European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday. February 13. 1991 the stars and stripes k k k Page 7 War in the Gulf kuwaiti recruits braced for big Day volunteers training to be first in any attack by Dave Schad Middle East Bureau Eastern saudi Arabia after four weeks of training volunteers in the kuwaiti army Are ready to Lead the Effort to liberate their Homeland. A a it is our wish to be first in any attack. It would be honorable for us a said col. Saad faleh Al Shamari the top to officer at the kuwaiti Volunteer training Camp in saudi Arabia. A a we give them hard training and they will fight and sacrifice their souls for established less than three months after Iraq overran Kuwait the Camp has already sent about 1,800 new soldiers to join the army a six Man Euver brigades Al Shamari said an additional 600 Are now in training. A Al Shamari said the training concentrates on Light Yve Apons hand to hand combat Bayonet fighting dismounted Drill and other Basic subjects. The new soldiers training continues once they Are assigned to a permanent unit. A we Are very satisfied with the results of the training a Shamari said. A they t come to us with very High morale because they want their country said most of the volunteers either Frejd from Kuwait during the iraqi invasion or were studying abroad when the War began. As Shamari addressed visiting journalists. Warrant officer gob Ayel Al Rashidi was teaching a new Batch of soldiers about hand to hand combat. Few of the soldiers wore uniforms and All were Bare a a a. A a. A a a. A. A a a. A a. A it a a. A a a a a Sis Davo scud warrant officer cob Ayel Al Rashidi an instructor in hand to hand combat puts kuwaiti volunteers through a Tumble Drill. Through an interpreter. Rashidi believes his graduates compare through an assault Rifle shot a. Machine that is Correct a Rashidi interjected. Favourably with the iraqis. a mat gun practice with a Bayonet thrown chested against the brisk desert wind. After putting Iris charges through a number of Kueking and punching drills the heavily built Rashidi ordered them to lie on their backs. Then he and an assistant. Ran through the ranks stepping on each Many a stomach. Next Rashidi put the Meir at attention and whacked each one in the stomach with a Long piece of plastic Pijue. A the hits us because he wants us to be hard a an out of breath recruit said Quot they must be Cliartt if they want to liberate Kuwait. This is one Way i examine them to see How much they can a 23-year Veteran of the kuwaiti army Rashidi said lie killed several invading iraqis before fleeing into saudi Arabia in August. Given a Choice Rashidi said he would prefer to be posted to a front line unit. But he added a i am doing something important Here and i am ready to go Forward if in a a despite his troops Lack of experience Ter of who s the better Soti Lier Quot lic71atilt a a it a a matter of who is when iraqi forces invaded Shafir Mohammed was attending High school in Kuwait. He and his family were Able to flee to saudi Arabia and now Mohammed is a private. �?o1 volunteered to serve so that i can liberate my country a the la year old Soldier said. �?o1 am not afraid to now about a week away from graduation at the Camp Mohammed said he has fired three magazines of ammunition practice grenades and Learned about chemical warfare. The Best part of the training he said was the hand to hand combat. T he hardest was jumping from a moving truck with his Rifle. A a i hat scared me a lie said. A. Despite not being afraid to die Mohammed did say the Prospect of chemical warfare worried him a i know Saddam Husser wont hesitate to use those weapons a Mohammed said. A me is a . A. A. A a a a a. A. A i a a a. A a a a a War May Force saudis to borrow Money new York up a saudi Arabia is expected to enter world markets for the first time to borrow substantial amounts of Money to help finance the Gulf War and double the size of its military Force according to a British economist. The financial obligations taken on by the worlds largest Oil exporter also May limit somewhat the kingdoms ability to influence decisions by the 13-nation exporting countries Paul Rivlin said. The economist who has been a resident of Tel Aviv since 1985, is the author of a new report a changing priorities in the saudi arabian he also is director of a new Tel Aviv based newsletter the Middle East economist _ -.-. A a a a in a Telephone ,-Rivlin estimated that saudi Arabia would have to borrow about $ 10-billion to help pay for the War meet its growing Domestic obligations and continue Aid to countries such As Egypt and Turkey. A a it a the first time the saudis have had to borrow significant amounts of Money overseas a the economist said. A the amount to be borrowed is not so. Much the Issue As the timing of asking for Loans in today a troubled financial markets Rivlin said. _ a a it a not the Best time to come Totne International markets a he Saick a the saudi government began to borrow internally two years ago from Public institutions such As pension funds to finance its growing Domestic development programs Rivlin said. Saudi Arabia has promised to contribute $13.5 billion to the United states to help cover part of the Cost of deploying More than 500,000 . Troops to the persian Gulf to defend the kingdom and oust iraqi forces from neighbouring Kuwait. Add about $3 billion in Aid to Egypt $1 billion Moil to Turkey to make up lost iraqi crude and other foreign Aid and saudi arabians War expenses amount to about $20 billion Rivlin said. Prior to iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait saudi arabians projected deficits were $9 billion in 1990 and 10 Bill n-in199j_-said the deficits Yere to by financed internally but the War has changed those figures. A we estimate saudi Arabia will be in a deficit of $24 billion in.1991 compared to $15 billion in 1990,�?� Rivlin said. Forecasting is difficult because saudi Arabia has delayed publication of their 1990 deficit. A we Are making a lot of assumptions a Rivlin said. Saudi Arabia also plans to double the size of its 100,000-Man military Force which is Small considering the kingdoms population is estimated at around 14 million. A. �?�1 hey re armed to the Teeth in terms of equipment but not m terms of manpower a he said. 1 he size of the has been held Down because of concern Over the a political imbalance so that might ensue among different factions of the ruling family Rivlin said. Prior to the invasion saudi Arabia was pumping around 5.4 million barrels of crude daily. It raised this daily output of 8.3 million to 8. 6 million barrels a Day in december to Rii Ake up for the iraqi and kuwaiti crude lost from the embargo imposed shortly after the invasion. The saudis initially benefited from the Rise in Oil. Prices following the iraqi invasion. But Oil prices quickly Fem to pre invasion Tevels after Jan. 17, when the allies bombing Campaign effectively removed the iraqi air threat to saudi Oil Fields. It a in years past the kingdom kept other members of the open Cartel in line by either raising or lowering its production to prevent cheating on output quotas and to Stop world prices from going too Low or too High. Rivlin said he doubted the saudis with their new financial obligations could lower their output much below the pre invasion level and probably would need to have a higher rate. A this could raise problems when the Gulf War ends and Oil output from Iraq and Kuwait once again enters the world Market. T
