2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 20, 2003 Officia l suggest 44mobilizing Iraq's._ iS r ,1___1 _ Z1la S NATION/WORLD als dana BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Deadly ambush teams struck U.S. Army tar- gets from west to north in the arc of resistance around Baghdad, and the interim Iraqi leader called yesterday for an immediate mobilization of the old Iraqi army to help the harried Americans. The United States would "speed the process of relieving the burden on its troops" by recalling the disbanded Iraqi military, said Iyad Allawi, current pres- ident of the Iraqi Governing Council. The idea got a cool reception, however, from Baghdad's U.S.-led occupation authorities. Attackers killed two U.S. soldiers Attackers k in a clash outside T * the northern city U.S. soldier of Kirkuk late Sat- outside the urday, and others .h blasted a broken- city of Kirk down convoy in Sauday. the western flash- SatUr point city of Fallu- jah, setting off spectacular explosions from an ammu- nition truck. After the Fallujah ambush, Ameri- can troops opened fire as they sped away, killing one civilian and wound- ing at least four others, witnesses and hospital officials said. In the attack near Kirkuk, 160 miles north of Baghdad, an American mounted patrol was ambushed by ,rocket-propelled grenades and small- arms fire at 10:45 p.m. Saturday, said Maj. Josslyn Aberle, 4th Infantry Division spokeswoman. The patrol returned fire, but no additional enemy contact followed, she said. In addition to the two killed, a third American was wounded, Aberle reported. Early yesterday, about 30 miles west of that attack, U.S. troops were hit with grenades and small arms fire near Hawija, and killed three Iraqis . rs when they returned fire, the 4th Infantry Division reported. Still far- ther west, near Beiji, American forces detained five attackers after a brief firefight, the division said. On the eastern edge of Fallujah, 35 miles west of Baghdad, a U.S. Army ammunition truck, part of a convoy, broke down on the main road late yes- terday morning and came under attack,, the U.S. command said in Baghdad. The truck and possibly two other vehi- cles apparently were hit by rocket-pro- pelled grenades. "Shells were flying everywhere, like fireworks," shopkeeper Khalil al- Qubaisi, 45, said illed two of the exploding a mm u nit io0n s in a clash truck. Dozens of northern Iraqi youths danced and k late cheered as the vehicles went up in flames. Witnesses said U.S. troops try- ing to approach the site pulled back after coming under grenade attack, and opened fire around themselves as they left. "I was fixing my car on the other side of the street, and Americans fired in a circular motion as they tried to leave," said Thaer Ibrahim, 30, who was wounded in the shoulder by the American fire. Four other civilians were hit, and one later died, said Dr. Rafae al-Issawi, director of Fallujah General Hospital. In Baghdad, the U.S. command said there were no Ameri- can casualties. The deaths in Kirkuk brought to 103 the number of Americans killed by hostile fire since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1. A total of 338 Americans have died since the invasion of Iraq in March, 217 of them in combat. NEWS INBRIEF VATICAN CITY Ceremony moves nun toward sainthood More than a quarter-million people - rich and poor, royal and regular - flooded St. Peter's Square yesterday for the beatification of Mother Teresa, honor- ing the nun who built shelters, orphanages and clinics around the world to care for those forsaken by everyone else. Pope John Paul II presided over the open-air Mass but, for the first time in a major Vatican ceremony, was unable to utter a word of his homily, leaving other prelates to do so. In the few prayers he did say, his words were so slurred and shaky they could barely be understood. John Paul did declare Mother Teresa "blessed," moving the woman many called a living saint for her work in the slums of Calcutta one step closer to official sainthood - and bestowing the honor during his 25th anniversary celebrations. It has been a particularly grueling week for the ailing, 83-year-old pope, cele- brating his anniversary Mass on Thursday and gearing up for another lengthy cer- emony Tuesday to install 30 new cardinals. The Vatican estimated yesterday's crowd at 300,000 - one of its largest ever - and the ceremony was a colorful mix of Indian dance and sitar music with tra- ditional Catholic hymns, reflecting the cultures in which Mother Teresa lived and worked. EIN YABRUD, West Bank Gunmen kill 3 Israeli soldiers in ambush i I AP PHOTO President Bush and first lady Laura Bush walk along the base of Phra Siratana Chedi, yesterday in Bangkok, Thailand. Nations look to curb tension over N. Korea Palestinian gunmen ambushed an Israeli army patrol in a West Bank town at sundown yesterday, killing three soldiers, Israeli security sources and rescue serv- ices said. The deadly attack came a few hours after Palestinians in Gaza fired rockets at Israeli towns, and Israeli forces wound up a phase