OCR Text |
Show S3mm A Friday, December 3, 1993 The Dally Herald Editor's note: As bureau chief of The Associated Press in Bogota, Settlers, Palestinians clash in a holy city F ft Tom Wells covered the drug wars in Colombia for 15 years. He had to leave Colombia once briefly because the Medellin cartel threatened to kill him and his family. It By ALLYN FISHER Associated Press Writer HEBRON, Occupied West By TOM WELLS Associated Press Writer L'V 'Y VENEZUELA "" - Pablo EscoWASHINGTON bar started his career in crime stealing tombstones, sanding them down and selling them. By his s he became a billionaire with a fleet of airtrafficker drug planes, 200 apartments in Miami, hotels in Venezuela and a huge zoo at his ranch. He's gone now, finally hunted down and killed, but the fingerprints of his terrible deeds are everywhere. Most Colombians were changed by the Escobar era. Thousands had loved ones killed by the drug lord's army of assassins. Thousands more are maimed by his bombs Medellin i Bank Rampaging Jewish settlers firing guns clashed with t f Palestinians who fought back with rocks and bottles today in this city holy to Muslims and " Jews. & Bogota COLOMBIA Nine mid-30- and bullets. Some people got rich from his rs nerve-wracki- wounded in the shooting went on to become a presidential candidate for next year's election. The bomb exploded aboard an Avianca Airlines Boeing 727. The plane vanished in an enormous ball gotiations to implement the l autonomy plan. Under the first phase of the plan, Israel is to start withdrawing from the Gaza Strip and Jericho on the West Bank in 10 days. But the likelihood that die deadline will be met has faded as the date approaches. . Settlers in the territories oppose the peace plan and have sworn to block its implementa- AP of fire just minutes after taking off from the capital of Bogota, killing all 106 people aboard. Ernesto Samper, the presidential candidate, was wounded with 11 bullets as cartel assassins opened fire on him in the Bogota airport. Police started allowing only passengers with tickets inside the terminal, and those people were frisked for weapons and their lugbefore they gage was were allowed inside. Airlines started requiring picture identification in order to get on planes. Before a plane took off, all the luggage was lined up on the tarmac. A passenger would point out his luggage and then board the plane. Any luggage left was blown up by a military bomb squad. Daily life became a stressful or- X, iv tion. Three hours of street battles erupted in hebron after a fight iff ... between extremist Rabbi Moshe Levinger, once sentenced to jail for killing an Arab shopkeeper, and Palestinians in the downtown area. About 20 settlers, some AP Photo ed Fugitive drug kingpin Pablo Escobar is dead, 16 months after the Medellin cocaine cartel chief escaped from a prison which he built. them. Go to the grocery store only once a month, if possible, they were told. American embassy workers would be taken home in vans guarded by men with submachine guns. Motorists often encountered roadblocks where police searched for dynamite and guns. Army patrols were a frequent site. No one in Colombia doubts that politics got dirtier. Escobar's cartel was known to have been liberal with its bribes. One presidential candidate was once accused of taking a sizable bribe from Escobar. Bank microfilm that would have deal. Children practiced bomb drills in school. Parents waiting for school buses in the afternoon strained necks anxiously when a bus was late, fearing that their child had become a statistic in the drug war. Many parents refused to let their children outside the house to play. During spates of bombings, curtains routinely would be drawn at night, when most of the bombs went off. The captives in their own homes would listen as the bombs thundered during the night. Sometimes there would be three or four bombs in a single night. The U.S. Embassy advised Americans working in Colombia not to bring their families with confirmed the bribe disappeared from the bank. The amount was never known. Earlier this year a high-ranki- official in the top federal prosecutor's office was taped giving information to drug traffickers. from slums working for a few hundred dollars for a single job, killed three presidential candidates, a justice minister and an attorney general. Scores of minor officials also were murdered. The Cali cocaine cartel, which surpassed Escobar's cartel in recent years as the world's largest cocaine supplier, operates in a businesslike style, more low-ke' to according prosecutors. Still, the imprint of Escobar's drug era can be seen everywhere. teen-age- couldn't be bribed were eliminated, usually with a burst of submachine gun fire from a motorcycle. Escobar's hired killers, usually The BRUSSELS, Belgium United States and Ukraine today failed to resolve a dispute over Ukraine "s arsenal of more than e nuclear war1,000 heads. Secretary of State Warren Christopher said U.S. aid to the East European country would be slowed to a