THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1920 « THURSDAY MARCH 6 2003 TECH. A www.technicianonline.c0m Raleigh, North Carolina WAR FOCUS WORLD Videotapes likely al Qaeda DEALING WITH DEPARTURE scouting tapes ple out in the street protesting the According to reports,Spanish police officials re- When family gets involved, to destroy.” cently obtained several home videosthat could war becomes a more McLawhorn is undecided on the war wouldn’t be able to do that if indicateal Qaeda operatives scouted outtheirter- personal issuefor students. future of a war with Iraq, com- it weren’t for the people in the mil- rorist attack locations years in advance. itary guarding our borders,” Among the several tapes found, one was menting, “I don’t think I’ll ever recorded in August 1997 and included exten- Shannon Holder see it as a clear—cut fight against McLawhorn said. sive footage of shots inside and outside of the Staff‘ReporZer good versus evil, like a World War Joshua Smith, a graduate stu- twin towers.Thetapes were confiscated lastyear dent in physics, has a brother—in— from a suspected terrorist’s apartment in Spain. II scenario where you had a Hitler, According to reports, one individual, after With the deployment of more because it’s more broad. Right law stationed in the Persian Gulf. shooting several buildings, turned the camera than 200,000 U.S. troops to the now, it’s about Saddam Hussein, Smith’s brother—in—law, Mark, has on himself and commented that he would been in the Navy for about seven “knock them all down.” Middle East region, many students but next year, it could be about at NC. State are dealing with loved North Korea or some new thing years and has been in the Middle we haven’t heard of.” East since July. Suicide bomber kills 16 ones going overseas. Mark McLawhorn, a senior in Even though he is not sure of “I don’t think he’s in danger, like in Israel art design, found out two weeks the Iraq situation, he still feels if he was a pilot. He works on an On Wednesday, a suicide bomber blew himself American pride. “It still is the aircraft carrier, and he isn’t a com— Tyler Pool and Jennifer Knorr question the safety ofa upon a crowded bus filled with students,killing ago that his younger brother, dim,flickering light outside the Free Expression at least 16and injuring 55.The buswastravelling Philip, is possibly going to Turkey. greatest country on the earth at bat person; he’s a support person. the moment. There are things that Ifthe aircraft carrier that he was on Tunnel behind Williams Hall while making their through the city of Haifa, Israel. Philip has been in the Air Force rounds Tuesday night.5taffphoto by Rob Bradley Twenty—year—old Mahmoud Hamdan Kawasme for about four years. Though you are able to do here that you was identified as the bomber by police officials. See FAMILIES page 2 According to reports,while it is unknown ifhe is McLawhorn is not daily affected can’t do anywhere else. The peo— affiliated with al Qaeda oranotherterroristgroup, by his brother’s deployment, his Kawasmewas carrying a lettersupporting theter- Students patrol rorists involved in the Sept. 1 1, 2001 attacks. mother is having a difficult time. The bombing follows an Israeli government “The biggest impact ofhim leav- EDUCATION, pledgeto beefup its military strikes against mil- ing was on my mother just be- itant strongholds in the Gaza Strip who are re- for safety sponsible for many Palestinian deaths. cause whenever someone’s chil— INTERRUPTED dren [are] in the military, there’s a NATEGN threat that they may never make it As troops amass across the ganization that gets activated and Students and staff could possibly be im— back to American soil,” Middle East, NCS U students goes out into a field ofoperation. patrolled campus proved on.” Jack Colby, director of U.S. Secretary of State still McLawhorn said. willjoin their ranks. Out of the students who’ve en- on Tuesday to point His mother seems to be dealing tered in the ROTC program, only the facilities department, not convinced out areas ofsafety student— with Philip’s departure fairly well, Stella Listas about four or five have been acti— said that the On Wednesday, in a speech to the Center for concern on campus. compiled lists are very Strategic and International Studies, U.S. Secre- but she steers clear of movies such StaffReporter vated. In the Army, there is the ac-' tive duty force, the National helpful. tary of State Colin Powell said that there are as “Saving Private Ryan.” Aniesha Felton broader reasons the United States should con— McLawhorn feels that his broth- As American troops increase in Guard, the reserves and the De— “These lists determine sider inVading Iraq. StaffReporter our work orders. It also