European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 53, no. 180. 50�friday, october 14,1994 . Marines from Camp Pendleton calif., take part in a live fire exercise thursday in the kuwaiti desert. . Forces hold exercises in Kuwait As talks continue Schwarzkopf on Saddam maybe he s counting on the Carter Factor. See Page 5 Kuwait apr american forces held Maneu vers thursday in a reassuring gesture to Kuwait and a menacing one to Iraq while Washington pressed for measures to deter Saddam Hussein from instigating future crises. In Kuwait seven transport helicopters drooped 180 marines equipment and four jeeps As part of an exercise in the desert at a Mutala about 18 Miles from Kuwait City and just two Miles away from the site of one of the persian Gulf wars most devastating attacks. A huge Allied bombardment at the so called Highway of death incinerated an iraqi column on feb. 26, 1991, the Day of Kuwait a liberation from seven months of iraqi occupation. The . Military buildup meanwhile began to slow thursday. The Pentagon said it is cutting Back the number see Kuwait in Page 2 also inside see Page 5 French Challenge . Policy kuwaitis scorn Iraq threat in Cedras begins his exile Aristide expected to arrive saturday port a Prince Haiti a the Man feared by thousands of haitians walked across the darkened Tarmac Early thursday holding his wife a hand and being followed by his three sleepy children. Ignoring pleas from journalists to turn around de posed dictator Raoul c6dras headed straight for the  Boeing a a 757 and walked up the staircase without once glancing Back. An hour or so later c6dras, along with his top general began a life of exile in Panama. The White House showed it was glad Haiti a military leaders Are gone by unfree zing their . Assets. The departure of Cidras and Philippe Biamby cleared Haiti a Way to democracy and the. Long awaited return of the Comras nation s elected president president Jean Bertrand Aristide. Aristide plans a triumphant return saturday three years after he was ousted in a coup that brought Cidras to Power and crushing economic sanctions to the impoverished Caribbean nation. Gedras a participant in Aristide s bloody overthrow was flown out of Haiti with the help of american soldiers he once pledged to Battle to the death. His departure a made in the Middle of the night to discourage jeering crowds a broke another of his vows to remain in his Homeland. A Convoy of . Hum Ces carried Cedras and his family rom his Hillside mansion to the Airport at 1 45 . Thursday. . Ambassador William swing showed up at the port a Prince Airport As did reinforcements of amen can Security personnel and military police. But As the engines revved up on the plane swing chatted with american officers inside the terminal who paid Little see exile on Pago 2 by . Barham staff writer Grafe Wohr Germany a about 600 soldiers remained a locked Down at the army a Grafe Wohr training site thursday unable to return to their families in Baum older Germany because an officers pistol is missing. Quot in a mad that the unit is keeping soldiers in the Field because of someone a mistake a said Carolyn l. Fisher 40, whose husband is a medic with the unit the 2nd in 68th Armor regt. A a they re All being punished for the captains negligence a she said. Fisher said that soldiers calling Home have said the 9 my pistol disappeared from the officers Footlocker. Angry soldiers called the stars and stripes and complained of the crackdown. A mass punishment is not supposed to happen. We re getting punished for this captains negligence. That weapon is sup posed to be on his person at All times. We re All Down about it a said one Soldier who would not give his name. A everybody has searched for the pistol even in places where it could not have been lost. Every platoon and company has been involved in it a said another. As part of the lock Down soldiers activities Are restricted. Most Are not allowed to go to the Exchange or laundry without an escort. The unit was supposed to return to Baum older on tuesday after nearly a month at Grafen Wuhr. But family members who arrived to Greet them found instead a memo from the battalion commander announcing the delay and also indicating the unit May be sent sent directly from Grafe Wohr to Hohenfels for another training Cycle. The memo issued by it. Col. Thomas p. Piskel battalion commander states a Between 0001 and 0555 hours on the see pistol on Page 2