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College Station, Texas
Thursday, August 30,1990
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&M defense expert recommends
.S. forces remain in Middle East
SUZANNE CALDERON
he Battalion Staff
ven if a settlement is negotiated
the current Persian Gulf crisis,
terican forces should be prepared
a long stay in the Middle-East,
IDr. Ronald Hatchett, deputy di-
tor of programs for the Mosher
ititute for Defense Studies at
:M and a lecturer in geography.
The United States has some very
portant national interests in the
ddle-East that need to continue to
I protected, said Hatchett, a for-
r Middle East desk officer in the
ice of the Joint Chief's of Staff
d former political appointee for
^Reagan administration.
In my opinion the foremost of
se (interests) is the fact that the
Iddle East holds 65 percent of the
rld’s known oil reserves,” Hatch-
said.
The oil market in the world oper-
s as a closed system, he said,
icre are a limited number of buy-
and a limited number of sellers,
th the Middle East being one of
the biggest sellers, it is important to
assure that their supply of oil contin
ues to be available to meet the
world’s oil needs, Hatchett said.
“If something happened and 65%
of the world’s oil supply was cut-off,
■ ■ ■ We cannot allow
the possibility of Saddam
Hussein moving into Saudi
Arabia because then he
would have absolute control
over the price and the
volume of oil produced.”
— Dr. Ronald Hatchett,
Mosher Institute
for Defense Studies
then it is going to cause ripples and
bad effects here in the United
States,” he said. “There is no escap
ing the fact that the Persian Gulf is
the pre-eminent location for the crit
ical oil supplies of the world...given
that situation it is a pre-eminent in
terest that we have, and we have to
assure that supply of oil continues to
move to the world. ”
A secondary interest that the
United States has in the Middle East
is America’s continued strong sup
port of Israel, he said.
“Despite the fact that only three
percent of American people are Jew
ish,” he said, “there are many more
who are fundamentalist Christians
and strong Christians who believe in
support of Israel.”
Another reason for continued
American involvement in the Middle
East is the rise of what Hatchett calls
“Pan-Arab nationalism.” This is a
feeling shared by the majority of Ar
abs, including Saddam Hussein, he
said.
“Most of the 140 million (Ar-
abs)share a common concept, and
that is a great pride in their culture
and in their past achievements, and
they also share a feeling that they
have been misused and humiliated
by Western culture and Western
powers,” Hatchett said. “Therefore,
most of these Arabs share the belief
that they need to keep the outsiders
out of their area.”
Beginning in the 1920’s and 30’s
there was a growth of Pan-Arab na
tionalism, he said. Hatchett said this
ideology states that the Arab people
are “one people” with a great culture
who have contributed great things to
the world in the past, but are being
kept artificially bound by the legacy
of their colonial period, where these
“one people” were split into 21 dif
ferent states by colonial powers.
He said the Pan-Arab nationalist
view, which Sadamm Hussein
shares, is that these boundaries have
no real significance and they should
by swept away. This view includes
the oil wealth, which they feel should
be used to benefit only the Arab na
tions, he said.
In order to accomplish this goal,
he said, the Arab nationalists want a
See Middle East/Page 14
Assault on Iraq unlikely
Strategists outline
Persian Gulf targets
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
U.S. military’s first strike will be
against remote air bases, missile
sites and chemical weapons instal
lations if the Persian Gulf stand
off turns into a shooting war, ex
perts on the Middle East and
national security say.
An attack on the presidential
palace in crowded Baghdad is
also seen as a possibility.
American officials in Saudi
Arabia say an all-out assault on
Iraq is highly unlikely unless the
Iraqis fire first. They have dis
cussed contingency plans, hut
Pentagon ground rules forbid
disclosure of specific targets.
Experts here also were reluc
tant to pinpoint exact locations
they thought might he targeted,
but indicated the initial focus
would be on Iraq’s air force and
missiles.
“To destroy the Iraqi air force
on the ground will he the No. I
priority, and to prevent them
from filing missiles,” said Barry
Rubin, senior fellow at the Wash
ington Institute for Near Easi
Policy, a private research group.
Other targets, Rubin pre
dieted, would be supply depots
and supply lines and places that
produce chemical weapons.
Asked to he specific, he said: “I
don't think it would be useful to
go into that. But we know where
the chemical installations are, and
satellites take very nice pictures.”
William B Quandt, a National
Security Council official in the
Nixon and Carter administra
lions who is a senior fellow with
the Brookings Institution, listed
much the same priorities.
“I think their first concern
would he to neutralize surface-to
surface missile capability and
then to establish air superiorit)
without any question,” Quandt
said.
