European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page2b the stars and stripes saturday december 22,1990shevardnadze May Moscow a president Mikhail s. Gorbachev met with Eduard a. She Var Daze on Friday one Day alter the foreign minister s stunning resignation and a presidential aide indicated Shevard Nadza might be retained in some government Post. The two discussed the persian Gulf crisis and arms control treaties several government spokesmen said. When pressed presidential spokesman Vitaly Ignatenko indicated Shevardnadze might keep some Post in government. It was not known whether Shevardnadze would take part in a Moscow arms control Summit set for feb. 11-13 Between Gorbachev and president Bush. Shevardnadze a resignation prompted worldwide concern Over the course of soviet foreign policy and the future of the nations internal Reform program. Shevardnadze told soviet lawmakers thursday that he did no to want any part of a Quot dictatorship being created under pressure of hard liners. His resignation dominated discussion in the Congress of people s deputies Friday morning and a ukrainian lawmaker later said a right Wing reactionary coup was going on under the congresses nose. Vladimir Chernyak a Deputy from Kiev cited As evidence  s resignation and the replacement of Interior minister Vadim Baratin last month. Hard liner have urged Gorbachev to impose a state of emergency in republics wracked by ethnic conflict and separatist movements. Gorbachev has asked the Congress to consider constitutional amendments to strengthen his Power to Deal with such trouble spots. Army chief of staff Mikhail Moiseyev on Friday said he adamantly disagreed with Shevardnadze a warning of a Quot coming  he also said there was no reason to impose a state of emergency. Shevardnadze has won International acclaim since being appointed in 1985 by Gorbachev who won this years Nobel peace  from Page 1. Commander of the 3rd army Cav regt the regiment from fort Bliss Texas is the Northern. Most . Unit involved in operation desert shield. Although Starr s staff has discussed a possible passage of lines with saudi forces the unit has not practice it. Starr acknowledged that it would not be easy especially if it occurred at night when . Commanders said they would prefer to l ight. The regiment alone has hundreds of combat vehicles War from Page 1 ground forces might not be ready by the Jan. 15 deadline. A a a. I a a a a a a the likelihood of starting with air strikes has been discussed for some time by military officials and others who believe the United states a because of its Lon term political interests in the Region a must keep damage to Iraq to a minimum. After Iraq invaded Kuwait on aug. 2, there was considerable talk that a . Attack would Start with massive air strikes. But Bush administration officials later told Congress that any . Assault would include a massive air land and sea Campaign. Powell said this past week Quot we re looking at an air land and sea Campaign. But. It does no to mean we re going to do it All at  a pause after an initial air strike makes sense for several reasons according to military and private analysts who spoke on condition of anonymity. First it could save thousands of lives and damage on both sides if Saddam should decide he could not win a War and surrendered after an air assault thereby averting a bloody ground War the analysts said. Quot we re going to have a country called Iraq in the Region when this is Over no matter How it ends a one senior army official said. Quot does no to it make sense that we would not want to totally destroy their country which in effect would totally destroy any chances of relations with the government a also since More than half of the 510,000 iraqi troops Are in Southern Iraq and Kuwait a protracted War Likely would leave much of Kuwait in ruins. Quot we could very Well end up destroying the country we re there to save a the army official said. Including m1a1 tanks Bradley cavalry vehicles self propelled howitzers and stinger missile Teanis mounted in hum Ces. There is also a myriad of fuel tankers ammo carriers and Supply trucks in the units Supply and support  controlled passage of lines requires close coordination Between the two units involved. Guarded travel routes must be established and the moving units must provide exact vehicle and personnel numbers be readily identifiable with flags or other markings and have reestablished radio frequencies. The tight controls Are designed to prevent self inflicted casualties on Friendly forces and to keep enemy forces from slipping into a Convoy and hitting key Supply lines and support bases Quot we be worked very hard at unit identification and at having simple but specific Means of identifying vehicles a said maj. Greg Stone the operations officer for another Forward deployed cavalry unit the 2nd so 4th Cav  the 24th inf div. Quot in the heat of Battle there is either a unit defending in place and you Are moving through it or you have a unit going Forward through you sideways through you or behind you. A and your concentration is split. You re concentrating on everyone in your own unit and getting them to fight and also coordinating with the people passing through.�?