European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4. A a a the stars and Stripe thursday february 7,1991war in the Gulf sexologist or. Ruth Westh Cimer unhappily tries on a Gas mask after her arrival in . Ruth says Gas masks love just Don t mix a Jerusalem a Here a or. Ruth a advice for couples sweating through a Poison Gas Alert touch hug talk a but done to try making love with your Gas mask on. A a a a a  therapist Ruth Westheimer said she did no to come to give advice to israelis about sex but to show support for Israel. A despite being a Little apprehensive i thought my 4-foot-7 Frame has to stand up and be counted a she said in an interview. A a in a not saying in a not scared. I Wasny to Happy to be alone in a hotel room last night a said inc 62-year-old psychologist. A i Haven to moved without my Gas mask for one split second. And i have a Junior  Westheimer a links to Israel Are not new she came to Palestine As a refugee from Germany in 1945 and fought for the jewish underground the i Alganah before Israel declared Independence in .1948. 7. 7 7 Quot 7 v 7 she was wounded by shrapnel in the leg during the Battle for Jerusalem in the first Arab israeli War. A a a a a a she went to the United states in 1956 after several years in France and launched her career As a sex therapist of the air 10 years ago. The Israel she is revisiting is under siege by iraqi missiles. None of the warheads has carried chemical weapons but the iraqi threat to do just that is taken seriously Many israelis have spent recent nights in rooms sealed with plastic sheets and masking tape. J often the rooms Are crowded with the whole family in Laws grandparents and Pels adding f Amily strains to the personal terrors of War. A if a relationship has been Good then its going to remain Good. If a relationship is bad its not going to get suddenly resolved. And if its bad its very difficult to be confined every evening at Home a said Westheimer. A the Only thing i would say is be patient. Even if husband and wife Are More on each others nerves done to make a decision about getting a divorce right now. Let some time pass. An atmosphere of tension is not a Good time to make decisions. I would Sav right Nowr open the fridge  a. The War could even help some couples overcome Petty differences a maybe it will heighten the relationship and the sex life a she said. Westheimer whose parents were killed in the Gas Chambers at Auschwitz said that seeing israelis carrying Gas masks is chilling. A it brings Back memories. It must be terrible for people Here who survived the holocaust. To have to go through that again is very  Gulf conflict May delay Europe s Security plans by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau. Brussels Belgium a the persian Gulf War which has revealed deep seated divisions among european nations is causing Mapy european leaders to question their Long coveted goal of forging a common political and Security policy officials say. This week european Community foreign ministers agreed to push ahead with plans to create a More unified political and Security policy. But the ministers also agreed that the crisis had shown the present limits of Europe to reach a consensus on the Many difficult and Corri plex issues posed by the War. And top nato officials said that although the Alliance still strongly favors european Unity the crisis shows that Europe cannot manage the task of a common Security policy without the close cooperation of the United states. Jacques Delors president of the european Community recently acknowledged that the War and the Community a reaction to it a have highlighted Europe a  As a result it has been the United states and not Europe that has had the most influence in the Gulf situation he said. A a a a a to be brutally honest Public opinion sensed that Europe was rather ineffectual a said Delors according to a copy of a recent speech he gave to the european _ parliament. Recent events emphasize Europe Slack of Unity a Frances last minute peace initiative which came Only hours after other european foreign ministers agreed that further diplomatic overtures to Iraq would be useless. A Belgium a giving a a slap in the face to Britain by refusing to sell ammunition to the British forces despite the fact that Britain has twice in the last Century come to the Aid of Belgium during wars with Germany. A the Public waffling by the German government Over the extent it would help its ally Turkey if that nation were attacked. Delorso frustration has been echoed by several other european leaders including British prime minister John major. A a political Union and a common foreign policy and Security policy in Europe would have to go beyond statements and extend to action a major said. A clearly Europe is not ready for that and we should not be too ambitious in upcoming meetings aimed at forging a european political Union. Even nato Secretary general Manfred Worner chided the europeans in a recent speech saying the War