I 2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 5, 2004 NATION/WORLD Rioters kill troops in foui NAJAF, Iraq (AP) - Supporters of an anti- American cleric rioted in four Iraqi cities yester- day, killing eight U.S. troops and one Salvadoran soldier in the worst unrest since the spasm of looting and arson immediately after the fall of Saddam Hussein. The U.S. military yesterday reported two Marines were killed in a separate "enemy action" in Anbar province, raising the toll of American service members killed in Iraq to at least 610. The rioters were supporters of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. They were angry over Saturday's arrest on murder charges of one of al- Sadr's aides, Mustafa al-Yacoubi, and the closure of a pro-al-Sadr newspaper. Near the holy city of Najaf, a gunbattle at a Spanish garrison killed at least 22 people, includ- ing two coalition soldiers - an American and a Salvadoran. Fighting in the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City killed seven U.S. soldiers and wounded at least 24, the U.S. military said in a written statement. A resident said two Humvees were seen burning in the neighborhood, and some American soldiers had taken refuge in a building. The report could not be independently confirmed, and it was unclear whether the soldiers involved were those who died. A column of American tanks was seen moving through the center of Baghdad yesterday evening, possibly headed toward the fighting. AP PHOTO The military said the fighting erupted after iti members of a militia loyal to al-Sadr took control rican of police stations and government buildings in the neighborhood. C Iraqi cities NEWS IN BRIEF. Demonstrators rally past an American tank during an an American protest in Baghdad, Iraq, yesterday. Ten Amer troops were killed in protests in four Iraqi cities. STRIKE Continued from Page 1A salary hovers at $38,000 a year, Hallo- ran said. "Why are we being paid near the poverty level?" Halloran asked. "We're doing everything we're asked to do and more." The average annual salary for an LEO member on the Dearborn campus is $23,800. The 2003 poverty level for a four-person household was approximately $18,400, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Halloran also said many graduate student instructors are paid more than lecturers on a per-course basis-for the same class, a GSI could make $6,700 a term, while a lecturer could make $5,500 a term. She attributes this discrepancy to the strides GEO has made in its 30 years of existence. The Michigan Employment Relations Commission approved LEO last April, while its constitution was instated last month. The progress on job security negoti- ations has been equally unsatisfactory for LEO. "We spent eight weeks on job security (during bargaining), and we've made insufficient movement," Halloran said. The negotiations have produced an agreement on a tentative hiring arrangement based on seniority. LEO wants to eliminate lecturers temporary-worker status and w ing system based on clearer The union is asking that mem appointed indefinitely after a tionary period, with terminati for "cause." "This proposal would provide group of faculty with a level of j rity beyond that afforded mo instructional employees of the U ty," like those with tenure, Cour "The union's proposal would rep fundamental change in how the sity appoints its faculty." However, LEO believes thea tration is exaggerating its claim not want tenure. This is about who have been taken advantag Protesters clashed with Italian and British forces in other cities in a broad, violent challenge to the U.S.-led coalition, raising questions about its ability to stabilize Iraq ahead of a scheduled June 30 handover of power to Iraqis. With less than three months left before then, the U.S. occupation administrator appointed an Iraqi defense minister and chief of national intelligence. "These organizations will give Iraqis the means to defend their country against terrorists and insur- gents," L. Paul Bremer said at a press conference. The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said yesterday that the June 30 dead- line may need to be extended. The security situa- tion in some cities is in shambles and Iraqi police forces are not prepared to take over, said Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.). About three miles outside the holy city of Najaf, supporters of al-Sadr opened fire on the Spanish garrison during a street protest that drew about 5,000 people. The protesters were angry over the arrest of the cleric's aide, said the Span- ish Defense Ministry in Madrid. The attackers opened fire at about noon, said Cmdr. Carlos Herradon, a spokesman for the Spanish headquarters in nearby Diwaniyah. The Spanish and Salvadoran soldiers inside the garrison fired back, and assailants later regrouped in three clusters outside the base as the shooting continued for several hours. Two soldiers - a Salvadoran and an American - died and nine other soldiers were wounded, the Spanish defense ministry said. No other details were available. se a hir- years," Halloran said. criteria. Most lecturers are hired per term or bers be annually according to variable student proba- enrollment, budget and job openings. on only The University has proposed that lec- turers would be eligible for multi-year this one contracts after four years of continuous ob secu- service, Courant said. st other LEO's third major demand is a more Jniversi- comprehensive health benefits pack- ant said. age. They want an "extension of health resent a care benefits to year-round coverage, Univer- at no additional cost to the employee ... (and) no erosion of benefits and no adminis- increase in the cost of benefits," the ."We do LEO website states. workers The University has proposed to pro- e of for vide benefits over spring and summer terms for returning instructors who have worked at least half the courses of full-time employees. In the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, a lec- turer is deemed full-time after teaching three courses per semester. The administration worries that AND LEO's benefits proposals "would be -7) significantly more generous than the Est benefits offered to other faculty or employee groups," Courant said. Along with GEO, activist groups like Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality have been rallying support for LEO and its platform. "Students in SOLE are concerned that money given to lecturers is directly relat- ed to how much the University cares about our education," said LSA junior and SOLE member Lauren Heidtke. SOLE has organized education sessions in classes and outreach efforts. These include visits