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Show HERALD DAILY Friday, September 24, 2004 A9 Singer vows to find out why he is banned American authorities believed donations from Islam may have ended up helping confund blind sheik Omar victed for a plot to bomb New York City landmarks, and Hamas, a Palestinian militant group responsible for scores of suicide bombings in Israel that is considered a terrorist organization by the United States. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw complained to U.S. officials Wednesday about their treatment of Islam, telling Secretary of State Colin Powell "that this action should not have been taken," the Foreign Office said. It was unclear whether Straw was referring to Islam's detention or his inclusion on the watch list. Islam, who was traveling with his daughter, Maymanah, told reporters in London that he was bound for Nashville, Tenn. "to initiate some recordings, and suddenly we were forced to land and I was being interrogated by(officers." His daughter was allowed to remain in the United States. Islam said he was treated well by FBI agents and U.S. officials. "The one positive thing I can say is that a lot security officers are pleased because they got my autograph," he said. "People make mistakes. I just hope they made a big mistake. We'tf see." A statement on Islam's Web site said he was seeking further information from U.S. authorities "so that we can challenge the decision to refuse him entry." Michael McDonough THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ab&l-Rahma- Puzzled and angry at being barred from the United States, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens returned to London on Thursday vowing to find out LONDON ClHBiaoa Associated Press ARIANA i cover their noses from the stench as thev walk with their Haitian residents struggle toieal with Jeanne effects that forecasters say could lead to Florida this weekend. Haiti's civil protection agency said more than 900 people have been treated for injuries, mostly cuts or gashes from debris. Medics from U.N. peacekeeping troops have pitched in. The General Hospital still knee-dee- p in mud was out of commission, medical supplies . are running out, and some aid trucks were unable to reach the city because part of the road was washed away. ' Hundreds of people pushed through a wooden barrier to crowd into Gonaives' sole working clinic for treatment, where one doctor was on duty. Workers dug new mass graves for bodies half buried in the. mud, trapped in collapsed homes or floating in floodwa-ter-s in that still ran knee-dee- p Amy Bracken ASSOCIATED PRESS GONAIVES, Haiti Hungry, thirsty and increasingly desperate residents attacked each other in a panic to get scarce food and water Thursday as to bury hundreds of corpses six days after the city was struck by Tropical Storm Jeanne. More than 1,100 were killed and 1,250 are missing, and the toll was rising. The storm left .250,000 homeless in Haiti's northwest province, which includes the port of Gonaives. Health workers feared an epidemic of disease in the councity from the try's third-largeunburied dead, overflowing rawsewage, lack of potable waten, and infections from injuries.; Some people already were falling ill Police erected barbed wire around their station Thursday after shots were fired at the st ' -. S -- rA' "Half of me wants to smile, and half of 'me wants to growL The whole thing belongings in Gonaives, Haiti, on Thursday. THE why. , Surrounded by a throng of reporters at Heathrow Airport, Yusuf Islam said it was ludicrous that he was on Washington's no-fr-y list for having suspected ties to terrorists, and he said he would challenge the . S is to- tally ridiculous," said Islam, whose string of hits in the 1960s and 1970s included "Peace Train,' "Wild World" and "Morning Has Broken." "Everybody knows who I am. I am no secret figure. Everybody knows my cam- paigning for charity, for peace. There's got to be a whole lot of explanation." Islam, a Briton who was born Stephen Georgiou, abandoned his music career after becoming a Muslim His United Airlines flight from London to Washington's Dulles International Airport was diverted Tuesday to Bangor, Maine, when U.S. officials reviewing the passenger list discovered he was aboard. U.S. authorities provided few details about Islam's alleged connection to terrorism or when he was added to the watch list. U.S. Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Doyle said Wednesday the intelligence community had recently . ADAM BUTLERAssociated Press Yusuf Islam, center, formerly known as singer Cat Stevens, arrives at London's Heathrow airport Thursday after being refused entry into the United States. obtained information that "further heightens concern" about Islam. "Yusuf Islam has been placed on the watch lists because of activities that could potentially be related to terrorism," Doyle said. "It's a serious matter." A second U.S. government official said on condition of anonymity Wednesday that n, On the Net Yusuf Islam: www.yusufislam.org.uk Veri70nwireless We -- never stop working for your places. "There are so many, bodies, you smell them but you don't see them," said farmer Louise Roland, who like many held a lime to her nose to mask the ' stench. By Thursday, 1,105. bodies had been recovered the vast majority in Gonaives with 1,250 missing and nearly 1,000 injured, according to Dieufort Deslorges, spokesman for the government's civil protection agency. "It's a critical situation in terms of epidemics, because of the bodies still in the streets, because people are drinking dirty water and scores are getting injuries from debris huge cuts j that are getting infected," said , Francoise Gruloos, Haiti director for the U.N. Children's Fund. ... Most of the police also were left homeless by the floods and had pnly one vehicle, and that one wasn't working, officer Louis Francois said, Their helplessness enraged residents, who have started throwing rocks at the few riot police the govern- ment sent in to help. "We were saved from the floods, but now my baby is sick," said Marilucie Fortune, 30, who gave birth to a son in a shim last weekend, as Jeanne pounded Haiti with torrential rain for 30 hours. Jeanne has since become ahurrteane, churning toward the Bahamas with 105 mph winds and a track 0 Hi mm . . mm Get a FREE Camera Phone mm mm Hurry! Offer ends September when you buy one for only Mi M After $70 mail-i- n $J99 rebate ($149.99 activated price). New agreement required per phone. Shipping charges may apply, tar - i J . T I M W m W4 '! LI 1 (BXIIffTQ "' r- - f .: . . . 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