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Draft Beer all night ■> * 21 and up Ladies - no cover all night $ 1.00 OFF with Student ID Call 696-3031 for more info 10B Thursday, April 15, 2004 U.S. soldiers’ Iraq tours extendi. By Robert Burns THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — More than 10,000 American soldiers who were to return this month to home bases in Louisiana and Germany will have their tour in Iraq extended at least three months to help combat the surge in anti-occupation violence, defense officials said Wednesday. The decision, which has not been announced publicly, breaks the Army’s promise to soldiers and their families that assign ments in Iraq would be limited to 12 months. The affected sol diers already have been in Iraq for a year. Welcome-home ceremonies at Fort Polk, La., scheduled for this month, have been canceled. In Baumholder, Germany, some sol diers’ families have stopped marking the days off the calendar. The top U.S. commander for the Middle East, Gen. John Abizaid, decided that the increase in violence was so threatening that he needed to have the extra firepower, offi cials say. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld was fine-tuning the new plan Wednesday; his spokesmen declined to discuss details. They said it was possible that Rumsfeld would make it public on Thursday. 4th Infantry* has been replaced by: (■1st Infantry Division A3oth Infantry Brigade 101st Airborne* has been replaced by: Stryker Brigade Tikrrt A Q Baghdad @ 1st Armored Division** 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment** 1st Cavalry Division 82nd Alrborne'X. has been replaced by: 1 st Marine Expeditionary Operation Iraqi Freedoni 2 Polish * Na » af About 12,000 continue operations British N About 12,006 continue operations. More than 10,000 troops from the 1st Armored Division and 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment have been given a three-month extension in Iraq. The 0 original rotation plan - Operation Iraqi Freedom 2 - 0 1( would have brought them home by May. • Candidate^ to return to Iraq in early 2005 " Duty extended three months tOO mi SOURCES US Central Command. Associated Press The tour extensions come at a particularly delicate moment. At least 87 troops have been killed in April, the deadliest month since they set foot in Iraq in March 2(X)3. The number of wounded also has skyrocketed. The advantage of keeping soldiers of the 1st Armored Division and the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Iraq for an extra three months — rather than bringing in an equivalent number from elsewhere — is that these soldiers have unmatched combat experience in Iraq. The Army is so stretched by its commitments in Iraq. Afghanistan, the Balkans and elsewhere that it has few. if any, forces immediately avail able to substitute in Iraq for the 1st Armored or 2nd Man in stolen vehicle allegedly hit pedestrians deliberately By Jay Cohen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FUQUAY-VAR1NA. N.C. — A man drove a pair of stolen vehicles across three counties Wednesday and apparently went out of his way to hit at least five pedestrians along the way. killing one of them, police said. A suspect wearing a T-shirt and boxer shorts was eventually arrested in Fuquay-Varina, where he had driven a pickup truck that apparently was stolen from one of the pedestrians after the first vehicle was abandoned, police said. Police said they had not been able to identify him. “We have no idea what his motivation was dur ing this entire incident,” said Fayetteville police Lt. Katherine Bryant. “It looks like he pulled into neighborhcxxls looking for people.” Bryant said. “He didn’t stay on main streets.” The violence started with the theft of a van belonging to the city of Fayetteville, authorities said. Bryant said a maintenance department employ ee started the van to warm up the engine and left it parked. No one saw the van being taken, she said. Over the next hour and 45 minutes, the thief drove from Fayetteville to the Raleigh area, appar ently deliberately running down pedestrians, according to Fayetteville police and the state high way patrol. The first victim was hit within minutes after the van was stolen, Fayetteville police said. David McCaskill, who is in his 70s. was walking his clog when he was hit, police said. Parents'(Weekend I E \ A S A & M I N I V fc K S I I \ April 16-18, 2004 .’niverttity Awards Ceremony Maroon & White Game Bcvo Burn BBQ V, Midnight Yell More... 'Weekend'. / / parrntre ccUrnd-iMim.rdo National Alcohol Screening Day Rudder Fountain 11 AM - 2 PM Are you concerned about the drinking habits of a friend, family member, or yourself? Visit the resource table today to find out more about alcohol and your health. Trjev* iVlrM UwKmuni TJDENT IFE Ti Alcohol 6c Drufj Education Programs Student Counseling Service (iliun Texas b 1 other overso 7:30 p.m. The p Armored Cavalry, Also, these units k\ heavily involved in o most important U.S missions there: train sands of Iraqi securitj Those Iraqi army an defense corps members tral to the Pentagon's eventually turning ovei control to the Iraqis and J out U.S. troops. Abizaid had plannee of the current rotation forces into Iraq, to redJ dney V U.S. troop presence fron.1 ority p; 135,000 to about 115,0ft), ai But the surge thisr ly anti-occupation restive areas in and i Baghdad and in thesojBninistr; I breed Abizaid to changt; Approve He indicated on Tuesdaj needed more forces tinBd she ' nally planned. He wouldo| t after- reporters exactly how m where he would gel then — Fort Polk, the Amiyti L.ouisiana that is home 2nd Armored Cavalry, iv new s release last Thursd. ing the regiment’s comira Col. Bradley W. May, “elements” of his noil remain in theater initially announced." He did not say hownn diers were affected. A official, speaking on anonymity, said We would be about 3 NEWS INBRIlf Price increases 1 : gas, clothing cai inflation worries WASHINGTON | prices for gasoline, air t clothing propelled consurn 0.5 percent higher in I ing the possibility that the Reserve may raise interest this summer. Wednesday's reading Consumer Price Index, (he? ment's most closely watch* tion measure, revived about the prospects of anir flare-up now that the ectr rebounding, economists sac J The report by the Department "confirms ini'! fear: Inflation is Stephen Cecchetti, ecoi fessor at Brandeis "Details confirm that thei increase isn't in somei place, or the consequence^ special factor." The 0.5 percent in pares with February's Ci| cent increase January’s figure. Especially jolting was: percent increase in coreo prices, excluding energyait| costs. The increase was II cent in both JanuaryandFi mor wil< c ard ri lursday Palestinian detail ( kisses groundaf 2 years behind I SC. NEWARK, NJ to be free, a kissed the ground his release after two years behind bars, Farouk Abdel-Muhti. % been caught up in thefeder: net that took more people into custody after If' 11, 2001, attacks. Kate eive tl Frid “I am ate Mai He sued the federal gr' ^ in November 2002 held him far standards allow, and Thursday, a his release. He was freed late Mondt sent back to New had been living arrested. He was in New Jersey and I and eventually Atlanta, "I kissed the lant finally felt freedom," said Tuesday. "This is art for me, but for everyone ^ fighting for their rights, to justice and democracy. 1 Immigration officials Muhti had violated the la#If staying his visa after he this country in the l 1 Abdel-Muhti r a stateless Palestinian, no nation to which he fully be deported, The ordered his releases# ernment did not prove!* blame for the fact he I* been deported. at is a r Eu tri LOT eirnar >in Lac errorisi Mar Jnited nessag The was bn Joes nc In It lants ir
