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Plavsic, the only woman suspect at nage that might take place, the bitter
the court and the first Serb leader he eee yee edhe one eissoral ing to save money for the war, memories that this vil generate neue aleceseeies At a
to admit responsibility for atroci- damage ? on a Lumber of liom instead of speeding up spending to against the United States, and how will be the principles of conflict reso-
ties. First, they should consider the | bail out the economy. will we explain to the succeeding ution for an evolving global system
Plavsic, one of the highest-rank- Tapriiiaris a the sacrifice b os onal Democrats estimate generations of Americans that Iraqis Finally, no one talks about the -
ing officials to come before the UN. Ae e a ce by Ameri that the cost of an Iraq invasion and will grow up attempting to use vid- ocollateral damage ? of sending
tana 3 te omer Yugosai, sortotian droge a ree Security occupation er pe at least aap ibe lence to insure that they will be able American soldiers to fight a war en
e y to one count o : T on, taken out of an economy that to live in peace and security? Our i iti i
crimes against humanity, an of: pe Parra ts Or ae Meceae the Congressional Budget Office planners act as if America a a aoe ee ae ethe reeloctimmote oe
fense punishable by up to life im- By housing andy 18 already running a river of power in the world that there will be ident. For just as Vietnam soured a
prisonment. Sernieatefacrcntor tl Tot the budget of debt. patra re the debt will no cost for the aggressive actions generation of Americans on such
Homeland security bill those states whose economies have stint ne a wena ? i ° years, against others. = , adventures, the potential of loosing
gone into the tank. Funds needed fo Pp y sult of the Republi The true cost of oregime change ? thousands of lives for nothing also
is still mired in Senate these priorities will be vent on can tax cut, and this debt will be is not simply in replacing Saddam may contribute to the adoption of an
WASHINGTON " Senate mod- iasicnan kta Ketih 2 so-called added to that which already exists Hussein, but insuring that another isolationist mood in the aftermath. ~
erates tried in vain yesterday to re- oenemy ? who does not even threaten and is growing by leaps and bounds. Saddam or someone worse does not With American interests exploding -
solve the labor rights dispute that the basic security of the United Where are all those folks on the rise to replace him. Therefore, it globally, none of us can afford that.
has stalled legislation creating a States. Meanwhile, the direct-not Right who were calling for a bal- means destroying his infrastructure But as we ignore the realities of this
Homeland Security Department. indireot-interests of Americans will anced budget? When Bob Dole was and the people who support it. This and other collateral damage this pol- -
Democrats John Breaux of Lou- be threatened by the funds that are the Majority leader in the Senate, in step turns the United States into an icy could cause, we all become com-
isiana and Ben Nelson of Nebraska, rune ierectortin serine sents 1996 he also was the leader of the occupier in the region, joining Israel plicit in the result
joined by Repnilcan free Then, they should consider a pang uyng to pecure ; Palancee on the ground acting out the role of .
ee of Rhode Island, could not T ; udget. But you haven Tt heard from imperial agent of the West. _ is Disti ;
win agreement on their latest at- on on ar ang at the same time con- him lately on this issue. So, the war The reel name for the action leaden chin Gohatan. eee erin
tempt at compromise, which o er the recent report from the U.S. economy is now embargoing funds against Iraq would be oaggression, ? a on .

. ensus Bureau, which said that 1.3 . ; Se » African American Leadership Insti-
moved closer to the White House millio Ameri h ; that will be needed for domestic a term used to indicate that one tute and professor of government
position. As a result, the largely into ae nae ave slipped human needs far into the future. nation, for its own reasons, initiates and aie at the at it o f
partisan Senate logjam continues Pf icially defined poverty, tak- oCollateral damage ? will be done actions against another, just as Sad- ar a College P. a ONTO

| after almost five weeks. ing the poverty rate to 11.7 percent. by killing thousands, perhaps dam Hussein did against Kuwait or / OIE
A spokeswoman for Senate Ma-
jority Leader Tom Daschle (D-'

S.D.) repeated his pledge that the
Senate would keep trying for a deal
even as it moves on to other issues
such as the Iraq use-of-force resolu-
tion.

