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Tuesday, April 15, 1986
" StOfj,
.S. launches strike against Libya
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arplanes attacked “the headquar-
rsand terrorist facilities” of Libya’s
■>oanimar Khadafy, President Rea-
Monday night.
Comfoitaflnitial reports were that the inid-
lewpor. Hf-the-night air strike succeeded,
ifsaid, adding: “If necessary, we
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Delense Secretary Caspar Wein-
rgei said an Air Force F-l 11 was
jicpunted for, but he did not
low if it had been downed. Libyan
■ said three U.S. planes had
en hit and the crew of one jet had
:en killed, after they were downed,
y Libyan citizens.”
Reagan, in a nationally broadcast
Idress to explain the military
ike. said the United States had di-
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cent anti-American attacks,
including the bombing of a discothe
que frequented by servicemen in
West Berlin.
“When our citizens are abused or
attacked anywhere in the world, we
will respond in self-defense,” Reagan
said. In an unmistakeable warning to
Khadafy, he said, “We have done
what we had to do. If necessary, we
will do it again.”
At the Capitol in Washington, se
curity was tightened just minutes af
ter the air strikes had ended.
Reagan’s spokesman, Larry
Speakes, said the purpose of the
raids was to “pre-empt and discour
age” Libyan terrorism, and he said
the United States had evidence that
Khadafy had ordered more anti-
American incidents.
He said the raids began at 2 a.m.
Tuesday, Tripoli time, 6 p.m. CST,
and were over within minutes. Cor
respondents in Tripoli were report
ing sporadic explosions and gunfire
more than three hours later — well
after Weinberger said U.S. planes
had returned to base.
Knowledgeable officials said Kha-
dafy’s headquarters w'as one target
of the raid, although it w'as not on
the Pentagon’s official list of targets.
Reagan himself described the attacks
as “concentrated and carefully tar
geted to minimize casualties among
Libyan people, with whom we have
no quarrel.”
A broadcast by Libya radio, mon
itored by the British Broadcasting
Gorp., said, “ . . . the savage Ameri
can invaders carried out a treacher
ous and barbaric air strike . . .
against the residence of the brother
leader of the revolution (Khadafy).
A number of members of the family
of the brother leader w'ere injured as
a result of this raid.”
In Tripoli, Khadafy’s information
director, Ibrahim Seger, said Tues
day that Khadafy had survived the
raid.
Weinberger said the attacks were
mounted against five targets near
Tripoli and Benghazi using 18 F-l 11
bombers from U.S. bases in England
and 15 A-6 and A-7 attack jets off
Navy carriers America and Coral
Sea.
Speakes, the deputy White House
press secretary, described the targets
as Libya’s “terrorist infrastructure —
the command and control systems,
intelligence, communications, logis
tics and training facilities.”
Secretary of State George Shultz,
appearing with Weinberger in the
White House briefing room just af
ter Reagan’s Oval Office statement,
said the Soviet Union w'as told of the
operation as it was taking place and
was assured it was “in no way di
rected at the Soviet Union.”
Asked what u'ould happen if Li
bya was to retaliate for the air
strikes, Shultz said, “What is clear to
night is that the United States will
take military action under certain
circumstances.”
Of Khadafy, Reagan said: “He
counted on America to be passive.
He counted wrong.”
Weinberger and Pentagon offi
cials said the Air Force and Navy jets
had attacked these targets inside Li
bya:
• The A1 Azziziyah barracks in
Tripoli, described as “the main
headquarters of Libyan planning
and direction of its terrorist attacks
overseas.”
• The Sidi Bilal port facility, de
scribed as “a training base for Libyan
commandos.”
• The military side of the Tripoli
airport. After this area was attacked,
Weinberger said all the lights at the
facility w'ent out. The Pentagon said
that section of the airport is used “to
transport military and subversive
material around the world.”
• The A1 Jumahiriya barracks in
Benghazi. This was described as “an
alternate command post to the A1
Azziziyah barracks.”
• The Benina military airfield.
The Pentagon said this target was hit
for “military suppression purposes”
See U.S. strike, page 10
sEAbout 150 rally at Rudder Fountain
wmmas GfOup supports
thinga/d to Contras
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By Mike Sullivan
Staff Writer
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lone About 150 people applauded
, Kent Welkener, spokesman for
aH/} Hericans for Biblical Govern-
I 1 w mem, at a rally at Rudder Foun-
jain Monday when he said the
Jted States should send money
not American troops to Nica-
|ia.
IVelkener and four other
■tkers told audience members
Tontact their Congressmen and
them to vote for the pro-
d $100 million aid package to
le Contras.
