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Barak tries
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JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinians opened fire on the
Jewish neighborhood of Gilo in east Jerusalem after
nightfall yesterday, shattering what had been a relatively
quiet day, while Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak
scrambled to rescue his government from collapse.
Barak made a last-minute appeal to the hard-line
opposition to join him in a national emergency govern-
ment, but his rivals appeared determined to bring down
his minority government and force elections.
For the first time in three weeks, no one was killed
yesterday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as Palestinian
Muslims marked the start of the holy month of
Ramadan. Israeli soldiers fired machine guns at the
Palestinian town of Beit Jalla, source of the gunfire at
Gilo. No casualties were reported.
Israeli soldiers killed five armed Palestinians late Sun-
day as they set out from the West Bank city of Qalqilya
into an area under Israeli control. The Israeli army said
the Palestinians had opened fire earlier on an Israeli car.
Palestinian spokesman Marwan Kanafani said the five
were innocent people who were not on their way to
attack Israelis.
On Tuesday, the Knesset, Israel's parliament, was to
vote on a bill to call elections. Barak's coalition govern-
ment commands only 30 of the 120 members of parlia-
ment, but an election bill requires an absolute majority
of 61 to pass. Tuesday's vote is on the first of three read-
ings.
Barak has had on-again, off-again contacts with hard-
line Likud leader Ariel Sharon about forming an emer-
gency coalition, but Sharon has demanded that Barak
first abandon major points of his peace efforts, including
concessions offered to the Palestinians in July at a failed
Camp David summit.
Barak hinted yesterday that he may be ,willing to
accept Sharon's demands. Barak told his Labor party
that a Cabinet including the Likud could "re-examine"
government proposals, including those raised at Camp
David.
Also, Barak proposed "a long-term interim agree-
ment" with the Palestinians instead of a peace treaty.
The Palestinians rejected that. "What we are looking
for is reaching a final agreement that will solve all the
issues," said Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia. "We
don't want partial agreements."
Despite Barak's efforts to save his government, Likud
members said they had the support of more than 61 law-
makers for today's vote.
The Likud appealed a ruling by Knesset Speaker
Avraham Burg requiring a 61-vote majority on prelimi-
nary readings, but the Supreme Court did not give an
immediate decision.
In a last-minute maneuver, Baiak's party was consid-
ering turning the vote into a no-confidence motion,
which might trap some of his opponents into voting with
him. Elections are slated for 2003, but most analysts
believe Barak will be forced to call elections next year.
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AP PHOTO
Palestinian youths build a barricade in a street of Khan Yunis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip
yesterday, during a lull in the violent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians.
Israel blames Paestinian
gunmen for boy')s death
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP} - The Israeli army
reversed itself yesterday and said Palestinian
gunmen, not Israeli soldiers, probably killed the
12-year-old boy whose death in a firefight was
captured by a TV camera and became a symbol,
for Palestinians, of Israel's heavy-handed
response to their uprising.
An inquiry ordered by the commander of
Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, Maj. Gen. Yom
Tov Samia, found that it was "quite plausible
that the boy was hit by Palestinian bullets in the
course of an exchange of fire."
The findings came nearly two months after
Israel's chief of military operations said the
shots that killed Mohammed Aldura and seri-
ously wounded his father, Jamal, were "appar-
ently" fired by Israelis.
At a news conference yesterday, Samia
said the conclusion of his just-completed
inquiry was based on measurements, bullet
angles, and evidence that the Palestinian
boy was hit by a volley of gunfire while
Israeli soldiers were firing only single shots
in that direction.
In response, Palestinian spokeswoman Hanan
Ashrawi charged that the inquiry results were a
"falsified version of reality (that) blames the
victims."
Viewers around the world were shocked by
footage shot Sept. 30 of the terrified boy and his
father cowering in front of a wall amid a furious
exchange of fire at the Netzarim junction in the
Gaza Strip.
A camera held by a TV reporter from the
France 2 network showed the father gesturing
frantically to try to stop the shooting as his child
screamed in terror. Footage then captured the
moment when the boy, hit by bullets, slumped
into his father's lap and died.
The incident, two days after the start of the
clashes, fueled international condemnation of
Israel and helped Palestinians win a U.N. Secu-
rity Council resolution criticizing excessive use
of force.
The boy's death also reignited a bitter and
long-running Israeli-Palestinian debate over
who bears responsibility when Palestinian chil-
dren are killed or injured in street clashes:
Israeli soldiers or Palestinian adults.
In the case of Mohammed, it was never
entirely clear who fired the fatal shots, though
Palestinians blamed the Israelis.
Three days after his death, chief of military
operations Maj. Gen. Giora Eiland said: "We
conducted an investigation, and as far as we
understand, the shots were apparently fired by
Israeli soldiers."
