C 2 - The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, December 2, 2003 NATION WORLD Iraqis step up coordination, attacks NEWS IN BRIEF 1 ... j .,.., .... SAMARRA, Iraq (AP) - One of the bloodiest engagements since the fall of Saddam Hussein showed a new, deadlier side of the Iraqi insurgency: stepped-up, coordinated assaults by groups of guerrillas bent on battle rather than a hit-and-run attack, the U.S. military said yesterday. "Here it seems they had the training to stand and fight," said Capt. Andy Deponai, whose tank was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade during the firefight Sunday in Samarra, north of Baghdad. Residents disputed U.S. assertions that dozens of Iraqi fighters died, saying fewer than 10 were killed and that most of those were civilians. The well-coordinated ambushes sig- naled an escalation of guerrilla tactics, although the attack in Samarra was unsuccessful. A dozen cars lay gutted and wrecked in the streets yesterday, and bullet holes pocked many build- ings. A mosque and a kindergarten also were damaged. Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said that in one of the ambushes, a dozen attackers dashed out of a mosque and opened fire on U.S. military vehicles. They also fired from alleyways and rooftops. "It was a large group of people," Kimmitt said in Baghdad. "Are we looking at this one closely? Yes. Is this something larger than we've seen over the past couple of months? Yes. Are we concerned about it? We'll look at it and take appropriate meas- ures in future operations." Insurgents struck elsewhere yester- day. West of Baghdad, gunmen ambushed a U.S. military convoy, killing one soldier, the U.S. military said. The attack with small arms fire occurred near Habbaniyah, 50 miles west of Baghdad, the military said. A U.S. Army general said Iraqi insurgents in Baghdad appear to have a central leadership that finances attacks and instructs eight to 12 rebel bands operating in the city when to attack and when to lie low. But Brig. Gen. Martin Dempsey said the instructions were not specific. "The manner of attack is up to the individual bands as long as the efforts disrupt and discredit the U.S.-led coalition and any progress it has made," said Dempsey, who commands the Army's 1st Armored Division, which controls Baghdad and the surrounding region. He said he believed a recent lull in attacks in Baghdad stemmed from an order to refrain from action during coali- tion offensives against guerrilla targets. The fighting in Samarra, 60 miles north of the Iraqi capital, represented a greater level of coordination in the Iraqi insurgency, although U.S. forces said they had anticipated the attacks and blunted them with superior firepower. Deponai said he was surprised by the ' L11:A 11LL1V Li 7 L'L\V1VL hl\V V 1V it 1 L1 L' W Vi\Lil AP PHOTO Residents of Samarra, Iraq, investigate the damage yesterday left near the Samarra Hospital where a bus and several vehicles were shot up and burned during a clash between U.S. troops and Iraqi fighters Sunday. U.S. govt drops special registration system The government is scrapping a rule imposed after the Sept. 11 attacks that required men and boys from countries with suspected links to terrorism to register multiple times with U.S. officials. The rule forced tens of thousands of Middle Easterners and others visiting America to provide personal information to government officials. Asa Hutchinson, the Homeland Security Department's undersecretary for border and transportation security, said a new registration system that will apply to more foreigners will be in place next month, making the current program unnecessary. The program will end today when a notice is published in the Federal Regis- ter. Hutchinson said it could be used again if there is another terrorist attack linked to a foreign country. Critics who contend the rule infringed on the rights of law-abiding citizens welcomed its end. But they tempered their response with warnings that the requirement already had caused damage in Arab and Muslim communities and that the government still has rules in place that discriminate against those groups. "There's more that would have to be done to right this wrong, but it is one step toward making the program less discriminatory in the future," said Tim Edgar, American Civil Liberties Union legislative counsel. The rule is part of a program known as National Security Entry Exit Registration System, or NSEERS. Stock market sets record with 18-month high Investors sent stocks surging yesterday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials up more than 115 points and into the shadow of 10,000 after a pair of reports showed better-than-expected growth in the nation's manufacturing sector and construction spending. Retail stocks dipped although stores had solid sales over the Thanksgiv- ing weekend. Investors returned to the market with enthusiasm following a holi- day week of lighter trading, and the manufacturing report from the Institute for Supply Management contributed to their zeal, said Todd Leone, managing director of equity trading at SG Cowen Securities. "I think a lot of people were off last week, so they're coming in and buying today," Leone said. "Construction spending was good, but these ISM numbers have really pushed the market up." The Dow closed up 116.59, or 1.2 percent, at 9,899.05, following a gain last week of 1.6 percent. The last time the index of 30 actively-traded blue chip stocks closed higher was May 31, 2002, when it ended the day at 9,925.30. It last closed above 10,000 on May 24, 2002. The Nasdaq composite index closed at its highest point in nearly two years, up 29.56, or 1.5 percent, at 1,989.82. I I scale of the attack on the convoys, which were carrying bundles of new Iraqi cur- rency, and that 30 to 40 assailants lay in wait near each of the two banks where the money was being delivered. "Up to now you've seen a pro- gression - initially it was hit-and- run, single RPG shots on patrols. Then they started doing volley fire, multiple RPG ambushes, and then from there, this is the first well- coordinated one," he said. REGISTRATION BEGINS APRIL 2004 Two Main Sessions: 9. .,. . .. .... . ..