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Opinion
The Battalion
Saddam has no place to run
The former Iraqi leader’s capture is imminent as he loses places to hide in Iraq
GEORGE DEUTSCH
F or those who are tired of all
the whining surrounding 16
disputed words from
President George W. Bush’s State
of the Union Address regarding
uranium purchases, a much larger
concern remains: capturing
Saddam Hussein.
Though some may doubt Saddam’s intent to buy uranium
from Africa or his alleged al-Qaida ties, his cemented place in
history as a fallen, evil dictator cannot be denied. But amid
post-war fighting and attempts to establish an elected govern
ment, will the deposed Saddam ever be captured in Iraq, either
alive or dead? Yes, and very soon.
Whether because of his own arro
gance or, perhaps more likely, his limit-
ed options, Saddam is clearly still
inside Iraq, which is where the United
States wants him. Various U.S. intelli
gence sources and numerous audiotapes
believed to be from Saddam - the most
recent of which hails his two dead sons
as martyrs - point to as much. Deputy
Secretary of State Richard Armitage
said coalition forces have been within
hours of capturing Saddam in recent
raids and that “most people feel that the
noose is tightening pretty regularly
around the neck of Saddam Hussein.”
After all, every Baath party loyalist,
Saddam Fedayeen militia member,
criminal and anti-U.S. extremist in Iraq are still not enough to
hide Saddam forever. Intelligence officials last week, citing
technical and human sources, said Saddam has shaven his trade
mark mustache and grown a beard. So even simple attempts at
disguising himself are in vain, as U.S. intelligence sources know
every move Saddam makes almost as soon as he makes it.
The same officials say he is moving around Iraq with auto
matic weapons, cash and as few as two bodyguards. This does
n’t bode well for Saddam’s ability to escape coalition forces.
Saddam is reportedly sleeping in old bunkers or with friends.
With such little outside support and a $25 million bounty on his
head as a part of the State Department’s Rewards for Justice
program, it’s a wonder he hasn’t been caught already, although
the fact that many Iraqis are still terrified of him may have
something to do with it.
Though many Baath party loyalists have been killed or cap-
u
The 55 most wanted Iraqis
are perhaps not best personified
by a deck of playing cards,
but instead by a row of
dominoes, each one tumbling
after the one before.
tured in combat and in raids, it was the $15 mil
lion ransom on Saddam’s sons Udai and Qusai’s
heads that eventually led to their deaths in
Mosul on July 22. If the actions of Iraqi busi
nessman Nawaf al-Zeidane - one man acting
alone - can result in the fall of two of the
regime’s biggest pillars of evil, why can’t
Saddam be captured in the same way? One
would assume that even the most ardent anti-
American jihadist would have no trouble
spending $25 million in U.S. money, Saddam
loyalist or not.
Besides, the old Baath regime is getting
lazy, as is evident by its actions. One of
Saddam’s most trusted body-
guards, Adnan al-Musslit, was
captured last week in his own
home, reportedly drunk. As Maj.
Josslyn Aberle of the Army’s 4th
Infantry Division told USA Today,
“When people are on the run,
they get tired and start mak
ing mistakes.”
Clearly, Saddam and the
remnants of his Baathis
regime are on the run, and
continue to make mistakes,
each more costly than the last.
The 55 most wanted Iraqis are
perhaps not best personified by a
deck of playing cards, but
instead by a row of dominoes, each one
tumbling after the one before. The writ
ing is on the wall for Saddam. His
regime is finished, his sons dead
and his days numbered.
The Iraqis need more than an
elected government and the
deaths of Udai and Qusai; they
need the capture of Saddam, and
that capture is imminent.
George Deutsch is a senior
journalism major.
Graphic by Seth Freeman
Tobacco lawsuits are a waste of resources
F lorida smokers will soon
be polluting not only the
air around them, but clog
ging up the legal system that
they have been battling since
SARA FOLEY
The recent incident relates to an April 2000
lawsuit against the nation’s five largest tobac
co companies that awarded a group of 700,000
smokers $145 billion in punitive damages. The
decision was soon appealed and revoked,
according to the Miami Herald. While that
decision has been appealed, the likelihood of it
being reversed again is highly doubtful.
Now, each of the 700,000 plaintiffs must
individually sue the tobacco companies and
prove fraud and conspiracy on behalf of the
tobacco industry all over again, a process that
could stretch out for years, according to the
Miami Daily Business Review. What the plain
tiffs fail to realize, however, is the legitimacy
of the overruling and the difficulties that arise
with bringing up so many individual cases.
