European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 it k a the stars and stripes sunday december 23, 1990 a a  crisis in the Gull a a. A a a a. A a a s&3 Ken Clauson a Soldier with Egypt a 4th brigade 4lh army div Waits for a welcoming ceremony to begin Friday in saudi Arabia. Egypt s Gulf forces hit 27,000 by Ken Clauson Middle East Bureau in Western saudi Arabia a an egyptian armoured brigade has arrived in saudi Arabia with 92 tanks bringing to 27,000 the number of egyptian troops deployed in the desert. The 4th brigade 4th army div was formally welcomed Friday by Gen. Khalid bin Sultan the saudi Gen eral commanding the Allied Arab forces. A Welcome Home among your Brothers a he said in remarks prepared for the Brief ceremony. A we Welcome your support and defense with your saudi Brothers of right against tyranny of Justice against injustice. A your being Here with us reaffirms our Bonds of Friendship and history the Bonds of islam and the saying of our Prophet a moslem supports his moslem brother like the bricks of a building a moslem and his moslem brother Are like the organs of the body. Whenever any Organ suffers All the other organs also  a a the 4th army div is one of Egypt a Best said maj. Gen. Salah Mohammed Halbi commander of All egyptian forces in saudi Arabia while speaking to soldiers Clad in desert camouflage uniforms and helmets or red berets. He praised the Quality and professionalism of the  credited the division with having a major role in All the victories of Egypt a past wars however few of the brigades soldiers have combat experience. Only some senior officers and enlisted men Are old enough to have served during the 1973 yom kippur War with Israel. On the typically Sun drenched afternoon the Well disciplined soldiers appeared relaxed and self confident while arrayed in a precise ceremonial formation on american made m60a3 tanks 155mm howitzers armoured personnel carriers and soviet design fuck mounted rocket  president Hosni Mubarak has said none of his county a a soldiers would set foot in Kuwait or Iraq because he sent them Only to. Protect saudi Arabia and the islamic holy Sites in that country a senior army officer said Friday however that a we Are ready to do whatever our supreme commanders would ask us todo.�?�. Gulf briefs free fax service now links Europe with saudi Arabia Stuttgart Germany a military family members in Europe Cali now Send free Tel fax messages to people deployed to operation desert shield in saudi Arabia. The american Telephone amp Telegraph co desert fax program began thursday in Europe according to a news release from european Corvid Public affairs. Family members should address their messages to the desert shield Fpo Apo code not the regular Fpo Apo code for in Europe the messages should be delivered to locations throughout Europe that will be announced by Community and base commanders. The messages then will be transported to one of 20 fax transmission facilities. The facilities will transmit the messages nightly to the at amp to fax Gateway in England where they will be transmitted to saudi Arabia and then distributed by regular military mail. The tej fax transmission centers Are in the following military communities and installations in Germany Ansbach Aschaffenbur Augsburg Bamberg Frankfurt Garl Studt Giessen Hanau Heilbronn Nurnberg Stuttgart Wurzburg bit Burg a Lindsey air station and Ramstein a. Others Are Rota and Torre Jori a Spain Raf Lakenheath and Raf upper hey Ford England and Simonella Italy. For information Call your local military Community service family support service. Telephones near Foxholes May signal wave of future Washington a instead of trudging Miles to find a pay Telephone in the desert americans in saudi Arabia May soon Only need to step out of their Foxholes to Call Home  said. Technicians arc working around the clock to set up phones near troops camped in the Sand dunes on the kuwaiti Border said Dave Steckel an at amp to spokesman. Soldiers from the 197th inf brigade the 24th inf div and the 3rd army Cav regt can now walk up to any of 120 telephones installed in and around their Camps Steckel said a almost As soon As we got the hookups we reached overload conditions Quot he said adding that thousands More phone lines Are being installed at desert Camps soviet time the soviet Union has started manufacturing a special watch for . Troops serving in saudi Arabia the watches Are made by the same company in Chis Topo that produces soviet army officers watches More than 300,000 of the watches have been ordered. Of helping Iraq . Says by the los Angeles times Bonn Germany a the United states has presented the German government with a secret list of 50 German companies suspected of. Breaking the International embargo against Iraq officials confirmed fueling speculation that foreign companies Are still helping Saddam Hussein produce deadly weapons. Neither German nor american officials would provide details about the 50 concerns or what they allegedly delivered to Iraq. Sources who spoke on condition of anonymity indicated however that the goods were not limited to weapons parts and technology but included things such As meat and milk. The German government said the americans gleaned their information from monitored Telephone and facsimile communications originating in Iraq . Officials refused to confirm or deny this. Americans National Security Agency monitors communications worldwide and its facilities Are Able to capture data transmitted into and out of Iraq by Telephone and other electronic Means German government spokesman Dieter Vogel told a news conference Friday that the list was delivered by the american embassy in Bonn earlier last week and that an initial Check of the companies produced no immediate evidence of wrongdoing. However the economics ministry which is overseeing the investigation confirmed through spokesman Volker Franzen that a few of the companies Are still under scrutiny and could face formal charges. A something like this is always embarrassing a said in other government spokesman Karl Heinz Lamberty. A but its impossible for a country wit i such a huge Export Trade to Check every single package going in and  Germany strengthened its Export Laws six months ago amid reports that several companies were allegedly sell my weapons or parts of weapons to Libya and unfriendly nations in the Middle East. Nevertheless 20 co 30 individuals or companies re Portelly continued to sidestep the Law and Are currently under investigation by the German Federal prosecutor on suspicion of supplying proscribed services and commodities to Iraq. In Washington a congressional staff member speaking Oil condition of anonymity charged that a certain German companies Are still going in and out of Iraq at least As late As a week  1 a it is my understanding that the names of these companies have been provided to the German government a the stuff member said. A their response has not thrilled anybody a. A. A.  economics ministry in Bonn spokesman fran zen said that some of the German companies on the americans list included those whose personnel had been held hostage in Iraq and had reason to be in communication with Baghdad. A most of the cases on the list Are false a Franzen said. A very very few Are still under investigation i can to Tell you exactly How Many though and we cannot provide any further details Quot