NATION/WORLD


:x , . 4. 4. ' iwuzc.. rc" +a..v ,, e: .. :. : - ..s.,, V .x m sr -w ..
05 . Y x..40 .,.a 44 : . .. ,, ... «.. ...:...4 . ....... .4. 4 ....: ..x.xnmx ae a sro -. .."
,;, . " . > > ..... .. ;00044 .;. o wo: .w-+ .x 4cs- uoa Q00 xx . ' _.......:
",s44. 'd: .; ' .: . 4 ..,.a>xx.:x.>,.vw..x 4asw.4ta wx.0004 000 . n..sn oosw.:.. ?4aowx
¢roooc mc.x m ; :w w ,,::-": :4 4 .4 . .. ,.., :.«.4 o 00 4 4400. ..:. vx :.,: o n «x x '.; ;.:.. , ..K xr o
.v 44044.... 44 .... ....>-4-...'........-, . .. . ... .... .. ...: ... . ... : . . . ..
fZ*fi .. - ... . .4 :. . . ..l..-- R $6kX+a::v+.u. . cw+..44.-..
SBETTER COUNTRY

Blastmn
Iran
sets off
wornes
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An explo-
sion was reported yesterday in southern
Iran near a nuclear power plant, with
state-run media offering conflicting
explanations for what happened, from
blasting for dam construction, a fuel
tank dropping from an Iranian plane,
and friendly fire.
The explosion came as Iran's intelli-
gence chief accused the United States of
flying spy drones over its nuclear sites
and threatened to shoot down the air-
craft. A spokesman for Iran's Interior
Ministry said the blast was heard min-
utes after an Iranian airplane flew over
the southwestern port town of Deylam,
about 110 miles north of the nuclear
plant, and had not been caused by a hos-
tile attack.
A top security official said the blast
came during construction of a dam,
state-run television reported.
"The explosion that occurred in Dey-
lam region was the result of detonating
a path for dam-building operations," Ali
Agha Mohammadi, a spokesman of the
Supreme National Security Council,
was quoted as saying.
Mohammadi said Iran's enemies
were not in a position to attack Iran.
"Such reports are mostly a psychologi-
cal war," he said.
Earlier, state television said the explo-
sion may have been caused by a fuel tank
dropping from an Iranian plane. Rescue
teams were sent to the area, state-run al-
Alam television said, without elaborating.
The Interior Ministry spokesman,
Jahanbakhsh Khanjani, said there was a
military base at Bushehr, and Iranian air
force planes routinely fly in that area.
"There is a big possibility that it was
a friendly fire by mistake. Several such
mistaken friendly fire incidents have been
reported there in recent days," he said.
Asked if military maneuvers were
taking place in the region, he deferred
to the Defense Ministry, whose officials
were not immediately available.
White House press secretary Scott
McClellan, asked if there was no U.S.
involvement in the incident in Iran,
replied: "That's correct."
CIA Director Porter Goss, at a Sen-
ate briefing, said, "I know nothing in my
official position."

