European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a. The stars and stripes Friday january 25, 1991 at t glance v 2 a a. A a a Modla poot. A Marino practices Trench warfare. Patriots mistakenly fired dutch air Force launchers mistakenly fired two Patriot missiles in Southeastern Turkey on thursday and quickly destroyed them by Remote control. A Page 4 War introduces new Slang the persian Gulf War has introduced americans to a whole new language incorporating technical military terms go Slang and Arab words. A a a 1 a Page 5 helping out at Home one military wife is. Keeping up morale at Home by putting out a publication for families with loved ones fighting the persian Gulf War. A Page 6 worst May still be coming an International arms dealer who has supplied an estimated $1.6 billion Worth of weapons to Iraq be. Lives the worst part of the  conflict lies ahead. A a a a Page 7 germans backing . German citizens As a whole completely support . Involvement in. The persian Gulf a poll  Page 8 heroic computer Chip. If the Pentagon s claims of Success in the persian Gulf War Bear up a hero of the conflict will be the ubiquitous computer Chip. A a Page 16 Aerial War questioned As giant b-52s rain bombs and missiles with hellish Force at Saddam Hussein s troops some analysts wonder about the effectiveness of these round the clock Aerial attacks. A Page 17 in the Gulf German airports ease ban on some electrical items by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Airport Security personnel in Germany again Are letting passengers carry some Small electronic items aboard flights but they can to guarantee that every hair dryer or electric Shaver will make the flight. L the change reflects a loosening of strict anti terrorism Security measures imposed at airports last week after War broke out in the persian Gulf. A for the first two or three Days airlines did t allow any. Electric or electronic items on flights a a spokesman for Frankfurt International Airport said thursday. A now there has been a modification because it was t realistic.�?�. The Security measures come just Over two years after terrorists used explosives hidden in a radio cassette player to blow up a pan am Jet Over Lockerbie Scotland. The bombing killed 270 people. Small items such As hair dryers shavers and still cameras will be accepted a if it is possible to look inside fiem or if an a Ray machine can provide a a Clear picture of the inside Structure a said Wolfgang Schwalm another Airport spokesman. Bigger electric or Battery operated items such As Laptop computers vide cameras or radio cassette players Are less Likely to join passengers on their Domestic and International flights. Security officials have been confiscating the items and running them through a Battery of Security tests. Afterwards they Send the items along on later flights. Generally the items have been arriving at the destination a Day after the passenger United airlines spokesman Henk Van Opstal said thursday passengers have to return to the Airport to pick them up. Most passengers unable to return to the destination Airport at a later time have been leaving the items behind in Germany and picking them up on their return Van Opstal said. A was far As electrical equipment is concerned we re telling customers through travel agencies to leave at Home what they really do not need a Van Opstal said. The strict measures which at first had passengers handing Over goods right Down to pocket calculators were ordered by officials with the German Interior ministry and state transportation offices pan am Check in agents have been telling passengers to pack electronic items in baggage for Check in rather than in carry on Luggage. This makes it easier for the passenger to go through Airport Security Points but it does not eliminate the risk of it being confiscated the pan am official said. A. A a Quot a a a a the number of electronic items being confiscated appears to have gone Down however. During the first three Days Airport officials implemented the policy bins were overflowing with radios Nair dryers and the like. A now they re Only half full a the pan am spokesman said. A Gulf airman bringing Mark of Zorro to doonesbury strip on sundays by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau a a doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau is turning Over his sunday comic strip this week to an Anonymous airman deployed to operation desert storm. Much As Bill Mauldin did with his Battle weary world War ii cartoon grunts a Willie and Joe a the airman known As Zorro takes a Tongue in Cheek View of such irritations As mail delays and the pre War boredom endured by troops waiting for something anything to happen. This will be the first time that Trudeau has published the work of another artist in the 20 years he has been doing the award winning strip said Lee Salem tru a Caus a editor at Universal press Syndicate in Kansas City to. Trudeau a private person who shuns interviews could not be reached for comment. But Salem said the collaboration with Zorro was sparked by the recent a a doonesbury strip that have dealt with the crisis in the Middle East. A evidently Zorro had been putting his cartoons up around his compound and had gotten a pretty Good response and some of his buddies suggested he Send a few of them to Garry a Salem said. The upcoming a a doonesbury has a Large opening panel with the Black i character featured in Many of the recent persian Gulf strips. A Wyo tired of desert shield a Toons written from stateside a the character asks. A Check out these cartoon dispatches from the front created by Zorro an airman stationed at Central command in saudi Arabia the brass May Dis him but the Man is proper.�?�. A Dis Quot is a Slang term for disrespect but in this context it refers to the possible heat the artist might get from military officials for his cartoons. A obviously that a Why he does no to want his real name used a Salem said. A Garry understands  Trudeau provides annotations to explain the military in jokes shown in Zorro a comics which the airman has titled a living in  one strip has iraqi president Saddam Hussein intentionally dropping a Coffee cup to the floor. Visible on the cup Are four stars and the acronym a cinc a or commander in chief. In the persian Gulf the cinc is Gen. H. Norman  a a a the annotation reads a the commander in chief of Cen com lost his Coffee Mug called All staff to find it. This cartoon appeared the next Day a another cartoon has a service member loaded Down with a huge pile of letters and packages bursting into a room and saying a turn on the Light Roo dog the Post office found your mail a Only to find that his Roommate had already hanged himself in despair. Zorro depicts the current a desert shield rotation policy As a sweating i tied to a spit and roasting in the hot Sun. The annotation explains that the Pentagon a policy of not rotating troops out of the theater a has been a  v Salem said Trudeau a decision to Publ Ash Zorro a work was prompted partly by the response he has received from a a doonesbury strips focusing on the . Military in the persian Gulf. A interestingly enough the response has been overwhelmingly positive among service members in the Middle East but there a been some criticism from people Here in the states a Salem said. / a a the tone of the criticism has been How do you know what its like Over there you Arentt  Garry Felt that publishing Zorro a work might be one was to counter  army of commissary us / res i we Brucken Germany a amps shortages at commissaries should begin to ease now that the major deployment from  the persian Gulf is Complete and More vehicles Are available to transport food to stores a spokeswoman said thursday. In mid december commissaries experienced shortages when most of the trucks available to the military were involved in the deployment of troops and equipment to operation desert shield. German Laws prohibiting trucks from operating on sundays and holidays also contributed to the problem said army and air Force commissary representatives. A a now that the bulk of the troops and equipment Are gone and the holidays Are Over we re getting the goods to the stores As usual a said Denise Gomes a spokeswoman for army commissaries. Commissary merchandise is typically delivered in 40-foot containers to euro can ports and other staging areas. Without vehicles to move them the containers began to stack up Gomes said. At the height of the problem near 200 containers each loaded Wil $35,000 Worth of merchandise a Wei stranded at staging areas. Hov Vever Moi than 140 of the containers were delivery to commissaries in the past 10 Day Gomes said. A we were having to pay for the Stourac of the containers a said Norman Jenkin a spokesman for air Force commissaries it was very expensive. But now the pro Lem is in control and our supplies soul be Back to Normal by feb. 1.�?