The years of legal battles have
resulted in nothing on either side
except a heap of legal bills along
withe a confused audience. The
case was reversed because each
smoker’s habits, health and med
ical history were different from the next, and
they could not be grouped together and given
the same monetary compensation.
Furthermore, the smokers in the suit were
not all originally from Florida, making it unfit
ting for a class action suit, according to the
Miami Daily Business Review.
With time and energy already wasted with
out any financial gain or justice, doubts have
risen about when the smokers will going to
give up. Understandably, they want the compa
nies to pay for their monetary losses and what
the class action lawsuit termed as “deceiving.”
Understandable also is the pain that family
members may feel with the loss of a loved one
to lung cancer or one of the many diseases
related to cigarette smoking. However, the
blame shouldn’t be placed on the manufactures
of the product, or even the advertisers. If that
were the case, any alcoholic could claim beer
advertisements led him to drinking. The blame
should be placed on the 700,000 smokers who
a
The blame should be placed on
the 700,000 smokers who became
aware of the dangers of smoking in
the 1960s and still continued to
smoke.
around the country that cigarette smoking is
addictive and tobacco companies knew, that
doesn’t excuse the various individuals who
knew of the dangers and didn’t have the disci
pline to quit.
While the families may want to blame Big
Tobacco for the loss of health or lives, they
should blame themselves for not persistently
urging their family member to quit smoking.
Monetary compensation will not undo their
mistakes.
If the plaintiffs are truly concerned about
the smokers of tomorrow, they should seek to
end smoking or petition to change the method
of advertising. Gaining money for their own
mistakes doesn’t serve any purpose aside from
their own greed.
became aware of the dangers of smoking in
the 1960s and still continued to smoke.
While it was clearly proven in court cases
Sara Foley is a junior
journalism major.
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Cutting Dairy Center and journalism
good decisions for the University
In response to Matt Maddox's July 30 column:
Although I normally share some of the opinions expressed by
Mr, Maddox, I am saddened by his attack on the way money is
spent on this campus. First, as sad as the spending may be, this
tampus does have the right to spend the money where it choos-
6sto. We may not like it but that's the way it goes. As far as what
le money is spent on, that's where the debate begins.
Take the Dairy Center, first. I would like to point out to Mr.
Waddox that the two top dairy production counties in the state
aieat least three hours away from TAMU. Why would I, if I was
a dairy science major, go to a school that is not where most of
le dairy business is located? And even with current trends, the
dairy industry is moving farther west into the Panhandle and
6astern New Mexico, placing TAMU farther away. Why waste
Honey on a system that is not located anywhere near the center
nfbusiness in this state?
Now take the journalism department. First, I am saddened at
le many and countless mistakes made by this newspaper. I
don't know how many times I see a retraction or a correction or
Mistake in here. Second, as with the Dairy Center, why put
Here money into a program that is light years behind that of
diversity of North Texas or University of Texas-Austin? They are
Huch closer to major newspapers and television outlets. We are
^ot. We are some distance away from Dallas-Fort Worth,
Huston, Austin or San Antonio.
Mr, Maddox, no one school can be good at producing every-
ling. One, at any school, especially this one, must learn that
TAMU can not have everything its way. Maybe take off the pride
and look at this from an outsider's view. TAMU doesn't have to be
the best at everything it does. Others have realized it, why don't
you? Then you wouldn't have to make this place a Mayberry all
by yourself.
Randy Jackson
Senior
Alcohol practices protect store employees
In response to Mike Walters' July 31 column:
While the points made in the July 31 opinion about alcohol dis
crimination do offer validity to his point of "inconvenience", I would
like to encourage Mr. Walters to look at the vendors' side of the argu
ment. According to Texas law, establishments are not required to
accept out -of- state identification for alcohol sales; the sale to an out-
of- state ID is at the discretion of not only the establishment, but also
the employee. This is simply because any out- of- state student can
go to the local Department of Motor Vehicles, spend $10, and obtain
a Texas identification card while retaining his native driver's license.
Secondly, there is no "common sense" to the idea that Kroger
needs fewer restrictions on alcohol sales than may the Dixie Chicken.
The penalties for the employee are very much the same. Whereas the
fine for a first MIP is no more than $500, the sale of alcohol to a minor
is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $4,000, jail
time and the loss of the employee's job. There is quite a large dis
crepancy in these penalties.
The responsibility of curbing underage alcohol consumption does
not lie solely with the minor; a significant amount has to do with the
establishments that sell them as well. For as much "inconvenience"
this causes you to go to another store or bar, I think that any grocery
store will tell you that they would rather have you buy your case of
beer at another store than risk their employees being carted off to jail.
Allison Lothman
Senior