2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 22, 2002 NATION/WORLD NATO joins pledge to disarm Iraq PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) - Heeding President Bush's call, NATO leaders pledged yesterday to help the United Nations "fully and immediately" disarm Iraq. They also redrew the political map of Europe, reaching behind the former Iron Curtain for seven new members. Barely a decade after winning independence from Moscow, the Baltic nations of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania joined former communist states Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia as the next wave of NATO states. "Events have moved faster than we could possibly have imagined," said Estonian Prime Minister Siim Kallas. On the summit sidelines, Bush and his foreign policy team lobbied feverishly for an anti-Iraq NATO statement while urging individual allies to ante up troops and other military assistance for possible war against Iraq. The results were mixed: Bush won partial victory on the Iraq statement while the war solicitations received lukewarm responses from allies inside and outside NATO. In a four-paragraph statement, the 19-member alliance unanimously echoed the U.N. call for "severe con- sequences" should Iraq hold on to its weapons of mass destruction. The phrase is Bush's license to wage war as a last resort, the White House said. But the statement did not threaten collective military action by the 19- nation alliance nor did it prevent some allies - particularly Germany and France - from distancing them- selves from Bush's zero tolerance position and even the document itself. It did commit the alliance to tak- ing "effective action to assist and support the efforts of the U.N." That pledge was designed to make NATO's logistical and diplomatic assets available to the United Nations, though it could be read as offering the alliance's military sup- port, said a senior Bush administra- tion official. That official, speaking on condi- tion of anonymity, said neither the United States nor its allies envisions using NATO's military capacity to help enforce the resolution. KUWAIT CITY Two U.S. soldiers shot by Kuwaiti police A Kuwaiti policeman shot and seriously wounded two American soldiers on a desert highway yesterday in the latest violence against U.S. troops who are preparing for a possible showdown with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The soldiers, in civilian clothes, were shot as they traveled in an unmarked car from the U.S. base at Camp Doha toward a garrison near Oraifijan, about 35 miles south of Kuwait City. The Kuwaiti Interior Ministry said a junior patrol officer shot the men and fled to neighboring Saudi Arabia, where he remained at large. The statement did not indi- cate the assailant's motive. Anti-American sentiment is on the rise in the Mideast as military action against Iraq looms. The shooting raised concern about the safety of some 10,000 U.S. troops stationed in Kuwait, a country that would serve as a key staging ground in any con- flict with Iraq. U.S. troops drove Saddam's army from Kuwait in the 1991 Gulf War, and most Kuwaitis support the U.S. military's role here. But the latest shooting, following an attack last month that killed a U.S. Marine, could indicate rising resentment. The patrol officer apparently flagged the Americans' car down, possibly for speed- ing, before the shooting, a Kuwaiti official said. But other reports indicated the attacker fired from his car as the Americans passed. WASHINGTON High-ranking leader of al-Qaida captured Al-Qaida leader Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the network's chief of operations in the Persian Gulf, has been captured, senior U.S. government officials said yesterday. Al-Nashiri, a suspected mastermind of the USS Cole bombing in October 2000, was taken in an undisclosed foreign country earlier this month and is now in U.S. custody, officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. He is the highest-ranking al-Qaida operative captured since the CIA, FBI and Pakistani authorities captured Osama bin Laden's operations chief, Abu Zubaydah, in Faisalabad, Pakistan, in March. U.S. officials had recently said a senior al-Qaida leader had been caught, but they had declined to identify him. On Sunday, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said the leader was providing information to his interrogators. Al-Nashiri is suspected in a number of other al-Qaida terrorist plots, including the 1998 East Africa embassy bombings. He is believed to have recruited his cousin, Azzam, to train in Afghanistan and serve as one of the suicide bombers in the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. Al-Nashiri, born in Mecca, Saudi Ara- bia, is believed to be in his mid-30s and a longtime associate of bin Laden. S AP PHOTO Seated in Vladislav Hall in Prague Castle, state and government leaders from 46 countries attend a dinner as part of the NATO summit yesterday. Firms seek profit from security plan J WASHINGTON (AP) - The ink is barely dry on the new Homeland Secu- rity Department legislation, but corpo- rate lobbyists are already chasing the pot of gold it offers. One German-based contractor has started a political action committee and recruited budget experts to help its pitch for U.S. anti-terror money. Microsoft has hired a former Coast Guard com- mander to oversee its homeland bidding. And several firms are creating special units to help companies compete for bil- lions in new national security spending. "It's our intent to become a politically sophisticated player here," said Gregg Ward, head of the Washington lobbying office of German-based Siemens AG, whose business includes medical sys- tems, information technology, energy, transportation and communications. The bill approved this week to create a domestic security department offers high-tech companies a chance to share in at least $500 million a year in research and development grants. And they hope that's just for starters. The new department will give industry a front-row seat as it sets its priorities. The legislation calls for "private sector advisory councils" composed of industry and trade group representatives who will advise the department on security products, services and policies. The government's anti-terror spend- ing could reach into the billions in com- ing months - an enticing prospect for many companies