ALTERS : international law and global civili

By RON = the U8. sconomy "not just the stock of Iraq-a cost of war that no one ahora dncpte at Uo mexrtol ok:

As planning for the war ggainat market "is in dire need of attention. talks about. Who will take ating an international system where
ih And what does George Bush want responsibility. for the human car- nations respect law and civil proce-

Iraq proceeds, one wonders whether

to do? He wants to slow down spend-

Teams. heareiicn. | eapectatls ee a
global power, is a violation of inter-
national law and even if done by

political sanction from the

: "United Nation, it viola
* nundredis of thousands of the people pice rope gerbera tte

By ARIZONA LEWIS

forget about our nation Ts poor
schools, but it will not educate our

Black Caucus cautions against U.S. rush into use of military force

United States Sunday to take Iraq at
its word on allowing unfettered

Stephanopoulos. ?
oThey want their sovereignty

| President Bush has threatened children, ? said Lewis, a proponent of international weapons inspections respected ... they want to be treated

| to veto the homeland security leg- WASHINGTON " The 38 _ non-violence who was a civil rights and stop oprovoking ? a new Gulf with some dignity and respect, but

| islation unless it permits him members of the Congressional leader during the 1960s. war. basically they are suggesting that

| Greater power to hire, fire and Black Caucus issued a joint oThere is concern that there are The congressmen " David everything will be open for the

| move around the proposed agen- tate t Thursda: ti steps missing ? in the White House Ts Bonier, D-Mich., and Jim McDer- inspections. ?

| cy Ts 170,000 workers. statemen ursday caution- ove toward war, said caucus Chair- mott, D-Wash. " said Iraqi officials © McDermott, who like Bonier voted
. ing against a rush into George - woman Eddie Bernice Johnson, D- they have met in Baghdad had all against war with Iraq in 1991,

Arafat asks Bush to bar Bush Ts use of military force. Texas. promised that inspectors searching added:

relocating U.S. embassy "

JERUSALEM " Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat appealed yes-
terday to one of his toughest critics
+ President Bush " to block a
US. law that calls for moving the

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., accused
Bush of ignoring the nation Ts immi-
nent needs for health care, education
and environmental protection to
focus instead on a unilateral mili-
tary campaign against Iraq.

oWe cannot look to our president

One caucus member, Rep. Sheila
Jackson Lee, D-Texas, said she could
not vote for a resolution that would
grant Bush authority to use oall
means he determines to be appropri-
ate ? against Saddam. oThe case has
simply not been made to justify an

for weapons of mass destruction
could enter any site they wanted at
any time, but that Iraq also wanted
to be treated with dignity at the
same time.

oThey say to the person they will
allow unrestricted, unfettered

oThey said they would allow us to
go anywhere we wanted, and until
they don Tt do that, no one needs to do
this coercive stuff where you bring
in helicopter and armed people and
storm buildings.

I think you have to take the

nant to ea to address these problems, ? Lewis unprecedented pre-emptive military inspections, any time you want, any- Iraqis on their face value ... They
Bush signed the bill into law said in a speech at Howard Universi- strike, ? she told USA Today. where you want, ? Bonier said in a should be given a chance, otherwise
ty, reported USA Today. oHe is too In a related matter, two white U.S. live television interview with ABC Ts were trying to provoke them into

but views it as advisory rather than
mandatory, and says he has no
plans to move the embassy to Jeru-
salem, where Palestinians seek to
establish a capital in the eastern
part of the city.

In another development, Ar-
afat Ts Fatah movement has
dropped the idea of prodding the
Palestinian leader to relinquish
some power by appointing a prime
minister.

The Fatah campaign had been
the most serious political challenge
to Arafat in years, but the effort

busy pounding the drums of war. T
oBombing Baghdad may make us

congressmen visiting lraq urged the

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