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The Association OF FORMER STUDENTS 505 GEORGE BUSH DR., COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 77840-2918 (979)845-7514 www.AggieNetwork.com NEWS- Monday, February: THE BATTALION M>'nclr Trial begins for four accused of bombing U.S. embassies NEW YORK (AP) — His hair and beard are wild and woolly, his eyes dark and hollow, his frame bony. Though 40, he claims he’s a college freshman living in the 1970s and can’t remember his wife and children. He managed a tire shop in Texas suburbia but has .trotted the globe, with stops in Somalia, Pak istan and Afghanistan. Meet Wadih El-Hage — U.S. cit izen and one of four men going on trial Monday in the bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. Prosecutors say El-Hage was a personal secretary to wealthy Saudi exile Osama bin Laden, the alleged engineer of the attacks that killed 224 people, including 12 Americans, in Kenya and Tanzania. If convicted, he could face life in prison. Besides El-Hage, the other de fendants include Mohamed Sadeek Odeh, 35, of Jordan who allegedly told investigators that shortly be fore the bombing he had met with an explosives expert who led a Kenyan terrorism cell. He also faces a potential life sentence if convicted. Two others — Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-'Owhali, 24, of Saudi Ara bia and Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, 27, of Tanzania — could be sen tenced to death. All the defendants have been por trayed as militants willing to go to any extreme to carry out bin Laden’s holy war, or jihad, against the “ene mies of God.’’ But El-Hage stands apart. For one, he is the only U.S. citizen among the defendants. Former co workers and neighbors in Arlington, Texas, described him as a hard-work ing family man. He also has distinguished himself since his 1998 arrest by complaining loudly and constantly that he is an in nocent victim of guilt-by-association, jailhouse abuse and, most recently, mental illness and amnesia. Frustrat ed by conditions in a federal lock-up, he jumped up in court last summer and dashed at U.S. District Judge Leonard Sand be produced a copy of a ramblit: handwritten letter in which El-Ha told his wife he didn’t know hen asked if she was “part of the gal that is being played on meandot er foreign students. ... I wasl napped from my school and brougj here against my will.” But prosecutors portray El-H as a calculating malingerer win U.S. citizenship only made himirt: dangerous. Building a federal fortress fore being tackled by federal marshals. Sand ordered El-Hage to under go psychological examinations after defense attorneys told him that more than two years of solitary confine ment and strip searches- had left their’client too dis tressed and disori ented to aid in his own defense. To back up claims he had no memory of his life past his first year in college, they Bracing itself for the trial of the United States vs. Osama bin Laden for charges connected to the bombing ot two American embassies in Africa, security has been tightened in and around the U.S. Federal Courthouse in downtown New York. Here is a look at how. iad Eq Steel poles burled four feet deep and rising four feet above ground, stretch across the front. The company that makes thsm, says they can stop a vehicle moving at 50 mph. Steel booths with bulletproof wi Cameras with night vision have beer hidden with tenses so strong they can r newsprint from s block away. Armed guards with hidden weapon patrol the perimeter around the dock. Dogs trained to detect explosives around the courtroom. Metal detectors screen everyone. P ] MnerThrli nrj Barricades Two of the world’s largest custom-made hydraulic barricades can be lifted to allow vehtclBS through, ft can also stop a 2.5-ton truck, loaded to 15.000 lbs. going up to 80 mph. </ Downtown Manhattan \ lc ire President meets with Democrats Th /orru pock sped Bush takes questions from lawmakers about tax cuts, abortion BUSH FARMINGTON, Pa. (AP) — President Bush said he got a cordial hearing from skeptical Democratic law makers Sunday, but.will have to wait to gauge his suc cess in winning any of them over to his proposals for tax cuts and other matters on his agenda. “I think they listened,” Busji said as he left the two-hour session, which had been scheduled to last just over an hour. “1 have no idea until the votes come. They were very cordial. These are professionals who want to serve their nation.” Bush spokesman Scott McClellan said the president spoke for about eight minutes and spent the rest of the time responding to questions. The meeting was closed to the press. Approximately 300 people at tended, about half of them Democratic House members. “Hopefully we can exceed expectations,” Bush told the Democrats, according to the spokesman. “The ex pectation is, because of the closeness of the election, nothing will get done.” He said much of Bush’s remarks focused on improv ing civility in Washington. “I hope people can disagree in an agreeable way,” he quoted the president as saying. “Bipartisanship is going to require more than words to put forth good public policy.” Bush added that he believes “the right thing to do is to do what you said you were going to do,” according to McClellan. Echoing previous remarks to lawmakers,' the spokesman said Bush told them he was concerned about national debt but also about consumer debt, which he said tax cuts could help alleviate. ton Ir Th top-rt He said the Democrats questioned Bushoim:. secoi range of issues, including his tax plan, abortioni Th election reform. I stron Bush made no firm promises on election reforait Most said “we ought to do something about it,” he quotedt:! soph president as saying. I and r> McClellan characterized the tone of the “respectful” and said “there was a commitment®.^ sides to work together.” The centerpiece of the Bush agenda is his prossi 10-year, $ 1.6 trillion tax cut, which he plans tosubfi® Congress on Thursday. “I’m feeling good,” Bush said as he and chiefofiii Andrew Card strode into the Democratic gathering^ snow-covered Nemucolin Woodlands Resort and Si* 1 about 60 miles south of Pittsburgh. Also at Bush'ssti was his brother-in-law, Bobby Koch. Bush said he was delivering a message to Democri “about having a civil tone of discourse, (and) about: agenda” that includes tax cuts, Social Security» Medicare reform and improving schools. “And I’m going to answer some questions. And thenf: going to head on home and take a nap,” he said with asm The president planned-to devote much of hisene:; this week to building public support for the tax reductiot On Monday, he was bringing to the White Housefe families who would benefit from his proposed tax red' tions because they would fall into lower tax brackets. He has moved aggressively to win over lawmakers,f pecially the Democrats who are suspicious of hispropou Bush says the tax cut is necessary to stave off ait cession, and many Democrats agree, though somett lieve a smaller cut of less than $1 trillion over 10yea is in order. $ News in Brief Marine Corps jet crashes, two dead CHERRY POINT, N.C. (AP) — A Marine Corps Harrier jet crashed Saturday as it neared touchdown on a base runway. The two crew members were killed, a spokesman said. The jump-jet crashed while ap proaching the runway about 4 p.m., said 1st Lt. John Caldwell, spokesman at Cherry Point Ma rine Corps Air Station. The jump- jet design allows the Harrier to take off and land vertically; it redi rects its thrust to fly. The Cherry Point station is home to one Harrier training squadron and three squadrons that are deployed on missions accompanying Marines from nearby Camp Lejeune. In 1999 and 2000, thf Marines temporarily grounde: their Harrier jets, as well as otiie aircraft, due to safety concerns. During the 2000 budget yea 30 deaths resulted from Marine aviation accidents, including an MV-22 Osprey crash in Arizonai: April that killed 19 Marines and the crash of a CH-46 Sea Knight hell copter off the coast of San Diegc in December 1999. Attention All Members of NSCS National Society of Collegiate Scholars Spring Social will take place Wednesday, February 7th at 5:30 PM Koldus Building Rm 110 New and Old members welcome! Come and meet your fellow members! For More Information, Contact us at nscs_tamu @ yahoo.com