European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Crisis in the Gers related stories pages 3, 4 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 214 wednesday november 14, 1990 a 25 daily and sunday d 8693 Abush vows joint Effort on Gulf but events could dictate he act alone a amps Randy Pruitt a Fox chemical detection vehicle throws up a thick smoke screen As it moves out during an exercise on the saudi arabian desert. 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 meanwhile a Titan 4 rocket the nations most powerful unmanned launcher blasted into space from Cape canaveral fla., monday with a secret military cargo believed to be an advanced warning satellite capable of warning . Forces in the event iraqi missiles would be launched against Sites in the Middle East. The launch came after fuel leaks and problems with a payload air duct had delayed the project for nearly two see Bush on Back pageu.s., Singapore sign pact on bases Tokyo apr vice president Dan Quayle and prime minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore signed an agreement tuesday under which . Armed forces will have increased use of military bases in Singapore. A the agreement will permit the . Air Force to Send aircraft to Singapore several times each year on training deployments of several weeks each a a . Embassy statement said. More . Navy vessels will also visit. The statement m the increase will Start in three to six months. The agreement was signed four Days after the latest round of talks Between . And philippine officials on the future of major . Military facilities m the Philippines. Many philippine politicians have called for phasing out those six bases the lease on which expires sept. 16, 1991. . Officials say they want a a a residual . Military presence in the Philippines in the future. State department officials have stressed that the planned expanded american use of military bases in Singapore is intended to complement rather than substitute for the continued use of the philippine facilities which Are among the oldest and largest . Bases on foreign soil. Singapore is located about 1,450 Miles Southwest of Manila the philippine capital. The .-Singapore agreement was described As a Concrete evidence of the determination of the United states to retain a military presence in Southeast Asia for the foreseeable future a the embassy statement said. About 95 Navy and air Force personnel will be assigned to Singapore on a year round basis and about 75 additional air Force personnel will rotate through Singapore with each training deployment the statement said. Negotiations on increased american use of military facilities have been under Way for More than a year in Washington and s sea mammals operations criticized by Amy Wallace los Angeles times san Diego putting what he called conservative spin on a familiar a Liber Ammal rights Issue a former Navy Ani Wai it Ner barged monday that the form s be Manne mammals to per pm military duties is unreliable and puts incan serve Cemen a As Well As National Security at risk. Reames a civilian who spent Clair years gaining sea Lions for a re pro jets at the naval oceans sea is enter i san Diego said that Meiji is an dolphins cannot be de it. Upon a combat situations. Am a us be just As ridiculous if the Apil hawed chimpanzees to shoot a said Reames who spoke at a veterans Day protest organized by an advocacy group called friends of animals. A a it a not just an animal rights Issue a its a human rights Issue. The liberals can talk about the animals rights. In a concerned about human Reames who trains sea Lions at the los Angeles zoo said that during his time working for the naval oceans systems Center in 1986 and 1987 he Learned of several instances during which animals dropped or bumped into a potentially dangerous classified objects or simply disappeared. Marine mammals inbred instinct to resist Captivity makes them impossible to control he said and therefore dangerous. Tom Lapuzza a Navy Public affairs officer at the Center said that the Navy has Complete Faith in the reliability of its classified Marine mammal programs. In 30 years working with hundreds of dolphins he said a Only she have gone awol a a five of them during storms when they lost Contact with the dolphins and sea Lions Are used in . Waters and were deployed to the persian Gulf during . Tanker escort operations in 1987, Lapuzza said. The Navy refuses to disclose what role the mammals played but animal rights advocates charge that the dolphins Are being fitted with snout mounted explosives. A the system has much greater human control than most people understand a Lapuzza said. A your statements of reliability have to do with How much control we Reames first went Public with his observations last week when he addressed a meeting of the International Marine animal trainers association in Chicago. Concerned that the threat of War in the persian Gulf might mean dolphins would be deployed again he decided to come Forward with As much information As he could without violating an oath of secrecy he took to obtain a Security clearance. A i done to want to see any animals i trained causing the deaths of american servicemen a he said. To win place on the meetings Agenda Reames admits he submitted a bogus abstract for a paper on the history of Marine mammals in Captivity. When he Rose to speak however he explained that he see Navy on Back Page
