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Show 1 rafri . National Friday, February 15, 1991 The Daily Herald, Provo, Utah &fif On U.S.: Saddam's military position shatty - ill WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. officials are suggesting for the first time that allied bombers have pounded Iraq's military so hard that it may no longer be an effec- tive fighting force. "I would say his military position is precarious," Lt. Gen. Thomas Kelly, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters Thursday. The new assessment of Iraq's loss of combat power may be a sign that UJS.-le- d forces in Saudi Arabia are on the brink of launching a ground offensive to retake Kuwait The allied commanders had said they would hold off on a land war until the air campaign had severely crippled Iraq's huge 1. n AP Laaerphoto army. Perhaps in an indication of Iraq's losses, Baghdad radio said today Combat survivor . Marine Lance Cpl. Ronald S. Tall, who was injured during the battle of Khafji in Saudi Arabia, is visited Thursday by Miss America 1991 Marjorie Vincent at the San Diego Naval Hospital. Black leaders say Bush should quit bombing Iraq - NEW YORK (AP) Civil rights and black religious leaders organizing against the Persian Gulf War said today President Bush should discontinue bombing Iraq in the wake of its offer to withdraw from Kuwait. The leaders, who were meeting today in New York, said the U.S.-le- d attack on Iraq was unprovoked and precipitous. They hoped to adopt a joint statement condemning the fighting as an immoral diversion of money from domestic problems. "It looks like we're saying with our bombing that we don't want to compromise," said the Rev. Benjamin Chavis, head of the Commission for Racial Justice of the United Church of Christ. "If the administration uses this (Iraqi offer) as an opportunity, it's good, but I'm dismayed that the initial reaction of the administration is that we're going to continue the bombing," he said. The White House said today that Baghdad radio's dramatic announcement regarding Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait "clearly contains conditions" and is not enough to stop the Persian Gulf War. "Promises alone are not sufficient," said spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. The Baghdad government said its withdrawal "must" be linked to a pullout of allied forces from the and "should" be tied to region an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied lands. "I think this provides an opporthe tunity for us to United Nations and let them supervise the withdrawal that's been proposed," the Rev. Joseph Low-erpresident of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, said on ABC's "Good Morning America" shortly after the Iraqi proposal was broadcast. y, Iraq would withdraw from Kuwait but there were conditions attached. Former Army chief of staff Gen. Wickham questioned Baghdad's commitment to a withdrawal. "It could be that this is a cunning ploy by the Iraqi leadership to begin to stop the punishment from the air that is taking place, and we've seen some statistics yesterday, and also to defer any kind of ground and air operation coordinated to eject the Iraqi forces from Kuwait Wickham said on ABC. At the Pentagon, a senior official said, "The campaign goes on. We're not going to change anything on the strength of a radio announcement." Kelly said Iraq was suffering rapidly rising losses of heavy armor and artillery, increasing num John bers of troop casualties and desertions, a degrading chemical warfare capability and a growing shortage of spare parts and other supplies. Kelly's characterization of Iraq's strength was a striking departure from Pentagon assertions as recently as last week that despite around-the-cloc-k allied war-fighti- aerial bombardments the Iraqi army remained largely Intact. In a sign of Bush administration confidence that U.S. and allied forces could quickly overwhelm Iraq's army, a senior administra- tion official who spoke on condition of anonymity said a land battle would be "very violent, very quick." In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Richard I. Neal told reporters Thursday that 1,300 Iraqi tanks had been stroyed. That's about one-third ar - other users. PHILADELPHIA (AP) The widely used pain reliever ibuprofen doubles the risk of ulcers, a study published today said. But its lead author said ibuprofen still may be the best choice for people with severe "It's going to be very tough on a large number of farmers," Peltier said. Officials gave no immediate estimate on how much the cutbacks could cost California's $16 billion-a-yefarm industry, the