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WORLD i'HH BATTALION THE BATTAi deddiiPowell asks U.N. for war Secretary of State says Iraq hiding behind ‘web of lies’ lI more money foredug 118 wealthier district poverty. Many havei tax rates to the legal to get more money and programs and jobs, ittorney Tom Thoma districts involved in fti a change of venue, at although legislator ;sue, school finance t thout timely court actio iture has never fixed up and bite the bulk them to step up and bit o get rid of the state'ss: sending a bill by Ed Grusendorf to the 150 members will >n it. Id end Robin Hood i pose an alternative, institution prohibits It ncome tax or a state pro; are primarily funded ixes and state money, of money from rich to i the subject of severalc i challenges by wealth filed by the Highland! ig in state district court 11A Thursday, February 6, 2003 By Edith M. Lederer and Dafna Linzer THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS — Secretary of State Colin Powell, elying on a stream of U.S. ntelligence, urged the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday o move against Saddam Hussein because Iraq has failed to disami, harbors terrorists and Tiblic Education Cone hides behind a "web of lies.” actor," said Brian Cast icutor in Travis County# ?d against the appealsin courts. "We just thinktt nents don't have any me execution is the sevtr ear in Texas and thefc his week. His extraordinary presenta- ion in the packed council cham ber included satellite photo graphs, intercepted conversa tions between senior Iraqi offi cers and statements from informants that could make or break support for going to war to disarm Iraq. Russia, France, China and other council members skeptical of the need for a military con frontation now said they would review the evidence and demand answers from Baghdad. But they endorsed continued weapons inspections and diplo matic efforts to avert war. France and Germany went further, calling for strengthening inspections regime that was already toughened up in November under a Security Council resolution crafted by Washington and adopted by an unanimous council. Three months after Iraq dged that it would disarm, Powell presented his evidence to UNITED STATES Nicolas Khayat • KRT CAMPUS U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell presented tape recordings, satel lite photos and informants' statements during his address to the United Nations' Security Council on Wednesday. a high-level audience of foreign ministers and ambassadors in an appearance that was televised live to an anxious world. While he spoke, Iraqi TV carried a day-old interview with Saddam. Iraqi officials dismissed Powell’s case as a collection of “stunts” and “special effects” that relied on “unknown sources” and were aimed at undermining the work of the inspectors. “What we heard today was for the general public and main ly the uninformed, in order to influence their opinion and to commit aggression on Iraq,” Lt. Gen. Amir al-Saadi, an adviser Key players react to presentation Some responses to Secretary of State Colin Powell’s presentation to the United Nations: |BI China March ht students a cld Stic instructors r options ^faction Call now to enroll. 800-2Review idmission Council (LSAQ. r incoton University. ‘As long as there is still the slightest hope for political settlement, we should exert our utmost effort to ieve that.” - Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan France Still opposes war; proposes tripling number of inspectors and placing a full-time monitor in Baghdad. “The use of force can only be a final recourse.” - French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin fig Germany Evidence presented by Powell and findings of the weapons inspectors “have to be examined carefully," and “we must continue to seek a peaceful solution to the crisis.” - German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer Russia More study and analysis is needed of the evidence presented by Powell; inspections “must be continued.” - Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov ^ n ' tec * Kingdom Secretary (Powell) made a “most powerful” case; Saddam is "gambling that we will lose our nerve rather than enforce our will.” - British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw “The clear goaf behind Powell’s presentation and the council meeting "is to sell the idea of war and aggression against Iraq without any legal or moral or political justification.” He reiterated that “Iraq is totally free of weapons of mass destruction." - Iraqi Ambassador Mohammed Al-Douri SOURCE: Associated Press Prosecutors seeks maximum for Sept. 11 terror suspect HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Federal pros ecutors demanded the maximum sentence of 15 years Wednesday for the first Sept. 11 terror suspect to be tried, calling the defen dant "a cog that kept the machinery going." During more than three months of testi mony, prosecutors portrayed Moroccan stu dent Mounir el Motassadeq, 28, as an inte- part of a terror cell that included lead Sept. 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta. AP to Saddam, said in Baghdad. The overwhelming majority of the Security Council believe Iraq must do more to cooperate with inspectors and disarm. But of the 15 council members, only the United States and Britain have voiced support for forcibly disarming Saddam — though Spain and Bulgaria are also expected to take part in any coalition against Iraq. The Bush administration’s next step is to decide whether council members are willing to support a new U.N. resolution specifically authorizing force against Iraq. President Bush has said that the United States — with or without its allies — will forcibly disarm Iraq if it does not imme diately comply with U.N. reso lutions. But winning U.N. approval would mean the United States could share the costs of war and rebuilding in Iraq and would be operating with the support of the international community. . . A senior White House offi cial, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the next 24 to 36 hours will be critical as Powell gauges reaction. The key is France, one administration official said. If President Jacques Chirac insists on veto ing such a resolution. Bush won’t seek one. But if Powell determines a resolution can be adopted, the next step would be to deter mine what it might take to get consensus on the measure. One option is adopting a deadline by which Saddam would have to comply, though officials said it was too soon to put that issue on the table. For many at the United Nations, a visit to Baghdad this weekend by the chief weapons inspectors, followed by their next reports to the council on Feb. 14, will be critical for any decision on war. Britain, America’s closest ally, prefers a second resolution but would join forces with the United States against Saddam without one. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Powell made a “most powerful” case Wednesday. Saddam is “gambling that we will lose our nerve rather than enforce our will,” Straw said. In an 80-minute presenta tion, Powell claimed that Saddam has had a relationship with al-Qaida dating back to 1996 and was now allowing followers of a senior associate of Osama bin Laden to roam freely around the Iraqi capital. Saddam, in an interview broadcast Tuesday in London, forcefully denied that his gov ernment has weapons of mass destruction or a relationship with al-Qaida. In his presentation, Powell asserted that Iraq bulldozed land around a chemical complex in 2002 in order “to conceal chem ical weapons evidence” and hid mobile biological weapons labs on at least 18 flatbed trucks. Powell played audio tapes of what he described as inter cepted phone conversations between Iraqi military officers. One was a purported discus sion about hiding prohibited vehicles from weapons inspec tors. Another dealt with remov ing a reference to nerve agents from written instructions. The chief weapons inspec tors, Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei, told council mem bers at a private lunch after the presentation that they woifld study the details of Powell’s report, diplomats said. “I think it was interesting and 1 think that all the facts are desirable to be on the table,” Blix told The Associated Press as he left U.N. headquarters for Europe, en route to Baghdad. “This is our job and it’s his job and the more the better.” Powell told the council Iraq is working on developing mis siles with a range of about 620 miles or more, putting Russia and other nations within Iraq’s reach. Iraq is banned from hav ing missiles with a range greater than 93 miles. 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