2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 15, 2004 NATION/WORLD Fallujah invasion called success NEWS IN BRIEF NU(nt NEAR FALLUJAH Iraq (AP) In ..I taes. y ti - - - -- - April, 2,000 Marines fought for three weks and failed to take Fallujah from its insurgent defenders. This time, war plan- ners sent six times the troops, who fought their way across the rebel city in just six tlays - far more quickly than expected, the Marine general who designed the ground attack said yesterday. "We had the green light this time and We went all the way," Maj. Gen. Richard Natonski told The Associated Press. 'Natonski said he and other planners ook lessons from the failed three-week O ;S. assault on the city in April, which was called off by the Bush administra- wion after a worldwide outcry over civil- ian deaths. "5 This time the military used swarms of aircraft - more than 20 types - that pounded the city before and during the assault. Troops also faked attacks before the assault to confuse enemy fighters. "Maybe we learned from April," Natonski said. "We learned we can't do it piecemeal. When we go in, we go all the Way through." *Privately, U.S. military officials say Afril's assault was botched by the Bush administration, which forced the Marines t6 attack with insufficient forces on just a week's notice and then called off the Natonski described the first six days of ground war as a "flawless execution of the plan we drew up. We are actually ahead of schedule." As quick as the assault was, perhaps thousands were killed and maimed, most of them Iraqi defenders. Natonski put the toll of guerrillas killed at more than 1,200. A military statement yesterday said that 38 U.S. troops had been killed and 275 were wounded so far in the operation. There is still no estimate of civilians killed or wounded in the assault. Yesterday, Marines and Army troops still battled pockets of hardcore defend- ers scattered inside the Sunni Muslim stronghold. Behind U.S. forces, Iraqi troops were engaged in the painstaking task of clearing weapons and fighters from every room of each of Fallujah's 50,000 buildings. Bands of rebels were still roving neigh- borhoods crushed by tons of U.S. bombs and shells. The holdouts are harried by U.S. forces who occupy - but have yet to subdue - the entire city. "There are groups numbering from five to 30," Natonski said. "They're try- ing to get behind us." Army operating room nurses walk to the hospital morgue with the body of a U.S. Marine who died from wounds suffered in Fallujah, according to hospital officials, while at the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq yesterday. assault before the city was taken. For the latest assault, commanders had time to plan. Also, the Iraqi and U.S. governments were determined to wipe out the insurgent nest. And the Iraqi troops, who melted away in April, stood their ground. Even the worldwide outcry was muted this time, by revulsion at an insurgency blamed for grisly beheadings of hos- Africa calls for Ivory Coast embargo GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Palestinian leader escapes shooting Mahmoud Abbas, the temporary successor to Yasser Arafat, escaped unharmed yes- terday when militants firing assault rifles burst into a mourning tent for the deceased Palestinian leader, killing two security guards and wounding six other people. The shooting raised grave concerns about a violent power struggle in the post- Arafat era. Some of the gunmen shouted slogans calling Abbas, a moderate who has spoken out against violence, an agent of the United States. The bursts of gunfire came just hours after Palestinian officials set Jan. 9 as the date for elections to choose a new leader - the first vote in nine years. The temporary Palestinian leadership, headed by Abbas, has been trying to send a message of unity since Arafat's death Thursday. Arafat's responsibilities were divid- ed among several leaders, and officials held talks with rival factions in Arafat's Fatah movement and the militant opposition groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad. However, tnose rivalries burst into the open minutes after Abbas, the new PLO chief, entered the Gaza City mourning tent, where some 10,000 people - includ- ing about 3,000 armed men, most of them police officers - gathered yesterday evening. Abbas, accompanied by Gaza strongman Mohammed Dahlan and sur- rounded by security guards, shook hands with mourners. VIENNA, Austria Iran vows to suspend nuclear program Iran notified the U.N. nuclear watchdog in writing yesterday that it would sus- pend uranium enrichment and related activities to dispel suspicions that it was trying to build nuclear arms. With its move Iran appeared to have dropped demands to modify a tentative deal worked out on Nov. 7 with European negotiators, agreeing instead to con- tinue freezing enrichment - the process to make either nuclear fuel or the core for nuclear weapons - and also to suspend related activities, diplomats told The Associated Press. "Basically it's a full suspension," said one of the diplomats, speaking on condi- tion of anonymity. "It's what the Europeans were looking for." Shortly after diplomats revealed the Iranian move, Tehran's top nuclear negotia- tor, Hossein Mousavian, confirmed that his country was giving its "basic agree- ment" to a temporary suspension. "We accept suspension as a voluntary measure on the basis of agreement with the European Union," Mousavian said on Iranian state television, emphasizing that his country viewed the move as a concession for "confidence building" and not a "legal obligation." WASHINGTON Death row population reaches 30-year low The number of people sentenced to death reached a 30-year low in 2003, when the death row population fell for the third year in a row, the government reported yesterday. Some 144 inmates in 25 states were given the death penalty last year, 24 fewer than in 2002 and less than half the average of 297 between 1994 and 2000, accord- ing to the Justice Dep'rtment. Death penalty opponents say the report shows how wary the public is of execu- tions, heightened by concerns about whether the punishment is administered fairly and publicity about those wrongly convicted. Illinois emptied its death row in 2003 after several inmates were found to be innocent. "What we're seeing is hesitation on the death penalty, skepticism, reluctance," said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Clinton's library to open with full disclosure As former President Bill Clinton's library is unveiled at a gala opening this week. one thing is certain: His messy legacy will be on full display. One alcove will be dedicated to impeachment, and organizers have promisec not to sidestep even Monica Lewinsky or Paula Jones. The 58-year-old political superstar is expected to draw hundreds of thousanfdof visitors a"yeafriro h library. "Bill Clinton is a rock star," said Skip Rutherford, head of Clinton's nonprofit foundation that built the $165 million library. "He is Elvis." The William J. Clinton Presidential Center, a metaphorical "bridge tc the 21st century" cantilevered out over the bank of the Arkansas River. opens Thur6.lay as the highlight of a week of programs, exhibits and sym- posiums. ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Afri- ecin leaders backed an arms embargo and Ether immediate U.N. sanctions against Ivory Coast yesterday, isolating President Laurent Gbagbo's hard-line government even further in its deadly confrontation with its former colonial ruler, France. As a French-led evacuation of Ivory Coast builds to one of Africa's larg- est, French President Jacques Chirac dnounced President Laurent Gbagbo's "tluestionable regime" - and said France would not tolerate much more. "We do not want to allow a system to develop that would lead only to anarchy or a regime of a fascist nature," Chirac told an audience in the southern French city of Marseille. Presidents from Nigeria, Sen- egal, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo and Gabon, meeting in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, yesterday backed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an arms embargo, a travel ban and asset freezes against anyone blocking peace in Ivory Coast. The arms embargo "should be imme- diate," Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo - the current African Union chairman - told journalists after the meeting at the presidential wing of Abuja's airport. The call gives African approval to a tough stand in today's expected Security Council vote on the sanctions. Gbagbo's representative at the talks, parliamentary leader Mamadou Koulibaly, condemned the call for sanc- tions, and complained African leaders had slighted him - barring him from most of the talks, and dinner. No other African leaders "are capable of resolving our problems with France," Koulibaly said. One of his aides, speaking on condition he not be identified, warned that other countries should "come and collect their foreigners from Ivory Coast - because if there's an embargo we can't live with them anymore." In Abidjan, French civilians and other foreigners sprawled yesterday on camp beds set up in the airport depar- ture lounge. DAAP Continued from page IA DAAP's platform also includes oppo- sition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. "We are opposed to the occupation of Iraq. I think its is going to take a movement to mid the occupation," Stenvig said. '-The group has proposed that MSA take a stand on the occupation because 6f its role as a representative of the stu- dent body. *'"(MSA I'sthe official voice" of stu-" dents on campus," Stenvig said, adding that it can lead student governments at other universities to do something and produce a student movement. On Dec. 10, 2002, prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, MSA passed a resolu- tion against any unilateral pre-emptive military action in that country. "I think that MSA can have as much power as the people on MSA are prepared to demand," Stenvig said. LSA junior Monica Smith said she feels that this is possible because of the group's aprevious success in having MSA provide firm support of affirmative action. Stenvig is the leader of BAMN, and throughout DAAP's history many of its candidates have been members of the pro-affirmative action group. BAMN organized a march in Washington when the U.S. Supreme Court heard the Uni- versity's admissions lawsuits. The other issues that DAAP hopes to focus upon this year involve bring- ing social and political consciousness to campus, said LSA junior Lee Powell, one of the candidates. The group' also hopes to focus on budget cuts, Stenvig said, as well as what she called discriminatory poli- cies, including harassment and greater police enforcement at parties organized by black and Latino organizations at the Michigan Union, Stenvig said. "We serve as an example for multi- culturalism and diversity for other uni- versities," Powell said. "It puts more pressure on us to act," he said. U U NEW PARTY Continued from page 1A were from the old U party and most are brand new to student government, Woll said. "The party promotes candidates who are accessible, approachable, and accountable and who are ready and willing to improve the communication between the student body and its government." Those candidates face opposition from the Defend Affirmative Action Party, which formed in 1997. In addition to protecting the University's race-con- scious admissions policies, DAAP aims to increase enrollment of minorities after black undergraduate enrollment this year dropped to its lowest level in six years. MSA Students 4 Michigan candidate Alicia Benavides's platform is similar to DAAP's, as she too wants to increase minority enrollment. "I think that members of MSA should attend student of color organization meet- ings and events to talk to students and become informed of their needs. I think that this practice should also be extended to more mainstream organizations as well," said Benavides, an LSA sophomore. Benavides says she may implement such changes by forming an advisory council through MSA's Minority Affairs Commission. "MSA would work with some of the academic units that cater to students of color, such as (Center for Afroamerican and African Studies) or (Latin American and Caribbean Studies), to put on events or programming," Benavides said. To Benavides, it is not enough to just reach out - she says the University needs to draw attention to resources available for minority students. "I will raise student of color admis- sions by making resources that are beneficial to students of color more pub- licized. There are many great resources such as the (William Monroe) Trotter House, Office of Academic Multicul- tural Affairs and the Office of Multi- Ethnic Student Affairs that exist but are not well known. These places could aid greatly in not only the recruitment of students of color, but also in the reten- tion of them," she said. Another candidate for MSA, LSA junior Mike Rudy, said he seeks to rep- resent members of the Greek system and protect them from what he calls "unfair :rtiio: ' f~rom. ta Tn:v .r:icf ca :- tha - Compiled from Daily wire reports al~l' ttt I tIl 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. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. 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