stripes.com Volume 78, No. 98 ©SS 2019 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas ‘Indomitable spirit’ Vice President Pence praises Polish people at World War II 80th anniversary ceremony BY JENNIFER H. SVAN Stars and Stripes WARSAW, Poland — Vice President Mike Pence praised the Polish people for their “in- domitable spirit” at a ceremony Sunday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. Pence was among dozens of for- eign leaders gathered in the city’s historic Pilsudski Square. The vice president spoke after Poland President Andrzej Duda SEE SPIRIT ON PAGE 6 Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg attends a ceremony honoring the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday. BRIAN FERGUSON/Stars and Stripes At ‘threshold’ of peace deal, Taliban stage second attack in as many days BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN ‘ What that suggests to me is from several entry points around 5 a.m. four civilians were killed in the fighting Stars and Stripes with gunbattles continuing until the after- and another 20 wounded. that [the Taliban] are not just noon, provincial police chief spokesman The assault came a day after Taliban KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban keeping open the possibility, Javed Basharat said. fighters conducted a major attack on Kun- attacked a second provincial capital in as but they are also intending Reinforcements arrived from Kabul duz, a strategically located northern city many days on Sunday, even as the insur- and had contained the fighting to the out- and capital of Kunduz province. gents were “at the threshold” of a deal with to continue to fi ght despite a skirts of the city, according to Basharat, At least 19 civilians and Afghan forces the United States that could end America’s withdrawal of U.S. forces. ’ who said at least two members of the se- were killed in the clashes, in addition to longest war. curity forces and three Taliban fighters three dozen Taliban fighters, according to Insurgents attacked Pul-e-Khumri, the Seth Jones were killed. capital of northern Baghlan province, counterinsurgency expert The Associated Press reported at least SEE ATTACK ON PAGE 3 NATION NATION NATION Violent waves, lashing 7 dead following Prices on consumer winds batter Bahamas shooting spree goods likely to rise as as hurricane arrives in West Texas new tariffs take effect Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Chiefs coach Reid reuniting with 2-time All-Pro RB McCoy » NFL, Page 29 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, September 2, 2019 WAR ON TERRORISM Oil tanker pursued by Erdogan sets deadline US is off Syrian coast BY JON GAMBRELL ery in Baniyas, Syria, when they Associated Press seized it in early July. They ulti- mately let it go. for action on safe zone DUBAI, United Arab Emirates On Friday, U.S. Secretary of — An Iranian oil tanker pursued Associated Press State Mike Pompeo alleged on by the U.S. across the Mediter- Twitter that the ship was still ISTANBUL — Turkey’s presi- ranean Sea slowed to a near-stop bound for Syria. dent threatened Saturday to Sunday off the coast of Syria, “We have reliable information launch a unilateral offensive into where America’s top diplomat al- that the tanker is underway and northeastern Syria if plans to es- leges it will be unloaded despite headed to Tartus, Syria,” Pom- tablish a so-called safe zone along denials from Tehran. peo wrote on Twitter. “I hope it Turkey’s border fail to meet his The ongoing saga of the Adrian changes course.” expectations, including a demand Darya 1, formerly known as the Iranian officials have said the Grace 1, comes as tensions re- that Turkish soldiers control the oil onboard the Adrian Darya had main high between the U.S. and corridor. been sold to an unnamed buyer. Iran over its unraveling nuclear Speaking to graduates of a mili- However, anyone buying Iranian deal with world powers. Tehran is tary academy in Istanbul, Recep crude oil would be subject to U.S. set to send a deputy foreign min- Tayyip Erdogan said the U.S. had sanctions. ister and a team of economists to up to three weeks to satisfy Turk- Syrian President Bashar Paris on Monday for talks over ish demands. Assad’s adviser, Bouthaina Shaa- ways to salvage the accord after Earlier in August, Turkish and ban, separately told the Leba- U.S. officials agreed to set up the a call between Iranian President non-based Al-Mayadeen TV that zone east of the Euphrates River. Hassan Rouhani and French Damascus is trying to get oil that Ankara wants U.S.