The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 131, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 5, 2003 Page: 3 of 16
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tion also exist. The cost of stor- from its consideration of two,
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machines is a concern for
Baytown police and other law
enforcement agencies.
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Glesmann acknowledged that
logistic problems need to be
worked out prior to seizures.
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Sammy Virani owns Baytown
Vegas, an arcade he began a
year ago but now regrets open- one machine to another for play,
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in a month, he said.
Estimated startup costs of
$200,000, that he is still paying,
could dose Baytown Vegas in a
month.
“How am T going to make
bank payments?” he said.
“That’s really going to hurt."
Some people would continue
gift certificates is illegal," he
said.
Parlor owners lamented the
court decision, saying it will put ruling answered by the Texas
Attorney General soon.
Though the court ruled that
cash cannot be transferred from
ing. pie ruling could close him jones questions if operators
transfer of electronic points is
illegal. (
Other hindrances to investiga-
The impact of the ruling
could extend to the larger econ-
omy.
“It’s going to hurt the econo-
“There was a lot of gray area, my of Baytown because all the
now the Supreme Court ruling shops combined, could buy
has narrowed down that giving thousands of dollars in gift
~*A i. in i carc[s each month,” Virani said. •
Jones said he hopes to have
additional questions about the
Jones met Friday with the own- to play minus the chance of
ers of two eight-liner parlors in winning gift certificates, but
Baytown to discuss the law. that would only be enough cus-
Another meeting is possible tomers to break-even, he said.
in the next two weeks to answer An alternative to closing
additional questions, Jones said, would be to operate the game
Once a meeting is had with room for charity, donating a
parlor owners, police will inves- portion of the proceeds to a
tigate any business suspected of non-profit, he said,
awarding gift certificates, he
said.
The law is sure to aid those
investigations, he said.
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prizes most viewed the same as
cash, he said.
That is now defined as gam-
bling, he said.
“I don’t think it’s realistic for
anyone in the public to say you
don’t go there to gamble,” he
said.
Brown said that because of
their great numbers, Houston
parlors will probably be able to
continue to operate without
police investigation at least until
a complaint is lodged.
In smaller communities like
Baytown, police are more likely
to know who is not in compli-
ance but police must still initiate
investigation.
“So much is going to be con-
tingent on local law enforce-
ment going out there and inves-
tigating this,” he said.
Glesmann said the sheriff’s
department is investigating sev-
eral cases in East Harris County
and that a strategy session about
the ruling is planned for
Monday.
Baytown Police Chief Byron
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Saturday, April 5,2003
ILS. troops reach plant where Iraqis once filled chemical warheads.
for explosives.
three vials of white powder, together passed after the 1991 Gulf War, ban could be converted for the production that can be used to trigger nuclear
In Marcli 1990, customs officers at
Initial reports suggest the powder is
bound
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through the roadblock.
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Iraq claimed two helicopters were authentic recordings of
Khazer, near the major city of swiftly renamed it. Saddam
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the honor of men and women.”
Associated Press photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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"We are fighting in urban ter-
rain now, and to be effective, in
this terrain you need light
By JOHN J. LUMPNN
The Associated Press
By DAFNA INZER
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Saddam
Hussein’s reference to a downed
U.S. helicopter in a speech aired
Friday is being interpreted by
intelligence officials as a sign lie
is probably alive.
The officials stopped short of
saying the speech provided con-
clusive proof that the Iraqi presi-
dent had survived the U.S.
attempt to kill him with the war’s
opening shots, suggesting there
still could be a hoax.
Images shown Friday of a small
crowd joyfully mobbing a man
who seemed to be Saddam on the
streets of Baghdad also were
regarded as probably a recent
recording, possibly made since
the start of the war.
