European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 07, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday april 7,1991 at a glance pictured with his German business partner Louis Camacho left is one of Many americans making it on the local Economy see sunday Magazine. Kennedy Nephew named William Kennedy Smith Nephew of sen. Edward Kennedy has been identified by police As the suspect in an alleged rape at the Kennedy family compound. A Page 4 army awards copter pact the army has awarded a $2.8 billion contract to Boeing Sikorsky to build a new lightweight scout attack helicopter.  a Page 5 Gates remains chief the los Angeles City Council ordered the reinstatement of police chief Daryl Gates after the police commission suspended him. A. A a a a a a a. A. A a Page 6 hostage stalemate Iran s foreign minister said efforts to free Western hostages in Lebanon have reached a Quot dead  a a a. A a Page 7 death sentence the turncoat bodyguard who gunned Down the Plo s second i command will be executed in Yemen in mid april after Ramadan. A a  page8 hospitals accredited the joint commission on accreditation of health care organizations has accredited 7th medical. Come s .11 major hospitals in Germany Italy and Belgium. A Page 9 the american dream. The Federal National mortgage association has set aside $1 billion to help employers assist their workers in buying homes., a Page.15 Index Abby Ann Landers. 14 commentary. A 13 letters. 12 Money matters. 15-17 sports .18-24 to listings 18 weather. 11 Days in Iraq become a blur As troops play waiting game a. A. ,. A a. A. A. A a. A. By John Millar Middle East Bureau Southeastern Iraq artillery soldiers from bad kissing in Germany Are marking time in the Sun baked iraqi desert. Five weeks after the end of the War with Iraq they find it hard to remember what Day of the week it is. A you just lose track of time a capt. David Tippett of Btry a 2nd in 41st Field arty said about life in the desert. A a it a not like you re Back in Garrison where you work five Days and have a weekend off. Out Here you work every Day and relax every Day. Time gets  the Battery is still ready to fire if need be Tippett said. A we still maintain a 24 hour fire capability. If something comes up it la go right Down the line of guns a. Tippett said the unit is filling some of its time preparing to go Home. Soldiers Check to see what equipment is left after their March from saudi Arabia through Iraq to Kuwait and finally to their present location in Iraq. A accountability takes up some of their time a he said. ,. There a also weapons and equipment maintenance and the battalion. Headquarters wants to Start training and testing the soldiers in Basic tasks. Still a a there a not that much of a significant change from Day to Day a Tippett acknowledged. Recently however battalion commander it. Col. Michael Leahy gave the troops a Day off for a unit sports Day. Leahy said it was the first Day off for the troops in several weeks. A. A a. A a a a a a a  4 staff sgt. Larry Ford goes for basics in Iraq a tub of water for soaking feet. A amps John Mills a a that a a Long time in this Type of heat a he said. A. A. A a a a it a a a sports Day was a. Definite change for the troops who were allowed to Wear shorts and to shirts. The sport part of the Day meant running for some and volleyball and weightlifting for others. Staff sgt. Larry Ford sat beneath a Green army Tarp that extended from the Side of a self propelled howitzer. He sat on two ration boxes his feet in a Small Orange Wash tub whacking at flies with the swatter in his hand. A every now and risen i soak the feet to keep the old feel together a Ford said. A they say if your feet go the rest of you has had  t. ,. A a / i the howitzer Section chief said the water and Shade were Nice and Cool. A my feet feel great a he said. A i wish i had a tub for the rest of  spec. Shawn Robinson an assistant howitzer gunner was doing his laundry in a tub similar to the one Ford had his feet in. Minutes before he had washed in it. A you try to do your own stuff Quot he said about his personal chores. A and its so hot you la be trying to find some Shade to do it  a a a a a As the Day went on soldiers talked of Spades and dominoes two games that have become part of their routine. Others talked of mail and the 20-Niile trip they took to a phone Center that Day. Little things break up the Monotony and give the nameless Days significance. A we caught a Lizard yesterday Quot said pfc. Malcolm Bounds who loads and fires his sections howitzer. A it looked like a Dinosaur about a foot  Bounds and others also remember the Day More than a week before when a bedouin wandered into their position. A the had rubber steel toed boots on with no socks a Bounds said. Sgt. 1st class Dewye Jiles said the troops sent the wanderer on his Way Well equipped. A by the time he left he had new boots and a Walkman a he said. But soldiers  say what Day of the week it was when the bedouin broke the routine. Like most one Soldier said it was a about three Days  Many did no to know what Day it was except that it was a Day off. _ the ones who listened to chaplain capt Don Harris talk of satan a use of a fiery darts of boredom and Sang a Onward Christian soldiers knew what Day it was easter  although that was part of the Rea son soldiers were Given sports Day some said they never made the connection Between the two. Like most who feel lost in time in the desert sgt. Robert Noll did no to realize it was easter. A i could be sworn it was saturday Quot he said. In Manama Bahrain Asp a two minesweepers one min Hunter and a tender have reached Bahrain in the first German postwar military deployment outside the area of North Atlantic treaty organization an embassy official said saturday. A due to our Constitution we were unable to participate in the Gulf War a said the official who ask for anonymity. A now War is Over we Are trying to do our Best to help. Our postwar contribution is to help in Clearing the  the minesweepers Schleswig and Paderborn the min Hunter Gottinger and the tender ship Donau docked thursday at Bahrain which will be their base for the present. On april 19, two More min Hunters and a support ship will join them. In All 450 germans will be aboard the flotilla. The German mine ships which were earlier sailing in the Mediterranean Are considered among the Best in the world. They Are outfitted with the Remote controlled a sea hound system for detonating magnetic or acoustic mines. Quot the flotilla will Start operations on april 16, sailing North from their Bahrain base to join the massive Roin sweeping operation under Way to Clear the kuwaiti coast of iraqi sown mines. He said the ships might eventually be based in Kuwait. The germans will be working in tandem with an Armada of mine countermeasure units from the United states Britain saudi Arabia Belgium the Netherlands and France. Of the Esti mated 1,000 sea mines planted More than 200 have been cleared