European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a news briefs the stars and stripes thursday december 6,1990 to airman killed in acc dentin saudi Arabia identified Washington a the Pentagon on tuesday identified an american airman killed in a vehicle Accident in saudi Arabia last weekend. Airman Rocky j. Nelson of new Auburn wis.,-was killed at 5 40 . Saturday at an undisclosed air base in saudi Arabia. No other information about the incident was available. Nelson 21, was deployed to saudi Arabia from the 4th tac fighter Wing s civil engineering so at Seymour Johnson fab . It was the 47th accidental death of . Military personnel in operation desert shield since the deployment to the persian Gulf started aug 7.army commissary schedule for holidays announced we Brocken Germany the . Army commissary system has announced its Holiday schedule for army commissaries in Europe All commissaries will be open Christmas eve. Commissaries that Are usually open on mondays will be open Christmas eve from 10 . Until 2 . Those usually closed on mondays will be open from 9 . To 2 . All commissaries will be closed Christmas Day and dec 26. Later in the month All commissaries will be open on new year s eve. Commissaries that Are usually closed on mondays will be open dec. 31 from 10 . Until 6 . Other commissaries will observe their regular hours. All commissaries will be closed new year s Day and Jan. 2.2nd army Cav troopers arrive for duty in Gulf in Eastern saudi Arabia a combat troops who were on the front line against the soviets in Germany arrived wednesday in saudi Arabia As the . Buildup continued in operation desert shield. A sixteen hours after leaving wintry Germany soldiers from Vii corps 2nd army Cav regt were sweating in High-70s temperatures and learning to walk in ankle deep Sand. Quot this is one of the Best trained units in the array Quot said it. Andy Kilgore 23, of the regiments 2nd so. Quot they be been trained to face 7-to-1 Odds against the soviets. They re ready for the iraqis or anybody  it. Gene Lanzillo 25, said there is at least one similarity Between saudi Arabia and his old Post patrolling the Border of former East Germany the iraqis use mainly soviet equipment _ _ Bush from Page 1 the Bush administration to allow More time for economic sanctions to work. But Baker told lawmakers the  embargo Quot has had Little if any effects on Iraq s a inclination to  a a. Quot Congress and the american people must Tell Saddam Hussein in unmistakable actions and words a get  he said his meeting in Iraq Quot will not be the beginning of a negotiation Over the terms of the United nations resolutions a nor Baker said would he negotiate on subjects Quot unrelated to the iraqi occupation of Kuwait. A i will not be negotiating the palestinian question or the civil War in let amp anon a he said. Quot Saddam did not invade Kuwait to help the palestinians. He did it for his own  Saddam had said earlier that the palestinian problem must be on the Agenda in any dialogue with Baker. Joe Wilson the Deputy ambassador in Iraq was called in by the iraqi foreign minister to be told of Raqu a acceptance of the offer the announcement said. Huson and a number of other . Officials remain in the . Embassy in Iraq. Bush made last weeks unexpected overture at a presidential news conference in Washington. It followed mounting complaints in Congress that the administration was Rushing into War with Iraq Over its invasion of Kuwait without giving diplomacy enough time for the Pursuit of a peaceful settlement. Even so Bush pledged the administration would not waver from the Resolution approved last thursday by the . Security Council threatening a forceful Evic Tion of iraqi troops if they did not withdraw by Jan. 15, sen. Paul Simon d-i1l, urged Baker at wednesdays hearing to provide Saddam with Quot a Way out of the crisis. He suggested one approach would be to propose the world court resolve iraqis territorial claims against Kuwait. ,. A. Baker stressed that the . Resolution did not require the United states to attack Jan 15 or a Day after. Without elaboration Baker said diplomatic Steps were being taken in the search for a peaceful solution. However Baker insisted that Iraq must withdraw from All of Kuwait liberate All foreign hostages and permit the restoration of the ousted government. Meanwhile Oil prices fell and stocks rallied on a report that Iraq is willing to withdraw from Kuwait if its allowed to keep a disputed Section of a Border straddling Oil Field. A a a. Britain a sky television news said Saddam was proposing to relinquish All of Kuwait but the Southern end of the Ruma Ilah Oil Field. Iraq s ambassador to the United states Mohammed Al Mashat was asked wednesday about the British report. A i Haven t heard that but All i can say is negotiations involve give and take. I let you conclude what it Means Quot he said in an interview on lbs. In a series of statements wednesday Baker Daryl Rector William Webster and Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff All took a Tough position on what might happen if Iraq refuses to give up. Kuwait. A j a the United states is not going to blink on this one Quot Powell said in a speech at a London research Institute. A if we have to use Force if it comes to that. The United states intends to use overwhelming Force to win decisively As quickly As possible with As few casualties As possible a he said. Officers from Page 1 tary officers. The doubts within the professional military came into Sharp focus after the nov. 8 decision to virtually double the size of the . Expeditionary Force military