European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Time for peace Bush says president Bush and his wife Barbara watch a traditional dance group perform during his visit to Istanbul Turkey. Istanbul Turkey apr president Bush on sunday sharply pressure on Israel to freeze housing settlements in the occupied territories and accept a . Formula for Middle last peace talks. Me said Israel should recognize that the Quot Lime for peace is at . Bush turned up the heal As Secretary of state James a. Baker 111 flew to Israel with word that Jordan and saudi Arabia had promised to lift the 40-year Arab economic Boycott of Israel if jewish settlements were halted. Moreover Jordan Egypt Syria and Lebanon have agreed in recent Days to peace talks proposed by Washington. Bush said the responses of each of those countries were positive. Quot and in a confident a 1 Hope it s not misplaced Confidence a that when the Secretary gets to Israel he will find that they like All these other countries realize that the time for peace is at hand Quot Bush said. The president commented at a picture taking ceremony on the eve of his return to Washington Afier the economic Summit in London and visits to Greece and Turkey. After a Day of sightseeing in Istanbul he held separate meetings with political opposition leaders Suleyman dam incl and Erdal Inonu. Accompanied by his wife Barbara Dzal and his Wile the president toured Istanbul a famous Blue mosque known for its six towering minarets and Blue tile Interior. The foursome then visited St. Sophia a one of Istanbul s oldest Christian churches later transformed into a mosque and then a museum and the to Kaki Palace which for three centuries served As the Home of the sultans during the ottoman Empire. At the Palace they sat on Broca id covered Palace armchairs to watch a group of six while costumed Whir see peace on Page 2 cleric proposes to shop captives for Arab inmates Beirut Lebanon apr Lebanon a most influential shiite Muslim cleric called sunday for a simultaneous release of Western hostages held by pro iranian extremists and Arab prisoners held by Israel. A let us All resolve this Issue from All angles involved simultaneously on a humanitarian basis Quot said Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah the reputed spiritual guide of Hezbollah or party of god. Fadlallah in a speech at a South Beirut mosque marking a major Holiday criticized the United states and the West for failing to View the plight of lebanese and palestinian prisoners in Israel As equal to that of the 13 missing westerners in Lebanon. Fadalla did not say How Many prisoners he proposed Israel should release. Nor did he make any reference to seven missing israeli servicemen in Lebanon whom Israel insists on including in any prisoner Swap to help win Freedom for the Western hostages. However Hezbollah and other shiite lebanese leaders have previously demanded that Israel free about 400 lebanese and palestinian prisoners. They also declared readiness to Trade the missing israelis. The westerners missing in Lebanon include six americans four britons two germans and an italian. The longest held is american journalist Terry Anderson chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press. He was kidnapped March 16, 1985. War family support says by David Tarrant staff writer Heidelberg Germany a the . Army wants to know How Well it performed during the Gulf War a in Europe. When Europe based . Troops deployed to the persian Gulf Usa eur officials instituted some 100 initiatives for taking care of the families left behind. A a it a the first time that we had a Large number of families from a deployed area in fact sort of be left alone. And that was t perfect. But i think the families carried it off Quot Gen. Crosbie e. Saint commander of the . Army in Europe said in a recent interview. Saint said he is evaluating the programs started during the Gulf War to see if any Are Worth continuing in peacetime. Some of those programs which included family assistance counselling and transportation centers As Well As Telephone services overlapped Saint said. A there Are some things that i did that were not efficient. Matter of fact i did the same thing three different ways to make sure that it got done a he said. A an efficiency expert would have killed us. Of course he have gotten the Job done Usa eur is also reviewing How Well it performed in moving the thousands of pieces of . Equipment and troops from Europe to the persian Gulf during operations desert shield storm. It took Only about 40 Days to a get everything on the Ocean a he said. A and it validated some of the reformer things we be been practising a Long time just a bit different Quot he said referring to the periodic training exercise involving the deployment of .-based, nato committed forces to Germany. A a in a say there a some lessons Learned. But they re tweaks. Because nobody a moved that Many people that. Nobody a moved that Many people and that much equipment that fast in the history of the a Gen. Crosbie e. Saint fast and that much equipment that fast in the history of the world Quot he said. A so it would he sort if like you re trying to break another record the next time you do Saint said he has also reviewed the performance of the reserves and the National guard which were brought Over from the United Stales to till gaps in . Military communities in Europe during the War. A i would say in 99 percent of the eases the reservists did a Superb Job a Saint said. He recently wrote letters thanking the governors of every state that sent Reserve units with one exception. Quot one of them had a lot of difficulty a he said declining to identify the unit. Saint said he also held a two Day seminar recently to determine what was Learned in the deployment to Thesee Saint on Page 2