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Photo by Fredrick D.Joe
Richard Reynolds, 10, and his father Mike the A&M Golf Course, but they make sure to
don’t mind playing in the heat Wednesday at drink enough water.
r M a • Related story/Page 4
Grad student organizes
support groups for Aggies
Programs try to solve problems
By ELIZABETH TISCH
Of The Battalion Staff
Rosie Munguia has a foolproof
remedy for all new Texas A&M stu
dents experiencing bouts of home-
sickness.
Munguia, a graduate student in
industrial engineering, organized a
support group so students can dis
cuss feelings about college with their
peers.
College students making the tran
sition from home to school for the
first time often find the adjustment
leads to loneliness and homesick
ness, she said.
“People with these feelings could
be helped by just talking them out
with others in the same situation,”
she said.
Additionally, Munguia has orga
nized other support groups offered
to students from broken homes or
with alcoholic parents and specif
ically to international students who
find transition difficult.
Munguia got the idea for the va
rious support groups after reading a
poll taken by a newspaper revealing
the effectiveness of support groups.
She asked members of the Chris
tian Fellowship Association at Texas
A&M for support immediately after
this.
As a result, the committees were
designed so students could resolve
problems by talking to other stu
dents rather than to professional
counselors.
However, more help is offered by
the Christian Fellowship Association
if needed.
“We can recommend pastors and
staff members of the Christian
Fellowship Association if students
want advice or to ask questions," she
said. “But the organization’s main
goal is to provide a time where stu
dents can share thoughts and feel
ings with friends.”
She said young adults today have
a harder time sharing fears than stu
dents did 30 years ago.
One of the reasons is the large
number of broken families and the
increasing number of alcohol-re
lated problems within families in to
day’s world, she said.
The group sessions, which start
next week, are offered in 10-week
periods.
More information can be obtained
about the support groups by calling
361-4407.
Officials predict Hussein will give
emembered Kuwaitis self-rule to ease tension
brmer student
tilled in crash
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ur
ur
j. Richard M. Price, class of’74,
as remembered with a “silent
iow” during dinner Wednesday by
ic Texas A&M Corps of Cadets.
The pilot from San Antonio was
inong nine reservists killed when a
5 cargo plane crashed at Ramstein
ir Base in West Germany at 5:30
k CDT Tuesday.
Price is the first A&M graduate to
le since the U.S. military began its
lildupin the Middle East.
Corps commander Jonathan
fettles, a senior wildlife and fisher-
s sciences major, said he called for
“silent chow” for the Corps after
learned that the band would ob-
rve a quiet dinner to honor Price,
io was a friend of marching and
fleert band director Maj. Jay
ewer.
The Corps observes “silent chow”
irSilver Taps, Muster or other sol-
noccasions, Whittles said.
“During silent chow, nobody in
uncan (dining hall) talked for the
or 30 minutes it took all 2,000 of
to eat — not even to say howdy,”
fettles said.
“Silent Chow” was preceded by a
ayer for Price’s family and the
milies of other servicemen killed in
ecrash, as well as the U.S. troops
the Middle East.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — President Saddam
Hussein of Iraq is expected to declare federated
self-rule for Kuwait in a bid to ease the gulf crisis
and allow the United States to withdraw in partial
victory, senior Arab military officials said
Wednesday.
The idea, already floated to the Soviet Union
and the United States, the sources said, may fig
ure in talks Thursday between Iraqi Foreign
Minister Tariq Aziz and U.N. Secretary-General
Javier Perez de Cuellar in Amman.
The officials, who spoke on the understanding
that neither they nor their countries be identi
fied, said Saddam was likely to announce the
move before the end of September.
Under a plan being considered, they said, Ku
wait might have autonomy — perhaps with a bloc
of parliament seats and positions in the Iraqi na
tional Cabinet. Saddam would accept a timetable
and conditions to protect U.S. interests in the
Persian Gulf, the sources said.
Such a plan would have little appeal to the Ku
waiti government now in exile in Saudi Arabia.
Saddam’s centralized government is not likely to
allow much political or economic leeway.
According to the officials’ analysis, neither
Saddam nor President Bush can withdraw from
the lines they have drawn in the desert sand.
Both are buying time until some flexibility can be
found.
Iraq invaded Kuwait Aug. 2. Six days later,
Saddam annexed Kuwait despite universal con
demnation and an American military buildup in
Saudi Arabia. On Aug. 28, he declared Kuwait as
Iraq’s 19th province.
The officials said Iraq was still working on the
details of its federation plan which, presumably,
would provide a different statute for Kuwait.
The idea was passed to Soviet officials who, in
turn, relayed it to Washington, the Arab sources
said. Perez de Cuellar is expected to sound out
Aziz and report to Washington.
“Iraq’s move will take some time,” one official
said. “But there should be a surprise from Bagh
dad in three to four weeks.”
Bush has repeatedly rejected out of hand any
solution but the withdrawal of Iraqi forces and
restoration of the Kuwaiti government. U.S. offi
cials have made no public acknowledgement of
flexibility.
