European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes \ persian Gulf wednesday october 12,1994 Iraq from Page 1 ton said. We will simply stay on course and judge what we should do As events  later in the Day the . Ambassador to the United nations Madeleine Al Bright said there appears to be som evidence of minimal iraqi troop move ment which we have to corroborate from South to North a Little bit but we can t Tell  Kuwait s minister of information in a interview tuesday morning from Kuwait said there was no Clear evidence of a iraqi troop withdrawal. On the contrary we Are seeing a Mas sing of troops Sheik Saud Nasser Al Sabah told Abc. And the troops removing South rather than moving  after Iraq moved thousands of troops to the South last week Washington or dered the dispatching of tens of thou Sands of troops and some of its most potent aircraft and ships to Kuwait As warning to iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein not to invade the emirate again. At the . Army staging area at Cam Doha 20 Miles North of Kuwait City . Troops prepared their la Abrams tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles for action. Mai. Don Janning an army spokesman said that some 600 troops from the 24th inf div Mech from fort Stewart ga., had been flown to Kuwait since monday and that 3,200 More were Eri route. Six Royal air Force Tornado fighter Jet left Germany on tuesday for the zone separating Iraq from Kuwait. Some 250 Marine commandos Advance elements of a 600-member battalion were due to set off from a Barracks i Scotland later tuesday. We Don t go by words British de sense Secretary Malcolm Rifkin said tuesday. We Don t believe Saddam Hussein until events show he Means  a Royal Navy frigate the Cornwall arrived off Kuwait City on sunday. And Britain announced monday that it will also Send a second ship. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait s other Ara allies in the persian Gulf remained on Alert tuesday. . Officials have said some 80,000iraqi troops were either deployed in Southern Iraq just North of the kuwaiti order or heading that Way. The forces were backed by about 700 tanks. Baghdad has repeatedly claimed that the buildup which began thursday was a combat ready kuwaiti tank commander sits atop his vehicle near his country s Border with Iraq on monday. The emirate has moved most of its 18,000-member military Force to the Northern area. Unlike 1990, when Kuwait s army was swiftly overwhelmed by Saddam Hussein s elite Republican guard troops service members say they Are confident of repelling an iraqi assault this time largely because they Are backed by . Forces. A wow know they re suffering in Iraq but it has to be Clear it s a result of Saddam Hussein s policies not As a result of our policies Madeline Albright . Sanctions against Iraq . A / " total Trade embargo except for imports of food Medicine and " humanitarian supplies. Exceptions to be approved by a , sanctions committee on a Case by Case Oasis. No government company or individual May Trade with Iraq All exports banned naval blockade enforces the embargo Oil embargo. Air embargo no air traffic into or out of Iraq. Ail iraqi government assets Frozen overseas. A routine training exercise that did no threaten Kuwait. The official iraqi news Agency cited foreign minister Moham med Saeed Al Sahaf As saying that the pullback was concluded  said the troops were expected to reach new positions within the next 24hours, the Agency said. Washington considered Iraq s latest military movements to be another men Ace to Kuwait and warned Baghdad Toback off. To support that warning Clin ton ordered 54.000 . Troops to the re Gion and put 15,000 More on standby. He has also assigned More than 350combat aircraft including b-52 bombers and the aircraft Carrier George washing ton and its Battle group to the Region. There has been talk that the Iraq troop buildup was intended to drive the United nations to lift economic sanctions imposed after Baghdad invaded Kuwait. But Baghdad s troop buildup has apparently cemented support in the . Secu Rity Council for delaying any talk of easing the sanctions. We do know they re suffering in Iraq but it has to be Clear it s a result of sad dam Hussein s policies not As a result four policies said Albright. Mideast from Page 1 selected for movement Morse said. Raf Lakenheath in England Spang Dahlem a in Germany and Aviano a Italy Are three bases that probably would get the Call to deploy if such an order were Given said capt. John Paradis . Air forces in Europe spokesman. Lakenheath has f-15e strike  and Aviano have f-16 fighting Falcons. The notification came five Days after the first reports that nearly 20,000 iraqi troops were moving toward the kuwaiti order. In response the United states began moving troops from the states tothe Region. With the exception of the Navy s air Craft Carrier George Washington and its Battle group which moved into the re sea Over the weekend and forces sup porting operation provide Comfort i Northern Iraq no european come units Are in or moving to the Middle East Morse said. About 430 Safe airmen Are deployed to in Ciurlik a Turkey in support of provide Comfort Paradis said. Fifty of the airmen Are in a support role such As finance Security and recreation while the rest Are on the operational Side for example pilots navigators and maintenance personnel. The United states has 75 aircraft participating in provide Comfort including f-15cs and f-15es from Raf Laken Heath and f-16s from Span Dahlem Par Adis said. The rest of the planes including f-4g phantom us Falls c-130hercules and air Force helicopters Are from stateside bases Paradis said. He would not say How Many of each aircraft Are in the Region. Provide Comfort involves armed recon Naissance flights in support of the . Ban on iraqi flights above the 36th Paral Lel. In addition 74 airmen based in Europe Are in Southwest Asia to support operational requirements Paradis said. He added that All Are support personnel As sisting the Central come which is i charge of . Operations in the Region. We Don t know How Many aircraft or personnel or units Are going to be involved until we get deployment orders Paradis said. We Haven t gotten any thing yet  enjoying fast deployment by the Washington Post Washington whether .forces end up fighting iraqi troops again or not army leaders Are excited about demonstrating their new ability to Rush a. Large contingent of armoured ground forces some place other than Europe. The rapid deployment of thousands of soldiers from Georgia to Kuwait to join up there with their tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles Marks the first real test of a system put into place Only after the1991 persian Gulf War. Central to the Swift dispatch of these heavy forces is the positioning both onland in Kuwait and aboard ship in the in Dian Ocean of stocks of armoured equip ment and logistical supplies. By storing this Materiel in or near the Middle East and merging it with .-based troop being flown to Kuwait the army has saved weeks of loading and shipping time. Such an arrangement reflects an at tempt to be Able to project Power quickly at a time when . Military bases Over seas Are closing and american military forces arid budgets generally Are shrink ing. -.-. V the United states kept extra stocks of military equipment in Europe during the cold War. But setting up fixed storage Sites in the Gulf and elsewhere is new As is the army s pre positioning of a Morand related equipment on ships. What you re seeing is an example of the change in the army s thinking about How we rapidly deploy heavy forces Saidt. Gen. Paul e. Blackwell Deputy chief of the army for operations. It used Totake 30 Days to put heavy equipment tanks and Bradley. On the  an enemy can Wake up the next Day and find american armoured forces in  even with this faster deployment capability it will take Well Over a week for the 36,000 members of the army and marines alerted so far to pour into the Gulf Region. Combat aircraft can get there much faster to deter Iraq and protect arriving ground troops a fact that account for the Large and Swift buildup of . Air Power under Way