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Friday, September 20,1991 The Battalion Page 5
Yeltsin complains of ailment
Speculators question real reason behind 'slight illness'
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian
Federation President Boris Yeltsin
was described as "slightlv ill"
from an unspeci-
fied heart ail
ment Thursday
and he canceled
his engagements
for a second
straight day.
The acting
chairman of the
Russian legisla
ture, Ruslan
Khasbulatov, Yeltsin
told lawmakers the 60-year-old
Yeltsin could not speak to the
opening session of the legislature
as planned because his doctors
told him to rest for a day.
He said Yelstin was not seri
ously ill and still planned to visit
Azerbaijan this weekend.
There was no public talk that
Yeltsin might be seriously ill, and
speculation grew in the legislature
that he might be feigning illness to
avoid a debate with lawmakers
angry at this transfer of powers to
the executive branch.
Yeltsin issued a series of
sweeping decrees after the failed
Aug. 18-21 coup, asserting his au
thority over many aspects of the
central Soviet government and by
passing legislative review. Many
lawmakers have questioned their
legality.
"Many legislators regard the
absence of Boris Nikolayevich
(Yeltsin) at the session as an at
tempt to avoid open confrontation
with the parliament," the Tass
news agency quoted lawmaker
Vladimir Lisin as saying.
"He would have to answer
some unpleasant questions about
his decrees," said Lisin, chairman
of the subcommittee on humani
tarian issues.
If Yeltsin did turn out to be se
riously ill, the incapacitation of the
most popular politician in the So
viet Union and would destablize
an already unsettled situation.
Yeltsin has supported the
groups pushing for more liberal
ization and democracy, and his
loss could be a boon to factions
that have opposed reform.
Under Russian law. Vice Presi
dent Alexander Rutskoi would re
place Yeltsin if he became dis
abled, either until Yeltsin could re
sume office or until his five-year
presidential term expires in June
1996.
Because Yeltsin is thought not
to be very ill, there has been no
public discussion about this possi
bility.
U.N. Security Council allows Iraq
to sell $1.6 billion worth of oil
Faction says
Israel must
free prisoners
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — A
pro-Iranian kidnapping faction
said Thursday it would not free
any Western hostage until Israel
releases 20 more Lebanese pris
oners.
"The Revolutionary Justice
Organization is sorry to freeze
the hope of an imminent release
of a few hostages until the pic
ture becomes clearer about the
Israeli position and the United
Nations movement," said a com
munique from the group.
The handwritten Arabic-lan-
guage statement, delivered to
An-Nahar newspaper and a
western news agency, was ac
companied by a picture of Amer
ican hostage Joseph Cicippio, 61,
of Norristown, Pa., who is held
by the group along with British
hostage Jack Mann.
The photograph was a poor
quality reproduction of an old
color photo of Cicippio, shown
from the chest up with a bushy
beard and without his glasses.
The 32-line staflNhent dashed
hopes raised this week that
Mann, 77, a former World War II
pilot, was about to go free.
Also Thursday, Shiite Mus
lim leaders seeking a hostage-
for-prisoner swap said two Ger
man captives may be excluded
from the proposed deal, in an at
tempt to bargain for the release
of Lebanese terrorists jailed in
Germany.
The Shiites, who spoke on
condition of anonymity, also
said two of the 11 Western
hostages — an Italian and Briton
— had died in captivity.
Numerous previous reports
have suggested British writer
Alec Collett and Italian business
man Alberto Molinari died years
ago.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -
The Security Council on Thursday
approved a plan allowing Iraq to
sell up to $1.6 billion worth of oil
and use some of the profits for
civilian supplies and war repara
tions.
The six-month arrangement
would be the first export of Iraqi
oil since the Aug. 2,1990, invasion
of Kuwait. It was not immediately
clear if Baghdad would consent to
the plan.
The 15-member Security
Council approved the plan 13-1,
with Cuba voting no and Yemen
abstaining.
Under the resolution, Iraq
would have no control over the
sale of the oil or the proceeds, to
be used for food, medicine and
humanitarian supplies.
Up to 30 percent of the rev
enue can be used to pay war repa
rations. The United Nations will
also use some of the money to cov
er costs of eliminating Iraq's
weapons of mass destruction, as
WASHINGTON (AP) - After
a day of trying to quell talk of a
new war with Iraq, President Bush
issued new
warnings to Sad
dam Hussein
and new reas
surances to the
American pub
lic.
To Saddam,
Bush used an in
terview with
Hispanic jour
nalists in Los Bush
Angeles on
Thursday to say, "I've never been
more determined" about ending
required under the Persian Gulf
War cease-fire accords.
Iraqi's U.N. ambassador, Ab
dul Amir al-Anbari, complained
to the council that the plan did not
provide enough income for hu
manitarian aid for Iraqis.
He later told reporters the
plan "is totally unworkable," but
declined to say how Baghdad
would act.
Oil industry sources say Iraqi
officials have been making in
quiries about resuming oil sales.
Iraq has consistently bridled at
the directives issued by the Securi
ty Council since the end of the
Gulf War.
This week, the United States
warned Baghdad that renewed at
tacks were not out of the question
if it failed to allow U.N. heli
copters to fly freely around Iraq in
search of biological, chemical and
nuclear weapons.
In Washington, State Depart
ment deputy spokesman Richard
Boucher said the oil sale did not
interference with the helicopters
of U.N. weapons inspectors. "He
should not miscalculate again."
To Americans, Bush said he
was not planning "Son of Desert
Storm," but would rely on air
power if necessary.
"To allay the concerns of
America, I would .simply say
we're not talking about massive
troop movements. ... What we are
talking about, if required, is ac
companying helicopters with
some air power," he said. "And
we've got a lot of air power
there."
The president's remarks re
versed the course of a day in
constitute a weakening of U.N.
sanctions against Iraq.
A key element of the resolu
tion, he said, is that no funds gen
erated by the oil sale will ever pass
into the hands of the Iraqi govern
ment.
"The sale of Iraqi oil and the
procurement and distribution of
supplies will be conducted under
close supervision of the United
Nations," he said.
"If Iraq has any concern about
the fate of its people and the hard
ship that they are facing, this is a
way for them to see that the peo
ple get what they need," he said.
The Iraqi oil would be' sent
through the pipeline to Turkey,
where it would be stored for sale.
The pipeline can carry about 1
million barrels a day.
"In terms of the humanitarian
needs of the Iraqi people, there is
no question it has to be done. And
it will be done," said the council's
president, French Ambassador
Jean-Bernard Merimee.
which Bush had ducked questions
about his ultimatum to Saddam
the day before.
At one point. Bush was told
that Iraq's state-run news media
had accused the United States of
"spreading false information ... to
justify its resumption of aggres
sion," and replied, "I'm not look
ing for a fight with anybody."
Defense Department spokes
man Pete Williams refused to
comment on the alert status of any
U.S. forces, saying the Pentagon
doesn't comment on "contingency
plans."
President says ?io "Son of Desert Storm" planned
Bush reaffirms warnings to Saddam
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