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Saddam applauds Iraqi troops
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Turning up his
rhetoric while scaling back his actions, Sad
dam Hussein lavishly praised his army for
“liberating” part of northern Iraq and firing at
U.S. warplanes patrolling the skies.
Speaking during a Cabinet meeting late
Saturday night, Saddam again said he no
longer recognized the “no-fly” zones over
northern and southern Iraq that a U.S.-led al
liance has been enforcing.
But he didn’t say whether Iraqi forces
would resume firing missiles at American and
allied warplanes, a move that almost certainly
would lead to renewed confrontation with the
United States.
The latest trouble between the two coun
tries began after Iraqi troops stormed into the
north Aug. 31 to help a Kurdish faction defeat
a rival group. Tensions have eased since Iraq
announced Sept. 13 that it no longer would
fire at planes enforcing the no-fly zones.
Iraq also hasn’t used air defense radar sys
tems to track U.S. warplanes since Thursday,
military spokesman Lt. Col. Andrew Bourland
said Sunday.
U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry,
speaking on a flight from Finland to Sweden,
said Sunday that Iraq appeared to be “backing
off” its threatening moves of a week ago. One
of two U.S. aircraft carriers in region might re
turn to its homeport next month, he said.
Still, the U.S. military buildup continued,
with 600 more American soldiers arriving in
Kuwait on Sunday and others on the way, said
Lt. Col. Thomas Nickerson, another military
spokesman.
The last of 3,500 soldiers arriving from Fort
Hood, Texas, were expected by midweek, Nick
erson said. The United States has some 30,000
soldiers, 200 planes and 35 ships in the region.
Saddam said his troops were welcomed
when they stormed into the northern Kurdish
city of Irbil last month. “The marvelous recep
tion of our valiant army reflected their au
thentic patriotism,” he said.
With the help of the Iraqi army, the Kurdis
tan Democratic Party swept through the north
and now controls virtually all of the Kurdish
“safe haven” established by the United States
and its allies in 1991 to protect the Kurds
against Saddam’s aggression.
The United States responded with missile
strikes on Sept. 3 and 4 and expanded the
southern no-fly zone.
The Iraqi army fired several missiles at U.S.
warplanes patrolling the zones Sept. 11 and
12, but didn’t hit any.
“The people of Iraq and their armed forces
have foiled the conspiracies of the foreigner
and his attempts to partition Iraq through the
(no-fly zones),” Saddam said.
“The fighters of the air defense corps repre
sented the whole of Iraq when they challenged
the American aggression, despite (America’s)
advanced technology and weapons.”
The allied jets have continued their patrols,
flying as many as 100 sorties a day over the
northern and southern zones. For a few days,
Iraq continued to track the planesos
although that apparently has stopped
“They are very quiet,” Bourland sail
Iraqis. But, he added, “their movesait
thing we need to watch closely, all
and that’s exactly what we are doing.
Perry said the question of whethei
the USS Carl Vinson from the ^
next month and return it to BremertOE
its home port, would be addressed!
that time.
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to go, we’ll look carefully at what’s goi
Iraq,” he said.
In other developments Sunday:
— Iraqi Kurdish radio claimed
forces shelled the outskirts ofQal’aiD
northeastern Iraq on Friday evening
ing houses and property. There wasri
tion of casualties.
“Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan” sup
Kurdistan Democratic Party, which
trols northern Iraq. There have been
reports of shelling on both sides ofthe
in recent days.
—Iran has set up another refugee
near its Bashmaq border post in the
west to accommodate Kurdish refuge!
ing northern Iraq.
Some 400 refugees a day are enter
via Bashmaq, the main border crossk
area, according to Ali Yari, governo:
western border city of Marivan. About
Kurdish refugees have fled to Iran.hes
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Becky Fields, a senior pink pot and environ
mental design major, said approximately 450
women participated in the first cut.
Before students can go work at the cut site,
they must attend a cut class.
Cut classes focus on how to be safe at cut.
The class instructs students on the appropriate
clothing and behavior for the cut site.
Cut class is usually held in the Grove, but
this year the junior red pots and brown pots
visited residence halls.
Hopkins said when classes were at the Grove,
they usually turned into “shouting matches be
tween dorms,” and the organizers wanted to
change that.
“This way we get to dorms on a more per
sonal basis,” Hopkins said. “They’ll benefit
more from it.”
Any student who missed the cut classes before
cut started can still participate in cut by attending
the classes held in the parking lots at the cut site.
Junior red pots oversee safety in the woods.
“Junior red pots have the complete responsi
bility of making sure what we went over in class
is being practiced,” Hopkins said.
Paul Young, a senior red pot and business
administration major, said he devotes his time
to Bonfire so other students can enjoy the long
standing tradition.
“It (Bonfire) shows the unity that all students
can have working together and being behind
each other,” Young said.
Fields said she is involved in Bonfire to help
make the night it burns a success.
“People work so hard together for one com
mon goal, so for one night 60,000 people can
come out and watch Bonfire burn,” Fields said.
Students interested in participating in Aggie
Bonfire may contact a residence hall represen
tative, Women’s Bonfire Committee or Off-Cam
pus Aggies.
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