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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
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An Israeli warplane fired a
missile at a car in Gaza City,
killing at least five people and
wounding at least 47.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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“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#
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ground forces and was in ?(’
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