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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday wednesday january 1/2 199 news briefs israeli warplanes destroy Plo building in Lebanon is Don Lebanon u i israeli warplanes destroyed a building manned by followers of palestinian liberation organization Leader Yasser Arafat late sunday killing at least it guerrillas palestinian sources said. Hours later israeli planes on a reconnaissance Mission mane Vered across Clear skies Over palestinian bases near the port City of Sidon monday drawing gunfire from the ground witnesses said. The witnesses said at least two israeli jets flew at a medium Altitude Over palestinian positions South and Southeast of Sidon 24 Miles South of Beirut. Guerrillas Manning jeep mounted guns and batteries in rugged terrain around Sidon opened up with intense gunfire in the direction of the roaring aircraft the witnesses said. The israeli mock raid staged shortly after Sunrise occurred after an overnight israeli strike targeted the base Southeast of the City manned by Plo followers. Israelis warplanes destroyed a three Story building used As a base by Latah killing 10 members of Arafat a group palestinian sources and witnesses said. �?~100,000th Gulf bound go files through Rhein main Rhein main a Germany a amps a Marine private first class from Antioch calif., was the l 0, the Southwest Asia bound passenger to pass through the base monday Oil the Way to operation desert shield. Pee. John e. Soto a Rifleman with b co 1st in 25th marines got off a Northwest airlines 747 that landed at Rhein Mai i at 12 35 p.m., said a base spokesman maj. Steve Knechtel. The Marine Reserve unit is based at Manchester  l Soto a single reservist who has been with the 25th Marine unit for Only four months was a Junior pursuing an accounting degree at Norwich University in Northfiel vt., when his unit was called to Active duty. His parents  sister live in Antioch. _ Knechtel said the passenger service staff at the military Airlift come terminal knew they needed 62 More troops to reach the six digit figure and Soto was no. 62 of the 350 troops that tiled out of the huge aircraft. A a a a a a european weather Fodroc Rusl for tuesday mostly Cloudy with frequent Tams Howors ice Pellet showers and isolated thunderstorms Cloudy skies with widespread ram and Bruzlo will move into the it enolus during the afternoon and spread East into All atoms by wednesday Rooming expect Gusty winds and Shower  temperatures 47 50. Lows 38-41. Sunset tuesday 4 34. Sunrise wednesday 6 26 Outlook Lor wednesday  Cloudy and Rainy in All areas with Gusty winds in nod hem regions and Strong Gusty winds along the. Coast. Highs 46 i. Tows30-41, temperatures recorded monday a. A a a a a a4am4pm. Quot. 4am 4pm Adana it. A a -. 43 5? co fit Tugen c 3 39 Amsterdam r ,. 38 41 fun Lurt. R. 32 .41 Athens i Quot 46 55 London a4 48 Aviano i 38 43 Madrid in. 45 46 Berlin. I 38 39 Munich r. 4t. 41 Bremerhaven c 40 39 pans c. 43 50 Brussels. R a. 38 48 Horne. In v a 50 55 a provided by Del 13. 2nd weather Wing Tirben i Lihach. Quot Ota worldwide temperatures a. Cairo c a. Dhahran. C Dublin c a Helsinki c. A Jerusalem a Quot us on. C. A Quot a Cloudy , flair r rams Snow. High Low. 6tf 5? Manila a. 68 41 Montreal r 37 37 Moscow c 37 32 Osier i a a Toronto re 61 55 Vancouver High Low a .50 37. 30 28 --------27 21 52 36. 34 19 a supplied by the associated pics conversion rate the official rate of German Marks to . Personnel for personal use will be 1.46 through wednesday based on mondays noontime  from Page 1 Bush a Promise that any Force will be speedy and decisive and will not Lead to a drawn out con Flat As in Vietnam. A a a a it May turn out that the Only language Saddam Hussein understands is the language of lorce.�?�. Quayle mingled with the marines and army troops at the two Sites where heavy action would be expected if War does occur said army it. Gen. Calvin  Waller. At the Marine base he inspected harrier fighter planes that Marine maj. Jim Mcclain said Are Only three minutes flying time from the Border of occupied Kuwait. Quayle received a cordial greeting from the troops most of whom told Hirst they were prepared to do their Job and were anxious to get it Over with. Mis entourage inspected Cluster bombs that had slogans inscribed on them such As a merry Christmas no new  a a in a nervous and scared. In a not afraid to say that anymore. We re sitting right on the  there might be. Fighting a Lance Cpl. Richard Kamoe of Honolulu told a reporter. Quayle mentioned in his speech that his father and brother were both in the Marine corps a and not withstanding my own service  army National guard the marines in the Quayle household Are no. I a he said to applause. A a a. The controversy Over Quayle a National guard service seemed to make Little impression on the Young troops serving Here when Bush selected Quayle As his running mate Quayle was accused of having used family connections to get a  the Indiana National guard and avoid being drafted and going to Vietnam a other people have done worse things than him a Quot said Marine Cpl. Kimberly gender of Bloomfield ind. Waller who caused a firestorm of controversy by saying on dec. 19 that the troops would not be fully ready for combat by the Jan. 15 . Deadline for Iraq of withdraw from Kuwait. Escorted Quayle on his tour of the desert bases. Waller was reticent  his earlier comment that he would recommend against launching an attack until mid february. A the component commanders have said they Are  he told a reporter a my Job is to a support a Gen. To Norman Schwarzkopf commander of the . Operation Here and the commanders of each of the services. Asked if he would be making a recommendation on whether to make a strike he replied a no. Everyone has All the information they need to make that  a a a. Quayle strip is als aimed at seeking continued financial support from saudi Arabia and Kuwait a deposed rulers. He was assured sunday by King fahd that with the looming possibility of War saudi Arabia will offer More Cash and services said senior administration officials travelling