European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24, the stars and Stripe sunday november 18,1990iraq says . Could face Surprise by he associated press a top iraqi general said saturday in Baghdad that .-led military forces would face Quot a calculated developments should they attack his country. Maj. Gen. Mundher Abdul Rahman a missile expert and head of the iraqi army a morale department did not say what the Quot Surprise elements were. But he said they would thwart an offensive. His comments were in Al Qadi Siya the army a daily newspaper. Britain a Independent daily reported saturday that Iraq is believed to have assembled three so called a super guns Able to fire shells a distance of 465 Miles. In Portland ore., an american who said he disguised himself As an Arab on a 700-mile journey out of Kuwait described the situation there As Bleak and said Iraq shows no indication of withdrawing. Quot its been an incredibly brutal destruction of a people and a country actually much worse than what has been portrayed perhaps to the american people a said Ernest Briskey 59, assistant vice president for International program development at Oregon state University. Briskey was a senior adviser to the kuwaiti Institute of scientific research. He hid in Kuwait for More than three months before his we Klong journey to Freedom. Secretary of state James Baker continued his european travels saturday seeking support for the proposed . Security Council Resolution. In Geneva the Secretary held talks with the foreign ministers of Ethiopia Zaire and the Ivory coast Alt members of the 15-nation Security Council. On Friday Baker met with top officials of the 12-nation european Community. Diplomats at the United nations said Baker is lobbying foreign ministers from the Security Council nations to vote in person on any use of Force Resolution. Baker on Friday rejected a suggestion from soviet envoy Yevgeny Primakow that a a flexible linkage be drawn Between an iraqi pullout and a conference on the israeli palestinian dispute. A news blackout remained in effect saturday on the six Day Allied Gulf military exercises which began thursday. The main amphibious Landing by elements of the 4th Marine expeditionary forces was to be held sunday about 100 Miles South of the kuwaiti Border. News reports have said other Maneu vers could come within 10 Miles of the iraqi kuwaiti Border. No live ammunition will be fired officials said. The exercises involve about 1,100 ., a news briefs saudi and British warplanes and Lei Chin i meanwhile saturday in Amman j j Dan King Hussein who has been d i tent to Side with the West in the Gulf crisis harshly criticized the Une states for applying what he called double standards m the persian Gulf crisis. F addressing the opening session of pm lament the King suggested that Anvis Tion to the Gulf standoff should bely to the Arab israeli conflict. Saddam he taken the same position. 1 in Algiers Algeria a dissident Pale Tinian wanted in the West for terror threatened attacks on . Inter i around the world if War Breaks out in thl Gulf. 1 Abul Abbas made the comment on Abel Nan television Friday. He is wanted for thl october 1985 attack on the Achille Laud Ocean liner in which a passenger Lej Klinghoffer of new York was killed a Bush vetoes sanctions involving chemical arms by the Washington Post Washington a president Bush has vetoed by refusing to sign legislation imposing mandatory Trade sanctions on nations that use chemical weapons or companies that Aid development of Poison Gas and germ warfare the White House announced Friday night. The legislation which was aimed partly at containing the Sale of chemical weapons technology to Iraq and other nations in the Middle East i explaining the pocket a a the major flaw. Is not the requirement of sanctions but the rigid Way in which they Are imposed a Bush said of the Bill a provisions requiring a minimum one year prohibition of . Trade with those companies that Aid the spread of such  says sabotage was aim of network Berlin apr the Job of the German Branch of the Western alliances secret a glad Ion anti communist network was to form sabotage and resistance forces behind enemy lines a Magazine said saturday. The German government said Friday the German Branch still exists and would be dissolved. A government spokesman who did not want to be identified said the units would not have been assigned to conduct behind the lines sabotage operations. The weekly Magazine Spiegel said in its monday edition made available earlier to other news Media that the German Branch was known by the English name a stay behind organization and had been operating in Germany since 1959. Shuttle to land monday Cape canaveral Fla. Up Amateur sky watchers in Florida and Texas located what appears to be the space shuttle Atlantis secret spy satellite payload indicating the secret primary goal of the flight has been accomplished. Nasa broke its official silence Friday to announce that Atlantis and its five member Crew were scheduled to Glide to a Landing monday at Edwards fab in californians Mojave desert to close a four Day Mission the last fully classified shuttle flight currently planned by Nasa. The goal of the flight apparently was accomplished late thursday or Friday with the launch of a top secret cargo that analysts speculated was either a photo reconnaissance satellite or an electronic eavesdropping spy station capable of intercepting radio communications from the ground. The spacecraft May be used in part to Monitor activities in the persian Gulf Region to support  Page 1 stake in the Security of Eastern Europe. Both in his Wenceslas Square speech and in an earlier address to the National