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Show A4 The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH/WORLD Saturday, July 3, 1999 Russians Scramble to Shore Up Crumbling Military But cash infusion may not be enough to feed troops, fix rusting fleets THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW — Theappearance of Russian bombers over the At lantic Ocean for thefirst time in years coincides with newefforts by Moscowtostopits once enormous military from disintegrat ing With the post-Cold War honey- Blair, Ahern Push Take-It-Or-Leave-It Plan for Peace @ Continued from A-1 titled “The Way moon giving way to growing dis- bombersnear Iceland during exercises last week alarmed some Western governments, the planes agreementwith the West, Russia is trying toboost its armed forces reflected Russia’s military decline. They were TU-95 Bears, a after years of neglect The government, alarmed about thestateof themilitary, has 40-year-old propeller plane based on 1950s technology. Two TU-160 jet bombersalso promisedto boost spending on s curity to 28.5 percent of the bud- get — $6.7 billion — compared with a proposedU.S. defense bud- cruisedoffthe coast of Norway — but the four bombers wereapparently all the Russian air force get of $280 billion. However, it is not clear that even the higher amount can stem could muster in what werebilled as the country’s biggest defense exercisesin years. the deterioration of the oncefeared Russian military Russian defense officials paint the following dismal picture of While the appearance of two Decommissioning: The Key to Peace Asthetraditional Orange marching season approachesits peak,tension runshigh in Northern Ireland but a new peaceplan has been proposed. || At the heart of the deadlockis IRA arms decommissioning — Unionists are unwilling to negotiate until guarantees are made anddisarming begins. Orange Order march ban Paramilitary arms Mounting tension in Portadown Mostly Soviet weapons imported | trom Libya, the MiddleEast. U.S. andformer Soviet bloc after official ban and Orangecess *IRA Loyalistwer Explosives_ _2.5 tons Unknown C Rocketgrenade launchers 40 Ahead,” calls for Blair to make a legal declaration onJuly15 that will passlocal governing authority to the new Northern Ireland Cabinet created by the Good Friday plan. On July Handguns Assault rifles 16, Blair would put forward legis- | IRA weaponstores @ ‘Army dumps’in (| Irish Republic - 75% Local‘unit dumps ity to the new Northern Ireland embly Those are crucial goals of the primarily Catholic nationalists, becausethey will get six of the 12 Cabinet seats — including twofor yo chose to establish the government \\ Assaut lely. and theonefavoredbythenation- alists. But it is the opposite of what theunionists have sought If the Blair “proposal” isn’t accepted, the Good Friday Agreement would presumably be “parked,” and the province British bureaucrats in London. “Has [board membership] en riched me? I believeit has done District officials and attorneys however, deny any quid pro quo because, among other reasons. Weyher's contract was far re moved from CUWCD decision making The fact contract was awarded throughthe competitive sealed bid process eliminates any suggestion of improper conduct this or favoritism in the awarding of this contract or in the award of any future contract by the district to others,” states the water dis: trict's written responseto the au dit Weyher, who has served on the CUWCD board for eight years, said he did not vote the CUWCD's award of the money to the Sanpete water dis rict. In fact to protect himself from conflict of-interest allegations Weyher aid he never vote onii ssues be fore the 18:member board nor Joes his company bid on contracts ’ ‘Real IRA’ 100-175 members ~ many defectors fromIRA including whole units with Grapuicnews control of arms dumps for all parties. Blair is gambling that Trimble and the unionists will not be willing to accept the come. clothing and other necessities vicious hazing are endemic. Hun. dredsofsoldiersdesert each year while scores commit suicide Rampagesby disgruntled soldiers who gun down other troops have For Second Sioux Protest ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHADRON, Neb. — Thegover. nor met with American Indian leaders Friday as authorities evacuated the tiny town of White member tractenteredinto bythedistrict ny’s responsibility was “to facilitate’ the water-efficiency lawis vagueandhasnointerpre. tative case law to guide them In assessing the district's ex- “will not be interested directly or indirectly in any con Thedistrict's attorneys say penditures, auditors criticized a $89,000 from his contract with $75,000 bonus awarded nearly two years ago to Christiansen, the special service district Again, Hicken and district offi mancereviews and didnot appear Hicken's contract with thespecial deeper, there is nothing ‘here said Clyde About three years ago, board saying it was not basedon perforto be authorized bythe board Hicken, however, said the bonus, which was in addition to Christiansen's $96,000annual sal- ary, rewards Christiansenfor ing taxpaye 5 million by ne- goliating prepayment of loans the bonus was properly approved althoughhe could not say wheth- million anda missionto build con troversial water projects, the CUWCD has long been an object about $19,000 for his work as gen eral manager of the East Juab water district. The audit notes that Garrett's positions with CUWCD and the East Juab water district violate state law and board policy The CUWCD