Show A6 — The Herald Journal Q World Logan Utah Saturday I April 17 2004 I EBdlunappeirS OETDDDDS SI BAGHDAD Iraq (AP) — Top US Friday they are military officials-saistruggling to determine any organization behind the wave of ahductimuLof foreigners in Iraq including an American soldier and a US civilian They see some con- nections between hands of kidnappers hut no evidence of a single hand behind f Gen Myers still confident bin Laden will be caught ' KABUL Afghanistan (AP) — An intense manhunt will ultimately net the United States' No enemy Osama bin Laden but there is no telling how long it might take the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday visit to during a whistle-sto- p Afghanistan Gen Richard B Myers denounced bin Laden's latest taped message saying its barbarity was a reminder that US forces are involved in “a fight for freedom and civiliz- 'vr-- - ' : 1 them The kidnappings erupted after the US military began lighting on two fronts in Iraq against Sunni insurgents in F:allujah and it rebel Shiite militia in the south Both Sunni and Shiite gunmen appear to have seized foreigners A slew of murky statements have been issued claiming responsibility on behalf of previously unheard of groups with and the names like Saraya Green Battalion The US military has seen “loose coordination' among groups taking hostages said Army Brig Gen Mark Kimmitt deputy head of operations in Iraq " We have seen a number of groups claiming responsibility' Kimmitt said "We don't know if it is different organizations who are claiming different names to give the appearance of uncoordinated spontaneous activity or if this is a centrall- h! ' cap-to- 7 L Mfo c' ation” Two and a half years after their group organized the deadliest terror attack in history bin Laden and his are deputy Ayman still at large and believed hiding in the craggy mountains between Pakistan and Afghanistan A dragnet involving thousands of troops da 4 'S$:X AP photo Kidnapped American soldier Keith Matthew Maupin of Batavia Ohio is seen seated in front of his Iraqi captors in this undated image made from video broadcast by Arab television station Al- - Jazeera on Friday "There's a lot of little informal coordination that goes on and there's a lot of y planned operation” Another possibility is that some of the foreigner have been snatched by armed Iraqis who have no political agenda but intend to hand the captives over to insurgents in return for a bounty Anolhcriop U:S military official in Baghdad acknowledged: “We're not informed right now as to w ho all the might he And we're working it very ' drew its troops from Iraq but they freed the hostages Thursday after an appeal by Sunni'clcrics The aim of such threats is to break the coalition “It's a very asymmetric approach" the military official said “If you can't defeat the United States on its own terms you look for ways that are going to attack our resolve as a copycat" When video footage of the hostages has been released it has been accompanied by political demands targeting the coalition The kidnappers of Thomas Haiiiill an American abducted in an April 9 ambush of a convoy outside Baghdad demanded US troops halt the siege of Fallujah In footage shown Friday gunmen who seized Army Pfc Keith Matthew Maupin said they wanted to exchange hint for prisoners held by the Americans Other kidnappers killed an Italian hostage and threatened to kil three others they hold unless the US military withdraws from all of Iraq The captors of three Japanese initially threatened to kill them unless Japan with U:S-le- d rs hard" Some of the kidnappers appear to com-municutc through informal networks But other kidnappings may he done by "copycat” groups who've heard about previous abductions through the media: the US military official said speaking bn condition of anonymity “I'm not seeing one person in charge of all this" the military official said : l 535 W 100 N Providence ' PARIS ( AP) The suit is out and the jonquils are in bloom But as spring arrives in Paris the warmer weather has raised questions about whether France is ready for another heat wave like last summer's sizzler that killed 15000 in this country Retirement homes arc trying to equip themselves with fans and air conditioners but the costs are out of reach for '' some ' Adchpaan association of retirement home managers says the'government is all talk and no new money — forcing them to shoulder an average of SI KCKK) to S24(X)6 to install cooling systems for individual rooms “With three months to go before summer we' re' starting to panic" said spokeswoman Agnes Lafarguc' "The problems we face are the same as those last year" Record temperatures were recorded in many major European cities last August with readings in France over 104 degrees: Most of the deathswere in France with the heat ' ' w ave one of the deadliest weather phenomena in ' ’ ACBOtll Ella Enchanted ret A Hellboy 15 705 905 ro-iJ-i 1 00 4 00 7 00 PtfVEWl 13 GOING ON M SAIUEOAY Am 17 7K INSTIAD OF HBUOY 2n $300 T CHILDREN $ 200 Coo i Yalley'a Luxury JM H Dm ount GREAT MOVIE HOTLINE GREAT GREAT PICTURE SOUNDER KEHWDOVIG-- RETU RN OF THE KINO Fri Sat 400-7:9- pa-13- 700 940 W5Mft2M2 0 All Seat a $200 pnfG tusff tats — (FC-i- I 30 SUN 1 55 SUN 2 05 SAT A SUN Princt&MeiPGi 25 7 15 9 30 300 SAT & rc-i- 3 915SATa Bahind ihe Mall Nkjclfi Main a SUN 4 30 900 Whole roi Hidalgo 00 (fo-u- po-is- i 9 30 a SAT S SUN 4 15 CINEMA13 60 Wail ro-- i LOGAN ART CINEMA 795 North Main The Passion Of The Christ 7:00 9J0Sff& SUN 430 Han Yards t ' 7 10 9 20 4 SAT O SUN 4 35 30 4 30 7 05 ftf ETIWOVMSfQ 2:00 900 7 05 9 40 4 15 A SUN SAT 190-1- 50 420 7 05 925 All KWHGI1U SOUND MMOffQ ) 12:10-4:00-7:- 50 — Matinee s anstMiBK-u- i U LORD OF THE RINGS: ‘ 1 ptf Walking700Ibll5AJ Hellboy 753-44- 44 Open Daily 345 Saturday 114S 1 seat ' 40 700 Alamo 1 po-13- 1 Home On The Range SUN SAT Hmne On The Range ret 410 7 05 2 00 4 25 710 915 Whole ‘fan Yards 2297 N Main 4 15 7 05 9 40 CACHE lVALLEY3l Connie & Carla p&m 00 2w Kill Bill Vbl Walking lall 1:10 400 7:00 9 40 Alamo h4orfh Main 2450 4 Kill Bill Vbl 1 ADULTS 435-753-19- Ladykillere Prince & Me ra Amwican Htort Awoctation UTAH752-307- 2 da A ' 1:40 340 5 40 740 9 40 Dobs Your Heart Good the Youngsan Army Garrison in downtown Seoul "Living on the border hciwcen freedom and tyranny the people of Korea understand the urgency of our cause in Iraq Afghanistan and throughout the Middle Fast" said Cheney " After addressing the troops Cheney hoarded his jetliner for the long flight home to Washington - 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