European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a the stars and stripes thursday november 1,1990 Bush still relies on pressure by United press International iraqi president Saddam Hussein warned his generals to prepare for imminent hostilities but president Bush signalled continued Reliance on economic pressure and military intimidation during talks with congressional leaders. The official iraqi news Agency or Ina tuesday quoted Saddam As warning his military commanders during an emergency meeting that they must be on a High  he said an attack could come within Days. Saddam also warned the  forces in the Gulf that if they attacked they risked door to door fighting with heavy casualties in Kuwait the tiny emirate overrun by iraqi forces on aug. 2. It was not Clear whether Saddam had intelligence that the West was planning a military strike to Force him out of Kuwait or was simply sending yet another warn ing signal to the International Force Allied against him. Bush meeting with congressional leaders and his National Security advisers mapped out a a stay the course strategy with a continued buildup of . Forces that could be used if Saddam a troops cannot be pressured out of Kuwait. Sen. William Cohen a Maine said Bush did not indicate economic sanctions meant to punish Iraq for invading its neighbor were nearing a make or break Point. He added a i done to have any impression we re moving closer to  meanwhile the Pentagon said . Forces would be conducting amphibious exercises in the North arabian sea through nov. 8. The exercises which began tuesday involve 20 air planes and 75 helicopters. A steam explosion killed 10 sailors tuesday aboard the Navy assault ship iwo Jima As the ship was on its Way to take part in that exercise military officials  the diplomatic front iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz said tuesday that soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev had contributed to the search for a peaceful solution to the persian Gulf standoff. Gorbachev the Winner of the 1990 Nobel peace prize told reporters that War in the Gulf is unacceptable and the crisis must be settled peacefully. He suggested saudi Arabia work toward an a Winter arabs solution. Gorbachev a statement came a Day after a soviet envoy failed to win a Promise from Iraq that it would end its nearly 3-month-old occupation of Kuwait. The Palestine liberation organization welcomed Gorbachev a proposal. A there is a serious attempt going on now to reach an Arab solution to the Gulf crisis a Plo official Nabil Shaath told reporters in Cairo. Tunnel from Page 1 since England drifted away from the Continental land mass. First Contact was made using a tiny laser guided probe to make sure the two ends of the Tunnel were correctly aligned. It was Only one Small Hole for the engineers a a just targe enough to get a whiff of garlic said one British worker. The Hole will be widened to the tunnels full Width by december. The first land passage from France to England will be possible when a Small band dug Access is opened Between the two ends of the service Tunnel. Prime minister Margaret Thatcher and French president Francois Mitterrand will shake hands in the Middle of the Tun Nel in january. Bbl radio reported the breakthrough tuesday night by saying that Many britons welcomed the Tunnel but others regarded it As a betrayal of Britain a Island status. It opened its broadcast with a commentary on a world War ii air fight Over the Channel and the words of sir Winston Churchill Quot Hitler knows he will have to break us in this Island or lose the War. If we can stand up to him Europe will be  the linkup came in the Central service Tunnel that runs Between the two main rail tunnels. The rail link is expected to be completed in the summer of 1993. French Engineer Albert Mathieu first suggested a Tunnel in 1802, and Napoleon Bonaparte quickly adopted the idea. It got the thumbs Down in London. Another Start was made in 1881 but it ran out of support and Money particularly after Queen Victoria who was initially enthusiastic because she suffered from seasickness decided it was a threat to National Security. Seven times digging started. Seven times it stopped. Not until 1987 was the go ahead Given on both sides of the Channel and the Green Light kept on. Thatcher insisted that the project be privately financed. Financing the $14.8 billion has not been easy for the Anglo French consortium. Doubts about the projects feasibility have provoked occasional funding crises. But the 210 International Banks backing eur Tunnel agreed to increase their lending from $9.75 billion to $13.26 billion last week. The common markets european investment Bank is providing $585 million and $1 billion will be raised next month. The final Cost at $14.8 billion compares with an initial estimate of $9.1 billion. Dea from Page 1 Agency review was to determine whether he had been enlisted in the drug operation and whether he had been tricked into carrying the bomb. Sailors from Page 1 pan am a baggage operation in Frankfurt was used to put suitcases of heroin on planes apparently without the usual Security checks under an arrangement Between the drug Agency and German authorities the network said. It cited Only an unidentified Quot airline source for that