denies any wrong doing because Garrett is not paid directly by the CUWCD and be- cause CUWCD and the East Juab water district have commongoal of successfully completing their rigation project In its response to the legislative auditor, the CUWCD says the au dit's standard for an “indirect verystart, it’s also truein this instance that the strategy that NATOadopted Another complaint is the slow was success- they didn’t wantit to turn ugly because it could scare President Clinton away from his visit to the reservation on Tuesday. Clinton plans to discuss economic development in Indian communities and tour tornado-damaged parts of Oglala, S.D. ful,” Shelton said. start of the bombing. The Kosovo He conceded that the NATO strategy was “not exactly” the ap- campaign began with what Esmondcalled a “confidence-gaining phase” that lacked the punch to force Milosevic back to the ne- NATURALGAS proach the United States would WATER HEATER Headquarters have taken had it been acting alone. DefenseSecretary William gotiating table. But it was neces- Cohencalled the stralegy “the sary to convincepolitical leaders that moreair powercould be un- best of a series of bad options. jor U.S. losses, hesaid Steve Aubin questions a military “Could we have doneit quicker? Absolutely,” Esmond said. “But then, what cost is that Armygenerais, Shelton and NATO military commander Wes- Air Force Association analyst leashed with minimal risk of ma- and hierarchy that placed a pair of Residential, Mobile Homes, ommercial ley Clark, in chargeof anair war. “Across thetop echelon ofmili. tary leadership, you had no people who really understood aerospace power and howto employit,” Aubinsaid. install Quality, Install Energy Efficient Natural Gas cash- practices In recent years, the CUWCD has BRADFORD WHITE come under intense fire Christiansen for its pro- posaltodeliver high-quality CUP water toirrigators in south Utah and Juab counties. Environmentalists and someSalt Lake County politicians believe that water should be sent to Salt Lake Coun- ty, where the water arguably is needed more to meet the demand of a growing population. Sending that water to Salt Lake Countyalso would delayor stop a controversial plan to divert Bear River water toSalt Lake County The audit was launched last Julyat the request of 15 legisla DECLARE Your “aalily er there was a written record of that authorization being made ina trict. The district formed to Air with the federal government The board chairman also said public meeting, as required by jaw farmers in eastern Juab County East Juab water district is funded entirely with grants from the CUWCD. To date, Garrett has received Tribal leaders called today’s event a prayer march and said Hicken Weyher tors, most of them fromSalt Lake County, who wereproddedby the Utah Rivers Council, a vocalcritic of the CUWCDandtheBear Riv erproject The audit request cameafter Sen. Mike Waddoups, R-Taylorsville, failed in a legislative attemptto force the district to study the option of sending more CUP watertoSalt Lake County sORATIO The Hydrojet Total Performance System ts sediment from building in the is increases efficiency and greatly prolongs the ite of the water heater TRADE IN YOUR OLD WATER HEATER SAME DAY INSTALLATION = =Manvill= Plumbing & Heating L.C. 262-4671 385 East 3900 South} “(Water district officials) fought meso tough, I got suspi cious of them,” said Waddoups. OS h — —_—-" sav- member Garrett went to work for the newly created East Juab County Water Conservancy Dis: help CUWCD develop a system that would deliver CUP water to conference following Serbia's agreement to pull troops out of Kosovo. ‘While it’s true that U.S. military doctrine is geared toward hitting an adversary hard from the BY DESIGN The audit accuses the board county formed a special service service district was distant from CUWCD transactions ‘The appearance [of conflict of interest] is there but if you go knowledgedthe concern in a news management tricts in somefashion,” states the area, which in 1997 contr: ted also note that cials addressed their concerns. of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ac- i that states a water district board They an they planned toset up tepees and occupythe village until state offi- port in 1989 that criticized the district’s accounting here is no water district noard anywhereinthestate the so-called “Wasatch County Water Efficiency Project,” the Hickenfully disclosedto all par concludes state line into Whiteclay, where conflict of interest is toorigid where a significant number of members of violating Utah’s chairman. “There's a feeling that we dodged a bullet,” Faber said Gen. HenryShelton, chairman Activists said they would again march thetwomiles from the res ervation in South Dakota over the TheAir Force paper, obtained Water Conservancy Act of 1941, which contains an oathof office ties his position as CUWCD board bombing allows more time for variables such as diplomac ca: sualties and errant bombs to affect the outcome, said Faber, the strategic planner. by The Associated Press, attributes the slow start to an unwillingness by policy-makers to risk To coordinate someaspects of cials say the contract was not a conflict of interest because that the gradual approach to litical leaders, made overconfi- he was too busy. In Washington. CUWCD response. Hicken has earned about Air-power specialists worry But he suggests that future po- dent by Kosovo, ‘‘may feel tempt- Sioux Indians from the Pine Ridge Reservationset fires and looted a grocery store in