Jhe package was rejected by
^IgSSjfjflCongress March 20, but was ap
proved by the Senate. It will be
voted on again Thursday.
speakers stressed the
proximity of the situation in Nica-
|2ua and said that if aid is not
L sent, the Communist influence
» \v| become stronger and uncon-
% (reliable.
B y|l t s <)n ly a two-day drive from
■ me northern border of Nicara-
■ to the United States,” Wel-
Eener said. “Eventually their rev-
pliition will be exported to El
Hyador, Honduras, Guatemala
and then right into Mexico.”
Kaylan Bowman, a veteran,
■ the United States should give
the Contras money, not men. He
said the draft may be reinstated if
the Contras’ rebellion against the
Sandinistas fails.
fLet the people who are there
ight for the freedom of their
country,” Bowman said. He said
if the United States doesn’t send
he aid, it may be forced to send
American troops to Nicaragua.
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come back from a foreign coun
try in a wooden box,” he said.
Welkener said the Soviet
Jnion sent over $350 million in
military aid to the'Sandinistas in
1985. Some of the money, he
said, is being used to build the
argest landing strip in Central
America, which wall be able to ac
commodate Soviet airplanes.
About 150 people attended a rally for Americans
for Biblical Government Monday at Rudder
Photo by Dean Saito
Fountain. The group supports the United States
giving the Contras $100 million in aid.
Khadafy’s home
hit in U.S strike
against Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Ameri
can warplanes thundered in off the
Mediterranean in early-morning
darkness Tuesday and pounded Li
bya's capital in a long-expected,
lightning-quick raid. State radio said
Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy’s
home and headquarters were hit.
Relatives of Khadafy and some
foreigners were injured in the U.S.
attack, which struck a military air
port in Tripoli, Khadafy’s barracks
headquarters and Khadafy’s house,
the local radio reported. There was
no immediate information on Kha
dafy, but Information Director Ibra
him Seger later said Khadafy sur
vived the bombing raid.
“He’s OK, he’s OK,” Seger said in
a brief comment Tuesday to The As
sociated Press in the lobby of the Ho
tel A1 Kabir when asked about Kha
dafy.
The Libyan official gave no fur
ther information about Khadafy.
But government sources who
would not be identified said that two
of Khadafy’s sons had been injured
in the U.S. bombing raids. The
sources did not name the sons, and
said the extent of their injuries was
not known.
Three hours after the initial raid,
new explosions and gunfire rocked
the city. It may have involved street
fighting, but this could not be con
firmed.
The Soviet news agency, Tass, cit
ing Libyan radio, said civilians had
been killed in the initial bombing
raid.
The Libyan radio, monitored in
London, said Libyan forces shot
down three American aircraft, and
that Libyan citizens killed the pilots.
U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar
Weinberger said in Washington one
U.S. aircraft was unaccounted for.
The bombing, which the White
House described as a pre-emptive
strike against Libyan-sponsored ter
rorism, began at about 2 a.m. (6 p.m.
CST).
Several loud explosions rocked
the city, shaking the A1 Kabir, a ma
jor hotel where foreign journalists
were residing. As the bombs struck
Tripoli, rounds of anti-aircraft tra
cer shells lighted up the sky.
Within 10 minutes, all lights were
out in some parts of the city. Within
another 20 minutes, the entire city
appeared blacked out.
U.S. Air Force F-l 11 bombers
based in England joined with car
rier-based U.S. Navy warplanes in
the Mediterranean in staging the
bombing runs, against targets in the
vicinity of Tripoli and the eastern Li
byan city of Benghazi, Pentagon
See Khadafy, page 10
Faculty Senate OKs core curriculum
5ITYG0LF
IONS
By Sondra Pickard
Staff Writer
After three years of intense re-
arch and debate, the Faculty Sen-
e Monday approved the controver-
ilcore curriculum proposal.
If approved by President Frank E.
andiver, it will require all Texas
8cM undergraduate students, be-
nning in Spring 1988, to complete
51-hour core of classes in six sepa-
te disciplines.
Forty-six senators voted for the
re curriculum, and 20 voted
ainst it.
The final proposal, after numer-
is revisions and amendments, con-
(nsthe following categories and re
ed requirements:
Computer Science:
the All-U
Jdents will have to complete at
ist one course in computer science
will demonstrate proficiency
md all paT rough examination. Otherwise,
Dural GollS® ;y kill be required to complete a
held Sul#pputer usage course for Univer-
(credit,
nith
ittnet K Foreign Language:
^earson
hy Borski rdents will have to complete two
Carr ■
years of a foreign language in high
school or will demonstrate profi
ciency in a second language to their
native tongue. Otherwise, they will
be required to take a two semester
sequence for University credit.
