2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 15, 2001 NATION/WORLD U.S. prepares new plan of action WASHINGTON (AP) - The commander of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, seeking to capitalize on sudden success, is preparing a new military plan for tracking down the leaders of the al-Qaida terrorist network and their Taliban supporters. American ground troops, now present in small numbers, still figure to play a role. But the scale and nature of their involvement will depend on whether the Taliban and al-Qatda collapse completely, flee the country or regroup to fight a guerrilla war from caves and tunnels in the mountains. The U.S. bombing campaign probably will be dra- matically scaled back, perhaps coinciding with the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan this weekend, senior defense officials said yesterday. The only remaining targets in the north are a few scattered pockets of Taliban resistance. Pilots return- ing to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt with their bombs still attached told reporters they refrained from attacking in the south because it has become harder to tell friend from foe. Bombing might be limited to cave complexes and remaining Taliban enclaves in the north. Eliminating the Taliban as a support structure for al-Qaida was a key step, but it leaves unresolved the question of how to track down Osama bin Laden and other leaders of his al-Qaida network. It also requires consideration of an international peacekeeping force to stabilize the country. It seems likely that the Bush administration will push for having troops from Islamic countries per- form the main peacekeeping work, supported by U.S. and European logistics and communications. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made clear yesterday that the fight will go on. "We're making progress, but it's far from fin- ished," he said in New York, where he toured the World Trade Center ruins. "And as the president said, we're going to stick at it until it's done." The original attack plan written by Gen. Tommy Franks, commander of U.S. Central Command, achieved its objective - the collapse of the Taliban - so suddenly that the entire approach to Afghanistan needs to be rethought, according to defense officials who discussed the matter on condi- tion of anonymity. Rear Adm. John Stufflebeem, deputy director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he could not rule out that Taliban fighters retreating to the south may be trying to find refuge in caves held by their home tribes and regroup for more combat. NEWS IN BRIEF WASHINGTON Senate Republicans block terror bill Senate Republicans yesterday blocked a Democratic bill to shore up the econ- omy and increase spending on domestic security, creating an impasse expected to force both parties and the White House into high-level negotiations to craft a compromise measure. In party-line votes - both 51-47 - the Senate invoked procedural objections to the Democratic bill, which would provide a total of $73 billion for health insurance subsidies and other benefits for the unemployed, tax cuts for individu- als and businesses, and new spending for homeland security. The votes were a victory for Republicans who want to force Democrats to write a bill more in line with President Bush's priorities, which put more empha- sis on tax cuts and less on new spending. But Republicans acknowledged that they too lacked the votes to pass their preferred bill in the narrowly divided Sen- ate. "None of this is going to pass," Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) said. "We're stalled. :.. Let's go right to the endgame. Let's put the right people in the room and say 'get this job done."' Vice President Dick Cheney, in a speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday, stepped up pressure on Congress to break the impasse. SAN FRANCISCO Berkeley endorses alternative admissions University of California regents yesterday endorsed a major shift in the univer- sity's admissions policy to allow non-academic achievements to be considered for all freshman applicants. The 13-2 vote - by a key regent committee in which the majority included one- time opponents of the plan - strongly suggests that the proposal, which would allow consideration of such factors as students' athletic or artistic ability or their struggle against poverty will be approved today by the full Board of Regents. Critics say the proposal is a backdoor method of reviving race-based prefer- ences in admissions, which were banned by California voters in 1996, and could result both in litigation against the university and a lowering of academic stan- dards. Supporters deny the charges, arguing that grades and test scores alone can- not capture all the qualities that make a good student and ultimately lead to success in college. "I have always felt that there has to be a better way (to admit students) than just looking at the numbers," said regent Sherry Lansing, the head of Paramount Pictures and a strong supporter of the change. 