But the Arab sources said that privately the
Americans are looking for some compromise
which would make their point, assure stability in
the gulf oilfields and allow an honorable disen
gagement.
“The Americans must bear in mind that Iraq
will never let go of Kuwait,” one official said.
If no solution could be negotiated, the others
agreed, Kuwait would have to be retaken by
force.
The officials considered the next three weeks
to be crucial to Washington. U.S. forces can wait
until late September when desert temperatures
cool; when more units and heavy weapons, par
ticularly tanks, arrive; and when troops are accli
matized to the terrain.
But after that, Saddam’s message of Arab
unity, along with his linking of Kuwait to the Is
raeli-occupied territories, will bolster his support
in the Arab world. Facing off a superpower
would impress the undecided in the Arab world.
Miss TAMU to sing anthem in Hawaii
Friday is final day
to add new courses
Friday is the last day for Texas
A&M students to add new
:ourses for the Fall 1990 semes-
er.
Classes may be dropped wuth
no penalty through Sept. 11.
Undergraduate students can
^•drop, or quit a class, between
Sept. 12 and 28 with approval
rom the dean of their college.
By LIBBY KURTZ
Of The Battalion Staff
Rhonda Jo Horn knew she would
perform many duties as Miss Texas
A&M, but she never thought she’d
sing the national anthem at A&M’s
opening football game Saturday in
Hawaii.
Horn, a senior speech commu
nications major from Seymour, said
this is one of the first times a Miss
TAMU will travel out of state for
such an event.
“My manager, Carrie Jett, has
been working on this since June,”
she said. “After a lot of hard work
and patience, plans were finalized
last month for me to go.”
Horn said inadequate funding
prevented Miss TAMU from partici
pating in such events in the past.
Penny Ditton, adviser to the Miss
TAMU pageant, said the MSC is fi
nancing Horn’s trip to Hawaii.
“We’re happy that Rhonda Jo is
going to Hawaii,” Ditton said. “She
has a lovely voice. There’s a chance
she may be able to sing another song
along with the national anthem.”
Horn said she is looking forward
to representing the University and
hopes the A&M football team will re
turn home with a victory.
“The trip has a double purpose,”
she said, “ft’s a wonderful opportu
nity for me and it will give A&M
more exposure. It’s important for
everyone in Hawaii to know about
A&M.”
igh
nervous about her performance, she
promises she won’t sound like Rose-
anne Barr.
Students can
plan ahead
for tickets
By BILL HETHCOCK
Of The Battalion Staff
With Aggie football and volley
ball seasons approaching, it’s time
to start thinking about getting
tickets to A&M spoi ting events.
For students who purchased an
all-sports pass or a football pass,
student tickets for football games
at Kyle Field are distributed using
a computerized system based on
the encoded magnetic strip on
the hack of A&M identification
cards.
Tickets are distributed by clas
sification beginning five school
days before each home game, at
the ticket windows of G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
Graduate students and seniors
can draw their tickets on the
Monday before the game, juniors
draw tickets on Tuesday, sopho
mores on Wednesday, freshmen
on T hursday, and all classes on
Friday.
T he deadline for getting tick
ets from the ticket office is kickoff
time on game day.
Distribution within a classifica
tion is random, except for the sec
ond deck on senior and graduate
student day.
On this day, second deck tick
ets between the forty yard lines
are issued starting at 7 a.m., then
other second deck tickets are is
sued randomly after the tickets
between the foi ties have all been
distributed.
One student is allowed to get a
maximum of ten tickets by pre
senting a student I.D. card for
each person who wants a ticket.
At least half of the I.D.’s must be
of a high enough classification to
draw tickets on that day.
All people with student tickets
must have their ticket and a cur
rent A&M I.D. to he admitted on
game day.
Jmr students who did not
choose the football or all-sports
pass option, student tickets are
available by showing a student
I.D. card with proof of classifica
tion, and purchasing tickets for
half the price of regular tickets.
Regular ticket prices vaiy from
$17 to $20, depending on the op
ponent.
A limited number of guest tick
ets ate available for people with
out a current A&M I.D. w r ho want
to stand in the student sections.
Guest tickets can he obtained by
buying a guest ticket, or by pur
chasing a guest label and attach
ing it to a student ticket. Guest la
bels are half the price of a guest
ticket.
Student tickets for out-of-towm
football games can be purchased
at the athletic ticket office in G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
Prices for these tickets are $18
for the LSU game, $25 for the
University of Houston game, $17
for the SMU game, $20 for the
Arkansas game and $25 for the
T exas game.
To get into Aggie volleyball
games, students should bring
their I.D. card to G. Rollie White
Coliseum before the game,and
they will he let in if the all-sports
pass option is encoded on their
card.
If the all-sports pass option is
not chosen, student tickets sell for
$3, and armchair seats sell for $3.