Show A6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday September 27 2002 ' ' Q War on Terrorism I I $Mdq& siD(®nda1) Dcsi© Stress on Air Guard people planes feared Bush administration claims Iraq harbored top terrorists WASHINGTON (AP) — Turning up the political heat on Iraq the Bush administration said Thursday that Baghdad is so completely in calmots with ' that it has harbored top aides to Osama bin Laden and may have trained the ter-rorists in germ and gas warfare Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld said the United States has evidence that senior have members of been in Baghdad “in recent periods" hut they did not include bin Laden It's unclear whether they rernajn in the ' Iraqi capital he said because they are “moving targets" Rumsfeld said he had high confidence in this information but he acknowledged that the intelligence reporting is based on different types of sources of “varying degrees of reliability” He said some of the information came from suspected members in US detention Iraq denies it supports da “We have what we believe to be credible information that t have disIraq and cussed safe haven opportunities in Iraq (and) reciprocal nonaggression discussions" Rumsfeld told a Pentagon news conference He cited “solid evidence” of members in Baghdad but at one point he refrained from explicitly stating they had received a government-sane- tinned grant of safe haven That he said “happens to be a piece of intelligence that either we don't have or we don’t da da - jr - - ! V-- I't da ' pr- v I t '- want to talk about" ' f i 'if Just a day earlier when asked during a news conference in Poland about alleged links between ami I V Iraq Rumsfeld would say nothing except to assert that in such links exist He said Thurs' Vhe was that at to liberty day elaborate because some intelligence had been declassified The White House joined in throwing accusations at Iraq that appeared designed to bolster its argument that Iraq poses such a grave danger that Saddam Hussein must be deposed by force if necessary and Iraq are too : close for comfort” White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said Rumsfeld and the Pentagon's 1 top military officers met Thursday at the White House with President Bush to discuss a & issues including Iraq range of " The officers included the chiefs ' : AP photo of the Army Navy Air Force Secretary of State Colin Powell testifies Thursday before a Senate and Marines'as well as the Foreign Relations committee hearing on Iraq on Capital Hill in chairman and vice chairman of Washington The United States has reached agreement with Britain the Joint Chiefs of Staff on a tough UN resolution on Iraq Thursday's statements ' ambassador to Tiukey traveled to in chemical which echoed those made pre!' With to Afghanistan to meet weapons development” viously by national security senior leaders anoth- Rumsfeld made the same adviser Condolcezza Rice are ’ er US official said speaking the strongest yet alleging Iraqi assertion in a more qualified on condition of anonymity Precomplicity with way The administration has been “We do have I believe it’s viously evidence of the two less specific about information one repot indicating that Iraq working together was tenuous or came from what US offipointing to Iraqi assistance to provided unspecified training on chemical and biocials called unreliable sources relating to chemical andor bioRumsfeld said “senior level logical weapons Rice said in logical matters foral-Qaian interview with PBS’ “The contacts” between members” NewsHour with Jim Lehrcr” and Iraq go back a decade and on Wednesday that several have been increasing since Winter Wemther Speciel detainees have said that 1998 In that year the Iraqi Iraq provided “some training sr- V 'jp - “Al-Qai- vjw1 da da - da da da WASHINGTON (AP) — The war on terrorism is putting unprecedented strains on the members and the air- planes of the US Air National Guard the guard’s ' commander said Thursday Lt Gen Daniel James III said the air guard would have no problem providing the pilots planes and support personnel needed for any war with Iraq But James said he’s the strain of years of active duty could be too much for many guard members and their planes— which are often more than halfway through ' their intended lifespans The air guard recently surveyed its more than 100000 members to determine how the increased activity is affect- ing them and their equipment and whether they planned to stay or quit About 23000 Air National Guard members were serving on active duty during the first peak in the war On terrorism although that number has fallen to about 16000 now James said “People are in the process of making up their minds right now whether they will stay in or get out” James said “I think the effects of this will show up in about a year” The 193rd Special Opera- tions Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard which flies radio broadcasting planes to beam news and information into hostile areas was one of the first air guard units sent overseas for the war on terror- con-con- attacks It’s Time in to Winterize for- da : suicide attacks on American troops in Afghanistan one of their leaders says The new alliance is said to be based in eastern Afghanistan and involves men led by several former high Taliban officials and fighters of Hezb-e-Islaa group headed by former Afghan Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmalyar Hckmatyar’s force was one of the US-aidguerrilla armies that fought the Soviets in the 1980s He fled to Iran in 1996 after Ris group was defeated by the Taliban but he has recently been seeking to incite a “holy war” against American forces in ed ' planes: Military airplanes are usual- ly designed to last for 8000 hours of flight time and the guard fleet varies from about 3800 hours to 6300 hours James said 00 Laps Stall 755-50- PAINIW VPGAN 08 mum AND REPAIR 881-371- 6 Interior ft Exterior House Painting Will beat or match any price! m If he could get it open PESHAWAR Pakistan (AP) Afghan fighters loyal to a of fighters tankas ami cargo Airport Shuttle 'Ml — Taliban fugitives and mer foe have allied and are getting amis and money from and Iran for planned ' : Afghanistan threatened ed saying ’I'm not Shank said “I’m not going to say we’re not going to lose people over this but as far as the rest of the wing this is business as usual for them I can’t see us losing single person” In the past about 10 percent of air guard members eligible left the serfor vice instead Jamies said If that number rises sharply the active-dut- y Air Force might' not be able to provide enough training to replace the air guard members he said Between 34 percent and 40 percent of the Air Force units in recent conflicts have been drawn from the Air National Guard and any war in Iraq would probably have a similar makeup James said “I’m not concerned that a contingency will run our people off” James said adding that his worry is that people will quit once they art released from active duty The guard also is working hard to maintain its aging fleet The New ' Suicide ism First Lt Edward E Shank a sculptor who serves as the unit's spokesman said the service is a hardship that most guard members are eager to endure “I haven’t heard anyone Ronnette & Mark Anderson The heat and stress of summer caused more damage this year than any other we can remember in recent history Many plants and shrubs withered and died and coundess lawns literally burnt up Some of this was caused by the hot dry weather this summer but most of it happened because of the poor weather last summer and fell the exceptionally dry winter and die unusually dry spring We’ve gone over a whole year with very litde precipitation and our yards are paying for it If we act now and work a utde this rail to help our yards recover it will make a huge difference next spring Soon colder weather will force nuny of us to turn off our sprinkling systems For many gardeners this means gardening is over for the yean Don’t let it happen! Plants need water up until the soil freezes in November or December so even if you down the sprinklers water those trees and shrubs every 3 weeks They need that moisture even have though they gone dormant Trees and shrubs don’t need much fertilizer this fell but a winterizer fertilizer ' applied to the lawn from early October through ferencei season A good winterizer such a e V Winterizer feeds the lawn all winter helping it develop a stronger healthier root system ami prepares it for the vigors of next season And you won’t believe how quickly it greens up in the spring Natural Guard Soil Activator or Humate is a natural organic concentrated compost that contains high amounts of humic add naturally occurring growth horWhen applied to a uwn or garmones and den it dramatically increases the water holding capadty of soils (up to 1000 in sandy loam soils and 700 in ' Soil containing humate resists 1 day soils) effective-land other of stress more y droughts types and produces bctteryields where rain or It also releases may be insufficient locked-i- n nutrients that would otherwise nbt be available to plants This added nutrient leads to a healthier more vigorous more attractive lawn and garden As for improving your1 soil humate activates and speeds up the decomposition of plowed umler crop remains new compost ana grass dippings When used on lawns humate can significantly decrease damaging thatch and diminate the need for costly and poweraking The decomposed material returns to the soil adding valuable organic material and nutrient Take the time now to care for your lawns and gardens and will benefits die of you your labors next season We can imp h guarantee would he know which pill and when? have-shu- t 2-- ' v Afghanistan The new alliance is known as Lashkor Fedayan-e-Islaor the Islamic Martyrs Brigade a Hekmatyor military commando' Salauddin Safi told The Associated Press at a secret meeting Wednesday in this frontier city “There will be suicide attacks ambushes by suicide attackers and bomb blasts against soldiers as they are moving from place to place and when they go out and disperse into smaller numbers like in searches" he said The threat comes against backdrop of unsolved bombings in Afghan cities and there already have been spo-radic attacks on US military posts as well as on American ' troops patrolling the country- - t side i Safi said the alliance plans to attack only' American military targets He said the group had nothing to do tjvith a Sept 5 car bombing that killed 30 people and wounded more than 130 in Kabul the capital Western intelligence sources who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed there is an alliance between the Taliban and Hekmatyar j I ferd-fom- I micro-nutrien-ts micro-organis- - irri-pti-on Are you worrying more about your elderly parent? 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