OBiBi KOtLP.REtUO K A Z ir KEWB iicsr^. jAKrun. : Israel still massing for ground assault Bush voices concerns 13 It resists pressure with Israel's Ohnert to suspend its CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) — see an end to the violence," the airsbikes against President Bush on Wednesday spokesman said. 'We want to discussed with Israeli Prune •ee a cease-fire that's durable Hamas in Gaza. Muuster Ehud Okmert ways to and lasting and the most impor "end ihe violence" in the Mid- tant thing IS lhat Hamas re GAZA CITY, Gau Strip (AP) cast, the WhjieHousesaJd. spect it. — lirael resisted mounting inter- "They both discussed their "The onus is on Hamas " nationa] preisure WedDciday \o mutual desire" for peace, presi Johndroe would not say di suspend iu devastat ine 3>r offen- dential spokesman Gordon rectly whether Bush had dis sive a^BiDCl miliiants in Hamas- Johndroe told reporters. cussed with Olmert the idee o/a ruled Gaza, sending more troops He said Bush talked by phone ccase-rirc. and tanks to the border as signs early Wednesday with the Is of an impending ground invasion He did say Bush and Olmeri raeli leader [rtim Sqsh's ranch multiplied. "realiie that an end to violence m Crawford. Texas. A long column of tanki and UTH cone when Hamas stops Bush voiced conceni about other army vehicles, two and firing rocketsmto Israel." the strikes in Gaza and the at three abreast, was trrung out "Hamas hopefully realizes tacks in Israel and also raised alone an access road lo Gaia. that they're in a situation that is again his worries about civilian Z>otea3 of Unks were parked m a noi helpful to iheir own peo casualties Ul Gaza. rain-sodden field on the frontier. ple," he said "That siiuarion Johndroe said that Olciert will not lead to a viable Paleslm- Commanders uere moving gave Bush assurances that Is ian state." forward with preparations for a rael IS focusing Itf attack on the posjibJe gromid attauil, said an Asked if Bush's ability lo in Hamas leadership govemuig Israeli defense ' official who fluence events in the region is the Gaza Strip and that it is try spoke OD condition of anonyiniiy suffering because be has only ing to limit civilian casualties. beuiuEe of tbe sensitive nature of three weeks left in office, Johti- ihcinformatiori. laraell loldierx cany equipment throufh a stafinc »na for tanks on the IsrscKiaza bonlar Wadnesday. Bush has been constantly droe said: "One thing that's Earlier tbit week, the govern monitoring the airstrikes mto clear is thai he's established re ment approved the cull-up of the GSTa Sirip. which Israel lationships that allow him to had been *'badlv impaired." He said all efforts were made Olmcrt told ministers that Is more than 9,000 reserves. launched L^aturday in response pick up the phone, give these Weapons development facili- to avoid civilian casualties, in rael embarked upon the offen to the rocket strikes directed at Heavy cloud cover that could leaders a call and have very licJ have been "compJetc.'y cluding calJinp residents on their sive to radically transfornt the the Jewisb sute by the militant openand frank discuGsion.^." encumber ground forces was ex- wiped out" and a network of phones to warn them Iheir build security situation in Israel') Hamas organization. In Washington, Secretarj- of peeled lolifl today. smuggling tunnels that has been ings were about to be hil south and would not leave the job Asked specifically what con State Condoleezza Rice contin The diplomslic action was cct Hamas' lifeline has been badly The bombing onslaught has halfdone. cem the administration voiced ued furious telephone diplo in motion by Israel's aerial cam damaged, a participant m ihe touched off prniesis across the Underlyinc the Israeli deci abou[ Ihe violence. Johndroe macy with officials in rhe re paign, now in its fifth day, aimed meeting quoted Diskin as saying. Islamic world In Iran nn sion to keep fighting are the said. "President Bush is disap at Snuffing out militant rocket He spoke on condition of ano gion, pressmg them on ihe need Wednesday, fundamentalist stu- mightier weapons that Hamai pointed that Hamas continues barrages that are striking omi nymity because tbe meeting was for a "durable and sustainable" deniE asked their government to has smuggled into Gaza through 10 fixe rockets on the innocent nously close to the Israeli heart closed to the