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Tie Honolulu Advertiser A2 Thursday, October 26, 2000 JSLAiiD EDITION 'A Terrorist warnings preceded bombing (in 10 Specialist quits after warnings unheeded A DIGEST OF REGIONAL NEWS Remembering the war relevant to commanders in the field. In his letter of resignation "he indicates his analysis could have played a critical role in DIA's ability to predict and warn of a potential terrorist attack against U.S. interests, and goes further to say he is very troubled by the many indicators contained in the analysis that suggests two or three other major acts of terrorism could potentially occur in the coming weeks or months," Roberts said. If a warning of a possible attack in Yemen had been received in time, the Cole would not have gone to Aden, which is a well-known haven for terrorists, said Gen. Tommy Franks, commander in chief of the U.S.

Central Command, which has responsibility for military forces in the Middle East and Persian Gulf. "However, leading up to the attack on USS Cole on 12 October, we received no specific threat information for Yemen or for the port of Aden that would cause us to change our assessment," Franks told the Senate hearing. convinced we do not have those tools." The ongoing congressional investigation will examine whether intelligence agencies or the muV tary failed to act when the broad thrust of intelligence reporting indicated that Yemen was not a safe place for refueling stops, even though warnings did not emerge about a specific threat During the Senate hearing, Warner declined to make public a letter received by committee members from the Pentagon counterter-rorism specialist or to disclose what information the officer felt should have been passed to the Cole. "What he felt is that his assessment was not given that proper lev-' el of consideration by his superiors and, as such, was not incorporated in" the intelligence analysis passed to the military chain of command in the Middle East, Warner said The mid-level analyst, who was not named, worked at the Defense Intelligence Agency and was re-, sponsible for reviewing incoming intelligence data on Middle East terrorism to determine what was ble terrorist activity in Yemen, but it was not considered specific enough to call off the Cole's plan for a brief refueling stop in Aden, said Walter Slocombe, deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, who testified yesterday before both the Senate and House armed services committees. "I believe that there were enough red flags to at least call into question the decision to stop and to refuel in Aden," said Sen.

Pat Roberts, R-Kan. The issue of "what was known and how that information was disseminated" was to be extensively discussed in closed hearings yesterday, said Sea John Warner, the chairman of the Senate committee. But even in open session, senior legislators voiced concern that the nation's intelligence and military establishments were not capable of getting important information about potential threats into the right hands. "The question we have to ask is, are our current systems applicable to give us adequate warning that something may be about to occur?" said Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa.

"I'm Washington Post WASHINGTON U.S. intelligence agencies repeatedly picked up indications of a possible terrorist attack in the Persian Gulf in the days and weeks before the Oct 12 bombing of the USS Cole, but the warnings were not always relayed to military commanders in the area, according to members of Congress investigating the incident. A Pentagon counter-terrorism specialist resigned in protest the day after the attack because his superiors had refused to give the Navy information he believed might have averted the suicide bombing, which claimed the lives of 17 U.S. sailors, senators examining the intelligence warnings said yesterday. In another case, an intelligence report was issued just 12 hours before the bombing indicating possi ft ft Associated Press Chinese veterans of the Korean War attend an exhibit in Beijing marking the 50th anniversary of China's entry into the war.

The exhibition includes photographs of captured U.S. soldiers, as well as American weaponry and other equipment. China entered the war alongside North Korea on Oct. 25, 1950. Carroll: Road to Capitol very uphill ASIA FROM PAGE ONE John Carroll AGE: 70.

BORN: Dec. 18, 1929, in St. Mary's, Kan. EDUCATION: Bachelor of education, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 1956; pro-' fessional teaching certificate, UH-Manoa, 1958; law degree, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, 1965.

MILITARY SERVICE: Army active duty, 1951-53, combat veteran of Korean War. RELIGION: Catholic. FAMILY: Divorced, six children and 11 grandchildren, HOME: Ahualoa, Big Island. CAREER EXPERIENCE: Pilot, Hawaiian Airlines, 1958- 89; attorney since 1965; state representative, 1970-78; state senator, 1978-80; chairman of the board for Hawaii Aviation Contract Services since 1990. lagers stormed a rehabilitation center yesterday, killing 25 of the ex-fighters with stones, knives and swords.

