European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 a a Gulf briefs the stars and stripes wednesday november 14,1990operation desert news to ship magazines to Gulf Charleston . Apr Playboy is not on the list. But Bowling digest is. So is life snowmobile and football card Magazine. Concerned that some Reading material sent to troops in saudi Arabia is not making it through saudi customs publisher Timothy Karnes decided to do something about it. So Karnes who publishes auction guide Magazine has organized operation desert news a non profit Effort to get magazines to the troops. Working with the defense department and Magazine publishers he a making plans to ship thousands of magazines directly to forces in saudi Arabia late this month. The publications have been screened by the military to make sure the contents Are not offensive to the saudis. References to alcohol articles on religious beliefs and photos of women that show a lot of skin Are All considered objectionable. Current issues of 31 magazines have been cleared for shipment. Some Are production overruns. The magazines will be Given new covers decorated in camouflage and bearing the names of corporate sponsors who Are helping to finance the project. Publications approved for shipment include adventure comics Bowling digest baseball America inside sports life the nation space Cadet world Monitor and snowmobile. A snowmobile does no to have a lot of women showing a lot of skin a Karnes said. Karnes Hopes the first shipment of about 200,000 magazines will be ready late this Busy dishing up tips on treats for troops Washington apr an agriculture department hot line is doing a brisk business handing out tips on what goodies to Send to troops in the persian Gulf. Sue Templin who supervises the toll free line said it has received More than 350 Calls about sending food to american service members since the special service was announced nov. 1. A we had a Day care Center Call a she said. A the children had decided they had gotten too much halloween Candy and they were going to Send just the hard Candy and the Candy coated gum should be sent the kids were told. Chocolate melts too easily. One caller had a group of cub scouts in her Kitchen making those Ever popular crispy squares from puffed Rice marshmallows and butter. Templin said those Are less fragile than some items Ana Are Worth the Gamble. Calls Are answered during regular working hours by a team of Home economists and dietitians. Sometimes the advice on what not to Send is too late. A a we be talked to people who be told us they be sent things that their servicemen have already gotten them and eaten them a she said. A one woman said she sent sausages and cheese balls. I done to know How she packed them but he got them and ate from Page 1 ties according to officials familiar with his thinking. The officials said that Schwarzkopf regarded the prohibition and other strict curbs on soldiers conduct As the kind of test that the . Military May face with increasing frequency As its focus shifts from Europe to the Middle East and third world. The no drinking Rule has prompted vocal discontent among soldiers Many of whom have told visitors that their desert duty would be far More tolerable if they were permitted an occasional drink As were gis in world War ii Korea and Vietnam. A How Long can the army expect a Soldier to last without his Beer a an infantry lieutenant complained. The disclosure of the disciplinary actions however Marks the first indication that american soldiers had been found in violation of the ban. In All cases he said penalties were imposed through non judicial punishment which stops Short of a formal from Page 1 Clark spoke in Amman the jordanian capital after concluding an Independent peace Mission to Iraq. Danish radio said Iraq also agreed to release some of the 38 danish hostages held in Iraq. A president Hosni Mubarak of Egypt made a Surprise trip to Libya tuesday and met libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi for talks on the Gulf situation. The visit came a Day after Deputy Premier Saadoun Hammadi of Iraq held talks with Qadhafi. A Cable news network monday reported that Iraq May have used kickbacks paid by american companies to Purchase weapons it used in the kuwaiti invasion. Can also said Iraq diverted millions of dollars from . Department of agriculture backed Loans to buy trucks and other hardware used in the invasion. There was no immediate comment from the Bush administration on the report. Regarding the Call by Lugar and Dole tuesday Bush refused to comment on whether a special session of Congress was needed when questioned by a reporter at the Start of a Cabinet meeting tuesday morning Lugar speaking on the no cd a today show said a i think the president must Lay out now to the nation and the Congress specifically what our Aims Are. Quot and then he must Call for a session of the Congress and set a Date for the return of the Congress to debate those issues and vote affirmatively i would presume so that we have authorization for what is sen. Sam Nunn who publicly questioned Bush a dec Sion to deploy another 200,000 troops to the Gulf air supported greater congressional involvement. A if there Ever is a casebook example of the constitutional Power of Congress to declare War this is it a to Georgia Democrat and chairman of the Senate armed services committee said on the same program before leaving Baghdad Iraq for Morocco Iran a first Deputy prime minister Taha Yassin Ramadan said he was carrying a letter from Saddam to the moroccan Leader King Hassan ii noting the a dangers facing the arabs by the Gulf crisis the official iraqi news seem reported. Morocco has contributed 1,700 troops to the