4 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 20, 2002 NATION WORLD U.N. inspectors tell Baghdad to NEWS IN BRIEF release u weapons inventory Party says theater rescue was botched w BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The chief U.N. weapons inspectors, wrapping up a critical two-day visit, urged Iraqi officials yesterday to look again in their nuclear, chemical and biological "stocks and stores" to ensure they have no weapons-making to report. Iraq's position that it has no weapons of mass destruction "must be convincingly shown by docu- mentation, by evidence," said Hans Blix, head of the U.N. weapons-hunting team. "We don't think that has yet been convincing- ly done." Blix and chief U.N. nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei spoke with reporters after Iraqi officials confirmed they would meet a U.N. deadline and file by Dec. 8 a comprehensive list of nuclear, chemical and biological programs, including any meant to develop weapons. The two U.N. officials offered a "light at the end of the tunnel" for Iraq, however, saying that if the Baghdad government cooperates fully with their inspections, they might be able to report in about one year that it has complied with Security Council requirements and U.N. economic sanctions on Iraq should be lifted. Blix and ElBaradei, who depart today, led advance teams of about two dozen U.N. officials who returned to Baghdad on Monday to resume the weapons inspection program that ended abruptly four years ago. Additional inspectors arrive next Monday, and their first field operations are expected by Nov. 27. The latest Security Council resolution calls the inspections a "final opportunity" for Iraq to meet its post-Gulf War obligations to give up any weapons of mass destruction. President Bush has threatened mil- itary action if the Iraqis don't disarm. A seven-year inspection regime in the 1990s dis- mantled Iraq's nuclear program before it could build a bomb, and destroyed large amounts of chemical and biological weapons and longer-range missiles forbidden by postwar U.N. resolutions. But some chemical weapons in particular were believed never destroyed, and U.S. intelligence reports suggest the Iraqis may have rebuilt some weapons programs since the inspectors pulled out in 1998. The new Security Council resolution gives the U.N. teams greater powers to inspect Iraqi sites any- where at any time. The most senior official on the Blix-ElBaradei schedule of meetings here was Foreign Minister Naji Sabri. After that session late yesterday, ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters, "I think we heard from the Iraqi side they will do everything humanly possible to cooperate." Blix said the Iraqis had agreed in their discus- sions to open a U.N. inspectors office in the north- ern city of Mosul, and to expand their Baghdad office to accommodate the hundreds of interna- tional weapons experts who will come and go in coming months. The Swedish ex-diplomat, chairman of the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commis- sion, reaffirmed the importance of Iraq's upcom- ing Dec. 8 list. It is the standard by which the international community will judge whether Presi- dent Saddam Hussein's government is lying or telling the truth about its interest in the most advanced weapons. A Russian political party said yesterday that its investigation into last month's deadly hostage crisis revealed officials in charge of the rescue acted negligently. Almost all of the 128 hostages who died in the crisis were killed by an opiate gas used to knock out the gunmen before Russian special forces troops raided the building. Many human rights groups and liberal lawmakers criticized the govern- ment because it didn't tell doctors about the gas quickly enough and didn't organ- ize timely treatment of victims. "Negligence on the part of officials in charge ... was the chief cause of the numerous deaths," said lawmaker Eduard Vorobyov, who led the liberal Union of Right Forces' probe, according to the Interfax news agency. The government has said it had to release the gas to avoid more casualties among the 800 people in the audience. Officials have also said more than 1,000 doses of antidote were prepared to help victims. Vorobyov said the party interviewed 11 experts, including people who took part in the events. In remarks on NTV television, he quoted one expert as saying that saving people was not the authorities' first priority. "The primary task was liquidating the terrorists. What would happen to the people - that was secondary," he quoted the expert as saying. LONDON Britain considers revising sex offense laws Prime Minister Tony Blair's government yesterday proposed an overhaul of Britain's Victorian-era sex offense laws, urging Parliament to crack down on sexu- al predators and to repeal remaining laws against gay male sex. "The law on sexual offenses is archaic and incoherent," Home Secretary David Blunkett told the House of Commons, saying that the last major sex offense act, passed 46 years ago, was mostly a consolidation of 19th-century law. "Our proposals for reform reflect changes in society and social attitudes, and most importantly will better protect the public, particularly children and the vul- nerable," said Blunkett, the minister responsible for law and order. Proposed new statutes would prohibit buying the sexual services of a child, causing or encouraging children to be sexually exploited and facilitating the com- mercial sexual exploitation of a child. The legislation would cover victims up to the age of 18. Blunkett also suggested