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Canada THE OTTAWA CITIZEN SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1999 A3 Turkey using Canadian ammo vs. Kurds: critics 10,000 artillery rounds left over after NATO pullout in 1995 THE CANADIAN PRESS Broadcaster Jack Webster's favouritetargets were politicians with egos gratified to see Premier Glen Clark giving scrums outside the church on Clark gets legal top gun to fight casino battle border with Iraq. Richard Sanders, a spokesman for Ottawa's Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade, doubts that Turkey is sticking to its side of the transfer agreement. "We know that they've killed thousands of people, and 'if they're willing to kill thousands of people they're willing to lie to NATO." Mr. Sanders says Canada shouldn't give Turkey ammunition for any reason.

"Even if it is for training, what are they training for? Why would we train mass Yiorgos Chouliaras, an official at the Greek embassy in Ottawa, is concerned about Canada's decision to leave the shells in Turkey. "It's always a question of stability in our region. We always encourage friends and allies like Canada not to proceed with any act that might threaten that balance." Greece and Turkey have an ongoing dispute over Cyprus. Capt. Morissette suspects those same concerns were raised by Canadian officials, since Canada was the last of the contributing countries to decide to hand over its stocks.

He says he has never encountered this sort of transfer, but wouldn't rule out the possibility that Canada has donated military hardware to other countries. Because the ammunition was given and not sold to Turkey, it will not be included in the Department of Foreign Affairs annual report on military exports. According to Foreign Affairs spokesman Christian Girouard, only military goods exported from Canada are listed in the report, made public each year. Mr. Chouliaras says that policy leaves a large number of military transfers unaccounted for.

"These transfers are not reported, and that would be of special concern," says Mr. Chouliaras. "They have more of an impact, if you wish, in the sense that they remain unaccounted. That becomes a much more serious situatioa" By AxisTAiR Steele Canadian Kurds fear Ankara may be using 10,000 rounds of artillery ammunition handed over by Canada last year to continue Turkey's long and bloody conflict with the country's minority group. Officials from the departments of Foreign Affairs and National Defence insist the Turkish military is only using the ammunition "in designated training areas," and against targets "especially designated or prepared for military training." The 155-millimetre shells had been stored in Turkey since 1990 as part, of Canada's contribution to NATO stockpiles in the region.

When NATO suspended that program in late 1997, Canada was ordered to either remove the ammunition or transfer ownership to Turkey. DND spokesman Capt. Jean Moris-sette says Canada weighed its options, but decided in 1998 to leave the ammunition behind. The cost of returning the shells to Canada would have exceeded their value, says Capt. Moris-sette.

He says Canada had a surplus of 155-mm ammunition at the time. Members of the Canadian Kurdish community expressed outrage over the transfer. "It's supporting the killing," says Shwan Ahmad, a Kurdish activist living in Vancouver. "There's no doubt (the shells) are being used against the Kurds. A country like Canada should never participate in such a dirty war." Under the transfer agreement Turkey is required to report annually to NATO on the whereabouts and use, if any, of the shells.

"NATO is pretty strict on that. They really check what you're doing with your shells, and you're accountable for everything," said Capt. Morissette. In recent weeks, Turkish troops have carried the fighting across their Premier's attorney refuses to say who will foot the bill ByNealHaix i The two criminal lawyers retained Ithis week to represent Premier Glen IClark and B.C. Gaming Minister Mike Tarnworth are among the highest-priced legal counsel in Vancouver, charging up to $350 an hour for their services.

Richard Peck is representing Mr. Farnworth and met the minister Thursday night at the airport after he returned from a trade mission in Peru. A source said Mr. Peck's legal fees are being paid for by government David Gibbons is representing the premier and held a news conference Thursday to speak on behalf of Mr. Clark.

When asked who was paying his legal tab, Mr. Gibbons told reporters: "It's none of your business." He represented the premier yesterday in court, where lawyers for the media asked the court to get documents used to obtain a search warrant executed on the premier's home Tuesday night made public. The search was part of an investigation involving a neighbour of Mr. Clark's who was given approval in principle to run a charity casino. A B.C.

Supreme Court judge adjourned until March 15 the application to unseal the search warrant for Mr. Clark's house and the 13 other locations. Associate Chief Justice Patrick Dohm ordered the Crown to provide him with more extensive reasons as to why the warrants should remain sealed. Crown special prosecutor Bill Smart had argued the "police are in the midst iof an investigation," and the importance of a proper investigation outweighs the public's right to know what's in the warrant However, Vincent Orchard, lawyer for the Globe and Mail, argued the police have a self-interest in keeping the 'warrants sealed. I This case is unlike others because it involves a police raid on the premier's house and the conduct of government Officials, he said.

