European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                , sunday Mays. 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3 . Observers find i s lonely at the top by Luke Britt. Middle East Bureau Jabal Sanam Iraq a on top of this Windy Hill that is called a Mountain in the otherwise Flat desert a three unarmed United nations observers keep watch Over the demilitarized zone Between Iraq and  re very isolated up Here. We re very alone and it s quiet said maj. Jawad us islam of Bangladesh. Down there its like another  a the United nations established the Jubal Sanam observation Post april 24 along with two other posts in the 9-mile-wide demilitarized zone along the 120-mile Iraq Kuwait Border. . Army capt. Stan Skeldon the posts first observer has since been joined by islam and French army maj. Yves be Normand from atop their 700-foot High Perch the town of Saf wan nearby refugee Camps and the hundreds of destroyed pieces of iraqis War machine look like scratches in the dirt. The observers cannot distinguish the destruction of War. A we done to see these things from Here a be Normand said. A we know they Are Down there though. We Are Well aware of what the War has done and Why we Are needed  not seeing the destruction makes it easier to remain Neutral they said. #  it a very important for us to be Neutral in our feelings about the War a Skeldon said. A we Are Here to observe the peace Between two nations not to judge the Good Guys from the bad.�?�. The Trio said the sentiment was impressed upon them by . Representatives in Kuwait Gity before they moved to the Post. If they could1 not be Neutral they were told that the United nations could not use them. A what has happened is in the past a Skeldon said  we re Here to protect the  Skeldon islam and be Normand Are career officers each with More than 10 years in the military and each working with the United nations for the first time. Like most of the 300-observers, they volunteered for the demilitarized zones Guj sector 1 sector 2 es3 sector 3 a amps Susan Harris open ended assignment. A my family was not Happy that i could not Tell them when i would return a said islam who was interviewed thursday night before the extent of Cyclone destruction in his country was known. A but Bangladesh is a peace Loving country that always supports the United nations because its goal is peace. For me this is an  Jabal Sanam is a particularly lonely place to work the officers said. While other observation posts will be visited occasionally by patrols the treacherous and Steep roads winding up Jabal Sanam to the officers tent will discourage uninvited guests. A this is fast going to get a reputation As a lonely Post a Skeldon said. A people Are not going to look for Ward to duty  the Only Post that could be worse he said is on by Bryan Island located off the coast where Iraq and Kuwait meet. The Island is infested with mosquitoes. To break the Monotony observers will not be permanently assigned to any Post Skeldon said. They will.  posts Tor seven Days then work in the sector  on Mobile patrols for another seven Days Skeldon said. Every 14 Days observers will get live Days Oil. When they return to work it will be to a different observation Post. A seven posts have been established so tar Skeldon said four in sector i and three in sector 2. Where Jabal Sanam is located. I he third sector the westernmost portion of the zone and a completely Barren strip of desert had no posts As of Friday night. About five  posts Are to be established in each sector. Each Post will eventually be manned by four observers Skeldon said although Many have Only three now. It a observer will be on duty around the clock watching for violations of the . Resolution restricting both Iraq and Kuwait to rom military activity in the area. A a we la be looking for military aircraft in the area military vehicles a that sort of thing Quot be Normand said. A i done to expect much to happen. At least that a what i  Mobile patrols will move Between the observation posts and helicopters will also Fly patrols. In addition nearly 700 soldiers will be spread across the areas Between the observation posts. However the United nations has said that the infantry a presence in the zone May Only last a few months. The chief military observer austrian maj. Gen. Gunther Greindl will make periodic reports to the , Security Council on activity in and around the demilitarized zone. Based on those reports the Council will decide every six months whether the observers should leave. Quot we re being told to expect to stay Here at least a year Quot islam said. A but i think that May be too Short a time for things to be stable  of plans increase in iraqi refugee flights by Chuck Roberts Middle East Bureau Safwan Iraq a the air Force plans to increase evacuation flights of iraqis from the Safwan refugee Camp to saudi Arabia in preparation for the withdrawal of . Troops from the area. Only about 5,000-refugees remain of the More than 10,000 cared for in Safwan by . Forces since Early  increasing flights of c-130 cargo plans to 19 a Day about 1,500 refugees can be moved daily to a new Camp in Rafha saudi Arabia said capt. Winston Churchill an air Force Reserve officer in charge of the 446th Airlift control element deployed. A