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War prospect
By Brian Murphy
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With the approach of the U.N. deadline for
Iraq to release Kuwait front its grip sud-
denly measured in hours bids for peace
Were drowned out by the rumblings of
war.
Members of the U.N. Security Council
met into the early hours of Tuesday and
heard a sobering summary of U.N. Secretary-General
Javier Perez do Cucllar's
failed peace mission to Baghdad.
fThc council was expected to discuss an
1 llh-hour French peace plat) Tuesday but
the United States all but rejected it for
linking an Iraqi pullout with a Middle East
conference addressing the Palestinian
issue. H
In Washington the rjiood Was grim but
the message one of resolve.
Secretary of State James A. Baker III
exhausted from a nine-day trip during
.which he sought to cement support for
going to war after failed talks with Iraq
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Concernod student Erik Brandt. graduate Bible major from Silver Spring
.; Md. prayers for peace In the Middle East in the Chapel on the Hill Mon-
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Richards' inauguration begins in prayer
AUSTIN (AP) Gov.-elect Ann
Richards started Iter Inauguration day with
a prayer for American troops In the Pcr-
lan uulf dunng an early morning service
ucsday
The service began tit 8 a.nwlS hours
before the United Nations deadline for
Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait orface pos-
sible military attack.
."Wp want to do our best for peace but
lei us be aware It may be necessary to sac-
rifice for it" said the Rev. Quay Parmer
ISCC president serves in Operation
By Gretcbtfi Schuttz
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Inter-Social Club Cftuncil president Kevin
Clinton Is one of several ACU students
who are now in Saudi Arabia.
Clinton a member of the Air Force
Reserve was ordered tpgo to the Gulf
Dec. 22 and was on a plane two days later
;iJtl his roommate Dana Ivey senior sec
rondary education major from St. Louis
ISCC vice president Tim Martin junior
said that only Saddam Hussein can stop ;
.the march toward conflict . .
But the words pouring out of Baghdad
were of anything but compromise
Iraq's air force commander was quoted
as saying pilots trained for suicide mis-
sions were ready for the "mother of bat-
tles." Iraqi' legislators had on Monday
Vowed to back Saddam's no-concessions
policy with their blood.
Saddam has sought to link resolution of
the crisis to the Palestinians quest for an
independent Mate ki Israel-occupied lands
so the assassinations in Tunisia late Mon-
day of PLO kader Yasser Arafat's two
senior deputies were sure to further stir up
an extremely volatile Middle East.
War preparations and prbtests Intensi-
fied as the deadline loomed.
In the region people fearing an Iraqi
chemical attack sealed their homes.
Turks streamed away from the Iraqi
frontier and the last flights out 6f the
region before Tuesday's midnight EST
deadline left with few empty scats.
of Arlington in the first of four prayers
during the hour-long service.
About 250 people attended the service
held in a drill hall at Camp Mabry head-
quarters of the Texas National Guard.
Leading the pledge of allegiance was
Carl Richie Richards' deputy chief of
staff.
Three of Richie's relatives arc serving
in the Gulf now and a fourth is on call
said Inaugural spokesman Chuck McDon-
ald. biojogy major from San Marcos Will
assume Clinton's' presidential duties while
lie Is uway'
All other ISCC officers will remain the
same Martin said. '
He said he panicked when he heard a
weeK ago thai Clinton senior business
administration major from Graham had
not come back 'But Kevin didn't leave
very many loose ends" he said "He was
really good about finishing up the things
that needed to be done before the end of
overshadows
Security alerts were posted at airports
' throughout the world and extraordinary
precautions taken from the Middle East to
the United States which ordered all non-
essential diplomats to leave the Middle
East.
"No blood for oil" was chanted at anti-
war protests across the United States
including one by 5.000 people in front of
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the White House
In Israel which Saddam has warned
is a primary target for an Iraqi attack at
least 20000 Jews prayed at Jerusalem's
Western Wall holy site.
White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwa-
ter said Iraq would be "on borrowed
time" at the strike of midnight When the
United Nations ordered Iraq to end its 5-month-old
occupation of Kuwait or face
the likelihood ofan attack by the U.S.-led
multinational coalition prepared to fight
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day. Dr. John Tyson assistant to the president delivered the first prayer
Monday at noon. The prayer session ended Tuesday at midnight.
