for operation desert shield said Victor Var Gas. He said he gets Between 10 and 2n letters a Day addressed to Apo 09029 the. Apo for Berchtesgaden. A the military Post office staffed by Var Gas 24 hours a week can handle the Load but delivery is delayed by several Days he said. Mis routed mail must be sent Backun Munich then onto Frankfurt before it ends up at the Correct Apo for dece shield Vargas said. N the armed forces recreation Center has three hotels in the Berchtesgaden area but Only three military people and about 10 civilians Are assigned in comm. Nity support roles. Some troops have converted to islam saudi paper says with the . Forces in saudi Arabia a amps about 25 soldiers deployed to operation desert shield have converted to islam a saudi arabian newspaper reports. The saudi Gazette an English language daily reported sunday that other service members were Likely to convert to the Faith a the religion of the saudi people. J he newspaper quoted Muhammad Al Akkas an islamic propagator who works at the saudi Oil company Aramco As saying the conversions were not part of a pre planned Effort. Al Akkas said that american command officials had provided him with an aircraft to travel to . Base Camps so he could introduce saudi society to american troops the newspaper reported. A when you talk about saudi society you talk about the religion of its people which is islam and their culture and traditions a Al Akkas told the Gazette. A i talk to them in the Way they understand things. The americans have an open mind. They accepted the logic in the islamic  the soldiers who converted Are men who Are Between 20 and 40 years old the newspaper reported. American officials had no comment on the  hike from Page 1 eral times in recent years to give service members slightly higher increases. This would have been the first time since the linkage Law was enacted in the late 1960s that service members would have gotten a smaller raise than Federal civilians. A you could make a pretty Good argument for doing that a a Senate staffer said. A Federal civilian pay is about t o percent behind comparable private sector wages while military pay is Only about 11 percent behind the private sector. A but once it became Clear that civilians would be getting 4.1 percent the feeling was that we had to do the same for military personnel. With operation desert shield and everything that a going on in the Middle East it would be crazy not  Glenn argued on the Senate floor in August that the higher raise did not represent a True pay increase. Instead it would Only match the expected rate of inflation next year he said. A we want to keep Good people in the military but we re not going to do it if we keep sliding like this a he  from Page 1 by the multinational forces arrayed against Iraq in the persian Gulf. Western diplomatic sources said they had no Independent confirmation of Mansoury a claims but added a we understand that what Mansour is saying could turn out to be  they said they understood that the americans released would be a sick or  Saddam in a letter to the iraqi parliament said that legislators should discuss freeing French nationals held in Iraq and Kuwait. He said such a move would be a sign of iraqis Friendship with France. There Are More than 300 French citizens in Iraq and Kuwait. French leaders have favored jinking a solution to the Gulf crisis with negotiations Between Israel and the palestinians Over the israeli occupied territories. Saddam has tried to make the same linkage and in a japanese television interview broadcast monday he said the proposal deserved consideration. Saddam a request reported by the official iraqi news Agency did not say when the parliamentary discussion should take place. To enforce the . Trade embargo on Iraq a multinational naval Force has been patrolling the Gulf it has searched numerous commercial ships and in a dozen cases warships have fired warning shots to halt suspected transgressors. The latest incident began when . Navy and coast guard inspectors boarded the iraqi freighter Al Bazaral Arabi in the persian Gulf. But the freighter continued to sail southward despite the fact that a Navy warship Early sunday fired three separate volleys of warning shots from its deck and machine guns in an attempt to again halt the vessel the sources said. The Pentagon statement monday was issued on behalf of the . Central come which is m charge of operation desert shield. Asked what had happened to the ships cargo the . Central come said a we. Can Only assume it was dumped Over the Side by the Crew of the Al Bahar Al Arabi sometime Between her first boarding and  the iraqi news Agency said the ship was leased by a private fishing company and carrying fish from a the Indian Ocean and african  Israel sets up roadblocks to bar palestinian visitors from Jerusalem Jerusalem apr police sent 2,000 reinforcements into the City monday and set up roadblocks to keep Arab visitors out. Police said the travel ban was intended to prevent assaults on jews. They said they also feared jews might attack palestinians to avenge sundays killings of three jews by an Arab assailant. Scattered clashes were reported monday Between Stone throwing palestinians and israeli troops in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. At least 18 palestinians were shot and wounded by troops Arab reports said. A palestinian youth stabbed an israeli deliveryman monday and an Young Arab attacked a Soldier with an a in a military government building in the Gaza town of Rajah Arab and israeli reports said. On sunday night a Soldier was assaulted by an attacker armed with a knife in the Gaza town of Khan Yunis. A police said a 46-year-old israeli Moshe Koren was slightly wounded in the Back when he was attacked by a palestinian on monday As he unloaded his meat truck outside a supermarket. The palestinian was a delivery boy at the Market. P be police pursued the assailant who escaped by running toward Arab villages in the West Bank the radio said. Also monday family and friends buried the last of the three israelis stabbed to death sunday in Jerusalem. The victim Charlie Che louche 28, was an off duty policeman who managed to shoot the assailant in both legs before he was killed. The two other victims were buried sunday. The attacker was captured and has been identified by police As Omar Abu Sirhan 19, a construction worker from the West Bank Village of us Adiyeh. Police said he apparently acted alone and intended to avenge the oct. 8 police killings of at least 19 palestinians on Jerusalem s Temple mount. The shootings on the Temple mount known to arabs As Haram Al Sharif came after palestinians stoned jews praying at the nearby Western Wall. Israeli newspapers said Abu Sirhan had no police record and that he told interrogators he also wanted revenge because he was beaten by three jews several years ago. Police officials said they would decide late monday whether to continue the ban on palestinians entering  from Pago 1 were remarkably consistent with each other but there weren to numbers to Back up their memories of increases in specific kinds of  the paper says increased stress comes from a number of sources a incomplete and conflicting information financial worries uncertainty about the future inconvenience As base service agencies become overloaded transportation problems and the repeated need to say goodbye to friends and co workers. About one third of the people assigned to Safe move each year. But a base closure is More difficult because All of the people at one location Are moving at about the same time. A the problem is All the Little hassles a Moe said. A base closure Means a greater workload and overwork for some people. But for others a dwindling Mission will mean not enough work. A i think the reason that substance abuse has increased sometimes. Is people run out of work to do. When there a no longer a Mission for this particular work Center. Some people will decide a Why done to we have a Little party. And drink a Little  and somebody drinks too much and gets in trouble a Moe said. For everyone closing a base Means saying goodbye. A was a society we tend to blast past All that stuff with our a hurry sickness and ignore it. And i think it really smoother things if you re thinking a Tittle bit about the transition period a Moe said. The clinical psychologist urged those affected by a base closure to review their feelings about their current assignment and what they want to accomplish personally and professionally at the next base. The paper also recommends that a regular town meetings should be held to keep everyone up to Date. A a task Force should be formed to help meet psychological needs related to base closures and permanent change of Sta Tion moves. A base newspapers should run practical information such As moving tips advice on saying goodbye and keeping in touch. A a Clear policy against alcohol abuse needs to be emphasized. Drinking during the duty Day cannot be tolerated. A policy of giving a Day off for units without Drunken driving offences in the preceding month should be considered. A family oriented goodbye events should be planned. A family parties Are a Good Way to go a Moe said. A the commander gets up and gives everyone a Squadron plaque. He can say a few words about the spouses and a few words to the kids who Are old enough to stand still and listen. And everyone can feel Good about a we re leaving. We did