After seizing the officer late Tuesday, the former Tamil rebel fighters who ranged in age from 14 to 25 shut off the lights in the government-run center, chased off the staff, closed the gates and demanded to be set free. About 3,000 villagers stormed the center at dawn yesterday, killing 25 of the one-time child soldiers two of whom were beaten to death with iron rods, said Rienzie Perera, a police spokesman in Colombo. Nineteen of the former fighters were wounded. The hostage was released unharmed. Thai, Myanmar troops engage MAE SOT, Thailand Thai and Myanmar troops clashed yesterday in a border firelight that left one Thai soldier dead and two wounded, the Thai military said.

A Thai patrol exchanged fire with about 50 Myanmar troops who crossed into Thai territory at Mae Jan, about 200 miles northwest of Bangkok, the Thai military reported. A Thai patrol usually has 10 to 15 soldiers. Advertiser News Services but Carroll said his positions on Hawaiian affairs have been terribly misunderstood. He tearfully cited his part-Hawaiian son, who is a recovering heroin addict who is "bagging coffee and picking mushrooms" on the Big Island. i "He fits the profile of the downtrodden, screwed up, lacking in self-confidence, lacking in self-esteem Hawaiian, and I hate that.

I think if ridiculous. I think a lot of it doesn't have to do with being Hawaiian. I think it a lot of it has to do with simply being in an economy where you can't get a decent job." Thaf why I get so pissed when these guys are saying I'm against the Hawaiians, I'm trying to hurt the Hawaiians," Carroll said. "I mean, if the total opposite." OHA fallout Accusations that Carroll is in some way anti-Hawaiian stem from the federal court lawsuit Carroll filed against the state Office of Hawaiian Affairs on Oct. 2.

The suit accuses state and OHA officials of illegally using income from ceded lands for "racially discriminatory purposes" because the trust benefits only Hawaiians. Carroll contends OHA must use the income from ceded lands to benefit all of Hawaii's citizens, but said he wants to preserve OHA itself. Carroll said he wants to maintain OHA's programs as much as possible, but "remove the constitutional defects" by throwing OHA's programs open to non-Hawaiians. Carroll also speculated that Akaka's health is not good and predicted that the senator will retire after the electioa That would open the way for the governor to appoint a replacement. Rumors to that effect have been circulating since Akaka underwent hip replacement in August.

Wayne Yamasaki, Akaka's campaign chairman, said Akaka is in "good health" and Carroll is wrong. "There is no basis for that allegation, or whatever you want to call it" Yamasaki said. Akaka is counting on re-election, Yamasaki said, and intends to "serve his six years, the full term." Advertiser reporter David Waite contributed to this report forced me into bankruptcy." The bankruptcy was discharged a year later. Carroll also had more than $600,000 in federal tax liens filed against him in the 1990s. He mostly blamed a long-running dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over a diamond mine he invested in as a tax shelter in 1979.

Years after he made the investment, the IRS disallowed the tax shelter, Carroll said. He said he paid $100,000 to settle the dispute shortly before the July deadline to file for office this year. Hawaiian Issues With Akaka and Sen. Daniel Inouye pushing a Hawaiian recognition bill through the Senate, much of the campaign this year has focused on Hawaiian rights and benefits. Carroll said people have misunderstood his position on Hawaiian issues, and pointed out he has three part-Hawaiian children and 1 1 part-Hawaiian grandchildren.

He said he learned much about the sovereignty issue from clients he represented in land claims. The bill introduced by Akaka to establish an official relationship between Hawaiians and the federal government is, in Carroll's view, "the most divisive thing I've ever seen." He said: "I think the Akaka bill is utter nonsense and it's politically motivated, and they don't look at the history of the kingdom, and they don't follow American law." Carroll persuaded Republican members of the U.S. Senate to lobby against the bill. He said his OHA suit was intended in part to draw attention to what he believes are defects in Akaka's recognition bill. Carroll contends that the Akaka bill is flawed because it doesn't address the rights of ethnic non-Hawaiians who were living in Hawaii at the time of the 1893 overthrow of the monarchy.

Still, Carroll said he believes the United States owes reparations to Hawaiians for the overthrow. His draft plan would have the federal government give Native Hawaiians grants in aid and fee-simple ownership of surplus federal lands worth $95 billion to compensate them for treaty violations with the Hawaiian It did. Carroll, 70, said his suit drew a furious reaction from some people, and he has produced a memorable television commercial to defend himself. The ad begins with Carroll announcing: "Aloha. I'm John Carroll, and in no way am I a racist" Although Carroll is a former Hawai'i Republican Party chairman, his chief of staff James Beau-parlant said there has been virtually no financial or other support for Carroll from the statewide and national Republican parties.

