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Montgomery Advertiser 2A Tuesday, January 16, 2001 EMERGENCY ROOM Baptist Medical Center South is today's designated trauma center until 7 a.m. Wednesday, World oil supply threat led to war card scores of Kuwaiti oil wells ablaze in a surreal landscape of flames and roiling black smoke that blotted out the sun. Allied chiefs made clear they had never intended to drive on to Baghdad, but their stated hopes for a popular uprising to depose Saddam did not materialize, and Bush and his commanders' were criticized for leaving the job unfinished. Kuwaitis returned home, economic sanctions were imposed on Iraq, and the man Bush himself described as "worse than Hitler" remained in power, claiming it was he, not the coalition, that had won a major victory. The Associated Press Two years after victory in his war with Iran, an emboldened Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait on Aug.

2, 1990, ostensibly to retaliate for an illegal drawing-off of oil from Iraq's own underground reserves, but in reality to reclaim what Iraq had long insisted was its lost 19th province. U.S. analysts, still focused on Iran as the major threat to stability in the oil-rich Persian Gulf, had misjudged Iraq's intent and underestimated its capacity. But now it was Saddam who evidently miscalculated, thinking the 'West would not resist his armed takeover of Kuwait. Infuriated by a brazen act that threatened to disrupt world oil markets and the politically volatile Gulf, President George Bush vowed: "this aggression will not stand." Over the objections of many members of Congress, but with the support of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Bush cobbled together a political-military coalition first to forestall any Iraqi move into Saudi Arabia's coastal oil lands, then to evict the invaders from Kuwait.

By year's end Operation Desert Shield had deployed more than half a million troops, about 400,000 of them American, in the Saudi desert facing north toward Iraq and Kuwait. The United Nations gave Iraq until Jan. 15 to withdraw or "face destruction." Saddam responded defiantly, promising the "mother of all battles." Meeting with his Iraqi counterpart, Tariq Aziz, U.S. Secretary of State James Baker repeated the ultimatum in writing. Aziz refused to pick it up.

While contending he did not need Congress's approval, Bush welcomed a resolution backing his stand, passed with bipartisan support after three days of debate. On Jan. 15 he signed the war order, giving Saddam 24 hours' grace. When no word came from Baghdad, Operation Desert Storm began, with round-the-clock aerial bombing. Saddam fired Scud missiles into Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar as well as Israel, and Bush had to work hard to keep the Israelis from retaliating and possibly alienating the Arab forces in his coalition.

On Feb. 24, after more than five weeks of bombing, the allies launched the ground war. The fast-moving desert blitzkreig was terminated by U.S. commanders after four days (hence the term "100-hour having routed the Iraqi army. Many of Iraq's forces escaped north, leaving a resentful calling (LOTTERY; Monday's numbers Florida Cash 3: 5-8-0 Play 4: 0-8-8-6 Fantasy 5: 1 1-4-18-19-24 Georgia Cash 3 Midday: 4-0-7 Cash 3 Evening: 6-0-3 Cash 4: 0-7-5-7 Fantasy 5: 4-7-12-14-25 unlikely Moore: Commandments 5.

JM ACLU Hlontgomcrs 3Vduertiser Visit the newspaper Saddam: Policy will test Bush From Page 1A ad. Soldiers with the U.S. army's in Eastern Saudi Arabia with just after U.S. planes started 1991 photo. caved in and removed weapons inspectors from Iraq despite U.S.

objections in 1998. It also allows Saddam to sell $13 billion worth of oil a year. But Saddam has taken advantage of international sympathy for his beaten-down people, say U.S. officials, selling $20 billion in oil a year legally and illegally more than before the war. Little of it is used to raise Iraqi living standards.

"He plays the (propaganda) game a lot better than we do," Lt. Gen. Charles F. Wald, commander of the U.S. Air Force in the region, told Air Force Magazine.

