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Class of '79 313 B South College Avenue College Station, TX 77840 (409) 846-8916 Very personal investments” Monday Saudi Arabia restricts U.S.,I| from placing troops in its territi Albright DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia will not allow its territory to be used to attack Iraq, a se nior Saudi official said Sunday, complicating U.S. efforts to get full cooperation from all countries in the region. Even U.N. Security Council approval of an attack would not change the Saudi position, the Saudi offi cial told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Saudi Arabia will not allow any strikes against Iraq, under any circumstances, from its soil or bases in Saudi Arabia, due to the sensitivity of the issue in the Arab and Muslim world,” the official said. ! Reticence on the part of Saudi Arabia — America’s closest ally in k* Alii the Persian Gulf— indicates just how hard it may be for Secretary of y State Madeleine Albright to muster support for a military strike. The United States has plenty [Jl of fighter jets and troops afloat in rY ! the Persian Gulf, but it relied heavily on Saudi and Turkish bases during the 1991 Gull War. These days, Turkey, too, is re- | luctant to allow itself to be used as a launching pad. Ankara an nounced Sunday it would send Foreign Minister Ismail Gem to Baghdad to help nego tiate a diplomatic end to the standoff between die Unit ed Nations and Iraq over U.N. weapons inspections. Iraq has been sparring with U.N. inspectors and the United States over access to suspected weapons sites, and U.S. calls for military strikes have been getting louder in recent weeks. Bill Richardson, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Sunday he has received commitments from two countries to publicly support the United States should it decide to attack Iraq. “The United States will not be alone,” Richardson said during a world forum in Davos, Switzerland. I le re fused to identify the countries. The U.N. inspectors must certify Iraq has destroyed all of its weapons of mass destruction before the U.N. Security Council will lift tough economic sanctions im posed after Iraq invaded neighboring Kuwait in 1990, prompting the GulfWar. The Security Council insists on unfettered access for its inspectors; Iraq contends access to some sites, including presidential palaces, would violate its sovereignty. Albright was to begin explaining the U.S. position Sunday night with talks with the emir of Kuwait, Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah. She was to consult Monday with leaders of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, then fly Tues day to Egypt. The United States has more than 4,000 troops and dozens of warplanes at bases in Saudi Arabia. Saudis, however, have been increasingly unr about their close ties with Washington' 1990 bombing of a U.S. military barracfc Saudi Arabia. Nineteen American servicemen died :* blamed on Muslim extremists. U.S. bases in Saudi Arabia and Turkey, tensively during tbe GulfWar, when ant coalition drove Iraq out of Kuwait. But the last U.S. missile strike agar 1996 attack to punish President Saddar A^, sending (mops into a Kurdish "safeha ' ( j {1 i (‘in Iraq was launched Imin U.S.w , m p I Persian Gulf. ^ev [ Today, the United Slates has more'^^3 troops aboard two am raft ■ irriers.ti r Washington iiu<.\ the USS \7m/7z, andifiggpi ships in the gulf. About halt <>1 ihe.'ff j^-m] the gulf also are sea based. je ( I To many in the Arab world, a militam:j a y ;1 l seems pointless, gi\a n that Iraqi citizenijfcy,,] struggling h om the seven years of miw y uc |. There also is distrust ofWashingtonfc t vering support foi Isi aeL ] “All Arabs, with one vou e shouldsat OV vi| ‘enough,"’ the A/- Inihad daily in theUn j a d| rates said, ' ll Saddam abused intern,!: ,g S Israel has done it 100 times." . S- ( f i Others say an attack on Iraq may bedesY, J vert attention from the sex scandals yh e ] President Clinton. Bur I “If Clinton’s administration is suffen [j ni | cause of his involvement in a sex scandt Iraqis suffering under seven years ofUn sanctions should not have to pay," the! Bayun daily said. T here were several calls Sunday from!! itary solution to the latest stand-off; —Iranian President Mohammad Khatt 55-nation Organization of the Islamic Cotr^' to resolve Iraq’s dispute with the United\ ^_ fully, state-run Iranian radio reported. —Egyptian I oreign Minister AnirMo.*^ sociated Press Television in Davos thaiS^.i other Arab countries were seeking ap«¥ I tion. "I am not optimistic, but I woull hopeful,” he said. —Qatar’s Al-Rayah daily called forte® against Albright’s visits to gulf capitals,sc^h heard of in the conservative region. p OJ Russia, too, is working toward a now nts tion, sending envoy Viktor Posuvalyuktt ir ’ s ,1 his second attempt at a negotiatingas a i t j, than a week. ve h| France said Sunday it will send atop lter Baghdad within 1H hours to "warn Iraq’abo^jJ faces by not complying with U.N, weapons Ovel Try our new Rec Cycle Classes today! Intramurals Pre-Season Soc < er Outdoor Soc (er Pre-Season Sold tall Slow Pitch Softball Valentine's I Day Run Siam I Dunk C Mutest Rat quetball Ricisikaik >n |an. 2(>-l eh. ) [an. 2(>-l eb. Jan. 2(>-l eb. > )an. 2()-l eb. > I eb. 2-1 eb. It) I eb. 2-1 eb. It) I eb. 2-1 eb. 10 Aquatics Pk< k ,k.\m Dam Ri< hmkaik in • ( PR for the Professional Rescuer Feb. 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