European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes monday november 18, 1991 exercises show there s a lot to be done Gibbs Range Kuwait a with Iraq As the unspoken enemy . And kuwaiti forces on sunday were winding up a week of joint exercises intended to rebuild the emirates shattered military. Commanding officers from both nations said the work was just starting but . Service members tended to put it More bluntly. A sometimes we think we Are unorganized. But they Are real unorganized Quot said army Cpl. Tony Perez. The kuwaiti military command has conceded the need to rebuild its forces Ana has made enough changes to head off a threatened mass resignation by senior army officers. But Western officers said the command still lacks an Overall strategy for future needs. A High level British military delegation completed a report two months ago that suggested that Kuwait create a rapid reaction Force Strong enough to hold off an invader until help arrives. But there has been no official response to the plan apparently pending the completion of a similar study by the . Military. A there is a lot to be done. We have to have a different approach on How we rebuild it and How we restructure it Quot said Brig. Alt Al Moumin the senior kuwaiti army officer watching the joint Maneu vers sunday. He said the defense pact with the United states As Well As expected agreements with neighbouring persian Gulf states Woula stress the need for training and maintaining the cooperation that prevailed during the persian Gulf War. . Rear adm. Raynor . Taylor said the two forces were trying to organize increasingly Complex Maneu vers with the week exercises combining air naval and ground forces. More than 2,000 . Troops and 1,000 kuwaiti soldiers participated in the Maneu vers. Kuwait a army numbers Between 5,000 and 6,000 members Down from the pre invasion 16,000 because foreign nationals have been eliminated. Kuwait signed a 10-year defense pact with the United states in september to include joint training storage of equipment and Landing rights. The 1,500 . Troops currently in the country have sent most of their tanks and other heavy equipment out of the country. View from the top a the ski season got into swing saturday on the Snow was about 29 inches deep on the country a highest Zug Spitze slopes High above Garmisch Germany. The Mountain and two lifts were in operation. Waite May be freed in 2 weeks ish foreign ministry official David Gore Boothe. Waite 52, an envoy of the archbishop of Canterbury disappeared during a Mission in Beirut to free hostages Jan. 20,1987. Baalbek Lebanon up1 a the kidnappers of westerners held in secret places on lebanese territory Are Likely to free anglican Church envoy Terry Waite within 14 Days a ranking fundamentalist Muslim source said sunday. A Terry Waite enjoys the Best Chance to regain Freedom Quot said the source who was identified As close to the circles of shiite Muslim activists Loyal to Iran. A Waite would be freed within the coming two the source said the a Case of Terry Waite was resolved on paper As a result of a visit to Beirut on nov. 5 by Brit the source played Down reports that some of the four kidnapped americans also May be granted Freedom soon. A the dilemma of the kidnapped americans is on the path of a solution Quot he said. A but the Fate of the americans May be affected by developments related to the ongoing peace process in the Middle world hoaxer claims key role in giving data to Hersh from wire reports London a a known hoaxer claimed he fooled investigative journalist Seymour Hersh into believing phony a new evidence Quot that publisher Robert Maxwell had close links to israeli leaders newspapers said sunday. Joe Flynn told the sunday times the sunday express and news of the world that he provided the false information and was paid $2,230 by Hershy a publisher Faber and Faber. A i accept it was this Man Flynn we were dealing with and that he is a con Man Quot the pulitzer prize winning journalist told the sunday times. A the must be Brilliant. Some of the things he told me checked Flynn is the author of numerous ruses against British newspapers and has served two prison terms for fraud. His most celebrated hoax involved bilking publisher Rupert Murdoch of $44,250 for a pair of shoes he claimed belonged to Jimmy strikes Philippines Manila Philippines a the third tropical storm to strike the country in a month roared toward Manila on sunday with rain and winds gust ing up to 60 Mph. There were no reports of casualties from tropical storm Wilda which roared ashore late saturday in the Biol Peninsula of Southeastern Luzon and then weakened As it slowed across mountainous Quezon begins Japan visit Tokyo a Gen. Colin a Powell arrived in Japan on sunday for three Days of meetings with military and political leaders. A plane caning the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff touched Down at Yokota a 20 Miles South East of Tokyo. Powell was scheduled to meet with his military counterpart As Well As prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa and other political leaders today. On tuesday he will inspect Kadena a in Okinawa and then depart for South Honor Franco l Madrid Spain a several thousand people Sang fascist songs and listened to anti democracy speeches sunday at a memorial rally for Gen. Francisco Franco on the 16th anniversary of the Spanish dictators death. There were no reports of violence after the demonstration despite the presence of skinheads and Small groups of foreign Neo nazis. Authorities banned other Neo nazi activities planned to coincide with the Franco anniversary commemoration. Earlier police arrested three youths after breaking up a counter rally that Drew about 200 leftist demonstrators a mile Rouge returns phenom penh Cambodia the Khmer Rouge returned to the capital sunday nearly 13 years after being driven out at the end of a reign of terror that killed hundreds of thousands of people. Son sen among the most ruthless of the Khmer Rouge leaders and nine other officials arrived at Poch Entong International Airport from Bangkok. The Khmer Rouge military commander and onetime secret police chief is one of two members of the guerrilla group to sit on a National reconciliation Council charged with implementing a peace Accord. Britain deports american who disclaims holocaust London a a Massachusetts Man who claims no mass extermination took place in nazi concentration Camps has been deported from Britain the Home office said sunday. Fred Luchter or. Was sent Back to the United Stales on saturday night aboard a British airways flight to new York said a spokesman for the Home office the government department responsible for Taw and order issues. The spokesman said Leuchter 49, is barred from Britain by an exclusion order on the grounds that his presence would not be conducive to the Public Good. Home Secretary Kenneth Baker enacted the order in the beginning of october when it became known that Leuchter planned to visit Britain the spokesman said. A spokeswoman at Scotland Yard said Leuchter was arrested during a West London meeting Friday night on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant. The spokeswoman said Leuchter was held in custody until he was deported. The sunday Telegraph reported that police interrupted Leuchter during a speech Nih st11 0uit a Side Entrance of the old Chelsea town Hall away from the 150 people in the audience who had gathered speech wanting a Freedom of pm of re she meeting was organized by British historian David Irving who claims Hitler was unaware of the holocaust and that the nazis had no policy of systematic extermination. The sunday Telegraph said Leuchter had slipped into Britain on a ferry Between Calais France and Dover. Leuchter who describes himself As a scientist relies on his experience As a manufacturer of electric chairs and other execution devices to bolster his widely publicized claim that holocaust survivors exaggerated the number of people executed in nazi Gas Chambers during world War ii
