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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany ii edition vol. 50, no. 91 saturday july 13,1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the  Aried forces 35c d 8693 a a amps Dave Casey a boy shows his style in front of his friends at a Pool in Griesheim Germany. Americans sweep stores of ice fans by Gary Miller and de Reavis staff writers the search for Relief from 90-plus degree temperatures has caused shortages at some locations in Europe of two important hot weather commodities electric fans and ice. A we got 900 electric fans last week and have been sold out for a Day. I m Busy looking for More a said Nicole Dudley assistant manager for the army and air Force Exchange services Frankfurt Germany facility. Roger Dicks sales director at cafes Munich said a i  be surprised if there were shortages of fans but i have no statistics to Back it up. 1 also done to doubt that ice is a problem when the heat rises. But the unusual weather has made it All Worth see heat on Page 10 57 army units i to . Bases by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a fifty seven army units and about 12,000 soldiers assigned in Europe will be moved to the United states to fill out rapid deployment forces there beginning in fiscal 1992, the Pentagon announced Friday. The re locations will be completed by september 1994, officials said. The affected units Are combat support and combat service support organizations ranging in size from detachments to a brigade. They will be moved with assigned personnel and equipment left intact an army official said . Army Europe on Friday night released a list of 22 Germany based units that will be among the first to redeploy to the United states. Usa eur spokeswoman Millie Waters said others will be identified later As their moving preparations begin. The first phase of moving these units from Europe to the United slates will ailed about 4,500 soldiers and their families. The initial increment will be made up primarily of units returning to Germany from Southwest Asia but whose equipment has not been shipped Back to. Germany according to a statement released Friday evening by . Army Europe. A soldiers currently assigned to affected units will remain in those units unless released by the department of the  the statement said. A those soldiers who already have individual assignment instructions or Are scheduled to intr theater Transfer will re see bases on Page 10 ., Allied troops begin withdrawal from Northern Iraq Washington a . And Allied troops Friday began pulling out of Northern Iraq and All 1,400 american soldiers will be redeployed by monday the Pentagon announced. Pete Williams the chief Pentagon spokesman said discussions were continuing with the allies on future arrangements for monitoring events in Northern Iraq after the withdrawal. The Allied forces have been protecting kurdish refugees. Brent scowcroft president Bush a National Security adviser said on thursday that . Troops in Northern Iraq will move to the turkish Border to form part of what Pentagon sources have described As a multinational brigade designed to ensure that iraqi military forces done to at tack the kurdish population. Williams said he could not provide details on the nature of a residual Allied Force in the area. He said he could not confirm that it would be based in Turkey. The Pentagon spokesman also said the iraqi government has been told that while the Allied nations want peaceful relations with Baghda the allies Are a willing to respond to iraqi actions that disturb the  he said Allied air forces would conduct reconnaissance flights Over Northern Iraq a was needed to ensure that the kurdish population is not attacked. Meanwhile the new York times re we will have enough Power to strike from the air or put people on the ground quickly if need Bea military source ported Friday that president Bush has approved a list of about 20 iraqi command and control targets that would be attacked if that country fails to disclose the locations of Al of its nuclear facilities. Iraq acknowledged this week for the first time that it possesses equipment for enriching uranium but it denied that it intends to build nuclear weapons. Bush warned Baghdad earlier this week that he was a deadly serious about finding All of iraqis Mclear facilities. The times said the target list is another attempt to intimidate the Baghdad government into complying with the . Requirement that in disclose the Loeptien of its weapons making facilities. But administration officials said no air strike is imminent.  forces first went into Northern Iraq in april after hundreds of thousands of kurd fled into the mountains follow see Iraq on Page 10  
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