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College Station, Texas
Monday, November 12, 1990
to double
.S. gulf forces
■ WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi-
■ent Bush decided to nearly double
Hf.S. forces in the Persian Gulf as a
Hgnal to Iraq — and the rest of the
■odd — that "the United States has
Biore than enough firepower to
»rce Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait
lnecessary, U.S. officials said.
“We had to show the international
immunity we were serious,” one of-
cial said.
The decision also was prompted
y Bush’s determination to match
iddam’s own military buildup, the
fficials said.
The officials, who spoke on the
ndition of anonymity, said Bush’s
ecision to send in more troops and
quipment was not made overnight,
ut evolved over a period of weeks.
“The situation has been evaluated
nd re-evaluated as time went on,”
ne official said.
The administration announced
T hursday that massive ground, sea
nd air reinforcements would be
dded to the combat power already
n the gulf region. That could mean
is many as 200,000 new forces will
added to the some 230,000 U.S.
nilitary personnel already there.
ush said they were needed for
in “adequate offensive military op-
ion” — words chosen carefully as a
ignal to Hussein.
U.S. forces now in place in Saudi
Irabia and on ships m the gulf al-
I leady had a limited offensive capa-
I fcility, officials said. But they said the
I president wanted to send a forceful
I lew message to Saddam by em-
1 Ihasizing the word “offensive.”
H I Bush’s decision to bolster U.S.
J torces was motivated, in part, by
|||1 Saddam’s own buildup in sending
|lfj| Nearly half of his million-strong
army to face the United States across
the Saudi border.
Saddam’s dogged refusal to yield
to world condemnation, or to four
months of international economic
sanctions, was also a factor in Bush’s
decision to up the stakes.
It wasn’t that Bush decided at
some point that the economic sanc
tions weren’t having an impact, aides
said.
“We’ve always placed an emphasis
on the sanctions,” one official said.
But, he added, “we want to maintain
our credibility.”
“The sanctions are not changing
his (Saddam’s) mind, even though
they are having an effect on his so
ciety,” the official said. “The degree
of seriousness with which Saddam
takes international efforts is ques
tionable.”
The United States also is caught
between conflicting pressures — be
ing urged by Britain, Saudi Arabia
and Turkey to put more emphasis
on military action and by the Soviet
Union to exercise restraint.
“The Soviets are the lynch pin of
the coalition,” one official said.
Soviet leaders have acknowledged
that force “could not be ruled out”
but said they prefer to give diplo
macy more time before pulling the
trigger.
However, Secretary of State
James A. Baker III noted that the in
ternational consensus against Iraq
was “solid and unified” as he ended
a seven-nation diplomatic mission
last week to shore up support for po
tential military action in the gulf.
Sending new reinforcements into
the region, but announcing that they
would take up to two months to get
there, was Bush’s way of trying to ac
commodate both sides.
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Photo by DENNIS SANCHEZ
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TOKYO (AP) — In a solemn, centuries-old
ite at Tokyo’s Imperial Palace, Emperor Akihito
formally accedes to the (Chrysanthemum Throne
|>n Monday, becoming the first Japanese mon-
rch enthroned as a symbol and not a living god.
Clad in ancient court costume, seated atop an
llaborate lacquered platform under a curtained
anopy encrusted with gold phoenixes and circu-
r mirrors, Akihito will face a courtyard lined
ith ceremonial banners.
Next to him on a smaller platform will be Em-
ress Michiko. Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu will
ad the 2,500 guests in three cheers of “Banzai!”
|-“May you live ten thousand years!”
Critics say the 30-minute ceremony — and a
cries of accompanying rites to be held in coming
eeks — are based too closely on the traditional
eligious rituals used for Akihito’s father and
randfather, who were enthroned as living gods.
Under Japan’s postwar constitution, the em-
eror is simply a national symbol.
Leftist radicals have vowed to disrupt the cere-
aonies and have claimed responsibility for a se-
ies of bombings and arson attacks in recent
eeks.
Two bombs exploded Sunday at the house of
I.S. Consul General Gregory L. Johnson in Ni-
shinomiya, in western Japan. Police said they
Monarch to be treated and Princess Diana.
as a symbol, not god
RHA to sponsor week
of multicultural activity
caused little damage and no injuries. It was not
immediately clear whether the explosions were
connected with the enthronement.
