01 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 11, 2003 NATION WORLD Bush dismisses Iraq concession BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq reversed its opposition to U-2 surveil- lance flights over its territory yesterday, meeting a key demand by U.N. inspec- tors searching for banned weapons. The Bush administration, however, brushed aside the Iraqi concession as too little, too late. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said, "The bottom line is the president is interest- ed in disarmament. This does nothing to change that." President Bush accused Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein of regarding the Iraqi people as "human shields, entirely expendable when their suffering serves his purpose." Iraq's acceptance of the U-2 flights, as well as its submission of new docu- ments to the United Nations over the weekend, came as international oppo- sition to U.S. military action intensi- fied. France, Germany and Russia called for more inspectors to disarm Iraq without resorting to war. 'Nothing today justifies a war," French President Jacques Chirac said at a news conference in Paris with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "This region really does not need another war." With the threat of war looming large, Baghdad appeared eager to display new cooperation with the inspectors in hopes of encouraging opposition to an imminent military strike. "The inspectors are now free to use the American U-2s as well as French and Russian planes," Mohamed al- Douri, Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations, told The Associated Press in New York. On Sunday, chief U.N. weapons inspectors Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei said they sensed a positive Iraqi attitude during weekend talks in Baghdad though they acknowledged they had achieved no "breakthrough." Blix and ElBaradei had said they expected agreement on the surveil- lance flight issue by the end of the week. It was unclear whether U-2s have been flying over Iraq as part of secret U.S. intelligence-gathering. Now that Iraq has given its consent, the high-flying planes can operate over NEWS IN BRIEF JERUSALEM Israel barnicades West Bank, Gaza Strip Israel clamped a total closure on the West Bank and Gaza Strip yesterday, ban- ning all Palestinians from entering Israel, citing warnings of Palestinian attacks. Earlier yesterday, Israeli troops killed two suspected Palestinian militants, including an unarmed fugitive, and caught a would-be suicide bomber who hid an explosives-laden suitcase in a hotel. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz canceled measures aimed at easing restrictions during the Muslim feast of the sacrifice holiday this week, the ministry said. Quoting unidentified military sources, Army Radio said there were reports that militants intend to carry out terror attacks in the coming days. Total closures are infrequent, though Israel had severely restricted access for Palestinians to Israel throughout 28 months of Israeli-Palestinian fighting. The military had said it would ease restrictions for workers to enter Israel and would allow Palestinians over age 45 to pray at a hotly disputed holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem during the holiday. "The defense minister also instructed the (army) to exhibit extra sensitivity toward the Palestinian population during the holiday," said a military statement issued earlier yesterday. Canceling the orders meant that Israeli roadblocks on West Bank roads would remain in place, preventing Palestinians from moving around freely to visit rela- tives or work. SEOUL, South Korea Officials believe N. Korea to be unarmed South Korea's No. 2 official said yesterday he believes North Korea does not possess nuclear weapons, contradicting U.S. assertions that the communist nation has one or two atomic bombs. The comment by Prime Minister Kim Suk-soo appeared to reflect differences in how South Korea and its main ally, the United States, view Pyongyang. Many South Koreans do not think their neighbor's nuclear development is a serious threat, while President Bush has defined the North as part of an "axis of evil" intent on acquiring weapons of mass destruction. In Tokyo, U.S. Ambassador Howard Baker warned of a possible North Korean missile test over Japan in what could be an effort to increase tension over the North's nuclear programs. North Korea alarmed the region by firing a rocket over Japan and into the Pacific in 1998. "We hear reports that they may engage in a missile test, perhaps overflying the island of Japan," Baker said, addressing a forum on regional security. In comments in the South Korean National Assembly, Kim said there was no evidence that North Korea had atomic bombs. Chief U. N. weapons inspector Hans Blix walks through Saddam Hussein International Airport in Baghdad yesterday. the country with Baghdad's permission and provide its findings to U.N. inspectors. Iraq had objected to such flights as long as U.S. and British jets continued patrols in the "no-fly" zones. Yesterday, U.S. and British bombed a surface-to-air missile site in the southern no-fly zone, the U.S. military said. The Iraqi News Agency reported two civil- ians were killed and nine others were wounded. Oi shortage ups gas, WASHINGTON (AP) - Prices for heating oil and gasoline are soaring and likely to keep rising as energy markets cope with a colder than expected winter, the loss of Venezuela's production and wor- ries about war with Iraq. A deep freeze in the Northeast caused heating oil prices to spike by 20 percent last week. The Energy Department, citing low stocks - as well as higher natural gas prices - said heating bills could be 50 percent higher this year than last winter. Consumers are getting hit at the gasoline pumps as well. Nationally, gasoline prices increased for the ninth straight week to an average of $1.60 a gallon for regular grades, 50 cents a gallon higher than a year ago, according to the federal Energy Informa- tion Administration. Many parts of the country have seen price hikes of 20 cents a gallon in recent weeks. Crude oil on Friday moved above $35 a barrel, the highest it has been in two years. Government analysts forecast that prices probably will stay a barrel this year, even if a war is avoided in The price of light sweet crude was $34 rel at noon yesterday on the New York Exchange. Although OPEC oil producers have b duction, they have yet to make up the oil l ical unrest in Venezuela. Crude inventorie below the low end of the normal range" a January, said the Energy Department. crude prices and some shortages, refin back operations, choosing to perform norn nance a few weeks early, some analysts sa That has caused suppliers to draw heav ing oil stockpiles, causing prices to jump. wholesale heating oil prices on theI exchange soared