Speech and Writing Skills:
Students must complete six hours to
be selected from Engl 104 (three
hours) and one of the following:
Engl 210, 301, 325, 341; Scorn 103,
243, 403, 404; or a 200-level litera
ture course to be selected from Engl
203, 212, 221, 222, 227, 228, 231
and 232.
Mathematical/Logical Reasoning:
Students must complete six hours, at
least three of which must be in math
ematics, to be selected from Math
166, any calculus or more advanced
level mathematics course, or Phil
240, 341 and 342.
Science:
Students must complete eight hours,
including two or more courses which
deal with fundamental principles
and in which critical evaluation and
analysis of data and processes are re
quired.
A minimum of one course must
include a corresponding laboratory.
Non-technical or survey courses
are specifically excluded.
Acceptable courses include Biol
101, 107, 113/123, 114/124; Chem
101/111, 102/112; Gene 301, 310;
Geog 203/213; Geol 101, 106; Metr
301/304; and any 200-level physics
course.
Cultural Heritage:
Students must complete six hours to
be selected from such areas as fine
arts, humanities, foreign language,
history, literature, philosophy, ar
cheology, geography and theater
arts. The requirement excludes skills
courses in a student’s native lan
guage.
Social Science:
Students must complete six hours to
be selected from such areas as cultu
ral anthropology, geography, politi
cal science, psychology, sociology,
applied ethics and economics.
Technology, Renewable
Resources and Society:
Students must complete three hours
of a course which presents a funda
mental understanding of technology
and renewable resources and how
they affect our society. This course
must be selected from an approved
list of existing courses and appropri
ate courses to be developed later.
Physical Education:
Students must complete four credits,
to be selected from any Phed 199
course of fering.
Citizenship:
Students must complete 12 hours,
six of political science and six of his
tory, to be selected from Pols 206
and 207, Hist 105 and 106, or other
courses in American and Texas his
tory. Courses pertaining solely to
Texas history may not comprise
more than three hours.
Although the last two items —
physical education and citizenship —
are already required by both the
University and the state, Sen. Je
rome Kapes, professor of industrial
education, introduced a suggestion
from the senate education caucus at
the last meeting to include the two
requirements within the core for
emphasis.
Another amendment to the docu
ment was suggested by Sen. Stephen
Fulling, professor of mathematics,
which emphasizes that no course in
the core can be counted twice by the
same student to satisfy its require
ments. The senate unanimously ap
proved Fulling’s amendment.
Before approving the entire docu
ment, the senate heard and turned
down an amendment brought up by
Sen. Ronald Darby, which would
have decreased the number of hours
in the cultural heritage and social
science sections from six to three.
Darby said professors in the lib
eral arts college should be able to
teach their subjects in three hours
just as the agriculture and engi
neering colleges must fulfill the
technology course in three hours.
See Core, page 10
Congress
reacts to
U.S. strike
WASHINGTON (AP) — Early
reaction from Congress on Presi
dent Reagan’s military move
against Libya was generally sup
portive, but U.S. Sen. Lloyd Bent-
sen, D-Texas disagreed with a
military strike.
Bentsen, D-Texas, said Mon
day that although he agreed with
President Reagan that something
must be done to stop Libyan-
backed terrorism, he disagreed
with a U.S. military strike.
“The president and I agree
that Col. Khadafy bears responsi
bility for much of the terrorism in
the world today,” Bentsen said af
ter Monday’s raids. “We agree
that we must put a stop to his ac
tivity. We disagree, though, on
the best way to go about doing
this.
“Unfortunately, 1 doubt that
military strikes are going to stop
Khadafy’s bringing about acts of
terrorism. I believe Khadafy is
ripe for a coup and that we
should be supporting dissidents
in Libya — particularly in the mil
itary — and overthrowing Kha
dafy.”
Earlier, Bentsen had held a
news conference to state his posi
tion, saying that a coup should be
used instead of exercising “mili
tary muscle” that rallies the Arab
world behind the Libyan leader.
U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm, R-
Texas, voiced support for the
strikes and said he believed the
United States has “established a
new policy with regard to terror
ism.”
“It’s a policy I strongly sup
port. It’s a policy that holds coun
tries that train, supply or harbor
terrorists responsible for actions
their terrorists take against
Americans,” Gramm said.
“I think the president has been
slow to act because he thought it
was important to gather all the
evidence, and to be able to prove
beyond any reasonable doubt that
Col. Khadafy was responsible for
the murder of the American serv
iceman in Berlin,” Gramm said.
In Fort Worth, House Majority
Leader Jim Wright urged leaders
to be cautious about what they say
about the attack on Libya and
said President Reagan needs the
support of all Americans.
Wright was in his home district
See Congress, page 10