European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 05, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday february 5,1991war in the Gulf at a glance the battleship Missouri at sea. A a a. A a a a Britain a daytime War British pilots Are taking bold advantage of the air supremacy ipod through More than two weeks of nighttime raids on Iraq air bases by beginning Daylight raids to Pound new iraqi targets. A Page 3iraq�?Ts final rear guard their paychecks Are fatter uniforms crisper and weapons the Best in the Arsenal a the Republican guard remains iraqis great Hope in the Gulf War. A Page 4americans Pray for troops americans in churches across the country sunday heeded president Bush s Call and remembered the nations sons and daughters serving in the Gulf by praying for peace. A Page 5women at War with each escalation of the War each new encounter each twist of events . Servicewomen endure the curiosity of their nation which has never sent so Many of them into such grave danger or expected so much from them As in operation desert storm. A Page 6mideast aftermath although America ostensibly seeks no territory to the Middle East some experts say . Forces almost certainly will remain Long after the War against Iraq ends in order to maintain peace in the shattered Region. \ a Page 7what�?Tre we fighting for service members in saudi Arabia who think they re fighting for cheap Oil had better think Quot again. A Page 21 ground combat could Start in 10 Days Dod source says to Angeles up a an Allied ground offensive could begin in As few As 10 Days when military officials estimate that about half of iraqi combat vehicles and equipment will have been destroyed the los Angeles times reported sunday. The newspaper quoted a highly placed Pentagon official As saying the .-led air Campaign has had a a dramatic effects on iraqis 545,000 troops and their ground weapons. The official requested anonymity. The Campaign has turned in the last five Days to the systematic bombardment of enemy forces in Kuwait and Southern Iraq. Unless weather or some other Factor disrupts the schedule for the . Air War the iraqi forces would be softened up enough for an Allied ground assault in 10 to 20 Days the official told the times. A a the comments reveal the most precise assessment so far of How much damage . Military planners want to inflict on iraqi forces before beginning ground combat and when the offensive would Start. R t they also reflect the Pentagon a increasing Confidence that the air Campaign is proceeding on schedule despite difficulties in determining the extent of damage and the need to divert hundreds of aircraft to search for scud missile launchers. Iraq has repeatedly fired the rockets at Israel and saudi Arabia. Allied efforts have been made easier in recent Days by i Fuji movements of Many vehicles from protective shelters into the open where they have been subjected to relentless air attacks . Military officials have said. I some speculate that the move fits Are an attempt to draw Allied troops into a ground War prematurely but . Officials say they will not be pulled into a ground offensive ahead of schedule. The Pentagon official who spoke to the times cautioned that War planners will not be Able to determine exactly when the 50 percent target of iraqi damage is reached. The source also emphasized that the ground Battle will be a a slugging match with substantial . . Military plan is not to kill masses of iraqi infantry soldiers a whom he characterized As a just a Bunch of country boys lettuce growers a but to demobilize iraqis armoured and mechanized forces by destroying vehicles and Mobile guns. For Host of guard Reserve troops careers wait a but War work can t by the stars and stripes saudi Arabia a Snoball of the men and women in uniform in the persian Gulf War think of themselves As service members first. Some Are insurance agents construction workers homemakers and teachers. They Are National guard and Reserve members who woke up one morning and were handed desert bus. A a it a different than going to summer Camp for two weeks a said it. Col. Roger Baldwin commander of the Alabama National guards 440th Ord in. Back Home Baldwin is labor relations manager for Abc rail in Calera a. Lit the Northern arabian desert he is trying to get tons of rockets out of the mud. Someone decided to store the rockets in a Low area of the desert which Winter Rains quickly turned to soupy muck. A your orders Are for 180 Days a he said. A but we Jet we tend to do is count on being Over Here a year and if we re released sooner so much the Quot the a ammo hampers a under his com Mand live in tents eat Field rations and Haven to seen a porcelain toilet in weeks. They work 12-hour Days six Days a week stacking sorting packing and loading thousands of tons of ammunition bound for the front. A a that a part of the responsibility you have when you put on the uniform a said Baldwin who has been in the guard for 30 years. In capt. Ray Scott a bomb shelter is a sign that reads a free the Louisiana National the 42-year-old com Mander of the 1086th trans co based at Jena la., figures he wont be free for a Long time. A when you Are expecting 180 Days and you get 360 Days you have to make some adjustments. I think the morale would drop a Little if that happens but the Esprit. De corps is higher than any unit in be seen a said Scott from Pineville la. One Consolation for these Louisiana Farmers truck Drivers and mechanics who now haul giant Canvas bladders of water to the troops is that they done to feel so far from Home. Most of them live within 30 Miles of each other in their state. Many of them Are related. In addition to three married couples a who Are separated at night a there Are assorted Brothers and cousins and three sets of fathers and sons including Scott and his son. Maj. Gen. William g. Pagonis the logistics chief for All of operation desert storm said 60 percent of the people moving bullets and Beans to the troops Are in the National guard and reserves. A they remind you of the revolutionary Days when a Guy slowed the Field and his country called and he dropped everything and had to go fight a Battle a Pagonis said. Capt. David ramp 38, joined the Nebraska National guard when he was in College. Part of the incentive was a Low draft lottery number but Only part he Saiter a we done to want to be Hurt a said ramp a Public affairs officer. A but there is something deep inside you that says this is important and i want to be part of information for this article was gathered by Pentagon Media Pool reporters on the scene common defense policy proposed for dec Brussels Belgium apr France and Germany on monday urged their european Community partners to forge a common defense policy for the dec but the proposal received a lukewarm Welcome from the Netherlands and Britain. Neutral Ireland opposed it. German foreign minister Hans die Trich Genscher told reporters that the persian Gulf War showed the need to make Security part and parcel of a joint dec foreign policy now understudy. A the War in the Gulf is not an argument against but in favor of common foreign and Security policy of the eco he said. To an dec foreign ministers meeting Genscher and Roland Dumas the French foreign minister suggested the merger of the nine nation Western european Union into the dec. A the we opens All possibilities also for a military Effort by the dec states Genscher said. Founded in 1954, the we is a european defense group whose work has been largely overshadowed by the nato Alliance which commits the United states to the defense of Western Europe. Under the French German proposal the we would be a the Channel of cooperation Between the dec and nato and become natos a european the idea of incorporating the we into the dec enjoys much , Belgium and Luxembourg. The dec foreign ministers did not discuss the proposal in detail during their first round of talks on an dec foreign policy. A a a a Quot also under the French German proposal the dec Heads of state would agree unanimously on the outline of an dec foreign policy. The dec foreign ministers would then implement it by majority voting. While France and Germany cited the War and the eco a fragmented response to it As showing the need for a common defense policy Britain and the Netherlands used that same argument for a go slow approach. Aides to Irish foreign minister Gerard Collins said Neutral Ireland opposes any joint dec foreign policy that include Mutual defense foreign Secretary Doug Hurd cautioned the dec against Rush into a political Union in View of the d Sions that the War had exposed. R que Ted him As saying that dec foreign policy was a a necessity a not a luxury a but that such a goal it Best be achieved by closer coordinator National policies. _. Luxembourg foreign minister Jacqi Poos chairman of the dec meeting to it reporters that the Issue would be t cussed at a special ministerial session. A we All agreed the european co Niue to must draw the right conc Lusk trom the Gulf crisis a said Poos. He add that the special ministerial session had outline the definition of a common purity policy its Content and its Allec members except Lux Mboi and Ireland have deployed land air sea forces in the Gulf. But Only Britain a France have deployed significant Over combat Power
