European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. April 4, 1991 v the stars and stripes b Page 3in the Gulf hundreds of troops arrive in Mideast so More can return Washington a hundreds of . Troops were sent to the persian Gulf. In recent weeks even though the War is Over and american forces by 1he tens of thousands Are coming Home. The new arrivals Are cogs in the ride a ploy ment operation. A a a a a a somebody a got to bring the troops Home a air Force it. Col. John commander said As he packed his bags for saudi  was called up after the shooting stopped nearly five weeks ago. Reservists from his Georgia based 94th Airlift control element Are overseeing the loading of .-bound c-130 transport planes. The returning soldiers Wilt get 11 the Public attention but a a we re trained to do a Job and everybody a looking Forward to doing it a commander said. Others who headed for the Gulf recently included 160 Navy specialists to provide port Security and Harbor defense. # 50 National guardsmen from the Connecticut aviation and classification report activity depot to assess damage to . Military aircraft and prepare milk tary hardware for shipment Home a two army museum curators who Are National guardsmen in search of War samples such As an m1a1 Abrams tank hit by an enemy Shell. The two also Hope to procure Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf uniform his desert boots and his Pointer stick said Brig.  Nel son at the army Center of military history. ,.�-�. �� a 120 civilians from the army corps of engineers who volunteered for 90-Day Tours in the Gulf. They will oversee contractors reconstructing Public buildings roads Bridges and the Airport outside Kuwait City. A a 45-Mcmber team from the army Materiel come to evaluate the performance of 70 weapons systems used in the fighting. The work of these and other forces who have been called up is Quot terribly important a said Stephen m. Duncan assistant Secretary of defense for Reserve affairs. The newly arrived troops expect to be there for some time. The latest Pentagon figures show that about 160,000 . Or oops have left the Gulf and about 380,000 remain. Kuwait University cleanup halted because of radiation Kuwait a amps Lead boxes containing radioactive isotopes were found damaged at Kuwait University on tuesday bringing cleanup efforts there to a halt University officials said wednesday. The officials said that some people involved in the cleanup were briefly exposed to radiation from the isotopes but that there were apparently no immediate injuries. Professors at the University working to clean the ransacked institution said ser Era Lead boxes containing the isotopes were Bent. And. Broken by iraqi looters who apparently threw them around a Laboratory. _ a we Are thankful the boxes were found by scientists who knew what they were a said or. Jassim Al Hassan the head of the biochemistry department. The isotopes were used in various research projects Al Hassan said. Efforts to determine the level of contamination Are being hampered by a Lack of radiation measuring devices he said noting that the iraqis stole or destroyed most of the University a equipment. A we Are appealing to anyone who might have such equipment to help us As soon As possible a Al Hassan said. A but we Haven to had any Luck yet a the . Military is at the top of the list of people being asked for assistance he said. Until measurements can be taken cleanup efforts near the contaminated building have been put on  hot to handle Glenn Lavergne who is helping to tight Kuwait soil Well fires reacts to the heat As a steel disk he just Cut Sears his gloves. Lavergne of Eunice fla., was fashioning parts to attach a a a stinger to the end of a Boom for snuffing out the blazes. He works for Joe Bowden wild Well control co., one of several firefighting firms working in Kuwait. Mrs Kuwait apr How Rich Are kuwaitis so Rich that when the Emir offers free Money some of them just shrug. Kuwait a ruler Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah is giving 500 dinars $1,700 to All kuwaitis who stayed in the Oil Rich emirate during the seven month iraqi occupation. A. T a some say they done to need it. Others say its not enough. A few think the Emir should keep his Cash and offer democracy instead. A the longest lines tuesday at recently reopened Banks were people buying . Dollars not kuwaitis waiting for free Money. _. _ a i came to get some dollars so i can go on vacation outside Kuwait a Abdul Hameed Jasem said at the commercial Bank of Kuwait. A i Don t need the Emir  Datril Alt who runs a school Bookstore said he collected his 500 dinars and was giving it to egyptians sudanese and other foreigners living in his neighbourhood who had assisted kuwaitis during the occupation. A the Money is of no importance to me a Ali said. A i want to ule it to thank the people who helped give us our country  with tremendous Oil wealth and fewer than 600,000 citizens Kuwait was one of the worlds richest countries before Iraq invaded on aug. 2. Its annual per capita income was nearly $20,000, though the devastation inflicted by the iraqis will reduce living5tandards for years to  government has enough Money left to provide free gasoline water and other necessities. The Emir a offer took effect saturday and applies to All kuwaitis who stayed put a an estimated 250, xxx. Foreigners who accounted for 73 percent of Kuwait a population and 86 percent of its work Force before the invasion Are excluded. Many eligible kuwaitis went to Banks saturday saying they needed the Money after being without work and salaries for eight months. The Cash is particularly Welcome during Ramadan the Muslim holy month when the devout fast during the Quot Day but often hold Large feasts and entertain friends at night. A sizable number of kuwaitis said the Cash was merely a Nice gesture on the part of the Emir one of the worlds richest men ,. A a in a not in need but in a thankful to the Emir a said Majeed an Ahmed a 23-Ycar-old student. A maybe i can use it sometime later.�?�. _ others were less grateful. Ibrahim Al Bahr Arr Engineer said a a it a the Emir s Way of saying he a sorry. 1 think he should have"g1ven at least a thousand.�?�. Hajdaj Sulayman who was waiting at a Bank with a 3-Inch-thick stack of kuwaiti notes said Money was not the most valuable thing the Emir had to offer. A the should give us democracy instead a said Sulay Man a shoe store owner. A does it look like i need Money i wish i. Could buy some democracy from the Emir with  Quot the government is facing increasing pressure to Call elections that would restore parliament which was suspended in 1986 by the Emir and to put fresh faces in a new Cabinet that is yet to be named. Many people who remained in Kuwait during the iraqi occupation often risking their lives for the resistance say the very least the ruling Al Sabah clan owes them is a say in governing their country