multinational Force that has massed in the saudi desert follow ing iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait but the nation has maintained Contact with the iraqi leadership. Ramadan said Iraq Quot supports any serious Arab Effort on any level that will serve the interests of the Arab but he said Arab summits a should not be forums at which the american Pentagon a policies Are translated into he repeated the three conditions Iraq has set for attending such a meeting that Iraq is consulted in Advance on the Agenda the timing Ana location Are chosen so that Saddam will be Able to attend and the Agenda also include All Middle East issues including the Palestine question. Saddam has insisted on tying his withdrawal from Kuwait to israelis pulling Back from the West Bank and Gaza from Page 1 several times each year on training deployments lasting several weeks each a . Embassy statement said. More Navy vessels will also visit the tiny Island nation about 1,450 Miles Southwest of the philippine capital of Manila. About 95 Navy and air Force personnel will be assigned to Singapore year round and about 75 air Force personnel will rotate through Singapore on each training deployment the statement said. It said the increase will Start in the next three to six months at Paya Lebar Airport and the port at Semba Wang. A i think the agreement shows the determination of the United states to retain a presence in Asia. As a key to economic and political stability in this Region a said a official speaking on condition of anonymity at a briefing. He said improvements that Singapore agreed to make to the port would be minor and added a this is not the creation of a new the official stressed that the agreement is not intended to substitute for the continued use of the philippine bases which Are among the United states oldest and largest on foreign soil. Some philippine officials have demanded Complete withdrawal of the . Military presence. Lee said negotiations for expanded use of Singapore a bases began after a meeting with sen. Richard Lugar rind., two years ago. A i told him that. We could do it if it would make it easier for the Philippines a if it were seen that we would share the defense in Singapore the ministry of foreign affairs said the two governments believe the agreement Quot represents a contribution to continuing stability in a Region which has been Able to achieve very High economic growth for Many weather May delay Atlantis launch t. A canaveral Fia apr the countdown toward thursday s liftoff of Atlantis with a spy satellite proceeded smoothly despite mounting concerns Over launch Day weather Nasa said tuesday. The five member All military Crew was due to arrive at Kennedy space Center this afternoon from Johnson space Center in Houston. See related Story Page 6. Atlantis blasts off sometime Between 6-30 d m Anri 10 30 . Est m Nas filth night Inch of a she tie. Because the Pentagon flight is secret the exact time win not be announced until nine minutes before liftoff. Mission is expected to last about four Days Dut deploy a Saterlie hat rep a a Nasa spokesman George differ said tuesday the such punishment can include forfeiture of pay formal rani1ti? s6?� fo5 enlisted men reduction in rank. The spokesman it. Cmdr. David Knox declined to specify what action had been taken. 0 i.1?161 . Sources however said the penalties included heavy forfeitures of pay for officers and the loss of rank for at feast one enlisted Man. The sources said that potentially More severe disciplinary action was pending Gamst at least a dozen More . Servicemen some of the soldiers who violated the Rule apparent la were seeking to manufacture Moonshine for their own use the sources said. Others apparently smuggled alcohol into the country through the mail or military planes or were Able to buy liquor in local markets. One knowledgeable american offi ii said the stocks of is8 a available in Northern saudi Arabia have swollen m recent weeks As iraqi soldiers in Clandestine visits to saudi outposts offer alcohol in Trade for food and a mfg amp a 0f8cial> h0wwer, a cd St omd a general order no. 1 specifically prohibits the introduction Possession use Saie Tom Fer manufacture or consumption of any alcoholic Beve i age by military personnel and civilians serving with countdown which began sunday night was proceed without trouble. A everything is great a not a hitch a he said. But air Force meteorologists tuesday were Force ing Only a 30 percent Chance of Good weather at Lau time a Down 10 percent from mondays predicts the main concern is crosswinds at the launch site i said. Better weather conditions were expected on Fri and saturday. The Mission originally was scheduled for july but a delayed like shuttle columbian a flight by danger Hydrogen leaks. The shuttles were pronounced Safe Fly after fueling tests last month. Armed forces in operation desert shield. It provides an exemption however for Tho Usaj american service members deployed to bases in t. Gion outside saudi Arabia where local Law permits a to be consumed. The result is a system in which . Sailors on lib Bahrain can drink their fill at hotel bars and Specia Side Beer but army soldiers and Marin played on the other Side of a 17-mile causeway in Arabia Are under orders to stay dry for the Durat their deployment. At the same time the illicit Sale in saudi Arabi potent Clear local spirit known As a a Siddiqi and a quor know As a Brown a As Well As the f availability of Home brew made by westerners Ere temptation to flout the prohibition with drinking known by soldiers to be a pal court martial offence however the violations Unic to Date appear to be exceptional. 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