these refugees Are in the process of making a life changing decision a Churchill said. A do they stay Here and face possible persecution or death or do they leave their motherland and country and go to a foreign place where they done to know what their reception is going to be it takes More courage than a lot of people  teacher from Basra Iraq said it was not a matter of courage but simple survival that made him leave his Hometown and family. He said iraqi police were searching for him because his two Brothers participated in the revolution against Saddam Hussein after the persian Julf War ended. The teacher who asked not to be identified said he would stay away As Job Gas Saddam remained in Power. The teacher and other members of his group crowded around an army interpreter assigned to explain Airlift procedures. Spec. Karen Gibson said she could explain to them Why they  take their kerosene stoves on the 250-mile flight. But she said she Felt frustrated because she does no to know what is at the other end of their one Way flight to saudi Arabia. A i get really attached to these people and in a concerned about what happens to them when they leave a Gibson said. The refugee she remembers most clearly is a woman about the age of her Mother. The woman who had nothing but a Black purse to carry onto the plane told Gibson that she used to be wealthy and owned a Beautiful Home in Baghdad. But iraqi soldiers bulldozed her Home and destroyed everything she owned while explaining what happened to her Home the 63-year-old woman touched her heart and asked Gibson what it meant in English. A a she said she was heartsick a Gibson said. A leaving is especially difficult for some of the older refugees who realize that service members get Turkey Apos in Ciurlik a Turkey a people deployed to support operation provide Comfort now have their own Apo mailing address. A folks in the front need to get their mail in a timely manner a said maj. Roland s. Taylor postmaster for operation provide Comfort at in Ciurlik a. A a we re testing the system to determine the time it takes to move mail from the states and  the new Apo numbers in Turkey Are in Ciurlik a Apo 09396. Diyarbakir Apo 09399. Silo i Apo 09397. Yuk Sebkova Apo 09398. A for service members assigned to Zachko Iraq the address is Apo 09395. The Apo number for Amaliya Iraq has not been announced. Postal officials recommend that the service member a social Security number be included along with the full name on the first line of the address. The second line should be the a Home unit Tor those deployed As a unit or the specific combined task Force unit. A operation provide comforts should be written on the third line followed by the Apo number on the fourth line. They May never see their Homeland again. A once just before a group got on the air plane All the ladies huddled together and just cried a said army sgt. Mohammed a. Elmasry an interpreter who was born in Egypt and moved to the United states 16 years ago to attend school  Man in the group with tears in his eyes too Bent Down and picked up a handful of dirt. He kissed the dirt held it for a minute then dropped it and  the plane a Elmasry said. The children Are especially poignant to some service members. A  . A . A . N a they come on the plane with an Are in one hand and their momus hand in the other a said senior airman Scott Malpas from the 463rd tac air Wing at Dyess fab Texas. Churchill said  lot of people have different views of whether we should be Quot doing this or whether its right or wrong. A but when you see those Little kids run up to get on the Back of the plane you re at least glad to give them an Opportunity to try for something  Glasgow Scotland up a Queen Elizabeth ii and prime minister John major joined Church leaders saturday in a controversial service of remembrance and thanksgiving for British troops who fought and died in the persian Gulf War. Anti War activists criticized the memorial service at Glasgow Cathedral As a glorification of the Allied military might that turned Back iraqis invasion of Kuwait. A More than 40,000 British troops fought in the War and 17 soldiers were killed nine of them in a mistaken attack by . Forces. Eight troops were missing in a service for Gulf War vets Tion and 43 wounded. Veterans of the Battles including an air Force Tornado Pilot who had been taken prisoner and Many families of those who became casualties of the War were among the 1,200 people gathered in the Cathedral. Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher who committed Britain to the Gulf defense when Iraq invaded Kuwait last August and defense minister torn King were also in the crowd of politicians military officers Royalty and other dignitaries., the archbishop of Canterbury George Carey led thanksgiving prayers and archbishop of York John Habgood delivered the Sermon schoolboys wearing Kilts Yarmulke and colourful mideastern garb closed the service with quotes from Christian jewish and Muslim holy books. Cathedral minister Bill Morris told the congregation that the nation should be thankful that More people were not killed in the War. Religious leaders had bickered Over the tone of the National ceremonies before giving assurances that the service would emphasize remembrance Over Triumph