to class- rooms, placement of banners, chalk- ing and flyering. JERUSALEM:_. Sharon: Arafat possible assassination target Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said his pledge to the United States not to harm Yasser Arafat no longer holds, declaring that the Palestinian leader and the head of Lebanon's Hezbollah are potential targets for assassination. In an interview set for broadcast today by Israeli Army Radio, Sharon also said for the first time that under his plan to leave the Gaza Strip, evacuated Jewish set- tlements would not be destroyed. Sharon said three years ago he promised President Bush that Israel would not harm Arafat, but since then circumstances had changed. "Arafat was (then) given red carpet treatment everywhere in the world. Today it is clear to the United States and to everyone just who Arafat is," Sharon said. Israel and the United States are boycotting Arafat, charging that he is responsible for Palestinian violence. On March 22, Israel assassinated Sheik Ahmed Yassin, founder and leader of the violent Islamic Hamas movement, and officials said Israeli forces would mete out similar treatment to others involved in the group or execution of attacks on Israel. WINDSOR, Ontario Windsor casino shuts down; strike looms A labor dispute shut down Casino Windsor for a third day yesterday, diverting many would-be bettors to the three gambling halls across the river in Detroit. Casino Windsor management shut down operations at Friday night ahead of a threatened strike by 3,600 members of Canadian Auto Workers Local 444. Work- ers hit the picket lines starting Saturday morning. Casino Windsor lawyer George King said management would not resume nego- tiations unless it knew the union would make concessions. "Just because there are a lot demands on the table doesn't mean that we have to sit there and continue to give and give and give things that we don't think we need to give, and we don't want to give and we shouldn't give," King said. Negotiations broke off March 28. Union spokesman Bruce Browning said the casino's offer of 88-cent raises over three years was a slap in the face. "We're here everyday, we put a hard day's work in, we expect to get the respect that we deserve, and they're asking for concessions," Browning said. I COOKE] SPECIALIZING IN FILLET MIGNONS, HAWAIIAN CHICKEN, A PRIME RIBS HAPPY HOUR: M-F (4 GREAT DRINK SPECIAL Plymouth Rd. across from the watertower (2000 Commonwealth Blvd. (734) 761-5858 A"A MADRID, Spain Lead suspect in Spain attacks kills himself The suicide apartment house blast that killed the alleged ringleader of last month's Madrid train bombings and four other terror suspects left the core of the terror group either dead or in jail, Spain's interior minister said yesterday. Explosives discovered in the building where the five killed themselves to avoid capture Saturday night indicated they were plotting more violence and were linked to the failed bombing of a high-speed rail line Friday. Two or three suspects may have escaped before the blast, which also killed a special forces officer and wound- ed 15 other policeman, Interior Minister Angel Acebes told a news conference. Preliminary forensic tests on human remains in and around the apartment showed five suspects died in the blast, one more than previously reported, an Interior Ministry official said yesterday. LONDON Official: Bush focused on Iraq just after 9-11 President Bush made clear at a din- ner with Prime Minister Tony Blair nine days after the Sept. 11 attacks that he wanted to confront Iraq, the former British ambassador to the United States reportedly told a magazine. The president raised Iraq at a White House meeting on Sept. 20, 2001, Christopher Meyer, the former envoy, told Vanity Fair. "Rumors were already flying that Bush would use 9/11 as a pre- text to attack Iraq," Meyer, who attended the dinner, reportedly said. "On the one hand, Blair came with a very strong mes- sage - don't get distracted; the priorities were al-Qaida, Afghanistan, the Taliban." "Bush said, 'I agree with you, Tony. We must deal with this first. But when we have dealt with Afghanistan, we must come back to Iraq,' " Meyer said, according to Vanity Fair. NEW YORK Judge ponders Tyco mistrial, jury issues With six months of work undone by a mistrial, state Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus considered the future of the legal system. He had watched, unable to do any- thing, as two newspapers published the identity of a juror in the Tyco corporate corruption trial, and as the juror was trashed in one newspaper story as a "batty blueblood" and was denigrated in Internet chat rooms. "I'm concerned about what effect this may have on jury selection in the future, and jury service in the future," the judge said in court Friday just before he declared the mistrial. - Compiled fromDaily wire reports _ - HASH BASH Continued from Page 1A marijuana smoking, citing as an exam- ple the AAPD's tolerance of open use at the Monroe Street block party. "There was nobody arrested there," he said. "On city property there were people smoking copious amounts of marijuana. "They don't have to arrest people for smoking marijuana at the Hash Bash - they choose to arrest people," Brook said. "(Saturday), marijuana was not something that was a big shocker in Ann Arbor.... People kind of expected it, it wasn't a big deal. Nor is it a big deal any other day of the week." Although the majority of attendees were not from the Ann Arbor area, many students were present. The Uni- versity chapter of NORML was the student sponsor of the event. Other students, such as College Lib- ertarians Vice Chair Andrew Moylan, worked at a table on the Diag during the rally and attempted to gather signa- tures in support of the Ann Arbor med- ical marijuana initiative. If enough signatures are received, the issue could appear on the ballot in the November city elections. Moylan, an LSA junior, said College Libertari- ans collected "a couple of pages" of signatures at Saturday's event. "We've been relatively successful," Moylan said. "I really don't think it's out of the question to have it on the ballot." He added that one difficulty in gath- ering signatures is confirming that vot- ers are registered in Ann Arbor. "Since they're not registered in the city they can't sign," he said. "Most students who come aren't registered voters." Hillsdale resident Trena Moss, dressed as a bong, was among the demonstrators on the Diag. "I don't know why our politicians don't have compassion for the sick peo- ple who need marijuana," Moss said. "If 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. 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