Cordesman sees no problem with a strategy to contain Saddam, much as the Western allies contained the Soviet Union. But he is critical of Clinton's handling of Iraq. "His words exceeded his grasp to the point of being a global embarrassment," said Cordesman. "He never acted decisively and gradually, no one really believed his words and threats and claims to decisive action." Bringing in the so-called "moderates" made mounting any kind of covert action to bring down Saddam "a mission impossible," said Cordesman. Despite reports of uprisings, cancer and heart attacks, Saddam, at 63, shows no signs of leaving or dying.

A team of eight doctors flown in late last year reportedly found only non-cancerous foot tumors and advised him to wear sneakers. However, new rumors that he has been felled by a stroke spread quickly in recent days when Saddam was pictured firing a rifle one-handed while viewing a parade from a balcony, his left arm hanging ominously at his side. Congress is spending more ft lliO jli ja The Associated Press 7th Corps huddle in a bunker gas masks and chemical suits bombing Iraq in this Jan. 18, than $90 million to back a group of exiled Iraqi "moderate" politicians who they think may be capable of bringing down Saddam, but they have done little more than spread the rumors of Saddam's ill health. Most of the money spent about $5 million so far has gone to pay for offices, meetings and travel.

Albright says the Clinton strategy was to keep Saddam "in his box." But that has turned out to be a jack-in-the-box, as he keeps popping up to taunt the West with his mere survival. Most recently, he promised Iraqi troops would fight side by side with Palestinians in the event of a full-scale war against Israel. On the allied side, the old coalition of Desert Storm virtually has disappeared. On Jan. 9, word spread in British political circles that the United Kingdom Clinton's principal ally in patrolling Iraq's air space is likely to withdraw as the Bush administration comes in.

One thing that hasn't changed is Saddam's strange syntax. The man who promised the "Mother of Battles" before U.S. troops blasted through his troop positions in the Euphrates Valley quicker than Alexander the Great's legions cutting through Mesopotamia offered some odd musings. "Does consciousness precede experience or is it experience that creates consciousness?" asked the Baghdadian Spinoza. Perhaps President-elect Bush can't be expected to help Saddam with that question, but 20,000 U.S.

troops remain stationed in and around the Persian Gulf if he decides to try anything more than philosophy. Marlowe Mason Staff While students are not obligated to remain in-state and teach at an Alabama school, Md. W.Va. 13 11 Ky. Va.

-i 27 52 7 I Tenn. N.C 2 22 4 Ga. 19 9 2 i challenged by From Page 1A A Montgomery County circuit judge ordered the plaque removed or placed in a different setting after a challenge by the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, but the Alabama Supreme Court dismissed the case without ruling on the merits. Frank Wright, director of the D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship in Washington D.C., presented Moore with a portrait of Moore on Monday.

The center is named for a religious broadcaster. Present for Moore's swearing-in were former Chief Justices Howell Heflin and Sonny Horn-sby, in addition to Hooper. Also members of the appellate courts and a variety of present and former judicial and constitutional officers. "I'm here because of my respect for the office and the new chief justice taking over. From what I hear from lawyers and judges in Etowah County, Judge COURT Changes in the statewide courts effective Monday: Alabama Supreme Court Political makeup: Switches from five Republicans and four Democrats to eight Republicans and one Democrat.

New terms: Republican Roy Moore, a former Etowah County circuit judge, replaces Republican Perry Hooper who retired. Republican Lyn Stuart, a former Baldwin County circuit judge, defeated Democratic incumbent Ralph Cook. Republican Tom Woodall, a former Jefferson County circuit judge, defeated Democratic incumbent John England. Republican Bernard Har wood, a former Tuscaloosa County circuit judge, replaces retiring Democrat Hugh Mad-dox. Republican Champ Lyons begins a full six-year term after being appointed to a partial term by former Gov.

Fob James. state universities do have' the first shot at offering them jobs. "We do everything we can to encourage our institutions to hire them and encourage these freshly-minted Ph.D.s to stay," Hector said. Samuel Jones, a dissertation-year student at the University of Alabama, said he plans to teach in the state following graduation. And while the job prospects are a plus for participants, Jones labels the program's mentor services as its greatest strength.

