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TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2003
HUSSEIN
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ly elected to the Baath party' in 1963
that he completed his education,
earning a law degree in 1968.
Hussein helped overthrow Iraq’s
president and his regime. He took
the authority to nationalize the
Iraq Petroleum Company in 1972.
1979 marked his election to the
presidency and the beginning of his
absolute reign. “He’s been number
one since 1979,” Phillips said.
He said Hussein’s presidency
has led to unprecedented brutali
ty toward citizens who defame the
regime and toward escaped sol
diers, who have their tongues and
ears cut off, respectively. “He’s
brought new levels of torture to the
Middle East,” Phillips said.
However, Hussein has managed
to avoid the same sort of revolt that
brought him to office.
Eric Cline, a classics professor at
George Washington University,
said Hussein uses religion in prop
aganda, comparing himself to
Nebuchadnezzar and other rulers.
“Basically, he’s tried to remake
himself as one of the great rulers of
Iraq,” he said. “You name the
ancient ruler, chances are he’s used
him in his propaganda.”
Cline said this propaganda
probably would have little effect on
other rulers and on the educated.
“But for the illiterate person on the
streets of Baghdad, who knows?”
Over the years, Hussein’s power
and influence have increased.
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“Baathism is whatever he says it
is,” Phillips said. “He has the ambi
tion of leading the Arab world.”
A hindrance to this goal has con
sistently been the Kurds, a non-
Arab race viewed as second-class
citizens. He first expelled the Kurds
from Iraq into Iran in 1974 and has
engaged in various conflicts with
them over the last three decades.
Hussein’s relations with the
United States also have had con
sistent friction. “It’s always been at
arm’s length,” Phillips said, but
added that the Reagan adminis
tration saw friendlier terms.
In 1980, Iraq initiated war with
Iran, attacking the oil reserves. The
United States sided with Iraq at
the time because it viewed Iran as
a bigger threat, but support waned
as the conflict continued.
Phillips said Hussein and Iraq
became definite U.S. enemies Aug.
2,1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait.
U.S. forces were deployed to fight
against this invasion and spent the
winter of 1991 fighting the Persian
Gulf War. Conflict resumed in 1993
when Hussein broke peace terms of
the war and the United States
decided to bomb Iraq.
Through both past actions and
now Operation Iraqi Freedom,
Hussein has proved that brutal
acts and gory shows of power are
well within his capabilities.
“He’s feared by the people that
know him best,” Phillips said.
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PANHANDLING
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comments made by Police Chief
Gregg Jarvies and other residents
concerned about downtown safety.
“The police chief feels strongly
that this ordinance will help officers
enforce safety so that people will
not feel intimidated,” Ward said.
Jarvies said the main concern
expressed by residents is the fear
associated with panhandlers
downtown. “We believe the pro
posed ordinance will help deter the
direct approach that causes the
fear,” he said.
Jarvies said that with the ordi
nance, officers would have more
objective grounds for arresting
panhandlers for disorderly or
threatening conduct by having
WAR
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with Republican Guard forces.”
That seemed a matter of not
much time, though.
The Army’s 3rd Infantry
Division was within 50 miles of
the capital, battling sandstorms
more than Iraqi fire as it neared
the approaches to Baghdad.
The advance of long columns of
thousands of vehicles was aided by
heavy air protection that wiped
out a column of Iraqi armor at one
point and sent some of Hussein's
outer defenses withdrawing
toward the capital.
more guidelines.
Harrison said that though he
was reluctant to vote for the ordi
nance, he has been provided with
sufficient evidence that it will be
reasonably effective and constitu
tional.
“I think it is not out of the ques
tion that the council can legislate
out of fear, because we do it a lot,”
he said.
Strom, however, said the ordi
nance was not a solution to the
town’s panhandling problem and
motioned a substitute of having
further open discussion with the
homeless community and con
cerned residents to brainstorm
answers to the issues presented by
panhandlers.
Mayor Kevin Foy, who was in
support of the ordinance during
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the first vote, said he agrees with
Strom’s motion but is also in favor
of the ordinance.
“We have differences in opinion
of how effective this will be,” Foy
said. “It is certainly not a full solu
tion, but is part of the solution.”
Council member Pat Evans
agreed. “This is not the solution, this
is a baby step.... But the place to
start is by adopting this baby step.”
The concerns of constitutionali
ty, raised by several lawyers and
students present at the meeting,
also was voiced by opposing mem
ber and lawyer Mark
Kleinschmidt, who said the ordi
nance does not address fear.
“We have heard that fear is the
problem, and this solution does not
ask whether you are afraid,” he
said. “This ordinance creates anew
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criminal act in the choice of words
on Franklin Street.”
He said that for officers to dif
ferentiate between panhandlers
and anyone asking for change, they
would have to engage in a form of
profiling.
Kleinschmidt said that to make
things fair, action would have to be
taken to enforce regulations
against any type of inappropriate
behavior or public intoxication.
He proposed an action against
anyone on Franklin Street UNC
students, the Office of Greek Affairs,
or patrons using offensive words or
behaving inappropriately. “I find
that more offensive than someone
asking me for a dime,” he said.
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