trickle. d A Christopher, talking to reporters at NATO headquarters, said "perhaps some kind of a floor" of assistance can be maintained. But he said Ukraine could not get $175 million in special congressional funds until it denuclearized and "it will be difficult" for the Clinton administration to provide $155 million in regular assistance. Christopher said Ukraine had both to fulfill a 1992 commitment e nuto get rid of all its clear weapons and to adopt a economy. Foreign Minister Anatoliy Zlen-k- o said the two sides would keep long-rang- stern-face- long-rang- free-mark- i ton, et searching for a solution to the dispute, which some arms control analysts say imperils the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty signed in 1990 by the United States and the Soviet Union as well as a follow-u- p accord. Christopher and Zlenko directed nuclear experts to continue the negotiations over the future of the missile-reductio- n has 1,650 warheads Ukraine missiles. Later, Christopher said the poised on long-rang- e nu- clear powers should provide Ukraine guarantees against a nu- clear attack and that he had reached agreement with Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev at a meeting on trying to find "a proper formula." Kozyrev said, meanwhile, Russia was prepared to provide "necessary security guarantees" to Ukraine if it ratified the two START treaties. "There is no problem with that," he said. Ukraine in 1992 promised to remove all the warheads and to bestate by the come a end of the century. But last month non-nucle- ar its parliament conditioned ratification of the START 1 treaty on retaining 58 percent of the warheads. The United States and Russia are supposed to get rid of about d their strategic nuclear arsenal under the treaty and then cut about another third under START 2. President Leonid Kravchuk has promised President Clinton to resubmit the treaty to a new parliament in March. There are no asone-thir- surances, however, that the legislators will change their minds about keeping some potent nuclear weapons as a counter to Russia's-sizabl- stockpile. Also, Ukraine has indicated it wants up to $5 billion in assistance. Zlenko said this was not an at- tempt to blackmail the United States. However, he said "our economic situation requires us to find a solution." Ukraine is experiencing hard times, with inflation at a rate of about 70 percent a month. The missiles make the country the third (or running out of CTR Rings during our ThanKagMng Day Weekend Sal . The demand for tha ring was wall bayond our oxpect1j r onfc to jceomldate those who wars not able to purchase the ring of their choice we will extend tha offer thru Saturday, December 4, 1993. We appollQls B Sterling Silver CTR Rings Ml $5.99 By NICOLAS B. TATRO Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM 7 l'780000"032010 Violence is mounting in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, and public support for the Israel-PL- Seagull & - -- ro fcS i ON S533 9B3S39 Tape store has moved I across the street to I snaa tssraa Ksesi cssa teea self-rul- integrated in the economic community ... if they don't carry out their commitments," Christopher told reporters Thursday. European ministers said, meanwhile, that if Ukraine did not fulfill its disarmament commitments, it would also be kept out of programs of cooperation between die North Atlantic Treaty Organization and its former Cold War rivals. Belgian Foreign Minister Willy Claes said it would be "unthinkable" that Ukraine would be offered participation in NATO's planned "Partnership for Peace" Reasi btbwi casst emm masm mmjj wassa Five Arabs were more wounded when settlers smashed their car windows with stones near the settlement of Kiryat Arba, Arab residents said. An Associated Press reporter and photographer who saw settlers shooting in downtown Hebron said Israeli soldiers did not intervene to stop them. Soldiers rounded up Palestinians they suspected of throwing stones, detaining at least 20, local reporters said. sl is. lysis & The loss of public confidence has been breathtaking. Two months ago Rabin and Arafat had enthusiastic backing and peace fever was sweeping Israel and the occupied lands. There was talk of joint projects, open borders, rising tourism. Today, Rabin is increasingly hemmed in by the threat from the right, and polls show support for the peace plan hovering down from the at 50 percent initial 75 percent. He has a one-vot- e margin in the Knesset, or parliament, and is particularly sensitive to swings of public mood which could affect even hawkish members of his Labor Party. Nobody expects Rabin to revoke the agreement, but the lack of public backing could mean implementation would stall while Rabin seeks to rebuild credibility. Arafat is in a similar position. There may have been a handshake on the White House lawn, but the Israeli army has not been willing to let bygones be bygones in the streets of Gaza or to release more than 10,500 Palestinian prisoners. Young activists are threatening a