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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — For years Argentines were told not to dwell on the horrors of the “Dirty War.” Now, the official silence has been bro ken with the frank admission that the army tortured and killed leftists and political dissi dents two decades ago. The truth has shaken the country to the core. While it may help Argentines confront their past, it may not help President Carlos Menem, who pardoned many of the people responsible and is up for re-election. “It’s time to assume the re sponsibility and no longer deny the horrors of the past,” army Commander Gen. Martin Balza said Tuesday in acknowledging the army’s role in the former military government’s brutal campaign. “The army did not know how to take on terrorists by legal means” Balza said on a tele vised talk show. “(It) employed illegitimate methods, including the suppression of life, to ob tain information.” His surprise statement was ap plauded Wednesday by human rights groups, which have pushed for a new investigation into the “disappearance” of thousands of people during the Dirty War. It came on the heels of two chilling confessions by retired armed forces officers who said political prisoners were thrown alive into the Atlantic from navy and army aircraft in the 1970s. The military junta that seized power in 1976 went after left- wing guerrillas who sought to destabilize the country. More than 9,000 people, many of them intellectuals and dissidents un connected with terrorism, were arrested and disappeared, an of ficial report says. Human rights advocates claim more than 30,000 Argentines dis appeared under military rule. Menem, who had repeatedly urged former repressors "not to rub salt in old wounds” by pub licly confessing to atrocities. praised Balza’s “coura; said he expected stateire from the air force and the He said he hoped Bali: elation would pacify the and put an end to furth of torture by repentant oh “This is a relief the one hand it will sty confessions from repeni; itary men and also soa be able speak moret; Menem said. In a newspaper ind published Monday, fore:i Victor Ibanez claimedpn were put on “death flip: tween 1976 and 1978.1: the first member of the 1 tine army to speak out leged military murdermr. The account echoed a sion in March by a fonr; officer, Lt. Cmdr. Adolfo go. He, too, described hr oners were drugged arc alive from navy planes. Human rights grot; agreed with Menem. De: the Dirty War, formerk now hopefully will gathe: and lead to a shake up country’s discredited forces, they said. Firefighter who rescued Jessica McClure d Q Robert O'Donnell wrote a suicide note and apparently shot himself in a pasture near Stanton. STANTON, Texas (AP) — The world waited in 1987 as paramedic Robert O’Donnell shimmied on his back through a shaft to dislodge a Midland toddler wedged down a well. More than seven years later, the first rescuer to reach Jessica McClure wrote a suicide note and drove to a pasture near Stanton before apparently shooting himself. Autopsy results were pending. Glasscock County Deputy Sheriff Fred Schroyer told The Dallas Morning News that O’Donnell ap parently took his own life. “Ever since that Jessica deal, his life fell apart,” brother Ricky O’Donnell said Wednesday. Ricky O’Donnell said the body of the 37-year- old ex-firefighter was found Monday morning on their parents’ ranch near Stanton, about 20 miles northeast of Midland. He said people often asked his brothe: the ordeal of helping save an 18-monthc from a narrow pit. Robert O’Donnell and others toiledforj; to reach Jessica, who fell 22 feet downr doned water well in her aunt’s back yard: land. Television viewers tuned in nationwic: News clippings say O’Donnell’s made him the one to descend a newly dril cue shaft. He went down once but decided the; wasn’t wide enough to pull the girl out« risking a paralyzing injury. “I told her we would be back,” 0’Donnef 1987. “I had absolutely decided when 1' in, I wasn’t coming out without her.” On the second try in the widened st smeared a lubricating jelly around the ;* tugged on Jessica’s dangling left leg. He ’ prayed and cursed; the girl told him “No,: ‘ eral times as he pulled. I ftp f Macintosh Performa® 6115 w/CD 8 MB RAM/350 MB hard drive, CD-ROM drive, 15” color display, keyboard, mouse and all the software you're likely to need. Color StyleWriter 2400 Ink cartridge and cable included. 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