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i Ine assists, Walla m thr back’s -essful, w a startii, Coach (Nii ms to plat ! well tog«, or eleven f ca n, it'sjtij re we ; mistryisi|^ 'ay. We 'appentoiit uting willlt i'. against )r 7:30 and tome ks and Lt The Battalion Vol. 90 Mo. 102 (ASPS 045360 8 Pages College Station, Texas Tuesday, February 26, 1991 ## We continue to prosecute the war. We want him to get out. We will not fight ^ ' ~ | unarmed retreating forces. They should lay down their arms and leave. Bi TM i % JWhite House demands Saddam’s withdrawal Comparison of U.N.Resolutions and Soviet Peace Plan 1! WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House demanded Monday tight that Saddam Hussein “person- lly and publicly" agree to an uncon- litional withdrawal from Kuwait to top the war against Iraq. “We con- inue to prosecute the war,” Presi- lent Bush’s spokesman said. White House press secretary Mar in Fitzwater said the administration lid not know if a broadcast order Jrom Saddam for his forces to with- praw was genuine. “We will not fight unarmed re- reating forces,” he said. Later he added, “They should lay down their rms and leave.” He said there was o evidence to suggest there was a ithdrawal already underway. At the Pentagon, military officials law the barest hints of Iraqi movement north but could not say whether the troops were reposition ing or starting to pull back. “Tonight’s statement would be our position” going into United Na tions debates later Monday evening, Fitzwater said. “We aren’t rejecting anything,” Fitzwater said of the Iraqi radio an nouncement. “We don’t know that there is a genuine offer. We see no evidence of it on the ground. We have no reason to believe the radio report. “What we are saying is, we hope it’s true. We want him to get out.” Yet, he said Iraqi troops were contin uing to fight. “There are at least 27 dead Amer- See War/Page 4 U.N. □ Resolution 660 (Aug. 2, 1990) - Condemns invasion and demands unconditional Iraqi withdrawal, also calls for nego tiations between Iraq and Ku wait. □ Resolution 661 (Aug. 6, 1990) - Imposes sanctions to expedite Iraqi withdrawal. □ Resolution 674 (Oct. 29, 1990) - Iraqis liable for damages in Kuwait due to invasion. □ Resolution 678 (Nov. 29, 1990) - Authorizes use of mili tary force after Jan. 15, dead line for withdrawal. Soviet □ Iraq agrees to complete, unconditional withdrawal of troops from Kuwait, upon the second day after the ceasing of hostilities. □ Iraqi troop withdrawal takes place within fixed pe riod of time. □ U.N. economic sanctions nullified upon withdrawal of two-thirds of Iraqi forces, with remaining sanctions upon completion of retreat. □ Iraqi withdrawal super vised by the U.N. Security Council. J Iraqi missile kills 27 Marines es j DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia (AP) — In the worst Scud attack of the Gulf War, an Iraqi mis- Ifle on Monday demolished a barracks housing American soldiers. The U.S. military said at least ■7 servicemen were killed and 98 wounded. ■ Baghdad radio hailed the attack, saying the ■lissile struck “the coward traitors who mortgage Bie sacred places of the nation ... and turn Arab ’ i into shields of flesh.” The single missile caused more casualties than Aaq’s armies have reportedly inflicted in two days on the battlefield. U.S. military officials say . four Americans died and 21 were injured in the I first two days of a major ground assault. I Saddam Hussein’s troops have hurled dozens of missiles at Israel and Saudi Arabia since the Bulf War began jan. 17 but most have been knocked out by U.S.-supplied Patriot defense missiles. It was not immediately clear if a Patriot was fired to intercept the Scud on Monday. Early Tuesday, the U.S. Central Command is sued a statement saying 27 were killed and 98 were wounded. The updated statement, which followed a night of searching for the victims, said all personnel were accounted for. “It was gory, horrible,” said Sgt. Arnel Bona, 23, assigned to crowd control at the blast scene. After the blast, a chaplain moved among the survivors, consoling them. Some soldiers ap peared to be in shock; others embraced each other in anguish. Many were in tears. In the rubble, four pairs of boots poked out from under blankets. Sleeping bags and military uniform belts were scattered about on the charred floor. There was little left of the building but its steel girder frame. Trevor Harrison, who lives near the building, said he rushed out when he heard the explosion and saw the smoldering ruins. Harrison said the servicemen were apparently eating dinner when the Iraqi missile hit the top of the building. The building was a corrugated metal structure that had been used as a warehouse. It was con verted into temporary housing for American and British troops. “There was a huge explosion, then flames shot into the air,” said Greg Seigle, a freelance jour nalist at the site in Dhahran, near the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia, 200 miles south of Kuwait. I its rrals ensaW )A ps p* nclas ernuts Arlii# Region ctein esfcV jPolice arrest art, jprevent exposure By Timm Doolen The Battalion Controversial art should create new ideas and not anger, said the president of a Chicago art institute which has oeen involved in two artistic disputes during the past three ^ears. TonyJones related his experiences as president of Jones the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to a crowd of almost 100 Monday night in Rudder Tower. He described how he dealt with mgry protests of art pieces which )frended thousands in Chicago and icross the nation. | Jones said ideas the art conveys should not set off anger but instead more ideas. I “The principle of having a Diversity is that debate can happen freely,” he said. “No matter how oxious the ideas are, they can be ebated.” The first incident concerned a ainting by a student which epicted deceased Chicago Mayor arold Washington wearing omen’s lingerie. Just hours after it was hung on he walls of the art institute in April f988, four of the city’s aldermen nd dozens of outraged citizens ame to protest and remove the lain ting. After hours of discussion and FREDRICK D. JOE/The Battalion Tom Jones, president of the School of Art Institute of Chicago, speaks to students at Rudder Tower