European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 b the stars and stripes saturday August 3, 1991 at a glance thu Hale has come to America from Vietnam with High Hopes and Little information her fathers name is John he a Black and he a american. Acid she Hopes to find him. See Story on pages 14-15.searching for clues investigators were picking through the wreckage of a girl scout bus near Palm Springs calif., seeking reasons for a plunge Down an embankment that killed four teen age girls and three adults. Amp a Page 4votes for stealth ski the Senate voted for four More stealth bombers and for $4.6 billion for the strategic defense initiative endorsing president Bush s two top military priorities. A Page controversial ban foreigners with the aids virus will continue to be barred from immigrating to the United states the Bush administration has decided. A Page 7cleaning a Mountain some 1,450 windswept feet above sea level on one of Iceland s northernmost mountains Arr Ray chinooks ferried cleanup Crews recently to pick up litter from 31 years Page 9teen-age investors your teen Ager May think the Only kind of cd he can buy is the Little Flat kind that makes noise but financial planners say otherwise. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers .19 comics. 19-21 commentary. .13 letters. .12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .27 weather. 11 Kuwait from Page 1 that showed Many citizens had not turned in weapons they acquired from the army or stole from iraqis during the occupation. The government had ordered kuwaitis to turn in All guns by july 2 or face up to 15 years in jail. More than five months since Allied forces drove Saddam Hussein a troops from the Oil Rich emirate the signs of the nations rebound Are mixed with the lingering troubles of War. Marty Oil Wells Are still burning and areas of the prosperous City Are marred by bombed out shops vandalized government buildings and damaged hotels. Maps published in newspapers on Friday illustrated a new method of geography a showing iraqi minefields and unexploded shells in the desert and along the coast. They May remain a threat for years. The iraqi invasion also has changed the political landscape with an increasingly Well organized opposition calling for changes. Kuwait s Emir Sheik Jaber Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah has promised elections in october 1992 to replace the parliament he dissolved in 1986. Opposition leaders like Jassim Al a Tami a former member of parliment say its too Little too late. Quot we need elections within the next six months a he said. A there Are budgets to write contracts to be signed for reconstruction and new projects Laws to be passed. Now not later when it is too on Friday prayers in mosques were dedicated to the kuwaitis still missing and believed held by Iraq. More than 11,000 kuwaitis were taken Hurd cites Pilot morale As Factor in ending War London a Allied troops were kept from plunging deeper into Iraq because of. Worries of Long term entanglement and the increasing reluctance of pilots to attack defenceless iraqi forces foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said Friday. A some people argue that the coalition should have carried the fight to Baghdad and demanded Saddam a head a Hurd wrote in an article in the times of London on the first anniversary of iraqis invasion of Kuwait. But he said the decision not to pursue the iraqis was influenced by several factors including the morale of fighter pilots and fears of being caught up in trying to govern Iraq if Saddam Hussein was ousted. A in fact once the iraqi forces had effectively lost their capacity to defend themselves Many pilots were reluctant to continue the fight a he wrote. A first the coalition explicitly limited its objectives to those set out in the United nations resolutions which related to the liberation of Kuwait. A second had we gone to Baghdad we would have found ourselves forced to choose and then sustain a new iraqi government. Once drawn into the morass of iraqi politics extricating ourselves would have been difficult our soldiers would have been at risk and support would have been in March Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf head of coalition troops during the persian Gulf War indicated he had recommended pursuing the fleeing iraqi forces. But later defense Secretary Dick Cheney said Schwarzkopf raised no objection to ending the War. Prisoner by the iraqis during the occupation including Many kuwaitis who fought in the resistance. Some later were allowed to return Home and the International committee of the red Cross helped bring Back More than 5,000 kuwaitis. But the government says 2,477 people Are still unaccounted for including 1,800 kuwaitis. The others Are stateless arabs and other foreign nationals. Yellow ribbons honouring the missing were tied to Trees Light posts and car Anten Nas. Many kuwaitis wore yellow armbands Reading a a done to forget our missing Abdullah Bishara Secretary general of the