�. That split in concentration worries some . Troops involved in desert shield they wonder How they will respond when Friendly forces with vehicles that Bear Strong similarities to the enemy a appear unexpectedly Likely moving directly toward their positions. Staff sgt. Chris Wagner a cavalry scout with the 3rd army Cav said the Success of a passage of lines during a night Battle will depend almost exclusively on How Well the soldiers in the units involved have been trained. Home brow puts 8 in in Eastern saudi Arabia a eight american soldiers have been poisoned by Home brewed alcohol and hospitalized since sunday one in very serious condition the . Military command said. The soldiers from the 101st airborne div Are the first known casualties of Home brewed liquor since . Forces were deployed in saudi Arabia a moslem country which bans All alcohol. Fridays statement from the . Central come said the soldiers who were not identified suffered from methanol poisoning which is a problem associated with faulty Home brewed alcoholic beverages. The eight soldiers from the 372nd trans co 29th trans in 101st combat support group Are All recovering the command said. A you have to make sure your count is right and that you know the recognition signals because those Guys on the passage lanes Are just sitting there with weapons loaded and can just blow you away a Wagner said. Others however argue that although a passage of lines Man Euver will be complicated it should work. A kuwaiti officer noted that kuwaiti units based in front of the american lines have soviet made Bmp-2 armoured personnel carriers. Iraqi units use the soviet Bmp-1, which is easily identified by its external fuel tanks and lodger main gun barrels the officer said. But not All . Troops Are convinced. A Sloppy Man Euver in training one army sergeant noted might be Little More than an embarrassment. Quot Here if you done to do it right Quot he said Quot you get  from Page 1 mail delays. A lot of mail is arriving in Frankfurt with postmarks that Are 2 weeks old she said. However a program manager for military mail operations at the . Postal service in the United states said the assertion that mail is old when it gets to Frankfurt is Quot simply not true.�?�. Quot there Are no major delays on this Side of the Atlantic Quot Mike Krop said. Quot we be had five backlogs since nov. 1, but three of those amounted to 24 hours or less and the other two were 48 hours or  he said the postal service anticipated the increased volume heading East from the United states and coordinated with the military postal service to use alternative gateways As jumping off Points in the states. Quot we did some planning with the services Back in september to use non traditional Means of moving the mail a including using the military Airlift come Krop said a a a a a a a a. Mac is the prime mover for mail in saudi Arabia but the . Postal service has not used command assets to move mail to Europe for Many years he said. An official for the military postal system who asked not to be identified echoed Kropus statements. A there is not a problem with getting the mail Over there a he said. Quot i can to say that there Aren t instances of letters taking longer than Normal to get there and there May Well be cases of some letters being two weeks old a but if there Are they re the exception not the  a a \ a a a a a a. A a a \ he said mail going from the Southwest United states to Europe has a tendency to be a bit slow for example. Quot but the vast majority of the mail is getting Over there in a timely manner a he said for More than a month officials with the . Army in Europe have refused to allow the stars and stripes to interview army mail officials about the delays. . Vote i res Israel is by the associated press air raid sirens blared and about 1 million iraqis carrying blankets and food streamed out of Baghdad Early Friday in an evacuation Drill to test the nations readiness for War. As iraqis jammed roads out of the Yapi Tal tension grew Between Israel and the United states Over a persian Gulf related Issue atthe United nations. Israelis foreign minister said the United states showed weakness by supporting a . Security Council Resolution condemning Jerusalem. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein has repeatedly tried to link the palestinian problem with the Gulf crisis. That has made it difficult for the United states to remain Loyal to Israel without offending its Arab allies. President Bush was to meet later Friday with John major Britain a new prime minister. In several television interviews Friday major said the question of War was Quot in Saddam Hussein a  Iraq has been preparing for War since the , Security Council authorized Force to remove Iraq from Kuwait if it does not leave the emirate by Jan. 15, iraqi Media carry instructions for building bomb shelters and courses in civil defense and first Aid. Bush met with members of Congress on thursday and told them he believed Saddam was underestimating . Power and intentions several legislators said Addam must be made aware that Quot if we get into an armed situation he a going to get his ass kicked a rep Euon Gallegly a Calif quoted Bush As saying. Bush a remark was confirmed by another person at the meeting. Some . Forces reportedly were placed on a Low level Alert for a possible chemical attack Friday after a . Television network reported that Iraq test fired a Medini Range scud missile. A to Crew from the Abc network in the radio room of a us coast guard patrol boat about five Miles off Eastern saudi Arabia filmed a Navy operator talking on the radio about the missile firing. The , Security Council Resolution passed a Resolution 15-0 thursday urging Israel to halt deportation of palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza. It also Calls for the United nations to Monitor the safety of palestinians there. . Backing for the Resolution was seen As an Effort to preserve the Arab coalition against Saddam. It was the third time in two months that Washington failed to exercise its veto Powers to shield ?