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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102.NO.79
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1993
(USPS 650-640)
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U.S., allied aircraft strike Iraqi missile sites
Coalition targets anti-aircraft weapons
Bombers hit southern Iraq claim success
Sources: The Associated Press, Knight/Ridder Tribune
The Associated Press
Iraq's only response appeared to be a small amount of anti-aircraft fire. None of the 112 allied planes involved in the four-hour attack were reported lost, said Marine Gen. Joseph Hoar, the four-star general in charge of the mission.
The U.S. and allied aircraft that swept through the skies of southern Iraq last night rained laser-guided bombs and anti-radar missiles in a half-hour strike against missile batteries, Pentagon officials said.
"Based on pilot reports, we believe it has been successful," said Hoar, who briefed reporters at Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Fla.
No military official would estimate the number of missiles or missile batteries destroyed by the strike.
Events leading up to attack
U. S. officials say Saddam, who has vowed to爱own dawned plane, has moved surface-to-air missiles into southern zone.
Jan. 6,1993
Nov. 26, 1992
After flying about 7,500 patrols,
piilots report Saddam has
"shooted" in inclination ... to test
use of firefighters
Aug. 27, 1992
No-fly zone takes effect, U.S.
Britain and France begin air patrols
U. S. and Allies give Baghdad 48 hours to remove missiles or face military action.
Aug. 27, 1992
TAILOU 1993
Jawiirai cross Kuwaiti border,
Switzerland, Slimwarm missiles and explosives left by retreating Iraqis in 1991 war.
Baghdad tries to block U.N. flights within Iraq.
Most officials said that it would take hours for camera footage of the strikes to reach military analysts and several days to assess the damage.
Jan. 10, 1993
Iraq rejects the Western plan to impose a "nofly zone" below the 32nd parallel to protect Shite Muslim rebels from air attack.
Aug. 21, 1992
Dec. 27,1992
Jan. 13, 1993
Iraqis in civilian clothing cross again.
Bush launches attack against Iraq.
warning radar sites and Iraqi air defenses that Saddam had attempted to rebuild since the Gulf War.
U. S. F-16 fighter shoots down Iraqi MiG-25 after it penetrates zone and ignores radio warning to leave.
Iraqis cross into Kuwait for third day. U.S. officials say Baghdad is moving anti-aircraft batteries around in southern no-fly zones. U.S. administration says there will be more warnings to Baghdad.
Jan. 4. 1993
Around Jan. 1, Iraq had moved the anti-aircraft batteries to an area where Iraqi jets appeared to be attempting to hurl U.S. aircraft into air battles, perhaps as revenge for the Dec. 27 downing of an Iraqi MiG that had entered the zone.
Jan 12 1993
Hoa said that more forces could be used, should Iraqi President Saddam Hussein continue his defiant behavior.
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, in an interview with PBS "MacNeilLehrer NewsHour" said the allies attacked eight targets at six different sites.
Tensions mounted last week when Saddam moved the mobile anti-aircraft missiles and their guidance radars into a ready-to-shoot configuration within the no-fly zone set up to protect the Shiite minority in the south.
The targets included the surface-to-air missile sites, their radars, early
southern city of Basra. The report, which quoted an anonymous official source, also said three soldiers and four civilians were wounded.
Cheney said he had no way of estimating a possible number of Iraqi casualties, saying it was not clear whether the sites were manned.
A Baghdad radio report said one soldier and three civilians were killed in a residential area near a petrochemical complex in the area around the
Saddam responded to the attack early today. Speaking on television from an undisclosed location, the Iraqi leader urged his people to wage holy war against Western allies after attacks on military targets in southern Iraq.
"Fight against them as you fought the enemies of God before, and extinguish the fire of hatred in the muzzles of their weapons," Saddam said in a speech monitored in Nicosia. Cyrus
Dan Schauer. Katherine Manweiler / KANSAN
"The criminals came back, carrying their spite and their tools of evil," Saddam said in the nearly 10-minute address.
He urged the military and its air defenses "to turn the sieges of Iraq into
a lava against the oppressors from north to south, east and west."
"Each aircraft of theirs in the sky of Iraq is a target for your weapons. Use the name of God, and you will find them wrecked, God willing."
He added, "The American aggressors and their allies who work under Satan attacked our air defenses beginning with the southern part of the Iraqi territory.
KU on Wheels raises rates
Student Senate cites higher contract costs for hiked bus fares
By Brett Riggs
Kansan staff writer
Spare change doesn't go as far as it used to.
A one-way trip on campus buses now costs $1 instead of last semester's 75 cents, and the cost of semester bus passes has been raised by Student Senate to $50 from $45.
Christine Kaiser, director of KU on Wheels,
said that the higher prices were necessary to maintain the contract with the Lawrence Bus Company, 837 Pennsylvania St.
"Contract costs have gone up, and it is hard to cut our own costs without raising the costs of bus passes and cash fares," Kaiser said.
Travis Harrod, student senator on the transportation board, said that the contract costs went up at the beginning of the Fall
1992 semester
He said the University paid about $120,000 each month to run the buses. Student activity fees contribute $7.66 per student, or $330,000 a semester, to maintain the service.
Harrod said Senate raised single-ride rides to shift some of the burden from students to Lawrence residents, who often use the service.
"We are trying to make local calls a bit more for KU on Wheels," Harrod said. "Students pay for much of the service through student fees."
"We considered the possibility of lowering bus passes to $40 to get more people interested in riding the buses, but our buses are already carrying 98 percent capacity." Harod said. "We thought that the people who were really interested in riding the buses would ride them anyway."
Harrod said that Senate had considered other alternatives to meet the rising contract costs.