Monday night about artistic disputes he has encountered over the past three years. arguments, the painting was removed by city police and the aldermen. “The police did something so ingenious and outrageous, I had to commend them for it,” Jones said. “They arrested the painting.” He said in trying to prevent exposure of the painting, the aldermen ensured it would be exposed to millions of people via the national media. The institute received thousands of phone calls after the media reported the story and made it a national topic. He said for the most part, the institute itself — not the artist — was the object of people’s anger. “The institution is not there to condone or condemn but to present,” Jones said in defense of the institute. Several days after the incident, the art institute printed an apology in Chicago’s two largest newspapers for the distress the painting caused the community. He said it would have been insensitive of the institute not to address the issue because the mayor was revered by some city residents. The second major incident involving the institute was the February 1989 display of an art piece which has come to be known as the “flag on the floor” piece. The display, created by another student, included a drawing of the American flag in three scenarios: flying on a pole, draped over a casket and burned by Korean protesters. On the floor was an American flag and below the drawing was a book in which observers could write their answer to the question on the wall, “What is the proper way to display the U.S. flag?” See Art/Page 4 A&M experts view retreat skeptically Vandiver By Julie Hedderman The Battalion Baghdad Radio’s announcement Monday claiming Iraq will withdraw from Kuwait indicates a genuine Iraqi attempt to surrender, a Texas A&M mili tary defense ex pert says. Dr. Art Blair, deputy director for administra tion of A&M’s Mosher Institute for Defense Stud ies, says Saddam Hussein knows he cannot win the gulf war and wants to save what military equip ment and forces he can. “The surrendering troops may be a reason for the announcement so that Iraq still will have military clout in the world,” he says. The announcement, given by an unidentified radio spokesman, should not be trusted until the Iraqi government officially confirms it with the United Nations Security Council, Blair says. “I think we have to be extremely cautious,” he says. Dr. Frank Vandiver, director of the Mosher Institute, says he hopes Iraq’s statement of withdrawal will signal the beginning of the end of the war. Local panel weighs U.S. foreign policy B y Julie Myers The Battalion “It indicates a serious effort,” he says. Although Iraq’s resistance has been poor, it might be days before the fighting actually stops, he says. Vandiver says Saddam will have a difficult time removing troops from Kuwait, and this might be a “last ditch” effort to save them. It is important to note that Sad dam wants to follow the Soviet con ditions for surrender, Vandiver says. These diplomatic efforts will allow the Soviets to take part in peacemak ing decisions. Blair says Saddam could be cam ouflaging nis true intentions because the radio announcement was made at the same time Scud missiles were being fired at Saudi Arabia. The coalition needs to consider if a moving tank actually is leaving Ku wait or repositioning, Blair says. He believes Saddam has mis judged the United States again by offering to withdraw under the So 1 viet conditions which already have been rejected. Saddam does not understand Western thinking any more than the United States understands him, Blair says. Vandiver says Saddam was sur prised by his troops’ fear of more al lied attacks. “Our air forces degraded his front line defenses,” he says. “His defenses were not as coordinated as he would have liked.” Coalition forces in the Persian Gulf should pause for peace and ne gotiate a permanent halt to the war, said members of a panel of commu-' nity members and Texas A&M fac ulty Monday. Dr. Nabil Safwat, associate profes sor of urban and regional planning, said peace in accordance with Is lamic principles was and still is a pos sibility. “Peace can only be achieved through policies that emphasize freedom, human rights and digni ty,” Safwat said. “U.S. foreign policy should be more balanced and fair to ward all Middle Eastern peoples not just one country.” U.S. foreign policy also should not use Saddam Hussein as a tool to con fuse the American public about Is lam because Hussein makes a mock ery of the religion, Safwat said. The United States has a long his tory of involvement in political and economic affairs of Middle Eastern countries, said Dr. Larry Yarak, as sistant professor of history. “This war is an immoral and un just war,” Yarak said. “As the record becomes clearer, I believe it will be come more and more evident that the United States did not use its in fluence in early August to convince Iraq not to invade Kuwait.” Yarak said the Iraqi government cabled the Bush administration to ask for advice on its border conflict with Kuwait involving the Basra oil fields. “The Bush Administration said Arab border disputes were Arab problems,” Yarak said. “Because of this counsel, the United States bears some responsibility for the invasion of Kuwait.” The desire to avoid Vietnam ex periences has created a simplistic view of the war, Yarak said. “Now we must win at whatever the cost,” he said. Those costs include a distrust on the part of the Soviet Union and See AnNam/Page 4 Total A&M students in Gulf reaches 76 Seventy-six Texas A&M students have withdrawn from the University since last fall to participate in Operation Desert Storm in the Middle East. Twenty-five students withdrew last fall, but 51 have been added to the withdrawal list since the war against Iraq began in January. Students needing to withdraw must go to the Student Judicial Affairs office. One former A&M student is listed as missing in action after the plane he was flying went down Feb. 1 somewhere in the Middle East. U.S. Air Force Lt. Thomas Clifford Bland, 2fi, was a Student Government member and Class of’86. Inside State & Local 2 Editorial ^ Cartoons ^Wilson Weather Outlook Wed Thurs Fri Focus The Waiting Game Texas A&M’s special events center is supposed to boost athletic recruiting and atten- dance - page g