. . ST) 'NKVVS
the BATTai;
the battalion
Wednesday, August 7, 2002
>ne$t
remembers atomic bomb victims
“sts; many pastors|
d th eir duties, J
has asked somers]
0 OH in when neJ
J al abuse crisis has j
irillo diocese abo.
)f its pastors,
i the bishops n
^ draft the newp;.
ice officials sail
0 priests arouni!
had resigned sincil
ie year.
■s Hutzler and (J
•ed “without facat;
they will not be-:
any ministerial M
ent themselves j
exa said.
Iso applies to the
ioylan, the Rev.
the Rev. Ted Pod|
llo-area parish pra]
ined shortly afte
idoption, officials i
I HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP)
— As thousands assembled in
Hiroshima's Peace Memorial
Park to mark the 57th anniver
sary of the world's first atomic
bomb attack Tuesday, Prime
Minister Junichiro Koizumi
reaffirmed Japan's policy
against building or possessing
nuclear weapons.
■ In May, Koizumi's Cabinet
spokesman sparked controversy
when he said that Japan is not
legally prohibited from having
nuclear arms — an assertion
interpreted by some as a major
shift in the country's long-stand
ing anti-nuclear policy.
I Koizumi repeatedly has tried
to quell the controversy, and
again stressed Japan's no-
nuclear policy Tuesday.
I "As the only country in histo
ry to have experienced atomic
bombings, I would like to under
line Japan's unwavering commit
ment to its war-renouncing con
stitution and its three principles:
non-possession, non-production
and non-entry of nuclear
weapons," Koizumi said.
A lone bell rang to mark the
day Hiroshima was flattened
by the world's first atomic
bomb attack.
More than 30,000 survivors,
residents and dignitaries from
around the world bowed their
heads for 60 seconds of silence
at 8:15 a.m. — the moment on
Aug. 6, 1945 when the bomb,
dropped from a U.S. B-29
plane, enshrouded the city in a
mushroom cloud.
The bomb killed about
140,000 people and sickened
hundreds of thousands more in
Hiroshima, 430 miles southwest
of Tokyo. Three days later, the
United States dropped a second
atomic bomb on Nagasaki,
killing 70,000 people. Japan
surrendered on Aug. 15, 1945,
ending World War II.
Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi
Akiba urged countries to get rid
of weapons of mass destruction,
even as nuclear-armed India and
Pakistan remain on war footing
in the hotly contested region of
Kashmir.
"The probability that nuclear
weapons will be used again and
the danger of nuclear war are
increasing," Akiba said in the
annual peace declaration.
"Today, we vow to do our
utmost to create a century of
peace and humanity,"
Akiba criticized what he
called the prevailing interna
tional philosophy of "TT1 show
you' and Tm stronger than you
are,"' and accused the United
States of trying to impose "Pax
Americana on the rest of us."
He then invited President
Bush to visit Hiroshima and
"confirm with his own eyes what
nuclear weapons hold in store."
Among those paying
respects Tuesday was Junichiro
Nagai, 71, who was a middle
school student on the outskirts
of Hiroshima when the city was
incinerated.
For months afterward, he suf
fered from radiation sickness,
vomiting and diarrhea fits. He is
still haunted by memories of a
city burned to the ground in an
instant and images of zombie
like victims with melted skin.
"My body's fine now," Nagai
said after praying at the memo
rial. "It's what I saw that day
that was most disturbing."
During Tuesday's ceremony,
1,500 white doves were released
into the sky and 500 children
sang a song of peace.
The memorial in Hiroshima
includes the names of more than
200,000 people who were in the
city on the day of the bombing.
Every year, the names of those
who have died since the previ
ous year's anniversary are added
to the cenotaph.
Hiroshima remembers atomic bomb victims
More than 30,000 people from around the world assembled
Tuesday in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, to mark
the 57th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb attack. The
memorial includes the names of more than 200,000 victims.
Fewer survivors
Number of people registered with
the Japanese government as
atomic-bombing sufferers
285,620
"VV,:
A movie theater in Hiroshima about a month after the atomic
bombing in 1945.
