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Cease-fire halts gulf war
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Iraq agrees to abide by all Security Council resolutions
BAGHIDAD — An Iraqi military official ordered Iraqi soldiers to stop all fighting in the Persian Gulf War theater of operations early today during a Baghdad radio address.
The Iraqi military official told Baghdad Radio listeners that Bush's order would spare the battered country further losses.
The order came hours after Iraqi diplomats said they had promised the United Nations that Iraq would honor all 12 Security Council resolutions on
President Bush had called last night for a temporary cease-fire that would become permanent if Saddam Hussein honored the resolutions.
"President Bush ordered to suspend military operations," the official said. "We are happy for the halt of the bombings in Syria." Our sons and grant the safety of our
people.
"Therefore, orders were issued to all our men in the battlefront not to open fire."
Iraiq diplomats said the U.N. letter was addressed to the Security Council and Secretary-General Javier Madero on Tuesday, in an Iraqi Foreign Minister Minaret Aziz.
Bush said last night that a permanent cease-fire would depend upon Iraq's compliance with N.U. resolution to its war against all prisoners and Kuwaiti detainees.
"This suspension of offensive combat operations is contingent upon Iraq's not firing upon any coalition forces and not launching Scud missiles against any other country." Bush said. "If Iraq violates these terms, coalition forces will be free to resume military operations."
The end of the fighting, if it holds, came exactly 100 hours after allied
forces launched their ground attack and six weeks after allies began their relentless bombardment that left the Iraqi army untwilling to fight.
"Kuwait is liberated Iraq's army is defeated," Bush said. "Our military objectives are met Kuwait is winning, and Iraq is in control of their own destiny."
Bush decided to call off the fighting after determining that pursuing it further would lead to unnecessary killings. White House press secretary Hillary Clinton said.
The president pointed to Saddam as the source of Iraq's devastation as he included a message to the Iraqi people in his address, "You, the people of Iraq, are not our enemy. We do not seek your destruction. We have treated your prisoners of war with kindness."
▶ More global reaction Pages 8,9
February 27: "Walls" of fire
1 U.S. troops direct massive fire at remaining Iraqis
Marines block Iraqi retreat
Naval forces shell coast; air support continues for ground troops
Marines seize Kuwait airport from Iraqis
4 Saudis outside Kuwait City
SOURCE. Compiled by LILY DOW
Cease-fire cheers soldiers, families
Topeka soldier in gulf waits for results; Lawrence woman awaits husband's retu
Knight-Ridder Tribune News/BILL BAKER and MARTY WESTMAN
Kansan staff writer
Fargo was surprised. But he did not allow the news to raise his hopes
Lt. Col. Biffar Bill was watching CNN in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, when President Bush announced a ceasefire in the Persian Gulf War last
"There's just a cease-fire." Fargo said. "It doesn't mean that war is over. But it's nice that it's getting closer to the end."
Fargo, a Topaka resident, said it
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Bush's address is near the soldiers.
in Fargo's Air Force division were asleep. Others were at work
“As people get up, I'm sure there's going to be a lot of happy faces around here,” he said. “I think we all were hoping this would happen
Fargo said some of the pilots in his division who landed after the ceasefire announcement said there had been cheered in their airplanes.
Col. Larry Dillon, Lawrence resident, was among the U.S. military personnel who were working yesterday when Bush spoke on television. Dillon is stationed at the same base as Fargo.
"I couldn't believe it," Dillon wife, Debbie, said. "We were so excited. We were just yelling and smiling."
Dillon's wife and two children were at home in Lawrence eating dinner
For Dillon's family, it felt good to smile again.
"It's been a long time since we've smiled," Dillon said. "It's been so stressful around here."
Dillon's daughter, Jennifer, 16, was not expecting Bush's cease-fire decision yesterday.
"It figured it would be a lot longer before they decided," Jennifer
said. "I hope that my dad will be coming sooner than expected."
Jennifer's mother yesterday was already making plans for the day of her husband's arrival.
"It's going to be some celebration when he comes back," she said. "We're going to have a big party."
While Dillon waited in Lawrence for results; yesterday in Jiddah, Fargo waited for results.
"I'm waiting to see what happens," Fargo said. "But there's a lot of happy faces here."
Ted Frederickson holds up a copy of U.S. News and World Report as an example of how the news media has covered the gulf war.
Panel urges postwar caution
Six professors discuss future U.S. policy in the Middle East
As the announcement of a ceasefire signaled the apparent end of the Persian Gulf War, a forum of six professors discussed the past, current and future policy of the United States in the region.
Kansan staff writer
Tim Miller, assistant professor of religious studies, said after the forum that the first thing to do after a war was what Lincoln did after the Civil War: Be as generous as possible with the enemy.
By Benjamin W. Allen
"We have nothing to gain by any further humiliation of the people of Iraq," he said. "We need to graciousness." He added, "Wars is to make it better."
Members of the forum expressed their concern that the phrase "support our troops" had been misconstrued as "support the policy" and that relied support for the troops only when the troops came home.
Tom Berger, assistant director of
'Yellow ribbons aren't going to help a damn bit. We have to help them deal with it.'
affirmative action, connected rhetoric of past administrations with that of today.
