Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday March 20 1999 — Page 5 (World f&l Nation Balloonists near goal of circling the world Olympic scandal shifts to the Senate LAUSANNE GENEVA (AP) — One of two exhausted balloonists trying to become the first to circle the globe nonstop sobbed with joy and relief Friday when he was told they have enough fuel to The focus of the Olympic tralian member Phil Coles regarding $6300 in jewelry he and his then-wif- received from a e Greek businessman connected with Athens' failed bid for the 1996 Games Coles had been given a severe warning in the opening phase of the corruption inquiry for accepting lavish trips from Salt Lake City bidders In Washington Sen John McCain the Commerce Committee leader and one of the most formidable members of Congress said the changes made during the two-da- y meeting though radical by IOC standards “fall far short of the reforms needed to bring transparency and accountability to the organization" “Nothing I have witnessed provides any substantive movement in that direction" said McCain who has issued a scries of stinging remarks about the IOC this week As they left their headquarters city by the lake IOC members could tick off an unprecedented string of major changes as they battle to rebound from the g scheme that helped Salt Lake City get the 2002 Winter Games Gone are six members the first ever expelled from the club Gone too is the traditional way the IOC chose host cities with the 2006 Winter Olympic site to be picked from just two finalists and no trips to view the venues Added are an ethics commission with the first outside members and a reform panel that is supposed to draw up a radical redesign of the body vote-buyin- US sponsored plan which -- would give ethnic Albanians broad autonomy within Serbia the dominant republic in V e AP photo pilgrims gather on the Thousands of Iraqi Muslim pilgrims through Saudi checkpoints border at Arar on Friday Iraqi officials led busloads of Iraqi without permission pressuring the Saudis into aiding them on their Iraqi-Sau- holy journey to Islam's sacred sites di Saddam forces Saudis to pay for Iraqi pilgrims ARAR Saudi Arabia (AP) — Iraq packed 18000 destitute pilgrims onto buses without tents food or warm gear Friday and sent the convoy rolling into Saudi Arabia — a challenge the kingdom could not ignore or win Saudi border guards stepped aside at their checkpoints to let nearly 400 buses and trucks pass and by day's end King Fahd agreed not only to accept the illegal arrivals hut also to pay all their expenses for a religious pilgrimage It was a daring move for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein one that had threatened to deeply embarrass the Saudi king if it appeared he had failed to aid needy fellow Muslims For when it comes to the hajj Islam's most sacred ritual even political divisions as deep as those between Iraq and Saudi ’ Arabia must be overlooked The two neighbors have had no formal relations since Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait and — much to Saddam's annoyance — Saudi Arabia is a solid supporter of harsh UN sanctions imposed on Iraq after the invasion Still the Saudis historically have welcomed all pilgrims mak unilaterally President Clinton spelled out the need for military action at a press conference in Washington He said allied naliou must act because “hesitation is a license to kill" “If we and our allies don't have the will to act there will be massacres" more Clinton declared acknowledging at the same time that “US and other NATO pilots will be put in harm's way” Serbia's leadership issued a statement late Friday further rejecting the peace plan and blasting it as an "American- - Yugoslavia ing the journey to (he holy cities of Mecca and Medina Sending back the Iraqis regardless of Baghdad's motivations could have been perceived as putting national interests ahead of religious responsibility Six hours after the pilgrims entered the kingdom the Saudi News Agency announced that King Fahd had ordered all of the pilgrims to be allowed in and be bused to Mecca The unprecedented illegal entry — many of the pilgrims arrived without passports — was a step toward fulfilling their prayers of getting to Mecca and their Islamic duty of making the hajj “Even if the Saudis allow me to do the pilgrimage on fool I am ready" said one of the Iraqis Mohammed “I don't know what to say I am so happy that I want to cry" said another Jalil Jabr Many of the pilgrims were elderly and already had spent two nights camped on the Iraqi side of the border where temperatures in the desert dipped to near freezing The pilgrims who were led by senior Iraqi officials drove through two checkpoints and did not stop until reaching Arar Many called out "Allahu akbar!" or "God is great" as they passed the dozen or so Saudi border guards As the hours passed — and lines to the three public toilets grew to hundreds long — the Iraqis grew tired and nervous They had no food and most had no money But by late Friday afternoon Saudi authorities had begun takbus ing pilgrims on the ride from Arar to the holy city of Mecca There they were expected to be assigned to tents set up for hajj pilgrims fed and allowed to carry out their religious duties d Muslims who can afford it are required to make the ur Able-bodie- pilgrimage to the Mecca and Medina at least once in a lifetime Saddam even managed to sidestep the United Nation's wllhliis bus convoy — which followed failed attempts to agree on a UN sanctions committee plan for funding the pilgrimages of 22000 Iraqis Iraq had wanted the money deposited in its central bank the committee insisted on a voucher system and travelers checks Albanian attempt to secede part of Serbia” The government also rejected NATO threats and promised to defend itself Within hours after the talks col- lapsed the 1380 international monitors in Kosovo began preparing to leave The departure of the world's eyes and ears in the province where ethnic Albanians outnumber Serbs 9 to 1 was likely to result in more fighting between Serb and ethnic Albanian forces Their evacuation also sent a strong signal to President Slobodan Milosevic that the threat of NATO airstrikes was credible Airstrikes were considered unlikely as long as the monitors remained in Kosovo In the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade at least six embassies — extending the talks any further" said a statement issued by the foreign ministers a day after the ethnic Albanians signed the deal rj jgan 32 a D) France — began evacuating their staff and family members Russia meanwhile reiterated its opposition to NATO airstrikes A Russian Foreign Ministry source in Moscow said Russia may cut off relations with NATO if the alliance attacks Serbia ffs Qj - 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