When asked why, Beauparlant replied: "We don't know at this point, because they're just not returning any of our phone calls." Despite those troubles and other difficulties that include a bankruptcy and federal tax liens in his past, Carroll estimates he has a 50-50 chance of defeating Akaka. He said he believes that voters are unimpressed with what Akaka has accomplished in office. War veteran and lawyer Carroll arrived in Hawai'i in 1949 and is a Korean War veteran who served in the infantry. He is a lawyer and a retired pilot who flew for Hawaiian Airlines. He served in the state House and Senate from 1972 to 1980.

He now handles mostly pro-bono work in his law practice, including cases for some Hawaiians who are pursuing land claims and for hunters who argue that the state should allow them access to certain lands on Mauna Kea. Carroll is also a "hobby farmer" who keeps sheep, cows and horses on his property in Ahualoa on the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island. He runs his campaign from the law office of Richard Lee in the Century Center Building in Honolulu. Carroll is chairman of the board and house counsel for his company, Hawaii Aviation Contract Services, which supplies pilots for Japanese air carriers. Carroll said Hawaii Aviation is successful, although he struggled financially at times.

In 1994 he filed for bankruptcy, which he attributed to two business partners attempting to take over his company. He said the partners "cut my pay very, very substantially, which Suspect denies Wahid involvement JAKARTA, Indonesia The key suspect in a multimillion-dollar scandal has denied that President Abdurrahman Wahid was involved, media reports said yesterday. Ajip Agung Suwondo said Tuesday that he had never met Wahid and the president had nothing to do with the affair, the state news agency Antara reported. Suwondo spoke to reporters after police questioned him. The scandal involves the disappearance of $4 million from Bu-log, the state logistics agency.

Suwondo was arrested this month and accused of absconding with the money after allegedly using the president's name to dupe an accountant at the agency. Wahid has denied involvement Body possibly that of missing captive SRINAGAR, India Police have exhumed a body after being told by residents that it may be the remains of one of four foreigners missing since they were taken captive in Kashmir five years ago. The skeleton was dug up and removed from a graveyard at Doom Anantnag, 50 miles south of Srinagar, summer capital of Jammu-Kashmir state, where Islamic militants have been fighting since 1986 to separate the Himalayan region from India. The body, which police say was buried in 1996, was exhumed Tuesday, brought to Srinagar and will be sent to a forensics center for testing. One American hostage, John Childs of Sims-bury, escaped his captors.

The body of the Norwegian was found a month later. Those missing are Donald Hutchings of Spokane, Dirk Hasert of Germany; and Keith Mangan and Paul Wells of Britain. Vsscrs kill former BANDARAWELA, Sri Lanka Angry that former Tamil Tiger child soldiers took a Sinhalese officer hjstage, thousands of vil kingdom. However, Carroll said he doubts the federal government will ever actually pay $95 billion. As part of the same settlement, Carroll wants Hawai'i deemed an open port with no duties on goods shipped in and out of the state, and wants the federal government to lift the Jones Act restrictions on shipping in and out of the state.

"I'll tell you, we wouldn't have anybody worried about unemployment around here if we had that," he said. The Jones Act requires that goods carried by sea between US, ports be built and flagged in the United States and operated by US. sailors. The law increases the cost of goods in Hawai'i by shutting out foreign shipping, Carroll said, but' Hawaii's congressional delegation has done nothing about it. Case of part-Hawaiian son Carroll's overall settlement proposal also suggests that Hawai'i and Hawaiians relinquish their right to form a sovereign nation," PACIFIC ISLANDS 2 Fiji chiefs suspects in coup SUVA, Two chiefs from Fiji's northern island of Vanua Levu, Ratu Rovabokola and Raru Ritova, have been questioned in connection with the armed takeover of the country's democratic government last May 19.

The two are charged with unlawful assembly and the illegal takeover of the town's army barracks during the crisis. They join a growing list of people facing trial for their suspected involvement in the uprising. Coup leader George Speight, who has been charged with treason, remains imprisoned. Compiled by Pacific Islands Development Program (East-West Center) Center for Pacific Islands Studies (University of Hawai'i) OCT. 26-fIOV.

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