In his debate for war against Iraq, Powell pre~ er is “saving lives ofother people” the Middle East, a number ofNC. partment ofCivilians, but because of congressional budget limita- lets us know which crews sented the organization with two additional de— rather than “fighting against an State students have gotten active: Walking alone from a late tails. First, he said that national intelligence has . enemy” but would rather not dis- distributing flyers, voicing their tions, they can only expand to a we should contact for cer- indicated that Iraq is hiding chemical and bio- class might not be as tain jobs. This is not only logical weapons in lower-class Iraqi neighbor- close what his brother’s duty is beliefs or holding open forums. certain extent. In order for the ac- tive duty force to get bigger, the frightening due to an an- helpful for students; it is hoods.Powell said that even though Iraq is cur- other than “running detail.” But, there are numerous students nual event called Night rently destroying many of its Al Samoud 2 mis— But he is unsure of whether his who have gotten active in anoth- president will have to mobilize the very helpful to us,”he said. siles, they have hidden equipment that would National Guard and reserve units. Walk. To start the night off, make it possible for them to continue making brother is in danger because er way — deployment. Approximately 50 NC the weapons — even as they destroy them. “nothing has happened yet.” “The students who we have that There are different functions in Chancellor Mary Anne the National Guard and reserve State students and staff Fox appeared and stressed “Maybe if this was day one and are deployed or activated are fresh— members gathered Tues— Amnesty International we were trying to drive down the men and sophomores who have units within the Army. “Units may the importance of safety be activated to perform a function day night to patrol the for NCSU students. opposes U.S. interrogation streets of Baghdad, then that achieved a certain level of train- campus and take notes on would be something, but there is ing within the that allow them to for the that doesn’t necessarily “Safety is always a great techniques mean they’re leaving the local area what needs to be done in concern at State. It makes no notion ofwhat is going to hap- be deployed,” said Major William order for students to feel Nowthat Khalid Shaikh MohammedtheSept.1 1, pen,he added. “Something18 go— I. Medley, assistant professor of or the state,” explained Medley. great sense that [students 2001 organizer,has been detained in the United The ROTC has about four or five a little safer. and administration] il ing to happen, there’s too much military history. States, Amnesty International, a human rights NCSU students who’ve been ac- “We invited many or- should come together and organization, stated on Wednesdaythat the in- politics and bravado wrapped up But Medley also pointed out that ganizations to patrol one terrogation techniques used in the United States in it now, regardless of how many improve this great cam— and on Mohammed are unethical and amount there are differences between de— of 11 zones on campus,” missiles Hussein destroys or claims ployment and being part ofan or- See STUDENTS page 2 pus,” she said. “Giving this to torture. said Cameron Wells, chair week, amidst all the While U.S.officials disregard all ofthese claims, ofthe event. “We want the Amnesty International has said that the inter- l......_.. midterms, is truly giving. rogation techniques in the country include"sen— participants to go around I truly appreciate each and sorydeprivation/”prolonged physical restraint,” Fire claims house their specific zone and every one ofyou who are and psychological torture, said reports. critically view their sur- US. officials are say that Mohammed is at an trying to make this cam- undisclosed location and that the interrogators roundings and report dim pus the safest it can be and are taking "appropriate”measures. lights, overgrown shrubs making [the campus] the and anything else that STATE . best it can be.” could be improved to While the facilities de- make it safer to walk Senate panel backs stricter partment staffwere out to alone.” drive and point out safe- child-care penalties After an hour of pa— ty hazards, students came On Wednesday,a state Senate panel pushed leg— trolling, participants come out because theyfelt it was islation thatwould call for more stringent penal— back to refreshments and tiesfor child—care providers who dispense med- a great opportunity to icine without a parent’s permission.The legisla- turned in their list of have a direct impact on tion comes on the heels of a recent incident in “problems” from their the campus.