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From Associated Press reports
PESHAWAR, Pakistan An
Afghan guerrilla leader predicted
Thursday that the Marxist govern
ment in Kabul will collapse within
weeks of the Red Army's departure
'and the insurgents won't have to
attack the cities.
Neighboring Pakistan and Iran,
which support the Moslem guerrillas,
urged the factions to end their
squabbles and form a broad-based
government in Kabul when the Soviet
withdrawal is completed Feb. 15.
Gulbaddin Hekmatyar, leader of
the guerrilla group Hezb-i-Islami,
said the government "will fall in
weeks, not months." He addressed a
news conference in Peshawar, a
frontier city where a seven-party
guerrilla alliance has its headquarters.
He said the insurgents were deter
mined to avoid attacks on Kabul, the
Afghan capital, and other cities that
would endanger civilian lives. More
Jyiry selection progressing foir
From Associated Press reports
WASHINGTON Selection of a
jury pool for Oliver North's Iran
Contra trial reached the halfway
point Thursday, with the judge
predicting the effort will take most
of next week, too. He also declared
heatedly he woji't allow "security
gurus" to interrupt the trial once it
starts.
As a "housekeeping matter," chief,
trial prosecutor John Keker told U.S.
District Judge Gerhard Gesell he had
been asked whether four courtroom
seats could be made available on a
rotating basis to the CIA, the Justice,
Defense and State Departments and
the National Security Agency.
Gesell reacted angrily. Getting the
seats would be no problem, he said,
.but he added:
"I'm very concerned about their
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than 2 million people, including many
refugees, have crammed into Kabul.
"The whole world will be witness
to the fact that Kabul will fall without
any major onslaught on the city,"
Hekmatyar said.
Abdul Haq, a senior military
leader, said field commanders will
need plans for the administration of
towns and cities that fall to them, for
bringing in food, and for keeping
water and power systems operating.
"Before we knew only to attack the
Russians," he said in an interview.
"Now we must secure the nation,
establish law and order, feed the
people, stop looting or killing. It is
very difficult."
He said the Kabul regime was
preparing to defend itself and about
5,000 special troopers had returned
from training in the Soviet Union in
house-to-house fighting. The govern
ment also is strengthening such elite
formations as the presidential guard
function. I do not intend to have this
case run by two or three security
gurus sitting in the audience. "
Keker said he was only carrying
a message. And he added, "In some
ways the best thing for the trial is
to let them see what is happening."
He said, "I do not think it is their
intention to interfere with the trial."
Gesell said he would make the seats
available, but that he would work out
ground rules for the agency represen-
tatives in private with the lawyers in
the case.
By the end of the third day of
selecting a pool of 50 potential jurors,
18 women and seven men had been
qualified after painstaking, often
solicitous questioning by the judge
and the lawyers in the celebrated case.
Among those chosen for the final
cut were a woman who said she only
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and secret police militia, Haq said.
Afghanistan's conscript army
shows signs of collapse and is of little
use for major operations, he said,
adding that government forces gener
ally are confined to cities and large
towns, leaving the countryside to the
guerrillas.
Haq said the guerrillas must find
a way army units can surrender safely
and without fear of reprisal so they
will not be compelled to fight. "We
should not make them fight for
survival," he said.
Hekmatyar told the news confer
ence there were arrangements for
securing the fall of major cities
without large-scale attacks, but gave
no details. Other guerrilla groups said
they were unaware of such plans.
Disagreement has arisen over
strategy after the Soviets are gone,
Haq said, with several commanders
favoring assaults to capture the cities
and destroy the Marxist government.
He added, however, that most
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University, she said.
Committee members will also
submit petitions with student signa-
tures in support of higher faculty pay,
said committee member Ruffin Hall.
PamDhlets exDlaininc the issue were
distributed in residence halls last
week, and the committee hopes to get
3,000 signatures, he said.
A good indicator of student sup
port will come during the spring
elections, when students vote on a
referendum proposing an increase in
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leaders opposed military actions that
would cause civilian casualties or
damage power plants, government
buildings and other facilities vital to
reconstruction.
Most of the nation's industry,
agriculture and public facilities have
been destroyed by the civil war, which
began after a communist coup in
April 1978. Soviet soldiers intervened
in December 1979 and an estimated
1 1 5,000 were in Afghanistan when the
withdrawal began in May under a
U.N.-mediated agreement.
