2 -- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 26, 1997
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NATION/WORLD
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than
25 nations have or may be developing
nuclear, biological and chemical
weapons and ways to deliver them,
Defense Secretary William Cohen said
yesterday, calling the threat "neither far-
fetched nor far off."
"The front lines are no longer over-
seas," said Cohen, releasing a report
that said Americans could fall victim to
such an attack, because criminal organi-
zations and cults - as well as nation-
states - could deploy such weapons.
These weapons are "the poor man's
atomic bomb - cheaper, easier to pro-
duce and extremely deadly," the defense
secretary said.
-,Cohen said that while headlines have
been full of the United Nations' struggle
to ferret out such weapons of mass
destruction held by Saddam Hussein,
"the threat is not limited to Iraq.' Even so,
the defense secretary said, Saddam appar-
ently has been able to produce enough
dadly toxin "to kill every man, woman
dhd child on the face of the earth."
The report focused on Middle East
and North African nations and singled
out Iran, Iraq, Libya and Syria as trou-
=ble-spots. They "are aggressively seek-
ing NBC weapons and increased mis-
sile capabilities" and constitute "the
most pressing threats" to stability in the
region, the study said.
The Pentagon declined to list all 25
nations mentioned in the report, calling
the information classified.
But it did specify other nations such
as North Korea, China, India, Pakistan
and Russia, whose programs may pose
a threat to the United States.
On a positive note, the report wel-
comed "a dramatic reduction in the
threat from the countries of the former
Soviet Union." Six nations "that might
have become nuclear powers -
Ukraine, Kazakstan, Belarus, North
Korea, South Africa and Iraq - have
been turned away from that path," it said.
The study, the second such Pentagon
report on the proliferation of weapons
of mass destruction, largely repeats last
year's report.
But it warns that if a conflict again
breaks out in the Persian Gulf, some
form of the weapons is likely to be used,
particularly since several nations there
have used them in the past.
The new report includes a section on
Syria for the first time. It notes Syria's
growing SCUD supplies, many
received from Iran and North Korea, its
O AROUND THE NATION
Officials see Iraq as 'long-term project
WASHINGTON - Clinton administration officials dug in yesterday for what
they predicted would be a prolonged struggle over access by international inspec-
tors to suspected weapons sites in Iraq.
Defense Secretary William Cohen called efforts by United Nations inspectors to
uncover Iraq's chemical and biological weapons program a "long-term project" and
said there were no plans to withdraw the extra warships and planes that the UnO
States has rushed to the Persian Gulf region in anticipation of a possible military
showdown with Iraq.
Cohen suggested that several weeks might pass before the United States and its
allies can determine Iraq's willingness to permit the kind of unfettered access to
sites that U.N. inspectors have demanded.
His remarks and similar comments by other U.S. officials appeared aimed at
countering a Russian move at the United Nations to win an early easing of
sanctions against Iraq. Since persuading Iraq-to allow U.S. members of the UN.
inspection team back into the country, Russia has stepped up diplomatic pressure
to declare Iraq free of banned weapons, arguing that Baghdad has made enough
progress to end intrusive inspections of nuclear and missile programs.
in Baghdad, the government issued a statement yesterday again demanding a
timeframe for completing U.N. inspections.
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Defense Secretary William Cohen (center) talks to Marine Master Sgt. Victor
Murphy (left), in a chemical weapons suit, at the Pentagon yesterday.
ability to produce chemical weapons
and its infrastructure capable of sup-
porting a biological warfare program.
Asked why more information about
Israel's purported nuclear program was
not included in the report, Cohen said
the study was geared toward those
nations who threaten America, and
Israel does not pose such a threat.
The report does, however, state that
Syria has vigorously pursued develop-
ment of chemical and biological weapons,
as well as ballistic missiles, "as a means to
counter what it perceives as Israel's supe-
rior conventional forces and presumed
possession of nuclear weapons."
The Pentagon has had to beef up its
detection, decontamination and emer-
gency response equipment to respond to
a potential attack by chemical and bio-
logical weapons. Cohen has requested
S1 billion to pay for the improvements.
Study: Vitamins C, E may neutralize fat
Budget deal creates
surge in spending
WASHINGTON - The Year of the
Balanced Budget is about to give way to
the Year of the Big Budget.
When President Clinton signs the last
of the 1998 appropriations bills today, he
will approve the largest amount of over-
all government spending ever - as well
as the most substantial increase in
domestic spending in eight years. The
budget will not be in balance.
The signing, which formally finishes
work on the 1998 budget, also will mark
a reversal of the Republicans' effort
since taking control of Congress in 1995
to shrink the size of the federal govern-
ment. In some cases, the Republicans
even allowed substantial increases in
programs they once vociferously
opposed,
After weathering three years of cuts,
spending on domestic programs other
than the major entitlements such as
Medicare and Medicaid will increase by
$22.6 billion - about 10 percent or
nearly four times the rate of inflation.
The total budget will hit a record $1.7
trillion.
And although Congress and the pres-
ident each have been touting the five-
year balanced budget agreement as the
year's prime accomplishment, the reality
is that in Year One the deficit likely
increase.
Mobsters, brokers
indicted for fraud
NEW YORK -- Leaders of two of the
city's most notorious crime families and
their associates, two corporate executives
and a half dozen stockbrokers were
indicted yesterday on criminal charge,
manipulating stock prices for their o.
benefit.
In scenes reminiscent of "The
Godfather," the indictments describe
alleged mobsters from the Genovese and
Bonanno families, bearing nickname$
like "Curly, "Butch" and "Mike the
Russian," engaging in "walk and talks"
and "sit downs," and using intimidation
and threats against the family of one
executive to keep him in line.