to $1.20 a gallon, a j cents from a week earlier. After a New Hampshire terminal couldn heating prices bove $30 a ing oil for four days, Jack Sullivan, chief executive of Iraq. the New England Fuel Institute, warned in a letter to .78 per bar- the Energy Department of "a supply and pricing cri- Mercantile sis" if more heating oil isn't made available. "The demand is extraordinary. It's absolutely hor- oosted pro- rific," Sullivan said in an ititerview yesterday. His ost to polit- organization, which represents 1,000 heating oil s fell "well companies, urged the government to release stocks it the end of from an emergency heating oil stockpile. No deci- With high sion on such a release has been made. ners scaled Economists say that the supply crunch and price mal mainte- spiral stem from a variety of factors, especially id. unease over war with Iraq and the possibility that ily on heat- Kuwaiti and Saudi production could be disrupted. On Friday, "The dramatic price rise we've seen in the last cou- New York ple of weeks is primarily associated with fear about ump of 30 war in Iraq, the disruption of oil exports from Venezuela and extremely cold weather," said Kyle n't get heat- Cooper, an energy analyst for Smith Barney. LSI Continued from Page 1 selectively exposes brain tumors to chemotherapy; Sir William Castell, a chief executive of Amersham, one of the world's leading companies in disease treatment and diagnosis; and Peter Corr, the head of research and development for the Ann Arbor-based international pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. The purpose of the advisory board will be to counsel faculty and staff on issues ranging from scientific research to business investments to ethics, LSI Managing Director Liz Barry said. But the board will not have any executive control over the institute, she added. "We wanted to make a board that would be both extremely useful for both the institute and the University and at the same time be an interesting endeavor to the people who serve on the board," Barry said. "All of that * + " pointed to having people with a mix- ture of background and talents." The 15-member board will first meet in October to discuss issues and ideas pertaining to the institute, which is scheduled to first open its doors to faculty members in September. "The collective wisdom of the board, I hope, will bring some external guid- ance to the program. Everybody should have one. ... It's a reality check," said advisory board Chairman Ronnie Cresswell, the former vice president of Warner Lambert Co. "You are taking a group of very well-recognized scien- tists and you are letting them look at your program, and you are going to get comments from them and hopefully Dl9g these comments will be helpful." Board member Randy Schekman, a University of California at Berkeley pro- fessor, said he expects to address the recruitment of new faculty members as one of the institute's primary issues. Schekman, a former president of the American Society for Cell Biology, said he hopes the institute will focus on Aud hiring faculty who have just obtained their doctoral degrees and can make their first marks on the scientific com- munity at the University. "That's where this institution should try to grow, is by hiring young faculty who are out looking for their first job," Schekman said. Though the institute has already named several of its faculty members, the full staff will not be in place for another five years, Barry said. Schekman said he hopes he will help the institute take all the time it needs to find the best people. He added that the board will also be tackling other issues, such as how to help the institute build partnerships and bridges with other University departments. "I think the major challenge now is to complete the building and to start the process of very carefully identify- ing areas for growth," he said. "I am hopeful that the faculty at Michigan will take advantage of the members of the board and their expertise." SPACE CENTER, Houston Analysis of left wing shows possible cause NASA said yesterday it has recov- ered part of Columbia's left wing, a section thought tohave played a major role in the space shuttle disaster. It was not clear where the piece fit in the wing, said Michael Kostelnik, a deputy associate administrator. He said engineers were analyzing the piece at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., after it was found east of Fort Worth, near Lufkin. "I think they have identified that they have at least one piece of the left wing," Kostelnik said of searchers. The piece included some carbon-car- bon tile, an extremely dense material that covered the leading edge of the wing, he said. The fragment could be important, given that all.trouble apparently began in the left wing during the final minutes of Columbia's flight Feb. 1. The shuttle broke up above Texas as it returned to Earth, killing all seven aboard. CHICAGO Charity leader pleads guilty to terrorism The head of an Islamic charity linked to Osama bin Laden pleaded guilty yes- terday to illegally paying for supplies for Muslim rebels in Chechnya and troops in Bosnia in exchange for the government dropping a charge accusing him of supporting al-Qaida. Under a plea deal, Enaam Arnaout, a Syrian-born U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty to a single racketeering conspiracy count as jury selection was about to begin. Arnaout, 41, admitted in court papers that his Benevolence International Foundation had furnished funds to buy boots and uniforms for the Muslim fighting forces while claiming to aid only widows, orphans and the poor. He did not acknowledge any rela- tionship with bin Laden and his al- Qaida terrorist network. But federal prosecutors said ample evidence remains that Arnaout helped al-Qaida in several ways. ALEXANDRIA, Va. Prosecutors maintain Regan betrayed U.S. Government prosecutors, summing up their case against a retired Air Force man suspected of spying, maintained yesterday that Brian Patrick Regan "betrayed his country" with a willing- ness to sell classified information'to Iraq, Libya and China. The 40-year-old Regan would have harmed his country for $13 million, the government contended, as Regan's espionage trial wound down in this Virginia suburb of the nation's capital. Regan, of Bowie, Md., has denied that he tried to sell classified infor- mation. The retired Air Force enlist- ed man worked both as a military service member and as a civilian employee for defense contract TRW Inc. at the super-secret National Reconnaissance Office, the govern- ment's spy satellite agency. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. '91 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745- students at the University of Mi may be picked up at the Daily's( are $105. 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