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10 Monday, November 18, 2002 NEW li Miff Mis i Cl Umuiw IMf UttEFPS MUHNIXr JOWWim orrcuiv WMAiHORSH mpom ^HWfiWtuMwmwcu ssuwcuMpfiai SPBiffifiS “JOiMBHy “SUMUNfS TSSWB.U JSKMWfKIKtst ““'IlllM-MIlMMlD SITBAHS Mill I* HSMSIIS "IKIK Win Ml a® mai R UMQMEf SBOMt CWTBT «» BWG USI MBS .“•SE KB® ill PM ""KM! “SillBISIlIlKiy " UI0O(IUICTW®-FMf AfTBlIT www.fTidayafternext.com NOVEMBER 22 Special Advance Screening! Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 Time: 8:00p.m. Location: Rudder Theatre Students may pick up complimentary passes at the MSC Box Office. Please arrive early! Seating is limited and on a first come, first serve basis. International Education Week November International Education Week was created to emphasize the importance of increasing awareness of the world’s cultures. Please join in promoting international education at Texas A&M by attending International Education Week events such as: • Aggie International Ambassadors Information Table MSC, Monday - Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. • Open Forum — The International Living Room MSC Flag Room, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. • International Engineering Education Study Abroad Slide Show Room 342 Zachry, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 3 p.m.- 4 p.m. • International Studies Reception with a panel discussing the Middle East MSC Forsyth Gallery, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. • International Film “No Man’s Land” 2002 Oscar’s Best Foreign Film Rudder Theatre, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 7 p.m. • Texas Higher Education Diversity Conference Rudder, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 21 & 22, 8:45 a.m.- 4 p.m. • Aggie International Ambassadors Mexican Feast Sbisa, Thursday, Nov. 21,5 p.m. • How to Survive in an International Workplace Room 504 Rudder, Thursday, Nov. 21, 6:30 p.m. • International Music Festival Zone Plaza and MSC, Friday, Nov. 22, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. • International Opportunities Brown-Bag Luncheon and Panel Discussion Student Governance Room Koldus Building, Nov. 22, 12:15 p.m.-l:30 p.m. • Empirical Research on Democracy and Democratization Seminar Room 2115 Allen Building, Friday & Saturday, Nov. 21 & 22 For more information on these and other activities go to http://international.tamu.edu/ and click on International Education Week NEl THF - BATTal! U.S. protective gear may not war off some Iraqi chemical weapon WASHINGTON (AP) — Iraqi scientists know how to make chemical weapons that can penetrate military protective clothing, and Iraq imported up to 25 metric tons last month of a powder that is a crucial ingredi ent to such “dusty” weapons. Iraq told the United Nations the powder was destined for a pharmaceutical company that a former weapons inspector says was ordered by President Saddam Hussein before the 1991 Persian Gulf War to work on chemical and biological weapons. The powder, sold under the brand name Aerosil, has parti cles so small that, when coated with deadly poisons, they can pass through the tiniest gaps in protective suits. Experts inside and outside the U.S. government say they are not certain Iraq has dusty chemical weapons. Declassified U.S. intelligence documents say Iraq produced a dusty fonn of the blister agent mustard in the 1980s and used it during its eight-year war with Iran. If Iraq made and used a pow dered form of its deadliest nerve agent, VX. it could kill U.S. troops dressed in full protective gear, according to a 1990 Defense Intelligence Agency assessment. Although the military’s protective suits have been improved since then, experts say dusty weapons could penetrate the new suits. Pentagon officials refused to discuss the permeability of the new suits or whether Iraq has weapons that could pass through them. Such information is clas sified, they said. The 1990 DIA document said soldiers could protect them selves by throwing rain ponchos over their chemical suits, which would reduce the fatality risk to near zero. One expert wrote later: “One gets the sense that this was recommended in the face of few other options.” The researcher, Eric Croddy of the private Center for Nonproliferation Studies, said dusty VX would be a serious dan ger to U.S. troops. VX is so toxic that, in its liquid form, a drop on the skin can kill waihin minutes. “The effects of dusty VX. depending on how it gets in the body, would be somewhat faster,” Croddy said. “It’s cer tainly much more injurious and much more of a severe threat.” Dysty chemical weapons are formed by mixing a liquid chemi cal agent with a fine powder to coat the powder’s tiny particles with the deadly poison. The par ticles’ small size allows them to pass through the fabric of a pro- CHEMICAL WARFARE Under-protectej The suits available to US soldiers may not protect^ some chemical and biol^ weapons known as i weapons Made with a po*J called aerosil, theseweapa, have particles so small, the 3 srft through the protectsl; of the current gear. |—Outer sheh fromnytajjl [an) Chemical or biological agent n a historic during this mid-term e the Pres ty gained I Its and cont [Senate. W ny people ■ ivided Ca| Bid accompli: tontrol ot the lite House Skin — llialprogra Layers of cartoon absortincs- be at Stake wi toxic agents betoretheycar iFitty-one | reach the skin butaretoo n A r e will get porous for ‘dusty weapon Bf lV -t W o per at concern concern hve the cm lection, acc :es: J.S. Army SoWer *er AssoadadP«i tective suit and any tiny around the seal of aganr The latest U.S. militar tective suits have a layerr coal in the fabric to trapi r sons that might penetri outer covering, but p small enough could passtl even the charcoal lava. Missouri Continued from page 9 Aggies back into the game. Ironically, all three touchdowns came on the ground, as the Aggies only mustered 36 yards rushing on 31 carries in the game against a rushing defense ranked No. 80 in the nation. On their first drive, the Aggies were able to get a touchdown in just 1:26. A 55-yard pass from Long to Johnson to the Missouri three-yard line set up senior Joe Weber who pounded it in from one-yard out two plays later to bring the Aggies within seven. “In the second half we came out with emotion,” Johnson said. “We really weren’t emotional enough in the first half and we talked about that in the lock er room.” The Aggie offensive line seemed to coj 1 Republic;! * * issues sin tnuronment seuirity re to the Homelan Jnning con [expanding tl ssional R [push their , , ,, Arket-base tune and tunc .mam during the ballgame ,a mlnK , nl ling together its most complete game •: m • . ' 1 \ o ^ iLUIIlsI Ml", L™'"" ** They were gening .1 loi ol gu\' up J lln :- S 1 U,n,l \.CM h. K . SI.VUMU-O , coos on wc nist h.t\c to throw the ball ad ' pr tedera j them up some." I Vspne ili.' troubles tfic v.. appiou, n moving the ball on the ground. iIk \:. IP 1 " ' cms ' A continued to tx- a tin eat Mu Neal was four Boblems in 80 yards before he left the game Comb ounces on ; I om:. the Aggies gamed '>o yard' throug |Fot these te Missouri freshman quarterback Bn. ' rnotable to gained 264 all-purpose yards in thegsunp i on the bene is to their most impressive victi ■, nominees, s On Democrats ^ mittees that eration, are to approval controlled manta .loi ■any peop WIN $1000 The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship hosts the 2 nd Annual BUSINESS IDEA COMPETITION Open to all Texas A<&AA University students 20 IDEAS WILL WIN $1,000 Free workshops are offered to help yodirtough the process of developing your business idea. Monday, November 18, 7:15-9:15 PM, Wehner 125 Tuesday, November 19, 7:00-9:00 PM, Zachry 105B mgmt. tamu. edu/enve/ideas Thanks to our Sponsors OFF ON