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Blood Drive-The Red Cross
is planrung on being at M-
AC on Thursday, Feb 28.
The times scheduled to give
blood are 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Plays-" Who's Afraid of Vir
ginia Wolfe'VMarch 1-3/
Warren Wilson / Call 298-
3325
"Oresteia"/February 22-
24/Theatre UNCA/253-
5778
"The Winter's Tale"/
UNCA/February 27/251-
6411
"Tarot: House of Cards"/
Jubilee/March 1-2/252-
9661
Lecture-"TheNew Europe:
What Role for the United
States"-Presented by Dr.
Walter Boland, chairman of
the Department of Sociol
ogy at UNC-Asheville. This
is scheduled at Highland
Farms, Tuesday, Feb. 26.
World Day of Praver-Fri-
day, March 1, will be the
prayer day for the United
Methodist Church. This
global service will be led by
Lucy Hestir, Church
Women United President.
This is a chain of prayer,
which will join all denomi
nations in prayers for peace.
The Black Mountain News
states that, "This year's
service was written by
women of Kenya, West Af
rica."
Gospel Music-A enjoyable
program of gospel music
will be presented Feb. 28 by
Heaven Bound at theSwan-
nanoa Church of God at
7:30. Heaven Bound, a
quartet, has appeared in
various churches, prisons,
and Carnegie Hall (3 times).
Call 686-3538 for more info.
Ground Campaign
Begins
By: Susan Long
Staff Writer
It looks as though the big
question of whether Saddam
will retreat from Kuwait has
been answered with a firm
no. As the minutes ticked by,
the time for Saddam's re
sponse grew closer. Febru
ary 23, 1991, by 12:00 EST
Saddam's deadline had
passed while his troops re
mained in Kuwaiti territory.
Yet, while Washington
awaited Iraqi response and
the Soviet Union continued
to listen for any answer to
their suggested pullout, war
continued.
It is evident that Saddam
is stirring, yet it is estimated
that 50% of Saddam's army
has already been wiped out
thus far. Troops that have
been either captured or have
surrendered appear hungry,
tired, and weak. The statis
tics speak for themselves. The
US has 8 POW's held by Iraq,
while Allied forces hold Iraqi
POW's numbering into the
thousands. Now, for the first
time since the combat began,
the Iraqi leader has been
forced to utter a word toward
negotiations. Baghdad said
that it will now begin draft
ing 17-year olds who might
otherwise still be attending
school.
On February 11, 1991,
allies stepped up the air as
sault on Iraq's elite Republi
can Guard and other ground
forces occupied in the Kuwait
theatre. "There's more stuff
up there (in the air) than I'll
see in 20 lifetimes," said an
Air Force pilot. "Targets
everywhere. It's like an
amusement park, except
they're shooting back at you."
Even now the air raids con
tinue in high numbers with
an estimated 2,900 air mis
sions every 24 hours for al
lied forces.
The Russian government
tried to begin negotiations by
offering Saddam this deal:
For Iraq to agree to all UN
resolutions and by offering
Saddam a personal exemp
tion from war crimes charges,
or other penalties. Bush re
ceived a cable explaining the
Iraqand Russian dealings. He
expressed appreciation, yet
continued his much guarded
consent of war proceedings.
Bush wants Saddam to with
draw from Kuwait immedi
ately, and leave behind all
significant weapons. The US
President's discontent could
cause a drastic break in allied
forces, as Bush already
struggles to keep SCUD tar
geted Israel from waging a
counter-attack. Israel's de
fense minister, Moshe Arens,
in a hastily arranged one day
visit to Washington, told
President Bush tha t Israel was
suffering heavy destruction
and the country's restraint
was wearing thin. In his visit
he warned Bush of possible
Israeli retaliation and at
tempted to press Bush on
dealing favorably with Is
rael's financial needs.
Now both forces are
deeply involved in a ground
war. With the Coalition
Forces moving with tens of
thousandsof men, thousands
of tanks, mobile artillery
pieces, rocket launchers, and
a continued air assault, surely
Saddam is considering a with
drawal. The Iraqi people are
tired. Theymaynotbeableto
continue much longer, yet the
decision remains in the hands
of Saddam Hussein, will he
pull out? Will he stay? Will he
survive? The world watches
while the actors play.
(Information compiled from The
Washington Post, U.S. News
And World Report, and The
Charlotte Observer)
"Daniel, servant of the living
God, has your God, whom
you serve continually, been
able to rescue you from the
lions?" Daniel ans wered, "O
king, live forever! My God
has sent his angel, and he
has shut the mouths of the
lions. They have not hurt
me, because I was found
innocent in his sight. Nor
have I ever done any wrong
before you, O king."
-Daniel 6:20-21
Quotables
I love California.
I grexv up in Phoenix.
Dan Quayle, when asked
about his role in carrying
California for the GOP in
1992.
- -Collected From
Newsweek j