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Classifieds continued from page 6 MOTORCYCLE 2002 Honda CBR-954RR 4900mi. Garage kept, custom exhaust, $7400, 979-412-5522. MUSIC PETS REAL ESTATE 3/2 Fleetwood in Rolling Ridge Park. $27,000/0.6.0. 776-0918 or 255-1986. ROOMMATES 1 female roommate needed in January to sublease 2bdrm/2ba apartment at Campus Lodge $448/mo completely furnished call marina at 281-923-3845 1 roommate needed for 4bdrm house on George Bush. $300mo. 979-219-0234. 1-2 M/F roommates needed. Fully furnished 4bd/2bth. $250-335/mo. +1/3 or 1/4bills. Call 512-470-6982 or 210-275- 4335. 1-2Roommates for 4bdrm/4ba at Exchange. Price negotiable; includes covered parking. Sub-lease for spring 281-788-3423 1-F needed January, new 3/2 townhome, bus-route, $400/mo. +1/3bills. Call Shauna 979-764-0599. 1-F roommate for spring semester. Nice, 4bdrm/4.5ba. house. Rent $380/person. Call Cindy 694-7647, 469-441-6927. 1-F Roommate needed. Sublease for Spring semester 2bd/2ba large room W/D ethernet, cable on bus route. Price negotiable call 432-770-1349. 1-F roommate wanted. 2bdrm/2ba. Spring sublease. Courtyard Apartments. On shuttle. $290/mo. Julie 979-764-7435 1-M/F needed ASAP. 1/1 in 3/3. Internet included, new duplex. Amanda, 432-349- 4521. 1-M/F. Master suite in 3bdrm/2ba. Across from campus. $475/mo. everything included. Mic 979-680-8126; 757-581-4036. 1/F roommate. Sublease apt. ©Exchange. On busroute, W/D, workout facility, price negotiable. Call Erin 713-702-2172. 1bdrm available $350 +utilities. Great house, SChristian roommates spring semester 469-371-0639- 2 Female roommates needed for 3/2 house on bus route call Julie 764-4333 2-M/F roommates needed for Spring. New duplex, furnished, except bedrooms. $367/mo. +1/3bills. 210-378-7924. 2-M/F roommates. Furnished 3bdrm/3ba, Sterling Apartments. $385/mo +phone &electric. 979-693-5123. 3bdrm/2bth townhouse, close to campus, on TAMU bus route, w/d, furniture, microwave. 2-M/F roommates starting mid-December. Rent negotiable. Call 694-1595. Available now, non-smoking roommates for 4/3 new home, 904 Bougainvillea, w/d, $400/mo. +1/4utilities. Call Ross at 512- 396-0766. Christian male seeking roommate to share 2bdrm/2bath duplex. Across from Bee Creek Park on Southwest Parkway. $225/mo. +1/2bills. 229-7535. jooz46@hotmail.com. Christian male sub-leaser wanted! 3/2 Duplex on Rock Hollow with M/F roommates $333.33/mo +1/3bills. Andy 979-324-4531. Female roommate needed. Spring semester. 3bd/3ba. $395/mo +1/3utilities. 764-8074. M/F-Roommate, 2/2 house, new, furnished, $350/mo. $150 deposit, utilities paid. 979-218-6288. Male roommate needed for Spring semester. Large house in south CS. $335/mo. +1/3 bills call Jason, 979-696- 6906. Male roommate needed in 3bdrm/2ba furnished house on 11-acres. $233/mo., pets ok. 979-739-4599. Needed for spring, 1-F. 3bdrm/2ba apt. Call . for details. 979-485-8119, jlpachulski ©yahoo.com Roommate Needed ASAP! 2bdrm/1.5bth, 1-block from campus. Call Brian 979-224- 1071. Roommate needed ASAP. 3/2' house in Wolf Pen Creek Area. $300/mo. Call Chris 512-680-5161. Roommate Needed. New house. Rock Prairie Area. Non-smoking. Pets? W/D, Cable/Internet. $650/mo. All Bills Paid. No-deposit. Janice 979-690-0151 Roommate wanted $300 month, 1/3 bills free cable/ internet everything furnished 979-224-4400. ROOMMATES 2003 Honda Shadow VLX deluxe, black, 1200 miles $4500 979-575-5868. “Party Block Mobile DJ**- Peter Block, professional/ experienced. Specializing in Weddings, TAMU functions, lights/smoke. Mobile to anywhere. Book early!! 693- 6294. http://www.partyblockdj.com Spring semester female roommate needed. $390/mo. +1/4utilities. natallepa@tamu.edu or (979)695-2178. Ace DJs- Professional show without the professional price- Available for TAMU, sorority/fratemity parties, and weddings. Lights/smoke/Great Sound- Call Josh Hunt 1 -888-GO-ACE-DJ (462-2335). Spring sublease, Midtown Apartments, 4bdrm/3bth, own bath. 979-571-0180. Sublease Spring’04. $200/mo +1/3bills. Own bath, nice duplex. Call 713-303- 5565. SERVICES 5 foot Burmese python with cage, $100 OBO. Call Shawn at 571 -0191. •Linda’s Typing Service* Typing in my home: papers, resumes, etc. Reasonable rates. Call Linda Lantz. 