a has highlighted How modest the european contribution has been with the exception of a very few nations and How great the differences of  Worner warned that Europe must a pull itself together More closely and More rapidly and free itself of outmoded notions of National  France and Germany during a meeting of foreign ministers this week proposed a common defense system within the european Community based on the Western european Union a defense arrangement of nine euro can nations within the european Community. Quot the Union which would be strengthened within the european Community would then become a Channel of cooperation Between the Community and nato. But some european countries including Britain and the Netherlands expressed concern that the push by some european countries to have an Independent Security policy could drive a wedge Between the United states and its european allies. William h. Taft in the United states ambassador to nato said that although the Gulf crisis May not have been Europe a finest hour it was also not a fair test of Europe a ability to reach a common position on Security  a a. A v. A a \. A a a a a a a what this shows is that Europe has some work to. Do a Taft said in a recent interview with the stars and stripes. A but i  say that they Arentt capable of doing it. They Are.�?�. But the evolutionary process of european political Unity which is still in its Early stages will of on Taft said. A i think you can fairly draw the conclusion that Europe at this time does not have a capability to develop a unified policy and the instruments to carry it out on this scale a Taft said. A but this is a very big scale and a very tall order for an Enterprise that has just  bombs flurry of threats create havoc in Norfolk by the Washington Post Norfolk a. A at least 11 bomb scares tied up morning Rush hour traffic and heightened anxiety in this military Center tuesday a Day after six pipe bombs were found attached to a pair of giant chemical storage tanks. Police and fire officials throughout the Hampton roads area spent much of the Day Fielding Anonymous bomb threats evacuating buildings closing roads and searching for explosives. No bombs were found and authorities attributed the flurry of threats to pranksters. A a it a just sparked people to go crazy a said officer Karl Morrisette of the Portsmouth police department. At the same time Law enforcement officials reported no leads or suspects in their investigation of the six pipe bombs which were successfully removed from two tanks in Norfolk on  stressed that no evidence has been found either linking there to the persian Gulf War or ruling out such a link a a a i can to say its going to turn out to be terrorism not in any Good conscience a Fri special agent Jim Watters said. 7 a -,.7_-._. Experts said the incident did not fit the typical pattern of terrorists work. Usually a group immediately claims responsibility so that its cause gets Media attention no group has claimed planting the Norfolk bombs. Also experts said it is unlikely that a terrorist would have planted such pipe bombs. However the bombs and the subsequent threats did accomplish a terrorist goal of stirring fear. A a i am highly nervous about this a said Virginia Richardson of Norfolk whose balloon business has outlets on several military installations and malls. A i feel like we re sitting on a powder Keg and that anything can go off at any  7 a a. Home of the worlds largest naval base and nearly a dozen other military installations Hampton roads has dispatched about 40,000 service members to the Gulf. Tuesday s bomb threats were scattered among both civilian and military Sites and did not appear to fit any pattern suggesting to police that they were the work of attention seekers rather than organized terrorists. Kind of situation like this you have copycat activity said Jess Zimmerman of the Center for strategic and International studies in Washington. The most serious scare tuesday closed the downtown Tunnel linking Portsmouth and Norfolk for almost four hours beginning just after 8 a.m., clogging alternate routes for hundreds of Drivers until authorities reopened the Tunnel after finding no bomb inside. The Tunnel the second busiest of the areas four Tun Nels carries interstate 264 under the Elizabeth River Between Portsmouth and Norfolk. About 80,000 vehicles use it each Day. In addition to the bomb threats at local schools col Leges businesses and two malls an enlisted Man at the Navy a dam neck Fleet combat training Center in Vir Ginia Beach noticed two suspicious packages Between two Barracks tuesday morning. They turned out to be a pipe and a so Joebon according to Navy officials. A Nav bomb squad blew up the Shoebox which was empty. At Newport news shipbuilding one of the nation largest shipyards a caller threatened to place a bowl near the docks where the company is building 13 ship for the . Navy and repairing the aircraft Carrier Enterprise. No bomb was found a company official said