European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 10 1994 persian Gulf the stars and stripes Page 5 . Officer Calls attack unlikely lamp Anua / re a. Re a a a -. V a a a a a. A a a Gamp Doha Kuwait apr american and kuwaiti soldiers have a built up a tremendous capability in Kuwait since Iraq occupied it in 1990, and that should deter a new iraqi attack a senior . Officer said sunday. Some 4,000 . Army troops from fort Stewart ga., were ordered saturday to Camp Doha the american base in Kuwait As part of the Force Washington has assembled to defend the emirate against possible iraqi aggression. A Camp Doha is about 20 Miles North of Kuwait City. The _ troops backed by . Aircraft and warships were dispatched to the persian Gulf following a sudden Iraq i military buildup North of the kuwaiti Border. The United states signed a Security pact with the emirate after the 1991 persian Gulf War that liberated Kuwait and has enough equipment in place at Camp Doha for a brigade sized rapid deployment Force. Standing Between two Long lines of m1a1 Abrams tanks Bradley fighting vehicles and self propelled guns the Camp s commander col. Bob Smalser said the combination of equipment and personnel in place or on the Way can Quot actually do quite a  Smalser a Seabeck wash., native who. Has been in Kuwait since june said the soldiers in route had been. In Kuwait before and were familiar with the terrain and the stored equipment but he said he did not expect they would have to fight the iraqis. 1a nobody in history has Ever attacked us when we were already there in Force a Smalser said. The emirate is still rebuilding its armed forces shattered when Saddam Hussein a Republican guard divisions invaded in 1990.ground forces have trained heavily with . And Allied forces and Kuwait has bought billions of dollars of weapons from the United states Britain France and Russia Over the past three years. Much of the equipment has not been delivered however and the army is still training members of . Fighter jets that have  from Page 1 August 1990,�?� said col. Bob Smalser commander of Camp Doha. A since then both we and our kuwaiti Brothers in arms have built up a tremendous capability  other nations were moving to bolster Kuwait a defense. A British frigate Cornwall arrived off Kuwait City sunday at the request of the kuwaiti government. On saturday president Clinton warned Iraq not to misjudge a american will or american Power and ordered 4,000 . Service members into Kuwait to counter the threat senior administration officials made the rounds of the sunday television talk shows flexing . Military muscle in an at Saddam tempt to show the presidents resolve. Clinton was returning from the Camp David my presidential Retreat sunday afternoon for a scheduled High school reunion. He was expected to be briefed by his senior advisers. A we Are not going to allow the mistakes of the past to be repeated a White House chief of staff Leon Panetta told no cd a meet the press. He said iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein a should no to underestimate the resolve or the will of the .�?�  . Officials were still unsure whether Iraq planned to invade but were concerned enough to announce the deployment of additional aircraft. Baghdad radio sharply heightened rhetoric sunday in the latest confrontation in the Culf accusing the West of plotting to crush the iraqi people. The state run radio charged that iraqis 18 million people battered by four years of crippling . Trade sanctions have a the right to take any measures to defend themselves. The radio said Iraq has been subjected to a an injustice of unprecedented proportions since the  Security Council imposed a Trade embargo in August 1990 after Saddam a troops invaded Kuwait. Iraqis Media has been intensifying denunciations of Kuwait a rulers reminiscent of the invective Baghdad used in the prelude to the invasion More than four years ago. Odai Hussein Saddam a eldest son strongly attacked Kuwait a ruling Al Sabah family in his daily newspaper Babel on sunday saying they a harm the iraqi people and starve them to death while at the same time they open the Gates of Kuwait wide open to zionists who occupy holy  Baghdad claims iraqis soon will be starving. Egypt a Middle East news Agency reported from the iraqi capital sunday that a huge crowds were lining up at gasoline stations a anticipating a possible shortage or cuts in fuel supplies and for fear that Oil and Energy Sites might be  a. A a a a. Iraqis also were hoarding food a although in Small quantities because of skyrocketing prices. And a government decision to reduce rations last month a Many iraqis fear that a american missiles might Start falling on Baghdad a the Agency said. A / a a a