NEWS IN BRIEF

HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD'
BAGHDAD, Iraq
Iraqi PM race goes to a secret ballot
Top Shiite politicians failed to reach a consensus yesterday on their nominee for
prime minister, shifting the two-man race to a secret ballot and exposing divisions in
the winning alliance. In a chilling reminder of challenges facing the winner, a video-
tape showed a sobbing Italian hostage pleading for her life.
After hours of closed-door meetings, members of the United Iraqi Alliance agreed
to hold a secret ballot to choose between Ibrahim al-Jaafari and Ahmad Chalabi,.most
likely on tomorrow, said Ali Hashim al-Youshaa, one of the alliance's leaders. .
The contrast between the two candidates is stark and reveals a divisionwith-
in the clergy-endorsed alliance, made up of 10 major political parties and vari-
ous allied smaller groups.
Al-Jaafari, 58, is the leader of the religious Dawa Party, one of Iraq's oldest
parties, known for its popularity and close ties to Iran. Although al-Jaafari is a
moderate, his party's platform is conservative.
Chalabi, 58, who left Iraq as a teen, leads the Iraqi National Congress. and
had close ties to the Pentagon before falling out of favor last year after claiiis he
passed intelligence information to Iran.
BEIRUT, Lebanon
Mourners rally at funeral of fmr PM
Mourners holding banners saying "Syria Out!" crowded around the flag-draped
coffin of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, and his family warned the pro-Damas-
cus government to stay away yesterday as hundreds of thousands of people turned his
funeral into a spontaneous rally against Syria.
Along the funeral route through downtown Beirut, the Lebanese flag was hung
from balconies and pictures were posted of Hariri, who was assassinated Monday
by a massive car bomb that also killed 16 others.
Angry mourners shouted insults at Syrian President Bashar Assad to "remove
your dogs from Beirut" - a reference to Syrian intelligence agents, part of an
overall contingent of 15,000 troops deployed here since 1976.
Suspicions over Syrian involvement in Hariri's death further charged
the atmosphere, and pressure mounted from abroad to find his killers, with
Washington recalling its ambassador from Syria and the U.N. Security Coun-
cil demanding justice.
NEW YORK
Stocks decline despite Greenspan's testimony
Stocks slumped yesterday as investors listened to Federal Reserve Chairman
Alan Greenspan's remarks about the economy and monetary policy before the
Senate Banking Committee.
The Fed chairman struck a fairly positive tone about the economy as he deliyered
the Fed's twice-a-year economic outlook to lawmakers. Greenspan told Congiress
the economy was continuing to expand at a respectable pace. Inflation, while not an
immediate threat, remains something policy-makers must guard against, he said.
His remarks seemed to support the views of many economists that the Fed will
likely continue to raise interest rates at a gradual pace. The dollar firmed against
other currencies, gold declined and Treasuries weakened.
WASHINGTON
Bush warns of possible future terrorist attacks
Speaking with one voice, President Bush's top intelligence and mili-
tary officials said yesterday that terrorists are regrouping for possible new
strikes against the United States.
They said the best defense was for Congress to approve the president's
military and anti-terror budget. But some in Congress, including prominent
Republicans, were questioning some of that spending.
Offering few specifics on terror threats, Defense Secretary Donald H.
Rumsfeld told a House hearing that the government could reasonably pre-
dict attacks would come from terrorism, weapons of mass destruction -and
other means.

4

"MOST PEOPLE WHO DON'T MAKE ANY MONY
ARE NOT EDUCATED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T

- Compiled from Daily wire reports

mL.
cL
N)

this year
we're tryin'
soeth ng
different.
we're not
printing
the salary
supplement
in aLL of
its 70 pages
of neiisnrint

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, >ia 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. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35.
Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Assdtiated
Collegiate Press. ADDRESS: The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1327.-mail
letters to the editor to tothedaily@michigandaily.com.

I4

gLory.
we've decide
to save some
paper.
the 2005


d


"STATE UNIVERSITIES ARE BREEDING GROUNDS,
.:.E.....-...
QUITE LITERALLY, FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
INCLUDING HIV) HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR, UNWANTED
PREGNANCIES, ABORTIONS, ALCOHOLISM, AND DRUG ABUSE."
- DR. JAMES DOBSON, President, Focus on the Family, Life On The Edge (2000)
This is the face of today's conservative movement.
This is THEIR idea of America.
Conservatives in Washington are attacking our personal freedoms.
Young Americans fight and die in a war built on their deceptions. They've
saddled us with an enormous national debt, made it harder to attend
college without crushing loans, harder to get a decent job and health
care after we graduate. Now they want our generation to pay $2 trillion
for their risky plan to phase out Social Security.


I

supplement
Q, available
in easy to
use aOF
I format.

