Show A8 — The Herald Journal Logan' Utah Friday September 20 2002 Loyalists stop coup attempt iu Ovory Coast ABIDJAN Ivory Coast (AP) Loyalist troops put down an uprising by security forces who attacked military ‘ and police bases across the Ivory Coast Thursday trying to oust the president while he was visiting Italy The Cabinet minister in charge of police1 was killed along with the former junta leader accused of having a role in the uprising President Laurent Gbaghio declared the rebellion had been halted after hours of heavy gunfights and mortar exchanges left at least 10 rebel soldiers and seven loyal police dead Bloody bodies littered the streets of Abidjan the commercial capital Gbagbo’s government has been struggling to calm ethnic and political tension and a restive military since the il country’s first- once-tranqu- H i U v v 4 lTri Xt A ever coup in 1999 Government troops killed Gen Robert Guei the exjunta leader when his car refused to stop for a roadblock in downtown Abidjan paramilitary police Sgt Ahossi Aimesaid ' Guei the former army chief who took'power in the 1999 ' uprising was forced out dur- the next elections ing year amid allegations he was trying to steal the vote Interior Minister Emile Boga Doudou apparently was killed in a rebel attack on his residence in which two guards were injured police said- In Rome presidential aide Alain Toussaint said it was evident the former junta chief had played a role in the coup attempt “Do you think Guei ' was on the battlefield going shopping?” TOussaint asked bV Defense Minister Lida Moise Kouassi announced the coup had collapsed in a television broadcast “I can assure you that since 6 o'clock this morning the army has taken everything into control" Kouassi said Until his midaftemoon broadcast both radio and television had been off the air during the fighting “Loyalist forces have come out on top” President Laurent Gbagbo said in a statement from Rome where he announced he was cutting short his visit Kouassi said Ivory Coast’s armed forces had mobilized nationwide to put down the insurrection which he said was quelled “except for pockets of resistance" in the cities of Bouake and Khorogo VJW j a 'if? 1 11 w: i'iv'j: V' - i- Jf o- - AP photo Waves crash against the harbor in Georgetown Cayman Islands on Thursday Tropical Storm Isidore tore up trees flooded coastlines and left Cayman Brae island without electricity Thursday as it moved toward Cuba It’s status has now been upgraded to a hurricane Isidore upgraded to hurricane ' HAVANA (AP) — A tropi- cal storm was upgraded to a hurricane Thursday as it gathered strength and headed slowly toward Cuba prompting the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in the island's rural west Hurricane Isidore the sec- ond Atlantic hurricane of the 2002 season was expected to drench Cuba’s western half through the weekend with a possible 2 feet of rain the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Hurricane strength winds extended up to IS miles out from its ceqfer and a hurricane watch was in effect across central and western Cuba -Isidore’s maximum wind speeds reached 75 mph Thursday afternoon with higher gusts forecasters said Storms become hurricanes when sustained wind speeds reach 74 mph While upgrading Isidore's status the Miami -- hurricane center also issued a tropical storm watch for the lower Florida Keys “Anything in the Gulf of Mexico is a potential target in the next six or seven days” said James Franklin hurricane specialist at the National Hur-ricane Center in Miami Points at risk extend from the central west Florida coast to New Orleans “Or there’s even another possibility" Franklin added and “It could turn back-weshead toward the Yucatan” peninsula in Mexico Cuba’s state television said Thursday afternoon that more than 38000 students were sent home as officials closed boarding schools in the west- em province of Pinar del Rio Elsewhere in the western region workers were rushing to protect the wooden curing houses where precious tobac- co leaves ore being dried for cigiar making television' t Iraq forces moved to civilian areas reports said At 5 pm EDT Hurricane Isidore’s center was about 95 miles southeast of the Isle of Youth south of the main island forecasters in Miami said ‘ They said Isidore was movst near 8 ing mph and was expected to stay on that track for another 24 hours putting it over or near the Isle of Youth early Friday A heavy downpour began drenching Havana in the early afternoon and many businesses and offices closed as workers rushed home to secure doors and windows as the storm approached Earlier in the day Isidore uprooted trees and flooded low-lyiareas in the nearby Cayman Islands A tropical storm warning remained in effect for the Cayman Islands where emergency officials braced for additional rain and flooding west-northwe- ng jajW"- WASHINGTON (AP) — Iraq has moved small numbers of military forces into civilian areas in what some Pentagon officials interpret as a precaution against a possible surprise US aerial attack officials said Thursday The officials who discussed the matter on condition of anonymity said it appeared Iraq believed these forces would be spared in a short-notiUS attack because of the high risk of civilian casualties i i The dispersal of forces was not however on the large scale that Pentagon officials would expect to see if Iraq were anticipating an imminent Americacoalition attack the officials said n-led The movement of forces was alluded to by Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld on Wednesday although he cast it in a different light He said it indicated Iraq hoped to attract UJS attacks on civilian buildings such as hospitals and schools in order to fan the flames of I 'Va-iK- v ' - 3 'T ce Using fores: Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld right ponders a question while testifying on Capitol Hil on Thursday before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Iraq War that Iraqi forces deliberately damaged mosques and other cultural structures and then blamed it on American forces There is no sign of an imminent American ' attack on Iraq President Bush said he has not yet decided whether to resort to military action to “They're just masters at manipulating the press and putting out disinformation” Rumsfeld told PBS’ “News Hour with Jim Lehrer ” “They’re already moving military units and elements next to mosques and next to hospitals and next to schools so they can claim that the coalition has done all these terrible things It's an old pattern” US officials claimed during the 1991 Gulf - EFFECTIVE AD DATES: FRIDAY SEPT 20 On SUNDAY SEPT 22 2002 President Saddam Hussein On Thursday howev- er he asked Congress for authority to use “all means he determines to be appropriate including force” to achieve those goals 1 of theft Kfocrtitcd iteme ii required to bt read3r rabbit for wie at or Mow the MKcititod price in ipedfiaUy noted in tfuiii RAIN CHECK: Wcitrnc tohawon hami luffkirittMockof KHttliied wc mcrchandiitLlf for any item ait out of etock a Rain Chech win be iwicd enabling you to bujr the item at the admtiecd price ae eooo at it bccomea available AVAILABILITY: Each cadi AJbtrWiito! 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