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Food Court Best Ivleat Pizza 1st - Double Dave’s Pizzaworks 2nd - Papa John’s Pizza 3rd - Buck’s Pizza ...and Agpries’ Favorite 1 st - Double Dave’s Pizzaworks 2nd - Papa John’s Pizza 3rd - Buck’s Pizza Thanks to all who came out for Oig ‘Tm Weelc '3nn?i Brougflit to you By *^IFE Student Life 4B Tuesday, September 10, 2002 U.S. pushes to stop Hussein Report: Iraq has capabilities, lacks material for nuclear bMMf * \ .vnand order, probably in a matu ; I Ik- institute report i® I ONDON (AP) — Iraq tried to maintain and p mrtnth - P .- the re p ltl! .. (h l ^bile Iraq has sir LONDON (AP) — Iraq could build a nuclear bomb in a few months if it obtained radioactive material, and its arsenal contains powerful chemical and biological weapons that can be quickly mass produced, according to a report Monday. Developing weapons ot mass destruction is one of Iraq’s top priorities, and Saddam Hussein devotes enor mous resources to such weapons, the report by the International Institute tor Strategic Studies said. “War, sanctions and inspec tions have reversed and retard ed, but not eliminated, Iraq’s nuclear, biological and chemi cal weapons and long-range missile capacity, nor removed Baghdad’s enduring interest in developing these capabilities,” said the institute’s director John Chipman. Left unhindered, it “seems likely that the current Iraqi regime will eventually achieve its objectives,” the report said. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the report jibed with U.S. information, saying that when inspectors left in 1998 it was known that not all Iraq’s bio logical and chemical weapons stocks had been destroyed. “I think we have every bit of evidence to conclude that Iraq had programs, they were par tially destroyed, and they’ve them since the inspectors were gone,” he said in Washington. The report, compiled by a range of experts, focused par ticular concern on Iraq s efforts to develop nuclear weapons. It expressed concern that a nuclear weapon, if developed, could fall into the hands of ter rorists. Iraq retains significant biological and chemical weapons and, more importantly, the ability to quickly produce more stocks. — International Institute for Strategic Studies repxxt Although Baghdad appears several years away, at least, from making its own nuclear or fissile material for a bomb, it could get the material from a foreign source and construct a weapon quickly, the repiort said. “If. somehow, Iraq were able to acquire sufficient nuclear material from foreign sources, it could probably pro duce nuclear weapons on short >ut months,” the report satti The report gave no « that Iraq has been able t nuclear materials. I h been concern material being sold < market in parts of Soviet Union. Iraq retains sign logical and chemic and, more importan ity to quickly pro dence obtain le biac forme while Iraq has sig weapons of mass de7.‘ the threat is dimmishc limited ability lo detive It probably has ii missiles with a rangt m ‘ their rece luent mtpn __J' un y sa > 11 pons, if they i: )le compelled aired, the repon amongst the Ai ar weapon coulditAfgli in people by a plane or com’ nstead of bein| id. or he missiles w ith a; hin e "could hit Saudi A -cording t .ait, Israel. Iran C’hipman. the • I »• stocks, th< ; repon Iraq pn obably dreds of tons weapons c it age m duction, ii ncludin sarin gas. the rep On bio logical could hav e large logical w; arfarc ; ing, possi bly. thi Ions of deadly report sai< J. The re nort. d impartial sis echo and ic from vari IOUS g( I* :hc r'is hat they r ink they wou Sum iriy. Iraq s i chemical and t ns is limned lent on a few o po private analyst appear to com information. “There's unknown,” one Gary Samore, t ference. Prime Minis office welcome said it would < own dossier on program, com gcncc in format i to the report’s a >ny BI; report. ncs will # fh Afghan citizens decry American attach KAKARAK, Afghanistan (AP) — The garden where Ahmed Shah’s mother, father and relatives were killed has been left to grow wild. The gaping rocket holes remain in the roof. And Shah’s anger still runs deep over the U.S. air attack that Afghans say killed dozens at a wedding party at his home. A U.S. investigative report, released Friday by the U.S. Central Command, said the July 1 airstrike was justified because American planes had come under fire. That finding, however, has only stoked the resentment and fury over an attack that Afghan officials say killed 48 people and wounded 117. “America has to make excuses for this horrible attack. Soon after the bombing, American troops seized this area. They searched all our homes, but they found nothing.” said Shah, 25, who lost his par ents and 23 other relatives in the bombing. “They have killed w'omen and chil dren. Shouldn’t the Americans he held accountable and responsible by their own law, if not ours?” he asked. The attack, which followed other mis directed U.S. operations in southern Afghanistan, strained relations between the U.S. military and President Hamid Karzai’s government. Following the raid, Karzai said “all necessary measures” must be taken to avoid civilian casualties and urged closer coordination between U.S. and Afghan forces. In its report, the U.S. military acknowledged civilian deaths but con cluded that the AC-130 gunship launched the attack against five villages in Uruzgan province only after coming under fire from the ground. The U.S. investigation confirmed >4 dead and about 50 wounded, the report said. “While the coalition regrets the loss of innocent lives, the responsibility for that loss rests with those that knowingly directed hostile fire at coalition forces." the report said. It said operators of those weapons bore responsibility because they “elected to place them in civilian communities and elected to fire them at coalition forces” when they knew civilians were present. Abdul Rahim, district chief of Deh Rawood. condemned the report’s findings as false “America is a liar. Had there been any shooting from this area, why have they not seized arms and anti-aircraft guns? They searched all the houses, hut not a single weapon was found. Not a single important suspect was caught,” he said. The report said heavy weapons had been fired at American aircraft in the days and weeks before the raid. However, U.S. investigators found no evidence of anti aircraft weapons at the two compounds hit, the report acknowledged. “They should not use al-Qaida and Taliban as an excuse to kill the innocent. I myself stood shoulder to shoulder with Hamid Karzai at Tarin Kot,” he said, referring to his service alongside Afghanistan’s president during last year’s fighting against the Taliban. "We pushed back laliban and al-Qaida together. If there are al-Qaida, it would be us who fight them first.” Afghan villagers said most of those killed were women and children at the home of Shah s father, Mohammed Sherd. Hundreds had g celebrate the upcoming Shah’s brother. Abdu lid Lorkers for irre: t, the form >ef4re being re he publication Ton heir illeg the new t Buuhe Tapi ivity and F a threat tol.ier toal of con s and civili. Afghanistan’s 1 i, “ I he countr I would not he wasn't sure hov lesus.” Apparer to d<> so. i^H'hc women i care. 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