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02 SO PHENOMENA Totter' haters under a spell Avoiding media onslaught unlikely, but you can try UVING, ID COLLEGE FOOTBALL Vols' back likes run-pass balance Stephens used less because MOVIES Music City shoot draws stars Dunaway joins Lauren Holly November 28 2001 pass attack working, he says SPORTS, 1C to make independent film LOCAL NEWS, IB A58 T52 Weather forecast on 1 0B NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE A GANNETT NEWSPAPER I-. fil Thir TIPMMIPIP AM iiJL Jl JL 1' JJ ill ilJL VOLUME 97. NO. 332 5 SECTIONS COPYRIGHT 2001 PfcRIOOICALS POSTAGE PAID IN NASHVILLE, TN I dbirs imw (USa aor stoelk cr3 nor latam) Pentagon mum about results Factions agree on key issues i A 3 weren't." Rumsfeld said the compound was thought to hold leaders of the ruling Taliban militia. Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida organization and Wafa, a Saudi humanitarian aid organization that was among several groups named by the United States as money conduits for bin Laden and his network.

Several hundred members of al-Qaida have been killed during the seven weeks of the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan, one VS. official told The Associated I'ress. Seven of those killed are coasidered al-Qaida leaders, Mid another officiaL The)' include Mohammed Atef, one of bin Laden's top two h'nnewt'un WASHINGTON The Pentagon ordered airstrikes yesterday on an Afghan compound southeast of Kandahar after receiving information it was being used by senior leaders of the Taliban and of al-Qaida and another suspected terrorist group, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said. The information about the target came into U.S.

Central Command in Tampa. Ma, while Rumsfeld was isiting yesterday afternoon. Pentagon officials didn't say who may have been in the compound and possibly killed, though Rumsfeld told reporters "it clearly was a leadership area" and he said those targeted were "non-triviaL" He added. "Whoever was there Ls going to wish they viously insisted on. "All four leaders spoke of this meeting as the beginning of a new era for Afghanistan, one that promises dignity and peace for its people," reported Fawzi, who said the faction leaders hailed the talks as "a path toward salvation." The talks bring together the political leaders of the Northern Alliance, made up mostly of ethnic Tajiks, Uzbeks and Hazaras, and three ethnic Pashtun-domi-nated factions of exiles known as the Rome, Cyprus and Peshawar groups.

The Rome group represents allies of the former Afghans say talks a chance for peace By CAROL J. WILLIAMS his Anuria Times KOEN1GSWINTER, Germany Afghanistan's rival factions stunned their hosts and foreign patrons on the first day of U.N.-bro-kered talks here by broadly agreeing yesterday on the two crucial Issues of securing peace and sharing power. While contention may still loom as the 30-odd ethnic and political leaders tackle the details of naming an interim post-Taliban government and imposing law and order, the usually fractious figures demonstrated unexpectedly common commitment to ending decades of repression and bloodshed. The Afghan delegates all gave at least tepid endorsement to the return of the country's deposed king, Mohammad Zaher Shah, as a transitional head of state, U.N. spokesman Ahmed Fawzi said.

The four groups represented also were reported to be close to accepting the concept of a multinational peacekeeping force, rather than the all-Afghan security deployment the dominant Northern Alliance had pre i 1 AP Afghans hold posters of King Mohammad Zaher Shah during a rally yesterday in Koenigswirrter, Germany. king, whose return as even Alliance political leader a figurehead leader had Burhanuddin Rabbani until been rejected by Northern a few days ago. Please see AIRSTRIKES, 2A Henry County surveys tornado damage 62 support extra scrutiny of Arabs, poll shows I i iblii, II I-1 ii pwiii ihii wm II LI IWI t-j. INSIDE I A "1 I WEINBERG GILBERT C' I V. -v Security and liberty Retired Brig.

Gen. Wendell Gilbert and ACLU chief Hedy Weinberg join in a panel discussion at MTSU about efforts to stop terrorists and the impact on civil liberties. On 2A Ashcroft tays arrests are hindering terrorists. On 11A By ANfTA WADHWANI Slal) n(T Most Nashvillians say it's OK to single out people of Middle Eastern descent for special law enforcement checks, according to a poll released yesterday by Vanderbilt University. The poll indicated that more African-Americans than others supported the extra security checks for people who are or appear to be Middle Eastern.

