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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday november 28,1990army Calls up 10,567 guard troops Washington a the army on monday ordered 10,567 National guard combat troops to report for Active duty Friday in support of operation desert shield and it said dozens of other Reserve units have been alerted for possible non combat duty. The combat forces called up which were alerted nov. 16 that they would be activated Are the first units among the army Reserve combat forces to be activated in the persian Gulf crisis. More than 45,000 other army citizen soldiers put on Active duty since August Are in non combat roles  As transportation or medical services. The army said monday it had alerted an unspecified number of National guard and army Reserve members from 30 states and puerto Rico that they May be called up soon for non combat duty in desert shield. Separately the Marine corps disclosed news briefs that it is sending to the Gulf the 6th Marine expeditionary brigade a regular unit of about 15,000 marines based at Camp Lejeune . Three Marine expeditionary brigades already Are in the Gulf area and the Pentagon announced nov. 8 that the 5th Marine expeditionary brigade of Camp Pendleton calif., was heading there. Maj. Nancy j. Laluntas a spokeswoman at Marine corps Headquarters said the 6th brigade would link up in saudi Arabia with a Squadron of ships carrying equipment and 30 Days of supplies from Norfolk a. The army said the 48th inf brigade Mech of Georgia and the 256th inf brigade Mech of Louisiana were ordered to report for Active duty Friday. Also reporting will be two smaller combat units the 1st in of the 263rd Armor from Mullins s.c., and a battalion of the 152nd Armor from Oneonta Ala. The army gave no other details but officials said last week that the Georgia brigade and the Mullins battalion would form an a Independent Quot unit for possible deployment with the 24th inf div Mecha regular army division from fort Stewart ga., already in saudi Arabia. The Louisiana brigade and the Oneonta battalion Are to bring to full strength the 5th inf div Mech of fort Polk la., a regular army division that the Pentagon last week said May be sent to saudi Arabia. The announcement made no mention of the 155th army brigade of Mississippi a National guard combat unit that the army last week said would be ordered to Active duty and be made part of the 4th inf div Mech of fort Carson colo., a regular division that has not yet been deployed to saudi Arabia. About 130,000 army troops already Are deployed in saudi Arabia As part of a 230,000-Man . Military Force that pm ident Bush has said May be used to Trot liberate Kuwait. Additional . Ford s up to 200,000 Are heading to the Gulf. Bob Harper spokesman for the my a Sippi army National guard said s 155th was told by the defense denart1 ment last Friday to expect to be activated about dec. 7. U Harper speculated that the 155th Walt not activated at the same time As the ton other National guard brigades because the army a National training Center a fort Irwin calif., cannot handle All three brigades at the same time. The brigades Are to undergo desert warfare training at fort Irwin before the Pentagon decides whether they Are proficient enough to be deployed to saudi Arabia. The 141st inf in of Mcallen Texas is expected to be activated with the 155th of Mississippi although it was not included in mondays  troops Given of to resist armed attacks Moscow up a president Mikhail Gorbachev tuesday gave soviet soldiers the right to open fire if they Are attacked by armed groups and vowed that a we will maintain  soviet soldiers this month have come under growing harassment in the Baltic republics of Latvia and Lithuania where they Are taunted As occupiers. A i consider it necessary to respond with weapons if army detachments come under organized armed attack a Gorbachev said. A this  armed attacks is not democracy it is lawlessness and we Are going to maintain  during operations in Armenia and Azerbaijan the last two years Many soldiers were wounded. Many claimed a some in bedside television interviews a that they withheld their fire rather than shoot at  orders Swiss state to open politics to women Lausanne Switzerland apr Switzerland a last bastion of male supremacy was swept away tuesday by a supreme court judgment that a tiny Catholic state must allow women to play an Active role in politics. The Federal tribunal ruled that Appenzell inner Rhodes violated Swiss sexual Equality Laws by refusing to let women participate in its annual legislative Assembly. It said that with immediate effect women must be allowed to vote at the Assembly and All local elections a and hence be eligible for political office a in the enclave in Northeast Switzerland. The unanimous decision by one female and six male judges followed three separate complaints from Appenzeller of both sexes challenging the exclusion of  Bill targets Milli Vanilli style fakes Boston apr two state lawmakers filed a Mil monday to prevent singing groups like the pop duo Milli Vanilli from giving the audience nothing but lip service in Massachusetts. A if you pay a real Money for a concert you ought to get a real live music in return a rep. Kevin Poirier said. The Bill would require promoters to disclose whether any part of a performance consists of prerecorded vocals. Ticket agents would also be required to notify concertgoers of plans for the headline performer to use prerecorded vocals. Under the Bill ticket agents could be fined up to $5,000 and promoters up