of a wide-ranging operation in a Palestinian refugee camp on the Egyptian border. Security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Palestinians ambushed an Israeli army foot patrol in the Palestinian village of Ein Yabrud, east of the West Bank town of Ramallah. Three soldiers were killed and another was seriously wounded, they said. A spokesman for the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, loosely linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, told The Associated Press its members carried out the ambush. "A group of our fighters attacked an Israeli patrol in Ein Yabrud, killing and injuring many soldiers," he said by telephone, speaking on condition of anonymity. BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Pres- ident Bush said yesterday for the first time that the United States, China and other nations may try to defuse a crisis with North Korea by offering Pyongyang written security assurances in exchange for a commitment to scrap its nuclear weapons program. Bush rejected North Korea's demand for a formal no-invasion treaty, saying, "That's off the table." But he left the door open for a security pledge, agreed to by several countries, that would fall short of an actual treaty. Nuclear tensions hung over today's opening of a 21-nation summit of Asian-Pacific leaders, along with dis- putes over trade and the U.S. occupa- tion of postwar Iraq. On the economic front, China refused to give ground in a currency argument with Washington. Bush was meeting over breakfast today with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun to explore how to end the North Korea impasse. It was at the top of the agenda yesterday when Bush met with Chinese President Hu Jintao, who pledged to encourage North Korea to return to multiparty nuclear talks soon. With at least two nuclear weapons in its arsenal, North Korea startled the world last year when it admitted to running a secret weapons program. In August, talks between the United States, China, Russia, Japan and the two Koreas in Beijing ended without agreement on a next round. i For all those who think a "good job" means 90-hour work weeks and pin-stripe suits... I| WASHINGTON Poll reflects growing health care concerns The public's growing unease with the current health care system has built support for a new approach that would mean care for all Americans and changes in laws governing prescription drugs, a poll suggests. A sizable majority, 70 percent, said it should be legal for Americans to buy pre- scription drugs outside the United States, according to the ABC News-Washington Post poll. One in eight respondents said they or someone in their home has done just that. Such purchases can save money but they violate the law. The poll released yesterday found that more than half of Americans, 54 percent, are dissatisfied with the overall quality of health care in the United States while 44 percent are satisfied. That dissatisfaction is 10 percentage points higher than in 2000 and higher than it has been in the past decade when compared with earlier surveys. LA PAZ, Bolivia New leader hastens to form government Bolivia's new president scrambled to assemble a Cabinet just hours before the ministers were to be sworn in yesterday, while Bolivians recovered from weeks of deadly street protests that brought down the previous government. Carlos Mesa took office Friday after protests forced former President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada to flee to the United States. Mesa has promised a new Cabi- net, independent of political parties, to confront the nation's crippling social problems. Sanchez de Lozada was forced out after 65 people died in rioting sparked by his unpopular plan to export natural gas abroad. Labor leaders and Indian groups used the clashes to express their frustra- tions that the government has failed to improve living conditions. CHICAGO Lights blamed for Chicago's deadly fire E 1 The fire that killed six people in a 35-story government office building may have been started by malfunction- ing light fixtures, investigators said yesterday. An electrical engineer was hired to test the fixtures, wires and switches in the 12th floor storage room where the fire began Friday. The results may not be available for up to two weeks, said Tom Ahern, spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Although a cause has not been deter- mined, officials have said they do not believe the fire was arson. Employees of the secretary of state's office said they first spotted flames near the ceiling. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. 0 WWW.MICHIGANDAILY.COM The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily's office for $2. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $105. Winter term (January through April) is $110, yearlong (September through April) is $190. University affiliates are subject to a reduced subscription rate. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscrip- tions must be prepaid. 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