The government is reportedly spending $95
million on the rites, much of it for security. Op
ponents say state funding of the ceremonies,
linked to Japan’s indigenous Shinto religion, vio
lates the constitutional separation of religion and
state.
In one controversial element of the rite, Akihi
to’s raised dais is said to be patterned after one
used by the sun goddess, from whom tradition
says the Japanese imperial line is descended.
Critics say that is an implied symbol of divinity.
A record 37,000 police, including reinforce
ments from a majority of Japan’s 47 prefectures,
have been mobilized for security surrounding
the rite.
Dignitaries from 158 countries expected to at
tend the ceremony include Vice President Dan
Quayle, United Nations Secretary-General Javier
Perez de Cuellar, Supreme Soviet Chairman
The government has not released the names
of Japanese dignitaries invited to the ceremony,
because of fear of radical attacks on their homes
or businesses.
On Sunday, police vehicles lined the entrances
to the palace, hotels and other key areas, and of
ficers checked the bags of passers-by. Manholes
were sealed near the palace and police used a
low-flying blimp to search for signs of terrorist
activity. Frogmen searched the moats surround
ing the palace.
Riot police buses and trucks with water cannon
stood guard. Officers stopped passing cars,
checking licenses and using mirrors to look un
derneath some vehicles.
Traffic was sharply restricted or halted along
highways and in areas around the palace, but few
tie-ups were reported, in part because enthrone
ment day was declared a national holiday and
many Tokyoites took advantage of the three-day
weekend to leave town. Airlines reported many
flights were booked close to capacity.
Akihito became emperor immediately upon
the death of his father, Emperor Hirohito, in
January 1989, but a period of mourning was ob
served before his formal enthronement.
By ELIZABETH TISCH
Of The Battalion Staff
ransplant recipient
emembered by friends
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WHITE SETTLEMENT (AP) —
|For almost seven years, Stormie
Jones battled to live a life free of the
Imedical complications and media
Jglare that had resulted from her his-
|tory-making heart-liver transplant.
That fight ended Sunday when
Ithe 13-year-old died in a Pittsburgh
Ihospital where she had been flown
jSaturday after complaining of flu-
llike symptoms.
Stormie, who didn’t like all the at-
Stention focused on her, wanted
Jmore than anything to be treated
|like a normal teen, friends said.
‘She wished everybody would
Itreat her normal instead of like she
[had an operation, because she didn’t
[like everybody asking her how she
[felt or if she was feeling OK,” Crystal
[Millikan, Stormie’s best friend, said.
“Nobody in the world was as sweet
lor kind as her,” Crystal said.
There’ll be nobody like her.”
Stormie made medical history on
[Valentine’s Day 1984 when she be
came the world’s first heart-liver
[transplant at the age of 6. The oper-
[ation was necessary because she was
[born with a congenital condition that
[left her cholesterol levels 10 times
[higher than normal.
Before the first transplant,
itormie suffered two heart attacks
md underwent two triple coronary
)ypass operations.
She had no serious complications
From the first transplant until Octo-
;r 1988, when doctors at Children’s
[Hospital in Pittsburgh removed a
>ile duct obstruction. Hepatitis dam-
iged that liver, and this year she re
turned to Pittsburgh and received a
second liver on Feb. 20. In July, she
was again treated for hepatitis,
which damaged her second trans
planted liver.
Doctors, family and friends often
marvelled over Stormie’s determin
ation to recover from each of the set
backs caused by liver rejection, med
ication changes and a host of other
illnesses.
“I guess it’s just hope. There’s a
thing in the back of your head that
says, ‘Get up,”’ Stormie once told re
porters.
“I just wanted more for her,” said
Crystal’s mother, Teresa Millikan,
who spearheaded efforts to raise
funds for Stormie’s expenses. “She
deserved more. She was God’s walk
ing angel. She touched so many peo
ple’s hearts.”
“I’m going to miss her a lot,” Crys
tal said Sunday afternoon at the
apartment complex where her fam
ily and Stormie’s lived in this suburb
of Fort Worth.
Friends shielded Stormie’s sister,
Misty, from the media Sunday.
“We got so close to the family,”
Kenneth Millikan, Crystal’s father,
said. “It’s real rough.”
Crystal, also 13, said she and
Stormie often went to the mall, went
“cruising” or had sleepovers.
In the last week or so, Crystal said
Stormie gave her a poster she had
drawn with a bear and jack-in-the-
box with the caption “Friends are
forever.” Crystal said when Stormie
gave her the poster, she said, “Don’t
forget me.”
