2The Daily Tar HeelMonday, September 12, 1988
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Use of poisoim
From Associated Press reports
WASHINGTON Iraq's use of
poison gas against its Kurdish minor
ity is prompting concern that other
nations bogged down in armed
conflict might resort to the "silent
killer" in violation of a universally
accepted ban against the use of
chemical weapons.
According to U.S. officials, there
is little question that Iraq's use of
mustard gas against Iranian forces
influenced Iran's decision to end their
8-year-old Persian Gulf war last
month.
Almost immediately after the
cease-fire took effect, Iraq launched
an offensive against its Kurdish
minority a? suspected collaborator
Fires cootioye to rase i in Yellowstone
From Associated Press reports
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL
PARK, Wyo. Buffalo graze non
chalantly near flaming trees, but
people are not reacting so coolly, and
residents once worried about losing
business to forest fires now fear losing
their homes.
Fire has destroyed buildings
around the geyser. Old Faithful, and
has threatened tourist towns on the
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with Iran. Tens oi thousands of Kurds
were forced to flee to southern
Turkey. . ,
Last week, about nine days after
the first reports of Iraqi chemical
warfare began to circulate. Secretary
of State George Shultz said he was.
convinced the allegations were true.
' Shultz accused the Iraqis of "unjus
tifiable and abhorrent" behavior. The
Senate then unanimously approved
stringent economic sanctions against
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Iraq's minister of state for foreign
affairs, Saddoun Hammadi, met with
Shultz on Thursday and called the
charges "absolutely baseless."
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and Silver Gate, located outside the
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possibly reflecting the lack of global
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Islamic regime.
In May, Iran complained that the
absence of punitive measures against
Iraq was having a disastrous effect.
Indeed, a U.N. report issued two
months later said use of chemical
from the fire's path.' The so-called
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The 1925 Geneva Convention ban
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was signed by 105 nations, was seen
as a major step toward humanizing
armed conflict and assuring that the
horrors of poison and nerve gas
attacks in World War 1 would never
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That optimistic view has been
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"A guy gets really bitter when it
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Space shuttle may not lift off
on first try, program head says
From Associated Press reports
WASHINGTON - The head
of the nation's space flight pro
gram cautioned Sunday that
NASA might not be able to launch
the space shuttle Discovery on the
first attempt later this month.
"I think that when we do get
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Soldiers injured in crash
SCHWAEBISCH HALL,
West Germany A U.S. Army
helicopter struck high tension
wires and crashed into a field,
injuring the two pilots and four
soldiers on the ground, a military
statement issued Sunday said.
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the 5th Corps headquarters in
Sen waebisch Hall said the heli
copter crashed Saturday after
noon near Bad Mergentheim, 95
miles southeast of Frankfurt.
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statement said.
Four U.S. soldiers on the
ground were injured when they
tried to rescue the pilots from the
wreckage, the statement con
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minor burns from power lines
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Olympic flame reaches Korea
UNIFICATION. OBSERVA
TORY., South Korea The
Olympic flame reached the door
step of North Korea on Sunday
and was lighted atop the Unifica
tion Observatory, a monument
that overlooks the demilitarized
zone, as it made its way toward
Seoul.
White-clad runners, including
an American, splashed along a
coastal highway in a steady rain
and transferred the blaze from
torch to torch before Olympic
officials conducted the noisy"
ceremony near the frontier of the
communist nation that is leading
the boycott of the summer Games.
Despite the downpour, thou
sands of people lined the parade
route, which took the flame down
the main streets of dozens of
fishing villages in northeastern
South Korea.
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