European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a the stars and stripes Friday March 22, 1991in the Gulf it Lufi a it a so a f v t attack of the razorback a an 8>inch self propelled howitzer a Complete with designer Turret a of the 1st inf div moves Down a Highway past burning Oil Wells in Northwest Kuwait on wednesday. The unit was moving to a new defensive position inside Iraq Saddam lied about invasion plans former envoy to Iraq tells panel Washington a the former . Ambassador to Iraq said wednesday Saddam Hussein lied to her in the Days before he invaded Kuwait. A it was deliberate deception on a major scale a she said. April Glaspie appeared before the Senate foreign relations committee giving her first account of events in Baghdad since the iraqis issued a transcript of her meeting with Saddam in september that purported to show she said nothing to discourage an invasion. Glaspie speaking in Blunt non Diplo Matic language portrayed . Actions As firm in threatening to respond vigorously a a to act like a superpower a if Iraq took action against Kuwait or the United Arab emirates. Saddam was taken Aback by the strength of the american warning which she personally delivered she said. A the was flummoxed senator a she told sen. Alan. Cranston a Calif. A it occurred to him that we might but ultimately Saddam apparently Dis missed the idea she said convincing himself that Arab states would never agree to the stationing of an american Force on Arab soil in the iraqi transcript of her meeting with Saddam a which occurred Days before the invasion a she is quoted As telling him that the United states had a no. Opinion on inter Arab disputes such As your Border disagreement Wuh a the iraqi version pictures an ambassador As abjectly trying to appease Saddam. Sen. Patrick Glaspie Leahy d-vt., citing the transcript a never disavowed by the state department a has said Glaspie a a virtually gave a Green Light to Saddam wednesday a a appearance was her first Public explanation. The hearing room was jammed and a line of would be spectators curled Down a hearing was dubbed an a informal conversation by chairman Claiborne Pelt , because a member had objected to a formal meeting of the committee. A a a. A a a a. A under Senate rules one such objection while the Senate is in session can Block a formal meeting. Pell did not say which committee member had raised the objection. A a a a a the hearings atmosphere was Friendly Pell said it was a a absurd to think that Saddam invaded Kuwait because Glaspie had led him to believe that he could get away with it. Glaspie said the United states a in Washington and through her in Baghdad a acted firmly when Saddam threatened Kuwait. Saddam summoned a meeting at 7 a.m., she said and was surprisingly accommodating. 1 a the surrendered a she said. But a it was deliberate deception on a major scale a she said. 1st inf div gis dream of Home by George Esper a special correspondent with the 1st inf div others have gone Home but. Troops of the 1st inf div can Only dream. Fighting loneliness and the urge for a cold Beer they keep Vigil Over desert peace in Southern Iraq. They clean their weapons repair vehicles destroy a few abandoned iraqi tanks. They wait in the desert on what their commander refers to As a the peace tasks negotiated line of demarcation.�?�. A everyone wants to go Home real bad a said spec. Raphael Crews 19, of Jacksonville fla., who drives an my Abrams tank. A we done to have anything to keep us occupied out Here for the the division on wednesday began moving its 17,000 troops and 7,200 vehicles up to 90 Miles West of the positions it had occupied since a tentative cease fire agreement was signed and a demarcation Tine established March 3. Convoys stretched for Miles along the Highway passing Black billowing smoke from the scores of Oil fires in Northern Kuwait set by retreating iraqi troops. Its a Long Way from fort Riley Kan. A the divisions Headquarters. Infantry soldiers try to be Good at thinking of things to do. They read newspapers. They play cards. Staff sgt. Joseph Morris 31, of Milton va., says the tries to help. A we try to keep the morale up by having them clean their weapons and giving them classes so they re not thinking so much about Home a Morris said. Jealous As they might be of soldiers who left fair is fair. The 1st inf div arrived in december. Its members were enjoying their families favorite dinners and own Beds while some others had already been calling the Sand Home for months. That a what spec. Michael Breznay says. Being Here is a just another part of. The Job nothing to complain about a said Brezney 22, of Bismarck . A there Are times when you do get bored but you talk to your friends you play cards read papers that you get play Nusic a he said. A and though they know be Wel coined Home there a some wistfulness at being left out of the first wave of hero Hurrah. A a a when you get up you know people Are waiting for you at Home a Crews said. A you see in the stars and stripes people drink my Beer seeing their families. Of i want to be there said Breznay. By Karen Klinger Dpi science writer Boston a services Jethers returning from operation desert storm run the risk of carrying Home exotic diseases from the persian Gulf area that can take months or years to surface doctors warned wednesday. Although most members of the military Are Likely to come Back healthy a few could bring Home diseases not Lound in the United states but common to the Gulf Region said col. Charles Oster and colleagues at Walter Reed medical Center in Washington. Doctors who treat veterans of the Gulf conflict should he Alert to the possibility they could he suffering from diseases with names such As sandfly fever Leishmania and Congo crimean Hemorrhagic fever they said. Particularly in the Case of reservists some will come Back a with diseases that Only become evident after their Homecoming sometimes after months or the Doc tors wrote in the new England journal of Medicine. Veterans who carry such disorders also could a pose a risk of secondary transmission to people with whom they come in Contact Quot they added. The largest threat by far to soldiers or any other visitors to the Middle East Are common intestinal disorders largely caused by bacteria Salmonella or viruses Oster said. Incidence rates for these illnesses Quot Haye been As High As 50 cases per 1,000 american troops per week in saudi Arabia a he said. One frequent cause of acute diarrhoea in the Region is ,.a parasitic intestinal infection which in recent years has become increasingly common in the United states he said. A in addition. 9 percent of patients seen at medical centers in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia harboured amoeba organisms that cause diarrhoea and other intestinal symptoms. Oster said. In most cases Standard Antibiotic treatments Are i. To Quot a up intestinal infections he said. 1 is. Not the Case for those caused by a in of Iii a Only ears of indiscriminate use of anti Bic with a a f u-1su Lluver selected bacterial popular Olics Quot to Ted Cost resistance t0 multiple h to generally have Short ii Nomin pcri0h \ scr Saie Paras Iii infection in it to a v transmitted by sandflies i in it irs surface in the form of symptoms inc my fatigue weight loss and anaemia. 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