European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                49ers, giants stay perfect Bills win 7th straight a sports Page 21 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 213 tuesday november 13, 1990 a a Good morning 25 Dally and sunday d 8693 a ms4 a Fox chemical a detection vehicle throws up a thick smoke screen As it moves along the hot Sand during a desert exercise in saudi Arabia. V a. N a amps Randy Pruitt Bush vows to work with Congress but aide says president May act in Gulf on his own Washington a the White House monday pledged president Bush will work closely with Congress on the persian Gulf crisis but said he might be forced to order military action on his own in the event of a unforeseen kinds of  White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater addressing concerns raised by democratic lawmakers said Bush will work with Congress a every step of the Way. We have no intention of leaving Congress  Fitzwater added a the will follow the constitutional requirements and we would want to consult with the Congress every step of the Way. But there Are always those unforeseen kinds of provocations that might result in having to move first.�?�. Meanwhile there were new signs monday of cracks in the Alliance against Iraq. Egypt a president Hosni Mubarak was quoted As saying that egyptian soldiers will not enter Iraq even if . And other troops attack. However he said his troops could enter Kuwait As a peacekeeping Force. At the same time the european Community said it would urge Iraq to accept a  solution concerning the hundreds of westerners held by Iraq. The dec wants countries negotiating hostage deals with Iraq to work together and thereby prevent tensions among nations in the anti Iraq Alliance. An Arab Summit proposed by Morocco a King Hassan and attended by Iraq also appeared possible. On sunday iraqis ruling revolutionary command Council said Iraq would attend the Summit under three conditions. Those were that Iraq be consulted in Advance on the Agenda that the timing and location be chosen so iraqi president Saddam Hussein could attend and that the Agenda include not just the Gulf crisis but All Middle East issues a including the palestinian question. On sunday congressional democrats cautioned the White House that Congress needs to be involved in any decision to fight several Days after Bush announced plans to nearly double the 230,000 troops in the persian Gulf to provide an a adequate offensive  a the last thing we need is to have a War Over there a bloody War and have american boys being sent and brought Back in body bags and yet not have the american people behind them a said Senate armed services committee chairman Sam Nunn a a. A a we be gone that route one time. We done to need to do it  without saying so directly Fitzwater suggested the democrats were overreacting. A not a shots been fired. What arc these Guys talking about a he said. A a it a not for the president by himself to decide whether or not to go to War a sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan . Said monday. A the has to have the Congress with him. That is the Law. A if George Bush wants his presidency to die in the arabian desert he a going at it very steadily and As if it were a plan a Moynihan said on abcs a Good morning  Senate majority Leader George Mitch see Bush on Back Page going to the Gulf Here s your desert guide by Vince Crawley staff writer with the . Forces saudi Arabia based on More than two months of interviews and occasional desert nights with gis in operation desert shield Here a a Quick guide of what european ground troops can expect when they arrive in saudi Arabia. Arrival if Europe based troops follow the pattern of earlier deployments  arrive by air wait for their equipment to get Here by ship then move out to the desert. Nearly All gis Fly into a Busy military air base in Eastern saudi Arabia they form beside the plane and then March off to a holding area where they Are met More often than not by confusion. Most people say its a letdown. They just spent weeks psych ing themselves up for possible combat Only to be Tolj to hurry up and wait. A you be been running 200 Miles per hour to get yourselves Here a one logistics officer told a commander looking for housing for this troops. A Welcome to the 5-mile-an-hour  if their Advance party had its act together the troops Are whisked by bus to a nearby tent City or a warehouse converted to makeshift Barracks. Some units especially those without Advance parties wait. The country a main Post Exchange is at the air base. Its not big by european standards a about the size of a shop Pette or convenience store in the states. It carries junk food health and Comfort items such As toothpaste tobacco that a sometimes rationed and an assortment of souvenir desert shield to shirts. Troops get bused Here from All Over and its not uncommon to wait in line a half hour to get inside. The ports gis done to like port duty. They re packed into tent cities and warehouses waiting for their ships to come in. This is when they Start desert training and hear rumours about who a coming who a leaving and when War is Likely to Start. The waiting can last up to a month. By the time the ships arrive most commanders Are so tired of it that they drive their vehicles off form them up and head straight out into the desert without looking Back. The desert this soldiers say is where they earn their paychecks. Some live in base Camps or tent cities and go out on missions from there. But Many especially the mechanized combat troops live in their tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles for weeks and months training and waiting. The Sand has been compared to Talcum powder continued on Page 3