officers immediately recognized that a Force that size could not be sustained indefinitely in the Region and that there were not sufficient remaining troops in the armed services to provide a rotation Pool Quot the second phase buildup set a lot of i on their heels n a Quot and the Mission Leback. Pop Imade them really worry about the goals on of this operation a one army colonel said Quot there is great discomfiture among the senior leadership in the army and i m talking about the two and three stars who Are actually planning and running this operation. There a a feeling that we re going too fast with too much without really knowing where we Are  a a Quot it a a a Vav a a a Quot  a a another officer said the new deployment creates an irresistible momentum toward offensive action that has not been endorsed by the multinational military coalition on the ground and certainly not by Congress or the american Public. A you really can to sustain that level of forces a the officer said Quot it forces a decision a lot of us feel we re toward the  Erien ced officers include ear land mines. The iraqi Force in Kuwait  Iraq has Laid hundreds of Miles of mine Fields to protect its defensive fortifications. The army has never placed a High priority on mine Clearing technology Ana hardware and . Com a Bat engineers in the Region have Little gear designed to breach these obstacles a. A uncertainties about the performance of sophisticated Battlefield radars and electronic hammers in the desert a we May be Able to surmount our toys a said a major who is involve d in electronic warfare.1 a but they certainly will fail. It May not be fatal but its a  a worries about Oil Fields contaminated by iraqi chemical or biological weapons. The Job of seizing and restoring the Oil Fields would be difficult enough one Engineer noted if. The iraqis merely. Blow up the a wellhead. But if the Fields Are contaminated it could be weeks before firefighters can even get in to begin extinguishing the blazes. A. A a concerns about the entire forces training for a pro. A a a Gen. Wil Ona other problems cited by exp a a Lack of capability to cafe spec Tive engagement in the Gulf. Retire Ham Odom testified recently that the army has not practice Large scale tank Maneu vers. One army officer expressed worries about the time after any War. What lies at the end of such a conflict he asked even if it is relatively Short and produces an Quot acceptable number of casualties which now seems to be defined As fewer than 3,000 killed. Quot How do we disengage if Saddam Hussein is eliminated you be got a hell of a mess. No one knows what happens if we create a Power vacuum. It could be another Lebanon a the officer said a fire put out on Jet s Wing at Romulus Mich a fire was spotted on the Wing of a Northwest jetliner after it landed at Detroit metropolitan Airport wednesday the fire was put out and passengers safely left the aircraft officials said. A Northwest airlines spokeswoman Christy clap said residual fuel in an auxiliary Power unit ignited on the right Wing. She said the fire was spotted by ground Crews As the Boeing 727 was taxiing to the terminal a ground agent put out the fire at the Gate and fire fighters doused the plane with chemical foam to prevent another flare up. Flight 582, with 69 passengers and six Crew members aboard landed at the Airport about 6 . After a flight from Seattle the passengers left the plane at the terminal Gate Clapp  unidentified passenger told television station Xyz that there was no panic among the passengers the Wing unit runs the plane s air conditioning on the ground Clapp  582 was scheduled to continue to Newark n.j., Clapp said. The passengers were put on other flights. National transportation safety Board spokesman Alan Pollock said the Agency would decide whether to investigate after it receives reports on the fire. On monday two Northwest airlines jets collided on a runway at the Airport West of Detroit. A fireball swept one of the planes killing eight people. From Fagel. Donald Atwood to make recommendations for corrective action when Che Ney returns from Europe next week. A Central theme of both the internal Navy report and the Pentagon inspector general a investigation is that Overly Opu Ristie most and schedule estimates of the contractors were not sufficiently challenged by the government. The investigations also said official secrecy helped mask the projects problems. The naw report said Mcdonnell Douglas and general dynamics contract officials failed to Tell the Navy of Cost and schedule problems they knew existed it said the contract officials Felt pressured by upper management at Mcdonnell Douglas and general dynamics to avoid making forecasts of Cost or schedule overruns because such problems would reduce contract payments to the companies. In its report the inspector general a office cited an instance in which general review them for Security classification one set of notes was lost and it later was determined that they had contained no secret information anyway Quot we question any procedure by which a contractor obtains Access to and control Over the work product of government personnel engaged in oversight duties Quot the report said. A. The inspector general was highly critical of the role of John a Betti the undersecretary of defense for acquisition it said he put too much credence in Assur ances by the contractors that the project could be completed on time and within the Cost ceiling. He also dismissed warnings by lower level Pentagon officials that the project was encountering serious problems the report said /