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8 Monday, November 17, 2003 THE BATTALII Culture in motion Sharon Aeschbach • THE BATTALION Dipika Gawande, 10, of College Station, dances the Kuchipudi at the Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Among Youth's Bhaithak dance concert Sunday night. Kuchipudi is a traditional Indian dance in which the dancer wears bells on her ankles and stands atop a brass plate. Troops move against insurgent By Louis Meixler THE ASSOCIATED PRESS u BAGHDAD, Iraq — Troops flooded a Baghdad neighborhood in a new U.S. military offensive against guerrillas Sunday, as an audiotape purportedly made by Saddam Hussein urged Iraqis to escalate their fight against the occupation. The U.S. military moves in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq came as the Army tried to determine why two of its Black Hawk helicopters crashed in the northern city of Mosul, killing 17 soldiers in the worst single loss of American life since the war began. In its offensive, the military fired a satellite-guided missile with a 500-pound warhead at a suspected guerrilla training base, and four insurgents were killed in a separate clash. Both actions are part of an effort to take the fight to the enemy, rather than responding to ambushes and attacks. “Any of those groups that Any of those groups that are working against the best interest of the Iraqis are going to be targeted. Lt.Col.William MacDonald 4th Infantry spokesman are working against the best interest of the Iraqis are going to be targeted,” said Lt. Col. William MacDonald, spokesman of the 4th Infantry Division. Strong explosions thundered through central Baghdad after sundown Sunday, apparently part of “Operation Iron Hammer,” the new “get tough” strategy. A large number of U.S. troops, backed by armored vehicles and helicopters, moved into the Sunni Muslim neighborhood of Azamiyah, seal ing off a 20-block area and searching vehicles in a show of force. Meanwhile, the alleged Saddam tapeii Iraqis to escalate attacks against theoccupi and “agents brought by foreign armies”- apparent reference to Iraqis supportingtheci! tion. The speaker on the tape, aired on Al-M television, said the only way to end Iraq was for Saddam and his now Baath Party to return to power. The CIA said it would review the tapeii authenticity. But President Bush dismissed recording. “I suspect it’s the same stuff. It’s propaganda. We’rei leaving until the jobisdom and simple,” Bush said. “F he’d like to see us leave,if it’s his voice. I know the elm of the Baathist party, used to torture, maim and ki! order to stay in power would to see us leave.” The voice in the recoi resembled Saddam’s, huskier and the speaker see tired. “The evil ones now selves in crisis and this is Gs will for them,” he said. The only solution for Iraq, the speaker was for “the zealous Iraqi sons, who rat affairs and brought it out of backwardness return ... to run its affairs anew,” he said, ring to the Baath leadership. The speaker also lashed out at Iraqi' cooperate with the U.S. military, calling “stray dogs that walk alongside the caravan. The top U.S. administrator in Iraq, Li Bremer, said Saddam likely made someaiK ments for a guerrilla war against the Amelia before his regime fell in April. Sh NEWS IN BRIEF First lady supports abortion ban DALLAS (AP) — First lady Laura Bush, who has acknowledged her support of abortion rights in the past, indicated Sunday that she supports a ban on late-term abortions that her husband recently signed into law. “I think most people agree partial-birth abortion is abhor- rent," Bush said in response to a reporter’s question after a tour of the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas. Days before her husband took office, Laura Bush stated that she did not think the land mark Roe v. Wade abortion- rights ruling should be undone, despite President Bush’s strong opposition to abortion. Federal judges in three states have blocked the gov ernment from enforcing S new ban because they sad did not allow women to la late-term abortions even their health was at risk.1 Bush administration is see ing to expedite legal piocee; ings on the matter. The first lady, in C attend a luncheon b United Cerebral Pal: time to tour the $7( Nasher Sculpture Cerii&\ opened last month. Josh formei ration than fi the Ag tude. ; ence c a soft' said it ing to Un A&M beat i( ed wii Un gradu Th Vne St Unive and w empk dates %>eci even i their FACULTY/STAFF MEMBERSHIPS—Now has never been a better time to check out Rec Center memberships. Rec Sports makes living a healthier life even easier with bank draft options for membership and locker payments. 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