European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                49ers, giants stay perfect Bills win 7th straight a sports Page 21 the Sim ripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed force8 vol. 49, no. 213 tuesday november 13, 1990 g0bd? Hirning. 25� daily and sunday d 8693 a a amps Randy Pruitt a Fox chemical detection vehicle throws up a thick smoke screen As it moves along the hot Sand during a desert exercise in saudi  grow in .-led Alliance Mubarak says egyptian troops won t enter Iraq by the associated press 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. Meanwhile an Arab Summit proposed by Morocco a King Hassan and attended by Iraq 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. The Council led by Saddam also suggested it would not allow certain topics to be discussed. It did not specify which ones. A the part of e Summit should not be proposed efforts to prepare the political theater As a cover for american aggression the against Iraq and the Arab nation a statement said. In Tunisia the Palestine liberation organization issued a statement saying it agreed with Hassanos initiative. Saddam has Long demanded that a solution to the crisis be linked to the palestinian Issue. He made the offer shortly after his aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait. Hassan suggested that the Summit be held in Rabat the moroccan capital in a week. But he said he would attend a Summit wherever it might be held. Morocco outspoken among Arab nations in condemning the iraqi invasion has committed More than 1,200 soldiers to the .-led multinational Force based in saudi Arabia. In an interview with British television Saddam again urged dialogue on the crisis and said he did not believe the world was United against him. The major Powers and a a number of countries Are lined up against Iraq Saddam acknowledged. A but to say that the world is unified against Iraq is indeed not a Correct thing to say. A in the statements of the . And Britain they themselves Are voicing their concern that the Unity a so called Unity against Iraq a is perhaps. Suffering from a split Saddam said. Secretary of state James Baker received assurances from key allies last week that they will accept nothing Short of an unconditional iraqi pullout. However officials said China France and the soviet Union reportedly expressed concern that the United states might attack iraqi forces without giving the  Trade embargo enough of a see Alliance on Back Page going to the Gulf Here s your desert guide by Vince Crawley a a 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 on 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 store 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 told 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. 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