Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah' Tuesday February 24 2004 Q i World In brief Report criticizes US bishops’ policy of ousting abusive priests — arrive ic Haiti (AP) — Fifty US Marines streamed into the capital Monday to protect the US Embassy and its staff while government loyalists set flaming barricades to block the road from rebels threatening to move on The United States made last- ditch efforts at finding a politi- -' cal solution As an opposition coalition was on the brink of rejecting a peace plan on the grounds that it did not call for President Aristide to step down Secretary of State Colin Powell phoned opposition politicians and asked them to delay responding formally to tire plan for 24 hours Evans Paul a leading oppo- ncnl who once was allied with Aristide said the coalition ' agreed the extra time “will per- haps gjve Mr Powell a little more time to consider his posi Port-au-Prin- ce US-back- ed Jean-Bertra- Russia marks military holiday MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow authorities put a heavy police Monday as Russia marked a military holpresence in iday that coincided with the 60thanniversaiy of the mass deportation of Chechens under dictator Josef Stalin Security in die Russian capital was already heightened after the Feb 6 explosion in the Moscow subway that killed 41 people iii what officials have described as a suicide bombing staged by Chechen rebels Apparently fearing new terror attacks police cordons around the city were further strengthened Monday for Defender of the Fatherland Day — formerly known as Soviet Army Day Coincidentally the holiday falls on the same day that about 500000 Chechens and Ingush were deported to the Central Asian steppes on Stalin's orders during World War II About' half the population of what was then the Chechen-Ingus- h Autonomous Republic died of hunger and cold and the deporta- tion deepened tire Chechens' historical resentment of Russia leader Akhmad Kadyrov said Chechnya's Moscow-backe- d Monday the tragedy must not be forgotten “We don't propose to heighten tension or call for retribution but we must always remember" Kadyrov said according to the Interfax news agency the-street- s Blast kills six at India space center MADRAS India (AP) — An explosion and fire in a research facility at India’s main space center Monday killed at least six people and seriously injured three others police said Flames erupted at the solid propellant fuel plant at the government's Dhawan Space Center on Sriharikota Island just off India’s southeastern coast the center's spokesman K Ravi- ndran toldThe Associated Press' Firefighters latercontained the blaze which was under investigation said Madhavan Nair chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization and give us the assurances we need" on Aristide's departure With rebels hoping io seize the capital by Sunday Cabinet ministers were asking friends tion PORT-AU-PRIN- e" ' : AP photo Rebel leader Louis Jodei Chamblain waves outside of an airport rand standing on calendars with pictures of President Jean-Be- rt Haiti on Monday the day after rebels Aristide in overran Haiti's second-largecity Cap-Haiti- en st Haffl iim Rebels hunt down militants loyal to President Aristide non-Catho- “zero-toleranc- Rflammos ILLS The Vatican issued a report Monday VATICAN CITY ( AP) sex abuse experts who criticized the policy adoptby ed by US bishops of removing abusive priests from the ministry saying it was overly harsh and would not protect the young The report was released days before US bishops issue their own national survey on sex abuse by clergy which is expected to find more than 4000 American priests have been accused of molesting minors since 19S0 — far more than previously estimated Still the US study may also show the number of cases has declined dramatically since the 1990s and victims fear it could lead US bishops to ease off on discipline The president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops said last week the American church remains committed to keeping offenders out of ministry Monday’s repeat published by the Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Life may fuel victims' concerns because' it compiles assessments by independent psychiatrists and psypolicy is mistaken chologists who say the US The 220-pag- e report “Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: Scientific and Legal Prospectives” is a compendium of scien- tific papers and discussions presented by the experts during a Vatican conference convened last April to give the church hier- - V archy advice on how to handle the crisis ’ A5 nd for places to hide senior gov- - eminent sources said The rebels seized HaitPs second- with largest city little resistance Sunday arid attacked two police stations Cap-Haiti- outside Port-au-Prin- ce More than half of Haiti is now beyond the control of the central government In on Monday rebels hunted down militants loyal to Aristide accusing them of terrorizing the population in tire days before the fall of the northern port city of 500000 “I am a brick mason 1 didn't do anything wrong" Prevails 3 pleaded ' as he was dragged away head en Cap-Haiti- Jean-Berna- rd ' ' bleeding “We're going to clean the city of all "chimeres"' said rebel Dieusauver Magustin 26 Chimere which means ghost is used to describe hardcore Aristide militants Largest rotation of US forces in history begins of CAMP ARIFJAN Kuwait sol- —A n diers — - all but a few of them Americans — are within ( AP) weeks quarter-millio- of passing through this desert kingdom on their way to or from the war in neighbor-ing Iraq the largest such rota-tion of US forces in history according to military planners overseeing the project “This is a breathtaking operation" said Gen Stephen M Army Maj Speakes who runs tire rotation histor- y-making base from this sand-blow- n south of Kuwait City Explaining the troop rota- tion is simple: About 130000' US soldiers in Iraq will go' home and 1 (0000 will take their places for about a year in Operation Iraqi Freedom 2 Getting it done is another matter The maneuver involves " eight of America’s IQ active Army divisions and a US Force' Marine Expeditionary along with 40000 troops from a few dozen countries in the ' US-le- d coalition Military planners have choreographed the arrivals of dozens of ships arid hundreds of ft bearing fresh troops and their gear into Kuwait the center of the operation The new air-cra- arrivals swap places with weary soldiers streaming in from Iraq on trucks and planes that in a matter of hours tum around ' and ferry newcomers north Already as many as 4000 tracks are on the road between' Kuwait and Iraq at any moment said Army Brig ' Gen Jack Stoltz who directs movement of troops and distribution of equipmentThat number will rise' as the rotation hits a crescendo in early March when as many as 60000 troops at a time will be passing through Kuwait fer rying enormous amounts gear including tanks Bradley Fighting Vehicles and heli- copters By the time the rotation finishes in'May the Pentagon will have shipped nearly 450000 tons of equipment to the Iraqi theater and sent ' home even more — 700000 tons “It's like a ballet except it's the Green Bay Packers that are dancirig” Stoltz said in a ' meeting with The Associated brute is Press '"Logistics force” This Event Happens Only Once a Yeart One Week Only Feb 23 - 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