-, CHICAGO (AP) - It sounds like a recipe for a
,caronary: Serve Egg McMuffins and Sausage
McMuffins for breakfast -- with slabs of fried hash
:browns on the side - to captive research subjects. You
can almost feel arteries slamming shut.
-Yet when huge doses of vitamins C and E were
-added to the diet, an extraordinary thing happened:
-The subjects' arteries responded to the high-fat
"meal as though they'd eaten a low-fat bowl of corn
flakes.
Researchers caution that the small study's finding is
preliminary, but it appears to bolster scientific think-
ibg that antioxidant vitamins can decrease the heart-
disease risk posed by a fatty diet.
The 20 subjects who ate the fat-packed McDonald's
breakfast had impaired blood vessel function for up to
Tour hours afterwards. But no such impairment was
found on another day when they swallowed 20 times
the recommended daily dosage of vitamins C and E
'immediately before eating the same meal.
The research appears in today's Journal of the
American Medical Association.
"The predominant mechanism by which a high-fat
(especially saturated fat) diet leads to atherosclerosis
is by elevating serum cholesterol," wrote the authors,
led by Dr. Gary Plotnick, a professor of medicine at
the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Their findings provide further evidence of a "sec-
ond potential pathway" to hardened arteries in
which dietary fats damage the endothelium, the
inner layer of cells that line the heart and the blood
vessels.
The study may help explain why people sometimes
have heart attacks right after eating a big, fatty meal,
and why some people with normal cholesterol levels
develop heart problems, said Dr. Kenneth Cooper,
author of "The Antioxidant Revolution" and founder
of the Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas.
"This is just further information that documents the
beneficial effects of antioxidants," Cooper said.
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ing up dangerous byproducts that form when the
metabolizes oxygen. These byproducts, known
ee radicals, can damage cells. They are thought to
act with some fats in a way that makes them clog
ies, and can produce cellular damage that some-
s leads to cancer.
r. Meir Stampfer, a professor of epidemiology and
tion at Harvard's School of Public Health, called
tudy "a good piece of work and a nice step for-
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it, he added, "It was a small number of people and
one meal. We want to know what happens long
s unknown if antioxidant vitamins could block
ffects of a consistently high-fat diet. Long-term
of vitamins in such high doses also could be
ful.
otnick stressed that findings are "very prelimi-
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Department mentioned cases in whichI
people fell asleep at the wheel as a
result of their marijuana use. Since
such cases can be similar to drowsy
sober drivers, officers trained to look
for bloodshot eyes and breath stench
that accompanies alcohol use may let
drug-abusing drivers off if they don't
notice those indicators.
"As far as the visual clues that are put
into drug recognition training, most offi-
cers don't have that," Beltzer said. "Your
average police officer hasn't had that
training. They've had alcohol training."
MSA
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Anne Marie Ellison said it would be
good for the assembly to "keep a
healthy cynicism about DPS."
"(Police brutality) happens whenev-
er there is a celebratory event involving
sports," Ellison said.
Several assembly members said they
would like to see something positive
and productive come out of the com-
mittee findings.
"I think we should have some tangi-
ble positives," LSA Rep. Bram Elias
said. "This should not just be filing
some reports and hanging some offi-
cers out to dry."
Nagrant said MSA's summary report
should help prevent future incidents of
this kind.
"Certainly, the results of the investi-
gation should give some suggestion of
how the problem can be alleviated in
the future," Nagrant said.
The assembly also passed a resolu-
tion last night accepting the
Coursepack Store contract between the
Michigan Union Bookstore and MSA.
"After signing this the store is actual-
ly going to happen," Savic said.
The contract is valid only for the
winter '98 semester and covers issues
such as rental space and the selling of
copyrighted materials.
"We will re-evaluate (the contract) at
the end of the term," Nagrant said. "Our
long-term goal would be (a longer con-
tract). It would be a plus to us having a
little more stability in the store."
The last step to implementing the
contract is approval by the Office of the
General Counsel, Nagrant said.
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Bosnian-Serbs face
government division
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -
Voters in the Serb-run half of Bosnia
have turned ever so slightly away from
Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb
warlord and indicted war crimes suspect,
in an election that also showed how
divided the Serbs have become.
Preliminary results from a two-day
parliamentary vote at the weekend indi-
cated yesterday that the new government
of Republika Srpska will be fragmented.
"It will be, basically, a hung parliament,"
said an international official who has
analyzed the results.
The division means Karadzic's hard-
liners can no longer dominate the
Bosnian Serb government with the same
impunity they have enjoyed for the last
two years - a period they used to
obstruct Western efforts to impose
peacetime reforms.
But with no party achieving a majori-
ty in the 83-seat legislature, getting any-
thing done with the new government
may prove equally complicated.
The election was the first formal
AROUND THE
gauging of the political strength of
Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic,
whom Washington and its European
allies have backed in her power strugg
with predecessor Karadzic. U.S. M
other Western officials consider Plavsic
to be more cooperative, despite her own
nationalistic leanings, in adhering to the
Dayton peace agreement.
Yeltsin supports
reformer Chubais
MOSCOW --- President Boris Yelt
declared yesterday his support for bell
guered economic reformer Anatolx
Chubais because of a controversy over a
$90,000 payment for an unpublished
book.
Yeltsin, sitting at a table in his
Kremlin office with a somber Chubais
nearby, sternly instructed Russian jour-
nalists to stop probing for scandal
about Chubais, a first deputy prime
minister. "I said you don't have to try
and make an effort, that's the ma
thing," Yeltsin said.
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