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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15.2002
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 5A
Iraq prepares for weapons inspectors, predicts trouble ahead
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A day after accepting a tough new U.N. resolution, Iraq yesterday predicted more trouble ahead with the United States as it prepares to receive the first weapons inspectors in nearly four years.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, meanwhile, combined a renewed threat of force with an assurance to the Iraqi people that they would be richer if Saddam Hussein was gone.
Babil newspaper, owned by Saddam's son Odal, called on Iraq's traditional Security Council allies — Russia, France and China — to remain vigilant
about America's true intentions.
"Our problem and crisis with the United States is not over yet and may have just begun," the influential newspaper said in a front-page editorial.
Blair, America's staunchest ally, broadcast a message into Iraq saying "The standard of living and prosperity of the Iraqi people would be infinitely greater were Saddam not there."
The prime minister hoped his message would reach Saddam, the Iraqi people "and the wider Arab world," his spokesman said in London. It was broadcast yesterday by the Arabic service of Radio Monte Carlo — the most popular shortwave station reaching Iraq.
"One of the reasons I wanted to speak to you today is to communicate with people directly, because what happens in a situation like this is that there are myths that grow up," Blair said. "I have just dealt with one myth, that this is about Christians versus Muslims — it isn't — or is about the West versus the Arab world, or it's about oil."
Blair said Saddam's regime was "brutal and oppressive," and if he didn't disarm, "the weapons will be disarmed by force."
On the streets of Baghdad, however, ordinary Iraqis expressed concern the Americans were bent on a military showdown regardless of whether their government cooperated
"We are happy that the crisis has been defused for the time being, but I think the war is inevitable," said Salah Ali, a 44-year-old bookstore owner.
with the U.N. inspectors.
Iraq informed the United Nations on Wednesday that it had accepted the latest U.N. resolution and would allow international inspectors to resume the search for weapons of mass destruction, which was suspended in 1998. An advance team of inspectors was expected in Baghdad on Monday, with formal inspections to begin in 10 days.
President Bush has warned the United States will show "zero tolerance" of any Iraqi obstruction
and has threatened war if Baghdad fails to comply with the resolution.
In other developments yesterday:
Iraq insists it no longer possesses any banned weapons, despite Washington's insistence it does. In the editorial, Babil said Iraq's acceptance of the "unjust resolution" shows its "good intentions and reaffirms that the country is clear of weapons of mass destruction."
A senior official of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group said America was determined to attack Iraq, despite Baghdad's acceptance of inspectors. "The U.N. Security Council resolution ... will not
prevent this war because there are vital and strategic interests for America in the Gulf region and the Middle East, at the forefront of which is controlling the oil wells," Sheik Khodor Nouredine said.
Malaysia said Saddam had postponed war by allowing the return of the inspectors. "For the time being, there will be a respite," Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was quoted as saying by the national Bernama news agency.
Mexican President Vicente Fox, whose country is on the Security Council, said the United Nations must be consulted before any military action.
Jurors sentence Carr brothers
The Associated Press
WICHITA — Jurors decided yesterday evening two brothers convicted in the execution-style slayings of four friends on a snow-covered soccer field should be put to death.
It took jurors about seven hours to decide the fate of Reginald Carr, who turned 25 yesterday, and his brother Jonathan, 22, who were convicted last week of capital murder for the Dec. 15, 2000, deaths of four people, and of attempted murder for the shooting of a fifth person that day.
The brothers also were convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting of a woman four days before the Dec. 15 murders.
The Carrs showed no visible emotion as the sentences were read. But when the brothers were being taken from the courtroom, Mark Befort, a brother of one of the victims, sarcastically wished Reginald Carr a "happy birthday," followed by an expletive. Reginald Carr's response was laced with profanity.
Jurors earlier this month returned capital murder convictions in the deaths of Aaron Sander, 29, Brad Heyka, 27, Jason Befort, 26, and Heather Muller, 25. All four were shot execution style in the back of the head as they knelt side-by-side in the field.
Befort's girlfriend, then a 25-year-old teacher, was also shot in the head in the field, but escaped
and ran to get help. She survived to testify against the brothers.
Many of the family members of the victims held hands with each other as the verdicts were read. Outside the courtroom, they tearfully hugged District Attorney Nola Foulston. Family members have declined to comment until after today's sentencing.
The most notorious of the crimes happened during two days in December 2000 when two armed intruders entered a Wichita home. The two women and three men inside were forced to engage in sexual acts with each other and to withdraw money from ATMs. The women were repeatedly raped before the five friends were taken to the soccer field and shot.
The Associated Press
Virginia executes Pakistani man
JARRATT, Va. — A Pakistani man who killed two CIA employees in a 1993 shooting rampage outside the agency's headquarters was executed yesterday as the State Department warned of global retaliation against Americans.
Aimal Khan Kasi, 38; died by injection at the Greensville Correctional Center at 9:07 p.m.
"There is no god but Allah," Kasi said, softly chanting in his native tongue until he lost consciousness.
Hours before the execution, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal and Gov. Mark R. Warner denied a request for clemency, saying Kasi had "shown absolutely no remorse for his actions."
"There is no god but Allah."
Allah.
Aimal Khan Kasi
Aimal Khan Kasi Pakistani man executed for killing two CIA agents
Last week, the State Department warned that Kasi's execution could lead to acts of vengeance against Americans everywhere. Two days after his conviction, assailants shot and killed four American oil company workers in Karachi, Pakistan.
Some Pakistani politicians pleaded with American officials to spare Kasi's life, saying commutation could "win the hearts of millions" and help the United States in its war on terrorism.
Hundreds of religious students protested in Pakistan this week, warning Americans there that
they would not be safe if Kasi dies.
Kasi killed CIA communications worker Frank Darling, 28, and CIA analysis and physician Lansing Bennett, 66, as they sat in their cars at a stoplight.
Three other men — an engineer, an AT&T employee and a CIA analyst — were wounded as Kasi walked along a row of stopped cars, shooting into them with an AK-47 rifle.
He fled the country and spent most of the next 41/2 years hiding in and around the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.
He was caught in a hotel while visiting Pakistan and was returned to the United States.
Kasi confessed to the slayings during the return flight, saying he was angry over CIA meddling in Muslim nations.
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