Harrood said that Senate also wanted to raise the amount of money it had stored in a
reserve for KU on Wheels. Senate has kept the reserve, which is to be used in case of emergencies, at $80,000. But Kaiser and Harrod said that Senate would like to see the amount top $100,000.
"The reserve is there in case gas prices would suddenly rise, or we would find the need for more buses," Harrod said.
Chris Ogle, Lawrence Bus Company director, said the raise in contract costs was an overall trend of inflation.
"I think the price is still a bargain," Ogle said. "KU on Wheels is very well run, and very little money was wasted."
"Bus contracts have not kept up with inflation, so contracts for buses have gone up," Ogle said.
Harrod does not foresee bus-pass prices going up again in the near future.
Ogle said he believed that despite the raise in prices, the KU on Wheels system still was very affordable for students.
"We don't want to have to raise prices for at least another year and a half." he said.
Bus fares have increased 25 cents to $1 this semester.
Student passes have increased from $45 to $50.
Defiance created tension
Saddam had history of 'cheat and retreat'
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Bush and his military advisers weighed the possibility of a military strike against Iraq for months as Saddam Hussein repeatedly flouted the U.N. cease-fire rules, a White House official said.
Even before Baghdad set off alarms last week by positioning anti-aircraft missile batteries near the no-fly zone in southern Iraq. Bush had discussed possible action with the leaders of Britain, France and Russia, White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said.
Usually, Saddam followed a "cheat-and-re retreat" pattern, defying the United States and its allies up to a point, then backing down before the crisis came to a head, Fitzwater said.
Last July, Iaq kept U.N. weapons inspectors at bai for three weeks outside the Agriculture Ministry in Baghdad, where the inspectors went in search of weapons-related material. They finally got in but found nothing.
"Saddam was willing to tempt the coalition in every way possible and willing to try it on a number of fronts," said Fitzwater.
On Monday, Bush convened a National Security Council meeting at 2 p.m. Afterwards, the United States began informing its allies as well as President-elect Clinton's national security advisers.
Saddam placed bombs on relief trucks in northern Iraq in November and December and sent Iraqi jets aloft to penetrate the no-fly zone in southern Iraq. An Iraq MIG was shot down on Dec. 27, and U.S. experts later found evidence that a missile had been fired at a U.S. plane.
In the first days of the new year, Baghdad brought on a new crisis with a series of provocative steps: Positioning missile batteries near the 32nd parallel, staging raids into disputed Kuwaiti territory to recover weapons and equipment from an old naval base and banning flights of U.N. planes carrying weapons inspectors.
The strike was set for Tuesday, but bad weather led to a 24-hour postponement.
Bush and British Prime Minister John Major discussed the need to stop Iraq's defiance of the U.N. when they spent the weekend together at Camp David before Christmas.
"the difference this time is he just
kept on every day with a new one."
Fitzwater said. "There was no indication that he intended to retreat."
Bush brought it up again in talks with Russian President Boris Yeltsin in Moscow Jan. 2-3 and again in Paris with French President Francois Mitterrand as the president returned home.
at 9:50 a.m. yesterday. Bush held a final session with his national security team in the Oval Office.
Performinglive
Grammy-nominated singer Maura O'Connell talks about her music. She will perform at 642 Massachusetts St. on Wednesday night.
Because a reporter was given incorrect information, the Kansan yesterday incorrectly reported that Domino's Plaza had no plans to open another store. The Kansan yesterday opened a Domino's store at Iowa St. Iowa.
CORRECTION
Potholes abound after icy weather
By Todd Selfert
Kansan staffwriter
Trini Brown, owner of Trini's Auto Body Works, 956 North Third St., drove around town with a friend Tuesday night when the unexpected happened.
George Williams, director of public works, said he had noticed an increase in the number of potholes in Lawrence.
"We were driving along, and all of a sudden we hit a pothole pretty hard in front of Johnny's Tavern," Brown said. "I know it wasn't there before all the snow fell."
"They're popping out like mushrooms," he said. "Our crewstry to get out and fix them as soon as they can. We've been pretty fortunate in that we've been able to keep up with most of the holes, but we obviously can't get to all of them."
The number of potholes increases during
icy weather because the freeze and thaw
process causes pavement to expand and contract, said Stephen Helsel, associate director of facilities operations. When water freezes, melts and refreshes, it chips away at the pavement.
"The Midwest is horrible for that process," he said. "Up north it gets cold and stays cold. They don't have the same problems that we do in this part of the country. The cycle makes it difficult to make repairs."
Helsel said that University crews usually repaired streets by cutting around the cracks and holes in square blocks down to the gravel. The gravel is then dried, and concrete is poured into the hole.
"We put asphalt on top of the concrete because the color blends in with what's already there," he said.
far"
"We can use what we call a cold patch, which is cool asphalt, but it doesn't bind as well. It's a temporary solution. We'll have to go back later and redo what we've fixed so
Williams said that the city would not know the full cost of repairing its streets until spring.
Car damage caused by potholes cannot be determined until the car is driven on dry pavement, said Steve Montgomery, shop manager for Performance Tire & Wheel, 1828 Massachusetts St.
Helsel said that several streets on campus, including the intersection at Sunnyside Avenue and Naismith Drive, Mississippi Street in front of the football stadium and Jayhawk Boulevard in front of both Snow Hall and Watson Library, would need repairs when the weather permits.
"There is still a lot of ice on the roads," Montgomery said. "We won't know how much damage was done to cars in regard to alignments until a couple of weeks after the ice is gone."
Freezing rain and sub-zero temperatures are making pavement ripe for cracks and potholes.