979-690-1518. A.K.C. Black lab puppies. Big block heads, dewclaws removed, first shots given, $125-$250. 979-778-3787 leave message. AKC Golden Retrievers both parents on site $275 979-822-1861 Bassets- AKC, first shots, dewormed, tri and lemon colored, $250, 979-575-0065. Labrador AKC black, chocolate, and yellow. Born 9/22/03 S /W $300-$450 979-589-2897, 220-7932. AAA Texas Defensive Driving. Lots-of- fun, Laugh-a-lotl! Ticket dismissalAinsurance discount. M-T(6pm- 9pm), W-Th(6pm-9pm), Fri.&Sat.- Fri(6pm-8pm) &Sat(10am-2:30pm), Sat(8am-2:30pm). Former student serving you 20yrs. In offices above Aggieland Kiva Inn, Ste.200 (next door to Applebee’s). Walk-ins welcome. $25/cash. Lowest price by law. 104 Texas Ave. S. 846-6117. Show-up 30/min. early. Registered Black Lab Puppy. Shots, dewormed, ten weeks old. Needs new home. Call 979-218-5412, leave message. $150. Free Pregnancy Test; Hope Pregnancy Centers, College Station 695-9193, Bryan 846-1097; Post Abortion Peer Counseling 695-9193. TRAVEL Wood brook condo, 2/2.5, excellent condition, fireplace, wet bar, close to pool, dishwasher and oven about 1 year old. Washer and ref to stay, washer and dryer negotiable. MLS#21297, $81,900 Woodsman Condo, 2/2 one story, new carpet and vinyl, ready to move in, end unit 2800 Longmire. On shuttle, $74,000 MLS#20969 for more information call Pat Poston, Broker Re Max B/CS 764-6000 or 429-7533 ***Act Now! Book 11 people, get 12th trip free. Group discounts for 6+. www.springbreakdiscounts.com or 800-838-8202. A “Reality” Spring Break 2004. Featured in “The Real Cancun" Movie. Lowest Prices. 2 Free Trips for Groups. www.sunsplash.com 1-800-426-7710 Costa Rica, the hottest new Spring Break destination! 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Ski & Beach Trips on sale now! www.sunchase.com or call 1-800- SUNCHASE today! IF YOU ORDERED a 2004 Aggieland and will not be on campus next fall to pick it up, you can have it mailed. To have your yearbook for the '03-04 school year mailed, stop by room 015 Reed McDonald Building or tele phone 845-2613 (credit cards only) between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and pay a $7 mailing and handling fee. Cash, Check, Aggie Bucks, Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express accepted. 8 Friday, November 14, 2003 U.S. names guerrilla groups Roommate wanted starting Spring 2004. Female Sophomore- Graduate Student to share 3bd house close to campus. $400/mo all bills paid. Ask for Frances 979-680-0444. By John J. Lumpkin THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Iraq’s guerrilla groups identified Roommate Wanted! Spring 2004. 2bdrm/2bth apartment, $350/mo. +1/2 utilities. First Month Free! Call Krystal 979-764-6078. WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies have identified several guerrilla groups, including one whose name calls for Saddam Hussein’s return, that they now believe are behind much of the anti-U.S. violence in Iraq. The top general in the region, Gen. John Abizaid, estimated Thursday that insurgent fight ers in Iraq total no more than 5,000, and he said the largest and most dangerous groups are Saddam loyalists. “I would say that this group of Baathists (Saddam loyalists), by far, represents the greatest threat to peace and stability,” the general said. Abizaid, the chief of U.S. Central Command, did not provide details, but said the insurgent forces have considerable training and supplies, plus money from stashes left over from Saddam’s rule and from sources outside Iraq. The most significant, The Return Party, is com posed primarily of members of Saddam’s Baath Party, the officials said. Another, Muhammed’s Army, appears to be run by former chiefs of Saddam’s security services. Other threats include Sunni Islamic extremists, some from outside the country, and Shiite extremists who may be receiving support from others in Iran. Much remains murky about these opposition forces, the officials acknowledged. And most of the major bombings and attacks against U.S. and other Western targets remain unsolved. But defense and other American officials famil iar with Iraqi intelligence say they are making some headway