Assembly the nations parliament Bush offered Hope of new . Economic assistance to the fledgling democracy. A we know this is a difficult time for you but also a time of extraordinary optimism a he told the crowd in the Square winning loud applause. A America will not fail you in this decisive moment. America will stand with  earlier he said final agreement was reached saturday granting Czechoslovakia most favored nation Trade status permitting it to Deal with the United states at the lowest possible tariffs and import fee rates. A a a Fth said,h5 Aiso would ask Congress for $60 million to create a fund to Spur . Investment Here. Bush was to spend thanksgiving with . Forces in the desert shield although it typically takes a month of More to test and activate such sophisticated satellites. Nasa officials would not comment on when the astronauts planned to launch their secret payload bul Sean Sullivan an Amateur satellite tracker who Roul timely follows shuttle missions said Independent sight Ings in Texas and Florida on Friday evening confirmed the satellites deployment. A Nasa officials planned to announce Atlantis exact Landing time sunday but sources said the Mission Wai. Scheduled to last three Days 23 hours and 55 minutes which would result in a Landing monday at 23 43 Green wich mean time. J on Board Are commander Richard Covey 44, an Ait Force colonel Navy cmdr. Frank Culbertson 41, the co Pilot army maj. Charles Gemar 35 Marine corps col. Robert Springer 48 and air Force it. Col. Carl Meade who turned 40 Friday. Gulf Region and then end his eight Day trip on Friday with a visit to Egypt for talks on the showdown with Iraq. 1 administration officials accompanying Bush said the United states soon would ask Moscow iraqis Formen chief arms supplier whether it had supplied medium Range ss-12 missiles to Baghdad in the past. J such weapons could be capable of carrying chemical warheads. Moscow under a treaty with the United states was required to destroy these missiles. Bush meets separately on tuesday in Paris with sow president Mikhail Gorbachev. In his Wenceslas Square speech Bush presented Havel with a replica of the Liberty Bell that hangs in philae Delphia to a help you proclaim your new Liberty through out the  1 he also promised to take Steps to return to the countr a 70-year-old draft of a proposed czechoslovakian Declai ration of Independence that is in the Library of Congress in Washington. The draft was presented to president Woodrow Wilson by Tomas Masaryk Czechoslovakia first president. 1gulffrom Page 1 bar to her re enlistment. A i love my kids More than i love this career a she said. A family care plan can be disruptive even when it works. Until this month James Givens 14, looked Forward to spending the ninth Grade at Stuttgart High living with his parents and his 3-year-old sister. This Welc Givens bids his Soldier Mother goodbye As she leaves for operation desert shield. He and his sister will then Fly to the United states. Hell live with a grandmother in Georgia while his sister stays with another grandmother in Pennsylvania. In the meantime Givens father is preparing for his own desert shield deployment. Stuttgart Lith grader Teri Peny 16, said she also is returning to the United states where shed rather be anyway while her single Mother goes to saudi Arabia. She has reservations about living in South Carolina with her grandmother whom she described As strict and hard of hearing. But that a where she and her 15-year-old sister expect to go a unless they stick us in a Foster Home she said adding a i ainu to Zoine to stand for  Perry said All but two of about 30 students in her English class have at least one Parent headed for the persian Gulf area although most of her classmates plan to stay in Stuttgart while the schools Are losing some students administrators Are More concerned about dealing with the deployments effect on those who remain said Smith Reeves the assistant superintendent of the Stuttgart school District. An army exceptional family member service psychologist is conducting an afternoon seminar at each school in the District so teachers can learn to recognize and Deal with signs of student stress in times like this every teacher is going to be a Counselor at one time or another Reeves said. Quot every student has some teacher they can talk with. That a who we re trying to get All teachers involved in Godwin civif11?01 Psychol Gist Thomas Godwin said he has advised teachers not to take a business As usual approach to classroom work now and to watch for prob Isuf u a that May reflect stress at Teu Quot  aches a a pro vide we the oif Tsi Fusei Surry sate parents. Godwin said a a a a a s6c0ns Best it a Ita wll Ulf found pm its joined the military hoping they would never have to serve Dunn a crisis said Nancy Cook the Stuttgart Community s schools officer. But now a crisis is summoning them sometimes with As Little As three Days notice and the Surj prise is taking a toll on All a departing troops As Well As the spouses and children who remain in Europe. 1 a in some cases these spouses Are going to be dealing with so Many different 4ssuea they re not going to realize that their kid will be the first to suffer the effects of this a Cook said. J Patch principal John Brokaw said he ascribes some recent erratic student Beha Vioa to the deployments. A child psychologist from the army Hospital at nearby Barf Cannstatt is scheduled to meet this weely with Patch students whose parents Are i playing he said. Brokaw said he encouraged his teacher to be Alert for times when students Are distracted by the events going on Rountr them. A a it Sok to let the curriculum slip for few minutes and talk about it a he said