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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 2003
Page
6
In Colombo, three separatist rebels used a boat to smuggle arms into Sri Lanka and blew themselves up after forcing two peace monitors to jump overboard. Government forces halted the vessel as Berlin peace talks progressed on human rights and banning child soldiers.
At Istanbul airport a Turkish citizen identified as Ali Siker Urbak seized flight attendants aboard a Turkish Airlines plane from Ankara claiming a bomb. After about two hours police stormed the craft and freed the hostages. the bomb threat proved to be candy sticks. Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu said no one was injured.
In Chechnya, Chechen rebels and land mines killed ten security personnel in the last 24 hours. Four Russian soldiers died in Grozny and Vedeno with three more in a rebel assault, while three officers were hurt in a separate incident. Two senior officers face new charges over a deadly friendly fire case reported by Interfax.
In Honduras near the El Cajon hydroelectric plant authorities report a severe oxygen drop in rivers and ponds may have killed about 1,600 tons of tilapia. Environmental Minister Patricia Panting said heavy rains likely reduced water oxygen to 1.46 mg per liter at three feet depth, far below the normal 6 mg. The plant herself is not implicated, and the death toll estimates reach 5.5 million fish since January 2027.
Three Iraqi arms experts gave private interviews to U.N. monitors on the eve of a pivotal visit by Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei. The talks followed months of pressure as Iraq grants unmonitored access to some scientists, while U.S. officials push for stronger inspections and U.N. backing for action. Sinan Abdel-Hassan said he spoke to deter a U.S. pretext for war. The U.N. confirmed the interviews but did not release names.
An AP Television News interview with a scientist reveals he spoke to undermine U S motives for invading Iraq and ousting Saddam Hussein. Powell cites evidence officials call false or misleading. Britain admits copying an American academic’s work for a dossier on Iraq while Blair’s spokesman says the core argument remains intact.
US and British envoys discuss a range of UN actions to pressure Saddam Hussein. A 48 hour deadline option could threaten war unless power is relinquished or removed by his people, while another plan notes inspectors findings and warns of consequences. A force authorization would be required in some form.
Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo urged supporters to accept a French brokered peace accord after four months of conflict. He defended the deal allowing rebels to hold interior and defense ministries as opposition rioted in Abidjan, insisting a unity government is possible but he has not decided its exact makeup.
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