regional Gulf cooperation conf Neil and a native kuwaiti said the War taught kuwaitis a valuable lesson. A Man is not Complete without a Home and a Home is not Complete without Freedom a he said. A the kuwaitis now appreciate the value of Home and respect the value of Freedom. And they will show oneness to preserve shipments from Page 1 without risk through no notice inspections and by ensuring that everyone who is coming Back to the states is aware of the rules and their responsibilities for abiding by those rules a the official said. But that is not acceptable to the other agencies involved. A it Isnit up to the level of scrutiny that we think is appropriate for overseas shipments a said a customs service official a a we be told the air Force that they can do this if they want to but that they expect us to just Clear these shipments through when they reach the United states a he said. A we be discharging our duty if we did he said the percentage of shipments to be inspected at any one port will be up to customs service officials at that location and will depend on How Many inspectors Are available How Busy the port is and other factors. A we done to want to cause delays but some Are probably inevitable a he said. A a it a not a Good axe said he has not heard of any logjam developing yet. A but there May be problems before too Long a he said. A a you re talking about thousands the customs service official said his Agency has been in Contact with air Force officials on the Issue. A formally at this Point their decision stands a he said. A but there have been some indications that a change May be maj. Bob Howell chief of traffic management with Safe said he comment1 on a possible settlement because nothing a has been approved or implemented he said the air Force was trying to save manpower with its pared Down customs inspections and a a there a been a backlash correction because of an editing error a new Eagle scout was incorrectly identified in fridays editions. Robert . Wagner 18, has been involved in scouting Lor four years and is a member of troop .18 in Augsburg from Page 1 could jeopardize the conference. Every party has the right to choose its own representatives a he said. Later in Amman Jordan Baker went into meetings with King Hussein who has offered to form a joint delegation of jordanians and palestinians for the negotiations. The american official said the palestinians had not been expected to agree to the . Formula which must be relayed to Plo Headquarters. Quot we Are going to continue to work the Issue and i am of course very hopeful that the palestinians ultimately will decide that the process offers them opportunities and Hopes for a better future Quot he said. Jordanian prime minister Taher Masri said Friday that Jordan believes residents of East Jerusalem should be represented in peace talks in Israel. A Jerusalem is a Arab land and its people Are to be represented in Arab israeli peace talks a Masri said in a Telephone interview. Quot Jerusalem is a Symbol for palestinians jordanian arabs and muslims and none of them can give it Baker met with the palestinians after getting israelis agreement on thursday to attend talks on condition the jewish state gets its Way on who represents the minister Yitzhak Shamire a conditions Are no negotiators tied to the Palestine liberation organization and none from East Jerusalem or outside the occupied territories. Earlier in the morning. Defense minister Moshe Arens suggested a Compromise might be to accept a former East Jerusalem resident who is now a jordanian citizen As part of a joint palestinian Jor Danian delegation. We do not dictate the jordanian delegation if they Are legitimate jordanians a Arens said. Shamir met with Baker for 90 minutes thursday and later claimed the americans had accepted the israeli conditions. He also hinted that any attempt at compromising israelis stand could scuttle the talks. It has taken Baker six trips to the Region to win israelis agreement to a .-and soviet sponsored conference that would Lead to what the jewish state has always demanded direct negotiations with each Arab state. Tipsy no takes shortcut to ticket Pir Masens Germany a amps a a non commissioned officer stationed in the Pir Masens area has added a new meaning to Good Ger Man american relations. The inebriated Soldier drove herself to the local German police station where she was cited for driving while intoxicated. The no had had a few drinks before setting out to find a restaurant that she was not familiar with. When she became lost she decided to Stop at the local police station to ask for directions according to the German newspapers die Rhein Falz and the firm Senser Zeitung. Instead she received a breathalyzer test and a citation and was turned Over to military police. One Pir Masens Community member made the Tongue in Cheek comment that it just shows the lengths to which our soldiers will go to help out their German neighbors. Pir Masens officials would not release the soldiers identity or unit
