European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse _ -. .1pnsnnh Kuwait a Lett be Arneric Witti special problems Buvince crawly staff write re Alf a million americans fought and 148 died to liberate a tiny desert country called Kuwait in 1991 yet few americans outside the Oil Industry have Ever actually seen the place. Even the 8,000 ground troops hastily dispatched last month to fend off another persian Gulf crisis remain for the most part camped out in desert positions. In the starry arabian nighttime the lights of Kuwait City Shine hauntingly but univ suitable on the far horizon. Inside the City Home to nearly All die country s estimated 1.6 million residents the scene is far less subdued. Arby a Wendy a Adidas pizza hut the signs and the storefronts in downtown Kuwait City shout for customers to spend their Oil dollars. And on a thursday night near the trendy Sultan Center tens of thousands Are doing just that teen aged boys in White arabian Robes and american baseball Caps cruise the wide boulevards in four wheel drive Broncos and Mustang convertibles equipped with cellular phones inside and american flags on the Back bumpers hardens hungry Bunny Kentucky Fried Chicken. Teen aged kuwaiti girls in Long flowing dresses and ornate headscarves like exotic Oriental princesses mall crawl their Way through High Power fashion stores. A Lone Westerner wearing a to shirt and shorts has the Only Bare legs in a desert Ocean of shoppers. Chi Chis 7-up, coca cola Baskin Robbins. And everywhere there Are american flags and big fast american and european cars in a country where Gas costs 60 cents a gallon. Thursday night in the Muslim world is the same As saturday night in the West and saturday night in Kuwait City is pretty much like saturday night anywhere else on the planet. 8&s Kwiw Xgo continued on Page 20 a Cluster of water towers a Symbol of Kuwait City damaged during the persian Culf War once again juts proudly into the sky. Wednesday november 16,1994 the stars and stripes 19
