European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse A ambling in the military nor profits piv7 problems p Day l. The problem Day 2, the Money p Day 3, the illness authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning Iraq vol. 49, no. 221 wednesday november 21, 1990 a d 8693 add by the associated press Iraq said monday it will Send 250,000 More troops into Kuwait. Meanwhile soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev refrained from supporting a . Resolution allowing of Force to resolve the Gulf crisis but agreed with president Bush in Paris that the military option cannot be ruled out. The additional soldiers Saddam Hussein is sending will More than double his country a military strength in the conquered emirate and give Iraq a troops in Kuwait Gorbachev balks at using Force Russ. I ump a crisis in tha m q0if related stories and photos pages 2, 3, 5, 28 superiority a others cannot match a according to the iraqi news Agency. Ina announced the buildup 11 Days after Bush ordered 200,000 additional soldiers to the persian Gulf bringing the . Force to about 430,000. Iraq is believed to have about 170,000 troops in Kuwait and about 250,000 men in Southern Iraq. Ina said Saddam met with his military commanders on monday and decided to Send 250,000 More soldiers. A it is Worth mentioning that according to military considerations the percentage of attacking Force to defending Force is 3 to 1,�?� the news Agency said. A this Means the United states will need to mobilize a 3 million Strong Force with similar equipment and armament to our forces if it is to attack. The superiority will thus remain at its required Standard which the others cannot there was no indication of where the extra regular troops would come from. Is arjm7n includes 555,000 regular and 480,000 reserves. Western military analysts say iraqis reserves Are poor in Quality. Mnnrtsje8ldar army includes about ,000 elite Republican guards who making history a amps Jim Derheim Gen. John r. Galvin Speaks to two of visit to he co 4th in 159th aviation the soldiers a pets. Harry Melinkoff regt As it was Busy loading its equip Center and Rolander Durr right a ment onto rail cars at the Bobingen he says Are a making history by deploy maintenance facility in Germany. See ing to the persian Gulf. Gaivin paid a Story on Page 3. Led iraqis offensives in the closing stages of iraqis 1980-88 War with Iran. They also led the invasion of Kuwait. White House spokesman Marlin Fitz water called the iraqi deployment a another instance of him Saddam thumbing his nose at the United nations. He said in Paris the development a emphasizes that we must keep the pressure on with regards to . Sanctions. It also underscores the cynicism with which Saddam Hussein treats the the United nations has passed 10 resolutions that impose economic sanctions on Iraq pending its withdrawal from Kuwait which iraqi forces invaded aug. 2. Iraq kept thousands of foreigners from leaving after the invasion and used Many As a human Shields at potential iraqi targets. Bush was in Paris for the signing of an arms reduction treaty by nato and Warsaw pact members. He used the gathering to elicit support for a . Resolution authorizing an attack to drive Iraq from Kuwait but Gorbachev walked at endorsing the idea. Bush and Gorbachev met for a late dinner that focused on the possible of Force. Fitzwater told reporters in a joint briefing with Gorbachev a new spokesman Vitaly Ignatenko a we Are United on this Issue. We have a conceptual agreement that Force cannot be ruled he said the leaders discussed circumstances that might prompt a military offensive against Iraq but a we simply have not reached the Point of decision most of the . Troops in the Gulf Region Are in saudi Arabia and Bush scrapped planned rotations for them when he announced the . Buildup. Those first soldiers were deployed after Iraq overran Kuwait and they Are the foundation of a multinational Force of about 350,000 troops. Iraq announced its troop buildup a Day after it said it would free the estimated 2,000 remaining Western hostages in Iraq and Kuwait Between Christmas Ana March a unless something would take place that Mars the atmosphere of Saddam has periodically released westerners including 136 sunday. That see Iraq on Back Page leaders sign historic arms cutting pact p. By the los Angeles times l i a a president Bush soviet president Mik Aii 6. Gorbachev and the leaders of 20 other nations panning Europe from East to West signed a historic vpnt016? monday to slash the vast arsenals of weapons that threatened the continent rough four decades of cold War. A a led by Bush As a the farthest reaching arms the int m history a the pact provides for reducing Mej a planes artillery and other heavy Arma pm if Quot the soviet Union and its former Warsaw ,3 Les v More than 50 percent. It will hold the National arms of the North Atlantic treaty organization close to current Levels. The treaty known As the agreement on conventional forces in Europe or cafe Marks a a grand turning Point in the course of history a Bush said. While the abrupt disintegration of the soviet bloc had already made any near term attack on Western Europe highly unlikely the treaty was considered vital in assuring the Long term Security of the nato allies and after their turn toward democracy of East european nations As Well. Any future soviet attempt to rebuild its present arsenals would take so Long and be so conspicuous that the treaty a makes virtually impossible the kind of Surprise attack that nato has been worried about since the dawning of the cold War Bush a National Security adviser Brent scowcroft said. A the confrontation is Over a he declared i Jbv same time however scowcroft acknowledged that a some problems had Arisen Over the verification mechanisms contained in the cafe treaty. By moving thousands of tanks and other weapons out of Europe and into depots East of the ural mountains the soviets have put them outside the scope of cafe and effectively reduced the number of on site compliance inspections that nato will be Able Tosee pact on Back Page