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backups that stretched for miles. i
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Thursday’s all-night tank and of army troops and militiamen I
infantry battle, American troops J ‘ 1 1
valiant Iraqi peasant and how he tie.
shot down an American Apache I
One brigade of the 101st
Airborne Division, helicopters
after U.S. forces included, arrived to use the
entered the airport, fighting grounds as a base of operation
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eventually succeeded in February 1982. On the right, Ms. Zainab Al- •
Suwaij, who was born in southern Iraq, and joined the 1991 uprising . •
against' Hussein. She now lives in Boston, where she heads the .
American Islamic Congress.
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smoke and fire all along the forte,” said Col. John Peabody
r r roads leading into Baghdad, of the 3rd Infantry Division,
south of Baghdad, killing an around the airport in particular,” A r-----
for al Qa* Qaa
According to a British dossier on Iraq
across a bottle labeled "tabun” — a
War
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women had carried out a sui-
cide attack, apparently the same
incident.
Two pilots were killed when a
Marine Cobra attack helicopter
crashed in central Iraq, the mili-
tary. The cause of the crash was
not immediately known.
Troops south of Baghdad
found thousands of boxes of
suspicious white powder, nerve
agent antidote and Arabic docu-
ments detailing procedures for PRESIDENT BUSH, center, meets with Iraq-Americans and free Iraqis
chemical warfare. Initial reports jn Roosevelt Room of the White House on Friday. Sitting with Bush
showed the powder to be explo- are Sam Kareem, left, who tried to escape Iraq several times, and
sives rather than weapons of
j mass destruction, according to
one senior U.S. official,
although additional investiga-
tion was planned.
A defense official also said
Marines fired on a truck that
refused to stop at a checkpoint
Saddam message apparently made
after strike against him, U.S. officials say
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there is still no conclusive evidence south of.Baghdad. and artillery shells with explosives at was preparing to use chemical the complex was involved in designing
Saddam Hussein’s regime possesses Col. John Peabody, engineer brigade the site and manufactured bomb cas- weapons. an atomic bomb before Iraq’s nuclear
weapons of mass destruction. commander of the 3rd Infantry Ings there. The activities, for conven- For years, the al Qa Qaa site has program was destroyed by UN. teams
On Friday, troops at a training facili- Division, said troops found thousands tional weaponry, were allowed under raised the suspicions of weapons after the 1991 Gulf, War. The facility
ty in the western Iraqi desert came of 2-by-5-inch boxes, each containing UN. resolutions. But the resolutions, inspectors who believed the facilities also made lenses and other components
across a bottle labeled "tabun” — a three vials of white powder, together passed after the 1991 Gulf War, ban could be converted for the production that can be used to trigger nuclear
nerve gas and chemical weapon Iraq is with documents written in Arabic that Iraq from possessing chemical, biologi- of missiles and chemical and nuclear explosions.
banned from possessing. dealt with how to engage in chemical cal and nuclear weapons and the long- weapons. It was visited repeatedly dur-
Closer to Baghdad, troops at Iraq’s warfare. range missiles to deliver them. ingthe 1990s and during the last cycle Heathrow Airport in London seized a
largest military industrial complex Initial reports suggest the powder is Peabody told an Associated Press of inspections — between Nov. 27 and case of capacitors — components for
found nerve agent antidotes, documents an explosive, but tests are still being reporter that troops at al Qa Qaa also March 17— when U.N. experts went to triggers in nuclear weapons
describing chemical warfare and a done, a senior U.S. official said. If con- discovered atropine, used to counter the the complex more than 10 times. for al Qa* Qaa
white powder that appeared to be used firmed, it would be consistent with effects of nerve agents, and 2-PAM
what the Iraqis say is the plant 's pur- chloride, which is used in combination published last September, parts of al Qa
‘ ‘ ' ‘ * ‘ i case of chemical Qaa's chemical complex, destroyed in
attack. 1991, were repaired and are noVfr opera-
The presence of atropine, and the dis- tional, including a production plant for
A few miles to the east, in a
city largely blacked out since
In Washington, a senior Thursday, Iraqis fled northward,
administration official said the away from advancing
airport was under U.S. control Americans. Vehicles of every
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part because it was within range women, children and their pos-
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Associated Press photo/lraqi TV via APTN undisclosed number of civil- he said.
IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN is seen holding a child in this ians. ABC said seven died, three
Saddam’s status has been image from video that was shown on Iraqi television on Friday. Iraqi children among them, adding
uncertain since the early hours of television showed footage from Baghdad in which the Iraqi president they were in a vehicle behind a
March 20, when American bombs appeared walking in the street with a small entourage. military truck that tried to crash but not considered secured, in description loaded with
and missiles rained down on a through the roadblock. I „ l':,J J .
residential compound where the There was continued fighting of artillery inside the capital sessions clogged exit routes in I
CIA believed he was spending the in several areas of the country. city,
night Iraq claimed two helicopters were authentic recordings of jn the north, air attacks Inside the facility after
U.N. weapons inspectors went repeat- pose, producing explosives arid propel- with atropine in
edly to the vast.al Qa Qaa complex — lants.
As the military advances closer to most recently on March 8 — but found According to U.N. weapons inspec-
Baghdad, signs of Iraqi chemical pre- nothing during spot visits to some of tors, who spoke on condition of covery of gas masks and chemical suits, the chemical weapon phosgene,
paredness are multiplying, although the 1,100 buildings at the site 25 miles anonymity, the Iraqis filled warheads earlier in the war, could indicate Iraq hoiiovo ™
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Col. John Peabody, engineer brigade the site and manufactured bomb cas- weapons,
commander of the 3rd Infantry ings there. The activities, for conven- T . .
dug more trenches and fox-
holes.
American commanders were
close-mouthed about the next
intelligence officials say, are Basra, where Iraqis have held Airport. Par^ ^e battle plan for
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shelled British troops. through its underground tunnels Vincent Brooks told reporters
But increasingly, the focus to clear them of danger. that American commandos were
was on the combat around One brigade of the 101st m key locations in the capital.
Baghdad.
Hours
ties near the airport and in sev-
with an old weapon,” Saddam doubt that both the speech and principles, your patriotism and as qew on a bomb-
said. the street scenes aired Friday honor of men and women. j
International Airport no longer,
In the southern of city of it is now Baghdad International
more useful as decoys in motor- 0U[ por (|aySi Saddam’s forces
cades and similar situations. -
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shot down a US. attack hehcopter Saddam did not make ftirther h t0
with an ancient rifle. The Iraqis reference to the event in his . . . . . .tL,
first made that claim following speech. If it was recorded before
the March 23 downing of an AH- the war, the preparations were
64D Apache Longbow in battle elaborate: Saddam would have
south of Baghdad.
"Perhaps you remember the
forces to seize a key bridge at
and beret, with an Iraqi flag over to hostile fire or a mechanical quickly spot a fake Saddam in Mosu(
his right shoulder. He paused failure is unclear. any close-up shots; body doubles,
occasionally to turn the pages of a 'ru~ -----------1—----
notebook as he spoke.
He repeated a claim made by later were shown on Iraqi televi-
other Iraqi officials: that a villager sion.
Saddam did not make further
the Iraqi people to fight the U.S.-
led invasion.
Saddam began by saying coali-
had to prepare a speech marking ti°n f°rces failed to shake the continued. Lt. Cmdr Mark close to the capital. The 101st is
the U.S. loss of an Apache in bat- steadfastness of the Iraqi people. Johnson said he could see bat- highly trained in urban warfare.
called on Baghdad’s citizens ^]es near airport and in sev-
Intelligence officials have little t(^ and to stick to "your eraj other p|aces around the city
ing run. “There was lots of infantry forces. This is their
in several areas of the country.
. . In the north, air attacks
During the speech shown that day, but U.S. military offi- Saddam, even if the date of the cleared the way for Kurdish
Friday, the grim-faced Saddam cials said only one was lost, recordings was not certain,
appeared in a military uniform Whether the gunship went down Analysts believe they could
his right shoulder. He paused failure is unclear.
The two crew members were
taken prisoner, and their pictures
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