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Join us: Qualifications for employment include: IM^ Undergraduate Student a" 3.0 OPR 0^, Good Interpersonal Communication Skills For additional information contact us at: 845-2427 or apply on-line @ http://www.tamu.edu/cae/siapplication.html Texas A&M University, Center for Academic Enhancement, Room 525 Blocker, 845-2724 http://www.tamu.edu/cae/ The military presence in Baghdad lightened Sunday when Marines left the Army in control of the stabilizing capi tal. Celebrating Easter, a long time Iraqi bishop voiced the fears of the Christian minority in urging safeguards against religious persecution in the new Iraq. The search for postwar order was reinforced by signs that Syria might help ease regional tensions. And authorities declared the Iraqi missile threat against Israel ended and prepared for the departure of U.S. soldiers manning defensive Patriot mis sile batteries south of Tel Aviv. In Texas, flanked by two stoic helicopter crewmen home safe from Iraqi captivity, President Bush said Syria appears to be heeding warnings to avoid becoming a safe haven for Saddam loyalists. “They’re getting the mes sage,” Bush said. The president attended Easter services at the Ford Hood Army base, where nearly half the fort’s 42,000 soldiers are deployed to the Iraq region. Afterward, he said he expected Syria to turn over any Iraqis sought by the United States. Joining him were Chief Warrant Officer David S. Williams, 30, of Orlando, Fla., and Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr., 26, of Lithia Springs, Ga., two of the seven former POWs brought home a week after their Iraqi captors let them go. In London, members of the pro-U.S. Iraqi National Congress said Saddam Hussein’s son-in-law, Jamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al- Tikriti, surrendered to them in Baghdad after he was talked into leaving Syria by undis- THE AFTERMATH OF WAR Confusion lingers in Baghdad With potential food shortages weeks away, the U.S. military opened a government warehouse in Baghdad to U.N. aid shipments. Across the rest of the NATION the batta can country Shiite pilgrims journeyed to holy cities and Christians packed churches for Easter. I R * Dohuk ,. .An Kow,. Mosul • *lrbil Dibagah A Q humanitarian will be arriving at newly built alrslript An Kawi 1 By Jenn ASSOCb Kirkuk Almost 900 people, most of them Iranians seeking asylum, were stranded between Jordan and Iraq. JORDAN A 50-truck convoy brought the first massive shipment of donated food to Baghdad. Tikrit • Khaneqin Samarra. v Be Qubah* Baghdadlnt R 1 9 sh< ^L Airport XY* Airport Baghdad # Zubaydiyah T * Kut *Amaraii Marines pulledu of Baghdad Sunday, heading southern Iraq to up new posite The Army's 3: Infantry,!: Armored and Airborne Divisim will control Bagte and the norther half of the counr Karbala Numaniyah — Najaf * * Diwaniyah * Nasiriyah Qumal! Samawah Shiites marched toward the holy cities of Karbala and Najaf for an annual religious pilgrimage that was repressed for decades by Saddam Hussein. Ur Ba Rumeila * * Safwan • , Umm Qasr Kuwait City,) Under coalition control 100 mi SOURCES: CIA; United Nations; Associated Press; National Imagery and Mapping Agency closed means. He is married to Saddam’s youngest daughter, Hala, and was deputy head of the tribal affairs office in Saddam’s oust ed government. U.S. Central Command had no information on the reported surrender. Two U.S. congressmen who met Syrian President Bashar Assad said he assured them he will not give asylum to any Iraqis wanted for war crimes. Reps. Nick Rahall, D- W.Va., and Darrell Issa, R- Calif., were the first U.S. offi cials to meet Assad since ten sions rose over Syria’s alleged cooperation with the Saddam government during the war. Baghdad, increasingly secure but still lacking a gov ernment, prepared for a visit Monday by Jay Garner, the retired lieutenant general cho sen to step into the power uum and temporarily leac administration of Iraq. Across Iraq, Shiite pilp journeyed by the thousands holy cities and Christi? packed churches for Easter,e ing full voice to religioustt victions suppressed in of Saddam Hussein. But there were fears, tooj religious rivalries that hadtie uneasily — and sometimestr tally — kept in check m flare anew and consume thest ed on a multila order. Rev. 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