European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 b the stars and stripes saturday Junso 1991 chief United nations apr Secrce Larry general Javier Perez do Cuellar announced Friday that no More than 30 percent of Iraq a a future Oil profits May be used to pay compensation to victims of Iraq s invasion of Kuwait. The actual percentage will be set later. By the . Compensation commission and reviewed periodically. Hut it is expected to be close to the 30 percent Perez do Cuellar announced Friday. 7 International economic sanctions imposed in punish the Baghdad government for the aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait bar. Iraq from Selling Oil. A the sanctions Are not Likely to be lifted in the near future because Iraq still has to abide by conditions imposed by these. Purity Council. . And British officials Quot oppose lifting the sanctions until Saddam Hussein is out of Power. The United states had urged that Iraq a pay 40 percent to 50 percent of its future Oil. Profits to compensate its victims while do a a eloping nations had urged payment equiv Quot Alent to 5 percent to 10 percent. A Perez de Cuellar wants to provide add quate compensation to iraqis enemies and still leave Baghdad enough Money to rebuild the nations Quot a a the cease fire Resolution required Iraq to pay a percentage of its future Oil profits to compensate its vict hns. would cover environmental damage from the Oil Iraq deliberately spilled into the persian Gulf the Revenue Kuwait suffered when Iraq damaged its Oil Wells and the loss of wages to thousands of foreigners who fled Kuwait alter the invasion. Of sgt. 1st class Gerald Moore left urls the the flags staff. Chapter from Page 1 w a amps l Emmett Lewis or. 56th Field arty Comdr a unit nag Friday while his commander maj. Bob weeks holds Brave optimism and. Steadfastness. Despite the frequent protests the soldiers Mission provided a a place and Freedom a new shining glory a Ruder said. A. A you can walk out of Here proud with. A your Heads held up Higler and our thanks and gratitude will accompany you a he told the More than 50 soldiers who. Represented their units Oil the Parade fiend. The mayor Amund Home of the Pershing command s head quarters just South of Multan gun also noted the soldiers perseverance to the face of protests. Wolfgang Shuster called the soldiers a Good democrats because. They respected different opinions a. A i would wish that All the demonstrators against the . Army would he so tolerant and fair As the american soldiers arc a Shuster said. A before the inf reductions began in june 1988, the 56th Field arty come had More than 6,000 soldiers and. 108 Pershing ii missile systems As of Friday the soldiers numbered about 800. Its last nine missiles left two months ago. The remaining soldiers Are expected to move to new assignments by the end of summer. About 1,600 of the 6,000 sol \ Diers had Pershing Job specialities and. Had to be trained in new jobs. The rest / were assigned to fill vacancies first in Euc rope then army wide. A the units deactivated Friday Verc the 1st in 9th Field arty regt 2nd bnf4lh inf regt 38th signal in and 55th sup port in All from Neu Ulm. Heilbronn a a 4th in 9th Field arty deactivated in August. And the 2nd in 9th Field arty of Multan gun deactivated in february. From Page 1.to a y. -. A a concept in double since the collapse of the Warsaw pact commission chairman Jim courier in an Ace Ompa Nying statement said the panels recommendations Are not a closure or. Realignment list but rather a a wide. Array of Quot. A. A. A Many of the basis Are being studied As alternatives to those already cited in the Pentagon a report a courier said. Quot to make informed and Independent judgments we need to compare bases that Are slate for closure or facilities that Are not on the Pentagon a list.�?�. A. In addition to the installations the list includes the army corps of engineers for possible shutdown or scaling Back. Quot Calls to the commission for an explanation were not immediately returned the. Pentagon announced on May 24 that Cheney had sent Congress a proposal to consolidate the army corps of engineers As part of the Overall plan for shrinking the . Military. A. A. Cheney had planned to include the plan As part of his Overall base closure proposal but the corps Streany lining plan was delayed. A. A 7 w. The. Plan realigns the boundaries Lor re Gjonai offices cuts the number of corps divisions from 10 to six and cuts the number of districts from 35 to 22. No offices would be