SOURCES: Associated Press; Japanese government
AP
.S. covert action against Saddam dicey prospect
Defeating Saddam through defection
mpelligence experts say the key to any U.S. covert action to unseat
|||addam Hussein would be senior military leaders willing to defect
' isurgent groups. Iraq's military is spread throughout the country
t attempt to defend against insurgent groups, including Kurdish
febels in the north and Shiite Muslims in the south.
the testimony
based in Alice,
lohtnr nf fanalpr i# insur 9 enl groups. Iraq's military is spread throughout the country
I^IIILI Ul CdlldlO an attempt to defend against insurgent groups, includina Kurdish
era, a former cleii
Jorthern Iraq
[► 1st Army Corps
leadquartered at Kirkuk;
ie Kurds and protect
>rthern oil fields
[> 5th Army Corps
leadquartered at Mosul;
sfends border with Syria
[► Republican Guard's northern .
>rps defends against Kurds,
>« and protects outer
ighdad; two divisions near
losiii and one at Kirkuk ,,•»
Euphrates R A
SYRIA
him Monday of it
tomeys (hat sties
i a half years and.
boss.” She said
I not get along*:
TURKEY
1 t No fly zones
&lil Kurdish area
f" I Shiite area
Cftspi.
r-Tipris K.
# Mosul
: she was resign:
invited her into
o reconsider. 1(
3bed me and Stan:
pus Christi, one
'an Antonio Expn.
“We’re looking::.
cts of the casetoff
JORDAN
Baghdad
► Defended by “Special
Republican Guard"; can
mobilize up to 25,000 troops
Eastern Iraq
► 2nd Army Corps
headquartered at
Deyala; deployed
1111111 east of Baghdad and
j defends against Iran
Deijala and Iranian-backed
_ ^ ? Shiite militants
Baghdad^- ahda
Al Hafreia* Al Kut
I R A Q
IRAN
Al Amarah*
An Nasinyah*
Katfy&p;
Southern Iraq SAyl »
► 3rd Army Corps headquartered at An Nasiriyah. units f
deployed toward the Kuwait border and also defends against
Shiites
► 4th Army Corps headquartered at Al Amarah; defends
border with Iran and Iranian-backed Shiites
► Republican Guard's southern corps headquartered at Al
Hafreia; a division deployed each near Al Kut, Deyala. and
Al Wahda
PURGES. Associated Press: Anthony Cordesman. Center for Strategic &
"national Studies; Jane’s: Globatsecurity.org: Periscope
WASHINGTON (AP) — To oust
Saddam Hussein by covert means,
the United States would have to
rely on defecting Iraqi generals or
Kurdish insurgents to defeat loyal
ist Iraqi military units, yet neither
alternative is an appealing choice,
say former CIA officials and other
experts.
Saddam's internal security
machine is so effective that it is
unlikely any current generals could
be brought to the U.S. side, analysts
say. And rebel forces are too weak to
defeat Saddam loyalists on their own.
A defecting general who can
muster his entire unit — preferably a
full division or more of Iraqi troops
— would be the ideal candidate for
recruitment, the former officials
said, although any single division
would be vastly outnumbered.
A fully loaded Iraqi division has
12,000 to 14,000 troops; Iraq's mili-
u
tary has 350,000 to 400,000 troops
arrayed around the country.
Iraqi troops who are turned to the
U.S. side could work in concert with
U.S. forces to cap
ture key command-
and-control points,
persuade other units
to defect, and per
haps find and catch
the Iraqi president.
"The internal
Iraqi defectors —
certainly those that
are active-duty mili
tary — can be criti
cal," said retired
Rear Adm. Stephen
Baker, a former
naval operations
chief for U.S. Central Command,
which is in charge of units fighting
Iraq. "They would be worth their
weight in platinum."
But it is doubtful any generals
would turn on Saddam.
"The generals are a hard nut to
crack," said John Gannon, a former
deputy director for
intelligence at the
CIA. "To get
(Saddam) with
covert action is
going to be very,
very hard."
