European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 201 thursday october 31,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces c 35c d 8693 a time to heal old wounds Bush urges Compromise As peace talks open Madrid Spain apr israelis and arabs held historic talks wednesday aimed at overcoming four decades of hostility and War in the Middle East. President Bush implored them to strike a Deal entered on territorial Compromise and permanent treaties. A peace in the Middle East need not be a dream a Bush said at the dramatic opening of the first peace talks in a generation. A it is time a he also said a to heal old wounds and build  soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev forcefully seconded the Call for Compromise. A it would be unforgivable to miss this Opportunity a he said. Syria israelis most implacable foe hewed to its traditional hard line. After see related stories on Page 3 the ceremonial opening of the conference one syrian official in Madrid said Damascus might pull out of the peace process unless there Are key israeli concessions. But Many in Madrid were expressing optimism despite deep differences. A i think on the whole this has been a very Good Day for the prospects of peace a israeli Deputy foreign minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after wednesdays session. Egyptian foreign minister Amre Moussa the first Arab Delegate to address the gathering said the conference heralded a a new Era in the Middle  Egypt is the Only Arab country to have Ever made peace with Israel. In his speech Moussa demanded rec see talks on Page 2 soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev and president Bush shake hands at the Start of the Middle East peace conference in Madrid. Protesters Burn ., israeli flags Beirut Lebanon apr thousands of shiite Muslim radicals burned american and israeli flags in Beirut on wednesday to protest the Mideast peace talks and an iranian hard liner threatened to kill conference participants. Syrians and jordanians meanwhile looked for Progress from the talks that opened wednesday in Spain and saudi arabians King fahd wished Success for the historic peace Effort. In Tehran Ali Akbar Mohtashemi the iranian founder of shiite Muslim terrorist groups in Lebanon warned that Muslim revolutionaries Loyal to the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini a will turn the world into see flags on Page 2 inside today s paper halloween time for pumpkins costumes and trick or treat see stories on Page 9. Short term rotations to Europe a dumb idea Saint asserts by Luke Britt staff writer Heidelberg Germany a proposed Short term rotations of troops to Europe would not be Good for the army or the individual Soldier the commander of the . Army in Europe said tuesday. A shortage of stateside units and the frequent family separations that rotation Tours would cause make it a a dumb idea a Gen. Crosbie e. Saint said. European Tours lasting a several months Are a budget cutting measure under consideration army Secretary Michael . Stone said last week. Lawmakers have suggested that Short unaccompanied Tours would allow the department of defense to eliminate the expensive network of housing areas schools and family support services. A fall suggestions should be looked at a Saint said. A but when it is put to an analysis it does no to stand up. I done to like the  on wednesday col. Phillip Childress chief of Usa eur Public affairs emphasized that although rotation Tours Are being studied there Are no plans for implementing them. Before the reduction of . Forces Here More than half of the army a combat Power was located in Europe. There Are not enough battalion and brigade sized units stationed in the states to support rotating Tours Saint said. A tank brigades for example. We just done to have enough tank brigades to support one year rotating Tours a Saint said. Rotating tour experiments were conducted in Usa eur three times before in the 1950s, �?T70s and �?T80s. The attempts proved to be logistically difficult and expensive an army spokesman in Washington said. During the rotation efforts of the �?T70s, some units became a permanent part of Usa eur instead of returning to the states and Many families protested the separations. A today about 50 percent of our Force is mar Saint ried a Saint said. A we say we like married people because they Are stable industrious and have integrity. I done to think they join the army to be separated from their  units rotating in from the states would also lose training time on both ends of their tour Saint said. The time it takes for a unit to set up at a new Loca see Europe on Page 2