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Iraqi peace overture Frkky as
unacceptable conditions and
war to drive Saddam Hussein
trait would go on. "I am going to
I it" he declared.
uggested the conflict could end
ckly if Iraqis "take matters into
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he was quick to condemn the
as "a cruel hoax" in speeches
at a Patriot missile plant near
Sush Bald l( did show Baghdad
cognizing for the first time that
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is nothing new here" Bush
hite House speech to a group of
a chewing group of workers at
jtheon Patriot missile plant in
Mats.; "I am going to stay with
it we are going to prevail and ow sofcfters
are going to come home wkh their heads
high"
"Iraq must withdraw Without condition.
There must be full implementation of all
the Security Council resolutions. And
there will be no linkage With other prob-
lems" Bush said with two crossed Patriot
antimissile missiles as a backdrop.
"There is no evidence of any withdraw-
al" he told reporters earlier.
In his White House remarks Bush said
the new proposal included "unacceptable
old conditions" including a demand that
Israel withdraw from occupied territory.
In addition he said "Saddam Hussein
has added several new conditions."
Presidential spokesman Martin Fitzwa-
ter said two of the new conditions were an
attempt "to dictate the new leadership in
Kuwait' ' and a call for allies to Finance the
rebuilding of Iraq after allied bomb dam-
age. And speaking to reporters in Andover
Bush suggested that it should be the other
way around. .
Bush did not Jet Iraq's overture interfere
With Ms planned three-day weekend Vaca-
tion at his oceanside home in Kenneb-
unkport Maine. He stopped at the Patriot
misslie plant on his way to Maine.
On Capitol Hill several officials said
Bush's $56 billion proposal for paying war
costs expected to go to Congress early
next week will probably include money
for 100 to 500 additional Patriot missiles
and about 400 Tomahawk missiles. Patri-
ots cost about $600000 apiece Toma-
hawks go for about double that amount.
At (he Pentagon spokesman Pete
Williams said the only peace overture the
United States would recognize would be
"concrete massive steps" by Saddam in
withdrawing his troops.
"It's not words we're looking for it's
action on the ground" Williams saicL "It
won't be hard. ... You simply take your
troops and you leave"
Lt Gen. Thomas Kelly director of oper-
ations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff said
Saddam had "failed Utterly" if he was try-
ing to get a military advantage out of the
offer. "Our1 campaign continues accord-
ing k? schedule."
Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole said
the offer "indicates we're right on target
... and he's on the ropes." Still said Dote
the offer "might be a slight crack" in
Iraqi intransigence.
Bush said that his expectations were
raised with the first reports on Friday
morning from Baghdad.
But that initial euphoria turned to scorn.
"Regrettably the Iraq statement now
appears to be a cruel hoax dashing the
hopes of the people of Iraq and indeed
around the world" Bush told the scien-
tists. "Until a massive withdrawal begins
with those Iraqi troops visibly leaving
Kuwait the coalition forces ... will contin-
ue their efforts to force compliance with
all the resolutions of the United Nations"
Bush said.
"But there's another way for the Wood-
shed to Mop" )w added. "And that is for
the Iraqi military and the Iraqi people to
take matters into their own hands to force
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National Congress say a
cord has helped clear the
negotiations on ending
linority rule although dlf-
i remain on some issues.
iltancous announcements
The two sides announced
agreed on details of the
Aug. 6 decision to suspend
struggle.
F.W. de Klerk's state-
: the accord would permit
rernment to free political
and auow exit to return
i Africa. Both were princi-
; demand for entering any
ere were still issues to
tfore talks cewkl begin.
en for both sides Gir
th number of political
(eligible for release.
1 the agreement completed
ar at a meeting between dele
ted by do Klerk and ANC
M president Nelson Mandela
Glito resolve whether members
of SEANC's military wing could
0Kirwfaponj.
JiUi. there is imnlementation
Fig to the letter and spin of
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toward commencement of
irty negotiations" dc
; statement said.
