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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a the stars and stripes thursday november 29,1990 1army Calls up 10,567 guard troops Washington a Hie 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 noncombat 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 re news briefs serve 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 Vita battalion Are to bring to full a a said the 48th inf brigade these Henf div Mech off0�?zpol  and the 256th inf Bri Aguiar army division that the Pete de Mech a of Louisiana were ordered get week said May be sent to saudi j that it is sending to the Gulf the 6th a to report to  the announcement made no Mem Rine expeditionary brigade a regular unit porting will be two so. Of he 155th Ami brigade of missis of about 15,000 marines based at Camp the 1st in of the 263rd fion a National guard combat unit that Lejeune . Three Marine expedition Lins s.c., and a battalion o army last week said would be ordered nary brigades already Are in the Gulf area Armor from Oneonta aia. Active duty and be made pan of the it and the Pentagon announced nov. 8 that the army gave no other details but inf a Jav Mech of fort Carson Colo the 5th Marine expeditionary brigade of officials said last week that the Georgia regular division that has not yet been Camp Pendleton calif., was heading brigade and the Mullins battalion Wou d played to saudi Arabia there. Form an a a Independent unit for possible about tr00ps a maj. Nancy j. Laluntas a spoke Swo deployment with the 24thtnf div Fec Ftp deployed in saudi Arabia As part c Man at Marine corps Headquarters said a regular army division from fort Stew 230,000-Man . Military Force that a the 6th brigade would link up in saudi Art ga., that already is serving in saudi Dent Bush has said May be used tory Arabia with a Squadron of ships carrying Arabia., _ liberate Kuwait. Additional . Forces equipment and 30 Days of supplies from the Louisiana brigade and the onion up to 200,000 Are heading to the Gulf. Of hard Winter ahead Geneva apr the soviet Union and its former allies Are Likely to face the hardest Winter since world War ii As recession compounded by Oil Price Shock continues to deepen . Economists warned tuesday. They Drew up a grim picture of increasing food shortages in the soviet Union Bulgaria and Romania fast rising unemployment rates throughout the area and double digit inflation threatening to Check the whole Reform process of moving to a Market Economy. A the consequences of  a failure Are incalculable and would not Only be economic a they warned in a 147-Page report which also pointed to a increasing signs of social unrest in the  a one certain effect would be to raise enormous pressures for emigration from the East to the West a said the Survey compiled by experts of the . Economic commission for Europe. It noted that new soviet legislation will soon allow unrestricted travel abroad. A there seems to be Little ground for contradicting the View that the people of Eastern Europe and the soviet Union Are facing their hardest Winter since the end of the second world War a it  agree to a draw Lyon France apr defending Champion Garry Kasparov and challenger Anatoly Karpov agreed to a draw tuesday in the 14th game of the world chess championship leaving them deadlocked with seven Points each. They had adjourned the game monday night after five hours of play with Kasparov sealing his 41st move. Both had three pawns a Rook a Queen and King left. Without resuming play tuesday Karpov a playing the Black pieces a accepted Kasparov a offer of a draw from monday night. The 15th game was scheduled for wednesday. The first player to gain 12.5 Points in a maximum of 24 games wins the championship and $1.7 million of a $3 million purse. In the event of a tie Kasparov retains the  ends Mexico visit Monterrey Mexico a it ended tuesday with the requisite joint statements of mexican american Solidarity on everything from drugs to the persian Gulf. But the 28-hour visit to Northern Mexico by president Bush seemed primarily a demonstration of the lengths to which he will go to indulge his favorite pastime High level diplomacy and Reward a political ally. Bush and president Carlos Salinas de Gortari of Mexico reaffirmed their commitment to negotiating a free Trade agreement opened the door a Little farther for Canada to join the arrangement and renewed their demands that Iraq withdraw from Kuwait. But Bush and Salinas did not produce any substantive agreements or Progress on the coming Trade negotiations or on other outstanding issues. In i. I in pm Effim Ufa Tyg he Woisil a for % i .1\j lamp a4 was Iron or Iriri Georgia on their minds soldiers deployed on operation desert shield patiently Bian  station Over the weekend. They Are members Oft wait their turn to use a phone Booth at an saudi Ara 197th inf brigade based at fort Benning Iraq from Page 1 ble attack. Soviet ambassador Yuli m. Vorontsov said the . Demand for withdrawal would specify Jan. 15 As the Date for the iraqi forces that overran Kuwait 3 months ago to leave the emirate. Vorontsov said there was a consensus among the five permanent members of the Security Council on the Resolution. The measure to authorize a fall necessary Means to get Iraq out of Kuwait after that Date is to be voted on thursday the deadline for an iraqi withdrawal had been the Only sticking Point in a draft . Security Council Resolution agreed upon by the five permanent members of the Council. In a fresh sign that the Baghdad government is bracing for War the Pentagon said Iraq is rapidly increasing its troop strength in Kuwait and Southern Iraq. It said Iraq has 450,000 troops in the Region an increase of 20,000 Over last week. Meanwhile the chairman of the Senate armed services committee Sam Nunn d-p questioned whether it is really in the a vital interest of the United states to use military Force to liberate Kuwait which Iraq seized on aug. 2. A some of the freed americans whose families had travelled to Iraq to plead with Saddam for their release told reporters at the Amman Airport that the Bush administration had ignored their plight. A i was not released with help from my government said John Stevenson of Panama City of a. A it was my ram  the United states has demanded the unconditional release of All of the hundreds of foreigners held hostage a Iraq and the state department has discouraged private hostage freeing missions. Another freed american Clyde Jesse of Buffalo growl 111., suggested the United states should negotiate Whf Saddam. A i believe it is time we started talking a he said. The third freed american was Fred Harrington Bellevue Wash. Ten britons and five germans were ramp i teased As Well. The women in the British group carried Flowers tin americans waved the . And iraqi flags. At the United nations the stage was set for a Security Council meeting to consider the strongest measure Ytje against Iraq. The Resolution Calls on Iraq to release All foreign my tages withdraw its troops and restore Kuwait a Sove a ment or face imminent action by .-authorized Mulaj National forces i Western diplomats speaking on condition of anon incl said Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii and sow foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze had settled Jan. 15 As the deadline for an iraqi withdrawal Britain and the United states had favored Jan. 1,1 had said the question was open to negotiations. The United states had already secured the hacking the other permanent members of the Security Council i1 the measure  
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