into characterizing the guerrillas. The groups are using classic guerrilla tactics: bombings, snipings and hit-and-run attacks, and some are using suicide bombers, officials said. While the groups have varying degrees of organiza tion and capability, their emergence in the months since Saddam was ousted suggests the U.S. could be facing a sustained insurgency from several fronts. Chief among the identified guerrilla groups are: —The Return Party: Considered the most sig nificant insurgent group in Iraq, although officials could not put a figure to its size. It is composed primarily of members of Saddam’s Baath Party and maintains the party’s prewar structure, with regional and local organizations. —Muhammad’s Army: This group, also seek ing to return Saddam to power, consists of at least several hundred fonner members of Iraq’s intelli gence and security services. U.S Intelligence agencies have Identified several guerrilla groups in Iraq that officials believe are behind much of the anti-U.S. violence there. Salahdm Return Party The largest insurgent group. 1 consists primarily Ant m of members of Saddam's Baath Party and maintains the party's prewar structure. Cp J VV Bn IRAQ / k I Kurd I Siam I Shu Mosul falluuh Baghdad Muhammad'* Army — Consists of at least several hundred former members of Iraq's intelligence and security services, thought to be primarily targeting Iraqis Saddam’* Fedayaen — Elements of the Fadayeen. one of Saddam's prewar irregular militias, continue to operate separately from other insurgent groups. Muntada al-Wilaya — A Shiite extremist group B»gha.,.i operating in Baghdad and southern Iraq that wants to eject foreign forces and set up an Islamic state, suspected of ties with Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah Tw Southern Iraq Ansar aMsIam — A Sunni group, composed primanly of ethnic Kurds from Iraq's north that U.S. officials say has lies to ai-Qaida o Abu Musab Zarqawl — A Jordanian man with ai-Qaida ties, thought to be working with Ansar al-lsiam but also leads his own network. SOURCE AHocuUd Prau Researcher shocked by transport of vials By Betsy Blaney THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LUBBOCK, Texas — A plague researcher for the Army testified Thursday that she was surprised when she learned that a Texas Tech University pro fessor personally transported samples of potentially deadly bacteria from Africa. Thomas Butler, 62, is on trial on multiple felony counts stem ming from his report of stolen bacteria responsible for bubonic plague, including charges of illegally transporting the vials. Patricia Worsham, who works in the plague division at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick in Maryland, said she discussed possibly obtaining samples from Butler. But she said she had no idea he had personally brought them on a plane from Tanzania. “I would have run scream ing from the room,” said Worsham, who said she had exchanged e-mails with Butler about the samples. “That is a type of violation of the law that I would not want to become involved with, that my institute would not want to become involved with.” Butler faces 69 felony charges in connection with his Jan. 14 report that 30 vials were stolen from the university lab, an incident that sparked a bioterrorism scare in this West Texas town. The renown plague researcher later admit ted to accidentally destroying the vials. Butler’s defense team has portrayed him as a dedicated researcher who was doing plague research for the govern ment — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Army and the Food and Drug Administration. On cross examination, defense attorney Floyd Holder asked Worsham about an e-mail that he said showed Butler want ed advice on how to transport plague samples to the institute. He asked whether she advised him or dodged his question. “1 wouldn’t have intentional ly dodged the question and 1 wouldn’t necessarily say this was asking for advice,” Worsham said. Worsham said she trusted Butler’s knowledge and experi ence in safeguarding plague sam ples being transported, In other testimony Thursday, a CDC offi cial said he spoke to Butler the day the vials were reported miss ing