nation's ar r Although Central Valley farmers get only about 20 percent of their water from the federal government, growers say the cuts are critical because they reduce what has been a reliable supply at a time when other sources are drying up. State Water Project officials announced two weeks ago they were halting all irrigation water to farmers and cutting supplies to cities by 50 "iv.v arthritis. the Vanderbilt University study confirms the increased largest. risk of ulcers in people who used analgesics belonging to a class called antal iinflammatory drugs, or which are available only by prescription. It also found the overall risk increased with higher doses and was greatest in the first month of use. Ibuprofen, available without a prescription since 1985, had the lowest ulcer risk among the dozen NSAIDs studied. Researchers said that for those NSAIDs, percent. Central Valley growers get about 5 percent of their water from the state, mainly from the State Water Project, and about 75 percent from local agencies and ground-watsupplies. many of er around Kuwait, according to Pentagon estimates. Just three days ago UJS. officials said 750 Iraqi tanks had been destroyed. "What's changed is we've gotten better," Kelly said. "I'm not going to tell you how we got better because I don't want to tell them (the Iraqis) how we got better." A Pentagon source said allied pilots recently discovered a more efficient mix of munitions to use against Iraqi armor. That, combined with a long stretch of clear weather and increased suffering chronic pain and inflammation, ibuprofen may be the best choice. The researchers did not study aspirin, also an NSAID, because it is not a prescription drug, but said it is at least as risky as ibuprofen. Acetaminophen, used in the pain reliever Tylenol, is not an NSAID and is not associated with ulcers. One of the earliest investigators of the link between NSAIDs and ulcers, Dr. Sanford Roth of the Arthritis Center in Phoenix, called the Vanderbilt study "an important paper" that "corroborates that lower doses do make a difference." "These drugs should not be regarded casually," said Roth, a consultant to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration during its decision to let ibuprofen be sold without a prescription. CNN: Missing CBS crew in Baghdad - members northern Saudi desert last month have been held in Baghdad for two weeks, CNN reported today. The crew was reported missing at the Kuwaiti border Jan. 21, four days after the war started. CNN most detailed information we've had since the crew disappeared." CBS is "obviously pleased the Iraqis have allowed this information to be released," Goodman said. "We hope that the Iraqis recognize the four are journalists and not combatants, and were simply there to cover a story." crew would be decided by Saddam Hussein. "We have no further confirmation beyond what has been report-.ed- " by CNN, CBS spokesman Tom Goodman said. "But this is the The four were picked up by an Iraqi military jeep patrol in a remote part of the Kuwait border, CNN reported. Goodman said the news was relayed to CBS about 6 a.m. EST, before the cable network televised it. NEW YORK (AP) CBS News Simon and three crew who disappeared in the quoted what it called reliable sources as saying the fate of the - 3 . Lawyer: DNA serious questions Such complex ' provides many "magic bullet" about it." science, she said, juries a sort of that helps them arrive at verdicts without the strain of serious evaluation. "Many jurors now almost are skeptical of any case that doesn't introduce some sort of scientific evidence," said Shultz. Science, she said, is given an "aura of infallibility" in their deliberations. DNA fingerprinting is based on the concept that every human being has a unique genetic pattern. Scientists now are able to extract this pattern from a very small specimen, such as a drop of blood or a single wisp of hair. activists wary of new AZT study - AIDS ac(AP) tivists are cautioning blacks and Hispanics not to read too much into a new study that suggests minorities may be harmed by early treatment with the drug AZT. The study findings, though inconclusive, also illustrate the need to get more minorities into clinical trials where drugs are tested and to study how intravenous drug use, access to routine health care and other factors affect treatment, the activists said Thursday. "You have to test the drugs in the population that is going to be WASHINGTON anti-AID- S taking them," said Mark Harrington of the New York-base- d AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, known as ACT UP, which has pushed for expanding clinical trials and including