Show i - - ' i A2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday 0 America at war h" s April 11 ' 2003 ’"J"l more We will not rest we will not sleep until all threat is gone” Johns says his words translated into Arabic with equally ringing rhetoric “You have my word" That are murmurs of uncertainty: has President Saddam Hussein’s power really been completely crushed? The wariness is understandable This is a time of great flux US forces in more or less pacified areas are trying to forge a tentative interim order The Iraqis often led by tradittaial tribal leaders are feeling their way toward accommoda ATSHAN Iraq — In foil battle gear Capt Mike Johns sits cross-legg- ed among the robed tribal elders He's seeking cached weapons and intelligence They want clean water and assurances die Americans won't leave them in a lethal lurch again Sweet scalding tea is sipped Johns accepts a cigarette even though he’s recently vowed to give up smoking “There’s no reason for anybody in this great town to be scared any tions with the newcomers hoping that more than crumbs will fall their way from the bountiful American “This is not 1991” Johns says “We will not make the same mistake again We will never leave the Iraqi people again We are now a team’’ “Insh’allah” die elders say togeth- er — “Lord Allah be willing" Tb date with US military effort focused on the war American assistance to impoverished communities like Atshan has been makeshift Any local political arrangements may well dissolve when a new govern ment is installed in Baghdad But die Americans appear to have gotten off on the right foot at least in some regions of southern Iraq where hatred of Saddam’s rule runs high feeling is also evian dent Crowds of men and children line highways near towns flashing victory and thimib4ip signs Handshakes and hugs are firm and warm At another village Khanjar a young man was close to tears as be read a speech in English to Johns’ team thanking die United States and Johns’ meeting adjourns to inspect a broken-dow- n water pump on the ' rivetbank: He walks through die fields with tribal chief Naseem Sheshoon as is local male Muslim custom The battalion commander Lit CoL Richard Vanderlinden of Gladstone Mich plans to place the Khanjar chief Sheik Majad over a dozen 7 other tribal leaders and hold him responsible for stabilizing the are£ The chiefs may be allowed to keep a small number of weapons for selfprotection and as symbols of power 1 Basra’s cells grim reminder of repressive regime Suicide bomber injures 4 Marines BASRA Iraq — The evidence is in the scars stories and memories of the maimed The proof is in the catde prods branding irons meat hooks and manacles made purely for pain which was ' often a prelude to death ' In cities and towns across military forces Iraq US-le- d and local Iraqis are looking at the hard cold bloodstained evidence of what human rights organizations have been saying fra1 years: Iraq had the world's most sadistic system ‘ of torture state-sponsor- ed In Basra a putty-colorcompound once run by Iraq’s internal security police has become like other such torture chambers an unholy shrine for people who sur- - “ vived a stay here and to those who didn't “I am very happy today like I have been reborn” Karim Kadem a man who returned on Thursday to see the place wherehe was imprisoned for two years “I thought I would die here” Human rights groups have criticized Pentagon plans to use Iraqi jurists for tribunals on Iraqi human rights crimes precisely because of places such as this one Iraqi courts have been “instruments of repression rather than impar- tial judicial institutions” said Human the New York-base- d Watch “The US govRights ernment can't solve this problem by offering some technical assistance to the Iraqi judicial system” said Richard Dicker director of the group's International Justice Program “The system needs to be rebuilt” Of course many prisoners never made it to court before they were imprisoned tortured or summarily executed often for such small infractions as failure to join Saddam Hus-sein- ’s Baath Party In Nasiriyah on Wednesday ed ' BAGHDAD Iraq (AP) — Four US Marines were seriously wounded Thursday night when an apparent suicide attacker detonated explosives at a US checkpoint in northern Baghdad The suicide attack occurred near Saddam Gty a sprawling poor neighborhood that is home to a large Shiite popula- US Marines cleared out a Writer security complex equipped with wooden stocks — contraptions to restrain the head and hands — and a crude electric chair powered by a hand-cranked generator Other objects like a long steel rod : made the Marines’ imaginations run wild They also found photos of badly burned bodies Numerous photos of women and children were found in torture chambers Rape was a principal form of torture human rights groups say with prisoners sometimes being forced to hear tape recording of their screaming wives being tion ' assaulted' The seven-stor- y compound here known as “White Lion” was shelled by British forces and local Iraqis have been combing through the crumbled compound ever since looking at fries fingerprints and other documents for evidence of people who went into custody but never came out Other visitors included those wjro made it out alive telling fries of eyes gouged out acidbaths and agonizing midair suspensions by leather straps — the latter evidenced by the rusty rings stuck in the ceilings AP photo US Army Spc Dean Bryant from Oklahoma City OK helps an Iraqi woman who tripped on concertina wire in the streets of Baghdad on Thursday Poll finds optimism concerns WASHINGTON (AP) — The American public is growing more optimistic about the war in Iraq but seven in 10 say it’s too early to tell if the war has been won Just over half SI percent said they believed it was necessary for coalition forces to kill or capture Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in' order to win the war according to a poll released Thursday by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Bush administration officials say they don’t know what has happened to Saddam despite the bombing this week of a : hand-in-ha- nd In By Tlnl Tran Associated ' 4 I First aid sheik power and ‘We By Denis D Gray Associated Press Writer ' ' home where he was thought to be meeting with other Iraqi leaders “Time’s growing optimism but people realize the end game is going to be difficult" said Andrew Kohut director of the Pew Research Center “And they want to see Saddam before they’re comfortable that the war is over” About or 73 said it believed they percent would be difficult to install a stable democratic government three-fourt- this week asthe public saw pictures of cheering crowds in Baghdad greeting American troops Thai number has dou10 bled since late March when US forces were running into heavy resistance in central Iraq Quality Fashions for the Plui Size Woman Sizes 14 thru fix Liawml Mmiff Tkmfat SPECIAL!! l'i HR ONLY $50! 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