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When OU President David I.. Boren
was last in Iraq, he was trying to retrieve
an Oklahoman put in jail there for illegal
entry while working on Kuwaiti oil fires
after Operation Desert Storm.
After Ken Beaty's family received the
award last week from a three-year-old
lawsuit against Iraq for his time in the
Iraqi jail. Boren recalls the journey he took
to free Beaty and how the people of Iraq
wanted the freedom they enjoyed
Wednesday on television.
"It was a challenge to get there," Boren
said. “We were just dropped oft at the bor-
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other leaders of his regime
The full extent of the network is
not known, but one tunnel is
believed to lead to the Tigris River
and could have been used by
ranking members of the ruling
Baath Party to flee as the capital
was being taken over by
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Beaty’s release in Nov. 1993, Boren negoti- !
ated with Iraq's ambassador to the U.N.,
Nazir Hamdoon. In November, Boren
received a call from 1 lamdoon. I
"He said I just received word that Ken U.S. troops advancing on
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elaborate network of tunnels and
bunkers that could be used as pos
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ELSEWHERE OVERSEAS
■ In Riyadh, Seudt Arabia, Foreign Minister Saud
al-Faisal expressed fears of a "humanitarian dis-
aster" in Iraq and said the country must move
swiftly toward self government by the Iraqi people
U.S and British military occupation, he said, must
end "as soon as possible." The Saudi government,
he said, does not seek a role in the creation of an
interim government
IN THE UNITED STATES
■ President Bush maintained a low profile as the
world watched televised images of jubilant Iraqis
cheering the apparent end of Saddam Hussein's
reign Bush did not appear publicly except for a
photo session with the president of the Slovak
Republic.
■ Iraq's U.N. ambassador, Mohammed Al-Douri,
seemed to sense the end of Saddam's rule He said
in New York "The game is over, and I hope the
peace will prevail I hope the Iraqi people will have
a happy life"
U.S. Morines from Limo Company, 3rd Bottolion, 7th Monnes, search buildings in Boghdod, Iraq, after they were ambushed Tuesday morning
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld shook equipment to Iraqi forces. “I find it
Officials warn of dangers ahead
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Society of war plan. scraps of intelligence" charging that Asked whether other countries
"With every day, with every Syria is helping Iraqis who support are potential military targets.
• j advance of our coalition forces, the Saddam — including “some family Rumsfeld said: “No one is throwing
what U.S. forces have done in Iraq wisdom of that plan becomes more
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Characteristically,
The last phase of the war for
Iraq may be fought underground
U.S. troops advancing
Baghdad have encountered
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propaganda,''Boren said about lite many |
Robin Beaty, wife of Ken Beaty, helped questions Aziz asked regarding human!- j
secure his release. She was part of a group ,ar’an t’**‘irl^’, 4
of former U.S. hostages and families that
recently received money awarded in 2000 'hat it had learned that (Boren) ... was
after a federal judge released Iraqi assets, opposed to the war whit h George Bus t
The group was paid because of a law waged against Iraq.
passed bv Congress last year and signed Boren said he saw firsthand what
by President George W. Bush after Beaty Hussein's regime was about.
“They had no regard tor international |
law and human rights." he said.
Through false information about |
Beaty's release. Boren was forced to stay
overnight in the Hotel Palestine, the same I
Ken Beaty was arrested bv Iraqi forces hotel bombed this week that killed two
in 1993 while working on the Kuwaiti oil journalists. I le, along with his press secre- I
fields that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ,arY- Dan Webber, traveled down tin .
had set on fire when his troops were
forced back into Iraq. Beaty had unknow-
ingly crossed the Iraqi border, where he
was originally arrested for espionage.
Robin Beaty began working on
husband’s release contacting private
organizations and government officials,
streets of Baghdad to eat at a restaurant.
Boren said during his walk, he could ■
sense the love for America and a want for
freedom, a lot like what was on the televi- | 1 ’R"'5
her sion Wednesday.
Now is a time to see how the rest of Iraq
will react if Hussein is actually dead,
Boren said. I ’A
WASHINGTON — President Bush
maintained a low profile Wednesday
as the world watched televised
images of jubilant Iraqis cheering
the apparent end of Saddam
Hussein’s reign. The White House,
while clearly pleased, emphasized
caution.
Bush did not appear publicly
except for a photo session with the
president of the Slovak Republic,
where he made no comment. His
only words for the public about the
momentous events he engineered
were reported second-hand:
“They got it down," Bush said as
he watched a crowd in Baghdad cel-
ebrate the ruin of a statue of
Saddam, according to a spokesman.
While the moment was historic, the
president was aware that "there is
great danger that could still lie H
ahead.” spokesman Ari Fleischer tary campaigns ever conducted.
S * Vice President Cheney sneaking reject once-popular criticism of the victory, charging that “we are getting Pentagon news briefing,
to the American !
Newspaper Editors in New Orleans,
came closer to crowing; he termed
“one of the most extraordinary mili- apparent. ( heney said.
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MILITARY ACTION
■ U.S. Marines seized the center of Baghdad, meet-
ing little resistance as Iraqis in parts of the capital
began celebrating, looting and destroying statues
and posters of Saddam Hussein
B Some 20,000 Marines crunched into the eastern
half of Baghdad in a one-day probe that turned
into a permanent occupation when they ran into
eerily little resistance during attacks on Saddam's
Azumiyah palace and the headquarters of the
Special Republican Guard
B Americans defeated the Iraqi army's 10th and
14th divisions occupying an Amara headquarters,
which will now be used to distribute humanitarian
aid.
B A search-and-rescue team braved enemy fire and
severe weather five miles south of Baghdad to res
cue two special operations soldiers who had been
badly wounded
B Special Forces soldiers working with Kurdish
fighters in the north clashed overnight with Iraqis
on the "green line" that divides Kurdish-controlled
territory from Saddam's Iraq More than 200 Iraqi
combatants were captured as air strikes pounded
command and control structures
B Pilots launched airstrikes at the Baath Party head
quarters in the crossroads community of Qa'im
near the Syrian border
B Celebrating Iraqis began looting and even took
off their shoes to whack a fallen Saddam statue as
brief, fierce firefights raged in parts of Baghdad on
Wednesday
B Marines reported indiscriminate Iraqi artillery fire
raining on the eastern suburb of Saddam City,
where there were few Marines but 2 million Shiite
Muslims regarded as foes of Saddam's mostly
Sunni regime Uprisings occurred there and in a
handful of other Baghdad locations, and Iraqis
also rejoiced in the southern city of Hillah and the
northern city of Irbil Television reports showed
Iraqis honking horns, dancing and cheering U S.
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members” — escape Iraq. Rumsfeld down the gauntlet. ...I have nothing
also repeated earlier assertions that to announce. We re still dealing with
Defense Syria serves as a conduit for military Iraq."
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