European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 b the stars and stripes wednesday March 20, 1991 by Donna Cassata the associated press. Washington a the Pentagon a plans to buy new expensive weapons such As the b-2 bomber could result in defense budgets rising by $40 billion annually later in the decade despite anticipated Force reductions the congressional budget office said tuesday. A a the analysis of the Bush administrations defense plans found the Cost of the next generation of weapons far exceeds any savings from the proposed Force reduction a the largest Cut since the end of the Vietnam War. A the defense department envisions a 25 percent reduction in troops and weapons during the next five years with the army scaled Back from 18 to 12 Active duty forces and the air Force tactical fighter wings Cut from 36 to 26. The co found that even if the administration reduces the forces the level of defense spending it proposes for fiscal 1995 a will not be enough to support the smaller forces in the Long the defense department in its budget request for the fiscal year that begins oct. 1, asked for $291 billion. The department projected that in fiscal 1995 it will heed $295 billion. The problem which could mean an additional $40 billion in defense spending in the late 1990s or Early in the next Century Are the new weapons systems the co said. The co singled out the b-2 stealth bomber the costliest in history at nearly $860 million each the c-17 transport plane the ssn-21 submarine the advanced tactical fighter and replace mints for the a-6 aircraft my tank and Bradley fighting vehicle. A if the defense department begins to procure All of the new weapons now proposed production lines for the current generation of weapons will be closed. The choices for defense. May be simple find substantially More funds or accept much larger cuts in forces a the co said. The testimony from Robert f. Hale assistant director of the National Security division of co came in an appearance before the House armed services committee. A a we re in for a Short term procurement Holiday because our military forces Are shrinking and there slots of equipment to go around a said rep. Les Aspin d-wis., the panels unless we make the right decisions now Well Greet the new Century with a budget hangover costing among the solutions proposed by the co Are development of new weapons that Cost less to operate thus offsetting the expensive Price tags or replacing aging equipment with less sophisticated weapons that Cost the same As the current ones. Senate from Page 1 will soon ask for permission to renege on its Promise of $6.6 billion in Aid to the United states. Some German officials believe that since foreign contributions to the United states May approach the wars total costs Germany should use part of its promised contribution to role Back a recent tax increase there. After a meeting with president Bush House speaker Thomas Foley said Bush and his aides a specifically denied those re Morse and said Germany was still Good for its full commitment. Once approved the Senate will have to fashion conv Promise measures with the House before sending the legislation on to Bush for his signature. The House approved its own versions of the Bills on March 7, limiting itself to a vague threat that a Congress May consider appropriate action if Allied Aid. Falls Short. A a. The provision would hit especially hard at saudi Arabia and the United Arab emirates which Are suck ing to buy $19 billion in modern . Weapons. The saudis have delivered $6.1 billion out of $16.8 billion in promised Aid. The United Arab emirates has Given the United states half of its pledge of $4 billion. The Senate provision was harshest on the United Arab emirates. The report said the . Rejected a . Request for $7 billion in Aid despite its Oil wealth and its proximity to Iraq. Another measure contains $650 million in Aid to and $200 million in assistance to Turkey. Both payments Are designed to help the countries recoup costs they incurred for placing their Milit Aries on Alert. Allied financial contributions Al total pledge a total received what countries have pledged and what they have paid so far in Gulf War Aid to the . $20 a a a a -$16,839 $16,006 figures in billions of dollars $1,323 a $0,385 $0,003 $0,071 $0,003 a saudi Arabia j. Kuwait i us Germany Japan Korea other list of Allied financial contributions to help pay for operation desert storm figures in billions of dollars a a a a a a a a. A a a a a a a. A. Initial second i total j rec d Recd total f total a amount country pledge pledge pledge Cash. Kind i rec d rec d i i owed saudi Arabia $ 3.339 $13,500 $16,839 $ 4.536 $ 1.566$ 6.102�?T 36% $10,737 Kuwait 2.506 13.500 16.006 j 5.500 0.010 5.510 1 34% i 10.496 use 1.000 3.000 j 4.000 1.870 0,140 1 2.01050% 1.990 Germany 1.072 5.500 j 6.572 2.432 0.531 i 2.963 45% 3.609 Japan 1.740. 