European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 15, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 3 it Tow   crisis in the Gul Cheney Powell to visit saudi Arabia dec. 18-23 from Shaft and wire reports Washington defense Secretary Richard Cheney and Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff will travel to saudi Arabia this coming week. A they will leave tuesday and return dec 23. While in saudi Arabia they will visit . Troops and meet with saudi and . Officials.. Troops Able to use service to Britain-1. London a a As of saturday . And British troops in saudi Arabia can phone the British Isles collect for less than half the Normal Price. British telecoms desert direct service was set up for British troops in the persian Gulf but was expanded to include american troops. Charges for the Calls will be about 1.15 British pounds or about $2.30 a minute which is less than a Standard rate direct dial Call a British telecoms press release said. The charges will be billed to the phone number called. The cheaper Calls will be limited to 10 minutes to allow a was Many troops As possible to use the service the release said. Troops will be issued cards with special Access numbers that will be Good for a week said master sgt. Mike Devine a third air Force Headquarters spokesman. Details about the cards Dis Tribu lion Are still being worked out he said. To use the service callers must dial 1-800-20 to get an International operator who will connect them with a London operator. The London opera Tor will ask for the Access number which identifies the caller As a deployed service member before placing the Call. Security police deployed to Qatar As replacements Comiso Sicily a a contingent of Security police from the 487th tac missile Wing deployed to Qatar this past week in support of operation desert shield. T comi Soas Security police have been in the emirate located on the arabian Peninsula on the West coast of the persian Gulf since August. The fresh troops replace service members who were due to Transfer from Comiso or who had passed their Transfer Date said capt. Mike kor Manik a Comiso spokesman. The Security police provide ground defense for the f-l6s from the 401st tac fighter Wing which deployed from Torrejon a Spain. Saddam s yacht has it All a Iri eluding Gold faucets London apr iraqi president Saddam Hussein has a luxurious private yacht Replete with Gold faucets a briton who was in hiding in Kuwait said Friday. 1 John Lishman 55, said he worked with the Kuwait shipbuilding and repair Yard co which refitted Saddam a yacht following the Iran Iraq War desert shield Send off Stuttgart Germany a the u$0 has scheduled a free a desert shield Send off show or All military id card holders sunday at the sle Lingen Barracks recreation Center in Ostil Terri a Stuttgart suburb. The show features a country music band at 2 . A Rock a no Roll band at 3 . A fashion show it 4 . And a hip hop soul and rhythm a no blues dance from 5 . To about 8 . A free shuttle jus will pick up people at the Pattonville housing area at 11 a.m., Robinson Barracks at 11 30, Patch Barracks at noon Panzer Cavern at 12 30 and the Echter Dingen  Airfield at 1 . By John m. Goshko Washington Post Washington a while Uncertain How the persian Gulf crisis will end administration officials have started thinking about How to Deal with Iraq if its troops Are removed from Kuwait. Officials worry that even if Iraq pulls out of Kuwait president Saddam Hussein will retain his sizable Arsenal of conventional and chemical  and the potential for developing a nuclear weapons capability. On monday defense Secretary Dick Cheney suggested that a new Security arrangement involving the United states will be required in the Gulf once the current military crisis Oyer Kuwait is resolved. A the Security arrangements in the Gulf prior to aug. 2 were. Insufficient to keep Saddam Hussein from taking Kuwait a Cheney said a so some new mechanism some new system for providing Security for the area is going to be required in the pos crisis period a Cheney did not say whether the . Role would involve the permanent stationing of american soldiers in the Region at the state department officials Are also beginning to explore what new Security arrangements might be structured for the Mideast Region. A senior official involved in . Policy making in the Middle East said the idea of inducing in a i Middle East and in talks with governments cooperating with the United states in the multinational Alliance organized against raq. He acknowledged though that when it comes to translating this idea into a Concrete action a a we re still Quot in the discussion rather than the planning stage a a we know that whatever happens we. Done to want to leave an Iraq that has an enormous military capability a a he said. A we have to Start looking at ways to get them to Cut their conventional  and to join in agreements limiting chemical weapons. We have to figure out How to get an effective nuclear non proliferation agreement that will apply to Iraq.�?�. But some members of Congress along with Many mid level . Officials and Middle East experts outside government say the administration has been remiss in not giving a higher priority to the problem of what one official termed Quot the world after  in addition to issues of  control ,, critics said there is an urgent need to think about what happens if the confrontation in the Gulf turns into a War that causes extensive death and destruction in the Region and leads to a Long term . A i have seen no discussion of what the aftermath of a military operation is going to be a sen. Paul s. Sar Banes d-md., said recently. A Are we going to have to continue to station american forces in the area in order to bring sonic order out of chaos subject them to terrorism to guerrilla warfare what a the next step that follows on behind that military action a ome of the struggle causes Saddam to lose his grip on Power will Iraq be swept by internal instability and political radicalism that will extend to neighbouring countries would elimination of iraqis military Power expose the Region to new pressures and threats from  other Radical expansionist countries As it Ivand Syria desert express gets Job done by delivering vital spare parts a by Molly Moore Washington Post with . Troops in saudi Arabia -. Need a missile part overnight or a fighter Jet engine that absolutely positively must arrive by the end of the a amp so. A a a a a a a. Dial desert  . Military plagued by a bureaucracy that can lose equipment orders even in a near War emergency has created its own special delivery mail system for those critical War stopping spare parts problems a a it a the Federal express of the military Airlift command a said col. Steve Koons commander of the saudi based area support team that oversees the desert express operation. While most equipment ordered requires a minimum of 10 Days to begin wending through the Supply lines from the United states to saudi Arabia the desert express team said it has Cut the time from the moment the order is placed until it arrives in saudi Arabia to As Little As 72 hours. Every afternoon a giant Green air Force c-141 transport plane from Charleston s.c., touches Down on an Airfield in Eastern saudi Arabia packed with pallets of the most urgently needed parts and equipment to support the . Military buildup on the arabian Peninsula. A a a a a a. A. Quot. A a a Crews Scurry onto a nearby parking apron stripping the plastic wrap off the pallets and sorting dozens of Ibbs and Gibbs a i try bitty boxes and great big boxes in the parlance of the work Crews a we usually have no idea what a in the boxes a said Koons. A most Are Small. The largest weighed 2,860 pounds a an aircraft  about 100 people from air plane pilots to truck Drivers Are assigned to the operation the military is also beginning a second express Airlift service from Europe to help support the second wave of troops in route to the arabian Peninsula. At the saudi air base a Long line of trucks inches to the desert express loading area each assigned a Distant desert destination where the system sometimes slows to a crawl on Dusty Bac roads with few markings a a it a still a chore finding out where everybody is in this country a said i. Todd Essig who directs the loading operations a they Are spread out a Supply line to saudi Arabia the defense department is supplying hundreds of thousands of troops stationed 7,000 Miles from the United states. Here a a sampling of goods that have been ordered. Clothing Wool sweaters desert camouflage uniforms food Coffee flour res _ new entrees pot roast Sukiyaki prepackaged entrees Chili Macaroni and cheese a sundries packs of razors shaving. Cream and toothpaste up Balm foot powder sunglasses. A weapons Armor piercing rounds for Bradley fighting vehicles 371.000 3.3 million 1.4 million pounds 3.2 million pounds 74.4 million 10.8 million 14 million 4.8 million pounds 547.000.a a a. 1.5 million tubes 379,375 cans 165.000 pairs 600.000 a Quot rounds a amps Susan hams