statement. In a statement read by spokesman Frank Shults the Dea said it was aware of a allegations made to the Media to the effect that a Dea operation was used in the bombing. A although no evidence has surfaced to substantiate such a claim we Are conducting an inquiry int these allegations including a review of Case files and Dea operations and activities in the relevant time period a the statement said. Maps probe klan fliers in Frankfurt Frankfurt Germany a amps a military police Dre checking into the appearance of Kun flux klan fliers in the ambassador arms hotel in the Frankfurt military Community. The fliers printed on Kkt Letterhead and posted in several locations in the notel Call for people who Are a tired of rap music aids and being intimidated because you re White to be a part of a group fighting to Stop such things for 120  also found were business cards from the National association for the advancement of White people. Spokesmen for the military Community said the Frankfurt military police Are investigating but would not comment further. A hotel employee found a flier thursday and turned it Over to the european Branch of the National association for the advancement of coloured people a spokesman for the Branch said. A i immediately called the Community commander Brig. Gen. Jay Garner who requested i turn the flier and the cards Over to him a said Arthur Diggs president of the european a act. A the said immediate action would be  military members Are not allowed to participate in groups that discriminate on the basis of race Creed sex or National origin military Law officials said. Service members also cannot be members of groups that advocate violence they said. Diggs said similar fliers have been appearing in . Military communities in Germany for several months. He said the klan is Active in the . Military and criticized Usa eur for not taking a More aggressive attitude about the situation. ,. In response a Usa eur spokesman said a a behaviour that could be interpreted As discriminatory including racist and sexist jokes and slurs is  Jima from the operation eliminated one of the three largest ships and More than 10 percent of the marines in the floating task Force which has been deployed at sea since mid september. After the Accident the ships Captain ordered both boilers shut Down. The vessel was towed Back to Shore for further repairs Navy officials said. Six of the sailors were killed immediately and their bodies were flown Back to the United states. Four others died later aboard the Navy Hospital ship Comfort. Cmdr. Mark Neuhart a Navy spokesman in Bahrain said that the iwo Jima had come to port at Manama last thursday for maintenance on a several items that needed  the iwo Jima built in 1961, is the Navy a oldest amphibious assault ship and has been deployed since sept. 20. In the other fatal Accident tuesday the Marine whose vehicle overturned in the desert died of what military officials described As Blunt trauma. Of the three other marines injured in the night training Accident Only one remained in a Hospital tuesday night. A were from the 1st in third marines which to based in Kaneohe Bay Hawaii. The incident involving the Marine sentry a shooting of three sailors occurred monday afternoon but was not disclosed until tuesday. Military officials said that the sailors based at a Fleet Hospital and travelling in a military pickup truck approached the Entrance to a Marine facility. In what remained unexplained circumstances the Marine then a apparently accidentally discharged two rounds from his .50-caliber machine gun the Marine corps said in a statement. One Sailor was struck in the shoulder and Chest by the rounds both of which passed through his body. He was reported in serious but stable condition. Another was Cut in the face by flying Glass As the  their vehicle was shattered by the bullets. The third Sailor was less seriously injured. Iwo Jima list by United press International Here is a list of eight of the 10 sailors killed tuesday in a boiler room Accident aboard the Navy assault ship iwo Jima. Navy officials said the identities of the two other sailors who died in the Accident were being withheld pending notification of family members 1. Petty officer 3rd class David Alan Gilliland 21, of Warrensburg to boiler technician. 2 Petty officer 2nd class Mark Edward Hutchison 27, of elms . Boiler technician. 3. Petty officer 2nd class Daniel Lupatsky 22, of Centralia a. Electricians mate. Apprentice Daniel Clayton Mckinsey 21, of Hanover a. 5, Petty officer 3rd class James Arthur Smith jr., 22, of Somerville Tenn machinists mate. 6. Petty officer 1st class Robert Lee Volden 38, of new York. Boiler technician. A 7. It. John Mather Snyder 25, of Milltown . 8, Petty officer 2nd class Fred Russell Parker or. 24 of Reidsville . Boiler technician. A iwo Jima displacement beam draft a a a a a in Vlf wll in nyut i 18,000 tons 84 feet 26 feet Width 105 feet boilers Mph 2,3,7 2 combustion main engines geared turbines 22,000 she 1 Shaft Max cruising Speed Crew 23 knots 685 48 officers missiles Sam Raythelon sea Sparrow 2 my 25 oct uple launchers Semi Active radar homing to 14.6 pm at 2.5 Mach. Helicopters capacity for 20 ch-46 sea Knight or 11 ch-53 sea stallion sources Jane s fighting ships a amps s. Harris