a in Jerusalem Secretary of state Warren Christopher said allies who backed the 1991 persian Gulf War Are now supporting Clinton a actions. A a there a a uni tying of the old coalition a he said. Another invasion of Kuwait would devastate Iraq Christopher  this would be just madness a he told Abc televisions this week with David Brinkley. Ross Perot talks to reporters sunday in Washington . After accusing president Clinton of creating a military crisis in Kuwait to get a lift in the polls Clinton playing politics Perot says Washington a Ross Perot accused president Clinton on sunday of manipulating the situation in Iraq and risking the lives of american forces in Hopes of getting a boost in the november  the White House wants military action to show the strength of the resident a the billionaire Texas Independent said on lbs face the nation a you done to show your strength with other Peoples lives. That a wrong. That a what we Are into now. It is Rotten. It is wrong.�?�. Perot said . Intelligence officials had to have known about the iraqi troop movement toward the kuwaiti Border for weeks and charged that Clinton withheld this information until the political timing was right. A a we re about to have an election right this is the old game the first War did no to get him a bump in the polls a now lets try a second one Perot said referring to the . Military operation in Haiti. A there we be got a president who a a draft dodger and when this Guy puts people in combat i really get worried a lie said. The nation will a pay in our sons and daughters lives if he stumbles into something else  Perot garnered nearly 20 percent of the vote running As an Independent or. The 1992 presidential election. By James risen los Angeles times Washington a behind iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein a latest act of military bluster lies the harsh reality of an Economy imploding under the weight of International sanctions. Analysts and economists said saturday that Baghdad a complaints about the sanctions reflect the very real hardships that four years of restrictions have placed on the country soil driven Economy. Iraqis top Diplomat Deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz said in a . Speech Friday that the sanctions Are leading to malnutrition inadequate medical care and widespread suffering. Conditions appear to have reached a critical level in recent months analysts said which May explain Saddam a decision to move now a i think there is no doubt the sanctions have had an Impact on the general population of Iraq a said James Placke an analyst on the Middle East with Cambridge Energy United nations a for the past four years Iraq has been subjected to sweeping economic sanctions that have paralysed the Economy and caused widespread suffering for iraqis 18 million people. The sanctions involve a a total Trade embargo except for imports of food Medicine and humanitarian supplies. Exceptions must be approved by a . Sanctions committee on a Case by Case basis. No government company or individual May Trade noose with Iraq. All exports Are banned a a naval blockade which enforces the embargo. A an Oil embargo. A an air embargo that allows no air traffic into or out of Iraq. A a freeze on All iraqi government assets overseas. A no flight zones patrolled by the United states Britain and France to protect restive kurd in iraqis Northern area and disaffected shiite muslims in the Southern Region. Research an Oil Industry consulting firm. A the regime has taken Steps to protect its Security apparatus and to a lesser extent its military from the Brunt of the sanctions but it is Clear there has been some Impact there As  iraqis inflation rate is now More than 1,000 percent annually and its currency is virtually worthless. Government imposed monthly rations for Rice sugar cooking Oil and flour have been halved in the past few weeks and hunger and starvation Are now said to be commonplace according to International observers who have visited Iraq recently there Are reports that us Many As 500 iraqi soldiers Are deserting the country a 400,000-Strong military each month. Widespread deprivation has led to a rising tide of violent crime much of which is reportedly being committed by members of Saddam a ruling clique desperate to survive the crisis say dissidents and Western journalists reporting from Baghdad. The deterioration can be traced in Large measure to iraqis loss of its main source of foreign Revenue Oil exports. Before the 1991 persian Gulf War Iraq was producing As much As 3.3 million barrels of Oil per Day the bulk of which went for Export. Today analysts believe that Only a Small trickle of iraqi Oil is making its Way out of the country through cracks in the . Embargo