closed but about 2,600 jobs a mostly civilian a would be Cut. Y \. The commission appointed by the president with congressional approval has the authority to accept or Amend the Pentagon a list. 7 t.y-. T have said All along that we won t rubber stamp the defense Secretary a proposals a courier said. A and i have cautioned everyone not to assume that their installation is Safe just because it is not included in the Pentagon s Courter speaking about the list while on a tour of fort Devens in Ayer mass., said it a will cause a stir in lots of. Communities. But Tuil is inevitable. Better to cause a stir now than on the last 7. Among the army facilities on the Coin miss ions list for realignment or closure Are fort fort Totten in a Civ York. A by t to. Major training areas the commission is reviewing for either closure or Transfer to the army a Reserve component Are fort Mccoy in Wisconsin Camp Pickett and 7 fort , Hill in Virginia fort. Indian oven Gap. In Pennsylvania and fort Buchanan in puerto Rico Fwy facilities on the commissions list in addition to the Home ports and the Long Beach naval shipyard 1 Are treasure Island in California. A the potential closure list includes Meridian naval. Air station in Mississippi Kingsville naval air station in Texas and Agana naval air station in Guam. Naval training installations on the list Are the great lakes naval training Center in Illinois and san Diego naval training Center in California. C a 7. A the san Diego Olarine recruit training depot in California is a potential base for realignment the com Mission said. The list of naval installations for realignment Are -7 Marine corps Barstow in California the naval electronics systems engineering. Center san Diego naval depot Jacksonville in Florida . Marine corps depot in Albany a. Naval depot Norfolk in Virginia Pensacola naval Sonimun cations facility in Florida and the naval electronics systems Engi nearing Center in Portsmouth v a. The air Force bases on the list for possible closure Are Goot fellow fab in Texas Plattsburgh fab id new York Homestead fab in Florida Mountain Home fab in Idaho and Macdill fab in Florida. The commission will examine griffiss fab. In new York for either realignment or the commission will review its additions to. The list on june 6-7, 13-1.4 and 17-18 in was Lington courier said that at least one member of the seven member in. Dependent commission will visit any installation that becomes a closure candidate. Aid from Page 1 a i salary plus health and life insurance payments for All americans held hostage or in hiding in the event their employers did not provide the compensation. A Quot a a the salary payments ran out May 5. However the hostage families Are eligible for the health and life insurance benefits for another year according to sen. Ted Stevens a Alaska author of the amendment. legislation provided for payments up to the level of gs-9 government work cars or $24,765 to $32 121, As of last a Galst. A a Quot i believe this Type of Relief for private individuals is unprecedented a a slate department official said. Congressional aides said there was no move afoot to provide further payments As this years foreign Aid Bill makes its Way toward final passage the reason tiled is that the hostages in Iraq and Kuwait were liberated. However the six americans arc still being held in Lebanon presumably by the pro iranian group Hezbollah. A Stevens said he was considering submitting legislation to continue the salaries and or the. Hostages in Lebanon. A a in la do my Best to reopen that a Stevens said. Quot its a modest enough the six americans held hostage in Lebanon arc Terry Anderson Thomas Sutherland Jesse Turner Joseph James Cicippio Edward Austin Tracy and alarm Steen. A ,. A in the iranian hostage crisis of 1979-sl, the american diplomats held in Tehran were exempted from . Income tax. Special interest bearing savings accounts were set up for Money earned during their Captivity. A Bush planning visit to Greece Turkey Athens up a president Bush will visit Greece and Turkey Between july 17 and 21, official announcements in Athens and Ankara said Friday. _ an a n no n no c m e n t. Re 1 e As c d. Simu 1 i n Cousley in Athens and Washington said Bush would arrive in Greece july 17 at the invitation of president Constantine Karamanlis and stay until july 19. _ in Ankara a foreign ministry statement a said Bush would begin a visit to Turkey july 19, at the invitation of president Turgut Ozal and leave july 21. He was scheduled to Fly to Ankara from Athens
