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Show THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2001 2 ft 17 ir"" 3 i!wr,,w tai!m r I Correction: used to belong to a religion, but I gave it up one year and just kept going. for In ERIC WALDEN, CHRONICLE SPORTS EDITOR DU CHRONICLE NEWS EDITOR JARED WHITLtY JWH!TLEYCHRONICLE.UTAH CHRONICLE WIRE EDITOR SKEENA MCFARLAND SMCEARLAHDC HROHICLLUTAH.EDU CM THE STPANOE COlNO-ON- IN RCCENT SPORTS NtWS an Oct. 16 article titled "Presenter's Office Oversteps Bounds," The Daily Utah Chronicle gave credit to the wrong entity for bringing Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres to the University of Utah. The Associated Students of the University of Utah Presenter's Office, with aid from the Hinckley Institute of Politics, brought u uuul airstrikcs have "eviscerated" the Taliban's combat power and placed it in imminent danger of losing a key northern stronghold, a senior Pentagon official WASFIINGTON-Intcnsif- said Tuesday. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Gregory Ncwbold, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed that Monday's strikes by far AC-13- Mazar-e-Shari- low-flyin- g Mazar-c-Shar- if control there within days, depending on when the northern alliance decides to move into the city. Losing that city, which has been a staging ground for the Taliban since 1998, would hurt them in two ways, he said. "One is that it's a crossroads mostly for resup-pl- y of their forces," he said. "The other one is a psychological one: As most of you know, has been fought over for three years now, and it's changed hands. Its loss to the Taliban would be a significant setback." Newbold said that while U.S. forces are not working directly with northern alliance troops Mazar-c-Shar- Taliban-controlle- f, f. He said the Taliban is "in danger of being cut off right now" at and could lose AC-130- Mazar-c-Shari- w around-the-cloc- the heaviest since the aerial bombardment began Oct. 7 included the first use of the Air Force's 0 Spectre gunship, a special operations aircraft. S Newbold said two were used but he offered no details, including their targets. Another defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they were used against a Taliban military barracks and headquarters building in Kandahar, the Taliban's scat of power in southern Afghanistan. Speaking at a Pentagon news conference, Newbold said U.S. warplanes bombed a variety of military targets Monday, including armored vehicles at a training facility near Kandahar, surface-to-air missile emplacements defending the Kandahar airport and a tank near an airfield at d a city in northern Afghanistan that opposition forces arc Leftover $32M A man suspected of Utah State Highway Patrol trooper turned himself in to police early Tuesday morning. The man, Jason Vance Christcnscn, allegedly shot at the trooper's vehicle as it pursued him and his driver, Taunilcc Accuttoroop, child was also in 24. A the vehicle during the chase. The trooper was not injured in the incident, which began shortly after 6 p.m. Monday. The chase started when a convenience store clerk in Lapoint, in Uintah County, reported that two men had been arguing, and one of them pulled a gun, Utah Highway Patrol spokesman Doug McClcvc said. shooting at LAKE Utah Department of Transportation has given Gov. Mike Leavitt a $32 million check the leftovers from the reconstruction project. The Legislature will ultimately decide where the money will go, but Gov. Mike Leavitt said a "good chunk" will probably go to other highway projects, "We're dealing with a budget deficit right now," Leavitt said. "A project that's ahead of schedule and SALT a five-year-o- high-spee- d CITY-T- hc under budget is a welcome out- come." A few changes in the original plans helped. One such change was the shortening of bridges, which saved about io million, said UDOT Executive Director John Njord. UNIVERSITY WEATHER 6749 WEDNESDAY: Did You Know... MOSTLY CLOUDY Primary Children's Medical Center is looking for students fluent in a second language to serve as interg preters, especially volunteers. 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Criticism Flies for WASHINGTON Declaring the threat of bioterrorism is no joking matter, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Tuesday, those who fake anthrax or other terrorist scares will face federal prosccutiorrr He announced the indictment of one such man in Con- WASHINGTON A Georgia is facing criticism for sending a letter to a Saudi prince apologizing for New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's refusal to accept the prince's jio million check for terrorism victims. Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney thanked Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and said she was disappointed by Giuliani, who returned the check last week upon learning the prince had suggested U.S. policies toward the Mideast were partly to blame for the Sept. h attacks. Alwaleed also said the United States should "adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause." "I think he should have recognized your right to speak and make observations about a part of the world which you know so well," McKinney said in e the letter, dated Oct 12. McKinney also wrote that she was concerned about reports of "a pattern of excessive, and often indiscriminate, use of lethal force" by Israeli security forces against unarmed Palestinians. Ga. Apology Note necticut False threats of anthrax attacks