9.000 a a 10.740 0,866 0.457 Sussi 12% v 9.417 Korea 0.080 0.305 j 0.385 i 0.050 0.021 0.071 18% 0 314 other 0,003 a 0.003 0.000 0.003 0.003 a i a total $ 9.740 $44,805 $54,545 $15,254 $ 2.728 $17,982 33% $ 36.563 initial pledge shows How much the country pledged last year in the first round of pledges. Second pledge shows How much additionally was pledged in a second round this year. Recd Cash shows How much has been received in Cash so far. Recd kind shows How much has been received in kind such As transportation or other services. Source Senate appropriations committee a Cynthia Greer Bush a a a a a. A. From Page 1 in the South despite attacks from shiite rebels that had left cities in Quiris. Kuwait a Crown Prince disputed that saying rebel forces were winning in the North As Well As in Southern Iraq near Iran. Officials of the shiite and kurdish rebel groups in Damascus Syria and London charged that iraqi forces Are using napalm and phosphorus bombs to try to put. Down h e twin revolts against Saddam. The rebels have repeatedly referred to iraqi plane and helicopter attacks on their positions. A Pentagon spokesman said monday that Iraq had been warned that flights of combat aircraft of any kind represented a . Envoy to Washington a april Glaspie the . Ambassador to Iraq left Baghdad last year with a message from Saddam Hussein to president Bush promising that Iraq would not invade Kuwait a senior administration official said tuesday. But before she had even reached Washington with that private message the invasion occurred the official said speaking on condition of anonymity. The ambassador has not returned to Iraq since. Glaspie has agreed to break her eight month silence and testify wednesday before the Senate foreign relations committee the panel announced tuesday. Much of the Story of american pc crisis diplomacy with Iraq remains untold in part because of Glaspie a silence since the crisis began. Congressional democrats have been eager to quiz her about her role in the Days and months before the a a threat to coalition forces a one that presumably could bring retaliation. Quot we Are reviewing every flight of helicopters and planes that coalition forces detect and we arc going to make sure what it is a said the spokesman air Force it. Col. , Mazar. The iraqis Are permitted to use helicopters for medical evacuation and transport. Meanwhile the allies tuesday turned Oyer 500 iraqi prisoners of War for repatriation and a red Cross official said both sides Are considering speeding up pow releases. A a \ a \ a a. A a a a tuesdays Transfer of the prisoners into red Cross hands at the saudi Border town of Arar brought the number of iraqis returned to their Homeland since the ending of hostilities to about 2,400. That is just a fraction of the estimated 60,000 iraqis in Allied hands. Police is on crisis invasion and in particular about her july 25 meeting with lawmakers have alleged that Glaspie at that meeting gave signals that the iraqi Leader interpreted As a virtual Green Light to invade his tiny Oil Rich neighbor. That meeting they contend was the last dear Chance for the United states to head off the invasion. Questions have been raised about whether Glaspie missed important signals that Saddam was about to in Vade. According to an iraqi account of the meeting Glaspie told Saddam that her government a had no opinion on inter Arab disputes such As your Border disagreement with but the administration source said Saddam had asked Glaspie at that meeting personally to take Bush the message that he would not invade. From Page 1 turn Calls seeking comment. The transcript made Public by the police commission after Bradley publicized a letter urging its release contains messages typed into computers in the officers squad cars and sent to police Headquarters and officers in other cars. After an initial report that los Angeles and California Highway patrol officers were in Pursuit of a Hyundai refusing to Stop there was a pause of about nine minutes. Then came a report from sgt. Stacey Koon saying a you just had a big time use of Force. Based and beat the suspect of cup Pursuit big the message refers to the use of a Taser stun gun to Shock King. Headquarters responded to Koonts message a ooh Well. In a sure the Lizard did no to deserve it. A a. Ill let them know ok.�?�. A Short time later a message was received from the police car occupied by officers Laurence Powell and Timothy wind. The message another unit responded Quot oops what a a minute later the response came a i Haven to beaten anyone this bad in a Long cmdr. Rick Dinse who is heading a police investigation of the beating said another portion of the transcript indicates a racially tinged message was sent from Powell and winds computer 16 minutes before they joined officers trying to pull Over Kings car. At one Point one unit told Powell and wind they were on a surveillance of some narcotics suspects. Powell and winds unit responded a sounds almost exciting As our last Call. It was right out of a gorillas in the a a