-backed Syr- President Emmanuel Macron. its people need “but authorities ian Kurdish fighters, considered The ship-tracking website don’t know where the Iranian terrorists by Turkey, to pull back MarineTraffic.com showed the from the border. Adrian Darya slowed to a near- tanker is heading.” “If our soldiers do not start to stop on Sunday some 50 nautical Meanwhile, Iranian Deputy control the area actively, we will miles off Syria. The ship’s Auto- Foreign Minister Abbas Aragh- have no choice but to activate our matic Identification System does chi is due to travel to Paris with own operational plans,” Erdogan not show its destination after its economists Monday, the state- PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/AP, Pool said. mariners onboard previously run IRNA news agency reported. Turkey has been pressing to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives to deliver a speech listed it as ports in Greece and That came after a call Saturday control — in coordination with the to graduates of a military academy in Istanbul on Saturday . Erdogan Turkey. between Rouhani and Macron, U.S. — a 19- to 25-mile-deep zone said the U.S. has up to three weeks to satisfy Turkish demands on a Turkey’s foreign minister at who recently surprised the Group within civil war-ravaged Syria, safe zone along Turkey’s border . one point suggested it would go to of Seven summit in France by in- running east of the Euphrates all Lebanon, something denied by a viting Iranian Foreign Minister the way to the border with Iraq. repeatedly vowed to go it alone if differing positions on the Kurd- Lebanese official. Mohammad Javad Zarif there. On Friday, Erdogan said Turk- the U.S. delays safe zone plans. ish fighters have become a major The U.S. has been warning Iran is set to further break ish officials had “temporarily” Turkey sees the Syrian Kurd- source of tension between NATO countries not to accept the Adrian the terms of the nuclear deal on Friday if Europe fails to offer it agreed to a safe zone proposed by ish fighters, who make up the allies Turkey and the U.S. Darya, which carries 2.1 million the U.S. that is narrower than 20 barrels of crude oil worth some a way to sell its crude oil on the majority of the Syrian Demo- Erdogan said his visit to New miles . cratic Forces, as an extension $130 million. global market. The two countries set up a joint of a Kurdish insurgency within York this month for the U.N. Gen- The U.S. has sanctioned the The U.S. under President Don- operations center in Turkey’s Turkey. American troops are sta- eral Assembly, where he’s ex- Adrian Darya’s captain and has ald Trump unilaterally withdrew border province of Sanliurfa last tioned in northeast Syria, along pected to meet President Donald sought to impound the vessel. from the deal over a year ago and month and started helicopter pa- with the Kurdish forces, and have Trump, would be a “last chance” Authorities in Gibraltar alleged imposed sanctions on Iran that trols. But Turkish officials have fought Islamic State together. The before a Turkish offensive. the ship was bound for a refin- are battering its economy. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ............ 17 Business .......................... 21 Classified ................... 19, 22 Comics/Crossword ............ 13 Faces ............................... 18 Opinion ............................ 20 Sports .........................23-32 Weather ........................... 21 Monday, September 2, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 WAR ON TERRORISM Afghans see little voice in their own future BY CARA ANNA The developments anger Presi- AND TAMEEM AKHGAR dent Ashraf Ghani, who seeks a Associated Press second term and a strong man- date so the government can bet- KABUL, Afghanistan — For ter negotiate with the Taliban, almost a year, Afghanistan’s more who already portray a U.S. troop than 30 million people have been withdrawal as their victory. in the awkward position of wait- Weary Afghans appear more ing as a United States envoy and flexible, calling for peace above the Taliban negotiate their coun- all. try’s fate behind closed doors. Some also are skeptical that a An agreement on ending 15-member negotiating team for America’s longest war, which intra-Afghan talks, yet to be an- the U.S. once hoped to reach by nounced by the government, will Sept. 1, could set a timeline for be representative of civil society U.S. troops’ withdrawal but also and women, whose fate is espe- nudge aside this month’s presi- cially fragile. The Taliban are dential election and open the way expected to have power to strike for a Taliban return to power. The people from that list. militants continue their attacks, A collapse of talks could bring again invading a major city, Kun- another civil war, some analysts duz, on Saturday and the city of and Afghans say. The country has Puli Khumri on Sunday. been ravaged for 40 years start- Without a say in their own ing with a decade long Russian future, Afghans’ frustration is occupation in 1979, followed by clear.