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HUY THANH NGUYEN/The Battalion
Seven-year-old Jacob Siever waits for the start of the 5-mile
portion of Beta Theta Pi’s Race for Life at the A&M Research
Park Sunday. The event benefits Young Life of Brazos Valley.
Texas A&M Residence Hall Asso
ciation is sponsoring multicultural
week with events scheduled Tuesday
through Friday.
“Cornucopia of Cultures” specif
ically was designed to create multi
cultural awareness among residence
halls.
RHA Director of Programs Kathy
Hopkins says although there aren’t
necessarily any problems among stu
dents living in residence halls, multi-
culturalism does exist and people
should be aware of it.
“Our point is trying to create an
awareness, and we are targeting the
residence halls because RHA is al
ways trying to improve life in the
halls,” she says. “And this is just one
way of doing this.” -
“Cornucopia of Cultures” will be
gin with a reception for campus
leaders at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Rud
der Exhibit Hall. Aggie Cinema’s in
ternational movie “Kagemusha,” co
sponsored by RHA, will follow. Stu
dents with an activity sticker can re
ceive a discount on tickets to the
movie.
RHA will feature a forum
Wednesday to address campus-re
lated multicultural issues as well as
ways to unify the student body. The
forum will be led by a student panel.
Hopkins says he hopes the event
will allow problems dealing with
multiculturalism to surface so stu
dents can put a stop to them.
The forum will be at 8:30 p.m. in
601 Rudder.
Voices of Praise will perform at
noon Thursday in the MSC Flag-
room. Later that evening, a cultural
entertainment extravaganza featur
ing a variety of dance and musical
groups will be from 7 to 9 p.m. in the
Flagroom.
The Second Annual Multicultural
Drive-In Workshop, sponsored by
the Department of Student Affairs,
will take place Friday and marks the
end of “Cornucopia of Cultures.”
The workshop will focus on cre
ating a multicultural environment in
residence life.
For more information call the
RHA Office at 845-4768.
Soviets retain guns
illegally after decree
MOSCOW (AP) — Law enforce
ment authorities estimate that Sovi
ets have 3.6 million illegal guns in
their hands, leaving the increasingly
restive population “armed to the
teeth,” a newspaper reported Sun
day.
The article in Komsomolskaya
Pravda was the latest in a series of re
ports about rising lawlessness in the
country and appeared less than a
week after a gunman opened fire in
Red Square while President Mikhail
S. Gorbachev and other leaders were
reviewing Revolution Day festivities.
Four months ago, Gorbachev or
dered illegal firearms to be turned
in, but the newspaper reported
widespread disobedience of the de
cree, with the Interior Ministry say
ing that individuals surrendered
only 20,100 guns, 700,000 rounds of
ammunition and 3 tons of explo
sives.
Of the 3.6 million illegal firearms
in circulation, 25,000 are rifles, the
Interior Ministry said.
The article was a follow-up to a re
port in Komsomolskaya Pravda last
week in which the newspaper of
fered to buy firearms from black
marketeers while keeping their
names confidential.
Since the Communist Youth
League newspaper began its offer in
late October, it reported it has been
offered “whole arsenals of various
types of modern weapons,” includ
ing heavy machine guns, hand gre
nades, grenade launchers, portable
anti-tank launchers and “a railway
car full of weapons.”
“Our impression is the country is
armed to the teeth,” correspondent
D. Muratov wrote.
The newspaper said it had turned
its investigation over to Gorbachev,
who has deemed it “very important,”
and forwarded it to Defense Min
ister Dmitri Yazov, Interior Minister
Vadim Bakatin and other officials.
Weapons are stolen not only from
arsenals, but also from armament
factories, assembled or in pieces, the
newspaper reported. In addition,
weapons that are deemed obsolete
or irreparable are intercepted by
black marketeers before they can be
destroyed, it said.
In a separate report Sunday, the
Communist Party newspaper Pravda
said police captured three service
men who had deserted from an Inte
rior Ministry unit in Omsk with
three submachine guns, five revolv
ers and a large amount of ammuni
tion that may have been headed for
the black market.
Gorbachev’s order on surren
dering illegal weapons appeared to
be aimed at armed volunteers in
such ethnic trouble spots as Armenia
and Azerbaijan, where nearly 500
people have been killed.