- -,.,,. 5--- May July 19 to June 30 6 to August 13 GW Summer ofers ar learping experience of uncommon quality, including 500 courses from 70 dferent areas of study. G W also ofers a unique selection of special institutes, { summer abroad programs, d distance learning courses.' .4.., 424~44 ~ 4' - by 4- - ,: : .... . _ _ ., <'--4- 5 _ ...... ,*:2224.. ,..v.. .v.z.4... . 2- .. .22 '. .-. -2 4..<2244f544. 4 , ~ 4*C4 > . . "It's hard to tell on the basis of one attack exactly what tactics may or may not be changing," Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a news conference with Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld in Brussels. "The fact is that in this particular case, about 50 or so of the enemy did collect together for whatever reason they thought was appropri- ate," Pace said. Israeli raid endangers potential ceas efire JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's mili- tary carried out a raid yesterday against suspected militants in the West Bank, killing three men and a boy, and an Israeli developer began construction of a Jewish neighborhood in the section of Jerusalem claimed by the Palestinians. The Israeli actions came at a deli- cate moment, as Palestinian officials and militants prepared to weigh a cease-fire with Israel, a model Mideast peace treaty was unveiled in Geneva and a U.S. envoy arrived in hopes of restarting peace talks. The army said its raid targeted the Hamas infrastructure in the Ramallah area, which it blamed for killing more than 60 Israelis in the past three years. The military said it killed three militants and made dozens of arrests. Palestinians said a 9-year-old boy also died. The housing project drew criticism from U.S., U.N. and Palestinian officials. Despite the concerns, bulldozers pushed ahead yesterday morning with road construction for the neighborhood of Nof Zahav, or Golden View. The development will abut a Palestinian village in the area Israel annexed after capturing the Arab section of Jerusalem in the 1967 war. Yehuda Levy, a Nof Zahav sponsor, said the private project is going up for commercial, not ideological reasons. He said the neighborhood would include 550 housing units, a hotel and schools. "Building of roads and other infra- structure started Sunday," Levy said. "We have all the permits we need." The Jerusalem municipality con- firmed that permits were granted for the road, and said the project would include 400 housing units. There was no expla- nation for the lower number of units. The project would be the first new Jewish neighborhood in east Jerusalem since two contentious developments in the late 1990s - the hilltop neighbor- hood of Har Homa and a small Jewish housing project in the Arab neighbor- hood Ras al-Amud. The construction came as U.S. envoy William Burns was meeting with Israeli officials in hopes of reviving the "road map" peace plan. The road map, meant to end three years of violence and pave the way toward an independent Palestin- ian state by 2005, forbids any new Israeli "settlement activity." AlIDS Continued from Page 1 Thousands of activists marched and rallied in Nairobi to show support for people infected with HIV and to demand access to essential drugs. "It is depleting our stock of knowl- edge and reallocating family and national budgets," President Mwai Kibaki said. "Indeed, this disease could lead to the collapse of some economies in the next few genera- tions. We, therefore, owe it to humani- ty to fight this disease relentlessly." Health and Human Services Sec- r~tr Tnmmv Thm~m nzn ra nneale d BEIJING Earthquake kills 11, injures 34 in China A strong earthquake rumbled across western China's mountainous Xinjiang region yesterday, killing at least 11 people and shaking apart hundreds of flimsy homes near the border with Kazakhstan, the govern- ment said. At least 34 people were reported injured and more than 700 houses fell, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The 6.1 magnitude quake, in the sparsely populated Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, struck at 9:38 a.m., Xinhua said. The U.S. Geological Service's National Earth- quake Information Center in Col- orado recorded a slightly weaker magnitude of 5.7. The quake was reportedly felt as far away as Almaty, the capital of Kaza- khstan, about 100 miles west, the Russian news agency ITAR-Tass said. It said there were no reported injuries or damage. Report highlights flaws in dialysis care Some 300,000 Americans with failed kidneys stay alive by getting their blood cleaned three times a week at dialysis centers. But a new report says too many of those facilities pro- vide inadequate treatment. Government officials hope quality will improve in January when new Medicare payment rules give physi- cians financial incentives to examine dialysis patients more frequently. The change means a pay raise for kidney specialists who see dialysis patients at least four times a month, and a pay cut for those who have less frequent exams, now believed to be the norm. Officials push Bush to lower steel tariffs White House advisers are urging Pres- ident Bush to head off a global trade war by rolling back steep tariffs on imported steel, administration and industry offi- cials said yesterday. If he concurs - he is still reviewing the matter, the White House spokesman said - Bush risks alienating steel com- panies and workers in states that are important for his re-election. If he does- n't, a broad range of U.S. products could face retaliatory sanctions from Europe and elsewhere, angering other voters. A senior Bush adviser, speaking on condition of anonymity, said sev- eral key aides and agencies, includ- ing the office of the U.S. trade representative, have urged the presi- dent to drop the tariffs. - Compiledfrom Daily wire reports. 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