"Having a mentor keeps you on track and reminds you why you're there," Jones said. Hector said the commission's goal is to graduate 10 students a year while maintaining a base of 60 participants. "The greatest thing about this program is that these kids finish," Hector said, pointing out that more than 90 percent of the scholars graduate. Ken RoedL a reporter for the Montgomery Advertiser, can be reached at 240-0118, or fax him at 261-1521. Email him at kroedlCamontgomery advertiser.

com Fr "Insider" Report: "How to End IRS Problems Forever!" 888-807-7464 24 Hour RtctnUd Mauigt USA TODAY. She seemed quite pleased to pass the torch. Surely sometime probably sooner than later the younger Bush will have to confront the tyrant who defied the world and got away with it for more than 10 years. If not that, Bush will have to deal with the death of Saddam and the likely chaos it will set off at the center of the explosive Near East, dominated by powerful Iran. Either eventuality would be a major test for any president.

The elder Bush suffered, somewhat, from deflated expectations in the 1992 elections when the 1991 war failed to dislodge Saddam from power. And later analyses showed that the allies' aerial turkey-shoot that supposedly was killing hundreds of escaping Iraqis on the so-called Route 8 "Highway of Death" was anything but. Hysterical journalistic accounts of the shooting were a major factor in Bush ordering an end to the war after 100 hours. Later examination of the rubble showed that virtually all the passengers in what essentially was an Iraqi caravan carrying loot from Kuwait escaped injury. Anthony Cordesman, senior military analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, blamed Bush's stop-order on "some of the worst journalism in modern history." But he wouldn't take Bush to task for acting in what he described as "the fog of war." Not goinglo Baghdad was a sound decision, said Cordesman, because "no ally would have supported us." And he thinks Clinton bungled in his handling of Saddam.

Over the past eight years, the administration targeted Saddam and the Iraqi military with Operations Southern Watch, Vigilant Warrior, Northern Watch, Desert Strike and Desert Fox. There was an avenging strike on central Baghdad after 17 Iraqi-sponsored terrorists tried to kill ex-President Bush during a 1993 visit to Kuwait. U.S. officials say Saddam has 60 new "palaces" many of them military installations built since the war with new oil money. The United Nations Doctor: From Page 1A ing this commitment is very important to meeting the needs of our institutions." Created in 1993, the scholarship program's goal is to increase the number of minority faculty members teaching or conducting research at Alabama universities.

Students must first be admitted into a Ph.D. program and if they are selected for the scholarship program, they receive a $12,000 annual stipend and free tuition. The state pays the stipend for the first three years of participation, with the universities covering the stipend until the student graduates. They are paired with a mentor to provide them with the "support they need to finish in a timely manner," Hector said. "We want them to do their coursework and dissertation and get out," he said.

"The notion is to move them through and get them out quickly. Why? Because we have a need for minority faculty, particularly in this state." We offer Shuttle Moore does a good job. We will hope for the best and see wnat happens," Heflin said. Among the guests was Jo Ann Paddock of Montgomery. "I expect the court to have more respect for the Constitution.

We've been getting away from it," Paddock said. She said she was present at Moore's invitation. Former U.S. Rep. Jim Martin of Gadsden said he gave Moore an appointment to the U.S.

Military Academy at West Point in 1965. "Roy distinguished himself at West Point. He went to Vietnam. I always felt he had integrity and I think that will be the hallmark of his service in court," Martin said. "When he put the Ten Commandments up, it was just something he did.

He didn't think it was controversial. When the ACLU sued he took a stand and that got him popular. It just happened," Martin said. CHANGES Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Political makeup: Switches from three Republicans and two Democrats to four Republicans and one Democrat. New terms: Republican Greg Shaw, a for-, mer Supreme Court staff attorney, defeated Democratic incumbent Jimmy Fry.

Republican Kelli Wise, a former Supreme Court staff attorney, replaces retiring Republican Frank Long. Democratic Sue Bell Cobb begins her second six-term term. Alabama Court of Civil Appeals Political makeup: Switches from three Democrats and two Republicans to four Republicans and one Democrat. New terms: Republican Craig Pittman, a Mobile attorney, defeated Democratic incumbent Roger Monroe. Republican Glen Murdock, a Birmingham attorney, replaces retiring Democratic Judge William Robertson.

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