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Show Wednesday. October 21. 1W8, THE DAILY HERALD, Troops told to hold fire ion insults about Clinton Associated Press Writer AP Military Writer - Military leaders are reminding troops t they must avoid "insulting, rude or disdainful" comments about President Clinton, and that even repeating jokes about the commander-in-chie- f and Monica could Lewinsky subject them to ! prosecution under military law. Z The warnings, both official Z and unofficial, came in I response to a spate of newspa-- t per columns and letters to the . editor in recent weeks written by military officers with harsh criticisms of Clinton's conduct. Responding to a brief report that some Marines were circu-lating an petition for Clinton's impeachment, the ser- T vice's No. 2 general dispatched an electronic directive of his own: must emphatically discourage any such actions," Gen. Dake wrote all ; Terrence Marine generals earlier this ; month. "It is unethical for indi- viduals who wear the uniform of a Marine to engage in public dialogue on political and legal matters such as impeachment." The general noted that Article 88 of the military's Uniform Code of Military Justice prohibits such conduct. "We are not politicians. We are not a corps of lawyers. We are warriors, nothing more, nothing less," said the memo. This week, a Marine Corps major denounced Clinton in a column published by the independent newspaper "Navy Times," while an Army colonel criticized the president in a letter to the editor in a similar publication. "One should call an adulterous liar exactly what he is a criminal," wrote Maj. Shane Marine veterSellers, a an. Army Col. John R. Baer lambasted Clinton in a letter published Oct. 12 in the "Army Times," also an independent paper, and urged the commander-in-chief to stop issuing signed letters of appreciation to officers when they retire. "You - 20-ye- i without painkillers or medical care. "We simply had to lock up our gate, we could not cope," said a doctor at Okparavero Memorial Hospital in the nearby town of Sapele, who spoke on condition of anonymity. 2, Eight burn victims were brcjoght a small figure but 6tijar Saturday and JJfpf too many for the hospital them died. On Tuesday, black smoke stiltjtojl-lowe- d into the sky and flames occasjflji-all- y shot into the air over Jesse, HS&it 1 80 miles southeast of Lagos. ZZZ Firefighters have stopped batflfllg the blaze and were waiting for theTlre to burn itself out. But thousands of gallons of fuel remained in the Jesse section of the pipeline which runs about 380 miles from the southeastern city of Warri to the northern city of Kaduna. There is no security for the pipeline, not even barbed wire! Mass burials were continuing in the town, where construction equipment was used to excavate huge pits for the rapidly decaying bodies. The stench of the corpses hung thickly, and workers had to continually leave the area to catch their breath. At the time of the blast, many of the victims were apparently pressed against a concrete well where the fuel had been pooling. Bodies were found still clutching plastic cans and funnels, brought to scoop up the fuel. Some newspaper reports said a cigarette may have sparked the fiery explo- By FRANX AIGBOGUN By SUS ANNE M. SCHAFER WASHINGTON Page CIO Devastated Nigerian town struggles for hope : j Provo, Utah The hospitals are JESSE, Nigeria overwhelmed, the burn victims are afraid of arrest, parts of this southern Nigerian town are torched and in ruins. For those devastated by a deadly weekend fireball, there was little hope to go around Tuesday. "See me now," said Dorcas Oboh, a cassava farmer with bandages covering the length of both legs from burns suffered in Saturday's accident. "I am finished." Oboh insists she wasn't among the crowd of about 1,000 people the government says was trying to scavenge gasoline from a punctured pipeline when the blast ripped through Jesse, killing at least 500 people. "I only wanted to see what they were doing. went to look," she said. With her wounds oozing and pain wracking her body, she worries about what will hapCLEMENT NTAVE TIil' Assouakd Press pen to her field now. Little hope: Hospital staff attend to victims of Saturday's pipeline explosion on "I am finished," she repeated. at a hospital in Sapele in the oil rich Nigerian Delta. Family and friends of But at least Oboh is getting treat- Tuesday some victims are pulling the injured out of hospitals, fearing they might be arrested. ment at a local hospital. Family and friends of other burn victims have larly after word spread that Gen. pitalized, estimated at about 100 peopulled the injured out of hospitals, fearAbdulsalami be arrested Abubakar, Nigeria's head ple, there was little hope. authorities they may by ing of state, was coming to visit. The area's hospitals who believe the pipeline was intentionstaffed with Abubakar said during a brief only a few doctors and nurses and little ally punctured and the explosion were quickly stopover Monday that the government in the way of burn care sparked by scavengers' tools. overwhelmed. Medicine was in short Authorities have not said whether would pay for medical care, but no compensation would be paid to the families supply, doctors were overworked and they intend to press charges. A local medical worker, speaking on of the dead, apparently because many maintaining a sterile environment was all but impossible. Hundreds of people condition of anonymity, said patients at were believed to be scavenging fuel. But even for those who remained hos a number of hospitals have left, particu- were believed to be suffering at home, ! iJ abovfe-groun- d 1 Pinochet's arrest: Bad news for others with checkered pasts? MAUREEN JOHNSON By Associated Press Writer LONDON For an ailing fallen dictator or a Arab prince, London has long been the place to visit, with its world-clasprivate hospitals, r hotels, above all doormen, and reputation as a safe home high-rollin- g s five-6ta- away from home. For some, the arrest of former Chilean dictator Gen. in his bed Augusto Pinochet at an elite London clinic, no less means things can never be the same again. But others label the arrest a one-tim- e a handy way event for leaders of the Labor Party government to portray their foreign policy as ethically based and to take revenge against the No. 1 target of street protests back in the 1970s, when they were young. "It is not a question of the floodgates being opened here," said Michael Byers, an international law specialist at Oxford University. "We have (in Pinochet) one of the most horrendous criminals of the 20th century ... here in our country. We have an extradition treaty. Spain has jurisdiction under international law. Quite frankly, I don't see what the fuss is about," he said. If Byers is right, the rest can relax, even former African dictators privately spending some of the money they stashed in public life, or deposed officials with doubtful human rights records when they were in power. Pinochet, 82, a regular visitor when a Conservative Party government was in power, evidently felt safe coming here again despite several warning signs. There were the investigations by Spanish magistrates who, once he arrived, instigated the arrest, seeking his extradi tion on allegations of murder and torture. There was a new British government talking ethics. And there was an increasing use of national laws to cover dictators and alleged war criminals, such as Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. Pinochet, who remained of the Chilean armed forces until March, seized power from a leftist administration in 1973. The Chilean government has said 4,299 political opponents were killed or disappeared during his "Pinochet's arrest does have implications for others," said Sandy Ghandhi, a specialist in commander-in-chie- f international human rights law at Reading University, west of London. "London is a mecca for a lot of very unpleasant people who come here for medical treat- ment or other Ghandhi said. reasons," sion. "J1" USED TUIIEDO BLOWOUT- - New Merchandise Arriving. We Must Make Room! 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