2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 4, 2003 NATION WORLD House debates cutting aid to WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration tried to shoot down an effort yesterday by some House Republicans to cut aid to Turkey, while the House and Senate debated bills providing nearly $80 billion for the ini- tial costs of the Iraq war and other anti- terrorism expenses. Trying to fend off a drive to remove the $1 billion the measure contains for Iraq's northern neighbor, the White House circulated letters to lawmakers from National Security Adviser Con- doleezza Rice and Richard Armitage, deputy secretary of state, supporting the aid. "Despite recent difficulties, the president is devoted to maintaining the strategic partnership" between the two countries, Rice wrote. Critics of Turkey were considering trying to erase the aid, arguing its refusal to admit a U.S. invasion force has hindered the war against Iraq. Rice and Armitage said that with Turkey allowing U.S. fly-overs, allowing the passage of supply convoys and limiting its forces in unstable northern Iraq, it remained a crucial regional ally. In the Senate, Democrats pushed iTurkey long-shot amendments setting aside funds for veterans and to counter bioweapons and missiles fired at airlin- ers as part of an effort to add billions to the bill for enhancing safety at home. The Senate bill also included $30 million to help prosecute Saddam Hus- sein and establish temporary U.S. diplomatic headquarters in Iraq. ADC Continued from Page 1 servative bloc - Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld - were not Jewish. But he went on to say that neo- conservative ideologies in the Unit- ed States were quite similar to those held by Israel and that this was a big factor in the war. Ibish stated ADC's position on the war, saying that that it "oppose(s) the war but ... support(s) the troops." He said that this was a fun- damental mistake in the mindset of many Americans who felt that oppo- sition to the war also meant opposi- tion to the troops. "When the dust settles, Saddam will be gone and this is a good thing, but at what cost?" he said. Referring to possible spin-offs of the war in the region, Ibish discussed how the Iraq war "flirts with chaos." Ibish addressed how the war "fed into the already noxious environment between the Arabs and the Americans and their role in the Middle East." He said that the war strengthened the pre- conceived ideas held by Arabs and Muslims of the "stereoscopic norms of predatory powers." The war also "plays in to the paranoid and hysteric voice of Bin Laden (or others like him)," he added. Ibish also spoke about how there was a certain understanding about the war among the forces in Iraq, stress- ing that the action was not a liberation of Iraq. Keeping this in mind, he said that in the future the world could look forward to seeing more "Camp Exxon's, George Bush International Airports and civilian casualties" ' E UN I VIRS I TeYOF MICHIGAN'S MICHGA N LEADQE RS H IP &W R S. Congratulations to all the award recipients of the 2003 Michigan Leadership Awards Outstanding Student Leader Chris Perpich Cathy Fanone Aundrea Johnson Christina Hollenback Mahshid Pirzadeh Brain Netter Konstantinos Ghirtis Thomas Vazquez Programs of the Year BookMARK Americanos: Latino Life in the U.S. A Celebration of Unity Dance Marathon Bowl-A-Thon Outstanding Student Organizations Society of Women Engineers Muslim Student Association The Detroit Project Graduate Student Community Organization College Democrats Outstanding New Member Lisa Slominski Amy Borer Michael Phillips Julia Farber The Tapestry Award Mahshid Pirzadeh Robbie Menyah Jeanine Bessette Advisor of the Year Steven Abbott Lee Ann Benkert Chris Kulka Taryn Petryk Thomas Vazquez Student Legacy Award John Carter Please join us in honoring these outstanding individuals and organizations. The Michigan Leadership Awards will be held Monday April 7, 2003 at 4 o'clock in the Mendelssohn Theatre. A reception will follow in the Ballroom of the Michigan League. rather than a stable Iraqi government and economy. Farouq and Rabia Shafie, American Palestinians who attended the discus- sion, said they thought the presenta- tion was a "fair analysis of the situation in the Middle East." But Sawsan Abdulrahim, a doctoral student in the School of Public Health, said the discussion was inter- esting but wished that Ibish "included the angle of the U.S. war in Afghanistan," which she felt was "a part of the big picture of U.S. foreign policies" SCHOLARSHIP Continued from Page 1 responsible to do it this way." Republican House members have not yet proposed specific cuts to replace the $60 million taken from the general fund, but Emily Gerkin, spokeswoman for Speaker Rick Johnson (R-LeRoy) said they will "find the money." But, Democrats are not satisfied with this answer, saying the size of the budget gap is too sizable to be corrected easily, Kolb said. "There's a gaping hole in the budget. Sixty million dollars in a balanced budget is a big problem," Kolb said. "You can't just take a lit- tle bit here and a little bit there." Both parties agree that the issue has not been settled permanently and Shulman calls the vote the first step in the process. The bill needs to pass in the Senate before seeking final approval from the governor. SARS Continued from Page 1 Gavin said the patient at the Universi- ty Hospital is still being treated as a SARS case because of the possibility of future developments, although doctors have determined that it doesn't meet the disease criteria. There have also been precautions implemented to deal with potential cases in the future. "'We will continue to be-vigilantwith suspected people and cases," Gavin said. To date, there have been three cases of SARS reported in Michigan. Two are in Kent County and one is a New Hamp- shire man currently at a Wayne County hospital. "All three individuals are in good condition and are continuing to improve," Lahser said. Lasher said it is likely that state health officials may have to deal with future cases. "I don't think we'd be surprised to see additional cases given the ease of international travel," Lasher said. Rackham student Christine Wong said many of her friends from Hong Kong are reconsidering travel plans to go back home for thesummer. "When I talked to people in early March, most of them still didn't have any problems with going back, but now that the World Health Organiza- tion has put out such a blanket warn- ing, a lot of people are thinking about canceling," Wong said. Wong said she is concerned about relatives in Hong Kong and Toronto - both areas that have been hard-hit with SARS. "I've talked to my parents in Toronto and all the places that are usual- ly crowded with Chinese people are pretty deserted," Wong said. But she said her parents don't seem that concerned. "Actually, just a couple