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Iraq urged to free Americans country, and insisted on his right to visit them in prison m th«? meantime. The men am "absolutely inno cent," Polish diplomat Ryszard Krystosik asserted in an exclu sive interview with Assix iated Press Television. Poland rwpre sents the United States in deal ings with the Iraqi government Krystosik said Ins office "will spare no effort to have their release. We request their release to be immediate." Iraq was silent Sunday on the eight-year prison senteni es imposed on the two men, but Iraqi media carried n barrage of criticism of the United States One Iraqi newspaper blasted what it called American "cow boy" foreign policy, and the deputy prime minister rejected a U.S -hacked proposal to permit Iraq to sell more oil to generate revenues to fix'd its people. U S officials fear that Iraq may view the Americans ns bar gaining chips in its campaign to end crippling U.N economic sanctions. The United States insists the issues are separate, and officials have said they are working hard to gam the men'* release "We've made very dear that there's no justification for the senteni es thnt were imposed cm these two t hese were innix »nt mistakes that were involved here. White House Chief of Staff lawn i’nnetta said on NBC's Meet thr /Yess David Daliberti, at, of Jack sonville. Florida, and William Bartoon. t'i. of New Hampton, Imva, were detained by iracp polic e on March 1 t after cross ing the border from Kuwait Western offic ials say the men, employees of defense contrac tors in Kuwait, were trying to visit a friend in the U N forc e that monitors the frontier Bar loon's wife. Linda, also called on Irac) to release the men. Mrs Barloon. .17. said their three c hildren — Bill. I I. Brian, 11. and Bec ky, nine ''ques tion why their father is being held ns a criminal" when his detention was the result of n series of mistakes Before Saturday's i ourt dec i sion. Iraqi officials had linked the Americans' detention to the severe hardships fm ing Iraq's 1H million people because of the U N sane lions, which liar Hugh dad from selling oil. its is onom n: mainstay. The United States and Britain have bloc ked efforts to lift the sanctions, insisting Iraq must firs! comply fully with all l' N S«e untv Council resolutions, including dismantling it* weapons programs Deputy I'rimr Minister Tariq A/i/ on Sunday rvi»n ted a navs US.-hacked proposal which would allow Iraq to soil $4 bil lion worth of ml annually Iraq would t»< permitted to spend half th» money on food and medic mi*, but 30 percent would he earmarked for w ar repara tions to Kuwait and 20 pen ent for U N humanitarian work with Iraqi Kurds "This new American project is nothing but it maneuver to deceive international opinion and prolong the embargo." A/iz said in a statement, the offii lal Iraqi News Agency reported t he Babil newspaper, pub lished by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's eldest son Odai. on Sunday blasted what it termed a U.S foreign policy "based on the insight of a cowboy looking out for his own narrow inter eats." It repeated Iraq's contention that America wants to prevent Iraq from selling oil as tong ns possible so that U S allies such ns Saudi Arabia and Kuwait can market more of their own. Iraq insists it has complied with resolutions laid down in the 1‘t'll Gulf War cease fire, and therefore the sanctions should In* lifter! University of Oregon Summer Session ■* A \ Bulletins with schedule of classes are now available! workshops begin throughout the summer. No formal admission requirements. Pick up vour tree copy of the bulletin at the Summer Session Office 333UO Oregon Hall or call (303) 346-3475 UkA-\M*A -IMMHtM *0- • W4n*+*t* •?««• **»»*< JUNE 19—AUGUST 11,1995 Police in Japan seek bomber’s identity TOKYO (API - Polic returned Sunday to the main compound of a secretive doomsday cull, this time offl (dally looking for evidence linking the group to a deadly nerve gas attiu k on the < TOVvd nd Tokyo subway Hundreds of polu e armed with a warrant sjxx dying they were investigating murders searched laboratories and stor age areas for nine hours, sei/ ing pajiers and chemicals When polii e explored the main compound of the Aum Shinri Kvo, or "Supremo Truth." last Wednesday, they wore gas masks and other pro It* live clothing, but said they were looking for evident e in unrelated kidnapping cases Sunday 's raid w as offh in I ly linked to the investigation of the March .!(( attar k on the morning rush-hour subway. whit h killed to people and left 5.000 others with svmp toms such its seizures and temporary blindness At tfte compound in snows hamikttishiki. |x>iit <• removed cardboard boxes and loaded drums of chemicals onto trot ks Masahiro Termi. head of the Tokyo Metropolitan Polit e investigation bureau, said jHilit e seized several hundred t ontniners of medicines, dot uments and books Hut .1 pul it o offlt i 11 who spoke on < ondition of anonymity, said some t.ooo officers find been looking f‘,r evident e that laltonitorv fat il ilies and t fieniltals them did or t ould produce lethal sarin gas, which was used in the subway attacks He said the s>'iin h would i ontinue Mon day Winsor & Newton 37 WINTON vILS 150ml Student GAMBUN ALL BRUSHES Wimo* H Nowtoo S«v©r (pnjti^oc Cosmos VoKitomo Pnrvcofon WINSOR & NEWTON (otman & Professional tubes WATERCOLORS Berol PRISMACOLOR Pencils & Sets HARDBOUND SKETCHBOOKS ...& more! 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