Show n The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday May 10 2004 — A5 Q World ItoDSami auattlhiwiiftiies Ibirealk odds ROME(AP) — police arrested the Algerian cleric of a mosque and four Tunisians Sunday in a crackdown authorities said was aimed at preventing an linked ceil from sending suicide attackers to Iraq The suspects woe seized in predawn raids in three cities in the northern Tuscany region Genoa’s Police Chief Oscar Fiorolli said Genoa a northern put city began the investigations that led to the Anti-tenoris- The suspects allegedly belonged to a cell of Ansar an oiganiza- tion based in northern Iraq with links Fiorolli told the Associto ated lYess in Rome in a telephone interview “Their departure for Iraq was near” Fiorolli said “We don’t know where in Iraq they were going but they were willing to be suicide attackers” Fiorolli said the suspects’ alleged intentions were learned through telephone taps and he indicated authori m ties decided to move in before the suspects could leave Italy “It was clear they intended to reach Iraq and strike Western targets" Fiorolli told reporters at a news conference in Genoa A private Italian TV report said the group had also been sizing up potential Italian targets including a cinema and a shopping mall on the outskirts of Florence but Fiorolli denied that “There is no indications they were planning an attack in Italy” the police chief told The AP da arrests Islamite cell The arrested imam Maamari Rashid had come to Italy to replace a Moroccan imam Mohamed Rafik arrested last year in Italy and wanted by Motroco for alleged involvement in the 2003 terrorist bombings in Casablanca Italian authorities have approved Morocco’s request for the extradition of Rafik but investigators have said he is unlikely to be sent to Morocco while Italian investigations of suspected Islamic terrorist cells are active Suspected plot: Masked Italian antiterrorism police officers right arrest an unidentified man believed to be a member of the Ansar extremist group in Florence Italy on Sunday m Election worker injured in blast in Afghanistan KABUL Afghanistan (AP) — A blast hit a UN vehicle carrying election workers in eastern Afghanistan and two foreign men were beaten to death in die capital officials said Sunday adding to security fears ahead of the landmark vote in September Meanwhile hundreds of ' US forces were sweeping through an insurgency-h- it southeastern province and had arrested 35 Taliban militants a senior Afghan official report- ed Four election staff escaped unhurt from Saturday’s jeep explosion near Grabawa a village in Nangariiar province about 60 miles south of Kabul Their driver was treated for minor injuries All were An Israeli settler protects his daughter during an attack by Palestinian militants on the road linking the Gush Katif settlement block in the Gaza Strip with the KJtsufim crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip on Sunday Palestinian militants fired on a group of settlers holding t a memorial ceremony at the spot where a pregnant SDnacdDim i JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday canceled a planned trip to die United States next week saying he intended to focus his energies on patching together a new blueprint for withdrawing from the Gaza Strip after his party rejected his original plan Sharon told his Cabinet ministers during a stormy meeting that he will present them with a revised version of his “disengagement plan" in the next three weeks He did not reveal what changes he is contemplating or how he would satisfy his deeply divided coalition The announcement was the latest sign of Sharon’s determination to push ahead with his plan after its overwhelming defeat in a May 2 referendum woman and her four young daughters were killed by militants last week Settlers armed with assault rifles and soldiers returned fire the army said Writing in the background reads in Hebrew “Rooting Out Settlements at right in blue and “Victory For Tenor” at left in red ©annicels frriip toUJ of Likud Party members That Israeli and Palestinian populations would boost Israel’s security in the absence of a peace deal Vice Premier Ehud Olmert : said Friday that Sharon still intends to evacuate all Gaza settlements Hard-line- rs in the government oppose any territorial concessions and some Likud Israel Public Affairs Commitel ministers who gave the plan tee a lobbying only tepid support in the first group He also had been Presiwith meet to place 'have siud they will not expected dent Bush who had endorsed go against the party’s decision At the same time Justice Sharon’s plan as a valuable Minister Yosef Lapid of the step to reviving peace efforts The original plan called for a moderate Shinui Party has threatened to quit the governfoil pullout of Gaza where ment if Sharon does not push 7500 Israeli settlers and 13 forward with the Gaza withmillion Palestinians live and a drawal He dismissed the withdrawal from four small Likud referendum saying that West Bank settlements Sharon 1 