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Show The Salt Lake Tribune NATION/WORLD Wednesday, December17, 2003 ° Palestinian pleads gui in hina g foday — with This Ad Must have this ad to qualify for prices. 899 Panasonic DVD » REA TN Player PSETEToege THE AssociaTahPass a y Progressive Scan DVD-Video Player Reg. $189.99 DVD-S25S WASHINGTON —Wee leader of a group of Palestinian terrorists who took over a Am jet in Pakistan in 1986 and killed 22 people avoided the death penalty Tuesday under a plea bargain with the government. Zayd Hassan Abd Al-Latif MasudAl Safarinipleaded guilty to 95 charges, including murder, Awsaz Rant/The Associated Press AU.S. sharpshooter on a rooftop watches the Kabul-Kandahar highway inauguration site 25 miles from Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. Travel time between the cities has been cut from 16 to about six hours. Limited one per household. Hot valid with ony other promotion or discount, The Associated Press DURANI, Afghanistan — Afghanistan on Tuesday inaugurated the refurbished KabulKandahar highway, a vital artery plagued by killings and kidnappings that has emerged as a sentence and cooperation §se- Afghan delegates debating a new constitution commitment to helping the Afghan people re- President Hamid Karzai and the U.S. ambassador at the ceremony on a barrenstretch of asphalt 25 build their country. “It will promote political unity between Afghanistan’s provinces, facilitate commerce by “The criminal conviction,life cured by today’s guilty plea reinforce our commitment to bringing all perpetrators, of ter- rorist plots to justice, no matter howlongit takes,” Ashcroft said. Still to be determined is where Safarini will serve his makingit easier to bring products to market and provide the Afghan people with greater access to health care and educational opportunities,” Bush said. sentence. The plea bargain allows Safarini to argue against being housed at the government’s supermaximum-security prison in Florence, Colo., whose The entire road “when completed, will run through the heart of Afghanistan, helping to unify that great nation,” he said. The project has been plagued by a spate of shootings and kidnappings by insurgents. “We are standing,literally, on the road to Afghanistan’s future,” U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said. As hundredsof U.S. and Afghan soldiers stood guard, Karzai cut a ribbon stretched across the smooth new tarmac alonga sparsesection of the road in a valley. The $270 million project, funded mostly by the py Attorney General John Ashcroft praised the outcomeof the case. in’ Kabul were flown in by helicopter to join workers, mineclearers and security personnel. qe A half-dozen victims were in court for Tuesday’s proceedings but had no comment. President Bush, who praised Karzai for completing the project “under budget and ahead of schedule,” according to a White House statement. Bush said it underscores the United States’ gates were wearing traditional flowing robes and sporting turbansorflat woolen hats. The highway was retooled over 11 monthsdespite an onslaughtof Taliban attacks against road a of questions posed by U.S. District Judge EmmetSullivan. Sentencing was scheduled for May 10, and victims of the hijackingwill be allowed to speak. American government, is vital to Afghanistan’s recovery after 23 years of war, Karzai said. “I’m sure it will have its effect and its impact on the economy.” Early on Tuesday, the Afghan leader called By A1saz Rant’ miles southwest of the capital. Many ofthe dele- eTyA through an interpreter to dozens Afghans inauguratevital highway symbolof the country’s reconstruction efforts. Limited quantities attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder, and agreed to ai sentence of three consecutive life terms plus 25 years. 4 Safarini answered “yes” inmates include Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber; attempted shoebomber Richard Reid; and Tuesday’s ceremony took place by a slab of pale marble engraved with the namesoffour Afghan security guards killed in a gunfight with suspected Taliban militants Aug.31. Fantastic Hot Air Balloon Ride \ andSoaring Glider RideGift Certificates! ‘The Best Present Anyone Ever Gave Me!” The Ultimate Christmas Gift or Funfor Yourself! > Call (801) 322-1133or 1-800-SOARING now to order your Beautiful Gift Certificate, ‘00d for 2 years. We'll sendit to you by or mail, Fedex orfax. Fly near Salt Lake 1 1 ! i i ! 1 1 at 200 Soaring Adventuresscertiied Centers nationwide. Welcome aboard! Call now! \ www. Cer com Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Pakistan bombwas expertjob THE ASSOCIATED PRESS most likely perpetrators, but preliminary reports of the so- ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The “very expert men” whotried to assassinate Pakistan’s president used a sophisticated bomb with an estimated 550 poundsof explosives planted in five places phistication and scale of the bombhaveraised thepossibility that outside terrorist groups may have been involved. , under “It’s a very sophisticated device, and whoever was behindit a bridge —=but it blew up on late,officials said magna! COMFORT FOOTWEAR estijonotithave yet to identify any suspects in Sunday evening’s attack, which caused MADE IN GERMANY THE GIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING! MLLERLR a Re “GRIZZLY” + MOST COMFORTABLE CORK MOLDED FOOTBED + CONTOURED HEEL SEAT WITH ADDED HEEL PAD FOR INCREASED COMFORT AND SHOCK ABSORPTION Dolphin Sofa/Loveseat, Tables and Lamps no injuries but cast an ominous shadow over President Gen. Pervez Musharrafandthe future ofa country divided over the war on terrorism. It also focused attention on the fact that there is no clear successor to Musharraf, a key U.S. ally who has angered hardliners by reversing Pakistan’s support for the Taliban regimein Afghanistanafter the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. Musharraf says homegrown religious extremists ,were the Rashid Ahmed said the bombin. was the work of “very expert men,” and the like of it had not been seen in istan before, He said explosives were planted in five places beneath the two-lane bridge in the city of Rawalpindi. Musharraf gaid he heard and felt the blast between-30 seconds and a minute after he passed the bridge, although witness accounts suggest{an even shorter period. 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