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Show FRAYED NERVES WINS AT HOME Airport lines and other Utah news A-4 Utah, BYU down Air Force, N.M. B-1 Che Salt Lake Gri | http://www.sitrib.com aie Utah’s Independent Voice Since 1871 Volume 262 Number1: ©2002, The Salt Lake Tribune 143 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2002 4 South Main Street, Salt LakeCity, Utah 64111 Telephonenumberslisted on A-2 - Violence Returns to Kabul Clashes raise concerns about government’s ability to maintain security BY LAURA KING Saturdaynear a peacekeepers’ post as they } THEASSOCIATED PRESS { KABUL,Afghanistan — Peacekeepers in the Afghan capital came underfire for WAR ow TERRORISM were trying to drive a t thefirst time Saturday,their commander said. Interim Prime Minister Hamid Karzai, speaking at the graveofa slain ‘ government minister, prayed for an end | to “the culture ofthe knife and the gun.” The six British peacekeepers returned fire after their observation post was shot | at early Saturday, the commandersaid. f | Later,a patrol found one person dead ina nearby house, he said. Also, a group of Afghan civilians in Kabul reported they were shot at Sept. 11 victinis a slice of U.S. society A-10 pregnant womanto the hospital. A 19-year-old manwas killed. The shooting own government. Friday, more than 50 was the latest in violence people were hurt in aclub-swinging melee raised security worries peacekeepers. AtSaturday's funeral for Abdul Rahman, the slain minister of aviation and tourism, Karzaicalled for an end to “the culture of the knife and the gun” in Afghanistan. this week that ‘has outside a soccer match organized by the Rahman in the capital, whith has been calm sinée Karzai’s government was inaugurated in December. Thursday, a Cabinet minister was killed in an attack at Kabul’s airport. Lefteris Pitarakis/The Associated Press An Afghan police officer stands at attention while moumers pay ». theirlast respects to the slain Afghan Ministerof Civil Aviation and See KARZAI,PageAO" Tourism Abdul Rahman in Kabul on Saturday. Karzai blamed a conspiracy within his Bush Seeks ToSolidify Asia Support HUNTSVILLE MONKS Nonation, including N. Korea, will menace freedom,he says BYRON FOURNIER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska In a star-spangled send-off, President Bush told hundreds of fatigue-clad U.S. soldiers Saturday that “America will not blink” from the fight against terrorism and Osama bin Laden. Hevowed to bring that message to Asia. Amid cheers of “USA! USA!,” the commanderinchief madea quickrefuelingstop at this snowyAir Force base to rally U.S. troops and raise $400,000 for the Alaska Republican Party. He was leaving from here for a threenation Asian trip that ends Friday. In a cavernous fighter jet hangar, Bush pledgedto tell his global counterparts:“Either you're with us or you're against us. Either you stand for freedom or you standfor tyranny. And the good newsis many nations have heard that message.” An American flag hung behind Bush. A fighter jet was parked nearby, next to a handpainted sign that read, Photos by Trent Nelson/TheSalt LakeTribune Trappist monks chantat the Abbeyofthe HolyTrinity in Huntsville, Utah. The nurnber of monksis about half whatit once was, and the youngest is in his mid-50s, but the monastery hopes building a new churchandliving quarters will attract more candidates. Monasteryin Foothills “God Bless America.” FAITH ISSUES Getting in the snowy China’s crackdown a spirit of things, Bush Concern for Bush A-5 briefly donned a fur- Utah Falun Gongdecries lined parka. Beijing arrests AS 55-year-old abbey gets along nicely with LDS neighbors BY KRISTEN MOULTON ‘THESALT LAKE TRIBUNE HUNTSVILLE Ten miles and a world away from Olympic competition, 22 Catholic monkslivetheir lives around a simple biblical admonition: Prayalways. The Abbeyof the Holy Trinity is in an unlikely place: rural and heavily Mormon Utah. The monastery, which welcomesvisitors to listen as the robed monkssing psalms or chantseveral timesa day, is an incongruence long noted by northern Utah residents. Visitors,including the seant few who have discovered the monastery during the Olympic alpine skiing under way at nearby Snow- terrorism to different extents. But with the Lutheran who hoped to persuade her husband and daughter to return to the monastery that evening.“I'll be back.” The monks ofthe 55-year-old monastery are hoping that manyfriendswill return and battle in Afghanistan yielding successes, Bush is starting to brace the American public and “This eause is more than just an individual,” Bush told theself-dubbed Arctic Warriors. “Oh, I know sometimesthe people on theairwavesliketo say, ‘Well, so, bin Ladenis hiding When the Cistercian (better known as Trappist) monks first entered Mormon country in the late 1940s, they bought upold farmsin a vast green bowl against thehills three miles east of Huntsville. Today, they Own 1,800 acres, 800 of which theyuse to grow here and he’s hiding there.’ But this cause is much bigger than a single person. This is aboutfighting terror whereverit hides. Thisis about defending America and ourfriends and alfalfa for their own beef herd andforsale. The monks put up Quonset hutsto last until they could build a permanent church, band and daughter watched men’s combined races on Wednesday, and she followed the monkcandidates who may wonder about the Peggy Anderson of Yorktown, Va., was driving around Ogden Valley while her hus: worldfeaders for a lengthy war againstterrorists atross theglobe. help them build a new monastery. living quarters and guest house. Those arched, temporary structures, arranged in a quadrangle, were neverreplaced and are nowwearing out Andthat makes it tough to attract new basin, are surprised. Japan, South Korea and China thestops in Bush's six-day trip all support his war on beautiful little valley,” says Anderson, a signs to the monastel “T just wish friends at home could see this See MONASTERY,Page A-4 allies.” Air Force Qne landedon a snow-sweptrun way, carrying Bush anda largedelegationthat included Secretary. of State Colin Powell and Sen. Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska. Bushpledged to pre: nese leaders on trade issues impacting L farmers and, in touting his energy plan, urged Congress to open for oil drilling the Arctic National | See BUSH,Page A-5 Terrorism Connection Suspectediin Mysterious TennesseeDeath y in Salt Lake, Cache and Davis counties,It is a voluntary “aan near the Mississippi state line. ‘There were no skid marks or furrows in the grass to indicate the driver had hit the brakes, A witness rushed up and pulled open the car door, but the driver s . B-6 Utah/West came to rest against a utility pole ; irths: . y Cr'word neyF-18 Puzzles . P8 Real Estate , F-1 “ Reviews : O93 crawled along a two-lane road 3 .. P19 Lottery .... A-4 saw flames erupt from the back Seat of a 1992 Acura Legend as it skirting farm fields in the litte ‘Tennessee town of Piperton. ‘The car veered off the road and a Rain and snow likely, breezy north; chance of rain south. B-8 MEMPHIS,Tenn. Shortly before 1 a.m. last Sunday, witnesses é WEATHER From the beginning, it didn't look right, said Steve Kellett, chief of the Piperton Volunteer Fire 2 no-drive daythere. BYALLEN G, BREED THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS FBI agent George Bolds Department. Whatcould havecaused a fire so severe thatit cooked the passenger compartmentof the sedan downto the frame and left the driver charred beyond recognition? If someone had been trying to make this death look like an accident, they had done a lousyjob. Thefire, the FBI determined, was intentionallyset. Police began investigating the death as a homicide, though they have not ruled out suicide, The mystery deepened the next day when dental records identified the victim as Katherine Smith, 49, a See DRIVER,Page A-10 Associated Prosfile photo |
