Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday September 17 2002 — A5 World In brief C US missions reopen after in 9-- 11 US pilots ordered to strike harder at Iraqi sites Indonesia Malaysia terror warnings JAKARTA Indonesia (AP) — US embassies in ilaysia and Indonesia reopened Monday after closing because of terror warnings ahead of the anniversary of the Sept 11 tenoris attacks officials said But the missions in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh and the Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained closed until further notice embassy officials said The US consulate in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City has reopened After briefly reopening last week the embassy in Vietnam was shut again Friday while its “security posture” was further evaluated the embassy said in a statement released Monday “In light of the anniversary of the Sept 11 2001 attacks we cannot rule out the possibility that attacks may occur against US embassies or consulates” the statement said In Indonesia the US consulate in Surabaya also reopened But embassy officials on warned US citizens to avoid embassy facilities as information about a security threat “remains serious and compelling” The embassy in Jakarta was closed last Tuesday due to what US ambassador Ralph Boyce called a “credible and specific threat" to security WASHINGTON (AP) — US pilots patrolling the skies over Iraq are taking a new approach to defending them- selves against Iraqi gunners by striking at the command and communications links in Iraq’s air defense system rather than its guns and radars Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld said Monday The switch which Rumsfeld said he personally ordered more than a month ago is designed to do more long-las- ting damage to Iraq’s ability to shoot down the American and British pilots whose fighters jets have been patrolling “no fly” zones over northern and southern Iraq fra: 1 1 years Rumsfeld said he could hot say whether the change of approach has left Iraq less capable of defending itself in the event President Bui ordered airs trikes as part of ah operation to overthrow Sad- - ' dam Hussein Bush keeping up the threat of war said Monday that the world doesn’t need to know how dose Saddam Hussein is to building a nuclear weapon AP photo World’s oldest person turns 115 VMIed Kashmiri Muslim women cast their votes inside a polling booth in BaramUlla India 33 miles north TOKYO (AP) — Kamato Hongo the world’s oldest person of Srinagar on Monday Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and police were on high alert across Kashmir according to the Guinness Book of Records turned 1 IS on on Monday as voters defied threats by Islamic extremists and turned out In greater numbers than expectKashmir electoral officials said Monday ed for crucial state elections in Hongo slept through the morning of her birthday but planned to celebrate with her family in die afternoon Japanese media old daughter on the south- reported She lives with her era island of Kyushu which has a reputation for record-breaing longevity among its residents Bom Sept 16 1887 Hongo was raised on a farm and counts Japanese sake among her favorite things along with black salt pork sashimi and green tea according to Guinness She also likes traditional Japanese dancing Hongo requires constant car “The locals found saviors in lages and coerced people to KUPWARA India (AP) — and is slightly hard of hearing She has been confined to a bed ' Voters in Kashmir defied these vote” said Abdul Ghani Bhat independent candidates and wheelchair since she injured her hip in 1998 according to a because they want someone to chairman of the All Parties threats by Muslim militants Japanese nursing care and welfare website before faring him down and turned out in greater numsave them from the oppression Huniyat Conference Her birthday comes a day after the Japanese national holiday In a speech in Davenport “We are scared but if we of the government and the bers than expected Monday known as Respect for the Aged Day Because it fell on a Sunday don’t the out Iowa will forces” said Come Bush issued a fresh state elections in fra security indepenarmy this year the holiday was being celebrated Monday force us ’’ said Ghulam Qadir dent candidate Abdul Haq Kashmir electoral challenge to the United Hongo became the world’s oldest person on March 20 after Malik a Khan officials said farmer Nations to show resolve die death of Maud Farris-Lus- e of Coldwater Mich Farris-Lus- e ‘In the morning the army civilian voters was one Though agreed against the Iraqi leader who Many lived 1 IS years and 56 days according to Guinness searched our house and told us Bush attempted to link — if killed and there were scattered “The ruling party has done to vote’’ He said that in 19 acts of violence thousands of nothing fra us” said Abdul only in rhetoric — to the al- extradition soldiers civil a came Malik and soldiers servant tothe across-thwere town Khaliq Qaida terrorists behind last deployed fights “ Whatever they did beat those who and 016 not year’s Sept 11 attacks province Himalayan they kept get — AMSTERDAM Netherlands (AP) The leader of an Islamin their pockets” At the Pentagon Rumsfeld the separatists failed to signif-Despite the tight security a ic extremist group believed to have close ties to terroralso voted the was made the case that waithe and He the killed said icanlly disrupt boy voting ists will fight his extradition to Jordan his Dutch lawyer said dismilitant threats did and Kashmir Saddam to use any was fra not a frightvoting briefly ing flashpoint Monday: Mullah Najm Faraj Ahmad the head of Ansar is rocket him: chemical and Pakistan between en “This freedom our fired at a India a rupted by biological or nuclear (Supporters of Islam) is not wanted in the Netherlands to choose who we want so fra five decades had seen polling booth in the village of weapons would be a mistake and talks were under way to decide his fate US Seri Khwaja Elsewhere two “There isn’t any single why should we be scared?" increasingly bloody attacks in authorities want to question Ahmad better known as Mullah main civilians in were Kashmir's with recent militants weeks a injured smoking gun” Rumsfeld said separatist Krekar ' — alliance the election and voters claimed of Iraq's weapons program to explosion grenade opposed many Officials in Amman Jordan seek his extradition on charges “ If we waited fra a An in Indian cast favor forced ballots to or were said five of independence army smoking of heroin smuggling and have until Wednesday to present their j — forces union Pakistan militants were killed “The army security with stepgun in this instance we would Monday case to a Dutch judge who will rule bn his po&ible transfer and police entered into vil in a clash with soldiers find it after the fact" ping up their campaigns “The drug charges are just an excuse to hold him” said Victhreathave The militants tor Koppe Ahmad's Amsterdam-base- d attorney “He will conened to kill anyone who partest any extradition” The US government has said it is ticipates in the vote which interested in questioning Ahmad and Attorney General John will be held over four days Ashcroft discussed the matter with his Dutch counterpart at stretching into October No ' meetings in Denmark on Saturday results are expected to be made public until Oct 12 kill Egyptian in Israeli The relatively high turnout 44 percent reported Mon: of — Israeli soldiers shot and killed an JERUSALEM (AP) man an in day by elections officials — Gaza road near the Strip Egyptian on Monday as many Israelis observed Yom Kippur the holiest intelligence officials had anticipated a 35 percent showday of the Jewish calendar ing — ifiay partly be in Although Yom Kippur ended Monday evening Israeli forces said they would stay alert for terror attacks through Tuesday response to separatists who ran as independent candidates Israel has tightened security in Palestinian areas during die holiIn legislative elections in interattacks an fra at 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