Saddam's pen
chant for execut
ing military lead
ers he considers a
threat is part of the
problem, U.S.
intelligence offi-
cials say. If he
hears of a potential
defector among his top military com
manders, it's unlikely that commander
would survive long.
"No one currently inside is willing
The generals are a hard
nut to crack. To get
(Saddam) with covert
action is going to he
very, very hard.
— John Gannon
former deputy director for
intelligence at the CIA
to act against Saddam because they are
terrified they will betrayed," said Vince
Cannistraro, a former CIA counterter
rorism chief with experience in the
Middle East. "There is such an aura of
fear and repression in that country. It is
very unrealistic to think their military is
going to join against him — until they
see his dead body."
Instead of working with specific mil
itary leaders — and risking their lives
— a better bet for the United States may
be to simply create an atmosphere in the
Iraqi military that promotes surrender
ing or defecting — once the U.S. mili
tary moves in, experts said.
"If you can at least get a group (of
Iraqi troops) ready to surrender when the
U.S. military starts moving in, you could
limit the bloodshed," Cannistraro said.
The Bush administration says
Saddam continues to develop chemical
and biological weapons and should be
removed from power,
sed to comment
ould be sent ti
'ensic Sciences*
admits to
iport
er Harris Count!
red in an accident
lifted falsifying 1
l a suspect wlen
42, slammed o»
causing anotiie 1
lim after a
)n bar.
71
c/t/& 'Uy
JZ-M-
jL~
12,3 & 4 Bedroom Apartments
P Fumistai & Unfurnished
t^ZERO Deposit
^ZERO Application Fee
PI MONTH FREE RENT
PV'i starting at $450/person
pi 11 starting at $405/person
P 4/2 starting at $3 50/person
FREE High Speed Internet
jfrFREE Basic Cable
ft FREE Monitored Alarm Service
P Fail Size tfasher/Dryer
^ Microwave Included
P Refrigerator w/lcemalcer
^Elegant 9' Ceilings
^Ceiling Fan w/Ugbt In each Bdrm
P 24 Hour Fitness Center
^24 Hour Billiards Room
{*24 Hour MuhhMedla Center
P 2 Swimming Pools
^ Stand Up Tanning Bed
jfr ATM Machine On Site
^SUH Cares Program
^Monthly Resident Functions
^Roommate Matching
^Private Bedrooms
^Private Bathrooms Avaiiable
jfr Oversized Jacuzzi
^Professional On-Site Management
jfr Community Assistants
P 24 Hour Emergency Maintenance
ffr On TAMU Bus Route
P Just Blocks from Kyle Field
P Outside Storage
f* 10 S 12 Month Lease Options P BBQ Grills
JVl o n t h 1 y Drawing for FREE RENT
117 Holleman Dr. West
College Station
www.sulivillage.coin
^hilrukmar*
SIM, foe.
i*r
***••• . Only
Office Hours:
10-6 Nfon-Fri
10-5 Sat
1-5 Sun
97W96-5711
TEXAS A&M
Man
Informational Meeting
f ; :
JMgy^- ,, Mmm . - ; ^ I HMHRRil | | Hi ■
Wednesday, September 4, 2002
4»30 p.m. i “f.
Football Team Auditorium on the
NW Corner of Kyle Fi.
dance
Must be Enrolled in 12 Hours at Texas A&M University at College Station]
Must have Started College No Earlier than the Fall of 2000
— ■* -■ ■ -
HOWDY AGS!
Volunteer NOW for
Freshmen Welcome Day!
Wednesday, August 28, 2002
Volunteers are needed in all campus residence hall areas to help
unload cars, carry things to rooms, and assist parents. Get a free t-
shirt to wear on Welcome Day, and help welcome the Class of ’06!
For information and an application (due Friday Aug. 9), visit
reslife.tamu.edu contact Residence Life at 862-3158 or email
housing@tamu.edu.
Freshmen Welcome Day is a part of Gig’em Week.