European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday february 12,1991 \ War in the Gulf gallon of Gas costs $120in Kuwait Ruwe shed Jordan a a gallon of gasoline in Oil Rich Kuwait now Sells for As much As $120, and sections of the capital City Lack water and electricity refugees said monday. A a it a getting worse. No petrol no food. You can to get Rice flour an sugar said Khaled Abdulrahman. L in said that before leaving iraqi occupied Kuwait on Friday �?o1 had to go without any food at All for a few Abdulrahman said a 110-Pouhd bag 6f flour costs almost 1,000 dinars about $3,000 at the official currency Exchange rate a similar amount Sells for about $200 at the Black Market rate of 5 dinars to the Dollar. It was impossible to say How Many people were paying official or Black Market rates or various commodities. He said the Price increases were caused by the dangers of the trip to Basra the iraqi City serving As. A principal source of supplies for iraqi troops based in Kuwait. Me and other refugees said water and electricity were out in some parts of Kuwait said service was still available in areas where they lived. All agreed that the. Telephone service ended abruptly and that prices of Many goods were soaring. A jordanian refugee who gave his name Only assays Hamad said he had paid the equivalent of $120 a gallon at the official currency rate for 25 Gallons of gasoline. On the Black Market the is rtnghly$8. A a Box of 30 eggs costs about $120 at the official currency rate alter coming from Basra where the Price was $27, said a 21-year-old Man named Jafar. Basra iraqis second largest City,.75 Miles North of Kuwait City has been under constant bombardment by Allied warplanes. V Basra is used As a logistics and Supply base for the estimated half million iraqi troops deployed in Kuwait to repulse Arr expected Allied ground assault. Refugees accounts indicated that bombs had fallen on civilian areas in Kuwait s port City of Ahmadi and at far Waniya near the Airport. A palestinian refugee said tensions Are growing Between Many kuwaitis and members of the Large palestinian Community of Kuwait. Many palestinians have supported iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Iris takeover of Kuwait. \ the palestinian said in Lefiti on some Walls said a kill the palestinians before the he said he was born in Kuwait and had Many friends there. A but now a he said a they May even try to kill you even though they were a Friend of Ltd lawmaker says tactical nukes could save live Washington apr tactical could end the persian Gulf War quickly and sae american lives rep. Dan Burton said monday. A the Indiana Republican interviewed of by tvs a Good morning America a said he favored a nuclear strike Only after thorough conventional bombing was Given a Chance to Knock out iraqi troop positions. A if it does not get the Job done i think it is extremely important that we use everything possible to protect our troops before we Send them into ground combat a Burton said. A i five use tactical nuclear weapons i think it can be effective in getting this War Over in a White House chief of staff John Sununu said recently there was a a no possibility of Quot nuclear weapons being used. But other officials in the Bush administration did not flatly Rule out their use. Sen. Tom Harkin a Iowa said on Abc that Burton had made a just about the most foolish and dangerous statement i can think of foolish and dangerous to Lon term american a a a we be got 200,000 kuwaitis still in Kuwait. What would they think about having a nuclear bomb dropped on them a Harkin asked. A think about the fallout that would occur on our own troops. Think about the fallout All Over Iran Pakistan India with the prevailing Burton said he expected the radiation from a Small nuclear explosion would kill iraqi troops in tanks and bunkers with Little Long Range effect. King Hussein accuses . Of missing Point a Washington apr Jordan a King Hussein said sunday that his Only Roje in the Gulf War is humanitarian and that he was Hurt when the United states misinterpreted his recent comments As pro iraqi. The King interviewed on the Abc news show a this week with David Brinkley a also denied allegations that his country is a pipeline for weapons into Iraq. A what we Are against and what i mentioned in my speech was my worry and concern As someone who has sought peace and the peaceful solution to this problem from the outset a Hussein said a my disappointment is great and that of the people of Jordan and the arabs and Many in the world Over the fact that instead of peace there is this terrible War. A a. I do not Sec a he continued a Why my statement my Appeal for peace has been so misunderstood and Hussein angered the Bush administration in a speech last week when he appeared to Side with Iraq in the Gulf War. He said the War was one for american dominance in the Middle East and was -Bei, All arabs and mus _ dims not just the iraqis. Washington responded by saying it would a rethink Quot the $55 million in Aid earmarked for Jordan this year. Rep. Lee Hamilton an Indiana Democrat on the House foreign affairs committee said later in the Abc program that Washington destroy a 40-year Friendship with Hussein Over the events of the past few weeks. But he added a i done to think the Congress would approve or re approve the $55 million or so that we provide in assist Ance to Jordan right Secretary of state James Baker a guest sunday on lbs tvs a face the nation a said Washington was disappointed by Hussein a statements but wanted to preserve the Power of the moderate jordanian King. A there is no right now attractive alternative to that regime and we be said that for a Long time a Baker said. A clearly he a got some extraordinary pressures on him domestically. We understand that but that does no to make it any easier when he Speaks in the tone and the Way that he did in that particular brits 1st family not London up a Prince Charles and his wife Diana visited Navy families in. Plymouth on monday amid Media criticism of the Royal family lord allegedly conducting itself in an unseemly manner during wartime the Queen needs urgently to summon the royals to Windsor for a Chapel meeting Quot said the sunday times in an editorial headlined a it he Royal family at a this country is at War though you would never believe it from the shenanigans of some members of her majesty a Buckingham Palace responded by saying a there has been a steady program of commitment by the Royal Tam ily Torii it not but Fotr him flies and supporting staff Over the last few in Utehs cite continue. It is very much business As the Palace also issued a lengthy list of the. Commitments made by the Royal family including two visits by Diana to Germany to see the families of service Momb ers deployed to the persian Gulf. A to he newspaper condemned the a exploits and Public Demeanour of the minor royals and near royals while the country is at War. Included in the Long list of offences was lord Linley the Queens Nephew vacationing on a Caribbean Island. He was on the cover of the Sun tabloid newspaper thursday wearing at a drag party. Decontamination in Comfort c Echo slovakian chemical warfare experts demonstrate a new1 kind of decontamination suit during exercises near the saudi Arabia Kuwait Border. Tests have shown that the protective suit which allows air to ii within can be worn and worked in comfortably of three hours at a time. A
