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Tuesday, February 26, 1991 / University Daily Kansan
The Islamic Center of Lawrence
presents
A series of lectures designed to help non-Muslims understand Islam
**2 Program**
a) Fundamentals of Islam
b) Understanding the Muslim & Arab culture and mentality
Speaker
Imam Hamed Ghazali
President of MSA
and Imam of Islamic
Center of Lawrence
Time Place
7:30 pm Jayhawk Room
Thursday Kansas Union
Feb 28, 1991 KU, Lawrence
3. Islam through the A eyes of American- Muslim women converts- (How Islam changed their live
A group of American Muslim women converts
7:30 pm Pine Room
Tuesday, Kansas Union
March 5, 1991 KU, Lawrence
Free admission, Free refreshments For more information, call 841-9768
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WOMEN'S BIG EIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Thursday, Friday and Saturday February 28-March 2 at Robinson Natatorium
Preliminaries at 11:00 a.m. Finals at 7:00 p.m.
Admission is $4 adults & $2 students per session/all session pass $15 adults and $6 students
Desert environment creates obstacles for allied soldiers
By Patricia Rojas
Ground troops waging war in the
Cast has had more than enemy
arderier.
Kansan staff writer
Allied soldiers also must confront the environmental conditions of the desert.
Robert McColl, professor of geography, said the greatest environmental obstacle the ground troops would face was water scarcity.
"Logistically, it is more important to supply water than ammunition," McColl said. "To supply water is very difficult."
The amount of water a person needs in the desert depends upon variables such as heat, wind and physical activity.
An active person needs about three gallons of water a day in the desert, he said. A gallon of water weighs about 8 pounds.
"They can't carry 24 pounds of water instead of ammunition," McColl said. "So the water must be brought to them."
"If I were a spy, and I wanted to know where they were and how many, I would follow the water
The body's need for water increases with high winds. McColl size
tanks." he said.
"The higher the winds, the faster your sweat dries out," he said.
"Therefore, the more water you have to drink."
Another problem that results from the high winds is the blowing sand, which can cause further decreases visibility; it also damages weaponry and electronic equipment.
Besides water scarcity and high winds, foot soldiers face several challenges.
"The heat is obvious; everybody knows about it," he said. "But they forget about the cold. It gets very, very cold at night."
He said it was not uncommon for there to be frost at night during the winter.
George Byers, professor emeritus of entomology, said the Persian Gulf region was not a very dangerous part of the world as far as wildlife was concerned. However, there are some hazards.
He said that most deserts had a lot of scorpions, 'The soldiers' boots might protect them from scorpions but wouldn't protect their sight, scorpions can be a threat.
At night, soldiers are likely to take off their boots to sleep. Byers said. Scorpions might crawl into the soil. Boots without the soldiers noticing.
"Then they put their boots on, and they get stung." he said.
Sand flies also may be an inconvenience for the soldiers. Byers said some kinds of sand flies carried diseases that caused fever.
There also are some cases of malaria in the region, he said. Malaria, however, is more common in Iraq than in Saudi Arabia. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which irigate Iraq, make the land a suitable habitat for malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
Byers said soldiers usually carried same kind of ointment to repel the infection.
He said he did not foresee the troops having any major disease problems.
Environmental factors play big part in planning of allied ground assault
Kansan staff writer
Bv Patricia Roias
Missed deadlines and adequate artillery are not the only factors that determine the time and place of held attacks against Iraqi troops.
The ground troops also must consider environmental factors before launching attacks on the military bases of McColl, professor of geography.
Variables such as heat, winds,
and the size and rising time of the
moon, among other things, play an
important role. McColl called the
calculus of weather.
the atmosphere is cold, he said.
The heat will determine the efficiency of military devices such as infrared sensors, McColl said. These devices rely on heat perception to spot people and equipment at night.
In cold weather, infrared sensors are more receptive to any source of heat. Thus, an concentration of people will show up when
"You lose all sense of direction," Hall said. "The weapons that depend on visibility for guidance are the armies can't see each other."
Ground troops also must be alert to wind currents such as the Shamal, he said. The Shamal, which causes heavy sandstorms, usually strikes the Arabian desert early spring and late summer.
Curtis Hall, instructor in physics and astronomy, said sandstorms could interfere with the ground strategies that the military used.
The penetrating sand could also damage the weapons and military equipment of the allied troops, Hall said.
One environmental factor that ground troops have to consider when fighting in the desert is the moon, McColl said. Because of the lack of vegetation, everything becomes visible in the desert
under the moon.
tude the moon.
When the ground troops moved into Kuwait on Saturday, the moon was in its first quarter.
There should be a full moon by the end of the week, McColl said. The troops must plan their attacks standing on the time the moon rises.
McColl said the allied troops probably would do all of their fighting at night. Nighttime offers several advantages.
"They can hear the noise, but they don't know where it's coming from," he said.
During the night, the enemy is unable to see any dust that the tanks might blow.
McColl said he had no doubt that the military understood all the environmental factors that might affect its war strategies.
"The reason they understand it?" he said. "They can die if they make a mistake."
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