are "grotesque transgressions of the public trust," Ashcroft said at a news conference. Ashcroft said the hoaxes tax the resources of an already overburdened law enforcement system. He detailed the prosecution of a Connecticut state employee who sat by quietly as a state agency building was evacuated for what the man allegedly knew to be a false threat involving white powder. It is a federal crime to threaten to use biological agents or toxins. No connection between the anthrax letters and the suspected hijackers responsible for the Sept n attacks has surfaced. t u ' an four-pag- OCTQDEil JO Th libby Gardner Concert Half Is hosting an Intema-tlon- ai Choir Concert ssrks featuring children's choirs from Austria, Russia and : Slovakia at 10 a.m., and choirs from the and Denmark at 1 p.m. in the concert hall. ' , Women's Resource Cen& Sc?ds cf Violence keynote address titled Th ter is hosting "On th Rc:d ts nrhumcn-iziV.:xat nccn in the Tr-- Troops Hit Red Islamic Militants Cross Warehouse Won't Be Tolerated NEW Afghanistan-U- .S. strikes set Red Cross warehouses afire near Afghanistan's capital Tuesday, sending workers scrambling to salvage desperately needed relief goods during a bombardment that could be heard 30 miles away. To the south, a U.S. special forces gunship entered the air war for the first time, raking the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar with cannon and heavy machine gun fire in a raid. k attacks Heavy, and the first use of the lumbering, g 0 gunship signaled U.S. confidence that 10 days of attacks by cruise missiles and highflying jets have crippled the air defenses of the Taliban. Tuesday's strikes were mostly against military installations and airports around Kabul, Kandahar and the northern city of on which the Afghan opposition claims its forces are closing in. pre-daw- n round-the-cloc- AC-13- Mazar-c-Shari- f, DELHI, India-In- dia warned it will be ruthless in dealing with Islamic militant infiltrators entering from Pakistan, as the nations' forces exchanged fire Tuesday across the volatile border dividing Kashmir. Tuesday's gunfire came after the nuclear rivals exchanged the heaviest mortar and rocket fire of the year, Monday night. It accompanied a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell to the region to calm tensions and shore up support for the U.S.-le- d war on terrorism. Powell arrived in India's capital, New Delhi, from Pakistan on Tuesday. He met with Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh in the evening, and was to meet with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Wednesday. The Indian military claimed that Pakistan infiltrators had crossed the border on Monday and it retaliated with force. J' " cffpcrtmtnt of mcc'riU hcstir.g a seminar t 4 p.m. I.i Room 316 Is Ken Meyers, Director of Admissions at Washington ttte University Vter5r.;ry School, will ps;H to any 4 pn-Yttrrl- ,-: rr.ii zi 4 p.m s w.1 (7.5. ' Union Ballroom. Ir.tzrut: f low-flyin- tcr ERIC "WALLY" WALDEN fKr.i&witMti Spats feat-r- e 16 tcr CASSANDRA HARTLEY ca !,:vc--Yts.t.tiii Cf.T Cn Ed tof LAURA B. WEISS z re Ed.tcr KATHRYN COWLES Ma-a- iiident all tutKriptKM mitn ycuf quw- A '. eD. t fE0 or Bioterrorism Is Serious Matter KABUL. DIiUtah THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE anti-terr- Spanish-speakin- Ccurtesy Lw Eyerie, war on the ground, the airstrikes are dramatically reducing the Taliban's ability to carry out military action. "The combat power of the Taliban has been eviscerated," Newbold said. Victoria Clarke, chief spokeswoman for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, cautioned in the reporters not to assume that a drop-of- f number of airstrikes in the days ahead meant the campaign was easing. "While at times you may see a certain leveling off of activities, other, less visible activities may be under way," she said, alluding to financial, political, diplomatic and other efforts to crack down on the group of terrorists. She may also have been referring to the expected start of U.S. special operations on the ground in Afghanistan to root out Taliban and al Qacda leaders. Newbold made a similar point. "Some days you'll see that the number of goes up, and sometimes there will be few, and some days there won't be any," Newbold said. "Regardless, we're going to keep up the pressure on the terrorists and on the Taliban leadership." j UDOT Gives Gov't ROOSEVELT if The Chronicle ft U TA H Shooting Suspect Turns Himself in Peres to campus. regrets the error. : trying to overrun. Newbold would not discuss Tuesday's bombing, and he said Pentagon officials had yet to determine whether a U.S. missile or bomb was responsible for setting Red Cross warehouses afire near Kabul. Newbold said the nine days of U.S. and British k bombing, including attacks that have aided the northern alliance forces, have put the Taliban in jeopardy of losing U.S. ied l iry h Room 204cfth2l-:;-;sC;;i?;- Cu::i:."j. The Utah Museum of Nsturcl History presents a lecture t;t!d,D:-ci:..-t:i:r- .v v: ;v.-- cn Ancf;r,t tzzzi" at 7 p.m. in Ktr.gsLury Ceil 316927 for fres tickets. i H-- :L OCTOOEH 19 The Marriott Library's Diversity Committer Is hosting a session cf Its rainbow bag lunches title d,:"Tht Wcrld is Vflcomt Intc rnatisnd Stui2nt PtrxV- at noon In .' the library's Could Auditorium. OCTOBER 23 The Women's Resource Cenof Its Seeds of Violence series titled "Men as Ai:;es" at noon In Union 293. ter Is hosting a session ALuillGNAL LVLKIS ON irWW.DAHYUUKCKRCM!CLEXCM 1 p i-A- |