European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a a the stars and stripes saturday february 2,1991war in the Gulf at a glance Audi Anker flashes the Oil Slick the Mammoth Oil Slick in the persian Gulf is breaking into pieces overwhelming efforts to contain it and keep it from reaching vital desalination plants. A Page 3a desperate Saddam iraqi attacks into saudi Arabia Indi Cate that two weeks of Allied air assault have devastated Saddam Hussein a military an air Force commander said thursday. V a Page 4an obsession for mail american service members in the persian Gulf seem almost obsessed with getting mail from Home even from people they be never met. A Page 4. A a or j. Unapproved drugs policy a a a a a a a Federal judge has ruled the military can require troops in the persian Gulf to take unapproved drugs to protect against biological and germ warfare. Quot a Page 5the unseen wounds with air and ground units of igniting in the persian Gulf soldiers bearing the unseen mental wounds of War have begun to need care. _ a Page 6worst fears come True for military families around the a Tiore the. Worst fears of months of waiting came True thursday with the first reports of casualties in the ground War in the persian Gulf. A _ a page8a True Blue Patriot the first hero of the persian Gulf War Isnit a person but a missile a called pages up o-14scud-busters first class members of the 2nd in 7th air defense arty in Eastern saudi Arabia Quot Are the most popular people at their air base because they be never missed with their patriots yet. A Page 15 surviving chemical exposure training training More training by Rob Jagodzinsk Middle East Bureau with the 2nd army Cav regt a a army staff sgt. Pedro Rodriguez was exposed to nerve agent and lived to Tell about it Lover and Over a Job is to teach soldiers of the Ger Many based 2nd army Cav regt How to defend themselves against Chemi Cal attack. As part of his training in a 10-week army school he had to Wear a mask and suit inside a Gas chamber containing nerve agent. A a in be used All this equipment in a live agent chamber and survived a said the 29-year-old from new York. A so i know that whatever chemicals that Man Hussein throws at us its not a problem As Long As you use your equipment and know what you re the 2nd army Cav regt headquartered in Nurnberg Germany is expected to Lead a Vii corps armoured task Force against Raqi tanks. Rodriguez said that students in the Gas chamber had to figure out what Type of agent was present remove a Small amount of it from the room and finally Exchange their protective suits for new suits and practice decontaminating a classmates skin. Chem cats were detected with an electronic sensor and were neutralized by. Cloth soaked with decontaminating solutions. A a Quot v �?�.�����. A a a a a a a the gear change was the scariest part. You smell things that Aren t staff sgt. Pedro Rodriguez of the training a Rodriguez said. A you have to change suits while leaving your mask on. A if you re not careful you could break the Seal on your mask and Render yourself a and when decontaminating a buddy a you have to be real careful you Don t touch his skin if you re still a. A a some students panic in the Gas Cham Ber he said. A we had Guys go in what they Call a Turtle Mode a Rodriguez said. A your mind starts to play with you and Yoji smell things that Arentt there. So you re afraid to move at maj. Michael Davis the regimental chemical officer said that in some cases the debilitating fear is caused by fear of the unknown. But the cavalry a will fight through a chemical attack if necessary a he said. Davis said the men would do a a Hasty decontamination of equipment and continue fighting. However the task is complicated by the fact that the current wet cold weather on the arabian Peninsula can trap a chemical agent in the soil. Quot the. Colder it is the More persistent a chemical agent will be a he said. A Sand forms an adhesive Bond to some agents and. gets imbedded in tracks of vehicles. Davis said that the regiment uses a chemical resistant coating on its vehicles a like Wax on a car a so that agents will Bead up and Roll off. The regiment also uses German reconnaissance vehicle called the. Fox to test for the presence of chemical agents. Iraq is most Likely to use nerve agent and Mustard Gas Davis said. The Best defense he said is simply to drive around the contaminated area a. Staff sgt. A Jimmy Glare who also teaches the cavalrymen about chemical warfare said the troops Are beginning to pay much More attention to the instructions. Before arriving in saudi Arabia a fall this chemical stuff was taken for granted a said Glare 35, of Tacoma Wash. T but during the most recent training Glare said the men were a pretty scaled but thankful to be Able to review the basics of staying Jagodzinsk a a strip a Porter la with tha Pentagon combat Madia Pool France approves overflights by b-52s on bombing missions Paris apr France on Friday gave permission for . B-52 bombers based in Britain to Fly Over French territory on bombing missions to the persian Gulf a government spokesman announced. A this temporary authorization is matched by conditions that will be made known very soon and which concern the Means of bombardment a the spokesman Louis la pc Sec said on the French television network la Cine. V be pc Sec said the conditions would specify the Type of bombs the b-52s can use and the areas of enemy territory where the bombs can be dropped. The United states recently requested the overflight permission. British defense Secretary Tom King announced thursday that British base Bush nominated for 91 Nobel prize Oslo Norway apr a norwegian legislator said Friday that he has nominated president Bush for the 1991 Nobel peace prize for standing up to Saddam Hussein so threats against the whole world Vidar Kleppe a member of the right Wing party of Progress said that Bush by leading Allied forces against Iraq Quot stepped into the front line in the fight against oppression torture and totalitarian acts against human dignity.�?�. As an elected member of a National Assembly Kleppe has the right to nominate a Nobel candidate. The deadline for nominations was thursday. Would be used to launch some b-52s flying bombing missions Over Iraq. B-52s have already been flying from an air base in Moron,.spain, for the past 10 Days according to Spanish military sources. A some diplomatic sources in Britain had suggested earlier that France was holding out on granting permission for. The b-52 overflights. In 1986, France refused to permit overflights by . Warplanes that bombed the libyan capital from bases in Britain causing a Row within the North Atlantic treaty organization. The French foreign ministry meanwhile reiterated that there would be no meeting Between a French envoy and an iraqi official in in an. The foreign ministry said thursday that Francois Scheer ministry Secretary general was in Tehran along with algerian and yemeni officials to a maintain r contacts and a Exchange views with the iranians. T a it said he had no mandate to discuss peace initiatives though the iranian news Agency said the officials would discuss ways to end the persian Gulf War. A the iraqi minister of state for foreign affairs Saadoun Hamadi is also in Tehran. A \ v / c. Also Friday French warplanes carried out two raids against Republican guard units inside Iraq near the kuwaiti fron tier and then returned safely to base the French defense ministry announced. France meanwhile began bolstering its Gulf Force with the departure Friday for the red sea of three minesweepers and a logistical support ship. To get Washington a amps a non appropriated fund employees who were hired in the United states and now work in hostile areas of saudi Arabia Are eligible for the same danger pay granted other Federal civilian workers the Pentagon says. A the state department approved danger pay on Jan. 24 for Federal civilian employees in the Eastern province of saudi Arabia and Riyadh. Defense r pay department regulations direct that non appropriated fund workers recruited in the United states Are eligible for the same Benefit. Danger pay will equal 25 percent of an employees base salary. Also the environmental hardship rate in Dhah ran and Riyadh was increased from 20 percent to 25 percent. Workers on temporary duty for 24 hours or longer Are eligible for the benefits