UNC statement said: "It is
sf that the conclusion of
eat marks another sig-
i step on the road K democ-
rf pece in ow country and
nt'of improved possimli-
1 arriving at 'ow goal without
I for further Woodshed."
the group had agreed to
all attacks and infiltration
I material. It also said the
pledged1 to stop creating
I military structures and
cease all rnjlltary training
i Africa
spokesman Pallo Jordan
i group reserved the right to
the armed struggle in the
EMturn the ANC statement
: government had agreed to
the right of all South
to "peacefully assemble
their views ' and would
i aecurity forces and "coun-
btencv units" to ston harass-
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Peru (AP) The death
ed 100 in Peru's cholera
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can nations applied enter
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' on Fridav ordered the
m of ks border area with
the cleaning of a rub-
canal that divides the
es.
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to play soccer matches in
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Saddam Hussein the dictator to step
aside" he added.
Bush said he'd spoken with some lead-
ers kt the t.S.-Ied coalition within hours
of the Baghdad overture and that they had
agreed there was ''nothing new. With the
possible exception of recognizing for the
first time that Iraq must leave Kuwait."
Sen. Sam Nunn D-Ga. chairman of
Senate Armed Services Committee said
tbe offer "could be the opening bid in
Saddam's move toward diplomacy In the
Arab world you always have to be pre-
pared for bargaining and this may be the
opening gambit. If there are conditions
attached to the withdrawal then I don't
think it will go very" far toward a cease
fire" Nunn said.
Bush first learned of the Iraqi statement
on early-morning television. He then sum-
moned Defense Secretary Dick Cheney.
Secretary of State James A. Baker HI
Vice President Dan Quayle and National
Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft into an
Oval Office strategy session Fitzwater
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Iraqi soldiers continue to make
their way through minefields and
over miles of barren desert to seek
refuge vilh allied troops.
Late Wednesday night and early
Thursday Saudi time 11 more Iraqi
soldiers surrendered to troops of the
1st Marine Division along the
Kuwait border.
The prisoners told Marines they
had walked through minefields to
reach the border and that other Iraqi
soldiers "wanted to surrender but
were afraid of their officers said
Chief Warrant Officer Eric Carlson.
Saudi and Egyptian military offi-
cials reported additional Iraqi line-
crossers overnight. And at the
Thursday briefing in Riyadh Brig.
Gen. Richard Neal told reporters
two-dozen Iraqis had come across
in the previous 24 hours.
"There's nothing significant to
tell you as to groups or sizes. They
were mostly small groups and
nothing of any significance to
report as far as equipment or
Weapons that came with them"
Neal said.
More than 1000 Iraqi soldiers are
now held as EPWs Enemy Pris-
oners of War according to military
officials.
Small groups of Iraqi troops have
surrendered along the border almost
daily since heavy bombing of
ground positions inside Kuwait
began last week.
"One of the Wg unknowns is try-
ing to figure out how many EPWs
we'll be dealing with. I don't think
anybody has A real feel for it yet"
said Maj. Stephen McCartney 43
commander of a Marine reserve
battalion assigned to deal with Iraqi
prisoners.
McCartney said his unit is
responsible for moving prisoners
from the battlefield to a holding and
processing center behind the front
lines. The prisoners will remain
there for 24 hours or so then they
will be moved further to more per-
manent detention centers operated
by the Saudis.
McCartney said it wilt be csscn-
ttaljto handkjraqis speedily once
thVcxpecteii" gro'uiM campaign
begin. ' "l
"We anticipate mat there may be
a large number of EPWs and our
concern is that a significant amount
of our combat power will have to be
diverted to deal with this problem"
said McCartney a reservist who in
civilian life is a homicide detective
with the Providence (R.I) Police
Department.
So far nearly all of the 50 prison-
ers taken by the 1st Marine Divi-
sion in the past week have been sol-
diers who voluntarily gave them-
selves up.
