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NEW ORLEANS — Anger and frustration surged SEOUL — Park Sang Hak carefully wraps U.S. $1 — Israel defended itself Monday across the Gulf Coast on Monday as residents bills in plastic leaflets that will be attached to heli- against accusations it overreacted to a flotilla of learned that the latest attempt to cap a renegade um-filled balloons for delivery to North Korea. pro-Palestinian activists it said provoked a battle underwater well had failed and that oil may keep Adefector who fled from the North a decade ago, with Israeli commandos that left nine activists dead Nation’s gas gauge gushing into the Gulf of until at least August, Park hopes his airmail will buy a meal for hungry and several soldiers severely injured. RegularMid Premium when relief wells are scheduled to be finished. North Koreans suffering under dictator Kim Jong Il. “The armada of hate and violence in support of Current average $2.7322 $2.9012 $3.0052 As they entered the 42nd day of the crisis Mon- But the leaflets also carry a warning: “Cheonan vic- the terror organization was a premeditated, day, officials with oil company BP said that over the tims, South Korea will take revenge.” outrageous provocation,” Deputy Foreign Minister Previous day $2.737 $2.908 $3.010 weekend they had abandoned the “top kill” ma- The March 26 sinking of the South Korea warship Danny Ayalon said. Year ago $2.502 $2.656 $2.751 neuver to jam drilling mud into the well to stop its Cheonan by a suspected North Korean torpedo, Thousands of people in Turkey protested the Source: AAA.com; arrows show direction of prices from previous day flow and were trying a new technique. killing all 46 sailors aboard, has grown into a crisis deaths of the activists, many of whom were Turks. “Everybody’s lost hope,” said Councilman Jay La- in which the world’s two largest militaries — those Turkey’s government called the incident “state- Font of Grand Isle, La., where beaches and its fishing of the and China — are lined up on op- sponsored terrorism.” The Security mOur expanded industry were closed because of the spill. “As long posite sides behind the South and North, respec- Council, which held an emergency meeting Mon- Travel site has all you as you have something to look forward to, a little tively. day, called for an impartial investigation of the raid. need: Ratings and glimmer of hope, you can move on. But this just For several years, South Korea has pursued a pol- U.S. Deputy Ambassador Alejandro Wolffurged tips. Blogs and deals. Cruises, flights and hotels. drained everything out of us.” icy of aid and diplomacy to the repressive and Israel “to investigate the incident fully.” President Even book a trip. Try it now at travel.usatoday.com. Up to 800,000 gallons of crude a day has spewed closed Stalinist country on its northern border, as a Obama voiced “deep regret” over what occurred. from a well 5,000 feet underwa- way of keeping peace. The “Sunshine Policy” in- Six ships carrying humanitarian aid left Cyprus to ter since the Deepwater Horizon volved sending North Korea massive breach a blockade of Gaza set up by Israel and ® Hazards, USA TODAY Snapshots rig exploded April 20, killing 11 shipments of food, financial aid and Egypt to keep arms from Hamas. Designated a ter- crewmembers, and sank two lawsuits even the building of factories to pro- Cover ror group by the United States and other countries, Wesst is best for car thieves days later, unleashing the great- mGulf Coast vide work for the impoverished peo- story Hamas took control of Gaza in 2007 and has rained est oil disaster in U.S. history. The fallout, 4A ple of the North. more than 6,500 rockets onto Israeli towns. Israeli Metroro areas with the most car thefts well has spilled at least 20 million That policy cooled somewhat Defense Minister said the ships were in2009 200 per 100,000 in population: gallons of crude, according to government esti- when President Lee Myung Bak took power in contacted and told they could offload supplies at an mates—surpassing the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster 2008. Now the policy is in tatters, as South Koreans Israeli port for delivery to Gaza, but they refused. in Alaska that dumped 11 million. question whether their kindness was repaid with According to Barak, Israeli commandos boarded Using underwater robotic vessels, BP engineers the killing of its sailors. Many now say the North five of the ships and forced them to dock, but doz- will try to cut off the pipe attached to the blowout must be punished and the South must take a more ens of activists on the Turkish-flagged Mavi Mar- LarLaredo,,T Texaexas 747422 preventer — the 48-foot-tall device that sits over confrontational stand. mara used guns, knives and bats to attack comman- ModModesto, Calif. 727 the well — and install a cap atop it, BP spokesman “If an American, British or Israeli ship had been dos. The commandos were armed with paintball BakersBakersfield, Calif. 685 John Curry said. The cap will have piping that will attacked,” Park says, “then war would have started rifles but got the OK to use their pistols when one suck oil up to a surface vessel, he said. already.” commando was thrown 30 feet onto a lower deck Stockton, Calif. 664 This latest attempt was scheduled to be in mo- The sinking has prompted South Korea’s govern- and another soldier lost his handgun to an attacker. Fresno,Calif. 642 tion by Wednesday at the earliest. Two relief wells ment to throttle back on aid to the North and de- Israel Prime Minister , who Yakima,Wash. 638 —aimed at punching a hole under the well and mand the United States back its quest for sanctions canceled a planned meeting with Obama, said he plugging it with cement — won’t be completed un- against Kim before the United Nations Security regretted the loss of life but said the soldiers “had to Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau til August, Curry said. By then, more than 50 million Council. 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By Anne R. Carey and Alejandro Gonzalez, USA TODAY gallons of oil could have spilled. “We clearly un- off on a turnover of military power to its military by moud Abbas condemned the “massacre.” derstand the frustration,” Curry said. Cutting the U.S. forces, which have had a large base here since Jews and Arabs viewed the killings differently. Crossword, Sudoku4D pipe will temporarily increase the flow of oil gush- the 1950-53 Korean War. “It hurts to think that the food and medicine Editorial/Forum 10-1 1A ing into the Gulf by 20%, he said. The South also cut off aid to the North and set up didn’t make it to the people of Gaza,” said Mazen Marketplace Today4D Market scoreboard 6B Scientists discovered a new plume of oil — a anaval blockade of its waters. But last week. South Sublaban, an Arab music teacher in . QIJFAF-02005y(M)c State-by-state 8A dense, black cloud about 1,000 feet underwater Korea’s defense ministry said it had called off a “Hamas is defying international law, but no one TV listings 8D stretching 6miles from the well, said Mandy Joye, a threat to resume propaganda loudspeaker broad- cares about that,” Ofer Kadesh said. After nightfall, a ©COPYRIGHT 2010 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co., Inc. University of Georgia scientist leading the research. casts into the North, which had threatened to fire rocket was fired into Israel. Hamas-linked militants Subscriptions, customer service “We will die a slow death over the next two years on the speakers, according to the Yonhap News said it was in response to the raid. No one was hurt. 1-800-USA-0001 www.usatodayservice.com as this oil creeps ashore,” Plaquemines Parish Presi- dent Billy Nungessersaid. Please see COVER STORY next page u Contributing: The Associated Press

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