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MSC 0PAS Three Decades of Performing Arts Logon to www.MSCOPAS.org THURSDAY IS COLLEGE KITE FRIDAY IS FAMILY NITE & SATURDAY IS DATE NITE CHUCK WAGON COOKIN’ GUNFIGHTER’S SALOON OANSSn’S ON OUR GIANT OUTDOOR MOVIE SCREEN FINlfflEIATIflfl Ot EESlItAlto m fl fffff.TttmniHTEIAS.Cfll Wednesday, April 9, 2003 NEW THE BATTALIO Israeli air strike kills 5 in Gaz Palestinian Cabinet wrangle may delay peace ph By Steve Weizman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — A dispute over forming a new Palestinian Cabinet could delay a U.S.- backed Mideast peace plan, officials said Tuesday, while Israel mounted its first air strike since the Iraq war began, killing a Hamas commander and six other people in Gaza City. The slow pace of Palestinian politics pro voked some impatience from President George W. Bush, who said he will not make public a U.S.- supported “road map” for peace until a Palestinian government takes office. Until the Gaza strike, Israel had scaled back its military operations, even though a suicide bombing, billed by Islamic Jihad as a gift to the Iraqi nation, wounded 30 people March 30. In Tuesday’s attack in Gaza, witnesses said, an F-16 warplane fired a missile at a car in Gaza City, turning it into a mass of charred metal. The mangled bodies of the people inside were brought to Shifa Hospital in Gaza. One of the dead was identified as Saed Arabeed, 38, a senior Hamas commander. Doctors said seven people were killed and about 50 wounded. They said all of the wounded were civilians, ranging in age from 6 to 75 years old. Two of the other dead were also identified as Hamas activists and anoth er was a child. Israeli security sources said Arabeed, the main target, was responsible for a string of deadly attacks against Israelis, dating back a decade. The attack was in the Zeitoun neighbor hood of Gaza City, known as a stronghold of the Islamic militant Hamas, responsible for dozens of attacks. Israel has carried out many similar attacks during the Palestinian-Israeli vio lence, targeting suspected Palestinian militants. Palestinians and human rights groups have con demned the practice. Meanwhile, Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian prime minister-designate, was running into problems in forming his new Cabinet as Yasser Arafat raised obstacles, officials and diplomats said. Arafat reluctantly agreed to create the prime minis ter’s post, ceding some aspects of daily gover nance, under international and domestic pressure to Gaza explosion An Israeli warplane fired a missile at a car in Gaza City, killing at least five people and wounding at least 47. Mediterrant an Sea i Golan f-v Heights ISRAEL / SYRIA Gaza City / WEST) ' BANK / JORDAN k Jerusalem GAZA 0 25 mi \ STRIP 0 25 km SOURCES: Associated Press; ESRI AP reform the Palestinian Authority. Israel and the United States have been boycotting Arafat, saying his regime has been implicat ed in terrorism. Abbas — who has called violent conflict with Israel a mistake — has until Thursday to present his Cabinet, but can request a two- week extension. His office wouldn't com ment Tuesday on whether he’d meet the deadline. Abbas has encountered opposition by Arafat to sweeping changes he is seeking to make in the Cabinet, according to Palestinian officials and diplomatic sources, who spoke on condition on anonymity. Arafat wants no more than four out of the 21 current ministers replaced, while Abbas is seeking a far more extensive shake-up, said Palestinian sources. The key disagreement appears to involve the important position of interior minister, which controls i Palestinian security oig zations. Senior Palestinian i cials said Arafat wants I; alist Haiti al-Hassan who currently holds; post. Abbas pi^ Mohammed Dahlan,at mer Gaza security cli who is supported by United States and Ei and is considered likely to seriously tiy stop militant groups attacking Israelis. Meanwhile, intern; al mediators kept up pressure. After a meeting British Prime Mi: Tony Blair in Northern Ireland, Bush the two were committed to a “road m peace plan drawn up late last year by the called "Quartet’’ of mediators — the U States, the European Union, the U Nations and Russia. “I look forward to him (Abbas) fi putting his Cabinet in place so we can the road map,” he said. The three-phase plan includes creatio a provisional Palestinian state that woJ negotiate with Israel over final borij Jewish settlements in the West BankJ Gaza and the status of Jerusalem. Although both sides have said r] accept the plan in principle, a dispute expected over changes Israel plans request. Israel’s main concern is that I plan does not explicitly condition stateb on an end to Palestinian violence — but unclear whether the Quartet would beef | to alterations in the plan. Ag Senior Sele currently or Bui By 1 THE A NEWS IN BRIEF Drill team HIV SARS continues to spread worldwide HONG KONG (AP) - The new flu-like virus has shown no signs of letting up in Hong Kong, where health officials warned Tuesday the crisis could worsen even as new infections in China's Guangdong province have tapered off. The global death toll climbed to at least 104 with new fatalities announced Tuesday in Hong Kong and Singapore from severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, and public worries were also on the rise. More than 2,600 people have now been infected worldwide with SARS, most of them in main land China and Hong Kong. The United States has had no deaths from the disease but reports 148 suspected cases in 30 states. Dr. Samson Wong, a microbiol ogist at the University of Hong Kong, warned SARS might infect 80 percent of the population within two years, and eventually everyone could be infected. Continued from page 1 we could be sure beyond any doubt that this incident was not a drill team problem,” Groves said. Groves said he plans to question two more students today before deciding whether to lift the suspension. The unit had been scheduled to drill daily this week to pre pare for its performance at the Corps of Cadets Parents’ Weekend Review. If the sus pension is still in place, the unit will not perform. The unit, created in 1946, competes in precision drill competitions across the coun try. The team is famous among cadets for its long practices, intense and strict discipline and long runs that test the endurance of the fittest freshmen. Continued from page 1 Baghdad Continued from page! AUGU5 Burk critic her group front gate saying Tue ers are ta “Aggies need to hold each other accountable and watch out for each other,” he said. Brian said he speaks on this topic because he wants to break the stereotypes associat ed with those who suffer from HIV/AIDS. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that 35,000- 40,000 cases of HIV are reported each year. According to the Texas Department of Health, there are 141 known cases of HIV/AIDS in Brazos County and nearly 42,000 cases statewide. Student Health Services will provide free and confi dential AIDS testing in MSC 139 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday. Students can also receive free testing at the A.P. Beutel Health Center by appointment. of a key source of influence a population thought increas ly eager to help the force' Operation Iraqi Freedom. | Four days after AineiS ? first penetrated the Baghdad ‘ skirts, the city showed the eta of the war. Civilians roamed I streets with Kalashnikov rift hand, uncollected garbage up, and there were long lii the reduced number of gas® stations still open. There * also military losses for Americans. An A-10 “Warthog” plane was shot down Baghdad early in the day. pe bly the first fixed-wing aircc downed by an Iraqi surface# missile since the war began! Central Command said thep ejected safely, was recovered' ground forces and was in ?(’ condition. A U.S. F-15E jet fighters went down Sunday and a seal; was still under way Tuesday. I Nati How "TO Ge-r Sueo Os How rio-r -ro Got <smoo\ Wodridsday, April 9 11:30-1 :OOpm During 1-his short seminar, participants will learn about the basics of tort law, the elements of negligence, s* and how they can take proactive measures to help protect themselves and their organizations. If you have any questions, please call 458-4371. 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