The subsequent military inquiry was criti-
cized as flawed even before it was completed.
Samia's chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Shaul Mofaz,
called the inquiry a private initiative. One of the
reconstructions used faulty measurements and
had to be repeated.
Samia acknowledged that the inquiry was
flawed by lack of material evidence. There was
no autopsy, meaning the deadly bullet could not
be recovered, and the setting no longer existed a
week later - Samia's forces destroyed build-
ings there to clear the area of cover used by
Palestinian gunmen.
Recount ordered in Wash. Senate rae
OLYMPIA, Wash. - A recount was ordered yesterday in the closest Sena
race in the country, with the outcome determining whether the chamber will
split 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats for the first time in a century.
In totals released last week, Democrat Maria Cantwell, a dot-com millionnai
apparently defeated Republican Sen. Slade Gorton by 1,953 votes, or .08 perce
of the 2.4 million ballots cast.
Under Washington law, a recount is automatic when an election margin is
than 0.5 percent.
The recount, which is expected to take about a week, is not expected to s
debate over dimpled ballots and hanging chads. The ballots will simply be r
through the machines again.
"It's not very exciting. It's kind of like watching grass grow," said Washingt
Secretary of State Ralph Munro, who ordered the recount.
A hand recount would have been mandatory if the difference had be
less than 150 votes. Only 16 of Washington's 39 counties use punch ca
ballots. The rest use optical scan ballots in which voters mark circles with
pencil or pen.
A victory for Cantwell would put the Senate in a 50-50 tie. Republicans wul
still hold an advantage, though. Under a George W. Bush presidency, Vice Pr
dent Dick Cheney would break ties in the Senate.
Firestone tire recall ated tire production and airlifted tir
from plants overseas to accommodat
the flood of motorists wanting to quic
ly replace their tires. And after publi
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Bridge- outcry, the companies allowed competi
stone/Firestone Inc. is nearing com- tors to provide replacement tires; For
pletion of its massive tire recall, with even bought tire molds for other tir
supply of replacement tires now out- makers to increase production.
stripping demand and the company
encouraging consumers who still have .
recalled tires to check in with dealers. iCrOSOI taSkS CO
The Nashville-based tiremaker had to dismiss lawsuit
replaced 5.3 million tires - about 82
percent of those still on the road - by WASH INGTON - Arguing tha
Friday, spokesman James Loduca said the Microsoft antitrust trial had bee
yesterday. "infected with error," attorneys for th
In August, the company announced software giant yesterday asked a fed
plans to recall 14.4 million eral appeals court to throw out th
P235/75R15 size Firestone ATX, ATX landmark case, including a judge'
I and Wilderness AT tires that had order to break up the company
been linked to fatal wrecks, most in the violating federal antitrust laws.
Ford Explorer spoil utility vehicle. The In its filing to U.S. Court'o
companies estimated that about 6.5 mil- Appeals for the District of Columbi
lion tires were still in use because many Microsoft denied that its Window
were made during the mid-1990s. products amounted to a monopoly fo
Officials with Bridgestone/Fire- personal-computer operating systems
stone initially estimated the recall The company said that the gove-n
would be completed by next summer. ment had not proven its case tha
But under pressure from Ford and Microsoft had broken antitrust laws t
safety advocates, the company acceler- protect and maintain that monopoly
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RONDTME WORLD
"The Serbian government will"d
everything to resolve the crisis b
bolsters forces political and peaceful means," on
of Serbia's three co-ministers of th
BUJANOVAC, Yugoslavia - Serb interior, Stevan Nikcevic, told Th
police said they would use all avail- Associated Press. "At the same ti
able means, including heavy weapons, we have to protect the territorial
to regain territory lost to ethnic integrity of the country so the terror
Albanian militants as a yesterday ists don't jeopardize any lives of out
evening deadline approached for citizens."
NATO to crack down on the rebels.
The new democratic government of LP
Vojislav Kostunica believes ethnic
Albanian extremists operating from miajority in Canar
Kosovo launched attacks in southern
Serbia, capturing four villages in the OTTAWA - Prime Minister J
buffer zone between Kosovo and Ser- Chretien's gamble for a place in CaX
bia. dian history paid off yesterday as his
Belgrade is threatening to launch Liberal Party appeared to have wo a
counterattacks on its side of the bor- third straight majority in nationwide
der if NATO cannot curb the infiltra- elections, according to Canadian news
tion by 7 p.m. yesterday. U.S. and organizations.
other troops patrol the Kosovo side The Liberals won or had solid leads
next to the buffer zone. in more than 160 of the races for the
Serbian police said in a statement 301 seats in the House of Commons,
that if ethnic Albanian militants don't more than enough to guarantee them a
withdraw by the deadline, security majority, according to projections.
forces will use "all available means"
to drive out the insurgents. - Compiled fiom Daily wire rept
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