2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 1, 2004 NATION/WORLD Insurgents kill 35 Iraqi children BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A string of bombs killed 35 children and wounded scores of others as U.S. troops handed out candy yesterday at a government-spon- sored celebration to inaugurate a sewage plant. It was the largest death toll of chil- dren in any insurgent attack since the start "They hav of the Iraq conflict. T e Grief-stricken aims excel mothers wailed over their children's as many i bloodied corpses, as relatives collected as they ca body parts from the street for burial and - Gen. Huss a boy picked up the Deputy Int damaged bicycle of his dead brother. The wounded were rushed to Yar- mouk Hospital, where angry relatives screamed for attention from the over- whelmed doctors, many of whom wore uniforms covered in blood. The bombings in Baghdad's western al-Amel neighborhood - at least two of which were in cars - came amid a series of savage attacks that killed at least 51 people and wounded 230 nationwide. At least one U.S. soldier was among the dead and 13 were wounded. Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Tawhid and Jihad group claimed responsibility for bloody attacks in Baghdad yesterday, according to a statement on a militant website. The authenticity of the statement could not be verified, and it was unclear whether the attacks it referred to includ- ed the bombs that killed the children. Early reports said a I e no pt killing raqis n. &in Ali Kamal erior Minister U.S. convoy was pass- ing by the celebra- tion when the attack occurred. The U.S. military said later that American soldiers were taking part in the celebration but that no convoy was passing through the area. American jets, tanks and artillery units have repeatedly targeted al-Zarqawi's fol- lowers in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, as coalition forces seek to assert control over insurgent enclaves ahead of elec- tions slated for January. Deputy Interior Minister Gen. Hus- sein Ali Kamal said intense military pressure on insurgents holed up in Fal- lujah was forcing them to turn their bombs on the capital. He said the day's attacks were "definitely coordinated." "They are killing citizens and spreading horror. They have no aims except killing as many Iraqis as they can," Kamal said. Local residents survey the destruction after two car bombs and a roadside bomb went off in succession in Baghdad, Iraq, yesterday. At least 51 were killed, most of them children, and more than 200 were wounded in the attack. Israelis strike deep m JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli troops struck deep inside the largest Pales- tinian refugee camp yesterday, battling masked gun- men in an unprecedented campaign to stop deadly rocket fire on Israeli towns. Twenty-eight Palestinians were killed and 131 wounded, the bloodiest single-day toll in fighting in 30 months. Three Israelis - two soldiers and an Israeli woman jogger - were killed in two Palestinian shooting attacks in northern Gaza. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approved a large- scale military operation in the northern Gaza Strip after meeting with advisers late yesterday, an Israeli official said. The plan was a response to the killing of two Israeli children, ages 2 and 4, by a Hamas rocket attack on an Israeli border town Wednesday. However, he stopped short of ordering a call-up of reserves. The plan, which has the backing of Defense Min- ister Shaul Mofaz, was unanimously approved by the Israeli security Cabinet on Thursday night. Troops will focus on the Jebaliya refugee camp and the nearby town of Beit Hanoun. The army's push yesterday into the center of Jebali- ya - a first in four years of fighting - signaled a change in military tactics. ee camp Since fighting erupted in 2000, the military has refrained from reoccupying large areas of crowded Gaza for long periods, for fear of getting bogged down in urban combat. The army has felt less constrained in the less densely populated West Bank. Armored vehicles rolled into squalid Jebaliya, a militant stronghold with 106,000 residents, yesterday morning. Throughout the day, masked Palestinians taking cover in camp alleys fired assault rifles - and occasionally anti-tank missiles and grenades - at tanks, which responded with machine-guns. Militants were seen laying explosive charges and unraveling detonation wire. NEWS IN BRIEF Mcow ates eme MOSCOW Environmental pact close to approval Russia's Cabinet approved the Kyoto Protocol yesterday in a crucial step toward putting the long-delayed climate change treaty into effect, although without participation by the United States. Final approval by the Russian parliament, which would push the treaty past its required ratification threshold, was not guaranteed, however. While the State Duma generally approves legislation backed by President Vladimir Putin, many Russian officials remain opposed to the pact, fearing its restrictions on green- house gas emissions could hinder economic growth. Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, on a trip to the Netherlands, said he expected "difficult debate" when the Duma meets to vote on ratification, possibly before the end of the year. Putin's economic adviser, Andrei Illarionov, lamented the Cabinet's approval was "a political decision that will damage national interests in many areas," the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. The treaty, drafted in 1997 at a U.N. conference in Kyoto, Japan, seeks to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases that are widely seen as a key factor behind global warming. WASHINGTON House rejects Bush's gay marriage ban The Republican-controlled House emphatically defeated a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage yesterday, the latest in a string of conserva- tive pet causes pushed to a vote by GOP leaders in the run-up to Election Day. The vote was 227 to 186, far short of the two-thirds needed for approval on a measure that President Bush backed but the Senate had previously rejected. "God created Adam and Eve, He didn't create Adam and Steve," said Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) on behalf of a measure that supporters said was designed to protect an institution as old as civilization itself. President Bush earlier this year asked Congress to vote on the amendment, and Democrats contended that in complying, Republicans were motivated by election-year politics. Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the Democratic whip, accused GOP lead- ers of "raw political cynicism" and said they hoped to "create the fodder for a demagogic political ad." SCH EVENINGEN, Netherlands U.S., EU agree to improve intelligence flows Attorney General John Ashcroft and EU justice officials agreed yesterday to improve the trans-Atlantic flow of intelligence to help track down terrorists and prevent attacks. Among new measures agreed during several hours of meetings here was the exchange of liaison intelligence officers between the continents. The United States will send an agent from the FBI to the European police agen- cy Europol in The Hague, Netherlands, and the EU will post two agents in Wash- ington, said Antonio Vitorino, the EU justice and home affairs commissioner. The discussions came at the start of two days of talks between EU justice and internal affairs ministers in the Netherlands, which currently holds the EU presidency. MINNEAPOLIS General Mills switching to healthier cereal General Mills is converting all of its breakfast cereals to whole grain, mak- ing it the latest food company to undergo a nutritional makeover amid calls by government and consumer groups for healthier eating. The move announced yesterday by the nation's second-largest cereal maker affects 29 cereals, including such popular brands as Trix, Golden Grahams, Lucky Charms and Rice Chex. The new recipes and packaging will be launched this month. Several of the company's brands, including Cheerios, Wheaties, Total and Wheat Chex, are already whole grain. General Mills officials said the switch is designed to make it easier for consumers to eat healthy food and it had exten- sively tested the new recipes on panels of consumers. - Compiled from Daily wire reports MARKET UPDATE THURS. CLOSE CHANGE Dow JONES 10,080.27 - 55.97 NASDAQ 1,896.84 + 2.90 S& oP 500 1,114.58 - 0.22 www.michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Mondays during the spring and summer terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $110. Winter term (January through April) is $115, yearlong (September through April) is $195. University affiliates are subject to a reduced subscription rate. 0I ----I Unplanned Pregnancy? Hangs A ossThe Water, a licensed adoption agency.can help you explre you options. Contact our pt gn cy counselor for confide iakand cari support. T.. 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