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Applications will be available for the following at MSC Open House: Service Chair Class Gift Chair Newsletter Co-Chair Sub-chairs and committees Page! Thursday • Septembers, I99i Conflicting reports in Iraq Iraq puts up defense — against what is uncleai BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) —Anti- my ... sent his missiles aiming at “Iraqi willpower will not be de- aircraft fire lighted the skies of several military positions and at feated by the tyrants, no matter I 03ClS BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Anti aircraft fire lighted the skies of Baghdad late Wednesday, hours after the United States fired a new round of cruise missiles into southern Iraq and destroyed an Iraqi radar site that was preparing to attack an American F-16 fighter jet. Detonations reverberated throughout the capital for 15 minutes, and air-raid sirens blared as the anti-aircraft batter ies fired. Washington insisted there had been no American, allied or other military operations in the area Wednesday evening, although an Iraqi military statement accused the United States of attacking Baghdad directly. It was not clear if the gunners hit, or even had, specific targets, or whether the barrage was a govern ment attempt to make Baghdad’s residents feel under siege. “The malicious American ene my ... sent his missiles aiming at several military positions and at heavily populated civilian sites,’ including Baghdad, the Iraqi statement said. Iraq’s “sons con fronted the missiles with efficien cy and capability and downed a high percentage of them.” There was an explosion Wednesday night in the streets of the al-Hurriya residential area near Baghdad’s old airport, which left a hole six-feet wide and three-feet deep. However, the crater was too small to have been caused by a cruise missile. The exact cause of the blast was not immediately clear. One possibility would be Iraqi anti-aircraft fire returning to the ground. The Iraqi military said one per son was killed and 11 were injured. Government-inspired anti- American protests were reported in Babil and another town south of Baghdad. SA-8 Gecko missile An Iraqi air defense battery beamed its radar at an American warplane Wednesday, prompting fire from an F-16 jet fighter. U.S. forces said they had determined Iraq was preparing to fire a surface-to-air missile at the F-16. A look at the radar and missile system: Can launch four missiles simultaneously Carries eight more inside Tracks targets 'GW Source: Weapons of the Modern Soviet Ground Forces “Iraqi willpower will not be de feated by the tyrants, no matter how far they go in their hateful sins, malice and aggression,” said an Iraqi military communique. “The criminal Clinton is riding for a fall into the abyss of vice.” But President Clinton, in his first public assessment of the American attacks on Iraq’s air-de fense system, called the operation a success and said Saddam was now “strategically worse off.” The two U.S. missile strikes were ordered in response to Saddam’s weekend assault on Kurdish rebels. Some 45,000 Iraqi soldiers and 300 tanks captured Irbil, the main city in the U.S.-de clared Kurdish safe haven in northern Iraq, before withdraw ing this week. In Ankara, Turkey, government officials said Wednesday they were considering sending troops into northern Iraq to block Turkish Kurdish rebels from tak ing advantage of the latest tur moil to attack Turkey. Meanwhile, the U.N. Security .Council failed Wednesday to agree on a common response to the crisis. Britain’s deputy U.N. Ambassador Stephen Gomersall said his delegation would revise its draft resolution, the original of which condemned Iraq for its in cursion into the north and de manded an immediate withdraw al. It made no mention of the U.S. missile attacks. Iraq said this week’s U.S. at tacks have killed eight people — six on Tuesday and two Wednesday. Iraq officials said 37 were wounded, including 11 Wednesday evening. But there was no independent confirma tion to any of the claims. Iraq’s armed forces also Aggie leads Iraqi charge C Hea iow A Texas A&M graduate B-52 bombers in the first® two U.S. attacks on souther: Iraq air defense installations. Lt. Col. Floyd L. Carpenter Class of '77, led a flight oftw B-52s from the island of Gua® in retaliation for Iraqi attach against U.N.-protected Kurdh safe zones in northern Iraq. Carpenter was a membero! the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets and served as commanderol Squadron 10. He received] bachelor’s degree in agricultur al economics. claimed Iraqi defenses shotdos several missiles and a pilotless connaissance plane. U.S. offici denied the claim. On Wednesday night, Saddc visited air defense headquane in Baghdad and met with sent: officers, the official Iraqi Nei Agency reported. It said the Iraqi leader “gavel! valuable instructions on the« of defending and protectingi land and sky of our dear countn American, British and Freis pilots took part in U.S. and a! air patrols Wednesday over the larged southern no-fly zone.s Air Force Gen. Joseph Ralston, zone now extends within 30 mi of southern Baghdad. Iraq’s two no-fly zones we created after the 1991 Persii Gulf War to protect Kurds inti north and Shiite Muslims inti south from the wrath Saddam’s military. After thee: largement of the southern zot roughly half of Iraq is nowol Student' should f medical forms wi health a Gaza meetings provide hope, not