European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A a a saturday Petru Ary 2, ,1991 the stars and stripes Page 3war in the Gulf a. A a a a a a a a a a a. I a a a. 1 amp a. A upheld on use of untested drugs Vasi Mington apr the military May require. Troops serving in the persian Gulf to take unapproved drugs to protect against biological and germ warfare a Federal judge ruled thursday. . District  a. Harris dismissed a lawsuit that contended the troops should be warned about the risk of Side effects. Allowed to refuse the treatment and required to give their consent beforehand. The action by the detente department allowed by the food and drug administration to give unapproved drugs to troops m the Gult involved a strategic military a decisions a not research on involuntary human subjects the judge ruled a a a a a a a a a a the court declines  department of detente s decisions regarding How to equip and prepare the armed forces Lor the War with Iraq,.�?� Harris wrote. In any Case the judge said the defense department submitted documents saying the drugs were believed by experts to be Sale. Quot a. One is a commonly used drug packaged in a different form Tor easier use. Pentagon spokeswoman Susan Hansen confirmed the military is adm Lustering anti germ warfare vaccines to .  military t Al uses to specify the types of germs for which it is providing antidotes. Quot the court is saying that the United states can treat soldiers As though they Are Guinea  _ Rob it Dreyfuss Public citizen group the. Policy a was �0th-mediiillv_jmue�ally-dc1ctisi--ble,�?� the Pentagon said in a statement issued Jan. 11, the advocacy group Public citizen Winch tiled the class action lawsuit in january on Behall of an unidentified army Soldier in saudi Arabia said it would Appeal. A a a the court is saving that the United states can treat soldiers As though Thev Are Guinea pigs do said Robert Dreyfuss. Spokesman Tor the group founded by Ralph Nader. A �.,� a a a a a a. A. A a the fact that someone is a Soldier certainly does not mean that he or she can be stripped of the right to refuse experimental  a a the food and drug administration issued waivers it december saying it was not feasible Tor the Pentagon to soldiers bottled up . Army troops Wade through hundreds of plastic water bottles at a logistics depot in the Northern saudi arabian desert. The water was purified and bottled at a saudia a to arabian desalination Plant and packaged in boxes that collapsed after a heavy rain soaked the area the depot is a desert Oasis of sorts for front line Allied troops. Sands of time get soldiers consent Belore administering  drugs in a . A v a. A a. A. A a. A. A Harris agreed. The. A cleanse department he  elected to administer the drugs because of its de a termination thai the drugs will improve t in survival rate of troops that May encounter chemical and biological  v. Allowing some soldiers to opt  the treatment would create a dilemma about whether Thev should be sent into Battle the judge said. A i unprotected soldiers Are sent into the Field and Suiter nerve or bacterial poisoning they could create a a tet risk for other troops,2perris wrote. _ a Mir agencies have said tic  intent lion of using drugs still in the experimental stage bin rather drugs which t of one reason or another have not won Fra approval a for example an inhaled form of a drug normally Given by injection. In civilian use the drug might never be Given by inhalation but on the Battlefield injections May not be practical. Because of scandals resulting from the use tit unknowing soldiers in drug experiments in the 1950s, con Gross required that military person incl must consent to the administration of an unapproved drug unless the Lood and drug administration approved a he defense department so plans to use those drugs m combat or threatened combat. Terrorists aiming at by David Johns i on. A a a. , times news service a. A a. A a a a Washington a a stale department official said thursday that about 70 acts of terrorism had been committed against american and Allied interests outside the United states since the persian Gulf War began including l 1 ill the last Day. A these Quot incidents have resulted in properly damage a said Margaret Tutwiler the stale depart int spokeswoman. A so far the injuries have been relatively  iraqis have been directly involved in Only one it if the incidents a failed attempt to bomb a . Library in a Manila on Jan 19,. V t \ the attacks have ranged from the firing of an automate weapon into Gates of the american embassy in Yemen to an incident in which a hand grenade was lobbed Over the Wall of the turkish ambassador s residence in Yemen no one was injured in either incident. In addition bombings have also occurred in Lima Peru where minor explosions struck a . Cultural Center and a statue of president Kennedy. Sotar the attacks have not been definitively linked to Well known Middle last terror groups but appear to be largely random acts by a Kindred spirits of iraqi president Saddam Hussein said Vincent Cannistraro a former Cia terrorism official. In a  with reporters the Fri official Quot in charge of Domestic counter terrorism said increased vigilance would be necessary Long after the War ends in the Gulf despite the Lack of Clear evidence of planned terrorist acts in the United states. Newark. . Apr a former people s express Airport terminal is being converted into a Transfer Point for casualties from the persian Gulf War officials said thursday. _ the department of veterans affairs plans to lease the terminal at Newark International Airport said Everett Chasen a the a s . The a has already set up 100 cots and stands for intravenous fluids in the terminal where the defunct Peoples express operated its no frils airline Chasen said. Having soldiers from Mcguire fab in Southern new Jersey to Newark Wall make for a Shorter ambulance ride to designated v a hospitals in new York  Jersey optic gals said. The military would be flying casualties to the same terminal where passengers waited for budget flights in Peoples heyday. The once frantic terminal closed in 1987 when Peoples express was merged with Continental airlines and new York air. A a a on Jan. 14, the a asked the port authority of new York and new Jersey which owns the North terminal if it could lease the building said port authority spokesman Armando Arrastia. Although the lease terms have yet to be worked out the port authority has already wiped away three years of dust installed new water Heaters put in pay phones and turned on the Power Arrastia said a a a we Are glad to help out in whatever Small Way we can a he said. A a we re talking about a National  in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. 2, 1951 a Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower told Congress the United states a cannot pick up the world Oil its shoulders and that the nato allies must Cooper ate for common defense. _30 years ago today ,. 7 feb. 2, 1961 a a minuteman missile americans new solid fuel ice by scored an amazing Success on its first test flight hitting its target 4, 100 Miles away. 20 years ago today. Feb. 2, 1971 a president Nixon s better business in 1971, plus a Promise feb. 2, 1971 a president Nixon sent to Congress a pledge of More jobs and s a Promise to use a fall the effective and legitimate Powers of government to strengthen anti inflation forces. 10 years ago today. Feb. 2, 1981 a Secretary of state Alexander Haig delayed budget director David Stockman s proposals for severe cuts in american foreign Aid arguing later to president Reagan that the Aid program needed the Money