European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Crisis in tha of m Kulir St related stores and photos pages 2, 3, 13,14 and 15 these Lars  unofficial full Catok foist hot . Aft Otto font Kovol. 49, no. 231 saturday december 1, 1990 a a fam Good morning or Sunder d 8693 Abush sending Baker to Iraq . Approves use Washington apr president Bush announced Friday he was sending Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii to Iraq but blended the last ditch diplomatic overture with a Stem warning to Saddam Hussein that there would a not be any murky ending if War Breaks out in the Middle East. Bush welcomed a United nations Resolution that would allow for the use of Force after Jan. 15 if Iraq has not withdrawn its troops from Kuwait. A i done to think definite Date for their Mission Byke Clauson a a a a a a a a. Staff writer a  a a a in Eastern saudi Arabia a american service members in saudi Arabia voiced support Friday for the . Resolution giving Saddam Hussein a Jan.15 deadline to pull out of Kuwait. A personally i think it should have been done a Long time ago a said pvt. 2 Jimmie Wilson a 23-year-old stinger missile specialist with the 2nd in 44th air defense arty 101st airborne div. A now that a Date has been set it s better knowing what s going on instead of just sitting in the  he said the thought of going to War bothers him a Little but it s his Job. A pm nervous and quite naturally i m scared but that s always in the Back of your mind i have to do my  first it. Jackie Jones 25, said the Resolution is Good because it gives soldiers a time line. A the worst part for us is the indefinite not knowing a she said. A this gives you a purpose because the longer you stay Here with nothing happening the harder it is it St Ted of a do or die situation a we re trained for a military Mission we re not Here to baby sit. Wed just like to do our Mission and go Home. A a it a hard to do a wartime Mission in a peacetime environment a Jones who is with the 11th air defense arty brigade vhf airborne corps does t think a lot of jiving the . Sanctions much longer to take effect. A a it a easy for politicians to say Well wait but they re not the ones sitting Here in the dirt a Jones said. A they go Home to their families every night a. Pfc. Derrick Edwards a 19-year-old traffic management specialist recently attached to Vii corps said the Resolution shows a a they be Given peace a Chance. But the longer we wait the stronger his Saddam s Arsenal gets. So we can to wait too  a staff sgt. Cherie co Wright also a traffic manager said a i would like to see the sanctions work As much As possible. But if they done to work and there is not peaceful withdrawal we be got no option but to go in and get him out Lance Cpl. John Harris a 21-year-old armorer with weapons co 1st in 6th marines 2nd Mafi said a but in be got to Deal with the fact that i see Pate on Bac Page there has Ever been a question that the United states is going to blink in this situation he said. In televised remarks from the White House Bush said he hoped Saddam would receive Baker a at a mutually convenient time Between dec. 15 and Jan. 15. He also invited iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz to Washington for consultations during the week of dec. 10. Shortly after Bush s remarks the iraqi embassy said it had no reaction from Baghdad to Bush s Surprise Diplo Matic move. However iraqi ambassador to France Abdul Razack Al Hashimi told bbl radio in London a this is a very important step really toward peace and we Hope it is going to achieve what we Are All striving for negotiations instead of beating the Drums of War. I consider it very Good  a Bush said Baker s trip would underscore americans ,. See Bush on Back Page in Europe injuries. By Chuck Robert staff writer Frankfurt Germany a William Jones will return soon to saudi Arabia after spending six weeks in the Hospital with his jaw wired shut. The private first class from Prentiss miss., is one of More than 1,800 service members from operation desert shield who have been treated at three . Military hospitals in Germany since aug. It service members Are being flown to Europe to make room in desert hos. Petals in Case War Breaks out in the persian Gulf Region. Jones is at the Frankfurt army regional medical Center. The other hospitals Are Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center and the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden. Service members also have been flown to hospitals in Rota Spain and Naples Italy. J a. The service members who have been treated in Germany suffer mostly from broken Bones but they also have had problems with kidney stones heat sickness anxiety and snakebites. Jones injured his jaw playing football and again when he slipped while ice skating at fort Hood Texas. He did no to realize it was broken until he was in saudi Arabia see injuries on Back Page treating the troops . Armed forces hospitals Are starting to feel the Impact of operation j desert shield with the influx of patients from saudi Arabia average number available number of of saudi bed apace patients patients Wiesbaden i Jeff 115 a it i a Quot Quot a Tifesi a Lan Stuhl 326 187 77j Quot i. 1 Quot _ a a \ a it a  frankfurt300 a a a a j a a its a Quot i it Elf Fzli .tlv.vr,.v/,vrfr.,.v. P. A. A a a a a current a average based on estimates before operation desert shield  voter apathy arrives quickly for sex East Germany residents Berlin apr after four decades of rigged elections that gave the communists a numbing succession of imaginary landslides Eastern germans Are suddenly awash in the Freedom to choose. It on sunday they will join their Western countrymen for the firs United German elections since 1932, it is the fourth free and fair election in the past 10 months in what used to be East Germany however and some people have lost their enthusiasm for ballot casting. A i won t vote sunday a said Andrea Fischer who also skipped the last two elections. A the More i know about these parties the More they seem almost  after overthrowing the communist hard liners East germans jubilantly chose a democratic government in March. In May they elected new local leaders throwing out hundreds of communists still clinging to Power. On oct. 14 a a scant 11 Days after German unification a they chose the governments for the five states their nation had become. But with another historic chapter about to be written sunday a definite air of apathy hangs Over the former nation some of it has to do with the seeming inevitability of the outcome. Chancellor Helmut Kohl whose conserve five Christian democratic Union dominated the first three races in Eastern Germany is expected to handily retain his Post. A Little of it has to do with a growing familiarity with democratic political campaigns. The Novelty has worn off the euphoria is gone. Political rhetoric is greeted with Western style cynicism. Most of All pressing Roblero have come to Dwarf the Small thrill of voting. The Eastern germans Are expecting a dramatic surge in joblessness As their sputtering see Germany on Back Paoa univ settles with Mcaa a Page 21