salary

NEWS Farayha Arrine, Managing Editor
763-2459, news@michigandaily.com
EDITORS: Melissa Benton, Donn M. Fresard, Michael Kan, Jameel Naqvl
STAFF: Omayah Atassi. Liz Belts, Adrian Chen, Amber Colvin, Jon Cohen, Jeremy Davidson, Adhiraj Dutt, Victoria Edwards, Chloe Foster, Mggaly
Grimaldo, Julia Heming, Tina Hildreth, Jacqueline Howard, Alexa Jenner, Anne Johng, Carmen Johnson, Genevieve Lampinen, Andrew Kaplan,
Emily Kraack, Rachel Kruer, Tomislav Ladika, Kingson Man, Kelly McDermott, Carissa Miller, Justin Miller, Nalla Moreira, Mark Osmond, Kistin
Ostby. Koustubh Patwardhan, Leslie Rott, Ekjyot Saini, Talia Selitsky, Sarah Sprague. Karl Stampfl, Abby Stassen, Phil Svabik, Karen Tee, Kim
Tomlin, Laura Van Hyfte
OPINION Suhael Momin, Sam Singer, Edijors
763-0379,opinion@mch-ganda-ly-com
ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Matt Rose, Christopher Zbrozek
STAFF: Emily Beam, Katherine Cantor, Whitney Dibo, Daniel Faichney, Jesse Forester, Mara Gay, Jared Goldberg, Theresa Kennelly, Andy Kula, Rajiv
Prabhakar, Saamir Rahman, David Russell, Dan Skowronski, Brian Slade
CARTOONISTS: Sam Butler, Colin Daly, Alexander Honkala
COLUMNISTS:Daniel Adams, JasHne Clair, Jeff Cravens, Joel Hoard. Sowmya Krishnamurthy, Elliott Mallen, Zac Peskowitz, Jordan
Srchrader Dan Shuster
SPORTS Ian Herbert, Managing Editor
764-8585, sports@mIchigandaIycom
SENIOR EDITORS: Eric Ambinder, Josh Holman, Megan Kolodgy, Sharad Mattu, Stephanie Wright
NIGHT EDITORS: James V. Dowd, Jack Herman, Katie Niemeyer, Jake Rosenwasser, Matt Singer, Matt Venegoni
STAFF: Scott Bell, H. Jose Bosch, Daniel Bremmer, Daniel Bromwich, Chris Burke, Gabe Edelson, Gennaro Filice, Seth Gordon, Tyler Hag*e, Bob
Hunt, Jamie Josephson. Man Kardon, Dan Ketchel, Dan Levy, Sara Livingston, Ellen McGarrity, Chastity Rolling, Brian Schick, Pete Sneider, Ryan
Sosin, Anne Uible, Ben V/oss, Kevin Wrighrt
ARTS Adam Rottenberg, Managing Editor
763-0379, artspage@michigandally.com
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Alexandra M. Jones, Melissa Runstrom
WEEKEND MAGAZINE EDITORS: Ashley Dinges, Doug Wernert
SUB-EDITORS: Victoria Edwards, Marshall W. Lee, Punit Mattoo, Evan McGarvey, Bernie Nguyen
STAFF: Amanda Andrade, Rachel Berry, Lindsey Bieber, Jeffrey Bloomer, Zach Borden, Lloyd Cargo, Forest Casey, Cyril Cordor, Ian Dickinson, Will Dunlap,
Andrew M. Gaerig, ChrisGaerig, Leah Hangarter, Brandon Harig. Lynn Hasselbarth, Joel Hoard, Kevin Hollifield, Andrew Horowitz, Megan Jacobs, Michele Kijek,
Matt Kivel, Garrick Kobylarz, Emily Liu. Jacob Nathan, Jared Newman, Sarah Peterson, Jason Roberts, Ruby Robinson, Niamh Slevin, Abby Stotz
PHOTO Ryan Weiner, Managing Editor
764-2459, photo@mchigandally.com
ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Forest Casey, Jason Cooper
ASSISTANT EDITORS: Trevor Campbell, Ali Olsen, David Tuman
STAFF: Tony Ding, Amy Drumm, Alexander Dziadosz, Cristina Fotieo, Joel Friedman, Glenn Getty, Tommaso Gomez, Ashley Harper, Mike Pulsebus.
Jeff Lehnert, Shubra Ohri, Eugene Robertson, Peter Schottenfels, Julia Tapper
GRAPHIC DESIGN STAFF: Patricia Chang, Matthew DanielsAshley Dinges, Megan Greydanus, Ashleigh Henton, Lindsey Ungar

4

C- O
cc,
(0
I

purchase your
2005 salary
supplement at
The Michigan
OaiLy-Located
Ln the student
pubLicatLons
ouLding at
420 Maynard.
(next to
the student
Activities
ouLLding)
the 2005

4

ONLINE
763-2459, oniline@michigandally.com
EDITOR: Angela Cesere
STAFF Bethany Dykstra Mira Leuitan
DISPLAY SALES

Eston Bond, Managing Editor
Christine Hua, Manager

764-0554, display@michlgandally.com
ASSOCIATE SALES MANAGER: Courtney Dwyer
SPECIAL SECTIONS MANAGER: Lindsay Pudavick
STAFF: Kat AbkeC Robert Chin. Esther Cho, Emily Cipriano, Michael Cooper, David Dai, Daniel DiCamillo, Courtney Dwyer, Shannon Fink, Alexis
Floyd. Ina Gjeci, Adam Gross. Mark Hynes, Betsy Kuller. Nicole Kulwicki. Katie Merten, Donny Perach, James Richardson, Jessica Sachs, Natalie

I

'

- fN " ' I I T II 1 CT 1 -1- A M t"1 1 K 1'r-N h 1 r-N I A/A-TtI " -1

i L-L i i