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International Wednesd Page 8 The Battalion Wednesday, January 20,1993 Bush hands President-elect troubled times Iraq asks Clinton to cease attacks THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Fresh air battles erupt ed over northern Iraq on Tuesday and addi tional U.S. warships sailed to the region as the Bush administration prepared to hand its troubled relationship with Iraq to President elect Clinton. President Bush's spokesman said the White House wanted to see action backing up the Iraqi offer to cease firing at allied planes in its "no-fly zones." The incoming Clinton admin istration, too, said it wanted more than words. Iraq's ruling Revolutionary Command Council — headed by Saddam Hussein — said there would be no attacks on U.S., French or British planes in a gesture of good will starting at midnight on Clinton's Inaugura tion Day. The mcve came after Iraq asked Clinton to abandon the allied air raid campaign, assert ing that continued attacks would not force co operation by Baghdad. "There is a cease-fire regimen in place in U.N. Resolution 687, and if Iraq complies with that, then there should be no problem," said presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. George Stephanopoulos, Clinton communi cations director, said Iraq's offer did nothing to change the fact that the new administration expects "full compliance with all the require ments of the U.N. resolutions." "We need to see Iraq change its behavior," Stephanopoulos said. At the Pentagon, spokesman Pete Williams termed the offer "a helpful sign." But "more important than any statement is action," he said, citing the two issues that have drawn Iraq and the allies into military confrontation repeatedly in recent weeks. He said Iraq must: — Stop firing on U.S., British and French aircraft patrolling the no-fly zones in the north and south, take its anti-aircraft missiles out of firing status and store them. — Agree to the weapons inspections de manded by the United Nations. Both Williams and Fitzwater denied the Bush administration would steer clear of force against the Iraqi military if provoked in the fi nal hours before Clinton is sworn in at noon EST on Wednesday. "We continue to watch Iraq's behavior. We certainly would not hesitate to respond if nec essary," said Fitzwater. About 2:30 a.m. EST Tuesday, Iraqi missile and radar installations "locked on" a U.S. F- 4G "Wild Weasel," which fired a anti-radar HARM missile at the site, located some 14 miles east of the city of Mosul, Williams said. "We're not certain of the results," he said. About an hour later, a U.S. Air Force F-16 drew Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery fire, but did not return the fire, Williams said. In a third incident at 5:30 a.m. EST at a dif ferent location, two F-16s were fired on by Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery. They dropped four cluster bombs at the Iraqi weaponry, but Pen tagon officials "don't know the results," Williams said. He also denied any cracks had developed among the allies, saying "they remain united" on the two critical points: Saddam must com ply with U.N. resolutions and Iraq must not interfere with allied flights in the no-fly zones. Williams said that Iraqi jets are continuing to fly just across the 36th parallel that forms the southern border of the northern no-fly zone in an attempt to lure allied aircraft into air defense traps. "This is sticking a toe over the line," he said, indicating that the Iraqi flights are de signed only to draw allied planes close enough to surface-to-air missile batteries to try to shoot them down. At the White House, Fitzwater called Tues day's skirmishes over northern Iraq "a defen- Israeli lawmakers abolish legislation THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Lawmakers on Tuesday abolished a 7-year-old law barring Israelis from meeting with PLO members, raising hopes that Arabs may agree to resume Middle East peace talks. The vote was 39-20 in the 120- member parliament. The reason for the low turnout was not imme- "The move will pave the way to set up an independent Palestinian state living side by side will Israel." elude Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. : A statement from PLO i spokesman Bassam Abu-Sharif in Tunisia said "the move will pave the way to set up an independent Palestinian state living side by side will Israel." He also appealed for a summit between PLO chief Yasser Arafat and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who opposed lifting the ban. A recent survey showed nearly half of Israeli legislators favor direct negotia tions with the PLO, including two-thirds of the lawmakers from Rabin's -Bassam Abu-Sharif in Tunisia Labor Party. PTO Spokesman staunchly op posed the idea, The Battalion Vote pleases PLO delegation Classified Ads THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Phone: 845-0569 / Office: Room 015 (basement) Reed McDonald Building ’AGGIE’ Want Ads $10 for 20 words running 5 days. 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The Palestinians remain deter mined to boycott peace talks until Israel repatriatiates more than 400 Palestinians it expelled last month to south Lebanon, Ashrawi said. Israeli peace activist Abie Nathan, said he would fly to Tunis on Wednesday to meet with Arafat to ask him for a conciliatory gesture toward Israel. diately clear. The decision could give a boost to Israel's negotiations with Pales tinians and Arab neighbors. The Palestinians have vowed to boy cott the talks until Israel allows the repatriation of more than 400 alleged Muslim extremists ex pelled last month. Israel had considered the Pales tine Liberation Organization a ter rorist group and barred any con tacts by Israelis. Some officials have urged drop ping the ban to counter the rising influence of Muslim fundamental ists. Israeli liberals also have said that open direct negotiations with the PLO could strengthen Pales tinian moderates who support Middle East peace talks. 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