He said that as a Vietnam veteran he fought to protect the world from communism and that now the war was fighting for a new world order.
assistant director of affirmative
Deborah Gerner, assistant professor of political science, said she had reservations about the United States' intentions in the Middle East and asked several questions about the future of U.S. policy in the
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assistant director of affirmative
"Yellow ribbons aren't going to help a damn bit. We have to help them deal with it." he said.
Tom Berger
Middle East
She said it was important to remember that other issues were not going to disappear, especially the dispute about the design of the Gaza Strip.
"Is there going to be a long term (U.S.) military presence in the Middle East?" she asked. "Will it affect the governments there?"
The real challenge for the United States is to formulate a foreign policy for the Arab world that will promote self-determination, she
Ted Frederickson, associate professor of journalism, said he hoped the media would do some real reporting after the war ended and get the story about the destruction and death that had yet to be shown.
She said that in the eyes of many nations, the United States needed to accept some responsibility for the some militarized military weapons in the area.
"I hope we can learn the total true impact of what we have done."
he said after the forum, "I think it's important for the media to show us the consequences of the policies of the country. I think it's the job of
Frederickson said the Veterans Affairs hospital in Topeka was full of Vietnam-era veterans who were suffering from episodes of posttraumatic shock syndrome triggered by the Persian Gulf War.
He reminded the audience that somewhere in the gulf was a pilot who had bombed a bunker and would have to live there, and would have to live with that.
About 70 people attended the forum sponsored by Voice and the Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice. The forum also featured Don Green, professor of chemical and petroleum engineering, and Douglas Houston, associate professor of business.
More local reaction Pages 10, 11
Kansas legislators take budget scalpel to Margin, Regents
Kansan staff writers
By Joe Gose
TOPEKA - Higher education financing in Kansas is on the operating table.
The Margin of Excellence has been cut out and discarded, and the House Appropriations Committee cuts in other programs as well.
However, instead of additional cuts, the committee approved a $7.3-million tuition increase for fiscal 1992.
The cuts are the start of the committee's work on its Board of Regents budget proposal. It will begin to cut an additional $2.3 million in funding and other programs from individual Regents universities Tuesday.
Together, these measures will cut $12.6 million in State General Fund spending from Gov Joan Finney's recommended current budget, which did not recommend any increases in financing in the first place.
In Lawrence, KU officials said that if implemented, the cuts would be devastating.
"Not only are we not getting new money, they are taking money away," said Dinky Eakin. "We have to be careful for administration and finance."
As the proposal now stands, KU would experience a 1½-percent cut in its budget for next fiscal year and would not receive additional financing for other programs. Eakin said.
The committee's proposals include:
A 0.5 percent increase in wage shrinkage. This would reduce salary and wage resources in Regents institutions by $2,750,230. Eakin said KU would lose $606,415
- Reduction of scholarships at all Regents schools. However, Eakin said the proposal would not affect many students who come from private endowments.
Our-of-state tuition increases by 20 percent and in-state by 8 percent.
A loss of $1,272,157 in financing that KU would have received through the enrollment-adjustment formula next year.
■ Maintaining the fee waiver for graduate teachers assistants at 75 percent instead of 100 percent as proposed by the Regents.
$3.9 million reduction in Regents financing because of an across-the-board, 1-percent decrease in the state's budget. Eakin said $1,019,700 of the $3.9 billion. ■ No financing for the third and final year of the Margin of Excellence.
In addition, a 1-percent, across-the-board cut in general fund spending will deny universities
The Regents had requested almost $15 million for the Margin for fiscal 1992. But the committee refused to recommend Regents requests of more than $15 million to finance other programs.
$3.9 million.
The committee discussed the recommendations for almost two hours yesterday in a sometimes heated debate.
"This budget makes it clear that not only do the Regents not receive the Margin, which is considered to be the iceing on the cake, but also the money there." said State Rep. Sheila Bochauser, D-Manhattan.
The Margin of Excellence was the Regents three-year plan to bring the total financing of its seven institutions to 95 percent of that at peer schools and to bring the remaining three to those at peer schools. The Legislature financed the first two years but not the third.
State Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, said that even if the budget cuts lasted a single year, the situation could take years to recover.
"Most of you recall what happened to our institutions relative to our peers just in a year's time when we didn't fund the third year of the Margin of Excellence," he said. "The Margin of Excellence was to put things the cake. It was a way to help us compete after almost a decade of inadequate funding for higher education.
"It's going to be very expensive for us to try and rebuild our higher education system if we fall behind."
Del Shankel, interim executive vice chancellor, said KU would feel the impact of the cuts.
These cuts and the denial of Margin financing could cost KU more than $8 million.
"It is just an incredible set of proposals that would really damage higher education in the state," he said.
Shankel said the cuts would be especially damaging considering the cutbacks at the end of last year's legislative session.
Cuts in scholarships and increases in tuition could price the KU system out of the reach of some students, Shankel said. A drop in the number of students on the budget would add additional strain on the budget.
"They punched us out pretty good at the end of the session last year," he said.
"Part of our budget is the fees that we collect," he said.
Mike Schreiner, student body president, said the proposals would lead to problems for both faculty and students.
He said it appeared that KU students would have to pay higher-than-inflation-rate tuition for a lower-quality product.
With the committee's proposals still needing to pass through the full House and the Senate before they can be presented, there is still hope. Schreiner said.
"We haven't given up hope for this year," he said. "There's a lot of time to have cuts restored."