European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 26, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 3 in the Gulf German peace movement intact despite losing Battles the War goes on by Mary Neth staff writer Germany a peace movement Hasni to won a Battle  the 1980s, it Wasny table to Stop medium Range nuclear missiles from being stationed by nato in the country and its recent protests did nothing to halt the persian Gulf War. But the movements members Are not discouraged. A no we could not  War but we did Force people to think a said Ingo Lau Benthal who took part in the blockade of Rhein main  is a member of the peace in the Gulf initiative whose members set up peace Camps in Baghdad and on the saudi iraqi Border. He said be had to Cut Back his private practice of natural Ealing to make time for his peace activities. They included writing an open let Ter to president one in a Bush that con series damned the War As being planned for economic and political reasons. A nothing can justify War today a he wrote Bush a not even the struggle for International Law democracy and human  a a weekend after the War itself had ended Laubenthal and two other members of the group were still standing Vigil at the base. A we really Are not sure that War might not break out again a he said. German police Are required to be present during demonstrations. In january when thousands gathered at the base there was a full contingent of Green garbed men of the Law on hand including riot police. On a recent March Day the Force had been reduced to two police officers and one patrol car it was nearing lunch time and one of the policemen strolled Over to ask How Long the three person demonstration was going to last. A philosophical debate ensued. The policeman said he did not believe Mankind would Ever cease fighting wars. Laubenthal said he believed a world without War was not Only possible but also necessary. With the nuclear weapon to of today Man May destroy himself if wars continue he said. Kristi Decke who took part in other peace efforts agreed. She said she sees a parallel Between the peace and abolitionist movements. A two Hundred years ago there were people who Felt the abolitionists were dreamers a said Decke who is a German police officer talks with three anti War activists who stand Vigil outside Rhein main Aii Germany. A amps Dave Aldio american by birth. A they did not believe society could exist without slavery. Obviously they were  Decke is married to Gerd Decke the pastor of the Darmstadt Kranic Stein protestant Church. For the past five years Decke said there has been a Christian based peace group within the Church that has emphasized the environment a you can to preach about maintaining creation without looking into ecological questions a and that Means peace issues a she said. Decke said americans Are responsible for Germany a peace movement which she called the strongest in Europe. A the americans were the motor behind the 1945 Niernberg trials a she said. A germans were held responsible for the nazi concentration Camps and the holocaust in which 6 million jews were slaughtered. Today a germans Are determined not to be  an opinion poll conducted in january for the news Magazine Der Spiegel showed that 68 percent of germans Felt Saddam Hussein was without doubt the bad Guy. But in a Spiegel poll published in february 28 percent of those questioned by the Enid Institute said they thought German soldiers should be assigned to the Gulf. A this had nothing to do with anti americanism a Decke said. A i think you will find that the Broad masses of Ger a a Man people Are grateful that the americans protected them during the cold War. They have not  Decke said she believes that the United states should take into account that Germany is faced with big unification problems. A basically you have a first world Industrial country being United with an impoverished area whose people never have known anything but dictatorship. Money must be poured into the new states. A the germans were faced with these problems at a time when Bush needed financial Aid for a military action in the Middle East. I can understand that Kohl was  just South of Rhein main a student creased Nicolaus said. Ralf Nicolaus took part in a seven week peace Camp in front of the . Kennedy Louse in Darmstadt at which some demonstrators endured freezing cold and snowy nights to protest the War. Protest signs like those at the Campti clouding a no blood for Oil a angered not Only americans but also Kohl a the people protesting now Quot Kohl said in a speech at the Start of the War a should ask themselves where they were on the Day Kuwait was  Nicolaus 22, wont argue the Point. A we should have become involved earlier a he said. A a we re no fans of Saddam. We should have been out protesting the world Export of weapons to Iran. German firms were very much involved. Nicolaus said he appreciates that Saddam was a great threat but questions Why if he was so dangerous he was americans ally for 10 years. A like Laubenthal Nicolaus said he does not believe that the War solved anything. A the . The Gulf have just in Kitipa ionic i m i a. May have big role in postwar plans Manama Bahrain apr this strategically located Island nation will Likely play a prominent role in . Plans for Security arrangements after the persian Gulf War Arab and Western sources said monday. R Saddam Hussein a aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait has established a Stark reality in the Oil Rich area the Gulf countries and their Western allies do not want to be unprepared again if another conflict erupts. With Iraq still in turmoil the .-led air and land forces Are close at hand. And Arab and Western officials said the exact form of postwar Security arrangements will not be worked out until the iraqi situation settles Down. If continued air presence is needed the officials said it would Best be at Dhahran saudi Arabia where Aramco manages the worlds largest Oil Fields and maintains the biggest american compound Over seas. The officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said the natural development after the War would be to reduce land and air forces and go Back to the traditional role of naval Power. These sources said Western military officials have been planning postwar Gulf Security arrangements with a focus on an expanded naval presence. A naval Force would be inconspicuous and easy to multiply or decrease without undue fuss. Bahrain with its history of quiet cooperation with the West would be the natural site for the naval command quarters the sources said. Since the end of world War ii Bahrain has provided commercial facilities for the . Navy warships that patrolled the Gulf to ensure the safety of sea lanes and the strategic Gateway at the Strait of Hormuz. On sunday Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf commander of operation desert storm said in Riyadh saudi Arabia that the United states is closer than Ever before to establishing a permanent Headquarters on Arab soil