Other senior guerrilla officials,
speaking on condition of anonymity,
said the insurgents had been surprised
by the speedy Soviet departure and
still were adjusting to the rapidly
changing political and military
situation.
Kabul and other -major cities
surrounded by guerrillas have
increasing food and fuel shortages
and find it difficult to maintain
essential services.
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student activities fees to fund an
award for excellence in undergrad
uate teaching, Hall said.
Hildebolt said the more students
support higher teacher pay, the more
effective the lobbying effort will be.
The students influence as a voting
body might sway legislators to listen
to their concerns, he said.
Faculty members and administra-
tors have organized drives for higher
faculty teacher pay in the past, Ball
said. The fact that this push will be
driven by students may persuade
legislators to act, he said.
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Committee announces delay
of vote on Tower nomination
From Associated Press reports
WASHINGTON The Senate
Armed Services Committee post
poned Thursday's expected vote
on the nomination of John Tower,
and the panel's top Republican
said a meeting had been scheduled
with the FBI concerning President
Bush's choice as defense secretary.
Tower, a onetime chairman of
the committee, had appeared on
a clear path to confirmation after
telling his former colleagues he
had no alcohol problem and
would not be swayed by past
business ties with defense
contractors.
But committee chairman Sam
Nunn, D-Ga., interrupted a hear
ing on another matter Thursday
to say the panel was not ready to
act.
Nunn had said a day earlier that
he expected a favorable vote on
Thursday. In his new comments,
he said, "The file is still not
complete."
Sununu criticizes bankers' ads
WASHINGTON White
House Chief of Staff John Sununu
rebuked bankers Thursday over
"irresponsible" newspaper adver
tisements encouraging savings and
loan (S&L) customers to withdraw
their deposits, industry officials
said.
Sununu raised the issue during
a private, hour-long meeting
attended by President Bush,
Treasury Secretary Nicholas
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that it was ultimately Hipps' decision.
Barnes said he has not yet made
a decision on a new endorsement, but
that he knew the candidates for the
board very well.
"Wallace Hyde would make a very
good candidate," he said, but did not
elaborate.
Hipps declined to endorse a can-
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Darman and representatives of
five bank and S&L groups, said
Frederick Webber, president of
the U.S. League of Savings Insti
tutions, who attended the meeting.
Another source, who spoke on
the condition of anonymity, said,
"Sununu characterized the ads
twice or three times as irrespon
sible." .
Meanwhile, the General
Accounting Office urged the
government, after agreement is
reached later this year on an S&L
bailout and reform package, to
promptly take control of the 350
remaining insolvent, but still open,
institutions.
Groundhog spies shadow
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa.
Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil,
prognosticating with political flair,
was pulled out of his burrow at
dawn Thursday and saw his
shadow, predicting six more weeks
of a "kinder and gentler winter."
Despite an overcast sky, Phil's
handlers from the Punxsutawney
Groundhog Club claimed he saw
a faint shadow at 7:28 a.m.
Tradition has it that if the
weather-wise woodchuck sees his
shadow, six more weeks of winter
follow. If he doesn't, spring is just
around the corner.
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didate for the seat. "It's not for me :
to do," he said.
He did say this about his former
opponent: "I like Mr. Van Hecke.
He's a good person."
Barnes said Van Hecke had been
by his office earlier in the day, but
ne naa not spoken to mm since
learning of Hipps' decision.
When told in a phone interview
that Hipps had withdrawn from the
race, Van Hecke responded it was the
first he had heard of the decision.
"Charlie Hipps is a good friend of -mine,"
Van Hecke said. "He was a
good representative and would have
made a fine addition to the board."
Van Hecke said although he felt
he had good support in the senate,
he had expected it to be a close race.
On the possibility of drawing
Hipps' supporters into his camp, Van
Hecke said, "I know most of the
senators well. I think I could probably
pick up their support.
"IVe been in touch with them. I
hope I can (win their endorsement)."
He said he would be on the phone
the rest of the day talking to senators
about his campaign.
If elected to the board. Van Hecke
said he would pay special attention
to the two flagship schools UNC
CH and N.C. State to make sure
they remained competitive with
similar institutions around the world.
Both Hipps and Van Hecke are
UNC alumni.
Despite his decision, Hipps said his
career in public service definitely is
not over.
"Theyll hear from me," he said.
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