European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine authorized unofficial publication for the  armed. Forces vol. 49, no. 272 sunday january 13, 1991 a a ?5t daily and sunday d 8693 Congress vote gives Bush Power to wage War in Gulf Washington a an anguished and deeply divided Congress on saturday gave president Bush authority to wage War in the persian Gulf and leading lawmakers urged National Unity in the Wake of the historic vote. The Senate voted 52-47 to empower Bush to a use United states armed forces to expel Iraq from Kuwait. A Short time later the House followed suit on a vote of 250-183. A this is the Best Chance for peace and the Best Hope for peace a Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole said shortly before the momentous vote. Bush said that Congress vote a unmistakably demonstrates the United states commitment to enforce a Complete iraqi withdrawal from  a let there be no mistake a Bush said moments after the House and Senate gave their assent to his War making authority. A peace is everyone a goal. Peace is in everyone sprayers. But it is for Iraq to  the United nations has Given Iraq a deadline of tuesday for pulling out of Kuwait. Bush said congressional authority for Force was a the Best shot for peace just three Days before the deadline. Bush said he did not View War As inevitable he said a i can to Tell you what i do on Midnight of the 15th.�?� he added that his thinking is to act a sooner rather than later if there is no iraqi compliance by the deadline. Bush spoke As commander in chief of an armed Force nearing 400,000 troops in the persian Gulf. The personnel Are backed by the most sophisticated aircraft tanks and other weaponry in the american Arsenal. Lawmakers cast their vote in a somber Senate after both houses rejected Calls to rely on economic sanctions and diplomacy to Force an iraqi withdrawal from occupied Kuwait. The i Louse was equally subdued As dozens of lawmakers listened to the debate. House speaker Thomas Foley urged continued Reliance on sanctions but said that whatever the outcome a let us come together As  Bush Cut Short his weekend at the presidential Mountain Retreat in Camp David md., As Congress took its action. In earlier Roll Calls the House voted see Gulf on Back Pago saudi residents prepare for worst by Rob Jagodzinski Middle East Bureau Dhahran a saudi Arabia a Clad in Black As if in mourning the Indian Mother fussed Over her 21-year-old daughter As the Young woman filled out customs forms in a Busy International Airport terminal Here. While the daughters face appeared Serene worry lines creased the mothers brow. A yes we re sending my daughter and her three children away because of the trouble a said the Mother who would not give her name. A a they re going to our son in Laws Sisters Home in Dit a a in the United Arab emirates several Hundred Miles to the East. A we waited until now because we thought. Something would be decided Between the United states and Iraq. A but it was  the elder woman said Many of her friends had already sent their families Back to India. A but my husband and i cannot leave because his company has asked him to  the Gamble to remain in the kingdom and face possible War or flee and leave Homes and jobs behind weighs heavily on both saudis and foreign workers As tuesdays deadline for Iraq to get out of Kuwait nears. Many of those planning to stay and weather a possible conflict Are buying chemical masks stocking up on canned food and bottled water and purchasing Large Gas cans in Case War disrupts services. A i will stay in saudi Arabia a said Afif Ismael 44, a lebanese finance manager for a trading company in Dhahran. Ismael is one of an estimated 4 million foreign workers in saudi Arabia which has a total Popula Tio Nof about 11 million. A if the Battle comes to this part of the country i May go to the West to Riyadh or Jeddah a Ismael said. A my company will provide everything a chemical masks transportation  Ismael who grew up in Beirut and whose wife and children still live there said that a War is a part of my a amps Wayne  Rene Ismael a philippine native who works in Dhah rain carries his Gas mask in a shoulder bag As he shops.  As a Young Man surviving in Battle torn Beirut he Learned to stay put when the shooting started and a buy bottled water and canned items a no fresh  in the capital of Riyadh residents arc Rushing to supermarkets and hardware shops to Hoard supplies a i was Here until 3,30 . Last night a an employee of a Large supermarket said thursday. A fall the registers we going and people were coming through with As Many As six grocery carts full of food this is  candles were a top seller As was masking tape to Seal windows against Poison Gas. Saudis and expatriates also stocked up on canned food Rice cereals bottled water batteries and other non perishable items. Shelves were still fully stocked at the supermarkets in Riyadh on thursday. The supermarket employee said he expected no food shortages in the event of War because flights to tyring in foodstuffs would be chartered if necessary. But hardware stores were sold out of some items. Metal containers for storing gasoline and duct tape Lor sealing windows were nowhere to be found. A a we re out of it entirely a said one Salesman. A we done to even have any for  near Dhahran Mohamid Karnaky another lebanese worker supervises a Kodak film lab. War or peace he plans to stay in saudi Arabia. A i left Beirut 11 years ago because of the War there a said Karnaky 34. Quot Here there a Good work 1 feel like i belong Here More than in  if the Eastern province is affected by fighting a your company will Send us to Jeddah. We be already picked up our Gas masks a Karnaky said. A if 1 can help during the Wari will help. In a not a fighter i done to know How to fight. But if the government asks i will do whatever i can a like drive an ambulance or emergency Supply  Abdul Aziz Ali a 19-year-old student at King Faisal see saudi on Back Page crackdown in Lithuania Vilnius . A soviet troops occupied More buildings in Lithuania saturday and russian federation president Boris Yeltsin condemned the military crackdown in a Stormy Kremlin meeting with president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. The neighbouring Baltic Republic of Estonia meanwhile braced for the planned deployment of 2,000 soviet paratroopers on sunday. At least eight people have been injured since Friday in Lithuania As soviet troops smashed into government buildings in the Kremlin a latest attempt to halt the republics 10-month-old Independence drive. Before Dawn saturday soviet troops seized buildings belonging to the lithuanian police Academy and a Villa that recently was occupied by the republics National guard. 9 hundreds of pro Independence lithuanians maintained a weekend Vigil at the republics main television station and about 1,000 people including uniformed nationalist guards with rifles and Metal rods stood guard outside parliament. Yeltsin Gorbachev a chief political rival blasted the crackdown in a meeting with the soviet Leader warning that military Force could provoke violence in other regions and unleash a wide scale civil conflict.�?�. A the use of the army against legally elected organs is illegal and unconstitutional a according to a statement Yeltsin read at the meeting of the federation Council the Kremlin policy making and advisory body that includes representatives of the 15 soviet republics. His roughly worded statement was drafted saturday at an emergency session of the executive Council of the russian federation