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Page 10 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1981 National Second Iran hostage mission training had started Carter was prepared to make a large military attac United Press International ATLANTA — After the aborted attempt to free the hostages in Iran failed and eight Americans were killed, former President Jim my Carter ordered a larger and more powerful military operation to try again, it was reported Sunday. Free-lance writer Richard T. Sale, in a copyright story printed in the Atlanta Journal- Constitution, quoted unnamed sources a saying secret military re hearsals for a second mission took place in the deserts of Utah, Cali fornia, Texas and New Mexico while other units practiced at Fort Bragg, N.C., Fort Benning, Ga., and the Special Operations Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The White House at the time denied reports by syndicated col umnist Jack Anderson that Carter had a second plan to “invade Iran,” and several major newspap ers refused to publish the Ander son story. U.S. forces, however, already were in position in Egypt and Israel and the countries from which the second mission was to have been staged. Sale said sources told him. The unidentified sources also said there was a clear push to use military force against Iran until Sept. 12, 1980, when Ayatollah Khomeini announced that Iran was willing to release the hos tages. “Carter was implementing a contingency plan,’ a source said. The plan was described as one of “major scale” that would have in volved as many as 100 U.S. heli copters, units of elite forces, a large number of combat aircraft and as many as 10,000 ground troops. Under the reported plan, the 82nd Airborne Division was to make an air drop and seize the Mehrabad airport at Tehran. F- 15s or F-14s, A-lOsand other com bat aircraft were to be used, with the latter acting as an “air cap” operation to screen the paratroop ers on the ground as well as to strike all major airbases in Iran. other locations in Iran to free the scattered hostages. It would have included 1,800 Marines who would have attacked the main spi got of Iranian oil on the Persian Gulf, Kharg Island. U.S. officials reportedly ad* ted that the CIA and other age cies knew of the impending Ir< The plan also called for ele ments of the “Delta Unit” and other top commando groups to ar rive at various sites in Tehran and By April 1980, U.S. policy was pursuing two parallel lines — re lying on the impending Iraq-Iran conflict as a means of pressuring Iran for concessions while at the same time developing a U.S. military strike, the article said. invasion of Iran as early as Feint TT/I ary 1980. | ffI. By early summer, the souk? said, rehearsals began at Fn Bliss, Texas; the Ford-IrwinNi tional Training Center at Bants ,ea ™ a )ou Calif.; the U.S. Marine J Notsnov Ground Combat Center at TweP an rom 1 Will the Ever sin ty-Nine Palms, Calif.; Indeed. Force Base at Ogden, Utah, r;l Fort Bragg, N.C. jmyathre litem: Tr second hall Brady showing steady improvement bstseason LOOO G. R Item: Tin in 1980. Th t of first In 1981, United Press International WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Jim Brady, known for his wit and tenacity, is CAMPUS THEATRE Now Showing Ralph Bakshi’s American Pop displaying both as he fights to re cover from a bullet that required removal of a portion of his brain. Doctors Sunday said he “con tinues to make satisfactory prog ress,” and Brady’s own words, spiced with vigor and humor, have given his friends and family re newed hope about his overall chances. The severity of his wound and the decision to remove a part of his brain damaged in the assassination attempt on President Reagan last week, have spread fears that Brady’s chances of escaping brain damage were minimal. But for the past few days, he has kept up a steady stream of one- liners that indicate “the Bear” — his nickname — is improving quicker than anyone had hoped. Take Saturday. Brady, whose face is still heavily bandaged and swollen from the wound and sub sequent GVz-hour operation, was attempting to open his eyes as his surgeon, Dr. Arthur Kobrine stood watching nearby. Kobrine has been asking Brady some questions about his job to mber is Brady referred to his injuries, teRouble hm ing his wife, “The Bear’was cel I guess 11 tainly in the wrong place tk >tter supp time.” ben thing Doctors said Brady is now# SUI ing solid foods and sippingwatef B ut w h er And while there have been "inte Dm t j, e j e asking all of these dumb ques- temperature elevations, Q ran ted, tions. ” no infection has been detected, bletics (ex Saturday night, he spoke with gauge the extent of the damage. Some of the questions are elementary, and Brady apparently realized that. When Kobrine asked him why he was trying to open his eyes, he received a vintage Bradyism in re sponse; “To see who is the doctor his wife Sarah — whom doctors say Brady “clearly recognizes” now “both by sound and vision. ” As a measure of how well Brady senses what happened to him, 7:35-9:50 No end to coal strike pi Thurs.-Fri.-Sat. 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No one under 18 BOOK STORE & 2«j c p^p SHOWS r MSC Political Forum proudly presents AN ANALYSIS OF THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS” TUESDAY- APRIL 7 ' 8 : 00pm - RUDDER THEATER ADMISSION IS FREE FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 845 1515 ★ drive Sheriffs deputies said mond Lester, an employee Westmoreland Coal Co. mi was arraigned Saturday night im esecom ]_ charges of murder and malic® [jy 4.Q wounding in the death of ^ Ithe no-hi Manness, 25, a T&T Darby ro® J er, and the wounding of Mannes y jy ^ brother John, 23, who was ho? ie SD ri n oin talized in good condition. j 5^ str , ^ "'ed no wa Authorities were uncert® hg pitching what touched off the argument!* )j^ seven tween Lester and Manness. ing the open There were indications s UMW members that Church e " not been in contact with theij lne ™ s ^ since the tentative contractagrtjy ., ment was rejected by union nM, , 1 cUo: hers by a 2-1 margin last week I. e P' 1 ' 7 & F is now 13- Bill Lamb, former UMWPt trict 6 International Exec# Board member and now a P# sylvania miner, said Brown® Church were roadblocks to f ting an acceptable contract tl would resolve fears of the cur? strike going longer than the Ilf. rlav walkout in 1977-78. ASTOf COLLI day walkout in 1977-78. “There is no need for this to*' a long strike,” said Lamb. “It! our membership sent a loud® clear signal to Church and Bm* that if you people want to 1# coal, fine. But quit trying to? our contract and quit trying bust our union.” -VV\£ NEW FISH on l °c* JE DATf SB BE A PEER ADVISOR DURING THE SUMMER ORIENTATION CONFERENCES FOR INFORMATION STOP BY THE OFF CAMPUS CENTER IN PURYEAR MALI SPONSORED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS Ne ref (YES J* T, ckets ,h «M$c ant