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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 2005

Page

3

Police evacuate Midland homes over suspected pipe bomb

Midland Police evacuated about two dozen homes Saturday morning while officers tried to defuse a 5 1/2 inch long tube device with a fuse sticking out near L and Gulf avenues. No one injured. residents returned home by noon. Call 685-7108 with tips.

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Franks praised for Iraq war plan while critics doubt postwar strategy

Saka credits Gen. Tommy Franks with war clarity but says Bush officials lack postwar planning and underestimate civil institutions. He questions Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld on Iraqi history, remains optimistic, notes Iraq’s Shiite and Kurdish majority. Focus shifts to diplomacy with Iran and Syria, warns against military action, Saudi Arabia viewed as key.

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Rice tours North Korean war bunker

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice toured a mountainside bunker that would serve as a U S and South Korean war command center. She told troops at Command Post Tango that they face a close in threat as the joint exercise with thousands of soldiers proceeds nearby.

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Mark Saka Named World Religion Professor at Sul Ross

Mark Saka, a Sul Ross State University professor in Alpine, is a historian of modern Mexico. He earned a political science bachelor’s and a PhD from the University of Houston. His wife Rosa hails from San Luis Potosi and they have a four-year-old son Caleb.

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Saka warns of possible succession crisis after Fahd death

Saka warns that King Fahd’s passing could trigger a succession crisis destabilizing Saudi Arabia. He says the US would likely remain in the Persian Gulf for years and stresses the need to learn more about the region’s history and culture.

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