creating a new offense against "grooming" children for sexual exploitation which would apply to adults who meet a child - in person or on the Internet - with the intention of taking sexual advantage. i Israeli army kills Palestinian teen, militia member NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - Five Palestinians died yesterday when Israeli soldiers swept through the West Bank town of Tulkarem, one a leading militant and another a teenager who had climbed on top of an Israeli armored vehicle, Palestini- ans said. Mideast violence that has persisted for two years shows no signs of abat- ing, despite efforts by the United States, Europe and others to mediate a truce. Soldiers tried to arrest Tarek Zaghal, a leader of the Al Aqsa Mar- tyrs' Brigade militia, wounding him as he tried to escape. He later died of his wounds, Palestinians said. The Al Aqsa group is linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement. Near Tulkarem, two Palestinians were killed when their car crashed after running an Israeli army road- block, the Israeli military said. The military statement said soldiers opened fire after the car tried to run them over. Israel is maintaining control of most of the main West Bank popula- tion centers after an incursion in mid- June, a response to Palestinian suicide bomb attacks inside Israel. Curfews are in force much of the time, confining hundreds of thou- sands of people to their homes. Palestinians said a 15-year-old boy was shot and killed yesterday when he climbed on top of an Israeli armored vehicle in the center of Tulkarem. The military said soldiers shot at a Palestin- ian who threw a firebomb at a tank, endangering soldiers. Another Palestinian, a night watch- man, was shot dead at his post in front of a building, Palestinians said. 'v ,n4. AP PHOTO An Israeli settler tends to her baby yesterday in a settlement expansion outpost in the West Bank town of Hebron. NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ. Police cars become newest spot for ads Cash-strapped police departments around the country are considering sell- ing advertising space on their patrol cars - an idea that has some officers worried they will get stuck driving around with a really embarrassing ad. "I don't want my officers driving around in a car that says, 'Trojan: Ribbed for extra pleasure,"' said Louis Napoletano, public safety director of Long Branch. "We've come a long way to be perceived as professional, and this would set us way back." Government Acquisitions LLC, a company in Charlotte N.C., started sell- ing the ads about two months ago. The deal works like this: A police department agrees to put ads on its patrol cars, usually on the hoods or on the side and rear. In return, Government Acquisitions provides new patrol cars to the department for $1, and replaces them every three years. The company keeps the ad revenue. PRAGUE, Czech Republic NATO meets as war in Iraq looms ahead President Bush urged NATO allies to "come with us" and help disarm Sad- dam Hussein, even as summit diplo- mats said yesterday the alliance will not take up arms collectively against Iraq. Bush, arriving first among 19 NATO leaders for a two-day gather- ing shadowed by intense security, said alliance nations can find ways individually to support his campaign against Saddam. "Everybody can contribute some- thing;' he told Czech TV as the White House sought to lower expectations for a major NATO statement on Iraq. "It all has got to be done within the strategy of the true threats we face in the 21st century, which is global terror- ism. That's the biggest threat to free- dom right now," he said. EL CAJON, Calif. Men paid homeless to fight, lawyers say Prosecutors brought new charges yesterday against four men accused of paying the homeless to fight for a videotape, saying the defendants induced some of the brawls by offering beer and doughnuts. The men were charged with battery, illegal fight promotion and conspiracy in connection with the "Bumfights: A Cause for Concern" videotape sold over the Internet. They were already charged with soliciting an assault with deadly force. All four entered innocent pleas and said through their attorneys they plan to challenge the charges. Defense lawyers have said much of the action on the tape was staged and contend the charges are vague and legally inadequate. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. I Semester or orld Peace at Maharishi University of Management e 800-369-6480 SEE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT QUITE RIGHT? 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Because of technical changes the Sen- ate made, however, the House is expected to provide final congressional approval Friday with an anticlimactic voice vote. Senators cleared the way for the final vote by rejecting, 52-47, a Demo- cratic bid to block provisions that will aid vaccine producers and other indus- tries. That vote came after Republican leaders made last-minute concessions that ensured support from four moder- ate senators. "This bill still needs work," said Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) voicing the mis- givings of Democrats who opposed the pro-industry provisions. But he said he supported the legislation because of "the tremendous chal- lenge facing the country" to combat terror. As Congress neared adjournment for the year, the Senate sent Bush a bill making the government the insurer of last resort for terrorist attacks, with a maximum annual tab to taxpayers of $90 billion. The vote was 86-11. 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