said the plan to disentangle the percent of the population vote though nonbinding would make it difficult for many Likud Cabinet ministers to support the plan Sharon told his Cabinet he was canceling his trip to Washington scheduled for next week during which he was to have addressed the American pro-Isra- should not be allowed to decide policy for the country As Lapid addressed die Cabinet meeting two hard-lin-e ministers Avigdor Lieberman and Benny Elon walked out : Co'jncil” he said Human rights groups have long complained about the use of torture against detainees including intellectuals and Muslim-dominate- received “many complaints” about human rights violations including torture from dissidents writers and THERE'S NO EXCUSE Schedule of Events Tuesday May 11 9:30 am Junior Cattle Show Saturday May IS 0 8:00 8:00 Wednesday May 12 10:00 amWcstcm National Spring 10-- 4 5 Cattle Judging Contest am ini officials have denied the practice “I hope the law provides enough protection for prison Hard-lin- e Call For help wifi domestic violence Fph CcnMerfcal fPQOCD QTBDGD2HB3 Tuesday May 18 2004 5:00 to 8:00 PM Paris Elementary School Common Area 39 South Fielding Street Paris Idaho Holstein deity cattle show west of the Mississippi Rivet' Thursday May FOR ABUSE Corxidor 0© The oldest continuous 13 Western National Futurity p m Heritage Cattle Sale 2:30 3:00 am am am pm pm The Idaho Transportation Department is developing a plan for the US 89 Transportation Corridor 20-ye- ar Breakfast Open Horse Show Race Quilt Show Booths A Live Entertainment pm Dairy Foods Contest pm Melodrama pm Civic Tarade pm Draft Horse Pull Chuck-wago- n Cow-A-Bun- Stop by the Open House on May 18th to review and comment on the DRAFT RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS 4 For Information and questions pieesa contact Judy Hannon TTD Project Manager Idaho Transportation Department District 5 PO Box 4700 Pocatello ID B3201 m activists ed UER 11-- political activists In November a special U N envoy visited Iran and said he pro-refor- ers who have complained about torture” reformist lawmaker Rajab Ali Mazroui said Iran's bleak human rights record was highlighted recently by the case of Irani photojournalist Zahra Kazemi who died in July about three weeks after being detained for taking photographs outside a Tehran prison during protests The case prompted an international outcry and became part of a bitter pow er struggle between Iranian reformists and conservative elements of d the Shiite country's establishment “They all managed to get out of the car before it was engulfed in flames” UN spokesman Manoel de Almeida e Silva said Gen Mohammed Yunus Noorzai the Nangarhar police chief blamed the Taliban or but gave no evi- - ’ dence Investigators were trying to establish if the explosion was caused by a mine or a remote-controllbomb The attack on the UN vehicle came just days after two ed er Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sharon’s biggest rival and a reluctant supporter of the plan before the referendum said three weeks was not enough time to come up with a proper alternative and urged Sharon to honor the party’s decision “A diplomatic program isn’t a pair of socks that can be changed every day” Netanyahu said according to participants in die meeting Iranian governing & White Days Black body bans torture TEHRAN Iran (AP) — hard-lin- e ruling Guardian Council has passed a law banning the use of torture effective immediately a judiciary official said Sunday The council which rejected at least three similar proposals in the past approved the law’s Thursday — one day after Iran's judiciary chief ordered it said Nasser Hosseini a judiciary official “For courts it’s obligatory to in plement the law after it is app oved by the Guardian warned that militants will try to disrupt the elections in which President Hamid Karzai is expected to triumph Only 2 million out of some 10 million eligible voters have signed up so far mid istration has yet to begin in three troubled southern provinces where militants have lulled dozens of Afghan troops in recent weeks A US Marine also died in a firefight on Saturday but the military insists it had insur- -' gents on the defensive and that it is safe enough for the vote to '" go ahead In their latest operation American troops backed by helicopters began combing three districts of Zabul province some 240 miles southeast of Kabul on Friday and arrested 35 Taliban militants Gov Khial Mohammed told The Associated Press Lapid also got into a shouting match with minister Uzi Landau a Likud hard-lin- Richmond City's 89th Annual Iran’s Saturday’s explosion was - the also fourth incident involving UN election workers this year The American military has US-back- Afghans AP photo British contractors working with the United Nations in preparation for the presidential and parliamentary polls were shot and killed in another eastern province A spokesman purporting to speak for the Taliban claimed 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