White- clay a week ago during protest over allegedtreaty violations, two unsolved murders and the sale of alcohol to Indians. White Houseofficials said that the two men hadtalkedlate Friday. to improveirrigation practices in project paign, the paper concludes. speed?” order to save water and improve stream flows for environmental with a private consulting company ownedby Hicken. The compa- in the opening stages of the cam- and sent in 100 troopers on the eve of a protest march Participants in the talks Friday said Trimbleat onepoint brushed awayacall fromClinton, saying board members arenot alsoaffiliated withlocal water usersordis- purposes [inflicting] shock and paraly Foree document to be used as just the opposite,” Weyher said. In Wasatch County, the CUWCDhas workedwith county officials on a $30 million project casualties. “Airmen wouldhavepreferred gressor motivated by unlimited blamefor such an unpopular out- ton, who has been in telephone directly awardedbythedistrict grant Conditions in the ranks are bleak, with soldiers short of food, Crime is rampant. Bullying and Nebraska Town Bracing @ Continued from A-1 branches of combat arms should be brought to bear upon an ag- contact with parties here, urged that the province's parties not let this thing comeapart now.’ Audit Questions CUP Board Conflicts The irrigation companies were @ Dublin That wouldbeapolitical disaster would continueto be governedby granted the money from the San pete County Water Conservancy District, which in turn got the money from the CUWCD That connection to the CUWCD prompted auditors to suggest there was the appearance of a quid pro quo,” a termthat im. plies the irrigation companies gave Weyher the contract in ex change for his support of their beeffective in combat. Someoffi cers hire their men out aslabor. ers or make them beg on the streets. a “There's a feeling that On gradual approach to bombing in Kosovo losevic refuse to buckle. “The threat or use of all ty for peace this land has known for yearsandyears and years. In Washington, President Clin for NorthernIreland,” Blair said. awarded canal rehabilitation mmal training, often not enough to become commonplace. Lt. Col. Peter Faber Wars, Say Officers year, but theyreceive only mini still enormousnuclearforces. But we dodged a bullet.” talking points by senior officers. RPG-7 Grenade launcher first, with disarmamenttofollow. That is the schedule established by the Good Friday Agreement projects worth $500,000 to Weyher Brothers Co. Robert Weyher is co-owner andpresident of the construction firm Kosovo No Modelfor objectives,’ Limerick Fermoy In simplest terms, then, Blair lease The draft audit raises concerns about Weyher’s businessrelation ship with two Sanpete County irri gation companies In 1998, Gunnison-Fayette Ca nal Co. and Westview Irrigation crumbling, Russia is relying onits An internal Air Forcecritique Q Tipperary refused to set up the government until after disarmament had be- Wayne Welsh. legislative audi tor ge ral, refused to comment on the audit until its official re. combat-readytroops. With its conventional forces Seventy percent of navy ships need major repairs. Scores of ships have sunk because their hulls rusted out. Just three nucle- er, questions the Clinton administration’s initial decision to remove ground troops as an option should Serb leader Slobodan Mi- Armagh REPUBLIC OF IRELAND gun al ered a minimum 200 hours in Western air forces. of the Kosovo campaign, howev- A® within weeks” of the transfer of @ Continued from A-1 1994-96 Chechen war, hasn't re- ceived any new weapons in years Alexander Lebed, a top politician and former general, estimates the country has fewer than 10,000 year, compared to whatis consid- power on the problem andit will go away.” Fermanagh border South Trimble and the unionists have It is the most historic opportuni- are expected before 2001. The air forceis so short of fuel that pilots average 25 hours flying time a ed in a crisis to splasha little air Belfast a Foran oa governing power. Up to now, This is the only way forward @ The army, which was defeated by a small guerrilla force in the tionary. Qo deny use — 25% of voluntary disarmament by the Irish Republican Armyand other sectarian paramilitaries to begin no alternativeoffered. force that numbered 100 vessels a decade ago. success ofair power in Kosovo as evolutionary, rather than revolu- NORTHERN IRELAND for immediate the IRA-allied Sinn Fein party. To makethis change palatable to the primarilyProtestant unionists, the plan calls for the process merepromises” of disarmament bythe IRA, no matterhowstrong ly worded. “Fine wordsbutter no parsnips,”’ ‘Trimblesaid Blair presented his ‘*Way Ahead” as a “proposal,” but he quickly added that there will be onpatrolat any onetimeoutof a @ Theair force has not received a new planesince 1992, and none one of the plannersof the Persian Gulf Warair campaign, views the 100+ 650_ ___*Breakaway Republican groups also havelarge_ | quantities of arms, manystolenfrom ProvisionalIRA transfer locallegislative author- ‘Trimblesaid just Friday morn The military still takes in tens of thousands of conscripts every ar submarines are thought to be closed downits businesses Surface-to-air missiles UUp to 3 lation in the British Parliament to ing that he would not. accept the military, which has been cut from 5 million personnel to 1.2 million in the past decade: the aging arsenal of nuclear mis- siles is fast approaching obsolescence. 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