to $50,000 for violations. Similar legislation has been proposed in new York and new Jersey. Both were introduced before the revelation two weeks ago that the Milli Vanilli duo of Fabrice Morvan and Rob pilatus did not sing in concerts or on their album. Bush on 1st visit to Mexico Calls for world Trade Accord Monterrey Mexico up a president Bush said tuesday that while the United states endorses a common Market it rejects a the idea of a world divided into isolated trading  he made the remarks in an address to the Monterrey Community As he wound up two Days of talks with mexican president Carlos Salmas de Gortar. A was we meet a Bush said on his first visit to Mexico As president a we Are poised to conclude negotiations on International Trade that will bring greater Opportunity to our Peoples. We must press now for the successful conclusion of the world Trade talks known As the Uruguay round of Gatt general agreement on tariffs and Trade. A the critical moment is at hand a Bush added. A we must not let the Uruguay round  the world Trade negotiations Are stalled Over european agricultural subsidies. A was two of the worlds largest economies we must insist that All our trading partners act in a spirit of fairness and openness a Bush said in the mexican Industrial Metropolis often likened to Detroit. A we know All too Well that Trade distorting subsidies and artificial barriers create winners and losers before the game even begins a he said. A we must insist that Trade with the nations of Europe Asia and elsewhere at the very least be conducted on a level playing  Bush said that a bilateral agreement on free Trade will allow the United states and Mexico a to expand mar Kris. A it will allow us to expand Opportunity a he said adding that when  an Accord is reached by 1992, both countries will be Able to produce goods and services m1?. Are world class competitive a furthermore he said it will be Good for american and mexican  from Page 1 friends insisted majors own views were More Liberal than Many supposed. He described himself As conservative on economic issues but Liberal on social issues. Thatcher said she was a a thrilled by the result a la a Reify sized the self-5eliant, hard working achieve Thatcher encouraged. Bom March 29, 1943, he was the son of a circus performer left school at 16 and was a labourer and at one time a welfare recipient. Major became a banker and conservative party activist St of a cited a  in first Thatcher Victory ten int appointed to a Junior ministerial Post in 1985, then to the no. 2 position in the Treasury in 1987 he Emero Eri As a inc Cottlo  a i look Forward to the Day when we will meet to sign our names to a free Trade agreement that will write a new Page in North american history a he said. A but while we endorse a common Market a he added a we reject the idea of a world divided into isolated Trad ing blocs. The United states and Mexico must set an example for All  the president also touched on the persian Gulf crisis in his speech saying Mexico and the United states a stand United in rejecting  in remarks before the Monterrey Community Salinas also denounced iraqi president Saddam Hussein a takeover of Kuwait. A no nation which respects the Rule can allow the impunity of the aggression against Kuwait to stand a Salinas said. Bush praised Mexico for increasing its contribution to the world Oil Market at a time of heavy tension and thanked the mexican people a for your world  on tuesday morning Bush and Salinas held the second in a pair of one on one meetings and also met at a working breakfast with a few dozen business leaders from the United states and Mexico. The breakfast session dealt with accelerated efforts by the United states and Mexico to reach a free Trade pact which the . Chamber of Commerce estimates would double Over the next 10 years the $52 billion in Trade Between the two North american neighbors. The formal negotiations on the free Trade agreement which will parallel the Trade agreement reached with Canada last year Are to begin next year. During Bush a two Day visit to Mexico he and Salinas also discussed a variety of other topics including the War on drugs efforts to reduce Border violence and the Protection of the environment. The government has until mid-1992 to Call an elect recent opinion polls however suggested that any i Leader would greatly enhance tory popularity and i was rated As favourably As Heseltine. A major has indicated he would review the widely a poll tax a which replaced the property tax with a charge against All adults no matter How wealthy. He entered the leadership race jointly with i whose position As foreign Secretary appears secure. Tall and deliberate major has neat Gray hair clean features and a quiet manner of speech nearly free of inflections of class and geography that still Pige Nhok Many britons. He sees increased social mobility As a one of the or it est achievements of the last 10 years and says his go a genuinely classless society in which people a i whatever level that their own abilities and the Fortune May take  it be can Risi Leir own g once asked if he regretted not having gone to in  said a not a bit. Us a guv frument mat Nave been the been of immense value to me to have Bee Tom by controversy Over european policy and local taxes ence and to know what it was 111 and depressed after months lagging behind the opposition a. W difficulties and i done to regret any of  labor party in opinion polls. Major and his wife Nonna have a daughter Elizal 19, and a son James 15  
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