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DADS AN1) DAUGinms CHIEFS 45 REDSKINS 13 A ROUT OF RELIEF Priest Holmes iuitl Kiinsas City run over Washington JASON WHT1I X)CKi ikw team rolls over much like Iris old ones COMPLETE COVERAGE IN SPORTS DAILY AND DATING Many fathers struggle when their little gil ls go out with l)oys FY1 THE KANSAS CITY STAR wwwkansascitycom METROPOLITAN EDITION Monday October 1 2001 NASCAR WINSTON CUP RACING IN KANSAS CITY SPECIAL NASCAR SECTION INSIDE THE WINNER Jeff Gordon's sixth series victory of the year takes nearly four hours THE FANS About 104000 people packed the stands suites and infield THE SCENE The first beer sold at 7:30 am Binoculars went for $160 THE RACE Eleven crashes force 13 cautions that last for 70 of the 267 laps US REJECTS TALIBAN OFFER 10 NEGOnATE Big-time racing big-time crowd Militia claims in control of bin Laden DEVELOPMENTS Star News Services WASHINGTON Claiming Osama bin Laden is under their control in a secret location the Taliban said Sunday they are willing to negotiate with the United States if it provides evidence he was involved in the Sept 1 1 terrorist attacks The offer was quickly rejected by the White House "The president has said not negotiating" White House chief of staff Andrew Card said on News told the Taliban government what they should be doing got to turp not only Osama bin Laden over but all of the operatives of the al-Qaida organization They've got to stop being a haven where terrorists can Bin Laden has denied any role in the Sept 1 1 terrorist attacks on the World Dade Center and the Pentagon and Afghan authorities say US officials have offered no proof to back up their allegations Die United States has threatened military action unless the Taliban hand over the exiled Saudi dissident and his co-conspirators Mullah Mohammed Omar leader of the Taliban told his people Sunday not to worry about US attacks on their country because Americans were cowards have the courage to come he said in an interview broadcast by Taliban -controlled Kabul Radio He urged Attorney General John Ashcroft warns of more terrorist attacks if the United States retaliates Taliban say they know location of Osama bin Laden's Afghanistan hideout A US congressional delegation talks with exiled Afghan king in Rome I Afghanistan opposition says territory was gained and hundreds of Taliban soldiers defected during three days of fighting in the northern mountains THE TOLL by JOHN SLEFZKR (lop) and MIKT RANS0FII The Kansas City Star Mark Martin in the closing laps of the Protection One 400 to take the lead and win the race Fans joined in a patriotic display before race by holding up cards to form an American flag No 24 feff Gordon top passed No 6 Number of missing at World Trade Center drops to 5219 confirmed dead rises to 314 Winston Cup debut draws thousands of smiles COMING TUESDAY A behind-the-scenes look at a school in Pakistan that teaches students a love for bin Laden and the tactics of terror See TALIBAN A-2 Cold War comparisons are tidy but simplistic are saying about the facility I've heard nothing but praise not a single complaint "All of our high expectations have been All 75000 seats in the grandstands were filled all 68 luxury boxes were occupied and more than 750 motor homes rose above the infield as well as along the outer rim One of the larger sporting events in Kansas City area history enjoyed near-perfect weather look out said Kathy Cirulis a volunteer vendor of programs She pointed to a shimmering vista of parked cars that reached to the horizon and then some "I didn't thinjc it would be this busy busier than a Chiefs Welcome to NASCAR Kansas City The first 20-ounce beer was sold at 7:30 am at the Boulevard Brewing Co booth in the concourse In about an hour booth had sold out of more than 5000 programs at $15 each By 10 am two hours before the By RICK MONTGOMERY The Kansas City Star Winston Cup racing thundered into Kansas Speedway on Sunday introducing one of the biggest shows in sports to the quarter-billion-doilar track in Wyandotte County And the ears are stiil ringing around here With roughly 100000 fans Kansas dignitaries media members and NAS top drivers basking under crystal-blue skies the Winston Protection One 400 was far and away the main event of the first racing season at the speedway the one with the great big smile" said Carol Marinovich mayor of the Unified Board of Commissioners of Wyandotte County and Kansas City Kan She wasn't the only one Tyler Moline 8 of Prior Lake Minn was smiling because he saw a dozen wipeouts Ron Petty a first-time Winston Cup spectator despite his name was glad to see so many Americans "getting back to living at the close of a month that KEITH MYERSThe Kansas City Star An enthusiastic crowd cheered the beginning of the race including fans Ruth Gardner (left) of Springfield Mo Karl Knoll of Raytown and Carl Larson of Russell Kan tions wonder whether terrorism is on course to fill the spot communism once held in US foreign policy the litmus test of friend or foe the consideration that colors all other decisions "It has all the obvious said loseph Lepgold a professor of international relations at Georgetown University in Washington DC agreement up and down the political system that something we need to fight Lepgold said the top priority at least for now in While the comparison offers a tidy way to sort out US foreign By SCOTT CANON The Kansas City Star By now the metaphor of Osama bin Laden as America's painful hangover frdm the Cold War is nearly a cliche The boilerplate of every bin Laden profile or analysis of AUiiycic the Taliban A I 3 I notes that they sprang from Afghan guerrilla forces backed by the United States to fight communist Soviets in the 1980s Certainly bin Laden is a leftover from the Cold War He also may be the first villain of what many analysts say is much like perhaps too much like a new Cold War Experts on international rela brought such terror to their home soil NASCAR star Jeff Gordon? Dazzling smile He won the thing after all And the man in the Kodak trailer couldn't have been happier after selling his fourth $250 black leather NASCAR jacket 90 minutes before the race even started gushing the only way I can put said Don Denney a Unified Government spokesman all gushing because of the nice things people See RACE A-14 Ex-South Vietnamese leader Thieu dies See STRATEGY A-4 wwwkansascityam WEATHER PVHr High 78 Low 54 Sunny and mild Forecast C-12 DEPARTMENTS MJ 122 No 14 BUSINESS B-6 6 stations MOVIES E-5 turning him during most of his exile in Taiwan England and the United States into a virtual recluse Thieu was a trim pipe-smoking man who stood 5 feet 6 inches and started every morning with rigorous calisthenics He played a pivotal role in virtually every major Vietnam event for a decade from the overthrow of the Ngo Dinh Diem government in 1963 to the 1973 Paris peace ac-cotdswhich he bitterly opposed to the final chaotic days before fall He had already fled when North Vietnamese tanks crashed through the gates of the Presidential Palace on April 30 Nha said the family had contacted many members of the Vietnamese expatriate community "Most of the expatriates now with the more than 35 years of history can see his role in a much clearer way how he contributed to Vietnam" he said In Washington a White House spokesman said Sunday there was no immediate comment on death Thieu left many questions unanswered Among them: Why did he abandon South highlands to invading troops in March 1975? That decision led to the fall of Saigon a month later bequeathing liim a controversial legacy and Sar Wire Services BOSTON Former South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu who led his nation in the war that tore apart his homeland and bitterly divided the United States has died He was 78 Thieu collapsed at his home in suburban Foxboro on Thursday and died late Saturday at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston hospital spokesman lerry Berger and cousin I Ioang Due Nha said Sunday Thieu had been in a coma and was kept on a respirator until relatives could gather in Boston Nha said Associated Press file photo Nguyen Van Thieu shown in a 1970 photo lived as a virtual recluse after resigning as South president in 1975 He died Saturday in Boston See THIEU A-13 KnightRidder 4.