Sgt. John Young Jr. a Marine
stationed along the border said
many of the Iraqis who appear at
Marine positions are hungry and
demoralized.
"They don't look too good. Wc
give 'em smokes and MREs (Meals
Ready-to-Eat)" said Young 25 of
Elmer N.J. near Gla&sfeoro. "One
guy said he had a sister in Detroit.
He said he wanted to go to Burger
King." . .. i
U.S. technology plays role in Iraqi war build-up
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WASHINGTON In 1984 in tlte middle
of the Iran-Iraq war a physicist at the
defense giant Honeywell in Minneapolis got
what he considered a troublesome request.
It was a contract for Egypt through a
Swiss company called IPAT to produce a
report on a deadly weapon called Fuel Air
Explosive (FAE). The bomb produces an
intense explosion or rapidly dispersing gas
over a wide area. Used by the United States
in Vietnam it is designed to kill humans
destroy "soft" targets such as mines or
bunkers and clear vegetation for landing
zones.
Retired Honeywell physicist Louis Lavoie
said in a recent interview that he warned
Honeywell executives against the project
but that he was ordered to do it anyway.
Later he would learn (hat the paper ended
up in the hands of the Iraqis who may now
have the deadly FAEs to use against U.S.
troops.
The Honcywell-FAE case illustrates how
U.S. technology played a major role in Sad-
dam Hussein's military buildup of conven-
tional chemical and biological weapons.
And it shows how the U.S. government's
control of such products is often subject to
fiercely competing interests in the depart-
ments of Commerce State and Defense.
Kenneth Timmerman an investigative
journalist who specializes in Middle East
arms sales calls some of the U.S. approved-
exports "egregious violations of common
sense.
Trade experts say the United States tilted
toward Iraq during its war with Iran because
?if fallout from the Iranian hostage incident
torn 1979-81 and because of fears that Iran
Would dominate the Middle East if it won
the war.
"What makes less sense is why they con-
tinued to lean toward Iraq after the end of
the war" said Timmerman Who has written
two Mports on the Iraqi war connection for
the StnSon Wiesenthal Center in Los Ange-
les. "There was no reason to do so and that
seems to me like a pure Commerce Depart-
ment blunder."
Stephen Bryen a former deputy assistant
secretary of defense for export control has
said that a number of sales were made
against the Pentagon's recommendation
including a computer for Iraq's notorious
Saad 16 military research facility reportedly
one of the first targets of U.S. bombers.
But Paul Freedenberg a former undersec-
retary for commerce for export administra-
tion said the computer was not as powerful
nor threatening as is being depicted. He said
that commerce was merely fulfilling former
President Ronald Reagan's wishes and that
the U.S. intelligence community failed to
judge Saddam's intentions.
"The President Ronald Reagan said wc
should have normal trade" said Freeden-
berg. ''If you do not like the policy you con-
vince the president or the head of the NSC
(National Security Council) ... or the secre-
tary of state that we should change our poli-
cy. We had a normal trade policy with Iraq.
Obviously it was not a great idea."
largest fishmeal exporter. Medical
authorities say the vibrio cholcrae
bacillus that causes cholera also
resides in plankton and shore-hugging
fish.
The Peruvian government shut
down a major fishing terminal in
Lima after several hundred cases
of cholera were reported in the
area
Industrial production
drops for January
WASHINGTON (AP) Indus-
trial production fell 0.4 percent m
January for its fourth monthly
decline the Federal Reserve said.
The string of production declines
was the longest since the 10-month
period from March to December
1932 during the last recession.
Analysts said that with weak facto-
ry orders output will continue to
fall and cause unemployment.
Northwest snags
large Eastern chunk
NEW YORK (AP) Northwest
Airllftes was the big winner as a
federal bankruptcy judfe carved up
the leftovers from an auction of
gates and landing slots once oper-
ated by defunct Eastern Airlines.
Northwest got 67 slots and five
gates at Washington National Air-
port for $35.5 million on Friday
giving it a foothold for further
expansion on the East Coast
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