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Show 2 JHZ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2001 n p ft Lai IjUsi x; xr Siii' n Li i! vi L T'' ltsefts I I i Li ...r.n a L..TT3 vy u and Cften irreverent country and, to be honest, I wouldn't want it any other way, JENNIFER MITCHELL. FEATURE COLUMNIST I pse in this Li a Li CHRCN!CL NEWS EOiTOS JAftt& WHiTLCY JWH!TLtVCHRONiCLEVTAH CHRONXLE WiKE EOiTCR SKECNA MCFAKLAHD S MCFARU A H 0-- C H ROK : CL LU T AH 1 3 r ssssssssw CHRONICLE DAILY UTAH over-spendin- g, over-weig- ht l O . D'J CN AMERICA S ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO vn r O J I i i f s f ? S NCPMAIC' OCTOBER 3 ft a The College Republicans ever.t hcit!n3 a kick-eat 12:30 p.m. In the Hinckley Caucus Room, Orson . art UULEfc In presenting WASHINGTON its case U.S. Laden the Bush Osama bin to allies, against administration said some of the same terrorists involved in the Sept. n attack have also been linked to the East Africa embassy bombings and the attack on the USS Cole. Two senior administration officials said this point was part of a presentation made Tuesday by State Department counterterrorism chief Frank Taylor to NATO allies in Brussels, Belgium. The presentation was part of the U.S. campaign to garner international support for its contention that bin Laden and his organization were responsible for the deadly attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Secretary of State Colin Powell said information was sent out Monday to a large number of da nations which "powerfully made the case" against the organization for the terrorist attacks three weeks ago. "We traced the history of this organization, its recent activities and events around the nth before and after. I think it's a persuasive case," he said, speaking with reporters after a meeting with the Greek foreign minister. The NATO allies had conditioned material da ' support for the United States under the NATO charter on convincing information pointing to bin Laden as the perpetrator of the attacks. "Now NATO is poised to receive requests from the United States," Powell said. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said U.S. ambassadors to friendly nations have been asked to brief their host governments on the administration's information. Two senior officials said bin Laden's involvement became apparent after officials concluded that some personnel involved in the Sept. ii attacks also took part in the Aug. 7, 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa and the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, Oct. 12, 2000. The bin Laden associates were not identified. Bin Laden has been indicted in the embassy bombings and is thought by U.S. officials to have masterminded the Cole attack. Different countries are receiving different presentations, based on their relationship with the United States, said one government source, speaking on the condition of anonymity. The British, for example, are receiving the most detail, with other allies receiving less, and coalition other members of the still less. anti-terroris- m Other than bin Laden, no one from da has been publicly linked to all three attacks. Mohamed Atif, a top bin Laden lieutenant, is believed to have taken part in the embassy bombings. He is one of the few individuals whose assets were frozen by the U.S. government after the Sept. u attacks. A representative of the Taliban in Afghanistan, where bin Laden is believed to be hiding out, called on the United States Tuesday to provide evidence of the exiled Saudi millionaire's involvement. In response, Boucher 'said delivery of bin Laden and his associates to a third country is already required by two U.N. Security Council resolutions based on investigations into the East Africa bombings. "There should be no further delay," Boucher said. "There is no cause to ask for anything else. They're already under this international obligation, and they have to meet it" Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, when asked about the administration's plans for information sharing with other countries, said, "The evidence is so clearThe relationships among terrorists and terrorist networks are abundantly clear." i Senate Approves $345B for Defense Rumsfeld Sets Out On InVl War Talks CITY Criticism of Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff s opposition to an airline refusing service to three Utah residents of Middle Eastern descent has turned to WASHINGTON The Senate billion its defense $345 approved spending bill without a dissenting vote Tuesday after dispensing with Republican objections that had stymied progress for a week as the nation geared up for war. The vote was 99-- 0 for the bill that authorizes money for the Defense Department and the military work of the Energy Department for fiscal 2002, which began Monday. "The men and women in the military should be able to count on us in normal times, and surely they ought to be able to count on us in these emergency times. And I believe very firmly that this bill does exactly that," Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, told the Senate. The $345 billion represents an 11 percent increase, or $34.2 billion, over last year's spending. It includes $8.3 billion for President Bush's prized missile defense program, although he could spend $1.3 billion of that to fight terrorism. President Bush sent Defense Secretary Donald n Rumsfeld on a mission Tuesday that could be a prelude to military strikes against terrorists. Bush warned Afghanistan's ruling Taliban "there will be a consequence" if they fail to surrender Osama bin Laden and his followers. The defense secretary was leaving Tuesday night for military talks with leaders in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt and Uzbekistan, key members of Bush's growing coalition. Uzbekistan borders Afghanistan, where terrorist suspect bin Laden is being sheltered by the Taliban government Building a case for war, U.S. diplomats shared confidential evidence with allies linking bin Laden's network to the Sept. 11 attacks and other terrorists acts. America's 18 NATO partners said the information was conclusive and formally declared the attacks on New York and Washington an assault against the alliance. support. Shurtleff 's office was inundated with angry emails and telephone calls last week after he threatened to sue Northwest Airlines if it did not apologize. After weekend news reports of the reaction, calls to Shurtlcff's office changed, and he now is being praised, said spokesman Paul Murphy. One letter, written by a man whose n parents were sent to an internment camp during World War II, calls Shurtleff the "voice of reason," Murphy said. Japanese-America- SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesd- ay's elections along the Wasatch Front attracted few voters to the polls. At polling places in Salt Lake and Utah counties, election judges e attendance. reported turned who out were Many regular voters who enter the booth in practically every election. "I am really sorry to say, it's a poor turnout," said Taylorsville election judge Marsha Artigues. Taylorsville held primaries for mayor and two City Council seats. "People just don't care," Artigues said. "A lot of them feel like their is silly, vote doesn't matter.-.whicbecause it does." primary below-averag- h UNIVERSITY WEATHER 7750 WEDNESDAY: Did Ycu ICnow... 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The debate came during the second session of the U.N. day of a week-lon- g General Assembly to discuss terrorism after the Sept. 11 attacks against the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon. Pakistan, which has pledged support for the U.S. campaign to punish Osama bin Laden and his network blamed by Washington for the attacks, also warned that the West must do more to eliminate world poverty, which it said breeds extremists. Diplomats from Yemen, Sudan, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, as well as the Palestinian envoy, endorsed a new Security Council resolution requiring all 189 U.N. member states to stop giving money, support or sanctuary to JERUSALEM Palestinian gunmen broke into a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip and opened fire Tuesday, killing two Israelis and wounding n in an attack threatening an already shaky Mideast truce. h 11:S0 a.m. lie rev, Cv:: Room 707. WiUi.--wit.i- ta 3 . i a C;..;e r - f ft j f - - f T r. 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