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I Page itoer 4,199( World Wednesday Page 7 September 4, 1996 lte 1 R A Q I » r m pH intin mediatic ‘The optiini ional phase tudent Leg yice. He sai but not ail ;t Texas At 3 revent cause it con- com- n vn.” rris inatorof n and ervices C exans give support udent sem dntments a: .-2 lounge k lem. but vaiud ’ en - Kay Bai Novak scjiutch in son pproved of Hinton’s ctions. ley WASHINGTON (AP) — President Clinton’s decision to unleash a volley of missiles against key military targets in Iraq drew the support Tuesday of Texas Republicans and Democrats alike on Capitol Hill. But even as they approved of the attacks against Iraqi air-defense installations, the Texans said they would be loath to see full- scale U.S. military involvement in the region marred by Kurdish infighting. “The Kurds are divided and I do not want us to unwittingly insert ourselves into a civil conflict or a conflict between Iran and Iraq,” said Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. An outspoken critic of the administra tion’s decision last year to deploy troops to Bosnia, Hutchison expressed support for Clinton’s latest military action. But in an interview, she said she would oppose any broadening of the U.S. mis sion. “I think it’s very important we keep our commitments but not insert ourselves into this conflict,” she said. In a speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Phil Gramm declared his support for the administration action, but also cau tioned that further U.S. involvement must be limited. “We do not have a dog in that fight,” said Gramm, R-Texas. “If this becomes a conflict between Iran and Iraq, I think the president would be poorly advised in becoming involved in that conflict and I would not and could not support such an involvement.” Hussein orders troops to down U.S. aircraft BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A defi ant Saddam Hussein vowed Tuesday to respond to U.S. missile strikes, ordering his troops to shoot down foreign aircraft and ignore the no-fly zones designed to keep his military in check. Kurds in the north celebrated the attack launched by President Clinton, but said Saddam’s forces were still pressing their offensive against Kurdish rebels. Two American warships and a pair of B-52 bombers fired 27 cruise missiles at military tar gets in southern Iraq, killing five people, according to Iraqi and U.S. officials. The attack set off air raid sirens in Baghdad and prompt ed Saddam to announce he would no longer honor the two no-fly zones that bar his war planes from the skies of north ern and southern Iraq. “From now on, pay no atten tion to damned imaginary no-fly zones,” Saddam told his armed forces. “Depend only on God, and hit hard and professionally at any flying target that belongs to the allied aggressors that penetrates the airspace of your beloved and glorious homeland.” “Fight, resist these aggressors and teach them a new, unforget table lesson about values that their empty souls lack.” During and since the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War, Saddam has “From now on, pay no attention to damned imagi nary no-fly zones/ Saddam Hussein Iraqi president responded to punishing action by the West with dramatic threats of retaliation that were rarely carried out. Clinton launched the strike Tuesday in response to Saddam’s weekend assault on Kurdish rebels in Irbil, the main city in the Kurdish save haven in northern Iraq. Associated Press correspon dent Yalman Onaran reported from Irbil Tuesday that the city was calm, but the boom of heavy artillery could be heard to the south. aqi mission puts Clinton in delicate position Washington (AP) — Saddam Hussein a big factor at the start of the last presi- |Jial campaign, all but forgotten in the By provoking a military showdown with ident Clinton just nine weeks before ■lion Day, the Iraqi leader might have a Ie lasting impact this time. 1 tie bipartisan praise for Clinton’s overnight | ;e missile strikes against Iraqi military tar- underscored the political opportunity for president, who displayed a decisiveness ■ iblicans frequently assert is missing from lidministration's foreign policy, lit 15 or 20 points ahead in the polls, the lident doesn’t need this kind of risky chal lenge,” said Connecticut Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman. "He’s shown some guts.” But any prolonged confrontation with Iraq carries huge political risks, the most obvious being the potential for U.S. casualties should Saddam not heed Clinton’s warnings and addi tional strikes be ordered. The lukewarm support voiced by Western allies gave Republicans an opening to assert that Clinton has squandered the internation al prestige built by Ronald Reagan and George Bush, to the point where Saddam had no reservations about ignoring Clinton’s warnings. That latter point is one Republican chal lenger Bob Dole has repeatedly stressed in his campaign against Clinton. "Saddam Hussein is testing American leadership,” he said Sunday. On Monday, he went on to say Clinton had demonstrated “weak leadership” in dealing with Iraq. 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