news media. cease-fire authorize volunteer suicide underground tunnels alon£ Ihe people oflsraeJ. Asked whether Rice planned land. A senior military officer said bombers to attack Israel The border with Egypt. "President Bush warns to see a trip to the region, Johndroe Gazaoffjcialsput the death toU Wednesday that Israeli war- Tehran govcnimcnt had no im- an end to the violence. I know said in Crawford that he knew. ai more than 390 dead and 1,600 planes hud mude some SOO sor inediatc response Previously militants had re lied on crude homemade rockets (the) prime minister wants to ofno!tuchplan wounded. Hamas says about 200 ties against Hamas targets in On Tuesday, France urged Is ihai«HildnvJ''s'l-"i''es'o ter uniformed member! of Hamai Gaza and that attack helicopters rael to halt its operation for 48 rorize Israeli border communi security forces have been killed, flew hundreds more combat mis hours Israel Prime Minister Sra 2004. IrvoaOs nasasssted nhwXab, bmies ties. Now tbey are fuing weapons and the U.K. says at leau 60 Pal- sions in fivedaysof righting. Ehud Olmeri discussed tbe idea ^^ and oMiles lo breaktvoi^ ve stj^na tf addcui manufactured ui Cbina and Iran esimian cii-iUans have died. . •...'^- and menial iltiess to get on tr* conBa pan lo The officer, who spoke on con with his defense and foreign min that have dramatically eitpanded Israeli defense offlcixls say dition of anonymity in line wilh isters overnight, but Uie irio de Ihe militants' range and put more rflcoMr>'5 aatxby Hamas' top military' and polii ical miliiarj' regulations, claimed 95 cided to pursue the punishing than a tenth of Israel's population S0^i Foran evaluallorVasEcssmentorlolindout f leaders have gone underground percent of the intended targels aerial campaign in their sights, defense officials INHQADS^ rrwre regarding ouroutpolient,recldcnilal ] and have not been touched. «eie hit He said the targets in Calls for , immediate Sidd. Four Israelis have been killed cluded Hamas command posts, ccflje-firc aljo hav c come from ^ 1^^^,^^ or opiale maintenance program, j by militant rocket fire, including some 130missile launch sites and theU.S..the Europea n Union, the More than 50 rockets and mor ^—^^^^^^^ Please contact U6 31(402)932-2248 three k:iviUans anyone who could be carrying a U.N.andRi:s5i3. tar shells were fired hy late weapon. Also hit was Hamai' Is 2B08 Noah 75th Sneei, Suiie H Omo/w, NE ^02-93222A8 The chief of Israel's intemal Isrdcli Cabinet r ninisicrs did Wednesday aftemoon. including lamic University, which he de security services, Yuval Diskin. not discuss the substance of a rockets that hit in and around the scribed as a weapons research inld Cabinet ministers Wednes French cease-fire proposal at a major southern Israeli city of facility. day thai Hamas' ability m rule meeting later Wednesday. Beersheba, 22 miles from Gaza. Medical Equipment Repair Center _.:^ You Name H, We.Repair It!
Pakistani: . Litl Chairs ^iUflb L_£3t .BSSfk'Xki. Pakistan neglects threat at home Militant admits . Much More '- THE WASJHINCTON COST ocratic government and not al Many FaJcistanis lowed It 10 focus on the threat of ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Mumbai plot still are more militancy This has overshad Wilh Pak-iitan and its army dis owed everything else." Phinnacir S Haraccare 127th & Q • 408-1990 tracted by revived hostilities worried about India ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Although Pakistani officials with neighboring India, a brazen (APi — A militant arrested in tlia.n the spread of have denounced Islamist terror .suicide bomb attack Sunday by Pakistan has confessed in ism, e.-tpeciatly smce the terror Islamist radicals in a northwest- radica.1 Islam in volvement in the Mumbai ter ist bombing nf a Marriott hotel m em village was a jolting re ror attacks and LS giving in their midst. the capital in September, the minder that f'akist an faces a real vestigators plot details, a view remains widespread in Pa- war al home. That enemy in miliiary vehicle depots blown up senior Pakistani Koveinment kiscan thai Ihe war on (error is creasingly threatens to destabi official saidWcdnesday. Yet public opinion and military America's war and thai Pakistani lize Ihe Muslim nntion of muic The revelation could add tu prioritit;s in Pakistan appear To forces arc merely being used lo EPA Extends the Public Comment Period than 170 million. piessure to bring Zarar Shah be focused more on the potential fight it. nn tiie Proposed Plan Pakistani troops launched an threat fiomlndia and other suspects tu trial or fiperatinn Monday to re-.";ecure Army officials have said they extradite ihem to India. for the Final Remedy a( the Mutual su.ipicifin and hatred the.main .'