Banner Graphic, Volume 21, Number 164, Greencastle, Putnam County, 16 March 1991 — Page 2

THE BANNERGRAPHIC March 16,1991

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Iraqi rebels claim to hold third-largest city

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) Rebels in Iraq today claimed to control the country’s third-largest city and said thousands of army defectors were fighting on their side in a growing revolt to unseat the war-weakened Saddam Hussein. In southern Iraq, Shiite Muslim rebels said the two Islamic holy cities of Karbala and Najaf were under “savage bombardment” by the government, killing more than 1,400 people. Iraq said it controlled the cities, a claim the rebels disputed. SADDAM WAS to deliver a television message today, his first since his defeat in the Persian Gulf War. The Iraqi president was to make “an important historic address,” Baghdad radio said without elaborating. Iraqi government TV, in an apparent attempt to discredit the rebels, broadcast interviews Friday night with a rebel and a Shiite cleric describing alleged rebel

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atrocities. They claimed the rebels killed people in a mosque and were looting. The government and opposition claims could not be independently verified. But the reports coming from several sources indicated the violence was escalating. THE REBEL radio station “Voice of Iraq’s Revolution” said Mosul, the third largest city in Iraqi with a population of 1.2 million, was captured after several days of clashes with government troops, according to Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency. Mosul, 200 miles north of Baghdad, is a center of Iraq’s oil industry and an economically strategic city. Jalal Talabani, head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, said Saddam’s forces were using napalm and incendiary bombs today against the northern cities of Karahanzeer and Shamshamal. Napalm is made of jellied petroleum that when ignited causes severe bums when it

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sticks to the skin. IRNA, MONITORED in Nicosia, also quoted a Kurdish rebel spokesman as saying that Iraqi aircraft had carried out air raids on Suleimaniya province in the north and Diyala province west of Baghdad. The spokesman said the Iraqi aircraft dropped white phosphorus bombs on the Suleimaniya town of Chanchai. White phosphorus ignites whatever it comes in contact with, burning through flesh. The U.S.-led allies, which control 20 percent of Iraq following the Gulf War, have warned Iraq not to use combat aircraft against its own people. The Washington Post reported today the U.S. commander, Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, had written Iraqi authorities that any fixed-wing Iraqi combat aircraft in the air were subject to being shot down. IRAQ HAD TOLD him it would be moving some aircraft for unspecified purposes, the

Four Los Angeles police officers are indicted in videotaped beating case

LOS ANGELES (AP) Four police officers indicted in the beating of a motorist may not be the last, county prosecutors said. And the U.S. Justice Department reportedly is considering charges against police who saw but did nothing to stop the assault. Meanwhile, a police audiotape released Friday seems to contradict officers’ claims that the motorist drove more than 100 mph in a police chase before the beating. INDICTMENTS against the three officers and their supervising sergeant were unsealed Friday. The felony charges against them follow the March 3 attack of Rodney King, 25, of Altadena. A bystander’s videotape of the beating was shown nationally on television, prompting a public outcry, local and federal investigations of the incident and a Justice Department review of six years of police brutality complaints nationwide. “It is a terrible moment and time for reflection when officers sworn to uphold the law are indicted for

newspaper reported. Military officials in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where Schwarzkopf is headquartered, declined to comment on the report. They referred questions to the State Department, saying the matter was tied to diplomatic efforts to reach a permanent cease-fire. In other developments in the region: • Congressional delegations including 20 from the Senate and 17 from the House were expected to arrive in Saudi Arabia over the weekend for briefings with Schwarzkopf and tours of the gulf region. • In Tehran, Iran, a senior Islamic cleric accused the United States of trying to install a proWestern government in Iraq and warned against any outside interference there. •The Kuwaiti government temporarily stopped issuing entry visas to journalists, saying there were too many in the emirate for its meager

