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Show DAILY Monday. May 14. 2007 tinue until there is no longer a threat." Gul, Erdogan's close ally, Continued from Al abandoned his presidential bid growing secular4slamic rift in after prosecular lawmakers this mainly Muslim country of boycotted two rounds of vot75 million that is vying for Euing in parliament, creating a ropean Union membership and political deadlock. whose secular laws, enshrined Erdogan's government in the constitution, are fiercely called early general elections and passed a constitutional guarded by the judiciary and amendment to let the people, by the military. Thousands of police were instead of parliament, elect the president. The amendment deployed, a day after a bomb at an Izmir market killed one must be endorsed by the current president, Ahmet Necdet person and injured 14 others. There was no claim of responSezer. t Gul has indicated he could . sibility for the attack, nor evidence that it was linked to run for president in a popular the demonstratioa Izmir, on .VOte. Secularists fear that if Gul Turkey's Aegean coast, is a bastion of secularism, and Isbecomes president, the lamic parties fare poorly there. ruling party could . The rally was organized as a challenge the country's secular show of strength ahead of gen- system unchecked. Sezer, a eral elections on Jury 22, and staunch secularist, had acted follows similar demonstrations as a brake on the government in Ankara and Istanbul last by vetoing numerous bills and month. A military official in blocking the appointment of Izmir, speaking on condition of hundreds of Officials. anonymity because he was not Erdogan spent time in jail authorized to speak to journal- in 1999 for reciting an Islamic ists, said the rally drew some poem that prosecutors said 1.5 million people. amounted to a challenge to The rallies increased presTurkey's secular system. sure on Prime Minister Recep Many of his party's members, Tayyip Erdogan's government, including Gul, are pious Muslims who made their careers in which nominated a presidential candidate deemed by the the country's Islamist political secular establishment to be movement. Islamist. Erdogan's supporters have The candidate, Foreign Min- spoken against restrictions ister Abdullah Gul, was forced on wearing lslamicstyle head to suspend his bid after the scarves in government offices and schools and supporting opposition boycotted the voting process in parliament. But religious schools. His governthe political turmoil exposed ment also tried to criminalize a deepening rift in Turkey, adultery before being forced to which has a secular legacy back down under intense Eurodesigned to separate state and pean Union pressure, and some religion. party run municipalities have Some protesters wore paper taken steps to ban alcohol. hats with the slogan: "No to IsHowever, Erdogan's govlamic law, no to military coups: ernment rejects the claim that it has an Islamist agenda. It has a democratic Turkey" in a show that they did not approve done more than many other of a military threat last month governments to implement to intervene in the presidential Western-styl- e reforms as part elections in order to safeguard of its effort to join the Eurosecularism. The military has pean Union. Some protesters in Izmir ousted civilian governments in held banners that denounced the past. "These rallies have been use- the EU, which many Turkish nationalists believe is interferful in forcing the government to take a step back," said one ing in their country's affairs, of the protesters, Neslihan as well as the United States, Erkan. "The danger is still not whose forces occupy neighborover. These rallies must con ing Iraq. HERALD A3 Turkey , -- outside for a minute and come back in," he said. But at Post 3586, bartenders Continued from Al and customers say allowing public's health. smoking again has already had "We haven't seen something a significant impact. Most of like this where an implethe post's customers who drink aren't veterans, but people in mentation date is actually their 20s and 30s who live or postponed," said Steve Weiss, work nearby. . spokesman for the American "It killed our business when Cancer Society. "We were it was nonsmoking," said Bricertainly hoping that the Legislature would hold firm in pro- an Bateman, who tends bar at the post's upstairs bar where tecting workers and patrons from second-han- d smoke." people come to play pool and But after a slew of veterans sing karaoke. "It was like descended on the Capitol in tumbleweed blowing through here." February complaining that Bateman said he had to get a post revenues were plummetsecond job to pay his bills during as a result of the smoking ban, lawmakers agreed to aling the smoking ban. Even his low smoking in VFW halls and friends who smoke, like John other fraternal organizations Anderson, stopped coming in as frequently to see him. again. "No one is disputing the "We would just go down the street to another bar," Anderhealth issue of tobacco today. son said. "I sure watched a lot We know it's dangerous. of people leave. Now, they're That's not the issue here. At this point we're strictly lookcoming back." Sea Michael Waddoups, ing to give businesses the economic parity to the clubs," Rep. sponsored the said state's original ban on smoking Curt Oda, in bars and fraternal organizaduring legislative debate. At the time, Oda said one tions. He opposed allowing VFW hall was forced to close smoking again in VFWs, 'but because it lost so much revesays he's not worried about it nue after the smoking ban was having a widespread effect on Smoking put in place. That doesn't tell the whole story, Nelson said. "They were having trouble before. I think this was just the icing on the cake for them to close," he said. At other posts, including one in Ogden, north of Salt Lake City, business improved after