.upply route for U.S are firmly commitied to the war "(Shall) has made .fime h.ive rcsurlaced lince the terror against violent Islamist groups military forces in next-dnor .Af statcmunt that he w:is in OMAH.\ LEAD Supi-rftJiid Sile ist attacks in Mumbai l;ist month and, in recent monih.i, the army ghanistan. And army officiHls voked." said the government weie linlied In Islamist prt^ups has bunched s fenes n! f rnund here called for on easing of ten official, without providing based in Pakistan nperalions against them acros.^ Tlir U S. Environment;!] Pintt^ction .^^cncy (EP.A) cMcndi sions with Indn specific details. "I can tell you the northwest ilic public coninicni peiind on ilic Piopoird Plan ibi the Elsewhere, other Pakistani Many Pakistanis still view In ihaiheissinjing." trwip."; were bemg redL-plnved In dia as their leat enemy and arc Those actions have aroused The of ficial .-ipoke on cnndi- Oni^ihn Lt-ad Superfund Silo an additional i 5 d.i\ s — ward Indi.i front the nuri.'iHf.'f- far Je.-.:! L.m^crned al'f'U; ',y,e ijtcp ^'Ub'iiz re.?en;.7icn: jniJ sc.-i ern frontier, where T^ib.in und .•ipru.id of radical Islam in their llinuijnds nf refugees fleeing, .\ senior inieiligcni-e uffi- midst. And the country's puwei- ;il-Q;iida fighters urc widening u while faihng io halt the insur cei said Shah and another sus ful rirmyjppwirs tube more com campaign of intimidation, reli gents'spreading reign of terror. pect. Zaki-ur-RehmanUikhvi, if you li-i\e quest ionr or ui.'nh lo m.ike commeiii';. plcciFe fortable facing Its cunvenlionNl gious repression and killing. Sun Vniikt th;s unpt'puljr nnd fal were cooperaiing with inves L'oj)j;)ci: cross-border adversary. day, on the edge of the sccnn: tering militijy effort, the recent tigators but c;iutioned ihat au Swat Volley, suicide bombers "The Talibjn have biuught spike in tensions with India h.is thorities had not reached a conclusion a* tot heir involve Dchliic Kring lilled as many as 40 pcnple in the their war to the very gates of Pe offered what some analysts call ment. He, iii'J. a.iikrrd fnr ano village nf Buner, whose leader?, shawar, but there is no political .in opportunity for Pakistan's Cfiiiniiiiiii)' ]nv(ih'i.-mcni CtinrdiiiJii)r nymity nad tnken >i rare public stand will to i:it;e ihem nn," said Afra- army to recover some luster. U.S. EPA —90! N. FifihSl jpainsi Taliban predations si.nb Khallak. a secular party Mn.fi Pakistani.^ ?;ay they dn not ' Gunmen largL'ied 10 jites Kiins.is Cily. KS I16IOI In ihe northwestern provmcial leader and human rights activL-it want to gnio v.ar with India, hut during the November siege on capital nf Peshawar, olficiah in the nnrthwesi '•The lension,-; many sav it mu.';t he kepi in Mumbai's financial capital, Toll free: 1-800-223-1)425 with India haie shaken our dem have been assassiniited Mnd V.S. check. killing IH people in .i three- L'-iii;iii: kfin-.debl)ief,7v(':i.v.uv day reign of terror India and the United Slates K.iy t he militants who pl;inned For iDure iufuriiiation, };u to: and earned out the ariacks (itrp:''.''\M*u,e();i.'.:'A.-ri-i;ii>iiO'// Afghan war may prove deadlier in '09 KABUL. Afghanistan (AP) — ground in ihe south. Adni. Mil^e Afghan officials aie known to Refinance Now! A record 151 U.S. forces died in Mullen, chairman of the Joint e.xaggeraie Taliban deaths Afghanistan in 20(Jfi, the deadli- Chiefs of Staff, announced re- NATO's International Security .i;st year yet in a seven-year wur. cciii|yth.ilAfphunistancould see .'issislance Force dL>es not re Rates are Military officials say thitt war is uptu3O.(Xi0ncwrurcesin2UO9 lease numbers of militant skilled, likely 10 get even bloodier in 2009 Col. Jerry U'Hara.a U S mili meaning Al's estimate of-j,RfK) as thousands more American Federal tary spokesman, said thai Af militant deaths is likely low. troops pour into the country. ghanistan is a 'work in progress" SAVINGS BAN near historic Michele HaJDiip Rokd.tide bomb numbers dou hul that advances were made in The CS. and KAIO slratetT 73 52.