result; DELTA SIGMA PI FALL RUSH 1996 INFORMATIONAL KOLDUS III SEPT. 9 8:00 -10:00 PM SOCIAL BOONDOCKS BAR & GRILL SEPT. 10 5:30- 8:00 PM PROFESSIONAL* RUDDER 301 SEPT. 12 8:30 -10:00 PM SOCIAL KYLE FIELD PRESS BOX SEPT. 16 8:00 -10:00 PM INTERVIEWS* MSC 228, 229, 230 SEPT. 18 7:00 -11:00 PM PICNIC THE OAKS PARK SEPT. 19 5:00 - 8:00 PM < THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS i ‘Professional Attire FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL STACY PELL 846-5878 EREZ CROSSING, Gaza Strip (AP) — With his arm twisted, Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday shook the hand of Yasser Arafat, a man he once condemned as a murderer. Then the Israeli hard-liner and the former guerrilla talked peace. The historic meeting at the Israel- Gaza border — arranged after months of U.S. pressure and Palestinian threats — helped clear the air of animosity that thickened after Netanyahu’s Likud Party came to power in May. It also signaled to the Palestinians that the other half of a deeply divided Israel has finally ac cepted them, and especially Arafat, as peace partners. But it yielded few concrete results. At a news conference after the hour-long meeting, Netanyahu said he was prepared to negotiate a final peace agreement and, in his most generous moment, added he hoped to “improve the prosperity and eco nomic conditions of the Palestinian population.” Arafat said the meeting set the stage for progress in restarting the peace process, which has been frozen since Israel’s election. “The path was cleared for us to negotiate on all levels and in all as pects,” he said. Netanyahu and Arafat arrived separately Wednesday evening at the Erez crossing between Israel and Gaza. Inside the meeting room, a grim faced Netanyahu buttoned his jacket and reached across a table to briefly grasp the hand of Arafat, dressed in his usual black-and-white checkered headdress and olive military-style outfit. Israeli TV stations played the footage of the handshake over and over, sometimes in slow motion. Even as the leaders spoke, aides bickered about the height of the podiums set up for the news con ference, with the Palestinians charging Netanyahu’s was taller and insisting it be changed. The two men stood side-by-side during the joint 15-minute news conference — but they barely looked at each other, and the usually pol ished Netanyahu appeared stiff and uncomfortable. The meeting did not address key outstanding issues, such as Israel’s desire to change the terms of its promised pullout from Hebron and the Palestinians’ demand that Israel ease the six-month closure of their territories. The sides had earlier agreed on a vague statement declaring a liaison committee would start meeting Thursday to oversee implementation of agreements already signed, in cluding on Hebron. Netanyahu drew harsh attacks from hard-line Israeli politicians for meeting with Arafat. They accused him of breaking campaign promises and buckling under U.S. pressure. “It’s a grave mistake,” veteran Likud lawmaker Uzi Landau said. Former Premier Shimon Peres, ar chitect of the Israel-PLO accords, said the summit was an “enormous moral victory” for his policies. Outside the meeting site, Israeli peace activists waved a sign saying, “It’s about time.” Israeli elder statesman Abba Eban, said Netanyahu had no choice but to honor existing agree ments, terming the summit “a shot gun wedding.” Still, the encounter was the first recognition of Arafat by an Israeli premier from the Likud Party, which long opposed Israel-PLO peacemaking. As late as February, Netanyahu had said he would not hold talks with r Arafat. But as the May elections ap proached, he soft ened his position, saying he would only meet Arafat if it was vital for Israel’s security. Netanyahu said later Wednesday that the meeting be came possible af ter he received as- “The path was cleared for us to negotiate oi all levels and in all aspects.’ Yasser Arafat PL0 Leader surances the Palestinians would cease what he considered violations of the peace accords. Netanyahu has argued that Arafat did too little to fight Islamic militants and operated government offices and security services in Jerusalem even though Israel-PLO accords limit his jurisdiction to parts of the West Bank and Gaza. In recent weeks Arafat closed down several Jerusalem offices. The Palestinian leader, mean while, is angry with Netanyahu’s de cision to expand Jewish settlements and by the delayed withdrawal from Hebron, the last West Bank town under occupation. Singing Cadets Benefit Concert for TOBY BOENIG, former Student Body President Wednesday, September 11, 1996 7 p.m. Rudder Auditorium Toby will be there so please come show your support in his recovery efforts. In Advance: $5 for Students $8 for Non-Students At the Door: $7 for Students $10 for Non-Students Tickets are available through the MSC Box Office AGGIE BUCKS ACCEPTED illif mmM if Ji m-t- 725-8 University Drive 260-2660 jj utorine SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CHEM 102 CHEM 101 RHYS 201 5-7 PM 7-9 PM 9-11 PM MON SEP-9 TUBS. SEP-10 WED. SEP-11 ’HURSEP' CHP. 15A CHP. 1&2 CHP. 1&2 CHP. 15B CHP. 3 CHP. 3 ;HP. 16A CHP. CHP. 4A CHP. 4 :HP‘ ;hp.5 ENGR109 MATH 151,152 RHYS 202,208,21 CLASSES BEGIN SOON BUSINESS ACCT209 ACCT229 ACCT 230 FINC341 CLASSES BEGIN SOON islerCara] v 2\ Si o 3M ABB L Air Fo Alcate ALC07 Amera Amocc Anders Arco C Autozc BASF Becht< Best E BP Ex Bray I BSG /S Cargi I Case < Cessn Cham ] Chevr* Chubfc CIA 1