2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 Death tollin Iraq surasses 1,000 NEWS NEWS IN BRIEF FORT PIERCE, Fla. Woes rise as Fla. residents head home BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. mili- tary deaths in the Iraq campaign passed 1,000 yesterday, an Associated Press tally showed, as U.S. forces renewed clashes with insurgents loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City yesterday. The count of 1,002 includes 999 U.S. troops and three civilians, two working for the U.S. Army and one for the Air Force. The tally was compiled by the AP based on Pentagon records and AP reporting from Iraq. It includes deaths from hostile and non-hostile causes since President Bush launched the Iraq campaign in March 2003 to topple the regime of Saddam Hussein. The grim milestone was surpassed after a spike in fighting, which has killed 16 American service members in the past two lays. Two soldiers died in clashes yesterday with militiamen loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al- Sadr. Five other Americans died yesterday in separate attacks, mostly in the Bagh- dad area. Seven Marines were killed Monday in a suicide car bombing north of Fal- lujah. Two soldiers were killed in a mor- tar attack Sunday. West of the capital, U.S. warplanes swooped low over Fallujah yesterday in airstrikes after seven Marines and three Iraqi soldiers were killed the day before in a car-bombing near the Sunni insur- gent-controlled city. A group linked to Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - Taw- hid and Jihad -.-. posted a statement on a militant Web site claiming responsibili- ty for the attack, describing it as "a mar- tyr operation ... that targeted American soldiers and their mercenary apostate collaborators from the Iraqi army." During a news conference at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld anticipated the tally would soon surpass 1,000 and sought to play down the milestone. "When combined with U.S. losses in other theaters in the global war on ter- ror, we have lost well more than a thou- sand already," he said. Rumsfeld said the United States and its allies would not be swayed. Those who believe deaths would be a deter- rent, he said, "underestimated our coun- try, our coalition. They have failed to understand the character of our people. Thousands of residents desperate to return home after fleeing Hurricane Fran- ces ignored Florida's plea to stay put yesterday, jamming highways, delaying emergency workers and causing tempers to flare in the sticky heat. One man was so desperate for ice that he shot the lock off a freezer. Fights broke out in some places. Drivers waited for hours to fill up their gas tanks. More than 1,000 cars coiled around several blocks in Stuart as a distribution center watched over by National Guardsmen offered water, ice and ready-to-eat meals. "Everyone's hot, everyone's sweating so much at night that nobody can sleep. Everyone's tossing and turning. The kids keep crying. I can't take no more of this. Nobody can take this," said Maria Sanchez. 26, who waited more than 90 minutes with her four children to get supplies in Stuart, about 35 miles north of West Palm Beach. While many began removing debris, clearing downed trees and mopping up the water in their homes, weary Floridians looked over their shoulder at another hurricane several days away in the Atlantic. Ivan could become the third hurricane to hit the state this year, though it was too soon to determine the storm's exact path. AP PHOTO Mustafa Hamid is carried to a hospital by his father after sustaining Inju- ries in a U.S. offensive at Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, yesterday. And they certainly misread our com- mander in chief." Democrat presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry issued a statement saying the United States joined the friends and family of those who (lied in mourning their deaths. "Today marks a tragic milestone in the war in Iraq. More than one thousand of Americas sons and daughters have made the ultimate sacrifice. Our nation honors their service and joins with their families and loved ones in mourning their loss," Kerry said. "We must never forget the price they have paid. And we must meet our sacred obligation to all our troops to do all we can to make the right decisions in Iraq so that we can bring them home as soon as possible." Afghan election campaign kicks off KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Afghanistan's historic election cam- paign got under way yesterday, pitting 17 hopefuls against interim leader Hamid Karzai in the race to become the impoverished country's first popu- larly elected president. The U.S.-backed incumbent inaugu- rated a rare new factory and promised to help Afghans out of poverty, while the lone female challenger wowed wid- ows with a tirade against warlords. But the danger that violence could mar a contest supposed to cement the country's recovery since the ouster of the ruling Taliban militia in 2001 was underlined by fresh battles with mili- tants in the south that killed at least seven people. Karzai and his challengers have 30 days to try to impress the roughly 10.6 million Afghans registered to vote. But the start of the campaign was low key. Three candidates briefed reporters in a dank government ministry; others were busy preparing for this week's anniversa- ry of the death of legendary anti-Taliban commander Ahmad Shah Massood. Still, Massooda Jalal, the female candidate, ivon aii enthusiastic endorse- ment for the Oct. 9 vote from widows at a bakery near the capital's war-dam- aged zoo. "Those people who betrayed you and destroyed your homes and who killed your loved-ones, they have no place in my government," she told about 50 women dressed in head-to-toe veils under a tree in the yardi. "Like a doctor, I want to treat Afghan- istan's wounds. ...Like a mother, I will improve the life of the Afghan family," the former U.N. worker said to wild applause. Karzai, whose dashing profile in the West has helped raise billions of dollars in aid pledges, remains the favorite. Still, the bewildering range of candidates and the country's deep eth- nic divides could split the vote widely and force him into a runoff. The president cut a ribbon to inaugu- rate a $10 million cooking oil plant in the capital - an event dovetailing with his pledge to raise living standards. lie urged more investors to create jobs and wealth, and told Afghans to buy home-produced goods. He didn't mention the election directly. "The qual- ity should be competitive with Pakistan, Iran, Uzbekistan and other countries in the region, even with America," he told some 500 dignitaries in a tent outside the factory. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Palestinian leader slams Israeli airstrike Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia condemned an Israeli airstrike that killed 14 Hamas militants in unusually harsh terms yesterday, warning the attack will invite a tough response from the militant group and that retaliation will be "justified." Palestinian officials said Qureia's comments reflected his people's outrage as well as his impatience with the political paralysis within the Palestinian Authority. They said Qureia told Cabinet ministers he was so frustrated he wants to resign. The Israeli attack, which struck a Hamas training camp in Gaza City shortly after midnight, came a week after lamas suicide bombers blew up two Israeli buses in the Israeli city of Beersheba, killing 16 people. The airstrike was one of the deadliest of dozens Israel has launched since fighting broke out with the Palestinians four years ago. Thousands of Palestinian mourners in Gaza clamored for revenge, and Hamas vowed to avenge the attack. Qureia, speaking at a Palestinian Cabinet meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, said he was outraged. "No crime goes unpunished," he said. "For sure there will be retaliation, and the retaliation will be justified if it happens." NEW YORK Clinton recovering after heart bypass surgery Former President Clinton was talking and taking liquids yesterday, a day after undergoing an operation to relieve four severely clogged arteries, a hospital source said. Clinton remained in intensive care at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia, and his spirits were "fine," the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The source described the scene at the Manhattan hospital as swarming with Secret Service and hospital security personnel. The former president was taken off his respirator Monday night, a crucial step in his recovery, said Bob Kelly, a member of Clinton's surgery team. "Everything is going very well," Kelly told NBC's "Today" show. MOSCOW Huge crowds rally against terrorism in Russia Tens of thousands of people answered a government call and rallied outside the Kremlin yesterday in a show of solidarity against terrorism, nearly a week after militants seized a school in southern Russia in a standoff that claimed more than 350 lives, many of them children. Mourners in the grief-stricken city of Beslan lowered caskets into the damp earth in a third day of burials from the siege, which officials have blamed on Chechens and other Islamic militants. 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