University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, October 3, 1990
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Persian Gulf Crisis EC to give $1.5 billion in aid
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - The European Community will provide $1.5 billion in aid to Egypt, Jordan and Turkey as compensation for economic hardships stemming from the Russian Gulf crisis, the Italian foreign minister said on Friday.
"The cohesion and the unity in the international community is stronger than before." Gianni De Michelis, the foreign minister, said about opposition to Iraq's seizure of Kuwait.
Die Michels said the European Community would contribute $300 million as a group, with individual contributors being paid.
Turkey lost substantial revenue because of the shutdown of an Iraqi oil pipeline through its territory. Jordan is burdened by an influx of refugees and Egypt with the cost of keeping troops in Saudil Arabia to deter an Iraqi attack.
Most of the aid will be in the form of grants.
Italy is chair of the 12-nation group, whose foreign ministers approved the assistance while attending a European Security Conference meeting in New York to prepare for a 35-nation summit in Paris Nov. 19.[19]
these actions jeopardize the just and peaceful world order to which more cooperative European relations are
making an important contribution," they said in a resolution introduced by the United States that called for an immediate and unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait.
Die Michels cautioned Iraqi President Saddam Hussein not to attack Israel, saying there would be a strong response.
"It is difficult not to foresee a military reaction in that case," he said, adding that his country would participate in any military action against Iraq approved by the U.N. Security Council.
But De Michels said more time should be taken to see if the curbs on trade approved by the Security Council were actually enforced.
He said he concurred with President Bush's statement to the U.N. General Assembly on Monday that a pullout could set the stage for addressing the Arab-Israeli dispute.
"We cannot accept Saddam Hussein's attempt to link the problems. De Michels said "And we cannot reward him."
He said they had always stated that there were problems in the region that need solutions.
He listed them, without elaboration, as Palestinian, Israeli and Lebanese problems.
Security tight on landing exercises
WASHINGTON — Large-scale Navy and Marine Corps amphibious landing exercises involving 18 ships and 90 aircraft are underway in the northern Arabian Sea, the Pentagon said yesterday.
The Associated Press
Department of Defense spokesperson Pete Williams said the exercises, which involved elements of the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Amphibious Task Group III, would continue through Friday.
He would not say where the exercises were taking place, specifically refusing to comment on reports that
the landings were in the sultanate of Oman.
"I can't confirm the name of the country involved," Williams said.
No U.S. reporters have been allowed to observe the exercises and Williams said that was by request of the unnamed host government.
He also declined to say how many U.S. troops were involved in the exercises, which he said was intended to sharpen the skills necessary for a successful amphibious landing and to give those involved experience at "working in a desert environment."
The Pentagon, meanwhile,
announced that U.S. T.O. troop strength in
the Persian Gulf region had topped
170,000 and was at its highest level
since Iraq's Aug. 2 invasion of
Kuwait.
A total of 26,806 U.S. military reserve personnel have been alerted since the crisis began. Williams said. The total comprises 18,138 Army reservoirs, 4,662 from the Navy, 3,930 from the Force and 678 from the Coast Guard.
All are in combat support roles No Marine reservoirs have been alerted.
Aircraft carrier enters gulf in show of force
The United States bolstered its forces in the Persian Gulf yesterday with the arrival of the aircraft carrier USS Independence.
The Associated Press
The 79,000 ton Independence, along with its battle group and four mines, weeps, sailed through the Strait of Haiti and into the Caribbean, as a visit expected to last several days.
It was the second time that a U.S. carrier has entered the strategic, narrow waterway. The USS Constellation did so in 1974 on a peacetime training mission, according to Navy records.
Lt Cmdr, Mark Walker, a navy spokesperson, said the independence would be "a visible demonstration of the operational capabilities of a carrier battle group to our friends and allies in the region" and was not meant to increase tensions.
But a military source said the Independence was certain to show iraq President Saddam Hussein that U.S. naval air power could easily be employed against targets in Iraq and Kuwait.
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