as the faltering econo- my makes new business hard to find. Siemens currently is sharing a $1.37 billion federal contract with Boeing to install and maintain explosive detec- tion equipment in airports and to train baggage screeners. The company is using that U.S. con- tract, awarded in June by the Trans- portation Security Administration, as a selling point as it seeks similar work in other countries, Ward said. Siemens is seeking to raise its profile in Washington through a PAC funded by its employees and through its new pro- curement office. The company is hiring four or five people specifically to pursue government contracts, and is looking for those with experience in appropriations in government, said Ward, an assistant secretary in the Energy Department dur- ing the first Bush administration. Siemens is also trying to win state business. Its health care information technology company won a contract from Pennsylvania to link hospitals so they are alerted whenever an emer- gency room physician reports potential "The public procurement, the public accounts are that much more attractive .particularly in the security area and the defense area, obviously the budget continues to increase." - Gregg Ward Head, Siemens Washington lobbying office bioterrorism-related illnesses such as anthrax or smallpox. "For most companies, the private market is relatively flat right now and has been for a little while," Ward said. "The public procurement, the public accounts are that much more attractive ... particularly in the security area and the defense area, obviously the budget continues to increase." Siemens is far from alone in real- izing that. Others who have include Cerberus Capital Partners, which hired the Phoenix-based lobbying firm of former Vice President Dan Quayle to pursue contracting opportunities for companies in which it has an interest. The government's anti-terrorism effort is shaping up as an industry unto itself; the phrase "homeland security" began popping up on lobby registra- tions almost as soon as President Bush coined it last fall. Dozens of companies have regis- tered to lobby for domestic security contracts and grants in the past year, joining an already-long roster of busi- nesses seeking military contracts. Those hoping for homeland defense money include some long in the security business who are repackaging their products and services for government consumption and turning to lobbyists for help navigating the complex world of procurement. Seven killed in Ercu1ador explosion RIOBAMBA, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuadorean highlanders searched through remnants of their homes yes- terday after an army ammunition depot exploded and set off blasts that ripped through a neighborhood. At least seven people were killed and more than 140 injured. The smell of gunpowder still hung in the air a day after the explosions shat- tered windows, knocked down brick walls, and ripped roofs from homes across seven blocks in this mountain city of 150,000 people. "We're headed for the countryside, resident Elsa Fandi said as she carried her 2-year-old son, his forehead cut by glass shards. "We're getting out of here." President Gustavo Noboa visited the city yesterday and declared a state of emergency. The 20-minute chain of explosions began Wednesday afternoon when a hand grenade went off and detonated the ammunition dump at a tank base in Riobamba, 100 miles south of Quito in a valley surrounded by snow capped mountains. Noboa said the grenade was accidentally dropped during an inspection at the storage site. Most of the injuries resulted from flying glass fragments, according to the Red Cross. Three soldiers and a civil- ian were killed on the base. The other three fatalities were in the city. Witnesses said they initially thought the explosion was an earthquake or the eruption of the 16,500-foot Tungurahua volcano, 20 miles to the northeast. "There isn't a house in Riobamba without a broken window," Riobamba JAKARTA, Indonesia Police find suspected planner of bombings Police arrested yesterday an alleged planner of the Bali bombings that killed nearly 200 people, Indonesia's chief of intelligence said. Imam Samudra, an Afghan-trained militant said to have links to the al- Qaida-affiliated Jemaah Islamiyah terror group, allegedly planned the Oct. 12 attack and helped build the bombs that blew up near two nightclubs. Samudra was arrested in the western port town of Merak, A.M. Hendropriy- ono, chief of the national intelligence agency, told The Associated Press. Police are trying to find seven other suspects. Samudra's arrest could give them much-needed clues into the work- ings of Jemaah Islamiyah, which has, planned a series of attacks against West- ern interests in Southeast Asia. On Sunday, police released sketches of six of the suspects, raided Islamic board- ing schools and swept rural villages where they were believed to be hiding. SIDON, Lebanon Gunman kills U.S. missionary in Lebanon A gunman fired three bullets into the head of an American missionary yester- day at the clinic where she worked as a nurse. It was believed to be the first tar- geted killing of a U.S. citizen in Lebanon in more than a decade. Bonnie Penner, 31, was slain at the Unity Center, which houses a Christian chapel and a clinic. Investigators said they believe the gunman knocked at the door of the clinic and shot Penner in the head with a 7mm pistol. A colleague found the woman's body lying in a pool of blood, police said. The center's director, the Rev. Sami Dagher, said there were no threats before the killing and the motive was not known. NOIA, Spain Spain coast hit by oil spill remnants Waves of black sludge from a major oil spill washed ashore amid high winds and driving rain yester- day, tarring new stretches of north- west Spain's scenic coastline and further threatening the region's multi- million-dollar fishing industry. The regional government extended a ban on fishing and shellfish harvesting declared Saturday, when oil from the tanker Prestige first reached land. The widest ban now covers more than 186 miles of Galicia coastline from Ferrol south to Ribeiro. About 2.7 million gallons or more of fuel oil leaked from the Bahamas- flagged tanker in several spills start- ing Nov. 13, when it cracked its hull in a storm. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. 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