Nation/World
University Daily Kansan / Friday November 9, 1990
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Briefs
Saddam fires military chief for opposing Kuwait seizure
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has dismissed his military chief of staff, and analysts said yesterday that he was fired for opposing the occupation of Kuwait.
The removal of Lt. Gen. Nazir al-Khazraji also could indicate growing dissension in Iraq's armed forces hierarchy, the Western sources said.
The Iraqi army al-Qadissiya daily reported yesterday that Khazrazi, chief of staff since 1985, was replaced by Gen. Hussein Rashid, an elite 120,000-strong Republican Guard forces.
The newspaper did not say what happened to Khazrai or when he was dismissed.
But several Western military and intelligence sources said Khazrizj opposed the Kuwait occupation. They also believe Saddam might be able to surround himself with relatives and loyalists.
CNN barred from releasing tapes of Noriega and attorneys
A judge yesterday barred CNN from broadcasting parts of taped conversations between Manuel Noriage and his attorneys and said it was becoming more difficult to assure a fair decision.
CNN called the judge's order unconstitutional prior restraint. The network continued its cover
U. District Judge William Hoeverle issued his order at the request of Noreena's attorney, who said airing the audio tapes would destroy his reputation as a director's defense attorney during drug-smuggling charges.
The network said that the tapes showed Noriage was trying to build support in Panama and that he intended to implicate the CIA as part of his defense strategy.
Gay man's discrimination suit against Boy Scouts continues
A judge's ruling has cleared the way for a gay man to proceed with a discrimination lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America and its national policy banning homosexuals
Timothy Curran, 29, was asked to leave the Scouts in 1980 when he took a young man to his senior prom. He filed his lawsuit in 1981 after his attempt to return as an adult leader was
Superior Court Judge Sally Disco rulied late Tuesday that the Mount Diablo Council in the San Francisco Bay area is subject to California's Unruth Civil Rights Act.
The act forbids businesses from discriminat- ing on the basis of sexual orientation, race or other characteristics.
Disco said the council was a business because it had considerable property holdings and made investments.
From The Associated Press
Bush: Read my lips again
WASHINGTON — President Bush, reviving the new-naw pledge he abandoned in a budget deal, said yesterday the only way Democrats will be able to income tax rates would be "over my dead veto."
The Associated Press
"It itin't going to happen, I'll guarantee you." Bush told reporters at a news conference after saying he expects congressional Democrats to come up with new tax proposals.
But he hedged his pledge somewhat when asked flatly if he would reject new taxes.
He said Democrats had an "insatiable desire" to raise taxes and accused them of trying to "stick me with being anti-civil rights" for vetoing a landmark bill banning job discrimination.
Bush struck a sharply combative stance toward the Democrats, who increased their power in both the Senate and House.
"I didn't reflect as well as I'd like," the president said reflecting on Tuesday's Republican party loss.
Bush, in one of his gloomiest assessments, said he was very concerned that the economy was faltering. He said he would consult with economists to help explain on ways to soften the blow and stimulate growth.
Bush said the clear message from Election Day was that "people feel they're taxed too much."
six incumbent governors, of both parties, went down to defeat. The losses generally reflected tax
Michael Hoskin, Bush's chief economic adviser,
told a business group yesterday that he wouldn't
be surprised if the US government didn't.
growth either in the final three months of this year or early next year.
He didn't specifically forecast a recession, but said there was no doubt economic growth was
Even before the election, Republicans were heavily outnumbered in Congress, and their losses Tuesday will make it harder for Bush to win veto battles and push a legislative agenda.
But Bush said the results would "tie my hands at all" in dealing with lawmakers, signaling that he was worried about their influence.
"When you extend the hand (of cooperation), somebody else has to reach out and shake it," Bush
Bush abandoned his politically popular no-newtax pledge during negotiations with Congress to reduce the massive budget deficits. To the dismay of Republicans, he did not seek aid for fiscal 1991 includes $140 billion in new taxes.
House Speaker Thomas S. Foley, D-Wash., said Wednesday there was support among Democrats for a surtax on millionaires, one of the provisions omitted from the budget deal.
Bush said that if Democrats want higher taxes, "we're in for a whale of a fight, and the proffered hand (of conciliation) may miss the shake because we're not going to compromise on that."
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The murder charge in the 70-count indictment carries a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine. No murder charge was included for Robinson's death. Moody was charged with transmitting the material with intent to kill in that death. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life and $250,000.
Georgian accused of killing judge says no federal court can be fair
Moody also is charged with a variety of other offenses related to the bombings. If convicted on all 70 counts he could face seven life terms plus 385 years in prison and fines of $16.9 million.
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Howard Shapiro would not comment on the motion, which said every federal judge in the country has altered his office's policies for lifestyle because of the mail bombings last year.
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ATLANTA — A man charged in mail bombings that killed a federal judge and a lawyer refused yesterday to enter a plea, pending his attempt to bar any federal judge from hearing the case.
In a hearing before a federal magistrate, lawyers for Walter Leroy Moody Jr. said the fact that a federal judge was one of the victims damages the impartiality of all federal judges.
U. S. Magistrate William Harper referred the case to U.S. District Judge Richard Freeman for trial. No hearing was scheduled on the motion. A motion by his defense team was supported for Moody because of his refusal to enter a nausea.
Moody's attorneys requested in a court motion that the Senate Judicial Committee appoint an ex-Attorney General to serve as a
Judge Robert Vance in Albama and explosives charges related to the death of Georgia civil rights activist Terry Johnson.
Alabama officials said Moody, 56, may also face state murder charges and the death penalty in the slaying of Vance, a member of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Authorities in Georgia said they have not seen enough of the evidence, most of it developed by federal authorities, to decide whether to press charges against him in the death of Robinson in Savannah.
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