more women and minorities. "People used to stigmatize our desire for inclusion of all affected populations as somehow a political imperative," he told a Food and Drug Aclministration advisory committee. "But it's not. ... It's a medical, it's an ethical, it's a scientific and a political lVl NAME V AGE Beau Richard BreWSter the glass doors and windows." He said he saw a fireball in the upper level of the hotel's atrium as they fled from the bar and "we got out as fast as we could." evidence may dazzle jury DNA finWASHINGTON (AP) gerprinting may tap an "aura of infallibility" jurors feel for science and lead them to make decisions "without thoroughly evaluating the evidence, a lawyer claims. Marjorie Shultz, a professor of Taw at the University of California, Berkeley and a speaker today at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, said both scientists and lawyers have doubts about DNA fingerprinting, or genetic matching. "DNA evidence is going to play a very important role in trials eventually," said Shultz. "It has a great .'deal to offer. But there are very AIDS bar when "there was a very loud explosion and it instantly blew out The cause of the explosion had not been determined, Muri said, but fire officials all but ruled out criminal activity. "There is no criminal or terrorist type of act believed to be involved," said Fire Chief Scott Frandsen. m 11 Explosion at resort hotel injures 17 OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (AP) An explosion shattered windows and walls and started a fire at a resort hotel, injuring 17 people, three seriously, authorities said. About 600 people were attending a highway engineers conference at Lodge of the Four Seasons, a resort area on Lake of the Ozarks, when the blast occurred Thursday night. Rob Lauer, an engineer with the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department, said he and several friends had returned from .dinner and had gone into the hotel sorties against Iraqi ground positions, has dramatically improved the bombing results, said the source, who spoke on condition of enonymity. Briefs reporter Bob AND ANSWER Do you like to play with legos, and will you play with me? 212 ever Lacie and Kylee Christiansen Amanda Hatch Beth Blair 4 In Utah. whew your beiiy button? Hidden under my feathers on my tummy. T iaflSffi 10 ,How ,0,d are yu? Ira six years old. . Bradley bllDert O c How do I get to be on Sesame Steet with you? I don't know. I was Just born here. Uave uOruOn O c Where are your ears? On my head, they're hidden in my feathers. Bradley Wing 5 JnrdanJlldd 4 How much do you weigh, a hundred pounds? weigh more than the average chicken. KaCPV Lonfl rvduey uuiiy 6 Did you tie yellow rbbons for the war on Sesame Street? No, but I talk to my Granny Bird about It. Isn't that what most kids do. Maran and Derek McDaniel 6 Who takes care of you when you are sick? Gordon and Su8an taRe yery goQd Mre Qf me when Chpila Dallin 6 Who is your best friend? Sara Herbert 8 s,nce yu're 80 bi9 and heavy, do your feet ever hurt? Sure, but not because I'm big and heavy. TrPXnr Friel 8 Have yu found your true love yet? I love all my friends on Sesame Street and Jamie Lamkin 9 Me my brother and sister are adopted, are you adopted or would you like us to adopt you too? I'm not adopted, but I think you and your brother and sister are very lucky. ISaaC FUQal 11 and other birds sweat like I do? don't know about other birds you'll have to ask them. but you can,t te" 06681,86 my feathers. Do you I sweat, 1 , am gck that's the truth. Who Is vour mother? sort of think of Gordon and Susan as my mother and father even I though they're not birds. of Iraq's total tank force in and Feds to reduce water by says ibuprofen 75 to California farms Study doubles risk of ulcers Calif. (AP) -SACRAMENTO, The federal government says it will cut water to farmers in California's one of parched Central Valley the nation's top agricultural areas by 75 percent and to cities in the region by up to half. State officials also made new plans for dealing with California's five-yedrought. Gov. Pete Wilson scheduled a news conference today to release a task force's recommendations. Federal officials Thursday announced water cutbacks to the Central Valley, the fertile farmbelt that extends from Redding in the north to Bakersfield in the south and contains more than a third of the state's 9.2 million acres of irrigated farmland. The 75 percent reduction, on top of state and local cuts, could take up to 1 million acres out of production, said Jason Peltier, a spokesman for water contractors who sell the Central Valley Project's water to local irrigation districts and de- |