European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a the stars and stripes sunday january 13,1991 news briefs l . Embassy in Somalia formally closes its doors Washington a the United Stales has officially closed its embassy in Somalia where civil War has resulted in chaos and widespread deaths in the past two weeks. Related Story Page 8. The state department announced the closure after evacuating All of its remaining staff. A 37 people a in a daring helicopter operation last saturday. The helicopters which took off from an amphibious warship deployed in the Region As part of operation desert shield also airlifted the soviet ambassador his staff and dozens of other foreigners. But despite the diplomats departure the . Embassy was not decreed shut simply a staffed. The new advisory said a fall . Government employees and dependents were evacuated from Somalia and our embassy there was closed on Jan. 5, 1991.�?� since the evacuation . Officials have reported widespread looting of the Seaside embassy compound in the capital of Mogadishu. New jerseys amp a branches sold by Federal officials Washington a Federal regulators on Friday sold 59 Branch offices of new jerseys largest savings and loan As part of a bailout expected to Cost taxpayers $1.5 billion. The offices and accompanying $2.8 billion in deposits of City Federal savings Bank of Somerset n.j., were distributed among five new Jersey financial institutions by the Resolution Trust corp. The Agency ranks it As the nations fifth most expensive a amp a bailout. Separately regulators at the office of Thrift supervision said they seized far West savings and loan association in Newport Beach calif., one of the Industry a heaviest speculators in junk Bonds. The Resolution Trust corp. Will operate far West. European weather forecast for sunday extreme soul hem Germany will be Cloudy with Light rain until the afternoon when the rain will taper off and conditions wid improve to mostly Cloudy. Remaining areas will be parti to mostly Cloudy with Patchy morning fog. High temperatures 3841 North 34-38 South lows 30-34 North 27-31  sunday 4.48, Sunrise monday 8 20 Outlook for monday partly to mostly Cloudy in All areas with widespread morning fog locally Denso. High temperatures 34-38, lows 27-32. Temperatures re coded saturday  a. A 4am 4pm 43 55 Copenhagen c 43 Frankfurt c 57 London p -46 maund c ,. 41 Munich r 38 Paris p 41 Rome c Adana. 1 Amsterdam Athens. I Aviano to Berlin c Loremer Haven Brussels c a 4am 4pm 36 39 39 46 43 43 41 39 41 39 45> 4t 41 52 43 43 46 39 45 57 provided by Dot 13,2nd weather Wing Graben Trarbach. A other worldwide temperatures Cairo c Dhahran c Dublin f. Helsinki c a Jerusalem f. Lisbon c a a. High Low. A 66 48 Manila. I 52 Montreal c 32 Moscow 9 Oslo f 41 Toronto s 52 Vancouver High Low 90 72 68 43 21 55 54 0 41 19 27 45 �?�13 27 15 10 36 More than a million troops with vast arsenals face off Cairo Egypt up a More than 600,000 soldiers from 24 countries in the .-led multinational Force faced More than 500,000 iraqi troops in the persian Gulf saturday As both sides accompanied by a vast array of weaponry await tuesdays . Deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein commands about 500,000 troops including the elite Republican guards stationed in Kuwait Southern Iraq and along the iraqi turkish Border. They Are armed with. 5,000 tanks 730 warplanes and eight warships. The Pentagon on thursday said that at least 5,000 . Troops a Day Are pouring into the Region. Some 80 warships and support vessels Are either in the area or in route to the Gulf. . Troop strength in the Region has reached at least 370,000 and Overall Allied strength now stands at least 615,000, officials said. The following is a list of other Allied military forces in the Gulf ?. A Argentina one destroyer one Corvette two air Force transport planes 150 troops. A Australia two guided missile frigates one support ship 700 military personnel. A a Bangladesh 5,000 soldiers. A Britain 30,000 military personnel 12 warships four squadrons of interceptor and ground attack jets three maritime reconnaissance aircraft 120 challenger tanks two squadrons of fighter bombers two destroyers six frigates one Oiler one Ocean Survey ship two Fleet auxiliary ships three mine sweepers. A Bulgaria 400 soldiers. A Canada two destroyers one Supply ship 18 fighter jets 500 military personnel. A Czechoslovakia 200 soldiers one anti chemical warfare unit. A Denmark one Corvette a danish merchant ship helping . Sea lift 98 personnel. A Egypt 30,000 troops with tanks two Jet fighter squadrons. A France 14,000 troops with tanks 14 warships one guided missile Cruiser two missile destroyers two frigates one Corvette three squadrons of interceptor jets and fighter bombers. A Greece one frigate. A Holland two frigates 18 Jet. Fighters one combat Supply ship. A Italy three frigates one support vessel two corvettes eight Jet fighters four helicopters 1,500 troops. A Kuwait 7,000 soldiers serving under the saudi command 15 Jet fighters. A Morocco 6,000 soldiers. A a Norway one Cutter one Corvette one anti chemical warfare  Quot a new zealand one Supply ship. A Pakistan 5,000 soldiers. A Portugal one Navy transport ship several cargo a ships. A a a a a a a a a a. A saudi Arabia 