About 24 people from Fort Hood and
Bergstrom Air Force Base who have rela-
tives serving in the Persian Gulf attended
the service.
The private service included military
members their families legislators and
state officials
"I think we are all worried to death
about this war" Richards said last week.
"The fact that it happens to be on the
inaugural day of course Is of concern.
The real concern is the war itself."
Desert Shield
the semester.
Thd ISCC will do Its best to keep things
on Schedule while Clinton is gone Martin
said. The council'! main responsibility
this semester will be to keep the social
clubs informed about Sing Song regula-
tions. . An all-club social which Clinton was
organizing has. been postponed until the
end of the semester
"We hope Kevin will be back by then"
Martin said.
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Defense Secretary DtcftphjmcV said
Monday tharO.S. troop strengijvin'the
region had reached 410000 just 40000
short of the goal
In all more than 630000 soldiers from
28 nations ore arrayed against Iraq's esti-
mated 510000 fighters in southern Iraq
and Kuwait.
Superior U.S. air and sea power in the
theater of war was further strengthened
Monday when the aircraft carrier
Theodore Roosevelt passed through the
Suez Canal to take position In the Red
Sea.
' Six U.S. carriers arc in the region
each carrying about 60 attack jets and
part of the largest armada since World
War II.
Turkey said Monday that Washington.
Will double its number of warplancs in the
nation to 96 to help defend the only
NATO member on Iraq's border
Some Pentagon and administration offi-
cials have privately predicted that Bush
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final ehrpllment forms dvirlng late registration Monday afternoon In trw
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peace
will wait for several days after the dead?
line to give 'Saddam ran opportunity (p
boast he defied the deadline. ' '.'-
But Fitzwatcr on Monday said "evcrV-.
one has to assume that military acticjn;
could occur at any point" after midnight
EST which is 8 a.m. in Kuwait ;;
Military officials have suggested .a nigpt;
strike is preferred because of the Wes$s-
more sophisticated aircraft and night-
vision technology ;'.
At the United Nations Perez dc CucllA
gave a 15-minute report on his Sunday
meeting with Saddam who he said offered
no hint of compromise Diplomats
described the report as "somber" and
"tragic."
The French also circulated their plafi
which would guarantee that Iraq would mjt
be attacked and calls fc a U.N. peace-
keeping force. "I;
But the offer of a Middle East peaip
conference so Saddam would not fully
lose face was unacceptable to the Ameri-
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Students
faculty pray
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for peace
By H. Todd Thomas v
News EdKor
In the shadows of the missions globe and
"Hopd for the Future" sculpture a faculty
member looks down into nothing as he
meditates and prayS in the Chapel on the'
HillrSiuTrig-next to the-teachcrya'studem
left hand on his forehead bows his head
in deep prayer. '
For the first two days of the semester
the Chapel on the Hill was a center of
prayer for a peaceful resolution of the
conflict in the Persian Gulf.
John Tyson assistant to the president
began die prayer time at noon Monday 6y
reading Ecctesiastes 3:1-8 emphasizing
verse 8 "... a time to love and a time to
hate; a time for war and a time of
peace."
Every hour on the hour a faculty mem-
ber led a public prayer leaving the rest of
the hour for individual or group prayer.
The meetings were "strictly an opportu-1
nity to gather as a family and focus
thoughts and collectively ask God's guid-
ance" Tyson said in his noon comments.
"As much as I despise war ... I also
know God's plans are beyond what we
can understand" said Tod Vogt graduate
missions major from Abilene. . ;
Billy Ray Durham graduate Bible
major from Santa Clara Calif. said war-
might be a way for God to show Iraq and
the United States that their military might
is nothing compared to God's power. .t
Gary Zito graduate Bible major frdrri
Abilene said the conflict may be God8
way of making people realize their need
for prayer. I
William J Teague president of the uni-
versity said a "direction of hope" is pr:
sent when a group of people gather.
Nearly every life has been affected by
the conflict emotionally or economically
Teague said. Standards of living research
monies and gasoline prices are all affected
by war "an intense destroyer of people
and resources" he said
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