and characterized their con versation as “odd.” Kenneth Gage, a plague sur veillance and control officer at the CDC’s Fort Collins, Colo., office, said he spoke to Butler to establish how dangerous the vials were. Butler had taken the samples to the Colorado facility in June 2002 for diagnostic testing. In their conversation, Gage testi fied, Butler seemed more con cerned about test results that showed not all of the vials test ed positive for plague than the fact they were missing. Within hours of the report of missing vials, scores of fed eral agents descended on the city and a frantic search for the vials ensued. It ended when Butler gave FBI agents a writ ten statement in which he acknowledged a “misjudg- ment” in not telling his super visor that the vials had been “accidentally destroyed,” according to testimony. Prosecutors allege that Butler reported the vials as missing in retaliation for and to deflect attention from difficul ties with the university’s Institutional Review Board. THE BATTAUi A&M football playei suspended indefinite COLLEGE STATION, Texas A&M Director of Athlete; Byrne announced today" Pittman, a freshman football from Odessa, Texas, has pended indefinitely duetoavii of department and Universityc«l: conduct, rules and regulatli Pittman, a defensive linepn is a true freshman wh Permian High School in fall. He has not played in a gam fall and was being redshirted. Cross country teami go to championship :45 p.m. Al p.m. —Saddam’s Fedayeen: Elements of the Fedayeen, one of Saddam’s prewar irregular mili tias, continue to operate separately from other insurgents, U.S. officials say. U.S. officials also have identified several groups they label as extremist: —Muntada al-Wilaya: A Shiite extremist group operating in Baghdad and southern Iraq. It wants to eject American forces and set up an Islamic state like Iran’s. American officials have suspicions that this group is linked to the Qods Force, an Iranian special forces unit that reports to the religious gov ernment in Tehran, and to Lebanese Hezbollah. —Ansar al-Islam: A Sunni group, composed primarily of ethnic Kurds from Iraq’s north, that U.S. officials say has ties to the al-Qaida terror network. Members may be acting as local fixers for foreign al-Qaida members entering Iraq. —Abu Musab Zarqawi: A man, not a group, with al-Qaida ties. This Jordanian is thought to be working with Ansar al-Islam but also leads his own network in Iraq. Various U.S. officials have also spoken gener ally of “foreign fighters” as a threat. While some may be operating under al-Qaida’s umbrella, many are thought to be lone actors or small groups inspired to wage jihad, or religiously motivated war, against U.S. forces. When the Arkansas left the Southwest 1991, it came as a n other men’s cross countiytear: the conference. The Razorbacks domina conference, winning the titles before switching Southeastern Coni Switching leagues, however, kept Texas A&M and other ta: Southwest Conference schoolssa from Arkansas, and Razorbacks no longer conije in the same conference, geogra still links the two schools. The Aggies will compete agai Arkansas this Saturday 31*1 NCAA South Central Regie Championships, which will bell at the Texas Farm Bureau te in Waco. The top two teams from the and women’s race will eanm matic bids to the Championships. Thetopfoum viduals not on the top two finis teams will earn individual bibs. While the A&M women neeb automatic bid if they wish tomae it to the NCAA Championships,! men, because of their earlyseass' success, are in a more position. Even if they don’tplaa in the top two, they will haveagtc chance of receiving at Coach Dave Hartman about Saturday's race. ‘‘I think our guys are their best race of the year,” sa: coach Hartman. "Wejustha«!i run smarter than we 12 Championships. We'veeiii?i sized strategy a lot this week. The men's 10, will begin at 10 a.m. on and the women's 8,000-meterra starts at 11:15 a.m p.m. :42 a.m. • Ai ■shins and rilil) Soccer Continued from page4 forward, pitting them one another as usual. “I’ve played against(Hane; since I was 10 years old,” E said. “She was on the rivaldn! team of mine. 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