65,000.troops armed with 550 tanks 180 combat planes eight frigates. A Senegal 500 soldiers. A Spain 500 troops one frigate one Corvette. A Syria 22,000 troops with 420 tanks. Saudi a Cloudy a partly Cloudy Llau a ram Fig fogs Snow a supplied by the associated press. From Page 1 College outside of Dhahran also plans to remain in his native saudi Arabia he acknowledged that the area is a dangerous place because of Oil Fields in the Region that Iraq May try to destroy with surface to surface missiles. A Many people May be killed a the soft spoken Ali said in broken English �?o1 am very unhappy very scared. But i will stay Home in  american civilian workers Are also among the labourers in saudi Arabia preparing for War albeit with the support of the . Military. A a a a we re Here for the duration a said Patty Williams 41, a helicopter Mechanic with Lockheed corp. Of fort Hood Texas who works with the Isth Adiv. A we volunteered to come  she and a Friend were shopping in a Dhahran supermarket a one of their last planned trips to the City before tuesdays deadline expires. A once things Start moving we wont get into town As often a Williams said. A we live in tents in the desert with the army but we  be Here if we did no to think it was Worth  contributing to this report the associated press in Riyadh saudi Arabia a a a a a is amps  Page 1 250-183 and the Senate 53-46 against resolutions of a plan to give sanctions More a time. A a. A \. A a vice president Dan Quayle was presiding and senators stood and voted quietly from their seats a formality reserved for Only the most serious occasions. It was Congress starkest Choice Between War and peace since world War 11, and Foley said he believed lawmakers and the nation would rally around a whatever decision was made. A in my 26 years in Congress i have never seen this House More serious or More determined to speak its heart and mind a Foley d-wash., told reporters. A this is a matter of enormous  Many of the speeches on both sides of the Capitol appeared aimed More at the Public than at convincing their colleagues featuring stories of constituents touched by the War preparations and fearful of the outcome. Hamilton chairman of the House subcommittee on the Middle East said a . Attack would fuel terrorism and anti americanism playing into the hands of Radical islamic  the . Secretary general arrived in Baghdad to try to give Saddam a face saving Way out of the crisis and Secretary of state James Baker welcomed a new soviet attempt to Avert War. Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz greeted . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar on his arrival in Baghdad Perez de Cuellar brought a proposal under which a . Peacekeeping Force would take up positions in the Region following a Mutual pullback of forces. L in won support for the idea from the 12-nation european Community in Geneva on Friday. Baker in Syria for talks with president 1 la Fez Assad welcomed the diplomatic intervention of soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev in the standoff. But he did not evaluate Gorbachev a chances before the . Deadline or provide details. The soviet Leader told Bush about the initiative during a 30-minute phone Call on Friday. Meanwhile Assad appealed to the iraqi president to make a a a braves decision and withdraw from Kuwait to spare the arabs a destructive War. Assad in an unusual Appeal read by an announcer Over state run Damascus radio urged Saddam to put aside years of enmity Between them and a listen to the advice of a  he told Saddam a i am not making this Appeal to Embarrass anyone but i am appealing to a live conscience to deny our enemy the Opportunity for which they have been longing. A Israel alone stands to Benefit from this situation which allows it to continue to occupy our lands and plot to expand a Assad said. The rubber stamp iraqi National Assembly will meet in special session on monday 24 hours before the . Deadline apparently to discuss the Gulf crisis. On saturday the United states was the. Latest nation to evacuate its personnel from Baghdad. Germany Greece and Australia have also sent embassy stuff Home. At least 13 embassies a including the soviet Union Egypt Belgium the Netherlands. Denmark and Portugal a have said they will follow suit. The . Embassy a diplomats flew to Frankfurt Germany on a chartered iraqi airways Jet along with More than 35 other Western diplomats and private citizens. A a in a glad to be going Home a said . Charge do affaires Joseph Wilson Ivin Washington the state department ordered iraqis ambassador to Send most i of his staff Home by tuesday saying the move was designed to prevent iraqi diplomats from organizing terrorist attacks. However the department said the United states was not breaking diplomatic relations with Iraq. Ambassador Mohammed Al Mashat was summoned to the state department Ano handed a diplomatic note instructing him to reduce his staff to four people including himself the state department said. The diplomats and their families must leave the country by Midnight tuesday the state department said. The United states has decided to allow a Skeleton Crew to remain in Washington to maintain a Channel of communication with the iraqi government the depart men said