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Kurds may get U.S. protection Iraq warned not to interfere with refugee aid
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The United States, drawing a new line in Iraq, said yesterday that it had told the Iraqi government that it not to use ground or air forces that might be a threat to fleeing Kurds or to relief operations
"We are simply saying that we do not expect the humanitarian efforts to be interrupted or thwarted by Iraqi military, period," said White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater.
He said that the warning, which covers much of northern Iraq, was delivered during the weekend amid reports of the bombing the Iraq Embassy in Washington.
Fitzwater's announcement implied that any Iraqi combat helicopters or other aircraft used against the Kurds would be shot down, although the press secretary did not state this explicitly.
Fitzwater also voiced new enthusiasm, but no specific plans, for the idea of a sanctuary for Kurdish refugees who are freeing Saddam Hussein's army by the hundreds of thousands.
Fitzwater said yesterday that Bush had called British Prime Minister John Major and U.N. Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar to discuss ways a sanctuary for the Kurds could be set up. The leaders also about the offer under way to provide humanitarian aid to the Kurds.
"Everyone agrees on the need for a sanctuary." Fitzwater said. "The
concept of some location has to be considered."
He had said a day earlier that the administration had not yet made a judgment whether it would support the creation of a sanctuary.
Major and Turkish President Turgut Ozal have proposed that a U.N.protected sanctuary be established for the Kurds in northern Iraq.
Also yesterday, Fitzwater's office put out a statement saying Bush and Major had discussed humanitarian aid for the Kurds in the safe haven in northern Iraq. When asked if use of the term "safe haven" meant the United States considered the area "firefront," it says "It's not officially designated." He declined to offer further clarification.
Rebel groups said they had been attacked by Iraqi military helicopters, and an explosion saw the Bush oil attack should have done more to stop such attacks.
In the six weeks since the informal end of the Persian Gulf War, the United States has shot down two Iraqi warplanes but has downed no helicopters. The United States said it violated the terms of the cease-fire.
Fitzwater would not specify the area that was now off-limits to Iraqi military operations, saying only that they were among areas where Kurds have taken refuge.
But a senior Pentagon official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he was trying to find someone.
thing above the parallel that marks 36 degrees north latitude.
That area includes all of northern Iraq, including the cities of Mosul and Dohok, where hundreds of thousands of Kurds live.
In effect, the White House statement asserts U.S. military authority in northern Iraq for the first time since the informal cease-fire. U.S. forces control considerable territory in southern Iraq
Officials said the U.S. declaration prohibited helicopter gunships as well as fixed-wing aircraft from opening fire on the tens of thousands of homeless Kurds and other refugees.
Fitzwater said that there had been no military activity in the region during the past few days.
Special to the Kansan
Carrier delivers in backyard blaze
By Justin Knupp
Instead of just putting the evening newspaper on the doorstep. Zac Huston made sure the house had a doorstep to put the newspaper on.
Huston, a 13-year-old paper carrier for the Lawrence Daily Journal-World, got a first-hand lesson that you should never play with fire. He discovered a fire about 8 last night at the home of Mike and Sandy Wellman, 1808 Mississippi St.
When Mike Wellman started a barbecue, he had planned on cooking hot dogs for dinner After meeting with him, he went to more hot dogs.
When he returned, he discovered three fire trucks in front of his house and cinders from the back of his garage in his backyard.
Sandy Wellman said that the barbecue was probably the cause of the fire. Fire officials do not yet know the cause of the fire. There were no injuries.
Huston was collecting money for his paper route when he stopped at the Wellman home.
"I saw flames coming over the roof of the garage as I went to the door." Huston said. "I told Mrs. Cormack, and she told me to call 911."
Lawrence firefighter Pete Easterwood examines a garage that was probably ignited by a barbecue grill at 1808 Mississippi St.
Huston said that after calling the fire department, he ran outside. He picked up a garden hose and began to extinguish the fire
"By the time the fire department arrived, Zac had put out most of
the fire all by himself." Sandy Wellman said. "He was my little hero."
Huston said, "I have worked this route for three years, and nothing like this has ever happened. I sort of hesitated at first, but then I just
grabbed the hose and turned on the water. "
Mike Wellman said, "For three years, our paper has been on our front step every day. This is just the right thing to give a great kit I want to thank him in."
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