The premier spoke briefly yesterday afternoon while attending the funeral for legendary broadcaster Jack Web-ster. He was asked how Mr. Webster might have viewed the current events. "I think he (would have) said what "many of us are thinking, which is, what another wild week in B.C. I think he might also be critical of the way in which this story has unfolded." Mr.

Clark also asked the province's onflict-of-interest commissioner to conduct a speedy review to determine whether there was any conflict on his part in the government's decision to grant the conditional casino approval. 't "I want this matter dealt with as expeditiously as possible in order to confirm that I was not involved in the and problems. He might have been the latest provincial scandal. Scandal adds edge to Webster funeral Famed broadcaster's final farewell laced with politics and intrigue By Ian Clayton VANCOUVER It was the kind of event Jack Webster would have loved to cover. In attendance at the legendary broadcaster's funeral yesterday were two former B.C.

premiers who were forced to resign under a cloud, one who could be headed that way and the eccentric real estate agent who helped bring one of them down. With television cameras looking down from above and bagpipes moaning Amazing Grace, friends, family, politicians, and media celebrities gathered to celebrate Mr. Webster, who died Tuesday of heart disease at age 80. Mr. Webster, who interviewed everyone from prime ministers to prison convicts during his career, was described by his friend Jack Munro as "provocative, mildly insulting, direct and contradictory." His favourite targets were politicians with egos and problems.

He might have been gratified to see former premier Bill Vander Zalm and current Premier Glen Clark giving scrums outside the church on the latest provincial scandal. As Mr. Vander Zalm told reporters he thought Mr. Clark's future is uncertain, a small woman in a floppy hat and loud dress heckled Mr. Vander Zalm and told reporters to "ask about my money." The woman, real estate agent Faye Leung, was referring to a long-simmering dispute over her role in the sale of Mr.

Vander Zalm's Fantasy Gardens almost 10 years ago. Mr. Clark brushed past, saying only it had been another "wild week in B.C. politics." Mr. Clark is under siege after police raided his home this week as part of a gambling investigation.

Other attendees at the funeral were former premier Mike Harcourt and B.C. MP Svend Robinson who once had Mr. Webster turn his back on him during a television interview. Media personalities, including Peter Mansbridge and Terry Milewski, were also there. The crowd overflowed into the back of the church and an adjacent tent.

Other speakers read poems about his original home town of Glasgow, a city reflected in Webster's tough, street-smart personality. "He always stood up for the little guy, and that's what I always related to," Mr. Clark said. "It's a sad day. Of course he was a great British Columbian and a great journalist.

miss him." The Canadian Press 1999 Ford Escort SEWgn Dud hap, lit, AMI'M ciKttm IM00 45,973 $259 per month 1999 Put mndowt St IkIu, paint, tuto, chrome 24,389 extra kms available at 08c per km. All prices plus $2000 THE CANADIAN PRESS David Gibbons, the high-priced lawyer representing B.C. Premier Glen Clark in the current casino scandal, has been front-and-centre in some of British Columbia's most sensational trials. decision to give approval in principle to the casino licence for the North Burnaby Inn," Clark said in a prepared statement. The two lawyers representing Mr.

Clark and Mr. Franworth were members of the so-called "Dream Team" that represented six accused killers at a 1995 murder trial, one of the longest and most complex trials in B.C. history. Mr. Peck represented Raj Benji and Mr.

Gibbons represented co-accused Peter Gill. All six accused were acquitted by a jury of the first-degree murder of Ron and Jimmy Dosanjh, who were gunned down separately on Vancouver streets in 1994. A former juror at the trial, Gillian Guess, was later convicted of obstruction of justice for having an affair with Mr. Gill, who had been on bail during the trial. Ms.

Guess is appealing and the Crown is appealing the acquittals of Mr. Gill and three co-accused. Ms. Guess's trial lawyers, Peter Ritchie and Marilyn Sandford, share an office with Mr. Gibbons, who said last week Mr.

Gill denies he had an affair with Ms. Guess, noting all the evidence of an affair has come from Ms. Guess. Mr. Gibbons, 58, has been a lawyer since 1970.

Last year, he was a member of the law society's discipline committee. He is married to B.C. Supreme Court Justice Janice Dillon. The couple have two teens. Mr.

Gibbons's previous clients include former Vancouver psychiatrist James Tyhurst, who was accused of turning patients into sex slaves (Mr. Tyhurst was acquitted at his second trial) and Inderjit Singh Reyat, who was convicted almost 10 years ago of building a bomb that exploded at the Narita airport in Japan, killing two people in June 1985. With files from The Canadian Press 1999 Ford Taurus SEWgn 8 paicngrr. hated power miiroa. tit, tfut, tilt, pw window lodu 132270 $287 per month V.

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