Seventy-four percent of African-Americans said they support such special scrutiny vs. 64 of white and other residents. Overall, 62 said they supported more scrutiny. "One of the most interesting respoases to recent events is the public's reaction to racial profiling." said Vanderbilt University political scientist Richard Pride, whose students conducted the telephone poll of 454 Davidson County residents Oct. 26-Nov.

4. The poll had a margin for error of plus or minus 5 percentage points. "African-Americans had raised this issue to public consciousness by decrying its discriminatory effects but Nashvillians had no appreciable problem with the idea of singling out ethnic Arabs for speclil ",1 ir. y. -tm scrutiny by law enforcement officials," Iride said.

Hk "2001 Report on Public Ojiinion in Nashville" covered a range of Issues including the war agaiast terrorism, the rating of public sch(K)lteachers and public attitudes about capital punishment. Hedy Weinberg, executive director of the American Civil Please see POLL, 2A Phillip Wilbanks sorts through debris at the home of his wife's aunt and uncle yesterday after a tornado hit the Paris area the night before. One woman was killed, and eight other people were injured. Story on IB Metro councilman seeks support for a tax on real estate transfers Sundquist tells Ashe to stay out of highway-fund debate Sections Local News Sports Living Business Brad About ttxj 3A Classified 7-206 Death 98 Editorials 14-15A Movtos 30 XZ3 LTXE Dueling dirties Is ft redundant to have Circuit Court clerks and clerk and masters? A study committee hears both sides. On IB SUNDQUIST "1 think every Tennessean has the right to suggest coastructive ways in which the state could be made better." With a $1.4 billion budget, the Tennessee Department of Traasportation Ls brimming with money while other areas of state government go begging, Ashe said.

Hut Sundquist said one of the reasons industries such as Saturn and IX-ll computer came to Tennessee was because of the By KELLI SAMANTHA HEWETT A(ii( HlKff Metro Councilman Bob Bogen says it's time for property owners in Davidson County to stop paying for problems they aren't causing. Areas like Donelson, I lermitage and Anttoch have experienced growth explosioas that threaten to overcrowd schools. Experts say that trend Ls expected to continue, so local officials are wondering how to pay for the new teachers and school build- Bogen wants to explore a controversial Metro real estate traasfer tax, charged when property Ls bought or sold. The state already collects a similar transfer tax of 37 cents per $100 of the property's value, which Ls typically paid by die buyer. Bogen doesn't have a plan outlining whether real estate agents, developers, buyers or sellers should pay.

I le's says he's ntt anti-growth, but that he likes the idea of money going for Please seeFEES, 2A ings they will need in the years to come. Other growing Midstate counties are charging different kinds of fees for resident i.il development. Some charge an extra 50 cents or so per square foot, or a fl.it rate of S500-S700 for each project The money helps them pay for the extra schooLs, roads and other costs of a growing population. Hut Davidson has none of these fees. By DO REN CHEEK iutl Hnrr COLUMBIA, Term.

Gov. Don Sundquist said yesterday that Victor Ashe should stick to his job of being mayor of Knoxville and stop "stirring up trouble" by proposing the traas-fer of road funds to education, early childlnxxJ development, mental health and other cash-starved programs. Sundquist made the comment to reporters after attending a luncheon here honoring Annette Claytoa the new president of the 'I II 4090f05606 Saturn automobile plant in nearby Spring I (ill Ashe, who has asked all members of the legislature by letter to coasider the funds traasfer, responded in a telephone interview that the state's business is the business of Tennesseaas. To subscribe call: 242-NEWS or (800) 342-8237 Please see BUDGET, 2A www.tefineisean.com TJMIIF Tcnncswr Mortgnge Punnmsi Up lo 1 25 Valwe ConsotidUjoarisV Refinancing f-i Slow Credit OK yjj 37217 urfcfetboro 13: i-Home Afls, Avikis Contract ayoffs Cr4dl lines Avoltqbld iTrvOur IT rhiine Application WWjLl 1 f.X Zl I $1 MF 8am8pm, Set.