6 Crash inquiry deepens NEW YORK (AP) - Investigators raised the possibility yesterday that tur- bulence caused by a jumbo jet con- tributed to the crash of American Flight 587, saying the two planes took off less than the standard two minutes apart. "We do not know whether this con- tributed in any way to the actual acci- dent, but we are looking at this very closely," said Marion Blakey, chair- woman of the National Transportation Safety Board. "Wake turbulence" has blamed for deadly airline crashes in the past. Investigators want to know whether it caused Flight 587 to break apart three minutes after takeoff from Kennedy Airport on Monday, killing all 260 people aboard and as many as five on the ground. The plane's tail assembly sheared away and its twin engines fell off as the jet went down. The standard minimum amount of time between flights taking off is two minutes. However, Blakey said it appeared there were less than two min- utes between the takeoff of Flight 587 and a Japan Air Lines jet that left ahead of it from the same runway. "We believe that in fact it was 1 minute and 45 seconds in terms of the actual distance," Blakey said. Blakey, at a news conference, also said that a flight data recorder recov- ered from the flight was repaired by the manufacturer, allowing investiga- AP PHOTO Firefighters work yesterday to recover evidence from Monday's crash in Queens. tors to extract data on the last minutes of the doomed flight. The black box recorder had been scorched and banged up in the crash. Bush and Ptin talks continue CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - Presi- dent Bush welcomed Russian Presi- dent Vladimir Putin to his Texas ranch yesterday for a blend of down- home barbecue and high-powered summitry designed to bind two for- mer Cold War rival nations closer in an age of terrorism. "I want to show him some of my favorite spots on the ranch," Bush said as he and his wife greeted Putin and his wife on their arrival. Both men said Tuesday they had turned a new page in the U.S.-Russ- ian relationship in three hours of talks at the White House. Despite pledges of deep reductions in nuclear stockpiles, White House officials cautioned against expecta- tions of an accord on American plans for an anti-missile defenses when the talks resumed. Food for Thought Iraq Embargo A recent study showed that people living in northern Iraq, out of the control of Sadam Hussein, eat meat up to five times a week. Gary Lillie & Assoc., Realtors www.garylillie.com 0 0 WASHINGTON Red Cross will use all gifts for victims The American Red Cross announced yesterday that it is speeding up delivery of relief funds for families of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but officials said it would still be months before the organization has plans to deliver all of the more than $543 million in donations it has col- lected. The Red Cross also said it no longer plans to pay for long-range projects out of the donations received for the Liberty Fund, which was established following the attacks in New York and Washington. The Red Cross announced the changes at a press conference at its headquarters in Washington. "Americans have spoken loudly and clearly that they want our relief efforts directed at the people affected by the Sept. 11 tragedies," said Harold Decker,,the Red Cross chief executive officer. LOUISVILLE, Ky. Patient with artificial heart suffers stroke The world's first self-contained artifi- cial heart patient suffered a stroke and is back on a ventilator, but doctors were confident yesterday he would recover from the setback. Robert Tools, 59, had the stroke Sunday at Jewish Hospital, said Laman Gray,*ene of the surgeons who implanted the plastic- and-titanium AbioCor heart on July 2. Robert Dowling, Tools' other surgeon, characterized the patient's condition as serious. "His condition is slightly better than someone with a heart because we don't have to worry about the heart," Gray said. Last week, Tools was feeling well enough for an outing with the Louisville mayor to promote dining out. Doctors said Tools' excursions had nothing to do with the stroke. Buoyed by his progress, doctors had said it was possible he could be home for Christmas. NEW YORK Meteor storm to be biggest until 2099, Brew some coffee. Unpack the lawn chairs. Astronomers predict this year's Leonids meteor display, expected to appear before dawn Sunday, will be.a dazzler worth missing a little sleep. "It's now or never," said Robert Naeye of the Astronomy Society of the Pacific. "Astronomers don't think we'll see another storm like this one until the year 2099. We will probably never see a better meteor shower in our lifetimes." Every year scientists fly to places like the Gobi Desert or Canary Islands to watch the heavens rain fire for a few min- utes in November. This year, Earth's align- ment suggests that North America will be squarely beneath some of the most vigor- ous shooting stars. Pacific Islands and the Far East maysee natural fireworks, too. The most optimistic celestial forecasts call for a steady storm of 4,000 meteors per hour, or about 70 per minute around 5 a.m. EST Sunday. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. 0 What Do These Leaders Have in Common? 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