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Show The Salt Lake Tribune NATION/WORLD Wednesday, September 24. 1997 AQ Israel Identifies Bombers As West Bank Militants THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER JERUSALEM — Israeli officials announced Tuesday that they had identified the suicide bombers responsible for two re- cent terrorist attacks in Jerusalem andsaid they came from the West Bank — and not from abroad, as Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat had asserted The four bombersidentified by DNA testing fit the standard profile of a suicide bomber: They were young men, ranging in age from 23 to 25, and had belonged to Hamas, an Islamic militant group that opposes peace with Israel. All had previous arrest records. In fact, they had been arrested early last year after a wave of bombingsrocked Israel but escaped in September from a loosely guarded Palestinian prison in Nablus. Identification of the bombers solves a mystery that had plagued Israel since the July 30 bombing of the Mahane Yehuda open-air market, in which 15 Israelis were probably from Lebanon or Jor- dan and therefore were not the responsibility of his Palestinian Authority. Identifying the bombers issig- nificant because Israel has de- clared thestalled peace process cannot move forward until the Palestinians do more to thwart terrorism. Tying the bombersto a West Bank village, rather than overseas, makesit moredifficult for Arafat to claim to Israel and the United States that terrorists are beyond his control. The fact the bombers apparently escaped from Palestinian custody further undermined Arafat. All of the identified bombers came from Assira, a village of about 7,000 on the northern outskirts of Nablus. The village re- mains underIsraeli military con- trol, although Nablus itself has been turned over to the Palestinian Authority Reaction from the Palestinians on Tuesday night was muted. Ah- med Tibi, an adviser to Arafat, two suicide said because thevillage was un- claims after the bombing — and after the triple-suicide bombing Sept. 4 of a popular pedestrian ian Authority should not be held responsible. “They acted and worked under the nose of Benjamin Netanyahu,” he said killed along with bombers.It also could embarrass Arafat, who made vehement mall — that the bombers were U.S. and Japan Expand Their Military Pact ‘THE WASHINGTON POST TOKYO — The United States der Israeli control, the Palestin- Photos by BrainLittle The Associated Press Unionists David Trimble,left, and Ken Maginnis attended peace talks with Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness. Unionists, Sinn Fein Trade Glares Across Peace-Talks Table ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS effort by the British andIrish governments to BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Northern Ireland’s main pro-British party faced the IRA's politicalallies for the first time in negotiations Tuesday — but only long enough to of the process. Apparently harboringlittle hope of success, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimblewas already talking about how his party would deal get all of Northern Ireland’s parties to the table to negotiate a settlement acceptableto Protestants and the Roman Catholic minority The Ulster Unionists contend the cease-fire was merelya tactical move, like a previous IRA cease-fire that lasted 17 months. The party's security spokesman, Ken Maginnis, accused Sinn Fein leadersof directing the IRA “We know that Gerry Adams and [his depu- The session marked a milestone in the long volved in the IRA's terrorist campaign since demandthatthe Sinn Fein party be kicked out with Sinn Fein in the weeks ahead. the beginning. as activists, as commanders andnow as godfathers,” Maginnis toldreport ers. “Let them denywhat everyone knows and makegreater liars ofthemselvesthan they already are Adams calledtheUlster Unionist protest “a sham Trimble“didn’t anything and hadhe listened to what I hadto say, I madethe point that everysectionof our peoplehave suffered andthat noneof us have a monopoly on suffering,” Adams added ty] Martin McGuinness have been actively in- Li2claiborn ees mega g oe ee iN and Japan expandedtheir security alliance Tuesday to give the Japanese military its highest pro- GLTrem AWAsiTe= . file in Asia since World WarII. 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Berger: Bosnia Needs U.S. to Promote Peace GANNETT NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON — Peaceis beginning to take root in Bosnia, White House national security adviser Sandy Berger said Tuesday, but there will be a U.S. presence there for “‘a good while to come.” Bergersaid United States needs to remain a part of theeffort to rebuild the postwar states of the former Yugoslavia. Somein Con- gress demand that the United States leave Bosnia next year, but Berger ruled that out. Speaking at Georgetown University, Berger said that while NATO's peacekeeping role in Bosnia will end in Juneas scheduled, there remains an important US. interest in a Bosnia peace. Heoffered a generallypositive view of developments in the war- torn heart of Yugoslavia. “Life is genuinely if slowly improving,” he said, though “progress is pain- fully slow on manyfronts. On the plus side, Berger listed these: 370,000 Balkan troops have returned to civilianlife @ Water and heat are restored in virtually all the war areas. @'To a greater extent than ever, Bosnians are being gov- erned by people of their own choosing,” and 80 percent of eligible voters went to polls in last week'slocalelections. @ More than qc have been 2,000 heavy weapq¥stroyed. Dillard's SN Ue Shop Monday-Saturday 10-9 and Sunday 12-6 at all Dillard's locations, Wo welcome your Dilant's Credit Card, The American Express® Card, Diners ClubIntemational, Mastaroard™, Visa nd The Discover Card, ve A POOR COPY |