days ago, my mom went to a Chinese mall knowing that there'd be less people there," she said. Gavin said because of increased awareness of the disease there have been calls to the hospitals by people con- cerned that they might have contracted SARS. She recommended that students consult the CDC's website. WAR Continued from Page 1 government could be held in Iraq with- in a week, a senior Pentagon official said last night. For the first time in the war, large parts of Baghdad lost electricity. The cause was not known. Myers told reporters at a Pentagon briefing that Americans had not targeted the power grid. Tracer rounds lit the night sky and artillery boomed near the airport a few miles from the heart of Saddam Hus- sein's capital. Army units encountered little resistance along the airport road, their convoy passing dead Iraqiasoldiers and piles of discarded military uni- forms. At one stage, it appeared that U.S. forces had taken control of the airport "and then it got more confusing." with NEWS IN BRIEFx:- GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Israeli forces kill 4 Palestinians in raids Israeli troops looking for weapons-smuggling tunnels raided a Gaza refugee camp early yesterday, killing four armed Palestinians in exchanges of fire and demolishing five houses. In the West Bank, two Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed by army fire. East of Gaza City, next to the border with Israel, a Palestinian was shot dead and another wounded as they picked vegetables near the Israeli communal farm of Nahal Oz, doctors at the city's Shifa hospital said. In the army raid, soldiers backed by 35 tanks, four attack helicopters and more than a dozen bulldozers entered the Rafah camp near the Egyptian border. A fire- fight erupted. Four Palestinian gunmen were killed, including one hit by fire from an Apache helicopter, and seven were wounded. The army said the raid was meant to uncover tunnels used for smuggling weapons from Egypt, and that four houses were razed. Palestinians put the number of demol- ished homes at five. No tunnels were discovered but four soldiers were wounded when a bomb went off under a tank. The militant Islamic group Hamas, which has killed hundreds of Israelis in attacks, claimed responsibility for the tank attack. SEOUL, South Korea S. Korea pressures North to partake in talks South Korea's president yesterday urged North Korea to take part in talks amid fears it may pull out of a Cabinet-level meeting next week aimed at reducing tensions. South Korean officials have said they hope to use the talks, scheduled for next Monday to Thursday, to try to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear ambi- tions in return for aid and better ties with the outside world. North Korea called off two lower-level meetings with South Korea last week. Seoul fears it may also cancel the Cabinet-level talks, Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Jung-ro said. "Mutual efforts are important. North Korea must sincerely talk with South Korea with an open attitude," President Roh Moo-hyun was quoted as saying by his chief spokeswoman. The president's comments came shortly after diplomats in New York said the U.N. Security Council would meet next Wednesday to discuss the crisis over North Korea's suspected nuclear weapons program. China expressed hope that the talks will lead to a political solution. HILISBORO, Oregon FBI det engineer suspected of terror ties An Arab-American software engineer at Intel Corp. has been seized by armed FBI agents and jailed in solitary confine- ment for two weeks without charges, friends say. "They haven't even questioned him once in the entire two weeks," said Steven McGeady, a former Intel execu- tive who was Maher Hawash's boss. Hawash is being held as a material witness under a federal law that lets the government detain people expected to testify before a grand jury. The government won't give any details publicly about the case, including when a grand jury will convene or when Hawash will appear. His attorneys can't discuss the matter because of a federal gag order. His wife, Lisa, won't talk about it because she fears repercsiqns. But the man's friends say the arrest could be related to a $10,000 he made to the Global Relief Foundation, an Islamic charity investigated for links to terrorism. PHOENIX Court to review death sentences of 27 men The Arizona Supreme Court said yes- terday it will review the death sentences of 27 inmates to determine whether the men should be resentenced. The inmates had wanted their convic- tions and sentences thrown out because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that found Arizona's old death sentencing law unconstitutional because judges - not jurors - decided facts that could lead to a death sentence. However, the state's high court said the trials were fundamentally fair and that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling didn't require throwing out all the sentences. But it said the court must now review each case to determine whether individ- ual circumstances require resentencings. In response to the Supreme Court ruling, the Arizona Legislature last summer rewrote the death penalty sen- tencing law to have juries decide both the facts that should be considered and the actual sentence. PHILADELPHIA State legislatures ore over beer tax es With cash tight and bills looming, at least 19 state legislatures are.iher.eon- sidering plans to boost beer taxes.or have already done it. Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has pro- posed one of the heftiest hikes, a plan that would raise the tax on a gallon of beer for the first time since 1947, from 8 cents to a quarter. It would add 14 cents to the cost of an average six pack and raise $55 million. At least 23 states have considered rais- ing beer taxes in the past two years, but only a handful of proposals have passed, according to The Beer Institute, an indus- try lobbying group. The proposals have generated loud complaints from brewers who say their products are already heavily taxed and from lawmakers who insist that brewers will pass increased costs down to con- sumers - who for the most part are working class families, lawmakers said. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. ++ *t ' a The Native American Student Association and the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs present: The 31st Annual "Dance for Mother Earth" Ann Arbor Pow Wow Friday, April 4th Doors Open: 5:00pm Grand Entry: 7:00pm Saturday, April 5th Doors Open: 11:00am Grand Entries: 1:00 & 7:00pm Sunday, April 6th Doors Open: 11:00am Grand Entry: 1:00pm General Public: $10.00 Students (High School & College w/ID): $7.00 Seniors: $5.00 Children (4-12): $5.00 Children (under 12): Free Family Passes: $25.00 Weekend Passes: $15.00 No group sales at the door. 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