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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The lib amp acid ripes to vol. 53, no. 175 50e sunday october 9, 1994 d 8693 tension builds in Gulf keep hands off Kuwait . Council warns Saddam Nicosia Cyprus a the United states sent military personnel and warships to the persian Gulf on saturday after Saddam Hussein going to the Brink again sent tens of thousands of elite troops and hundreds of tanks toward the kuwaiti Border. The Pentagon said no additional movement of Saddam a Republican guards had been detected since Friday when they were first reported. But mechanized iraqi troops were less than an hour from Kuwait and a . Administration official was not prepared to say that the iraqis had halted their operation. Baghdad confirmed the military movements Friday but said suggestions that they threaten Kuwait Are part of a a sick plot to justify maintaining . Sanctions that have crippled Iraq since it invaded the emirate in August 1990. The . Security Council warned Iraq on saturday that the United nations was committed to protecting Kuwait a Borders and ordered increased vigilance by . Observers on the kuwaiti Frontier. The statement came after . Ambassador Madeleine Albright showed the Council satellite photographs of iraqi soldiers heading toward the Border. A . Official said the photographs confirmed that iraqi divisions were mov ing South and that some artillery units were within striking Range of Kuwait. The. Photographs were taken within the last 24 hours the official said speaking on condition of anonymity. . Officials reported that 20,000 Republican guards had moved closer to the Border where some 40,000 other iraqi troops already were stationed. No one was taking any chances that the unpredictable Saddam  be embarking on another military adventure to try to quell discontent at Home. Amid the uncertainty Over his intentions Baghdad a government run Al Iraq see Gulf on Page 2 Bradley is. Hyundai under the watchful Eye of an american Soldier haitians try to de the country a amnesty Law and civilian gunmen backed by push a car away from an army Bradley fighting vehicle after the the military killed at least seven people when they slowed their two had a minor collision on a port a Prince Street saturday pickup truck into a pro democracy rally Friday see Story on there were no injuries. Meanwhile the haitian Senate expand Page 4.inside today Relief flights to Sarajevo suspended i ,. Omet Nimg Bazaar shoppers from All Over Europe flock to Community fund raisers a see Page 3 . Forces in the persian Gull Region As of oct. 6, 1994 army 1,224 Navy Marine corps 6,657 air Forca 3,941 special operations 173 joint task Force Headquarters 130 source a research a big change envisioned in military pay system a by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington in a couple of months about three dozen military Wolfi Cia swill gather for a daunting Mission to map out a vision of what kind of compensation system the armed forces will need Over the next 20 or 30 years. Its not a task to be taken lightly. The defense department knows All too Well that it will have to fight harder to attract and retain the people it needs As interest in military careers wanes among the nations youth and As the services try to redefine themselves in the Post cold War Era. A a a a a a a a a. A compensation is a big part of that a said Navy capt. Dave Lundahl the defense departments director of compensation. A we have to have a system that can compete for the people in the marketplace whether its the kid out of High school or the potential officer coming out of  the Effort that will begin some time in january is formally known As the 8th quadrennial review of military compensation an exercise mandated by Law every four years. This panel will have1 a much broader mandate than its predecessors which generally were entrusted with looking at see pay on Page 2 waiting lot soldiers return from Haiti a see sin Day Magazine  
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