with the vice president. A there seems to be no problem with getting More Money from fahd said one official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Quayle was assured by fahd that the King had a no reticence regarding a military conflict should that be needed to oust the iraqis said the . Official who briefed reporters on the meeting. Quayle and fahd were in a virtually Complete agreement on what needs to be done to Force Iraq out but did not discuss details of what would happen after Jan. 15, the official said. A. In the meantime Quayle told reporters he would in. Press on the saudis and the exiled Emir of Kuwait when he meets him tuesday that a they will have to be making More contributions to support the deployment of some 300,000 american troops. A a this crisis is going to continue a he said. An official who attended the Quayle fahd meeting said a the impression that was left was that the saudis would continue to be forthcoming in financial and other support such As free fuel. A they done to want any perception of any reluctance on that  Quot so far saudi Arabia has contributed $9 billion nearly half of it in Cash and the rest in material support according to the state department and Kuwait has Given $2.5 billion. ,. Administration officials have estimated the operation will Cost $30 billion in 1991. Waiting from Page 1 Wasny to allowing them to contribute. This one person became the focus for thew role  once the officer Learned How the others Felt he took a time  smiling More now a Colosimo said. Quot a few service members in desert shield have been evacuated for psychological help in situations ranging from psychotic episodes to alcohol detoxification problems prompted by the sudden deprivation of booze in a a dry saudi Arabia Colosimo Quot said. A a some not. Many a Jive manifested in Ajir depressions in such a Way that they cannot be handled in a proper Way a Here a he said. A but the majority of adjustment difficult lies by and Large have turned  ,. A Navy mental health professional thinks however a that the Middle East deployments psychological benefits often Are overlooked in the Rush to scrutinize stresses affecting Young service members. A a essentially what these kids Are doing is trying to establish themselves As adults. These kids come Here Orr deployment and discover they can be away from Home a said or. Frank Mullins a Navy go Tain and head of the a psychology department at the naval Hospital in Portsmouth a. / a. Denied alcohol and Freedom of movement they have fewer opportunities to Cloud their judgment. They also find More chances to prepare for adult responsibilities Mullins  Quot Colosimo agreed a i Haven t met a person yet who a Hasni to been forced to grow up a a _ a if War does break out help for emotionally hurting troops a like medical care for the physically injured a will emphasize treating the wounds and returning them. To their units in the Battlefield. Current practice is to Comfort the affected individual assuring him that its Normal to weep uncontrollably or react in other extreme ways to the horrors of War said or. Roy Bobbitt an air Force a Oynel who commands a the 354th tac fighter wings air Trai portable Ilo spi Tal at an Inland Airstrip in Eastern saudi Arabia. A until the late 1960s, medical personnel tended to treat hysterical troops As though Battle had a damaged them mentally. A this Only reinforced in the persons own mind that something really bad was wrong with him when in reality he was   in an abnormal Situa Tori a Bobbitt said a we found we had just created a whole society of disabled people.�?�. Mental health professionals revamped their approx car during the Vietnam War and in the Wake of the six Day  Israel and neighbouring Arab countries in june 1967, Bobbitt said. Quot not even the medical corps itself is immune to Battle stress because of the nature of its work. A we have to make a gut checks a a a said air Force capt. Scott Corcoran a pharmacist at the 3.54th tac fighter wings  was referring to the need to steel ones Nerv is against the effects of seeing mangled bodies carried into the emergency room. ,. A a a a it a not going to be uncommon for people to go Over to he Side and throw up and come Back ready to work. You just do what you have to do a Corcoran said. T he medical workers have a second  Al everybody always dreads that person coming through the door that you know a Corcoran said. A we do have wives Here whose spouses work0ori the flight  it Iraq from Page 1 Agency and Baghdad radio threatened those who fail to respond to the Call up with unspecified a Legal  it was the fourth major Call up of reserves in recent weeks. Those drafted earlier included an unspecified number of men a cd 3b, 31 and 32. Quot on sunday the european Community decided to Call an emergency meeting of its 12 foreign ministers in Luxembourg on  dec initiative was proposed saturday by the German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Gens her. -. Luxembourg takes Over the Community a rotating presidency in 1791 and its foreign minister Jacques Poos said some Stales in the Community might Well push for a meeting Between him and his iraqi counterpart Tariq Aziz. A. The German officials speaking monday in Bonn speculated that dec foreign ministers would discuss opening a indirect talks with Iraq. I Lou Over Luxembourg prime minister Jacques Santer said his country would not suggest any new dec peace initiative e. Lie said the meeting should reaffirm the dec Solidarity Waffie International Community against the invasion. Poos said in an interview with the British broadcasting corp. He expected there would be Contact with. _ Iraq a either a through diplomatic channels or a private  a _ Poos said he would be ready to go to Iraq if the foreign ministers took such a decision Friday asked if he thought lie would be meeting Aziz in the near future he replied a yes i think  a i he Community cancelled a meeting Yiu Aziz in december after the United states and Iraq failed to agree on dates for an Exchange of. Visits by their foreign ministers  
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