the smoking ban was instituted. Nelson said. "They decided to stay with ban and their the participation has increased. Those who smoke just run public health. "I think it was a minor step backward," he said. "But it probably will hot create a lot of added death." However, as Bateman lit up cigarette after cigarette behind the bar, he said he knew his health was suffering because of it. "If you work in a bar, you've got to be a smoker. It's peer pressure," he said. "I actually liked the ban because it cut down on how much smoking KHAUO A exploded near a market in central Baghdad, killing at Soldiers site saying it was responsible for the attack and held an unspecified number of U.S. Continued from A 1 soldiers. The group promised behind the attack Saturday in more details later. The Islamic State is a coaliMahmoudiya that also killed four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi tion of eight insurgent groups. translator. But the Sunni area Late last month, it named a "Cabinet" complete known as the "triangle of with a "war minister," an apdeath" is a longtime parent attempt to present the stronghold. If the claim proves true, it Sunni coalition as an alternaShiite-le- d tive to the would mark one of the most administration of Prime brazen attacks by the umMinister Nouri brella Sunni insurgent group U.S. military officials said against U.S. forces here. Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, they had no indication of who was behind Saturday's attack. spokesman for the U.S. "It's difficult to verify military, said 4,000 U.S. troops in backed by aircraft and intellianything that gence units were scouring the Iraq would say because they lie," said Lt. Col. Christopher farming area as the military made "every effort available Garver, a military spokesman. to find our missing soldiers." However, "it would not surbePresident Bush also was prise us if it were getting regular updates on the hind this, because we've seen this type of attack, this type of missing soldiers, said Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the tactic, before." White House's National SecuInsurgents also launched attacks across the country rity Council in Washington. The early morning attack Sunday, with a suicide bomber in northern Iraq slamming a on two U.S. military vehicles outside of Mahmoudiya, about truck into local offices of the 20 miles south of Baghdad, Kurdistan Democratic Party, left the bodies of the four U.S. which is headed by Massoud soldiers and their translator Barzani, leader of the autonomous Kurdish region in northbadly burned. J .': !.' Caldwell said the bodies of ern Iraq. the interpreter and three of the Cars were charred and slain soldiers had been identicrushed by the blast in fied, but the military was still Makhmur, a town with a substantial Kurdish population working to identify the fifth. Later Sunday, the Islamic just south of the autonomous areas. State of Iraq posted a brief At least 50 people were message on a militant Web U.S.-backe- Kurdish-controlle- MOHAMMED Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday. A parked car bomb least 12 Iraqis, wounding 43 and damaging shops, police said. boy walks away as Iraqis survey the scene following a car bomb d attack carts to evacuate the casualties, because road closures made it difficult for ambulances to reach the area, he said. Sadriyah has been hit by several blasts usually blamed on Sunni insurgents, who are suspected of targeting commercial areas to kill large numbers of people and derail the Baghdad security crackdown that began 12 weeks killed and 115 were wounded, including the city's mayor, Abdul Rahman Delaf, who also is a prominent Kurdish writer, and the director of the KDP office, said Ziryan Othman, the health minister of the Kurdish regional government. "Makhmur is an open, peaceful area, and is trying to destabilize it by causing fighting between Arabs and Kurds," said Qassim Amin, who son and daughter ago. On April 18, 127 people were killed in a car bombing who both work for the in the same area one of four party were injured. The attack was the second bombings that day that killed a total of 183 people. suicide bombing in Kurdish The U.S. soldiers who died areas in five days. On WednesSunday were killed in bombday, a suicide truck bomber devastated the security headings in Anbar and Salahuddin provinces, the military said. quarters in Irbil the capital of the Kurdish autonomous With violence on the rise, Caldwell announced that an region and one of Iraq's most additional 3,000 forces have peaceful cities killing at been sent to Diyala province, least 15 people and wounding a province northeast of Baghmore than 100. The Islamic dad and scene of recent sharp State of Iraq also claimed responsibility for that blast. fighting. Last week, the top U.S. comIn Baghdad, meanwhile, a parked car exploded near the mander in the north, Maj. Gen. popular Sadriyah market in Benjamin Mixon, said he didn't have enough troops to restore the center of the city Sunday, order in Diyala. killing at least 17 people and On Sunday, Iraqi gunmen wounding 46, police said. drove into the Diyala capital AP Television News footage d showed a crater in the ground of Baqouba, pulled two ' trunt " filled with debris, out men of the splintered and shot and killed them, powood, metal and a tire. "I saw pools of blood and lice and witnesses said. "This is the destiny of traicharred pieces of flesh," said Firas Fhadil, the owner of a tors," the gunmen yelled. Three other civilians also were killed nearby electrical appliances execution-styl- e in a market in shop. Market workers used fruit the city center, police said hartd-cuffe- ell Your Home? Here's Tuft Great Ways to Advertise... Place an ad for 60 days and if your home doesn't sell, renew every 30 days until it sells, absolutely FREE!! 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