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these most serious felonies,” District Attorney Ira Reiner said Friday. A GRAND JURY is still investigating and more idictments could soon follow, he said. Meanwhile, Justice Department attorneys are looking into whether 11 other officers who stood idly by during the beating should face civil rights charges, the Los Angeles Times reported today, quoting unidentified federal officials. Police Chief Daryl F. Gates, under pressure to resign, had no immediate comment on the indictments. Minority and civil rights groups want him out, claiming the beating fits a pattern of police racism. King is black. KING WAS clubbed more than 50 times, kicked and burned with an electric stun gun. His skull was broken, possibly causing permanent brain damage. He had been pulled over for speeding. Police initially claimed King was driving his Hyundai compact car 100 mph. However, the only reference to speed on a a police

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resources to handle. The allies drove Iraq out of Kuwait last month, ending Baghdad’s 7-month-old occupation. SHHTE MUSLIM rebels, in a statement, said Najaf and Karbala were under bombardment that has killed more than 1,000 in Najaf and 400 in Karbala. They reported damage to Muslim shrines and said “government forces could not control or enter either city.” The statement by the Ad-Dawa Party, one of the main Shiite opposition groups, claimed thousands more army defectors were fighting on their side to unseat Saddam. On Friday, Iraqi television broadcast an interview Friday with a young, mustachioed man who identified himself as Hamza Abbas, a 22-year-old army deserter. He said he had fought with rebel forces in Karbala. 50 miles south of Baghdad. HE SAID HE stole weapons, burned cars and was involved in murdering Iraqis. “We broke into a

tape released Friday was a California Highway Patrol officer estimating the speed of King’s car at 55 mph to 60 mph. INDICTED WERE: Sgt. Stacey Koon, 40, and Officers Laurence Powell, 28, Timothy Wind, 30, and Theodore Briseno, 38. At their arraignment, Superior Court Judge Gary Klausner allowed the officers to postpone their pleas until March 22. Koon, Powell and Wind posted $30,000 bail each; Briseno posted $5,000. Each was charged with assault with a deadly weapon by force likely to produce great bodily injury and, as police, with unnecessarily beating someone. Koon, Powell and Wind were also charged with inflicting great bodily injury, and assault under color of authority. KOON AND Powell also were charged with filing a false police report. Koon was charged with being an accessory after the fact for trying to conceal the incident. If convicted, Koon and Powell could be sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison. Wind

house and we raped a woman in front of her four children and killed the eldest son, an 11-year-old,” he said. Iraqi television also broadcast an interview with a man who identified himself as Sheik Jaafar. He said he had witnessed fighting in Najaf, 37 miles south of Karbala. He said the rebels were involved in rape and looting. They also dragged people who refused to take part in the revolt to the Imam Ali mosque, where they killed them, Sheik Jaafar claimed. THE SHITTE rebel statement reported that the 10th Armored Brigade of the Republican Guard had defected with its artillery, tanks and other weapons and was fighting against government forces. The regular army’s 81st brigade also has joined the Shiites in the south as violence spread toward a string of towns along the border with Iran, it said. An Iraqi brigade normally comprises more than 1,500 soldiers.

could get seven years and Briseno four. “The conduct of those officers on that scene that night is the most reprehensible thing that I’ve seen occur in this city. And I think that we are now on the road to bringing to justice those who committed the illegal acts,” Mayor Tom Bradley said. On Friday, Bradley appointed Stanley K. Sheinbaum, a frequent critic of Chief Gates, to the Police Commission. Bradley also denied a Times report that his chief deputy, Mark Fabiani, was orchestrating a campaign to force the chief to resign.

Calif, court de-bugged SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A two-way listening system in new state court chambers was installed by mistake and deactivated before justices moved in, court officials said. The Administrative Office of the Courts issued a statement Friday in response to a San Jose Mercury News story that said several justices were angry when they learned about the security system in the state Supreme Court and appeals court chamber. Several justices told the newspaper that court security officials could respond to a distress signal by pushing a button and hearing what was going on in the chambers.

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