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Show MONDAY,MARCH21,2005 S T A T ffi$VORLD&NATION 13 Iraq and Jordan pull ambassadors Nations engage in diplomatic tit-for-tat, 24 insurgents killed south of Baghdad BY RAWYA RAGEH Associated Press AP Photo/Indianapolis Star, Adriane Jaeckle TABITHA BAER, left, and Charity Ryerson, lie "dead" on the steps of Monument Circle as they protest the war in Iraq, Sunday, in Indianapolis, as anti-war demonstrators gathered for the conclusion of the Midwest Peace Summit. Shiite clergy-backed United Iraqi Alliance that Jordan was allowing terrorists to slip into Iraq. "Iraqis are feeling very bitter over what happened. We decided, as the Iraqi government, to recall the Iraqi ambassador from Amman to discuss this," Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told The Associated Press. Jordan acted first, when Foreign Minister Hani alMulqi announced his charge d'affaires in Baghdad had been recalled to Amman. "We are hoping that the Iraqi police will devise a plan to protect the embassy," alMulqi said. "Meanwhile, we have asked the charge d'affaires to come back because he was living in the embassy." He added that other Jordanian diplomats will remain in Baghdad because they do not live in the embassy compound. Interaatinal groups fighting poaching accuse Sudanese officials of doing too little BY MOHAMED OSMAN :,.,.,,. Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan International groups fighting the poaching of ivory accuse Sudanese officials of doing too little to stop a trade that is rapidly reducing the numbers of elephants in Africa, But in sprawling Sudanese markets where ivory curios are sold, merchants complain the wildlife authorities are too diligent, if anything. They accuse officials of harassment by carrying out checks to see if they are selling legal, antique ivory. They are wary of speaking to a reporter. One trader who refused to give his name said Sudan was a transit point for ivory from elephants poached in neighboring countries and bound for buyers in Asia. Another acknowledged that the markets, quiet this week, bustled when conferences or other events bought souvenir-seeking visitors to town. The Sudanese government pledged last year to crack down on the trade by March 31. Sudanese officials did not immediately return requests for comment after one of the world's foremost experts on the illegal ivory trade said ear- Her this week that the growing Chinese demand is creating a ' boom in Sudan's ivory industry. The expert, Esmond Martin, said that during a visit to Sudan last month, he found traders and craftsmen openly displaying new wares. Martin, presenting his findings at a news conference in Kenya, said he and his team found 11,000 ivory products on display in 50 shops in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, and the twin city of Omdurman. He also visited 150 ivory craftsmen making new products, much of it jewelry. The sale of most new ivory was banned in 1989. "All the Sudanese need to do is enforce their own laws," said Martin, whose research was financed by the British-based conservation group Care for the Wild International. Martin, extrapolating from the amount of ivory he saw, estimated poachers were killing between 6,000 to 12,000 elephants a year to supply Sudan's ivory markets. He said most of the elephants are killed in southern Sudan, Congo and the Central African Republic, with some ivory also coming from Kenya and Chad. MeUco Both countries said the officials were being recalled for "consultations," leaving open the possibility for their return. Shiites began holding protests after the Iraqi government on Monday condemned celebrations allegedly held by the family of a Jordanian man suspected of carrying out a Feb. 28 terrorist attack that killed 125 people in Hillah, 60 miles south of Baghdad. Nearly all the victims were Shiite police and army recruits. 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Sunday's diplomatic row erupted even as a Jordanian court sentenced in absentia Iraq's most feared terrorist — who was born in Jordan — to a 15-year prison term. As news emerged of the largely symbolic sentencing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose whereabouts are unknown, his al-Qaida in Iraq organization claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed a top anti-corruption official in northern Mosul. Al-Zarqawi already has been sentenced to death twice by Jordan. Sunday's events capped a week of rising tensions that included a protest in which Shiite demonstrators raised the Iraqi flag over the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad and claims by the anor Old Main Hill ••tVBhlandcr Q> 3 . (gdinburgli WITH STUDENT ID Check out our New, Exciting Menu Items, including shrimp enchiladas, salmon, Alambre tacos and more! 676 East 600 North 720 North 700 East 710 North 700 East |