European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 53, no. 188u.s m it put a �wwr.,? Twyl ,.wa&Quot pm by. Imi Rollf Fri Rte Alc j r Quot a up ,�<-1v a a w a a a a a a a Jui Virn a Aggs Tiss a amp 500 saturday october 22, 1994 d 8693 a n. Korea sign pact North to allow nuclear inspections in 5 years s a a Quot a v 9 9 a m a a 9 w. A 1 a. T up y i 1 1. J a i. T _ i 1. F a. J a a a 1 j pfc amp a. It 1 k amp Geneva apr . And North korean negotiators signed a landmark Accord Friday aimed at ending nuclear tensions on the korean Peninsula. The agreement reached after More than a year of confrontation and Start Stop negotiations and decades of suspicion and bitterness commits North Korea to opening its nuclear program in return for modern technology Aid and diplomatic links with the United states. The chief . Negotiator Robert Gallucci and his North korean counterpart Kang Sok jul signed the documents at North koreans diplomatic Mission to the United nations in Geneva. The agreement will open up the North s nuclear facilities to full International inspections but Only after about five years a a fact that Drew criticism. It represents a marked thawing of relations Between the United states and the hard line Corm unit regime which 19 months ago touched off an International crisis by threatening to pull out of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. A discrepancy Between the amount of plutonium North Korea said it had reprocessed and inspection figures triggered fears Pyongyang was secretly building nuclear bombs. The . Nuclear watchdog Agency demanded Access to two Sites not listed As nuclear facilities. North Korea refused saying the Sites were military and off limits. Although it suspended plans to withdraw from the nonproliferation treaty it consistently refused to allow the inspections. Under fridays pact North Korea agrees to open Thesee pact on Page 2iraq warned on troop locations a a a a a a. A a a a a. A a. A a a a a a a a. A. A a a a a a a. A a a. A amps Kon goo go american my Abrams tanks sit on the horizon an hours drive from Kuwait City As camels Lope across the desert toward a nearby watering station on forces Strong enough to thrash iraqis soldiers say by the los Angeles times Washington the United states and Britain formally notified Iraq on thursday not to deploy additional forces near the kuwaiti Border. The warning came in separate diplomatic notes handed to the iraqi . Ambassador Nizar Hardoon that were designed to spell out the terms of a broader Resolution on Iraq that the . Security Council passed saturday. . Officials said the statements prohibit Iraq from keeping any More troops below the 32nd parallel than it had there before its latest Force buildup which began oct. 6. That limits the iraqis to just More than six Small divisions a none of them elite Republican guards. Pentagon officials reported thursday that most of the two Republican guard divisions Iraq sent to the kuwaiti Border oct. 6-11 had retreated above the 32nd ear Allyl reducing Force Levels near the order to roughly what they had been before the buildup. Completion of the iraqi troop withdrawal essentially ended the two week confrontation Between Iraq and the see warned on Page 2 by Vince Crawley staff writer Kuwait City Kuwait a soldiers deployed to the kuwaiti desert say that with air Force and Navy backup they now have enough ground troops to defeat a Force As Large As the one Iraq massed against the Border earlier this month. A we could Stop Mem with what we have now and probably could have spanked them pretty Good a sgt. Maj. De Foerstel said of the iraqi forces that massed then retreated from the kuwaiti Border earlier this Mouth. The 24th inf div Mech based at fort Stewart ga., has had a brigade combat team armed and stationed in the desert for three to four Days said maj Kevin persian Gull War syndrome May be contagious Survey says Mcenery operations officer for the brigades 3rd in 69th army regt Mcenery and Foerstel spoke thursday afternoon at the battalion Field Headquarters Well outside of Kuwait City. While few of the soldiers seemed enthusiastic about the idea of Long term duty in the desert Foerstel said ground troops would ensure the safety of Kuwait. A a permanent Force will Stop what we just went through a said Foerstel who is the operations sergeant major for the tank battalion. Officials said that no firm plans have been made a about ground troops in Kuwait a a you a like to have a ground capability which is in place Quot vice adm. John Scott Redd of the . Centra come said tuesday. But he indicated that no decision has been reached and that aircraft would Pluy the main role in enforcing . Resolution 949, which prohibits iraqi Republican guards from crossing below the 32nd Paral Lei. The line is also the current Boundary of the coalition patrolled no Fly zone. Economics also plays a role. The Kun see iraqis on Page 2