rebellion. "The (Israeli) enemy has proven he doesn't understand the calls for peace or the language of peace," warned a Fatah leaflet distributed in the West Bank town of Ramallah. "It is time to teach the occupier a lesson again." initiative. From now until Christ mas, we're giving our fareboxes Saturdays off. the past 1 0 years, fareboxes have jfC MMKSMP 2 . all the time. Every year, more people use them 21500 000 23.000000 S" 21.000.000 than used them the year before. So, to show our SS frl0 JWNwH. eTSST- -" .3 I' 20.000,000 10,100.000 ' f i V.n 1t.000.000 and you a break. No bus f JL MS irW 000,000 7' 17,500,000 fare on regular routes and paratransit services on Saturdays until Christmas. For route and schedule 11, MO 000 10,000. appreciation, we're Shoes cn UaVersiiy Parkway. Stop in end redevc a FREE copy cf America's Witness for Jesus Christ vvr3i any purchase. A $5.95 value. 2250 N. Urirvuslty Parfcvvsy, Prcvo and 1074 N. Main, Spanish Fork x "I feel that they will not be fully i information to help you 17,000,000 it, too 000 rtAM arcwblocatkninPfumbTr bssm There are increasing question marks about whether dee tails of implementing the worked be out can by plan Dec. 13 or even the end of the year. Without an agreement, Israel insists there will be no start to a troop withdrawal. Arafat insists that the deadline is "sacred," but Rabin has been warning at every opportunity that time is too short to bridge various differences. For sure, the negotiations have made quiet progress. Agreement has been reached on mundane issues like transport and taxation. bined. 20,100,000 i draining sions. Israeli officials say say Rabin wants the Christopher visit to focus on building a bridge to Syria, not deciding how many Palestinian police should be deployed in the Gaza Strip. 21,500,000 ook is end, will force Rabin's government to make conces- largest nuclear power in the world with an arsenal larger than those of Britain, France and China com- been working harder Valid only on Regular style rings. Not vslid on beveled style, heavy style, or special orders. List pries on regular styls rings $12.95. Soanult raaular discount orlca on rlnaa la 17.00. Counon axDlraa 124.1)3 PROVO accord O away with every drop of blood. As a result, both may lose their room to make compromise or stand up to critics. Palestinians are hoping Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who arrives this week- limousines, z - Prime Rabin and ically. costing as much as $200,000 including the government's stiff taxes, were in abundance, often followed and preceded by cars loaded with heavily armed guards. UTA's List $12.98 ing. if Minister Yitzhak PLO chairman Yasser Arafat have at least one thing in common as the Dec. 13 deadline nears for the start of Palestinian autonomy: Both are weak polit- Underlings, with millions of dollars to spend, built glittering shopping malls and seductive discotheques where Jpatrons could send out waiters for cocaine to be delivered to the table. Gambling casinos, once taboo in Colombia, started propping up all over town. For 9 stone-throwi- Rabin, Arafat weak as Dec. 13 deadline nears y, Mercedes-Ben- Officials and judges who and forcing shops to close. Arabs responded with a barrage of rocks and bottles. Dozens more people from both sides joined the clashes and bullets whizzed down one main street. Most Arabs fled into their homes. Others screamed "God is Great," a traditional Muslim battle cry, from their rooftops. Four Palestinians were wounded in those fights. Israel radio said three were shot by soldiers quelling protests, but Arab residents said they only saw settlers fir- rs Nuclear dispute still unresolved after meeting By BARRY SCHWEID AP Diplomatic Writer were PLO-Israe- bribes. Some, like the restless in Medellin's slums, where Escobar hired them to become killers, now think that murder is the route out of poverty . Escobar turned Colombia into a battlefield. It was not a war that wiped out lives of just soldiers and policemen. He set off scores of bombs at grocery stores, banks, theaters, restaurants and hotels, making people fearful of leaving their homes. It did not matter to him that the bombings, meant to cower the government into leaving him alone, killed scores of innocent bystanders. Pictures of these victims sometimes children among them became an scene on the nightly news. The shattered dreams of small businessmen and homeowners were swept away with the carpet of glass that remained in streets after' the bombings. Airline travel became a experience after Escobar ordered a bomb planted on a Colombian airliner in 1989 and gunmen killed four people in an attack on an airport terminal. A politician teen-age- Palestinians wounded, one seriously, in the violence, the latest in a week of bloodletting that has slowed ne- shrouded in prayer shawls, began firing in the air, smashing car windows, beating passersby ride free, call 12 I) M IS 16 17 N If 375-INF- 90 91 92 can see, our fareboxes have earned some time off. As you giving them a rest 1 i rasa i i |